[undecipherable] January [undecipherable] 179[undecipherable] [undecipherable] as public [undecipherable] me, again to urge you to [be?] [undecipherable] instantly and actively to enlist the number of [officers?] who [undecipherable] have been [needed] to be [raised] — And it is of importance that your [rolls] regularly transmit to this Office agreeably to your instructions, [a?] weekly [Return] of your [Recruits] on order that [I may keep you] in progress — To these objects I request your [undecipherable] attention. There is no expectation at present, that the pay of the Men [commissioned?] and [privates?] will be augmented I am &c Your humble Servant [undecipherable] [undecipherable]