I am with great respect Sir Your Most Obt Servant Philip Audebert General Wayne N⁰ 62 From Major General Knox Secretary of War Sir War Department Nov. 25^th 1793 Your several favors of of the 8^th of August the 17^th of September, and the [3^d?] of [strikethrough: October have been received] — the first on the 23 of September, and the others on the 12^th of the present month. The [Presi]dent's mind is now in a state of anxiety to hear further from you — an ugly report exists having been brought from Kentucky of an Escort and twenty two waggons being captured between Forts S^t Clair & Jefferson on the 17^th of October but it is hoped to be untrue. The procrastinated and faithless but absolutely necessary negotiation with the Hostile Indians consumed the Summer months and scarcely left you any remaining season for active operations. The difficulties to which these circumstances will subject your troops have been anticipated and regretted — But God grant that you may surmount them all and accomplish some object reflecting honor on yourself and the army, and producing real advantage to your Country. Your assurances of caution — The discipline of your army — and your sense of its importance to the country afford solid ground to hope that altho the advanced season may not permit you to injure materially the enemy, yet you will prevent them from injuring you. The situation you will eventually assume for winter quarters must depend upon upper [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. The security of your posts and the Country will be duly compared with the economy of the [undecipherable], and the principle which predominates will of course govern unless you can form a happy combination which shall embrace all considerations. The circumInstance of the arrangements of the Legion and the promotions and appointments have been submitted to the President. It will be proper that no promotions or appointments be announced until the President & Senate shall have actually made them. The Constitution will not warrant any other mode. The President however will always be glad to receive your recommendations to which due attention will be paid. I have enclosed all the orders which have been given to Lieut Col Clarke, & his letters to me, in order that you may judge of the steps necessary to be taken in his case. I also enclose the orders given to Major Winston and his answer. His movements appears to have been exceedingly tardy. I have ordered a body of recruits of [undecipherable] one hundred to be assembled at Carlisle under Captain Cook, and they will commence their march to Pittsburgh about the 21^st instant. But I am apprehensive the ice may obstruct their passage down the River, but they will be ordered to descend if practicable. A list of recruiting officers and Rendezvous which shall be kept up during the winter shall be soon transmitted. But the aspects of [undecipherable: probable reading pursuit] in the country generally are so profitable that I apprehend that not more than three in four hundred recruits at most could be obtained from this time until the first of May next upon the present pay, whether Congress will hold out additional encouragement for entering into the Legion and filling it up or whether they will determine to combine militia with the present number of troops, or adopt both measures will depend upon their own view of the subject, probably influenced by circumstances attending your army. The Treasury have advanced one hundred thousand dollars for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] your command for the objects herein specified viz For the troops at Fort Franklin, Wheeling and Big Beaver block House — — — 1105 Main army pay for May June & July — — — — 49613.80 31.495.00 [undecipherable: probable reading Brought forward] 51699. 80 Deficiency of [undecipherable] as p [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 8^th [undecipherable] — — — 1925. 59 Arrears due to the troops stationed at Fort Washington and its dependencies to the amount incurred by the Paymaster — — — 5375. 11 Mounted volunteers — — — — — — — 41200 [Total?] 100000 The number of mounted volunteers being unknown it has been thought that the sum forwarded for them will be sufficient for the present. If their pay will amount to a greater sum, it will be transmitted on the muster Rolls being received. The Quarter Master General has made a further requisition for fifty [undecipherable] thousand one hundred & forty dollars for the purposes of his department to the end of the year and to carry the troops through the Winter. This will be furnished, as the sum appropriated by Congress to the Department has before been exhausted. It is known of the greatest importance that this Department should be conducted with all possible economy consistent with the service. It will therefore be expected that in future [undecipherable] should approbate the estimates which shall be transmitted by the Quarter Master's [undecipherable], whether the persons employed are more numerous than necessary cannot with the propriety be decided here, but it is very certain that the expenses for issues all the estimated presents to or appropriations made by Congress, and some difficulties may occur in this head. Major Craig writes on the 15^th that all the cloathing for the present year had been forwarded, excepting a waggon load at Shippensburg, which I have requested Col Mentges to have forwarded immediately. I have employed Col Mentges to bear the money and the letter to Pittsburgh, I imagine Major Winston or Major [undecipherable: probable reading Cass] is at that place, who will be the bearer to Fort Washington. But if neither of them be there or under circumstances to descend the River, then I have directed Captain Crawford to take charge of the money and papers to Fort Washington. I have the honor to be with great esteem your Obt Servant H Knox Secretary of War Major General Wayne [undecipherable] From Major General H. Knox Secretary of War War Department November 29^th 1793 Sir I have the honor to enclose a duplicate of my letter to you of the 25 Instant which was forwarded by Colonel Mentges to Pittsburg. It is to be regretted as productive of delay and inconvenience that you had not acted definitively upon the proceedings of the court Martial in the case of [undecipherable] Morgan. The President has had the subject under his consideration, and for the reasons contained in the opinion of the attorney General herein enclosed he has directed me to return you the [undecipherable] proceedings in order that you may pass your [undecipherable] thereon. As soon as this shall be done I request that you will be so good as to cause the proceedings to be transmitted to this Office to remain upon file and that M^r Morgan may