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Official 13-page House of Representatives printing titled “Letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs to the Secretary of War, Respecting the Present Mode of Subsisting the Army, and the Answer of the Secretary Thereto, Accompanied by Letters of Several General Officers of the Army upon the Subject Thereof,” printed in Washington City by Roger C. Weightman, 1815. Ordered printed on January 25, 1815, the report includes an important printed statement by Secretary of War James Monroe concerning the provisioning and supply of the United States Army during the closing months of the War of 1812.

The publication opens with a series of inquiries from the House Committee on Military Affairs regarding the government’s system of supplying the army, asking whether the existing contract system was effective, what its defects were, and whether alternative methods would provide greater economy, responsibility, and efficiency. In response, Monroe states that he consulted the most experienced officers available to him before compiling the report and includes numerous letters from senior general officers discussing the strengths and shortcomings of the army’s subsistence system. Issued only weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, the report provides a valuable contemporary record of congressional oversight and War Department efforts to improve the administration and logistical support of the U.S. Army.

Good condition. Complete 13-page stitched pamphlet with expected age toning, foxing, staining, edge wear, and scattered losses to the outer margins and wrappers.

James Monroe (1758-1831) served as Secretary of War during the final phase of the War of 1812 before becoming the fifth President of the United States. His leadership helped reorganize and strengthen the American military following the British invasion of Washington, and official congressional publications from his tenure provide an important record of the challenges of supplying, administering, and modernizing the nation’s armed forces during a pivotal period in American history.

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