[undecipherable] Sir The pay of a Judge Advocate for the Army in the [undecipherable] ville Bay was fixed by Congress, Sept 21 1795 at 50 Doll [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] determined to be [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] day. on the 6 of June [undecipherable] it was ordained that the [undecipherable] Advocates attending at [undecipherable] have the same pay & rations of a Captain. And March 4 1798 the Judge Advocate General was allowed 75 dolls monthly [undecipherable] for one ration. it was resolved that on March 21 1779 [undecipherable] order [undecipherable] a Judge Advocates pay, that of a [undecipherable] & the deputy as that of a [undecipherable] Lt. on the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] 1800 Nov 10 1800, Judge Advocates [undecipherable] added at 60 dol[lar]s [undecipherable] from law appointment & March 21 [undecipherable], at 75 [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] his depreciation to be entitled one after Aug 1800 his pay 1,100 dolls monthly & 2 rations of [undecipherable] day. his deputy to have 15 dolls [undecipherable] & two [undecipherable] than him. Sept 17 1791, a recommendation to the States & add the depreciation of the [undecipherable] notes July 14 1782, [undecipherable], at 75 dolls pay 2 rations daily 123 dolls [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] to be taken from the time [undecipherable] dolls for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the line, two rations [undecipherable] 123 dolls [undecipherable] [undecipherable] An Officer having another Commission, who received, by the appointment of Congress two offices had in general an additional pay annexed to the first appointment — in the same manner the [undecipherable] of Nov 10 1800 gives 15 dolls additional [undecipherable] to the deputy. It was customary to take Officers out of the line to fill some of the Staff Departments, but they never received the pay and emoluments of both offices, and only an additional allowance, the [undecipherable] tions officers to forbid and [undecipherable] allowance for [undecipherable]. [Such] a nature. New York May 10. 1786 [endorsements and signatures at foot of page, largely undecipherable]