sum of Ninety seven dollars and sixty cents to be transmitted to Cap^t Corn^d R. Glen being for the pay of himself and his recruits for the month of Sep^t 1794 for which you will please take his receipt to be accountable for the due application thereof. Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York I am &c &c Joseph Howell W.D. Accountants Office October 16^th 1794 Sir, The Treasurer has remitted to Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor at New York, to be transmitted to you the sum of Ninety seven dollars 70 cts being for the pay of yourself and your recruits for the month of September 1794 to which you are accountable for the disbursement of the same agreeably to the enclosed pay rolls — Cap^t Corn^d R. Glen New York I am &c &c Joseph Howell Recruits enlisted by Lieu^t Thomas Hutchins Garret Fenck enlisted Aug^t 2. Deserted Aug^t 25. Cornelius Patterson . . . . 18^th d^o d^o " Henry Callender . . . . . . d^o d^o " Ishmael Harney . . . . . . 26 d^o d^o " The above four men have not been mustered and have received their full Bounty — W.D. Accountants Office October 16^th 1794 Sir, The Act of Congress requires that a recruit shall be duly enlisted and mustered to entitle an Officer having enlisted him to receive the premium — some embarrassments having heretofore arisen in this business for want of the men being mustered. In consequence the Sec^y of War authorized recruiting Officers to muster their men once in a month, (However as desertions might happen in the course of a month and previous to a muster, for accommodation with the Officers, it has been the practice with the Accountant to allow the premium in such case if the men were long enough in service for their pay to cover the premium, and provided it appeared that regard had been paid to the recruiting instructions in respect to the advancing the Bounties in equal proportions until the fidelity of the recruit should be ascertained. Neither of these points appearing to apply to the three last mentioned recruits the accountant objected to allowing the premium, but so far from [underline: disregarding] any knowledge (as M^r Watkins is pleased to express himself) the