I have always assumed that George Washington stayed in Washington D.C. (tangent: what was D.C. called while Washington was president? I can't imagine it was named after him yet) while his revolutionary war subordinates led the militia against the Whiskey Rebellion rebels. Wikipedia states Washington did in fact ride out to "review the troops" at some point.

My question is, was Washington formally the tip-top general in the army with responsibility and authority over the troops (outside of his being commander-in-chief as all POTUS's are)? I am not very familiar with military hierarchy, is this question even relevant or make sense?

Thanks in advance for satiating my curiosity about heads of state personally marching out onto the battlefield (sparked by the buzz over the King of Jordan renting up^and ^taking ^a ^axillary ^support ^role ^contrary ^to ^early ^reports).

EDIT: I am a formatting newb EDIT: and again