[James [undecipherable: probable reading Bruff] Capt: [undecipherable] 1797 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ([undecipherable])] [undecipherable] Niagara January 25. 1797 — Sir. Enclos'd with this are my Muster and Pay Rolls for November & December compris'd in one. For altho' the 1^st detachment was regularly musterd for Nov:, I found [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] one roll for two months: I hope you will approve of it. To define — and attach the Officers more particularly to their respective duties; I have allotted them separate commands — instance, — Lieutenant Bötscher commands all the Infantry L^t McCullen part of McKee's company detach'd with mine — L^t Elmer my company and L^t. Dayton the Artillery of the 2^d detachment — and their Muster & Pay Rolls are [undecipherable] out accordingly. — Abner on Tuttons is now mustered in my company — we had no Infantry clothing for him — he claims back pay due before he deserted — William Williams & John White — artillen — each claim the last 4 dollars of their bounty — so does William Young a recruit of L^t. Dayton's — White & Williams were permitted by L^t. Salman — I have inclosed my ration acct. & please to forward the ammount — I have credited the rations as Salt — which they always are, except when killing beef for store — Your letter of the 24 & 30 Nov. — att. just came to hand — among the letters they acknowledge is mine of the 18 July last, which enclosed my Receipt Rolls for Pay to my former and present detachment — I will thank you to acknowledge & specify them & the ammounts of each. The Vouchers for bounty paid the mixed & 1^st detachments are incomplete — owing to an omission — [undecipherable] left at Oswego upon attempts to do it on the way — I thought it wisest to keep back their bounty as long as I could — as I thought them satisfied — and in the hurry of embarking forgot them. But L^t. Bötscher is going to Oswego after the pay you [undecipherable] this — by mistake. He