[Duplicate] [No 30 From Major General Knox Sec^y of War] War department April 13 1793 Sir I have received yours of the 5^th instant. I transmitted by the post of the 8^th Instant to the President of the United States who is at Mount Vernon your propositions relatively to Scouts and Garrisons for the posts on the upper parts of the Ohio, but to which I have not received and could not yet receive an answer. But it is essential that those Garrisons Should be immediately established, you will please to carry your own propositions as to the Strength of the Garrisons into immediate execution— your Idea of placing in parts of the Said Garrison the men least capable of active Service is a good one, and which you will also please to execute accordingly. Perhaps it may be considered as expedient in case of active operations to relieve the Said Garrisons and transport them down the Ohio there to serve as garrisons to your posts, So that your apparent force may be as great as possible. The Scouts I hope you have already ordered out. I conceive in case of all vacancies the officers clearly entitled to those vacancies are to fill them as Soon as they occur. But it ought to be well Settled that the Positions are clearly entitled. I have received letters from Brigadier General Wilkinson dated the 8^th ultimo by which it appears that Armstrong has resigned It must be explicitly understood by your [undecipherable] of Camp you Shall [undecipherable: Some] for the most of your Troops if you conceive it essential to discipline to remove from Fort Washington Shall be a position where the price of the Ration Shall not be greater than at Fort Washington Such positions may be found in abundance on the margin of the river Ohio either above or below Fort Washington. The excessive increase of the price of the rations at a distance from the Ohio which an adherence to the injunction a point of considerable importance to the Public, and to prevent all questions on the Subject it will be proper that the arrangement be perfectly understood between you and the Contractors. All the Stores which have been written for are preparing and will be forwarded with all expedition. All the recruits which Shall be recruited by the middle of May Shall be marched to the frontiers. Major Rudolph has had permission from Brigadier General Wilkinson to repair to his family, who were in Some distress. The Major