Enclosure: General Wilkinson’s Proposed Arrangement of Officers, [31 October 1799]

[Enclosure]2

First Regiment

Field & Staff

John F. Hamtramck

Lieut. Col. Commandant

Thomas Hunt

1st Major

– – – – – –

2d. Major

Lieut. Robert Semple

Adjutant

Lieut. Yelverton Peyton

Paymaster

Lieut. Joshua S. Rogers

Quarter Master

John Elliott

Surgeon

– – – – – –
– – – – – –

Mates

– – – – – –
– – – – – –

Cadets

– – – – – –

Serjeant Major

– – – – – –

Qr. Master Serjeant

– – – – – –

Drum Major

– – – – – –

Fife-Major

Company Officers
Captains	1	Thomas Pasteur	[2]	[Thomas Marten 1]
	2	Abner Prior	[3]
	3	Daniel Britt	[4]

[5 in 4]	4	Ross Bird
	5	John Whistler	[6]
[7 in 4]	6	William Diven	[7]
	7	Daniel Bissell	[7]
	8	Charles Hyde	[8]
	9	John Michael	[9]
	10	Ferdinand L. Claiborne	[10]

1st. Lieutenants				2d. Lieuts
	1.	Campbell Smith	⟨–⟩	1	Joseph H Dwight
	2	Elijah Strong	[1]	2	A. Van Wert
	3	Nicholas Rosencrantz	[2]	3	Peter Robinson
	4	Robert Torrans	[4]	4	Eli B. Clemson
	5	John W. Thompson	[6]		5	– – – – – –	}
	6	J. A. Davidson	[8]	6	– – – – – –	}
	7	George Stahl	[9]	7	deficient	}
	8	Charles Smith	[10]	8	– – – – – –	}
	9	Phileman P. Blake	[Add]	9	– – – – – –	}
	10	Moses Hook	[Add]	10	– – – – – –	}

Second Regiment

Field & Staff
David Strong	Lieut. Col. Commandant

John H. Buell		1st Major
Jacob Kingsbury		2d Major
John Whipple		Adjutant
James Richmond		Paymaster
Peter P. Schuyler		Quarter Master
William McCrosky		Surgeon
– – – – – –	}	Mates
– – – – – –	}	Mates
– – – – – –	}	Cadets
– – – – – –	}	Cadets
– – – – – –	Serjeant Major
– – – – – –	Qr Mr Serjeant
– – – – – –	Drum Major
– – – – – –	Fife-Major

Company Officers

Captains	1. Cornelius Lyman	[1]
	2. Richard H. Greaton	[2]
	3. Russell Bissell	[3]
	4. Edward Miller	[4]
[3d/5]	5. Theodore Sedgwick	[6]	[Edw D Turner 5]
	6. William Ricard
	7. Andrew McCary	[8]	[Ben Shaumberg 7]
	8. Peter Shoemaker	[9]
	9. Jesse Lukens	[10]
[Additional]	10. Nanning J. Vischer to supply the place of Turner

1st. Lieuts.	1. Archd. Gray	[Captain 2d]	2d Lieuts	1. John Wilson
	2. Rezin Webster	[1]		2. James Dill
	3. Benjamin Rand	[2]		3. Peter Shiras
	4. Samuel Allison	[5]		4. Thomas Porter
	5. George Callender	[6]		5. Benjamin Bullett
[3/6]			6. John V. Glen	[8]		6. Seymour Rannix
7. Jacob Wilson			7. – – – – – –	}
8. Zebulon M Pike	[9]		8. – – – – – –	}
	9. Nathan Heald	[10]		9. deficient	}
	10. William Laidlie	[Add]		10. – – – – – –	}

[John Wilson additional]

Third Regiment

Field & Staff
Henry Gaither		Lieut. Col. Commandant
Jonathan Cass		1st Major
William Kersey		2d Major
1st Lieut. William Pitt Smith		Adjutant
1st Lt. William Scott		Pay Master
1. Lieut John McClary		Quarter Master
John F. Carmichael		Surgeon
John C. Wallace	}	Mates
– – – – – –	}	Mates
– – – – – –	}	Cadets
– – – – – –	}	Cadets
– – – – – –		Serjeant Major
– – – – – –		Qr. Master Serjeant
– – – – – –		Drum Major
– – – – – –		Fife Major

Company Officers

Captains	1 Zebulon Pike	[1]
	2. John Heth	[3]	[Isaac Guion 2]
	3. Richard Sparks	[4]
	4. John Wade	[6]	[Wm. Rickard 5]
	5. Samuel C Vance	[7]
	6. John Bowyer	[8]
	7. Aaron Gregg	[9]
	8. John Steele	[10]
[Additional]	9. Peter Marks—to supply the place of Shaumburgh B Q. M
[1-1 Lt.]	10. Charles Wright—to supply the place of Guion B.I.

1. Lieuts.	1. Hugh McCall	[3]	2. Lieuts.	1.	– – – – – –
	2. George Strother	[4]		2.	– – – – – –
	3. Samuel Lane	[8]		3.
	4. Patrick McCarty	[9]		4.
	5. Matthew Arbuckle	[10]		5.	deficient
	6. John Horton	[Add]		6.
	7. John Saxon	[Addition]		7.
	8. James Ryan	[1 2d Lt]		8.
	9. Stephen S. Gibbs	[2 2d Lt]		9.
	10. deficient		10.

Fourth Regiment

Field & Staff
Thomas Butler		Lieut. Col Commandant
William Peters		1st Major
Daniel Bradley		2d Major
George Salmon		Adjutant
Richard Chandler		Paymaster
Thomas Swaine		Quarter Master
Joseph Phillips		Surgeon
David Davis
– – – – – –	}	Mates
– – – – – –	}	Mates
– – – – – –	}	Cadets
– – – – – –	}	Cadets
– – – – – –		Serjeant Major
– – – – – –		Qr. Master Serjeant
– – – – – –		Drum Major
– – – – – –		Fife-Major

Company Officers

Captains	1. Edward Butler	[1]
[1 in first]	2. Thomas Martin
	3. Joseph Brock	[2]
	4. Alexander Gibson	[3]
[1/5]	5. Robert Thompson	[4]
	6. Samuel Tinsley
	7. Benjamin Lockwood	[6]
	8. Peter Grayson	[8]
	9. Jonathan Taylor	[9]
	10. Robert Purdy	[10]
1st Lieuts	[Campbell Smith	1]
[1/7]	1. Hartman Leitheser	[2]	2d Lieuts.	1. Thos. Blackburne
	2. Merriwether Lewis			2. Danl. Numan
	3. John Wallington	[3]		3. James Love
	4. Francis Johnson	[4]		4. Thomas Eastland
	5. Samuel Crutchfield			5. James Desha
☞	6. John Campbell	[8]		6.	Deficient
	7. James Boneman	[9]		7.
	8. John Haines	[10]		8.
	9. Gabriel Jones	[Add]		9.
	10. Saml. McGuire	[Add]		10.

2. Df, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

The material within brackets in this document is in H’s handwriting. H endorsed this document: “Proposed Arrangement Definitively.”

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Title: Enclosure: General Wilkinson’s Proposed Arrangement of Officers, [31 October 1799]
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: McHenry, James
Date: 31 October 1799

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Cite as: “Enclosure: General Wilkinson’s Proposed Arrangement of Officers, [31 October 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-23-02-0521-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 23, April 1799 – October 1799, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, pp. 581–587.]

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