March 1. 1799
Gentlemen of the Senate
I nominate the following Gentlemen to be Officers in the Army
First Regiment of Infantry— |
Lieutt. |
Jacob Kreemer |
Captain |
vice Harrison resigned... |
1. June 1798. |
do. |
Daniel Bissell |
ditto |
vice Gaines... ditto... |
1. January 1799. |
do. |
Charles Hyde |
ditto |
in pursuance of the Act of 16 July 1798. |
do. |
John Michael |
ditto |
ditto |
|
Ensign |
Robert Torrans |
Lieutenant. |
vice Kreemer promoted... |
1. June. 1798 |
do. |
Yelverton Peyton |
ditto |
vice Bissell ditto... |
1. January 1799 |
do. |
John W Thompson |
ditto |
vice Hyde ditto |
|
do. |
Merriwether Lewis |
ditto |
vice Michael ditto |
|
do. |
John Alexander Davidson |
ditto |
in pursuance of Act of 26. July 1798. |
do. |
George Stall |
ditto |
ditto. |
|
Philemon Charles Blake. |
Maryland |
Ensign |
Moses Hook |
Massachusetts |
ditto. |
Joseph Hawley Dwight |
ditto |
ditto |
Joshua S. Rogers |
Rhode Island |
ditto |
Ranna Cosset |
Vermont |
ditto. |
Andrew Van Wort |
New York |
ditto. |
Thomas Jno. Lawrence |
New Jersey |
ditto |
Peter Robinson |
Delaware |
ditto |
Eli. B Clemson |
Pennsylvania |
ditto |
Second Regiment of Infantry |
Lieut. |
Peter Shoemaker |
Captain |
in pursuance of the Act of 16. July 1798 |
do. |
Jesse Lukens |
ditto |
ditto— |
|
Ensign |
James Richmond |
Lieutenant |
vice Martin resigned |
June 1798. |
do. |
David Thompson |
ditto |
vice Shoemaker promoted |
|
do. |
John M[c]Clarey |
ditto |
vice Lukens ditto |
|
do. |
Samuel Allison |
ditto |
in pursuance of the Act of 16. July 1798 |
do. |
George Callender |
ditto |
ditto |
|
Zebulon M. Pike |
New Jersey |
Ensign |
Nathan Heald |
Massachusetts |
Ensign |
William Laidlie |
New York |
ditto |
John Wilson |
Pennsylvania |
ditto. |
James Dill |
ditto |
ditto. |
Peter Shiras |
ditto |
ditto |
Thomas Porter |
ditto |
ditto |
Benjamin Bullet |
ditto |
ditto |
Seymour Rannix |
Virginia |
ditto |
Third Regiment of Infantry. |
Lieut. |
John Bowyer |
Captain |
vice Thomas Lewis resigned |
14 Januy. 1799 |
do. |
Aaron Gregg |
ditto |
in pursuance of the Act of the 16 July 1798. |
do. |
John Steele |
ditto |
ditto— |
|
Ensign |
David Fero |
Lieutenant |
vice Shanklin resigned |
3 October 1798 |
do. |
George Strother |
ditto |
vice Bowsyer promoted |
14. January 1799. |
do. |
William Scott |
ditto |
vice Gregg promoted |
|
do. |
William R Boote |
ditto |
vice Steele ditto— |
|
do. |
Jacob Wilson |
ditto |
in pursuance of Act of 16. July 1798 |
do. |
Peter P. Schuyler of the 2d |
ditto |
ditto |
|
Samuel Lane |
Maryland |
Ensign. |
Jonathan Freeman. |
N Hampshire |
ditto |
Patrick McCarty |
Virginia |
ditto |
Matthew Arbuckle |
ditto |
ditto |
John Horton |
Georgia |
ditto |
John Saxon |
South Carolina |
ditto |
William Taylor |
ditto |
ditto |
James Ryan |
North Carolina |
ditto |
Fourth Regiment of Infantry |
Lieutenant. |
Peter Grayson |
Captain |
vice Preston resigned— |
31. July. 1798. |
do. |
Jonathan Taylor |
ditto |
in pursuance of Act of 16 July 1798 |
do. |
Robert Purdy |
ditto |
ditto.— |
|
Ensign |
Richard Chandler |
Lieutenant |
vice Grayson promoted |
31. July 1798. |
ditto |
George Salmon |
ditto |
vice Taylor promoted |
|
ditto |
John Campbell |
ditto |
vice Purdy ditto |
|
ditto |
James Bomer |
ditto |
in pursuance of the Act of 16. July 1798 |
ditto |
John Haines |
ditto |
ditto |
|
Samuel McGuire |
Virginia |
Ensign |
Thomas Blackburn |
ditto |
ditto |
Daniel Newnan |
North Carolina |
ditto |
James Love |
ditto |
ditto |
Thomas Eastland |
Kentucky |
ditto |
James Desha |
Tennessee |
ditto. |