[Docket: [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] Ens. [undecipherable] ann. 7^th of Jany 1797.] [Endorsement: Coll. Ezekiel [undecipherable] / Ensigns [undecipherable] Regt. [undecipherable] / 1790–91] Charlotte N^o Carolina Nov^r 15^th 1796. Sir, In a letter of the 29^th of September from the Comptroller of the Treasury to me, was enclosed your remarks on the allowance to be made to the late Ensign Ezekiel Polk, with a statement of the ballance made to be coming to him. It does not appear that in making up the ballance any allowance has been made M^r Polk for undrawn or back Rations, for Rations furnished to the recruits by him enlisting, bounty to them advanced or compensation for enlistment. It is understood that M^r Polk received his appointment in August, that he joined his Captain at Halifax in September or October; that he was ordered on a recruiting party; that he enlisted Seven Men, viz. James Johnson, Adam Hayes, John Boyd, Thomas LePiere, Robert Wilkins, Joseph Pope, & Benjamin Pope; that he marched to join his Corps in December and got as far as Fayetteville, about half way to Halifax, with his Soldiers, when he was taken so ill as to prevent him from going any further; that he was removed back to Charlotte, where he continued to sometime in February, that he then set out and joined his Captain at Halifax; that his health was then so far impaired, that he returned to Charlotte & sometime afterwards set out for the West Indies. Accompanying this you will find the deposition of Thomas LePiere one of the Soldiers who was enlisted by M^r Polk; by it you will perceive, that he furnished the men by him enlisted with Provision for more than thirty days, and that he advanced to each Soldier two Dollars in part of their Bounty, & that he advanced to them money at Fayetteville to bear their expenses to Halifax when he was taken sick; from whence it is fairly to be understood that part of the 70 Dollars received by Captain Montfort by M^r Polk has been appropriated to the use of the United States. I have herewith sent you an account against the United States of what appears to me to be the dues of Ensign Polk. Such of the charges as are not founded on Law or the Instructions of the Department of War, will of course be rejected; but I flatter myself the most of them will merit your attention and a revision of the allowance. I am Sir with respect your most Obedient Servant [undecipherable] Polk Adm^t. of Ensign Ezekiel Polk William Lemmons Esq^r. Accountant