Cap^t Michael Nallison Fort Johnson near Charleston Accountants Of[fice] S C^o May [2] Sir I received your letter of the [1] last enclosing your account Current & vouchers, also m[y] Pay rolls for January & February of the detachment in your command, the former has undergone examination been found free of error with the exception of ten cents in the credits given by you to the United States, wher an amount in your hands of one hundred ninety eigh[t] & nine cents, the latter has also been examined & found [f] error with the exception of a few cents, wrong calculati[on] the pay of such men as have served parts of months, the differences (which have been overlooked in the present are I presume from your calculating the pay invariabl[y] the rate of thirty days in the month, whereas it is the pra[ctice] this Office to calculate it according to the number of day[s] in each month & to include the days of Inlistment & With respect to reInlisted sold[iers] are agreeably to an act of Congress of the 2 January 179[4] entitled to 16 dollars bounty, notwithstanding they may r[e-] reInlisted immediately after their discharge which must be [d] subsequent to the 3^d March 1794, in order to entitle them sum— I have reported on the amount on your pay role for Ja[n] & February & the same will be transmitted by the usual ch[annel]