General Orders, 31 December 1779
General Orders
Head-Quarters Morristown friday—Decr 31st [1779]
Parole Spain— C. Signs Madrid. Cadiz.
In Congress Decr 23rd 1779.
Resolved—That instead of the subsistence allowed by an Act of Congress of the 18th day of February last to the officers in the department of the Field Commissary of Military stores—the following sums be allowed vizt—to the Field Commissary 400 dollars per month; the Deputy Field Commissary 300—⅌ month; To a Conductor—100—⅌ month, and to a Clerk—100 ⅌ month, and that this increased subsistence commence the 18th of August last and continue ’till the further order of Congress.1
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes additional general orders: “The Maryland Divn furnishes the Main Guard Tomorrow Genl St Clairs Division the fatigue for the Orderly Room” (orderly book, 17 Oct. 1779–22 March 1780, DNA: RG 93, Orderly Books, 1775–1783, vol. 33).
1. GW had received this resolution in a letter from Samuel Huntington dated 24 December.