Allowances of Barrack Masters Items to be furnished at the respective Garrisons, and for the Garrisons established on the Sea Coast of the United States. First, from the first day of October, to the first day of April One load of Wood p Month to each Commissionaire Officer — One cord p do — to each room occupied as Barracks for the Non Commissioned Officers [undecipherable] Musician [undecipherable] allowing eight Men to a room, if the number should be at that Garrison. One load of Wood to the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — from the first day of April, to the first day of October half the Allowance With — It may be [undecipherable] from some latitude however in the [undecipherable] the above Allowance if that agreeable to the Climate of the States where it shall be requisite — [undecipherable] the Commissioning Officer and keep an [undecipherable] [undecipherable] room on the [undecipherable] accordingly — One trough little One [undecipherable] } [undecipherable] Items Three Wooden tools Straw: One bundle of fresh Straw for each [undecipherable] garrison room at each [undecipherable] Commissionaire Officer, Musician or [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] to be furnished anew to the number of [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] day and day [undecipherable] With Conditions 24^th January 1798 [signed] Timothy Pickering Secretary of War