[No 8 From Gen^t Knox Sec^y War] War department 23 of July 1793 Sir, I have the honor to inclose a copy of a letter written to Brigadier General Wilkenson I request that you would order M^r Swan the Paymaster to pay the old troops of the first & second Regiments and artillery all the money either in his possession or that of M^r Brett. By the old troops it is intended all the recruits who were incorporated in the first or Second Regiments or artillery prior to the first of July instant. It is estimated that he has a sufficiency to pay them up to the first of July The pay of the troops at & below Fort Washington will be easy— but circumstanced as M^r Swan is it will be more difficult to pay the old troops above— you will however please to direct him to make an arrangement for that purpose. It is intended that the troops hereafter shall be paid monthly and preparations are making for that purpose. It would be desirable that the pay master was with you on the upper parts of the Ohio— should you continue there two months perhaps you had better order him up after he shall have paid the troops below. It may be necessary at times that the Governor of the Western Territory, or in his absence, the Secretary acting as Governor, or the Judges when on public business should be protected by an escort, when it can be granted consistently with the general good of the Service— in such cases you will please to grant an Escort. I have the honor to be with great esteem your most obed Servant H Knox Sec^y War to Major Gen^d Wayne