[Compared] Extract of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of war — dated. "Treasury Department Aug^t 6. 1792 " All advances for supplies in the quarter Master Department will be made to the quarter-Master after the first of next month, by warrants in his favor from the Treasury and [strikethrough: he] will have to account immediately to the treasury for the disbursement of the monies committed to him" It will of course be necessary for the quarter-Master to have an Attorney or Deputy at this place. No provision for compensation of a Deputy having been made, it is of necessity that he should depute Some person, who is otherwise in the employ of the Government — (Compared) Jⁿ Stagg Jun^r Chief