[Edward Millers Middletown Connecticut] Department of War Accountants Office April 27. 1796 Sir Your Letter of the 25 Inst with its enclosures I have Received, but the Recruiting Account returned to you in My Letter of the 8^th Inst you have not forwarded, which you will please to do and then Your Account will be finally Settled — I am &c William Simmons [The Att^y Gen^l of the United States] Department of War Accountants Office, April 29. 1796 Sir Major Morrison has informed me that You wished the question as regards his Claim stated in writing before You give your decision — From the Conversation which passed between us Yesterday on that Subject — I don't conceive it necessary to State the Particulars of his Claim, the question is simply this whether from the 4^th Sect. of the Act making alterations in the Treasury & War Departments passed 8^th May 92 — precludes a Discharged Man who served as a Non commissioned officer or private from receiving any Balance of Pay which may be due to him at the time of his Discharge — Your &c William Simmons [Capt Jacob Slough] Department of War Accountants Office, April 29. 1796 Sir Your accounts on the Books of this Office have been a long time open, the propriety of a Settlement must of [undecipherable: probable "course be"] obvious to you I have therefore only to Request that you will as early as possible transmit your account and vouchers to this Office Post under Cover to the Secretary of War — When they are received an examination will take place and you will be informed of it. [undecipherable] you will please state an Account Current Shewing the [undecipherable] you have Received and from whom and the payments made I am &c William Simmons [Caleb Swan Esq^r P.M.G. of the Army] Department of War Accountants Office, April 30^th 1796 Sir I Received your Letters of the 15 ult and Inst together with your Abstracts of payments made & the [undecipherable] accompanying the same I have not had Time to examine into the propriety of payments to Capt Guion & Pike for doing the Sublegionary Duty — when it is done I will inform you of the Result — I have represented to the Sec^y of War the necessity for [undecipherable] making good the deficiency of the Estimates for the Army in 179[undecipherable] to Replace the Monies you have advanced for Objects in the [undecipherable] Masters and other Departments from the Treasury where a[undecipherable] advances ought to be made. The Secretary of War has wrong informed You that the Pay sent out for November No [undecipherable] Money having ever been forwarded to you for that [undecipherable] Month — But few of Your Billes have as yet been presented [undecipherable: probable "for"] Payment when they are due Honor shall be paid to them — Shewn that part of Your Letter which relates to your being enabled [undecipherable: probable "to"] sell as further Sum on Bills To the Secretary of War who will give the Necessary information on that head — it is in my opinion [undecipherable: probable "war-"]