N^o 1 War Department, April 25, 1794. Sir Your letter of the 13^th inst, to the Secretary of war, has been received, and the inclosures — I beg leave to inform you, that a number of troops are preparing to march for Pittsburg, in order to defend the River to Fort Washington — Ensign M^cClean marches this morning from this city with about forty men. He will take on the recruits at Carlisle — a Captain and forty men, are ordered from West Point, and to this detachment will be added about twenty on their arrival at New Brunswick — The recruits in Virginia, [strikethrough: for] thirty or forty other [strikethrough: eight] will also be ordered to Pittsburg under Captain Betz — I give you this notice that you may be prepared to receive, and embark them — I am, Sir, with sincere esteem, Your most ob^t Serv^t [undecipherable: probable reading: Sam Hodgdon] for the S^y at W^r Major Craig.