Philadelphia April 29 1784 Sir On the 25^th of January last I laid before Congress, [two?] [several?] questions which respected my department, and requested directions necessary — the two first? were minutely answered, the last — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] under the [?] "whether the Resolve of [?] [undecipherable] of 1781 now calls to to meet the half pay or not," was answered by referring me to one of January 26 1803, wherein it is determined that the half pay or commutation shall be given beyond to none but when it was properly promised — [strikethrough: my present of [undecipherable]] the member of Finance will I conclude very soon lay before Congress, a representation in favor of some Invalid Officers on this subject — to be build on two points: the first that the re[?] clause in the resolve of Decm 9 plainly refe[rs] back to some former resolution, in which Congress supposed that the half pay was granted to all Officers who charged and the second is this if it is reasonable to grant it to Officers already [strikethrough: in] Jan? 1784 it is much more so to those continued in [undecipherable] a year afterwards — Congress [undecipherable] these reasons appear forcible and just — but in continuing the resolution under question, were [undecipherable] by the following principles [marginalia left side: To [undecipherable] Reg[?] / April 29, 1784 / Copy]