Alexander J Dallas Esq^r Accountants Office March 2[undecipherable] Sir Your letter of the 21 Inst^r to the requesting information whether an order for paying the ration accounts of the Pennsylvania Militia on the Western Expedition on the [undecipherable] Jun^e was handed to me at dates; and in answer thereto remark, that the accounts for retained, rations &^c are to be handed to this Office and if any mode can be adopted, to ascertain the Just, if they will of course be settled here — Had the Pay will have made to Muster, (for recourse must be had to the Muster Rolls to ascertain true time of service) the difficulty in the examination would not be so great, the irregularity, & the inaccuracy of the Contractors have [Cancelled as substitute by Mess^rs of March [undecipherable]]