The boats ^{or vessels} belonging to the U. S. employed in the transport of military stores, is not to receive on board any of the provisions belonging to the contractors: or if at any time circumstances should render it indispensable, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Brigadier General will [undecipherable] appoint an officer who is to keep an exact register of the kind and quantity rec'd. on board When taken on and when delivered, that the Contractors may be regularly charged therewith with the customary price for their transportation. The [undecipherable] commanding [undecipherable] boats or vessels to receive such articles on board, without an order in writing from the [undecipherable] Brig. Gen or Q^r. M^r. G[undecipherable]