(No. 2) Extract of a letter from the Secretary of, war, to his Excellency the governor of Virginia, and the same to the President of Pennsylvania date War Office Office of the United States. October 5. 1789 Sir I am directed by the President of the United States to transmit to your Excellency The enclosed extract of a law enacted by the Congress, on the 29th day of September last. And I am further directed Sir, to inform you that the Stae of intelligence from the frontiers, has tendered it expedient for the President of the United States, to instruct provisionally the gov- ernor of the Western Territory, to call forth the militia of the nearest counties for the protection of the frontier inhabitants from the hostile incur- sions of the Indians, limiting the militia to be so called forth, to the number of one thousand from Virginia, and five hundred from Pennsylvania. The said militia while in actual services services are to receive the same pay and rations as the troops of the United States provided that no charge for pay be admitted as valid, unless the militia shall be mustered by an officer of the said troops, to be ap- pointed by the commanding officer thereof, It is expected that the militia will be armed and accoutered at their own ex- pence, but to be furnished with ammunition if necessary by the United States. Your Excellency will make such use of this information as you shall Judge proper, in order to facilitate such orders, as the governor of the Western territory may find it necessary to issue.