Courts martial fines, undecipherables and therefore. I presume you have invested him with it. Doct^r Carmichael sets out this morning with the means of paying the Army to the 31 December last. I pray that the troops on the lower parts of the Ohio receive their proportion at the earliest day possible. Brigadier General Putnam has resigned. The vacancies generally will be filled up as far as possible — but so many Officers are in arrest that it is difficult to do it with precision. — It is now apparent that the two companies which were intended to be transferred from the first & second regiments cannot be carried into execution consistently with any proper principles of Promotion. I am Sir with great esteem your most obed^t Serv^t H Knox Sec^y of War Maj^r Gen^l Wayne — [No. 121 — From Sec^y Gen Knox Sec^y of War] [War department Feb^y 23. 1793] Sir, I have [undecipherable] you of the 15th [undecipherable] & submitted it to the President of the United States. — As the case for which the Cornplanter was wanted is now circumscribed it is unnecessary for him to come here. It is probable that we have obtained from the Farmers brother, and the other Chiefs all the information that could be obtained from the Cornplanter, were he here — the expence therefore is not to be incurred and Colonel Procter is to be directed by you to return to this City. The President conceives, that as Colonel Procter was sent expressly for this purpose he ought to have gone on to the Cornplanters residence; But that under the present circumstances, he is to return. — It is the suggestion of the President, that the relinquishment of Fort Jefferson, or the route thereto, or the change of the mode of transportation, ought not to be adopted, and executed until after the most perfect information be obtained, and the most mature consideration & decision, as to the benefits which shall result from the measure. — Waggons running upon an old road in moist soil soon injures, & renders it impassable — this difficulty will be increased in any Country where much [underline: bone soil is upon the Surface] But this subject will be reviewed more at leisure, and also all the stores necessary for the Campaign — I shall write you fully upon