here but from the want of sufficient vouchers cannot be finally settled on — Cap^t [undecipherable: probable reading Treston] was furnished with a statement or a list of the objectionable vouchers; he promised to have them complie[d] speedily but has never yet done it; I presume if he intends or resigned he should be obliged to settle all his public Accounts before he is permitted finally to leave the service — The abstracts of services in the Indian Department will b[e] taken up in course & you will be furnished with the necessar[y] information of the result. I take the liberty of enclosing two letters for Officers in your Departments & am with respect [flourish] Sir your &c P. Hagner A.C.— The Sec^y of War Accountants Office Sir August 9^th 1798 Cap^t Andrew McElary of the 2^d Reg^t ha[s] received from Col^o Strong leave of Absence to Philad^a to settle his p[ay] accounts as Pay master to that Regiment; he has rendered them & the[y] have all been examined & a balance found due the United States o[f] eight hundred & forty seven Dollars & [undecipherable] — In addition M^r McEl[ary] has charged his expenses from the time he left Detroit to the da[y] the balance was ascertained, amounts to two hundred & twenty s[ix] [undecipherable] — this appears to me a very extravagant charge, and you no doubt