[Outer address leaf. Upper left docketing notations undecipherable. Center address panel, written diagonally:] His Excellency [undecipherable] Governor of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Carolina [undecipherable] [Additional notations at bottom of address leaf, undecipherable.] Department of War Accountants Office Sir [strikethrough: Jan^y 22. 1795] March 13^th 1795 Your letter of 2 Aug^t last to the Secretary of War, was rec'd in his absence from the seat of Government. on his return which was not until the later end of October I consulted with him respecting the expenses incurr'd for securing & taking care of the Sloop L'ami Margueritte which was captured by the proscribed privateer Vainquer de Bastile it was his opinion that the [strikethrough: sum] Pay charg'd for the above business to the Non Comm^d & privates was [strikethrough: to] not adequate to the service & not equal to charges for Similar Services in other States — To place [strikethrough: the] all demands of this nature on one [undecipherable] the following regulations is agreed upon — That for the hire of Guard, employ'd by the United States to secure illicit & proscribed Privateers & their Prizes, from infringing the Neutrality of said States, there be allowed [strikethrough: for their hire] per day to each of the Non Comm^d & Privates Sixty Cents, Rations included, and to the Comm^g Officer the [undecipherable] allowed by Law to those of similar grade, by the Legion of the United States — And the necessary expenses for ammunition & such other reasonable charges as consequently arise from the Service — From the manner in which the account is stated Col. Wright (which [undecipherable] return) I am not able to form a Pay Roll as the names & number of the Officers & men [strikethrough: are not expressed] & time of Service are not express'd — I have to request that your excellency would be pleased to direct that a Roll should be made out agreeably to the above Regulation to be properly authenticated by your Certificate to be transmitted to this Office the amount of which with that of the expenses shall be remitted to be disburs'd by any person you may name who will be held accountable to [undecipherable] the receipt of the individual & transmit the same for his exoneration to the Office — I am to offer as an apology for delay in answering — The absence of the late [undecipherable] his resignation and the press of business in the department [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] by the Legislature being in Session — I have the honor to be with great respect Your Excellency's [undecipherable] [undecipherable] P.S. Be pleased to intimate to Col. Wright what is [undecipherable] that a reasonable [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] what being [undecipherable] [undecipherable], & [undecipherable] transmit the bill to all [undecipherable] with the [undecipherable] papers His Excellency [undecipherable: Richard Dobbs Spaight?] [undecipherable] Newbern