Directs delivery of ammunition and equipment for six-pounder cannon, as well as an ammunition wagon. A note identifying the receiving officer for the munitions, by an individual whose signature is illegible, is appended.
Asks the Superintendent of Military Stores if there is any employment available; mentions that he had not heard a response on the subject from Mr. Nicholson.
At the request of the president, McHenry lays out Adams' concerns over the propriety of a recently concluded court-martial in New York [presumably that of Richard Hunt], and asks for the department heads' opinions. These concerns included the possibility of officers serving as members of the court before having received their official commissions, the precise documentation required to prove legal appointment as an officer (an offer and an acceptance, or an actual commission signed by the president), and the requirement that a 2/3 majority of the court martial approve a death sentence.
Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Parker complains that he has not received nearly the amount of clothing needed to clothe his recruits. He worries that this neglect will have a damaging effect on the men already recruited and that it may bring the recruiting service to a complete halt.
Washington remits the cost expended by the Secretary at War in sending rank insignia to Mount Vernon. Washington states that he is expecting to have his uniform sent to Alexandria.
