From John Adams to United States Senate

20 February 1799

Gentlemen of the Senate.

February 20. 1799

I nominate the following List of Officers in the Army

Cavalry.
Lieutenant	James V. Ball		Captain—vice Van Rensselaer..	appointed Major
First Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers
Major..	Henry Burbeck,,,		Lieut. Col. Commdt. vice Rochefontaine	dismissed 7. May 1798
Captain	Mahton Ford		Major vice Burbeck promoted...	7. Ma..1798
Lieutenant	Piercy S. Pope		Captain vice McRee resigned...	24 April..—
Lieutenant	Ebenezer Massey		—ditto...vice Ford promoted...	7. May.—
Lieutenant	John McClallen		ditto... vice Peirce. deceased...	24 July..—
Lieutenant	Nehemiah Freeman		ditto,... vice Mitchell. do...	6. August.—
	Samuel Fowles...	Massachusetts.	Lieutenant—vice Pope promoted
	James House..	Pennsylvania...	ditto... vice Massey..do.
	David Meredith...	ditto...	ditto... vice Hale resigned
	Ebenezer Beebe...	Connecticut...	ditto... vice Guimpe ditto
	States Rutledge...	South Carolina...	ditto... vice McClallen promoted
	William Yates...	New York...	ditto... vice Freeman ditto
	Warham Shepard...	Massachusetts...	ditto... vice Watkins—resigned
	James P. Heath...	Delaware...	ditto... vice Vandyke ditto
Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
	George Waterhouse	Rhode Island	Lieutenant.. vice Dickinson declined
	Robert Heaton Jun.	New York...	ditto... vice Yates...ditto
	David Evans Jun.	North Carolina...	ditto... vice Webster.—ditto
	Leonard Williams	Vermont...	ditto...

John Adams

DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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