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Jspear wrote:GenericBoonenFan wrote:We should honestly make a "Betancur fan-fiction" thread...
I feel like this thread is that already!
I've even been caught up in the hype before, but I have no real clue why! Seriously think of how much hype this guy has gotten over the years...it's crazy.
Peak Betancur: April-May 2013.
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Picture Day (Or The Day I Humiliate Myself….to Three People)
Today is the day where we get to compare before and afters. Yes I know there is no after of this particular quest, well not yet anyway. So what are we comparing? We are comparing P90X with current day….
Fair warning to all who look you ARE NOT about to see a photoshopped model….you are about to see the real me….typically with no make-up…..
So how I'm gonna break these down is you will see three pics. One is when I started P90X (I believe that was 2012), when I finished-ish, and finally now.
Right Side:
Back…LQR….so LQR
Left Side….
So the positives are:
#1) I got a proper set of workout clothes.
#2) My hair grows at an abnormal rate.
#3)……I don't think I got any bigger than when I started…..
This is gonna be difficult….158 days to go!
159 Days & Counting (As of Jan 6th)
I don't know how many of you know this but I am in sales. To some that won't really come as a surprise to others, well SURPRISE!!!
I sell lube for a living…go ahead laugh…its funny, real funny. Ok ya back? Great. So the kicker: it isn't THAT kinda lube, it's grease, oil and other maintenance products. I sell primarily to the O&G companies, trucking companies and construction companies. Mainly anybody that has a maintenance department—I sell to those guys. You might also be aware that the O&G business is doing pretty well. It's actually doing REALLY well. And so the monies trickle down to lil' 'ol me…
What you DON'T know is I have almost clinched the deal, earning a trip in June to the beach for my expert salesman-ly qualities (no I don't care if you call me a salesman! Get over it!). So how that little trickle down effect has effected the Cumbie clan is 2 fold:
A-I'm no longer in the same shape I was after P90 ( I was going to link back to that post but apparently we didn't take day 90 pics….what was wrong with us!)
B-I'm clear….as in skin color.
The second can be solved with a bottle of tanning lotion the first, well the first requires me to sweat….like a race horse!
Another kicker: I work long hours 90% of the time (7a-7p) and I spend roughly 2 weeks a month away from home. OH PS we are also buying a house, I am in a show, I am in Junior League, Turning 30 in April, and Mayday (aka family reunion) all stand in my way to deter me from a straight shot to a beach worthy body…..
This is where the blog comes in, it was EXTREMELY helpful in our P90 journey to help keep me accountable to all 3 of you who read this, and since hindsight is 20/20 I am asking for your help again!
I'm going to try another Beach Body product. It is Shaun T's Focus 25. It gives me 25 min of intensity. I only have to do it 5 days a week, with an optional stretch day (I say it's optional). As far as food I'm just gonna eat healthy and limit carbs. My Dr. has asked that I up my Salmon intake (worst meat ever) so we'll see how that goes, and sadly I'm going to be integrating more lean meat into my diet. And by more I mean I'm going to go from 0 meat to maybe some chicken from the co-op once a week…..and then salmon once a week (she says begrudgingly). It's a long story and maybe one day I'll divulge.
I'll take some before and after pictures….see what Shaun T does with this body in 28 days….
February remains undecided, so I'm up for suggestions….I have a friend that teaches a beach body class and a pole dancing class. Those should get my abs going right? Maybe a thigh gap?
Just a Naked Chic
Ok well almost naked. These posts always seem to get the most attention, and so I feel extra pressure to be witty and what not.
In case you're just tuning in, C and I are on a quest to long term wellness. And we feel the first step is to do P90X Doubles. What prompted such a change you might ask yourself? Was it the scary texts from Dr. M? No, well not really, although I want my husband to have high cholesterol as much as the next gal (in other words I don't want him to have high cholesterol).
It's just not as funny if you have to explain it….
We I am doing this cause I want to be able to throw my body around "like a ragdoll" as C says. If you haven't you should definitely check out the videos I posted yesterday. No seriously they are of two pole dancers…yeah see now you want to go look, go ahead, I'll wait for ya. C just wants to get bigger…
So without further ado, here are the photos. I know I'm a long way from the dancers, BUT this is where I am not and that's what we're dealing with. Hey do you think it matters that those dancers are like 5'2" and I'm 5'10"……NAH surely not!
Sooooooo there ya go. I know I know BUT things will get better…I hope.
I Want To Be THIS Girl….
Ok so I know that she is like 5'2 with 7 feet worth of Daddy issues BUT my gosh is that child in control of her body!
Recent Conversation:
Lee: Hey Col, will you watch this for a sec….puhleeeeeeaze
Col: What is it?
Lee: It's a pole dancer. I want to be able to do this.
Col: Pole dance?…uh…no. We pay Amy a lot of money so you don't have to go work out those issues with a pole!
Lee: Just watch.
Col: Shit! She's really good.
Lee: My point….made! How do I get to be able to do that?
Col: It'll take longer than 90 days.
I could say p'wned here but I shall not. After discussing the length of time and method and what muscles this girl is wielding we decided the inevitable. We are both becoming pole dancers!
JK…but seriouisly….no really jk….but really we are beginning a new journey in our lives.
See about 2 weeks later we had an annual check-up and the texts with my Dr went like this:
Dr. M: Your cholesterol was up, which shocked me, but I'm worried that Colin's was even higher than last years.
Lee: Bummer
Dr. M: You need to cut back on all that Southern Cooking!
Lee: I'm sorry Dr. M your—bre—-ing—p. Ca—b—ck—lat—click. Well technically there was no click as this was a text convo BUT you get the point.
So in our my attempt to enable me to be able to do things with my body liken unto a ragdoll, and in an effort to keep my husband alive we are committing to the following:
90 days of P90X Doubles, then 60 days of me doing Insanity and possibly Colin doing Beast. Then, finally if I stick it out for 150 days, Colin said I could take a pole dancing class!
You know what this means, more ½ naked photos. Check it out, tomorrow is the first set, AND I even bought special fitness clothes to model in—no more bra and undies!
LUCY You Got Some S'Plainin' To Do!!
Soooooooooooooo I have some very very interesting stats to reveal!
1st blog post with body pictures on them yielded 45 views.
2nd blog post with out body pictures yielded 12 views.
3rd blog post with body pictures yielded 49 views.
I think I've finally figured out what you guys want. You LOVE pictures of my rent house carpet!! I think my next post will be just of my carpet….think of all the views I will get! 😉
PS just so you know I now feel extremely guilty when I don't add a photo, so I'm going to start adding random ones.
Sunday was "Pure Cardio." I think it was mislabeled. It was more like "Pure Hell." It was hard (of course it's a workout program) and I sweated like a pig…well like a pig would if it could. I looked like I was about to die and I prayed to the great and speech troubled Shaun T, "Please MAKE-IT-STOP!" He replied with "Dig deeper! Don't forget about your core!"
Hey did any of your guys try to do the fit test?
PS: Random photos will start manana (that's tomorrow in Spanish).
And Here We Go
Disclaimer: I am writing this with full permission of Colin.
On January 1st Colin and I spent our 2nd Anniversary at my Aunt and Uncle's lake house. It was beautiful and so very serene. Aside from a lake and water toys there was one other thing that the lake house has that Colin and I do not—Cable. Many of you know that Colin and I utilize our 50 inch tv as a monitor and do most of our TV watching from a laptop. So not having a couple $100 cable bill also affords us the luxury of no info-mercials! Well, at the lake house there is cable and info-mercials. We stumbled upon a P90X info-merical.
Upon watching the very informative commercial Colin wanted to research this workout plan and was ready to "Bring IT!" That is a common P90X phrase. Well after researching and acquiring the DVDs, thanks John, we have now embarked on the journey that is P90X! Check out videos for the program here.
Colin has talked to a lot of his friends and they all say that it is tough. Which makes perfect sense and I would be disappointed if it were easy. I have talked to my friends and have been on a recruitment campaign. My efforts paid off and I did manage to get one friend to join me on this crazy journey that is P90X! We have acquired chin-up bars—neither of us can do a chin-up—weights, protein powder, and snack bars.
The workout part of this adventure is pretty straight forward. You workout an hour a day with whichever video is scheduled and you sweat a lot. Beach Body, the people who invented P90X use what they call muscle confusion to keep you from plateauing. I guess I get the concept but, at this point I'm just trying to stay excited about my new 5am wake-up call! Yeah that's right we're working out in the AM! If this workout program works–which I have no doubt it will–I will hopefully be fairly attractive by the time my B-Day rolls around! That means that this year for my b-day I will be smokin, I will look awesome for my family reunion, AND for the lake this summer!
So tonight Colin and I get to go grocery shopping! That's right part of the P90X program is the nutritional plan. The nutritional plan follows the workout structure in that it's divided up into 3 phases, properly named phase 1, 2 and 3. The nutritional plan is not bad at all. There are a ton of options and it's really about eating "clean" as a lot of people who work out say. The first phase is like 60% protein. They say it's for cleansing. This phase can last the full 30 days but more than likely it only lasts a few weeks due to the need for carbs for energy. Phase 2 is more balanced diet, BUT if you want to really see all the benefits of P90X you have to make the jump to Phase 3, which is 60% carbs. Tony Horton says this phase "has to be earned." It's more along the lines of an athlete diet so if you aren't working your but off and truly "Bringing It!" then you haven't earned Phase 3 diet.
So within the 3 phases of the diet there are three different ways to approach the diet. We were initially going to go with the menu plan. There is a week menu and it has all these different meals for you to eat. It is very diverse but it doesn't use the same thing twice and of the people who have done it this way say it's very expensive. So we are going to try the portion plan. This way gives us a grocery list of what we can eat and how much. I found this website and she does a good job of breaking down the nutrition part into manageable chunks. We'll see.
Well, Colin said I could document our success here! As we go through the 90 days I'll post up here (cross fingers) a couple of times a week to let all y'all in on how it's going. If anybody has done P90X please comment below and let me know what you thought about the program. We did take before pictures, and might I say that I now have proof that my husband did not marry me for my body….bless his heart.


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"Out of these ashes beauty will rise.
We will dance among the ruins.
We will see it with our own eyes.
Out of these ashes beauty will rise
for we know joy is coming in the morning."
-- Steven Curtis Chapman
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Squeaky is sick as usual. He's not too sick to play or eat, but his cough and chest congestion is horrible. You can just feel the rattling in his chest accompanied with his constantly running nose. I finally got him appointment with a new doctor on Monday, and I'm praying that this one does his job and gets him well. It's so freaking hard to find a doctor in our area (actually I've checked in a 40 miles radius) that takes Medicaid. My life would be so much easier if I could just put S on my insurance. Then he could go to any doctor I wanted. I don't think I'm being a nervous mother when I keep taking my child to the doctor because he's been sick since we got him in September! WTF?!!! That's almost 5 months and not to mention the fact that I know he was sick before we got him! He doesn't deserve to never be a healthy normal child sometimes. I'll make a list of all the meds S has been given over the past few months that haven't cleared things up to show the new doctor so we don't end up with the same med again. I need results. I'll let everyone know how the doctor visit goes on Monday.
We also have to get our house cleaned up for our re-certification evaluation with our new home development worker on Wednesday. It doesn't seem like it's been 6 months since we got certified. We will finally get to meet our new worker since the one that certified us moved to a new office back in October. I need to fill out the paperwork she sent us too. But first I need to find it in all of the piles of mail on my desk.
2 comments:
- Hedgetoad said...
One thing you might have the new doctor look into is whether or not he is swallowing correctly. My last foster baby was sick with recurrent coughing, congestion (and ear infections) for months. She was finally diagnosed with the inability to properly swallow thin liquids (like formula! her main meal). She asperated or nearly did 80% of time. Once we started thickening the liquid, it was like night and day! We went for weekly doctor visits to only the regular check ups.
I'm pretty sure the only reason the doctor thought about it was the story I told her, that I was told about another foster child at the same daycare who has asperated a popcorn kernal and it caused recurrent infections until removed. Not the same situation, but it ended up helping with Lala.
This may not be related at all... but someone telling me a wacky story helped. Maybe my wacky story will help you.
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- Maddie's Mom said...
Thanks for letting me know this. I never thought about anything like that. I will make sure to mention it tomorrow.
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before the economic downturn, he was holding a high paying job in an american mnc. his pay was in the region of 5 figures per mth.
later, the company closed and transferred to cheaper location in china - where else. he was retrenched with substantial benefits that could last him for quite a while.
the gabramen brags that our economy is better, more jobs are available. he applied for the same kind of job he's expert in. instead the pay offered was pathetic. it was barely 20% of what he used to get and there were more responsiblity thrown in.
the point was he rejected the post because he felt humiliated that the interviewer told him that for the same kind of pay, there are a couple of FTs who are highly qualified in paper education can easily filled the post.
he rejected cos' if they valued FTs' paper qualifications more than his personal expertise and professional experiences, so be it.
do u think my pal is doing the right thing? he choose to be unemployed cos he got the finance to live without much burden as he has invested very wisely and soundly too using his retrenchment benefits.
his idea was to return to the job circle to contribute his expertise but wasn't offered a reasonable reward. hence, he choose to squat instead of working.
a gf of mine who's a married mother of growup teens decided to go back to her banking job after a pause of 10 yrs.
she was actually retrenched as she used to be a branch manager of OUB which was fused into UOB (actually which is which is always that confusing to me).
anyway, she was abruptly retrenched. after being a housewife to look after her kids, she decided to work again just to keep her busy and occupied since her kids are bigger now.
the pay offerred was really pathetic and an insult to qualifications and her capability. anyway, she took the job cos her intention wasn't about the pay.
she just wanna spend time back to the banking job. she took it.
this is the second type of professionals who take up job for passing time only, not so much for the livelihood.
We are all in LEETAHSAR'S WHINNERS CLUB.
one best whinner who was the top of our class finally got a job offered after many years of squatting. again, the tragedy from the economic downturn.
his job pays very well. with all the perks and fringes thrown in, it was slightly above 10K per mth. there was a tiny little catch. he gotta to leave his family and go over to suzhou industrial park to work.
having being unemployed for many years and at the same time unfortunately bogged down to pay for his condo, he took up the job.
he's now permanently stationed in SIP - alone....and the whinning continues. we are MSN quite daily cos he is very lonely and misses his family and his children.
he's only entitled to return to singapore twice a year.
for the sake of his burden - the children education, the non working wife, the car, the condo' instalment, his aged parents etc - he tolerated all.
the last time i saw him, he looks like my grandfather - aged so much and all his hair had whitened. the truth is i was a couple of year older than him ....and he is now a very sad, stressed and lonely man working abroad.
as a bonus to his job, he is now inflicted with hypertension and psorarsis and has to be permanently on medication.
did he do the right thing to have taken this job?
Saturday, May 3, 2008
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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
-Nelson Mandela
Reading Response Three
A wise man once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" this man was Nelson Mandela. Education is the process in which one gains knowledge and when that knowledge is gathered it becomes a powerful weapon. You could also think of this quote in a way in which knowledge is power and power is knowledge. Education is such a powerful tool. Once people are educated it opens up their eyes to a new world, which in turn changes their world and the world of the people who surround them.
This quote is made possible in education through means of the progress that can be made by students when they are receiving an education. For the students that utilize their education and are granted, or make, their own opportunities they are able to change the world. Even if that change is small. For example, a student may want to change the world by decreasing water pollution so the student may use the knowledge (education) they have gathered to lessen the about of plastic that pollutes our water supplies so the student may stop using/drinking from plastic water bottles to prevent them from ending up in our water supply and change the world. This example may be something small, however, one small step can be a step to something even bigger. Conversely, this quote is made impossible in education because it is impossible for one person to know everything.
As a future teacher, I think it is important to recognize that education is not only crucial, but essential. In an educational context, this quote can imply that teachers empower students with knowledge everyday and that their students then go off into the world and changes the world as we know it. For example, if we think about every great leader in history all of them had a teacher of some kind that taught them something, thus giving them the education that they used to change the world. For a student it can often be hard to believe that you can change the world. But, if you put your mind to it, anyone can make a difference.
This quote relates to my own understandings of curriculum because a curriculum attempts to provide a guide to teachers to help prepare their students for the life they have ahead of them. It is important to recognize that though curriculum attempts to give students similar educational experiences, their school experiences are usually quite different. One example I can think of is demographics and economics. Depending on where students live and their financial resources students are given different educational opportunities that students may use to "change the world" may be limited.


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As 'winning ugly' goes, this was surely a definitive example of its kind. Cardiff notched a seven-pointer straight from the kick-off as a clearance kick was charged down and skipper Dan Godfrey scored near the left corner, And that was as good as it got. All that the Blue & Blacks produced in the remaining 79 minutes was a penalty try when Cross Keys were reduced to 13 men (they were momentarily one fewer than that as well) and a penalty count three to one in their favour which, ultimately, meant nothing.
Cushioned by their whirlwind start which only served to give them a false sense of their superiority, the visitors spurned several goal kicks from penalties, opting to go for attacking lineouts. That they on one occasion managed to kick the ball dead for an opposition 22 drop-out tells us everything about the latest chapter of an end-of-season saga that merely underlines the fact there has been too much rugby for too few exhausted players in the dying embers of the protracted campaign.
It was not inconceivable that the Keys could have won and if they had no one could have complained. The two outstanding players on the pitch were hooker and captain Lloyd Burns and open-side flanker, 23-year-old Rob Nash.
Despite their early gift to Cardiff, they were 13-7 ahead at the break and it was the hour's mark before the visitors scored again. Gareth David slotted two penalties – the first from 15 metres and the second from 45 – and sandwiched between them was his angled conversion of Carl Pocock's clever try in the 25th minute.
Cardiff had been as flat as a pancake for 40 minutes and their weary demeanour continued long into the second period as well. But the Keys had problems of their own. Lock Mark Curtis was binned in the 58th minute, giving Gareth Davies the opportunity to reduce the deficit to three points and when Jevon Groves was binned in the 67th minute and Tom Lampard a few seconds later it was almost 12 against 15. But as one door closed, another opened, Curtis returning as Lampard departed. Yet they had lost two-thirds of their influential back row and the next set of scrums led to the inevitable penalty try, albeit some way out from the goal-line but nevertheless a brave decision from referee Jonathan Mason, already a target for an unhappy home crowd.
In the remaining ten minutes the greater attacking threat came from Cross Keys. Still with 13 men they pulled back to within a single point courtesy of another long-range effort from David. Then they returned again to Cardiff territory, enjoying the luxury of a full complement of players for all of two minutes at the end but unable to deliver the final ignominy on the shoulders of their opponents.
Cardiff won, but with the new-fangled play-offs looming on the distant horizon when will this survival of the fittest finally end?


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I won't be cooking for many weeks, so what do I do with my baking blog?! I am off round the world, first stop Hong Kong. Hope you enjoy some of my culinary blogs from hotels, restaurants and first off, Cathay pacific airline.
First time travelling with Cathay and I have to say impressed- I think the level of service it is how British Airways used to be! It is hard (impossible) to get airline food which wows and depending on the length and time of flight, I often think it is a good idea to pass. For the purposes of review though, I said yes.
The main course looked like a dog's dinner so no photo.
The cheese dish (below) would have been better if it had been out of the fridge longer. Comment like this remind me that Chinese don't 'do' dairy but when I felt the temperature of my clothes when unpacking at my hotel I realise the hold in the plane was sub zero, along with the cheese!
This was a mushroom crêp, one of the breakfast options, which I only sampled. Coffee was good and enough in preparation for landing, immigration, luggage collection and hotel transfer!
Promise to follow this better restaurant reviews.


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"Feelin' like I'm fresh out; Boosie
If they want the drama, got the Uzi
Ship the whole crew to the cruise ship
Doin' shit you don't even see in movies
Ride with me, ride with me, boss
I got a hard head, but her ass soft
She want the last name with the ring on it
'Cause I pulled out a million cash, told her plank on it
And you are unforgettable
I need to get you alone
Now you wanna choose
Just pop the bubbly in the 'cuzi
It's not good enough for me
Since I've been with you, ooh
I'm gonna sip on this drink, when I'm fucked up
I should know how to pick up
I'm gonna catch the rhythm
While she push up against me, ooh, is she tipsy?
I had enough convo for 24
I peep'd you from across the room
Pretty little body, dancin' like Gogo, hey
And you are unforgettable
I need to get you alone (oeh)
Why not? A fuckin' good time never hurt nobody
I got a little drink, but it's not Bacardi
If you loved the girl, then I'm so, so sorry
I gotta give it to her like we in a marriage
Oh, like we in a hurry
No, no, I won't tell nobody
You're on your level too
Tryna do what lovers do..."♫


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Ben Bailey: Road Rage
As host of the Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab" and "Cash Cab After Dark," Ben Bailey's following and popularity continues to grow. Now comes Ben Bailey's hilarious, debut stand-up DVD!
Genre: Comedy
Actor: Ben Bailey
Director: Manny Rodriguez
Country: USA
Duration: 42
Release: 2011
IMDb: 7.3
Quality: HD


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It's About To Get Even HARDER To Get A Passport
The days of applying for a passport at the Post Office may soon be over.
The contract between the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australia Post is due to expire in June 2017.
It's now being reported by The Advertiser that the Federal Government is looking at other options and while they do that they'll have to bear in mind that passport applications are expected to increase drastically over the next few years.
1.8 million applications were received between 2014 and 2015 and by 2019 that's expected to rise to 3 million.
To cope with this increase the government is looking at changing the existing system to meet these higher demands, with online passport application systems on the cards.
This could mean Australians would be able to submit their picture, signature and supporting documentation all electronically which would speed up the process.
However the convenience of applying at one of the 1700 post offices around the country which conduct the necessary interviews would be over...


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Why I will never be Gina Ford
When the twins were around 13 weeks, I started getting into a panic that they weren't in a "routine" like so many other new mums around me were talk about. Was I a failure? Why am I such a bad mother? Will my children be running riot when they are five years old while others sit and play quietly? My poor babies!
Then I stopped and realised: they are babies. Babies have no concept of time or routine or what what you want. How anyone does the Gina Ford technique is absolutely beyond me. It is complete nonsense.
The twins naturally fell into a "routine" (if you can even call it that) around 4 months. I say that, I still feed them as and when they want. Because I eat and and when I want and I think it's only fair they get the same luxury. But it is more or less every four or five hours. We do breakfast around 8/8:30, lunch at 12ish, then teatime at 4:45, ready for bed at 7. That is about as specific I get. Naps are roughly around the same time but some days they'll nap for 20 minutes, other days they will be down for an hour and a half. I am NOT waking my babies up to suit my routine.
I am also quite anti-fancy bedtime routines. I don't think they should have set things to do at set times because I think it makes it really hard for anyone else looking after your children.
When I was originally getting into a panic, the twins weren't settling in bed until 10pm, and I was in a constant state of worry that they would never have a proper time to go to bed. Low and behold, the girls naturally brought their bedtime earlier and earlier and now we have settled at 7pm, which suits them fine. They'll wake up around 6am.
Our "bedtime routine" is literally: nappy change, put on pyjamas, bit of a bottle if they want it, pop them in a sleeping bag, in their cots, mobile on, say goodnight, asleep. We don't sing them songs or read a book every night (we do read books but I like to do it in the day so they know they can enjoy them all day long, not just at bedtime) or have a bath at a specific time with specific songs and specific sponges.
I think so much is put on you by other mums about having a routine. So what if you don't have a set routine? Babies are relatively flexible for the first few months anyway.
If I was to write a Gina Ford-esque book on routines, it would be really short. Pamphlet size maybe. Essentially, babies develop a routine naturally. Don't force it.


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Introductory Note: From George Washington, [14 July 1798]
Introductory Note
This letter contains the first mention in Hamilton's extant correspondence of the question of who was to serve directly under Washington in his capacity as "Commander in Chief of all the armies raised, or to be raised, in the United States."1 When Washington wrote this letter, he assumed that Congress would pass "An Act to augment the Army of the United States, and for other purposes," which authorized the President "to raise, in addition to the present military establishment, twelve regiments of infantry, and six troops of light dragoons" and provided "that there shall be two major-generals, with aids-de-camp each; one inspector-general, with the rank, pay and emoluments of a major-general, and two aids-de-camp."2 The ranking of the three major generals was obviously a question of some importance, for the one ranked first would be second in command to Washington. In the letter printed below Washington ranked Hamilton first, named him inspector general, and placed Charles Cotesworth Pinckney3 second and Henry Knox4 third. In addition, Secretary of War James McHenry, who at the request of President Adams5 had visited Washington at Mount Vernon, returned to Philadelphia on July 17, 1798, with Washington's list ranking Hamilton ahead of Pinckney and Knox.6 Washington's preference for Hamilton, however, placed him in direct conflict with Adams, who favored Knox and Pinckney. The result was an unseemly squabble which lasted three months and which in one way or another damaged the reputations of most of those who were directly involved.
What can charitably be termed a messy situation was made both more complicated and more tedious by the distances separating most of the principals. Following the adjournment of Congress on July 19, 1798, Adams left Philadelphia for Quincy, Massachusetts, where he stayed throughout the dispute, while the members of the cabinet remained at the seat of the Government. Washington was in Mount Vernon; Hamilton was in New York; Knox divided his time between Boston and his lands in Maine; and Pinckney had not yet returned from his mission to France. On one occasion, a letter mailed by Washington on September 25 did not reach Adams until October 8.7 But this was not all, for Adams's absence permitted his far from loyal cabinet members to plot and connive in a fashion and to a degree that presumably would not have been possible if he had not left Philadelphia.
Throughout the controversy McHenry and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering left no doubt that their allegiance was to Hamilton rather than to the President they were putatively serving. On more than one occasion they schemed, dissimulated, procrastinated, and withheld information in their efforts to achieve their objective. Hamilton, who supported them at every step in their campaign, was undoubtedly motivated by his ambition and quest for military fame, but it has also been suggested that he and his allies in the cabinet were hoping to have him appointed the de facto head of an army that could be used to support Francisco de Miranda's plans for the liberation of Spain's American colonies.8 On August 22, 1798, when the question of the relative rank of Hamilton, Pinckney, and Knox had not been settled, Hamilton wrote to Miranda that he approved of Miranda's project, but he "could personaley have no participation in it unless patronised by the Government of this Country." Hamilton, however, then added: "We are raising an army of about Twelve Thousand men. Genl. Washington has resumed his station at the head of our armies. I am appointed second in command." On the other hand, a few months earlier Hamilton had written that he considered Miranda "an intriguing adventurer."9
On July 18, 1798, Adams sent his nominations for general officers for the Army to the Senate. Hamilton was nominated inspector general, and his name was first on the list of major generals, followed by the names of Pinckney and Knox.10 On the following day the Senate approved the three appointments in the order in which the President had submitted them.11 On July 25 McHenry wrote to Hamilton: "I am directed to inform you that the President of the United States, by, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, has appointed you Inspector General, with the rank of Major General; and to transmit you your commission made out accordingly." On July 28 Hamilton wrote to McHenry accepting the appointment.
The difficulty with the list approved by the Senate arose from the fact that at the conclusion of the American Revolution Pinckney outranked Hamilton and Knox outranked both Pinckney and Hamilton. When Washington wrote the letter printed below, he was more concerned with the implications of placing Pinckney second than with having Knox third. As early as July 6, 1798, Pickering wrote to Washington: "There is one man who will gladly be Your Second.… You too well know Colo. Hamilton's distinguished ability, energy and fidelity, to apply my remark to any other man."12 On July 11 Washington replied that he was well aware of Hamilton's ability, but that there were also reasons for placing Pinckney first.13 Pickering immediately relayed this information to Hamilton,14 who answered: "I had contemplated the possibility that Knox might come into service & was content to be second to him, if thought indispensable. Pinckney, if placed over me puts me a grade lower. I don't believe it to be necessary."15 Hamilton also wrote to Washington: "… I must conclude that General Pinckney, on a fair estimate of circumstances ought to be well satisfied with the [present] arrangement."16 Pinckney, who had not yet returned from France, was unable to speak for himself. But it made little difference, for it was Knox, not Pinckney, who insisted on outranking Hamilton.
Although Washington originally was more concerned about putting Pinckney second than placing Knox third, he nevertheless took the trouble to write to Knox on July 16 concerning his decision.17 On July 29 Knox replied in a long and bitter letter in which he implied that he would refuse the appointment "unless the relative rank of the late War, should govern according to the established and invariable usuage of the former War."18 Washington, in turn, sent copies of both letters to Hamilton,19 and on August 9 he again wrote Knox an explanatory letter concerning the relative rankings.20 In the meantime, Knox had written to the Secretary of War a letter dated August 5 in which he all but said that he would not accept the appointment if the "names as specified in the last, is intended to establish the priority of rank."21
Adams, who alone had the authority to settle the dispute, soon made clear his preference. On August 14, 1798, in reply to a letter from McHenry asking for permission "to call effectually to my aid, the Inspector General, and likewise General Knox; and to charge them with the management of particular branches of the service,"22 Adams wrote: "Calling any … general officers [other than Washington] into service at present will be attended with difficulty, unless the rank were settled. In my opinion, as the matter now stands, General Knox is legally entitled to rank next to General Washington, and no other arrangement will give satisfaction. If General Washington is of this opinion, and will consent to it, you may call him into actual service as soon as you please. The consequence of this will be that Pinckney must rank before Hamilton. If it shall be consented, that the rank shall be Knox, Pinckney & Hamilton, you may call the latter too into immediate service when you please. Any other plan will occasion long delay and much confusion. You may depend upon it, the five New England States will not patiently submit to the humiliation that has been meditated for them."23
Before receiving Adams's letter, McHenry sent Hamilton a copy of Knox's letter of August 5 and asked: "What is to be said to General Knox?"24 Hamilton, as always, was only too willing to help, and on August 19 he wrote two letters to McHenry—one official and the other private—and enclosed a draft of a reply to Knox's August 5 letter.25 On August 20 McHenry forwarded to Adams the drafts of two letters—one private and the other official—addressed to Knox.26 If anything, McHenry's proposals served to strengthen the President's resolve. On August 29 he wrote from Quincy to the Secretary of War: "I have received your letter of August 20th, I believe, though the o is obscure.
"General Knox is gone to the Eastward as I understand, to return in ten or fifteen days. But if he were in Boston, I could not send him either your official or private letter, as neither contains sentiments that I can approve. My opinion is and has always been clear, that as the law now stands, the order of nomination or of recording has no weight or effect, but that officers appointed on the same day, in whatever order, had a right to rank according to antecedent services. I made the nomination according to the list presented to me, by you, from General Washington,27 in hopes that rank might be settled among them by agreement or acquiescence, believing at the same time, and expressing to you that belief, that the nomination and appointment would give Hamilton no command at all, nor any rank before any Major-General. This is my opinion still.
"I am willing to settle all decisively at present (and have no fear of the consequences) by dating the commissions Knox, on the first day, Pinckney on the 2nd. Hamilton on the third. If this course is not taken & the commissions are all made out on the same day, I tell you my opinion is clear that Hamilton will legally rank after Hand28 and I fear even after Lee.29
"You speak to me of the expediency of attempting an alteration in the rank of the gentlemen in question. You know, Sir, that no rank has ever been settled by me. You know my opinion has always been as it is now, that the order of names in the nomination and record was of no consequence.
"General Washington has through the whole, conducted with perfect honor and consistency. I said and I say now, if I could resign to him the office of President, I would do it immediately and with the highest pleasure, but I never said I would hold the office & be responsible for its exercise, while he should execute it. He has always said in all his letters that these points must ultimately depend upon the President.
"The power & authority is in the President. I am willing to exert this authority at this moment and to be responsible for the exercise of it. All difficulties will in this way be avoided. But, if it is to be referred to General Washington or to mutual & amicable accomodation among the gentlemen themselves, I foresee it will come to me at last, after much altercation & exasperation of passions & I shall then determine it exactly as I should now—Knox, Pinckney & Hamilton.
"There has been too much intrigue in this business both with General Washington & me. If I shall ultimately be the dupe of it, I am much mistaken in myself."30
McHenry broke the news to Hamilton on September 6 in a letter enclosing Adams's letter of August 29. McHenry held out no hope to Hamilton, for he concluded: "I hope you will acquiesce in the necessity which seems to govern, and save us from the confusion which may result from a different conduct." On the same day he wrote to Adams: "… I shall follow the order you prescribe, and date Genl. Knox's on the first day, General Pinckney's on the second, and General Hamilton's on the third."31 On September 8 Hamilton replied to McHenry: "I shall certainly not hold the commission on the plan proposed, and only wait an official communication to say so."
Pickering, like McHenry, had apparently done all within his power to support Hamilton and defeat Knox. He had been the first to suggest Hamilton's name to Washington;32 he had gone out of his way to keep Hamilton informed on Washington's views on how the major generals should be ranked;33 and early in August he had sought to force Adams's hand by urging the President to call Hamilton and Knox into service.34 In addition, when Hamilton wrote to him on July 17 indicating his "willingness to serve under Knox," Pickering had "concealed" the letter "in order that the arrangement of nominations of Major Generals,… as formed by General Washington … might leave … [Hamilton] in the first place."35 Pickering's efforts, however, had had no effect on Adams, and by the end of August the Secretary of State had run out of suggestions and had little advice to offer Hamilton beyond urging him to stand firm.36
By the end of the first week in September, Pickering and McHenry had every reason to be discouraged, for Adams's letter of August 29 to McHenry had apparently deprived them of any further opportunities for machination. They did not, however, give up easily. For a time they considered a letter to the President to be signed by Pickering, Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, Jr., and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert.37 But, "after … a good deal of deliberation, the idea of a joint address was relinquished for a representation from Mr. Wolcott alone, who did not appear to be implicated in his [Adams's] suspicions of intrigue."38 Accordingly, on September 17, Wolcott wrote Adams a long, detailed brief on behalf of Hamilton.39 In the course of this letter, Wolcott attempted to refute Knox's contentions that the order of rank at the end of the Revolution should prevail and Adams's insistence that Knox was popular in New England; but most important of all, he subtly—but insistently—emphasized the importance of not offending Washington by denying him his choice for the second in command. "The circumstances of the case in respect to Genl Washington," Wolcott wrote, "appear therefore to be, first, that he was nominated to command the armies without any previous consultation or notice; second, that his 'advice in the formation of a List of Officers' was requested, accompanied with an intimation that 'his opinion on all subjects would have great weight;' third, that General Washington formed a List of Officers, and after mature deliberation settled the rank, which in his judgement, the Officers in question ought to enjoy in the proposed Army; fourth, that in the nominations exhibited by the President to the Senate, the order proposed by General Washington respecting those Gentlemen was preserved.
"The 'advice' of General Washington was therefore that Alexander Hamilton should be appointed Inspector General, with the rank of first Major General, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, second Major General, and Henry Knox, third Major General—whatever may have been the opinion of the President respecting the effect of the order of appointment, the opinion of General Washington and the expectation of the public is, that General Hamilton will be confirmed in a rank second only to the Commander in Chief.
"I am persuaded that no personal considerations distinct from the public Interest have influenced General Washington, and it is impossible that the public should be governed by any but views of the general Welfare, in awarding the second rank to General Hamilton; there does not exist a more sincere friend to General Knox than the Commander in Chief; the preference has been founded solely on public considerations; on a peculiar fitness of character, and on the utility of vesting a high command in the Office of Inspector General.
"Contrary to expectation, General Knox claims the first rank, and in support of his pretensions refers to a rule adopted in the revolutionary War, by which according to his statement, among Officers appointed to the same grade, on the same day, their relative rank in the new grade, was to be determined by their respective ranks, prior to such new appointments.
"No general and unqualified rule of the kind alluded to by General Knox, is to be found by me in the resolutions of Congress; it is however presumed that the regulations prescribed on the 24th. of November 1778,40 are those to which he refers. A due attention to these regulations will evince, that they are wholly inapplicable to the present state of things, and that they contain many exceptions with reference to the Army for which they were formed.
"The first of the rules established on the 24th. of November 1778, is the only one, which can in any degree support General Knox's pretensions; this merely determines the rank of Commissions in the eighty eight battalions ordered to be raised during the war, by the resolution of Congress of the 16th. of September 1776.41 Prior to this time the force of the United States consisted of Troops engaged for limited periods; some under the authority of Congress, others under the authority of the respective States. After the permanent Army was raised, new Commissions were issued to the Officers; the powers of appointment except of General Officers, being vested in the States, it could not but happen, that the dates would be filled up very erroneously; the true effect of the rule above referred to, was merely to correct these errors; —the rank of the Officers in the sixteen additional Battalions, of the new Levies, of the flying Camp and Militia, of Officers who had been or were prisoners with the Enemy and cases where different rules had been established in the respective States, were expressly excepted from the regulation; it was moreover provided that a resignation should preclude any claim or benefit from former rank, under a new appointment.
"Giving therefore the utmost latitude to the rule presumed to be refered to, by General Knox, it only proves, that in cases of continued service, under a Commission from Congress, and in respect to appointments made under the same Act, and where the rank has not been settled; and where no different rule was established by the particular State, the rank under a former Commission should govern. There is clearly nothing in this rule, which is highly equitable and perfectly well adapted to the difficulty which it was intended to redress, that can settle the grade of rank, between distinct Offices namely between the Office of Inspector General and that of Major General.
"But if it is contended that the Office of Inspector General and Major General are of the same dignity or if the former draws after it no precise rank and if recourse must be had to the obsolete resolutions of Congress, to settle the relative rank of the Gentlemen in question, the most apposite rule which I can discover will be found in the resolution of Congress passed on the 4th. day of January 1776. viz.
"'Resolved that in all elections of Officers by Congress, where more than one are elected on the same day, to commands of the same rank, they shall take rank of each other according to their election and the entry of their names on the minutes; and their Commissions shall be numbered to shew their priority.'42 The principle of this resolution pointedly applies to the present case; having been adopted to settle the rank of newly appointed Officers, for a new Army.
"My opinion however is, that the resolutions of Congress afford no rule for deciding the question, except as they are reconciliable with the present Constitution of the United States, the actual state of the Country, and as being founded in reason they may hereafter be adopted for the government of an Army when actually formed.
"The President is now about to form an Army; and it is an uncontrovertible fact, that before their recent appointments, Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox possessed no rank whatever; they were private Citizens; their just pretensions to appointments were founded solely on their merits; and their new stations, were consequently to be determined by their comparative qualifications.
"It would have been as becoming in the Candidates and certainly less embarrassing to the President if all had submitted in silence to the Presidents determination after consultation with General Washington; superlative disinterestedness is however rare; what has happened in this case, will eternally happen; there is not one man of real merit and virtue among a thousand whose estimate of himself does not exceed that of his acquaintance; if General Hamilton thinks the second rank his due, so does General Knox in respect to himself; General Hamiltons pretensions are however seconded by the wishes of General Washington and by the opinion of a vast majority of the wisest and most efficient supporters of the Government in every part of the United States; the political enemies of both Gentlemen are the same, but while they respect and confide in the great talents of the former, they estimate the abilities of the latter by a different scale.
"The opinion of General Washington being in favour of General Hamilton; the public voice having awarded the second rank to him, in consequence of his merits and the supposed effect of the act of the President himself; it being certain to my mind that General Knox will not accept an appointment with rank inferiour to Generals Hamilton and Pinckney; and it being equally certain, that General Hamilton will not renounce the station in which he supposes himself properly placed, but rather decline the service, the interesting question arises, What is to be done? Taking it for granted that General Knox or General Hamilton will decline service, it is necessary to consider maturely the consequences of a decision against either of these Gentlemen.
"The question of rank so far as it is a personal question ought to be entirely out of view, for surely the public Interest ought not to yield to the ambition or vanity of either of these Gentlemen: their relative rank is important only in relation to the duties of their Offices, and as it may affect the continuance of one of them in service; the Office of General Hamilton as that of Inspector General as well as Major General; that of General Knox only Major General.
"I am no Soldier, and no judge of military questions except so far as they are capable of being tested by the principles of Common sense; there are I presume some special duties, annexed to the Office of Inspector General, distinct from that of a Major General and also presume that it is important that the former should have an elevated rank to secure the full effect of his arrangements; The Law only determines that the Inspector General, shall enjoy the rank of Major General; the official grade being the same, personal rank, must therefore depend on the pleasure or determination of the President, on a full consideration of all the circumstances, which must influence his decision.
"General Washington has clearly expressed his opinion or rather 'advice' on this point, and by a Letter of his to General Hamilton, which I learn from the Secretary of War, was by him submitted to the Presidents perusal, but which doubtless has escaped his recollection, I find that General Washington relies, upon the efficient aid of General Hamilton. By the same Letter it appears further, that the only difficulty in his mind arose, (and that very much from local considerations) on the relative rank of Generals Hamilton and Pinckney, and that with a knowledge of all the Gentlemen and with the most intimate acquaintance with Generals Hamilton & Knox, General Washington deliberately and explicitly arranged the last below the other two; These are his words; 'with respect to my friend General Knox, whom I love and esteem, I have ranked him below you both.'
"Considering all the circumstances of General Washingtons services and retirement, it was certainly a serious question for him to determine, whether he should again encounter the perils of public life—having consented, it will be expected by all dispassienate men, that his reasonable wishes should be gratified—and what is the present question? Merely, whether General Hamilton shall or shall not precede General Knox in command. If the question is important to one of the Gentlemen, it is equally so to the other. If the services of both cannot be retained, ought not General Washingtons deliberate advice, seeing it has been asked, to influence the final decision?"
Hamilton's supporters in the cabinet also turned to Washington in their efforts to reverse the decision of their President. McHenry relayed the news to Washington that Adams was determined to place Knox first and Hamilton third,43 and on September 13 Pickering wrote to Washington: "… The Secretary of War has received from the President a Letter deciding the ranks of the three first General Officers in question —that they shall stand, Knox—Pinckney—Hamilton.… It is a decision which ought not to stand: I hope in God the President may be prevailed to reverse it: we have taken it upon ourselves to delay its execution.…"44 This letter was followed on September 19 by a detailed account of the situation by McHenry, in which he wrote that the President "agreed to follow your arrangement upon my admitting, that any of the parties, if dissatisfied with the order of arrangement might have their claims discussed and settled by a board of officers or the commander in chief."45
Washington then attempted to do for Hamilton, Pickering, and McHenry what they had been unable to do for themselves. He indicated to McHenry the possibility that he would resign if Adams changed the ranking of the three major generals, and on September 25, in a polite, but firm, letter to Adams, he made clear his preference for Hamilton.46 He wrote the letter, he said, "With all the respect which is due to your public station, and with the regard I entertain for your private character," and he stated that "To encrease the Powers of the Commander in Chief—or to lessen those of the President of the United States … was most foreign from my heart." But he wrote: "In the arrangement made by me, with the Secretary of War, the three Major Generals stood—Hamilton, Pinckney, Knox; and in this order I expected their Commissions would have been dated. This, I conceive, must have been the understanding of the Senate. And certainly, was the expectation of all those with whom I have conversed. But you have been pleased to order the last to be first, and the first to be last.…
"But if no regard was intended to be had to the order of my arrangement, why was it not altered before it was submitted to the Senate? This would have placed matters upon simple ground. It would then have been understood as it is at present—namely—that the Gentlemen would rank in the order they were named: but the change will contravene this, and excite much conversation, & unpleasant circumstances.…
"It is an invidious task, at all times to draw comparisons; and I shall avoid it as much as possible; but I have no hesitation in declaring, that if the Public is to be deprived of the Services of Coll. Hamilton in the Military line, that the Post he was destined to fill will not be easily supplied; and that this is the sentiment of the Public, I think I can venture to pronounce.…
"I have addressed you, Sir, with openess and candour—and I hope with respect, requesting to be informed whether your determination to reverse the order of the three Major Generals is final.…"
On October 9 Adams replied to Washington: "I received, yesterday, the Letter you did the Honor to write to me on the 25th. of September.
"You request to be informed, whether my determination to preserve the order of the three Major Generals is final.… I presume that before this Day you have received Information, from the Secretary at War, that I some time ago Signed the three Commissions and dated them on the Same day, in hopes Similar to yours that an amicable Adjustment or Acquiescence might take place among the Gentlemen themselves. But, if these hopes should be disappointed, and Controversies should arise, they will of course be submitted to you as Commander in Chief, and if after all any one should be so obstinate as to appeal to me from the Judgment of the Commander in Chief, I was determined to confirm that Judgment. Because, whatever Construction may be put upon the Resolutions of the ancient Congress which have been applied to this Case, and whether they are at all applicable to it or not, there is no doubt to be made that by the present Constitution of the United States, the President has Authority to determine the Rank of Officers."47
Most historians have suggested that Washington's letter forced Adams's hand and made him change his mind.48 Such a conclusion is at best only partially correct, for it appears that long before Adams had received the letter in question he had decided to refer the matter back to the principals in the dispute. In the first place, Adams signed the commissions of the three men on the same day and sent them to McHenry on September 30 (or eight days before he had received Washington's letter).49 Secondly, the members of the cabinet proceeded on the assumption that the fact that Adams had signed the commissions on the same day meant that the order in which the names had been approved by the Senate now prevailed and that Hamilton was second in command to Washington.50 Finally, and most important, there is evidence that Adams had made up his mind more than two weeks before he had received Washington's letter. In a draft of a letter to Wolcott, which is dated September 24 and which was never sent, Adams replied in detail to Wolcott's letter of September 17.51 In Adams's letter, which he said was "written in deep Affection" for Wolcott, he discussed all the reasons why he did not think Hamilton should be ranked first among the major generals; but he also stated: "I have given so much Attention to your Representations that I have dated the Commissions to Knox Pinckney and Hamilton all on the same Day, in hopes that under the Auspices of General Washington the Gentlemen may come to some amicable settlement of the dispute.…"
Adams's letter to McHenry of September 30 consists of a single sentence reading: "Inclosed are the commissions for the three generals signed and all dated on the same day."52 McHenry immediately relayed this news to Hamilton in a letter which concluded: "I shall, I expect, soon call upon you. Burn this letter,"53 and on October 10 Wolcott wrote to Hamilton that Adams's letter to McHenry, "covering the Commissions of the Major Generals, dated on one day," had settled the question of rank and "that you are established in the rank of first Major General." But McHenry was still not sure. Instead of asking Adams what should be done, on October 12 he sent his fellow cabinet members most of the relevant documents and asked them the following four questions: "1st. Whether from the tenor of the letters, collectively, and particularly, from the President's last letter (No. 13) including the commissions for the Major Generals of the army of the United States, all dated on the same day, it ought to be concluded, that the President acquiesces, in the settlement of the relative rank of the Major Generals, upon the principle of, and agreeably to, the order of their nomination and approbation by the Senate. If answered in the affirmative, then,
"2d. Whether the Secretary of war should immediately transmit their commissions to the Major Generals, and inform them respectively, that their relative rank is considered as definitively settled by the order of nomination, and approbation aforesaid, or
"3d. Whether the transmission of the commissions, and the communications aforesaid, ought not to be previously transmitted to the President.
"4th. Whether, if the Secretaries shall collectively agree in their answers to the above questions, it will not be proper for the Secretary of war to communicate to the President a copy of the questions now proposed and the answers thereto, as inducing to the opinion he entertains of the President's will, and the conduct he has pursued."54
On October 13, Pickering, Wolcott, and Stoddert replied to McHenry: "The only inference we can draw from the facts … is, that the President consents to the arrangement of rank as proposed by General Washington and pursued in the order of nomination and appointment by the President and Senate.
"This being the conclusion which we make, it is our opinion, that the Secretary of war, ought to transmit the Commissions and inform the Generals that in his opinion the rank is definitively settled according to the original arrangement.
"We are of opinion that it will not be respectful to the President to address him again on a subject, which appears to have been attended with difficulties in his mind, and the discussion of which can produce no public advantage; we also think that no communication of our sentiments will be necessary, unless the Secretary of War shall discover hereafter, that we have mistaken the Presidents intentions, in which case it will be proper, that we should share in the censure."55
On October 15 McHenry sent Hamilton his commission and stated: "With respect to the relative rank between you, Generals Pinckney and Knox, I deem it necessary or observe, that the order of nomination and approval by the Senate is considered definitive." Hamilton acknowledged the receipt of his commission on October 19, but Knox, stating that "no Officer can consent to his own degradation," declined his appointment.56 Pinckney, who had had the good fortune to be out of the country throughout most of the dispute, returned to the United States in mid-October. Following his arrival he wrote to McHenry accepting his appointment and stating that he had no objections to being outranked by Hamilton.57
2. 1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, I (Boston, 1845). description ends 604–05 (July 16, 1798). This act should not be confused with either "An Act authorizing the President of the United States to raise a Provisional Army" (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, I (Boston, 1845). description ends 558–61 [May 28, 1798]) or "An Act supplementary to, and to amend the act, intituled 'An act authorizing the President of the United States to raise a provisional army'" (1 Stat. description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, I (Boston, 1845). description ends 569–70 [June, 22, 1798]).
H's activities as inspector general concerned the first four regiments of infantry (often referred to as "the old regiments"), the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, and the twelve additional regiments provided for in the statute of July 16, 1798, and not the Provisional Army provided for in the earlier statutes. The twelve additional regiments and the cavalry regiment are incorrectly listed as constituting the Provisional Army in Godfrey, "Provisional Army," description begins Charles E. Godfrey, "Organization of the Provisional Army of the United States in the Anticipated War with France, 1798–1800," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, XXXVIII (1914: Reprinted, New York, 1965). Godfrey confuses the Provisional Army with the Additional Army. description ends 129–82.
3. During the American Revolution, Pinckney served as an aide to Washington and a commander of troops in the campaigns against the British in the South. At the end of the war he was brevetted a brigadier general. When this letter was written, he had not yet returned to the United States from his unsuccessful mission with Elbridge Gerry and John Marshall to France.
4. Knox had been a major general during the American Revolution, and from 1785 through 1794 he had been Secretary of War.
5. Adams to McHenry, July 6, 1798 (LC, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress). See also McHenry to Washington, July 6, 1798 (ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
6. See Timothy Pickering to H, July 18, 1798. For Washington's list, see note 27.
7. See Adams to Washington, October 9, 1798 (ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
8. Adams, Works of John Adams description begins Charles Francis Adams The Works of John Adams (Boston, 1850–1856). description ends , VIII, 590, note 15. For Miranda's plans, see Miranda to H, April 1, 1797; February 7, April 6–June 7, August 17, 1798.
10. Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 292.
11. Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 293.
12. ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; ADfS, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
13. ALS, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; ALS, letterpress copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
17. ALS, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; ALS, letterpress copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
18. ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
20. ALS, letterpress copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
21. ALS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; ALS (photostat), James McHenry Papers, Library of Congress; copy, James McHenry Papers, Library of Congress.
22. McHenry to Adams, August 4, 1798 (ALS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston).
23. Copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Adams's reference to the dissatisfaction in New England may have been inspired by Knox, who, on July 29, 1798, had written to Washington: "New England which must furnish the Majority of the Army if one shall be raised, will be without a Major General or have the junior One. Whether they will possess such a sense of inferiority as to bear such a state of things patiently, or whether their zeal and confidence will thereby be excited Time will discover" (ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
25. The draft is enclosed in H's private letter.
26. ALS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. The drafts of the two letters which McHenry enclosed have not been found.
27. The list in Washington's handwriting, dated July 14, 1798 (ADS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; ADS, letterpress copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress), was appended to Washington's answers, also dated July 14, to questions submitted to him by McHenry (ADS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; copy, in McHenry's handwriting, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, in Tobias Lear's handwriting, MS Division, New York Public Library). McHenry's queries, in his own handwriting, are in the Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. A copy of these queries, also in McHenry's handwriting, is in the George Washington Papers, Library of Congress, and a second copy, in Lear's handwriting, is in the MS Division, New York Public Library.
28. Dr. Edward Hand had been a brigadier general during the American Revolution and adjutant general of the Continental Army from 1781 to 1783. At the end of the war he was brevetted a major general. After the war he resumed his medical practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and entered local and state politics. From 1791 to 1801 he was inspector of the revenue for Survey No. 3 in Pennsylvania. On July 19, 1798, he was appointed a major general of the Provisional Army (Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 292, 293).
29. At the end of the Revolution, Henry Lee held the rank of lieutenant colonel, the same rank that H held. After the war Lee served in the Continental Congress and as governor of Virginia. On July 19, 1798, he was appointed a major general in the Provisional Army (Executive Journal, I description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate (Washington, 1828), I. description ends , 292, 293).
30. Copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
31. ALS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
32. Pickering to Washington, July 6, 1798 (ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; ADfS, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
34. Pickering to Adams, August 8, 1798 (ALS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston).
36. Pickering to H, August 21–22, 23, 1798.
38. McHenry to Washington, September 19, 1798 (ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
39. ALS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; ADfS, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
40. JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (Washington, 1904–1937). description ends , XII, 1154–56.
41. JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (Washington, 1904–1937). description ends , V, 762.
42. JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (Washington, 1904–1937). description ends , IV, 29.
43. McHenry to Washington, September 7, 10, 1798 (both ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copies, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
44. ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
45. ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
46. ALS, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston; ALS, letterpress copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; Washington to McHenry, September 16, October 1, 1798 (ALS, letterpress copies, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
47. ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
48. See, for example, John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth, George Washington (New York, 1957), VII, 533–34; Broadus Mitchell, Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure 1788–1804 (New York, 1962), 431; Page Smith, John Adams (Garden City, New York, 1962), II, 983; Bernhard Knollenberg, "John Adams, Knox, and Washington," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, new ser., Vol. 56, Part 2 (October, 1946), 233–38.
49. Adams to McHenry, September 30, 1798 (ALS, James McHenry Papers, Library of Congress).
51. Copy, with interlineations in Adams's handwriting, and copy (incomplete), Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
52. ALS, James McHenry Papers, Library of Congress.
54. McHenry to Pickering, Wolcott, and Stoddert, October 12, 1798 (ALS, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress). This letter is misdated October 13, 1798, in George Gibbs, Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams: Edited from the Papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury (New York, 1846), II, 101.
55. Two copies, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
56. Knox to McHenry, October 23, 1798 (copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston).
57. Pinckney to McHenry, October 31, 1798 (copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Adams Family Papers, deposited in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston). See also H to McHenry, October 19, 1798.


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World No. 1, Lydia Ko, looking ahead to ground-breaking Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open at Dundonald Links from the 27th - 30th July.
Speaking ahead of her second appearance at the Championship this summer, which will be played at the same venue as the Men's Scottish open for the first time for an increased prize fund of US$1.5m Ko, said, 'I'm really excited to be coming back to the Scotland, 'The Home of Golf' to compete against the best players from both the LPGA and LET and play at Dundonald Links. The course is extremely different to what we play week-in-week-out in the US and it'll be interesting to see how the men play the course a few weeks before us. I'll be keeping my eye on the coverage to see if I can learn anything from them.'
Looking back to her past links' experience 20-year-old Ko, said, 'I love that you have to be creative at a links course and there's so many factors that can affect your game. The last time that I played this event I went on to record my best finish in the Ricoh Women's British Open so I'm hoping that it will help prepare me for this year's Championship.'
Ko spoke to media as part of a joint-promotion of the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open and the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, which will both be played at Dundonald over the coming weeks.
Joining her in support of the championship was Scottish Ladies European Tour player, Gemma Dryburgh, who is looking to qualify for her second appearance in the event, and former Open Champion Paul Lawrie, with both professionals hosting a clinic at for Scottish sports stars Steven Naismith and Eve Muirhead.
Talking about the co-sanctioning agreement between the LET and LPGA, Dryburgh said, 'It's amazing to have the chance to play such a big tournament in my home country and It's exciting to have the opportunity to play against some of the best players in the world. I played my first Scottish Open here last year and had three steady rounds but I hope I can put on a good show for the locals and I'm up for the challenge.'
Dryburgh will be joined by confirmed global stars including world no. 2 Ariya Jutanugarn, Major champions Michelle Wie, Suzann Pettersen and Catriona Matthew, 2016 Ladies European Tour No. 1, Beth Allen, English sensation, Charley Hull, and of course 2016 champion, Isabelle Boineau, who looks to defend her title.
Taking place the week before the Ricoh Women's British Open at Kingsbarns in 2017, the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open will kick off a superb two weeks of women's links golf in Scotland. The back-to-back stretch of events echoes the successful strategy employed by the Men's Scottish Open taking place the week before The Open – an approach proven to be a competitive advantage for those players competing in both Championships. The Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open is also a key element of Scotland's commitments to the staging of The 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles.
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Lydia Ko Interview
Moderator: You've played the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open before, what are your memories of the event?
Lydia Ko: It was actually my first time playing in a pro-am format when I played in 2015 and it was a lot of fun. I felt like Dundonald wasn't a typical links but rather a mix between an American style and English links which I think suits my game.
Moderator: How important do you think it is to play links golf before you play the Ricoh Women's British Open the week after?
Lydia Ko: I thought it worked well for me a couple of years ago. I had my best finish to date after I played the event so that's a great start. Being able to drive to the next event is also nice. When you play both events together it isn't like any other two weeks on Tour. We are used to playing in a little bit of wind but during these two weeks there are so many factors affecting you and you have to play in a creative way and I enjoy playing like that and obviously playing the Scottish leading in gives me the perfect preparation to build me game.
Moderator: This is the first year the event has been co-sanctioned by the LET and LPGA; does that make a difference when you are planning your schedule now that the stature of the event has grown?
Lydia Ko: The LPGA is a very global Tour so it's great to see them get involved in more events outside of the US and it's a great opportunity for us to play alongside a number of LET players that we don't see for a lot of the year and make the field even stronger than usual. It's always nice to play with top players from other countries and see how they make their way around a links course.
Moderator: How do you feel about the Men's Scottish Open being played on the same venue two weeks' before on the same course? You've done it before at the US Open did you like being at the same venue?
Lydia Ko: Absolutely. I had a great time playing at Pinehurst and I felt like the course was in amazing condition when we played it and I'm sure it'll be the same at Dundonald. It's really interesting to see how the men score and how we do in comparison and hopefully we'll be able to play some amazing golf for the fans that come and watch both tournaments.
Moderator: Will you watch the men?
Lydia Ko: I'll be playing in a tournament in the US that week so I won't be in a position to watch a lot but I'll definitely check the coverage and watch how the men take on the course. I've never seen it played from where they tee from so that'll be interesting to see if it is different to us. I think it'll be pretty cool for the fans to see though.
Moderator: Your mother is well known for cooking you lovely things while you are on Tour, is there any one food you are looking forward to trying in Scotland?
Lydia Ko: It isn't a traditional Scottish food but I love meat. When I was playing the Ladies Scottish Open a couple of years ago we stayed in Troon and they had these ribs that were the most amazing ribs I'd ever hard. I know you can get those in the US too but they were the most amazing thing and I think I had them four times in the week. It was almost addicting. I would get back to the hotel and order it straight away. I don't know if I'll be able to make it back to the hotel to order them but that's one of the things I can remember. The food in the UK is some of the most traditional that we eat during the year and reminds me a little bit of going back home.
Moderator: Winning the Scottish Open before the Ricoh Women's British Open would be a big thing for you too though?
Lydia Ko: I've been fortunate enough to win my national open in New Zealand so to win the national open in Scotland would be amazing. To win a national open in any country is a huge honour which I think makes you become even more in love with that place. There's a lot of good golfers out there trying to stop me so I need to work hard on my game and hopefully be able to give myself a good chance to win.


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