Excerpt from A Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth Day of September, 1817: Together With the Names, Force, and Condition, of All the Ships and Vessels Belonging to the United States, and When and Where Built I Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, once in two 'years, a Register, containing correct lists of all the officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States, made up to the last day of September, of each year in which a new Congress is to assemble, be compiled and, printed under the direction of the Secretary for the Department of State. And to enable him to form such Register, he, for his own department, 'and the heads of the other departments, respectively, shall, in due time, cause such lists as aforesaid, of all officers and agents, in their respective departments, including clerks, cadets, and midshipmen; to be made and lodged in the o ice of the Department of State. And the said lists shall exhi bit the amount of compensation, pay, _and emoluments, allowed to each officer, agent, crerk, cadet, and midshipman, the state or country in which he was born, and where emplo ed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."