[L^re from General Wayne — relative to hats & shoes held for the [undecipherable] 2 the Sec^y 1794] [rec^d 10] Extract of a le[tter from Brig^r] General [Wa]ynes to the Secretary of War dated Your 10 March 1794 Permit me to mention the very inferior quality of the hats and shoes of the Soldiery, a very large proportion of the hats are very little better than [undecipherable] caps & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & the long out stages over the ears and eyes of the men and entirely loses their form, this I have [undecipherable: caused] to be in some degree remedied by a strong binding and adding a bear Skin cover in the form of a crest over the Crown which not only keeps the [undecipherable: heads] of the men dry and warm, but gives a military and martial appearance, two pairs of the Moccasin shoes with which the troops have last been furnished are not equal to one pair of the Common Shoes that we had last year, in fact they go to pieces & the course of one escort from this place to Fort Washington and back again. True Extract