The Secretary of War                                Accountants Office Sir                                                          March 9^th 1797 I have to request that you will be pleased to give [strikethrough: me] the necessary directions for furnishing me with a list of the Names & rank of such Officers, who may have been deranged under the Act " To ascertain and fix the Military Establishment of the United States" and to whom the act of the 3^d March 1797 "To ascertain and fix the Military Establishment of the United States" allows the amount of six months Pay and Subsistence Sam^vc. H^on Simmons Acc^t. Col^o David Henley A.U.D.                   Department of War Knoxville                                       Accountants Office Sir                                                          March 10^th 1797 I wrote to you the 10^th Ult^o. since which I have received none of yours letters. I herewith enclose you a few printed copies of the "Act to ascertain and fix the Military Establishment of the United States" passed on the 3^d Inst. for your government. Sam^vc. W. Simmons Acc^t. Isaac Craig Esq^r.                              Department of War Pittsburgh                                      Accountants Office Sir                                                          March 10^th. 1797 Herewith I enclose for your information