[undecipherable] War Department July [undecipherable] 179[undecipherable] Sir [undecipherable] of the 25^th [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] two [undecipherable] three thousand hundred Dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] In my former letter [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] always presented or accompanied a requisition with a [undecipherable] for a detailed [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] accordingly with the direction: but [undecipherable] no [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from the omission in the present instance, I have desired M^r Hodgdon to transmit [undecipherable] [undecipherable] two thousand five hundred Dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for which — [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] Secretary [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Captain [undecipherable], who is now on his march with a detachment of upwards of one hundred men, must be transported down the Ohio under his escort. A particular train of Stores to be transported [undecipherable] to be made out; and if any shall not have arriv[ed] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for them, provided he shall be detained only a few days for them. [undecipherable] all the [undecipherable] Clothing and Ordnance, Military Hospital or Indian Stores which shall have arrived [undecipherable] the detachments from [undecipherable] in Virginia, or the detachment under Captain Pike, must [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] You must always transmit the Returns of all clothing [undecipherable] and the ordnance to Head Quarters. The [undecipherable] is promised the 14^th of June, [undecipherable] not [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Your Obedient Servant [undecipherable: Knox or similar signature]