War department, June 30^th 1798. Sir, It being necessary that I should apportion the money appropriated for the Clerks appertaining to the department of War whose Salaries have not been fixed by law, you will furnish me with the names of the Clerks employed in your Office during the present Year, their terms of Service, and the compensations which in your opinion they respectively deserve. I am Sir, Your ob^dt Servant, James McHenry The Accountant of the War department.