[endorsement: John McHue / [undecipherable] / 9 March 1798] [endorsement: No. [undecipherable] / 9 March [undecipherable]] Matthias Kling I [strikethrough: John McHue] do acknowledge that I have voluntarily inlisted myself to serve One Year[s] in the Marine Service of the United States, unless sooner discharged; upon the terms mentioned in the Act passed the first day of July 1797 entitled, An Act providing a Naval Armament and at the pay of [undecipherable: six] dollars [a] Month [undecipherable: the Navy] and that I have had read to me the rules and articles of [undecipherable: the Navy] against mutiny and desertion, [strikethrough: and relating to the administration of justice] WITNESS MY HAND, this 9^th day of March . 1798 John his + McHue Mark In the presence of Matthias his [Edward Havre?] K King Mark Edward Myers.— Matthis King I [strikethrough: John McHue] do solemnly Swear to bear true allegiance to the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, and to serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whomsoever; and to observe and obey the orders of the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of [undecipherable: the Navy] SWORN before me, this Nineth day of march 1798 George Leib