1Enclosure: War Department Circular to the Commandants of Regiments, 25 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The House of Representatives yesterday passed a Bill to suspend Enlistments for the Six additional Companies of Cavalry & the twelve Regiments of Infantry. It is now before the Senate, & may also receive the Sanction of that body. It is therefore thought advisable that the terms of enlistment be altered so as to run “for & during the existing differences between the United States & the French...