[Copy] [A Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of War to Maj^r Gen^l E Scott] Department of War Sir It is with great satisfaction that I execute the orders of the President of the United States in transmitting the unanimous thanks of the House of Representatives of the United States to the Corps of Volunteers acting under your orders in the Army of Maj^r Gen^l Wayne during the last Campaign The officers and Soldiers of the Mounted Volunteers will undoubtedly receive with the highest pleasure this precious evidence of national gratitude. The sum of 50.000 dollars was transmitted on acc^t of the pay of the Volunteers on the 13^th October. It was ordered in July, but the Insurrections in the Western [strikethrough: County] of Pennsylvania prevented its transmission at an earlier period. For the remainder it is expected you will transmit the Muster and Pay rolls with proper powers to receive the Balll. which may me be due.