| V09P068 | WRITINGS OF WASHINGTON | [Aug 1777] |
*To LIEUTENANTS WILLIAM BIRD, RICHARD DORSEY,
JOHN CRAIG, NICHOLAS RUXTON MOORE, AND GEORGE GRAY
of Colo Moylan's Light Dragoons
| Camp at the Cross Roads, August 15, 1777. |
Gentlemen:
In answer to your respective Letters without date, but presented to me Yesterday, you will please to be inform'd
First, that the pay of the Horse Offices was fixed in December last, and at the same rates now existing, and,
Secondly, that I am not conscious af ever having said, or done any thing, that cou'd lead to a belief,
that the Rank of a Lieutt. of Horse was to be equal to a Captain of foot, for the obvious reasons,
that neither justice, or usage, would authorize it.
How it came to pass then, that you should conceive yourselves entitled to the Rank and pay of such Officer is niether my
business, nor Inclination to enquire into; this however, I shall add.
That if your respective application's to resign, is the effect of hasty resolutions, you may take till tomorrow
to reconsider and recall your Letters.
But if on the other hand, you shd. then be in the same Mind,
I shall be ready to receive your Commissions if they have
been deliver'd, or give dismissions if they have not.
Your Wishes to resign at such a period as this
(after time is allowed for reconsideration)
will be sufficient evidence with me, that it is a
disinclination to the Service, and not the mere
disappointment of Rank and Pay,
it may be unnecessary for me to add,
that any future application from either of you
to get into the Continental Service will be improper,
and, as far as it is in my power to make it so, unavailing.
I am etc. 8
Thank you for your interest.
Email us at:[email protected]
or sign the guestbook and make your presence known.
Links to other sites on the Web
The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
The George Washington Papers at the Virginia State Library
IV Dragoon Home Page |
Explore GeoCities |
Get your own free homepage