N^o Gen^l St Clair to the Sec^y of War. Fort Washington 5^th Oct^r 1791. On the 25^th Ultimo I arrived at this place and found every thing in a better State of preparation than I had flattered my self with owing to the prudent care and attention of general Harmar and the indefatigable application of captain Ferguson— The militia that had been ordered from Kentucky appeared on the day appointed all except one hundred and forty, who have since come forward, and marched to join the army— Major Meltis with the troops from the Falls got in on the 22^d and major Doughty with part of the garrison of Fort Harmar arrived on the 25^th— From the failure on the part of Pennsylvania the corps would have been rather too weak, and general Harmar was of opinion with me that it would be prudent to ask for a reinforcement from Kentucky, and in Virtue of the powers granted to me by the President I immediately called for five hundred from the counties Fayette & Woodford, which are the nearest and also the most populous and