and seventy five cents, also a Warrant for that a[mount] being for the incidental and contingent expen[ses of the] Department to which Warrant the receipt is to [be an]nexed, agreeably to requests of the Comp[troller of] the Treasury. I am Sir &c — William [Knox] Capt. Rich^d L. Blackburn D. of War Accountant Norfolk Virginia April 27^th Sir It is intended [that] in the future, that each Officer is to make out their [Muster] Rolls and transmit one of them together with a [Return] to this Office at the expiration of every two Mon[ths and] an examination will take place and the [result] thereof transmitted through the usual Cha[nnels] I therefore enclose you some blank pay ro[lls] for that purpose. — I am Sir &c — William [Knox] Lieu^t & Thomas Butler. D. of War Accountant Pittsburgh April 27^th Sir The Bearer hereof [is] David Jones has charge of one thousand Dollar[s] for [the] use of the recruiting Service is to be delivered to yo[u] which sum you are held accountable to be ap[plied] in like manner to the former sum sent you [of] clear Dollars and agreeably to the directions of the [War Ac]- countant of the 30^th October last, to which I r[efer] you strictly to attend to in recruiting —