has been forwarded to the end of the last year, they have therefore 5 Months Pay to due them to the first of the present Month which amounts to 10,200 D^rs. If you are of opinion that this Sum or any part thereof should be forwarded by tomorrows post then will please to give me information thereof, that I may take the necessary steps to effect it. I have thought it necessary to take these steps in order that the Troops may be paid conformably to the Act of Congress of the 7 June 1794. I am &c Estimate of One months pay Subsistence and forage of the Regular Troops in Georgia under the Command of Lieut Col^t Henry Gaither, taken from a Return for the Month of March — 1796 — Pay — 1 Lieut Col^t . . . . . . . 75 D^rs . . . 75 D^rs 1 Major . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . — 50 5 Capt^ns . . . . . . . . 40 . — . . 200 5 Ensigns . . . . . . . 20 . — . . 100 2 Sarg^t Mates . . . . 30 . — . . . 60 25 Serg^ts . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . 175 — 10 Music . . . . . . . . 5 . — . . . 50 207 Privates . . . . . . 4 . — . . 1,148 1050 — Subsistence of Officers 1 Lieut Col^t. 6 rations p^r day 100 @ 12¾ Cts p^r 248 — 22, 50. 1 Major 4 d^o . 120 @ 12½ — 15. 5 Captains 2 d^o. 450 D^o . — 56, 25 5 Ensigns 2 d^o 300 d^o — . 37, 50 2 Sarg^t Mates 2 d^o 120 d^o — 15, — 146, 25 Forage of Officers — 1 Lieut Col^t. 1 Mo. . @ 12 D^rs — 12.— 1 Major . — . . . . . 4. . . . 10. 10 2 Surg^ns Mates 1 . . . . . 4 . . . . 1R . . . . 34, — 2,030,25 [Money has been forwarded to M^r Freeman to complete the payment to the Troops to the 1 day of the present year—] Department of War Accountants Office June 9 — 1794