[undecipherable] [undecipherable], North Carolina 17^th May 179[undecipherable] Sir [undecipherable] acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the [undecipherable] inst. [undecipherable] hitherto in some degree [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the custom with me to [undecipherable] the odd days in the discharge of Men at 30 days to the month. [undecipherable] order [undecipherable] observes to me that, while he was Pay Master to the troops in Georgia, it was the mode directed to be used by Major [undecipherable], who was then Agent, which was always followed. This was founded on a Table of the pay of the army which the Agent brought with him from [undecipherable] Office, which was calculated on the same [undecipherable]. If a man is paid for the day of his enlistment and the [underline: nominal] day of his discharge, he receives [undecipherable] [underline: days] pay more than the term of his enlistment, as for example — A man who enlists for a year on the 1^st of January, his term expires with the end of the 31^st day of December following. As he is to be paid for [undecipherable] he receives — and he is mustered [undecipherable] on the 1^st of the succeeding January, but is [undecipherable] paid for the 1^st [undecipherable] the circumstances mentioned [undecipherable] [undecipherable] he also [undecipherable] [undecipherable] All those entitled to [undecipherable] shall find entitled to the two extra dollars. I shall pay and transmit you their receipts.— I shall always receive [undecipherable] in conforming to the rules of your Office in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you may direct — I shall therefore in succeeding to remedy these defects. I am Sir Your very humble [undecipherable] Michael [undecipherable] Capt[undecipherable] [Wm Simmons Esqr]