on the Chair in the room with him — Doct Scott administered — tells the Major he would pay attention to his Order & that he would not Obey them, which he does — The Court directed the following Order from the Secretary at War to be read and Order'd this Proceeding which is in the following words War Department Feb 10^th 1792 — [Sir] The [undecipherable] Thomas Christie A Surgeon Mate in the service of the United States and [undecipherable] to Georgia to remain with the Troops under your Command — you will please to give him his Order. Doct Scott & Haygood are to receive his [undecipherable] — I am &c your Mo. obed Serv. Harry Knox [Q[undecipherable]] Major M Walker Question by the Court, did you in consequence of the above Order, [undecipherable] the Order of the 23^d Feb [undecipherable] 1779 — I deny in consequence of [undecipherable] Previous [undecipherable] and the above Order — Question by the Court did you receive an Answer to that Order — Answer: Yes I have — The Major then produced the following answer from Doct Scott — [Say] Doct H. Hollis Feb 12^th 1792 — I have long been [undecipherable] anxious to repair to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] agreeable to the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of which you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] my life has [undecipherable] [undecipherable] much, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] they [undecipherable] to my arrival from their [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — By my peculiar [undecipherable] situation [undecipherable] I am unable [undecipherable] to execute those Orders — as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for your reasons — First: A [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Picket which [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] day — as we [undecipherable] formerly [undecipherable] in January, instead of going [undecipherable] without danger to my life to return to the [undecipherable] —