EXTRACT FROM A REPORT WRITTEN BY AN OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AND ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, DATED WASHINGTON CITY, MARCH 31, 1820 [caption title].
8vo. 8 pp. Original self-wrappers, stitched, as issued. First edition. Concerns the organization of a peacetime American army, mentioning the corps of engineers and the commissary and quartermaster's department, and calling for a professional officer corps. Inscribed at head of front wrapper "Genl. Jesup to E. Cutler." Enos Cutler was..... More