complete the allowance therein specified to extend to the remittances of money from this department through the hands of the Supervisor— He was however of opinion that some compensation should be made on which he should confer with the Secretary of War, the result of which you shall be informed of, but it cannot take place untill the Secretary of War's return from the Eastward some time in October next— I am Sir &c George Gale Esq.^r Joseph Howell Supervisor. Baltimore— --- W.D. Accountants Office Sir September 1.^st 1794 I have received your letter of 12.^th July last respecting the expenses attending your duty as a paymaster— The act of Congress of 5.^th March 1792 allows ten dollars per Month to a Paymaster of a [underline: Regiment] in addition to his pay in the line, any allowance extra of the Law on the principle of a contingent acc-