To John Harris Storekeeper of military supplies. Sir, In conformity with the pleasure of the President, you are hereby appointed Storekeeper of all articles appertaining to the department of War, which now are or hereafter may be placed under your care, for the safe keeping and delivery of which you will be governed by the following regulations and enter into bond with one or two sufficient securities in the penalty of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties here assigned or that may be assigned you relative to your Office of Storekeeper. 1. You will, as soon as possible transmit to the Secretary of War and the Superintendant of military Stores a correct Return which shall comprehend every article belonging to the United States in the different Stores or repositories within and in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 2. For all articles consigned to your keeping you will give two Receipts of the same tenor and date to the Agent or Purveyor of public supplies who shall procure and deliver them. 3. You will render to the Secretary of War and Superintendant of military Stores a quarterly Return of the articles on hand and articles received and delivered during the preceding quarter. 4. You will receive all goods from the Indian trading houses and credit the houses respectively with the amount for which they may sell as well as all money that may be remitted by them. 5. You will put the skins or petry which they may remit into the hands of such person as may be pointed out to you by the Secretary of War or Purveyor of public Supplies to dispose of, who is to render you an account of Sales and pay you the amount. 6. All money thus arising or remitted to you by the trading houses is to be immediately reported in Writing to the Secretary of War that it may be lodged with the Treasurer of the United States to be drawn out as wanted for new purchases. 7. You will be furnished by the Purveyor of public supplies with the amount of the goods heretofore sent to the trading houses with which you will charge them; and the amount of the goods which have been received from them, with which they are to be respectively credited. 8. You will carefully examine from time to time the articles in your keeping and report in writing every two months to the Secretary of War and Superintendant of military Stores their true state and condition that order may be taken where any thing is necessary to be done. 9. You will deliver no article nor suffer any article to be taken from the Store but on order of the Secretary of War countersigned by the Superintendant of military Stores. 10. Your books must exhibit what articles you have received and what articles you have delivered and to whom; of course they must shew at all times the articles and the quantities of each kind on hand. 11. In raising your accounts and forming your Returns you will refer the articles to the following general heads, Quarter Master's department, Ordnance department, Clothing department, Indian Department, Commissaries department, Hospital department; and in keeping your accounts you will observe the forms prescribed by the Superintendant. 12. You will also in arranging the articles in the store follow the like Clasifications, placing all articles of the same Class distinct from those of another so that any article may be readily turned to by knowing its Class. 13. You will carefully execute all instructions relative to the preservation of the Gunpowder and safe keeping of the articles in Store as shall from time to time be given you by the Superintendant of military Stores. 14. You will submit all articles to the examination of the Superintendant of military Stores as often as he shall think proper to visit or inspect them. 15. You will report in Writing the Assistants that will be necessary in the execution of your trust. 16. Your salary will be One thousand dollars P Annum. James McHenry War Office 11 Novem^r 1796