[undecipherable] War department, September 6^th 179[undecipherable] Sir. I have the honor to submit a detailed view of the estimates that will be required in the department of War, as certain periods within this, and the first [two?] Months of the ensuing Year, and the [objects?] to which it relates. It is necessary to remark, that [this?] detail does not state the rate at which any given sum is payable; for the Subsistence and the [undecipherable] This [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] of the [Army?] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] Clothing and Subsistence of the non-com[missioned] Officers and Privates of the [twelve?] additional Regiments of Infantry. [It may not be proper?] to observe that the calculations relative to the Bounty, pay, Hospital[s?] [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] additional Regiments, is made upon the [undecipherable] completion of [undecipherable] the [earliest?] It will [undecipherable] as [solicit?] [undecipherable] [Dollars?] of the [undecipherable] [from?] [undecipherable] in ... November [last?] ... [undecipherable] [1798?] ... [undecipherable] ... in January [undecipherable] ... and in March [undecipherable] ... [undecipherable] [and the] [average?] for the bounty, pay, hospital[s?] [undecipherable] [quarters?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] should in [justice?] [undecipherable] reasonable [allowance?] previous to the time [stated?] [undecipherable]. [Then an] ... [undecipherable] [finding?] is [undecipherable] ... ... [nothing?] in October [undecipherable] Dollars in November [undecipherable] Dollars ... [undecipherable] Dollars in January [undecipherable] Dollars in February [undecipherable] Dollars in March [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] for the Subsistence ... ... additional [Rations?] or [undecipherable] ... [undecipherable] ... ... [undecipherable] Dollars in November [undecipherable] 3160 Dollars in [undecipherable] ... ... [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] ... in January [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in January [undecipherable] Bills [undecipherable] Dollars in March for [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ... in April, for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dollars in May for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dollars and in June for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dollars. [Amounts?] [thus?] several [sums?] to the [amount?] of [undecipherable] in the [table?] [have will be?] [undecipherable] per September [undecipherable] Dollars for October [undecipherable] Dollars for November [undecipherable] Dollars for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] January [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for February [undecipherable] Dollars for [March?] [undecipherable] Dollars for April [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] for May [undecipherable] [Two?] Dollars for June [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dollars. Of [course?] it is within the power of the Treasury to [receive?] the money for [undecipherable] [,] [keeping?] clothing [undecipherable] to the additional [undecipherable] [them?] [from?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] as but [whether?] [undecipherable] [time?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I have [computed?] that the [items?] in the [table?] for [undecipherable] ... [are?] [undecipherable] [and] [undecipherable] [Expenses?] for the [eight?] [additional?] [from?] [undecipherable] ... [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] [Establishment?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] be [caused?] by the [subsistence?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] also in the [broader?] [character?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [the?] [undecipherable] Regiments will [give?] [undecipherable] all the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] ... [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ... the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dollars [within?] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Quarter?] [undecipherable] ... [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ... [undecipherable] that it [probably?] contains a [considerable?] [sum?] [will be?] [needed?] for [undecipherable] [existing?] [stores?] [undecipherable] that it would be prudent [undecipherable] [with?] [its?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] for the [President?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [I am?] [calculated?] [undecipherable] [Two?] Thousands [undecipherable] one [paid?] [undecipherable] more and [Fifteen?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [lately?] for [pump?] [Bottles?] at one Dollar [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. The [amount?] [amounts?] for April [1799?] and for one [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Bottles?] in [November?] [undecipherable] and in many in [August?] [undecipherable] I am Sir, with great respect Your obed^t. [servant?] [signed] James M^c. Henry [To? Doctor? undecipherable]