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From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 12 June 1795

To the United States Senate

United States 12th June 1795.

Gentlemen of the Senate.

On the twenty ninth day of December 1794 the following nominations for promotions were laid before the Senate.

First Sub Legion
Bernard Gaines Captain 30 June 1794 vice Kersey promoted.
Bartholomew Shomberg ditto ditto vice Hartshorne killed
John Wade ditto 1 July vice Peters promoted.
Ross Bird ditto 6 July vice Jeffers resigned.

And on the twenty fifth day of February 1795 the following.

Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne Lieut. 30 June 1794 vice Gaines promoted.
John Breck ditto ditto vice Shomberg ditto
Edmund Taylor ditto 1 July vice Wade ditto
Elijah Strong ditto 6 July vice Bird ditto
Rezin Webster ditto 11 July vice Montfort resigned

It has since appeared that the resignation of Captain Clay had escaped notice at the War Office, which rendering the above arrangement incorrect, the issuing of Commissions to those Officers has been suspended.1

To rectify that arrangement and to fill some vacancies, I now make the following nominations of persons to Offices in the army of the United States.2

First Sub Legion
Bernard Gaines Captain 1 April 1794 vice Clay resigned
Bartholomew Shomberg ditto 30 June vice Kersey promoted.
John Wade ditto 30 June vice Hartshorne killed
Ross Bird ditto 1 July vice Peters promoted.
Hastings Marks ditto 6 July vice Jeffers resigned.
Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne Lieutenant 1 April 1794 vice Gaines promoted.
John Breck ditto 30 June vice Shomberg do
Edmund Taylor ditto 30 June vice Wade do
Elijah Strong ditto 1 July vice Bird do
Rezin Webster ditto 6 July vice Marks do
Cavalry.
Paul McDermot Cornet vice Torrey killed to rank from 1 May 1795.
James V. Ball ditto vice Posey promoted ditto
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Peter A Dransy Lieutenant vice Hutchins resigned—to rank from 10 April 1795.
 
Second Sub Legion.
William Marts Captain 20 April 1795 vice Andrews resigned.
Ensigns.
George Salmon vice Butler promoted to rank from 1. May 1795
William Scott vice Claiborne ditto ditto
John Callender vice Breck ditto ditto
Merriwether Lewis vice McCLean ditto ditto

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LS, DNA: RG 46, Fourth Congress, Records of Executive Proceedings, President’s Messages—Executive Nominations; LB, DLC:GW.

1. GW referred to Capt. James Clay of Georgia, who resigned on 1 April 1794.

2. The Senate considered these nominations on 13 June and approved all of the appointments (see Senate Executive Journal, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: From the commencement of the First, to the termination of the Nineteenth Congress. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., 1828. description ends 181).

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    “From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 12 June 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-18-02-0168. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 18, 1 April–30 September 1795, ed. Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, pp. 223–224.]

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