Directs McHenry to distribute "the schedule" [apparently a list of officer applications] to the department heads [Cabinet] and have them examine it, consulting such persons as necessary to produce recommendations on the nominations of officers contained therein.
Certification of payments; $816.40 to company of Artillerists and Engineers under command of Captain Callender Irvine, stationed at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Certification of payments; $123.25 John Habersham, collector of the customs of Savannah Georgia, which he has accounted of the monies on import and tonnage.
McHenry discusses Smith's provisional appointment as Adjutant General which had to be withdrawn because of opposition in the Senate. He will be given command of one of the regiments instead.
Hamilton notes that if the recruiting service is to be his responsibility, he ought to be definitively appointed. He stresses his need for sufficient pay to compensate for the loss of professional income that will result from his military service which he estimates at four thousand pounds per year.
Mr. Ellery of Rhode Island and Mr. Crocker have important business to transact in Antigua. They will take passage on the "Portsmouth," under Captain McNief, as far as Dominica. Captain Barry is asked to assist in their passage from Dominica to Antigua.
