[undecipherable] [undecipherable] of War [undecipherable] Office [undecipherable] [date] [undecipherable] has been laid before me, [undecipherable] to the reception E[undecipherable] — He [undecipherable] was ordered to join the army and had taken his pay to [undecipherable] and accepted his [Power of] attorney for his pay of [Jan]. Feb & March which was [undecipherable] Lt [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] it was written to the [undecipherable] Paymaster of the troops to withhold his pay until further orders in the mean time you will as soon as [undecipherable] furnish an account of your [payment] [to] the [undecipherable] that I may know the exact amount in order to notify the [undecipherable] I have been doubtful [undecipherable] to consider the advance of [undecipherable] dollars by Maj: [undecipherable] as included in your [undecipherable] your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [Harris] from his [pay] to [1^st] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to your communications being received — [undecipherable]