[Endorsement, rotated:] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [H?]. Ma[j?]. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sep. 6 Ent. By [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1797 [Name below:] Thomas H. [undecipherable] N^o D Detroit 1^st August 1797. I have the honour to enclose you a list of [undecipherable: probable reading "absentees"] who have been struck from the roles of the troops of the United States at the late muster, agreeably to the General order of the 12^th of May, the copy of which is annexed to the back of the list. It is far from being so accurate as I could wish, but the broken and dispersed situation of the companies heretofore has put it out of the power of the Officers to keep regular accounts; and the absence of many Officers with the old Company Books and papers [undecipherable] not [undecipherable] to the difficulty already mentioned. None of the persons included are in this country except one [undecipherable] John Bennett an infirm old man who could not be removed from [Greeneville?] he was supposed to be nearly expiring when the muster was made and was [undecipherable] struck off the role without being discharged as in that case the Pay Master of the [undecipherable] Regiment would have been obliged to make a move from the Ohio to [Greeneville?] [undecipherable] the man could not have been proved. As the