[War Office [undecipherable] 1795 Sundry questions pro- positions —] [Memorandum for M. Hodgdon] [316 B.B. 144] ...s or four [undecipherable] — brass 4 small brass howitzers 6 ammunition waggons — French bodies — like [undecipherable] 1 Travelling forge — with a tongue — not [undecipherable] Entrenching tools for 400 men Where can these be most easily obtained, & be at West Point by the first of April? The carriages of the waggons will be of the com- mon kind. The dimensions & construction of the bodies will be adapted to the fort of Ammunition they are to carry — Col. Rochefontaine will give a plan; as well as a return for all the ammunition and Entrenching tools. Whatever is at Springfield can be trans- ported as soon as the ice of Connecticut river shall break up. It will be convenient to have a report— when the articles mentioned are to be had most easily, and of the work necessary to complete them. Col. R. will choose to have the waggons completed at West Point: but I have no doubt they may be obtained by contract at half the cost of making them at West Point. Are there any wheels there in store primed? and are they seasoned timber? I will thank you for information to — Dec. 20. 1795. T.P.