Asks Thomas Lee if he would rather his son be commissioned to serve in the cavalry or infantry; the former sending him to Georgia or Tennessee, the latter sending him to Maryland.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Responds in the affirmative to McHenry's recommendation that a senior lieutenant rise to a captaincy in his regiment, left vacant by the death of the previous officer.
Henley had to draw on Josiah Nichol in order to fill Colonel Butler's request for building supplies. The amount of the bill has passed to the credit of the Treasurer and Henley asks McHenry to approve it.
Refers to the many serious complications in Cumberland with the Cherokees stealing horses. Sent Zackfield Maclin to the Cherokees and to the Creeks to collect stolen horses, who was unsuccessful in his attempt. Some chiefs confessed to stealing horses and promised to recompense, although many horses were taken to Georgia. When horses are given to the Indians, their white neighbors often steal them in retaliation. The government must make things right. Refers to the latest post and sends quartermaster reports.
"...As yet I have to regret that I am without the needful assistance to enable me to keep pace with various objects of service--which occasions more delay in respect to the less urgent than is agreeable to my plan. Measures are in train to obtain efficient aid and I hope ere long the whole machinery will be in complete operation..."
Concurs with McHenry on the need for enhanced discipline and punishment in the armed forces; asks for more information regarding the death sentence of an enlisted man.
