The Secretary of War, to whom were referred the Petitions of the Widows, or Children, or the Representatives of the Children of the commissioned Officers herein after named, who were killed or who died while in the service of the United States, during the late War. Respectfully Reports. That having investigated the claims severally, and the evidence accompanying the same, as well as the evidence afforded by the public offices, the result is herein submitted. *First.* That it appears [underline: Bernarch Elliot] deceased, was a Lieutenant Colonel of the South Carolina Regiment of Artillery on continental establishment, and that he died on the 25^th of October 1778, while in public service. That no compensation has been made for the seven years half pay, in such cases allowed by the United States, either to the Widow who has since married, or to the only