sently see the embarrassments which exists and endeavor to remove them as soon as possible. If you have any men recently enlisted prior to this year, please to send on the vouchers entire. I am &c &c Joseph Howell Cap^t Col^r Lyman Springfield Mass^ts [Circular] W. T. Accountants Office January 28. 1794 Sir, I Inclose you a form of a recruiting account which is to govern you in stating your recruiting account to be rendered with the ments enlistments and receipts as necessary vouchers to this office for settlement — As the Secretary of war in his accounting instructions has directed you in paying the bounty to advance unless proportions thereof untill you have ascertained the liability of the recruit — I have in this form provided columns for [strikethrough: their] several payments which are to compleat the amount of the bounty. the receipts are to be taken separately for each recruit and the several payments to each will be placed under one number of your vouchers in the account — In case of a signature not being written it is to be witnessed by a person of res-