Military Guard of the Public Stores

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War Office, December 24. 1796. Sir. The Secretary of War has received your's of this day, and directs me to inform you, that a [underline: military guard] over the public Store houses is to be preferred, to the mode you suggest of paying a Silent Watch sufficient to visit all the Stores at every hour in the night — He requests you will therefore immediately State to him the number of Sentinels necessary for this Service, and arrangements shall be made to carry the same into effect — I am Sir, with esteem, Your ob: Serv^t [signed] [undecipherable: probable reading: Sn. Stagg Jun^r] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r [Received from State Dep^t. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O.401310.] [414] [Orders to [undecipherable] of December [undecipherable] Philadelphia Fra] [Samuel Hodgdon Esq.]

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The Secretary of War prefers a military guard over the public storehouses rather than paying a Silent Watch sufficient to visit all the stores at every hour in the night. He wants to know the number of sentinals required for this service and wants arrangements made to put it into effect immediately.