[United States Army]:

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NOTES ON THE QUARTER MASTERS BILL, RESPECTFULLY SUGGESTED AND SUBMITTED. An interesting unofficial handbill relating to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department on the eve of the War of 1812, with references to the impending war with Britain, Indian business, and the Barbary powers. In 1811, Congress introduced "A Bill for the Establishment of a Quarter-Master's Department," which the anonymous author of the present document notes "merges the duties of the superintendent of military stores in the quarter master, without naming the former." The author urges Congress to keep separate the military office of the Quartermaster from the civil positions of the Army Purveyor.

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