War Dep^t August Jun^e 12 1795 Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the re- -ceipt of your favor of the 4^th instant. I have not received the Eld^s [undecipherable] -on, by Atkinson from Brigadier general Wilkinson. I am rejoiced to hear of [undecipherable]'s ar- -rival, as now there will be no further impediment to the completion of the pay for the troops up to the first day of the present month, and in future it will be requisite held as far as the situation of the troops will admit. The motion for the reduction of the troops having been for some time past agitated before the house, it could not have been proper to have complied the promotions among the troops. No motion having failed, twenty for and thirty five against it. The promo- tion will soon take place as far as it shall be possible to ascertain the rank by the established principles. I cannot discover, that there is a disposition to raise the pay of the troops. How the re- cruiting Service will progress is to be ascertained. The[o]