[Address panel] [underline: War department.] [seal] William Simmons Esq^r. [Endorsement — War Department at: October 1798 James McHenry — during an absence [undecipherable] Campbell [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] emplo[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Wilkins[on] [undecipherable]] War Department 26^th October 1798. Sir, Lieutenant Campbell Smith is considered, upon the principle of an Opinion of the Attorney General, dated the 16^th day of February last, Copy of which was transmitted to your Office, to be entitled to all the emoluments, attached to the office of Judge Advocate, for such time only, as he was actually employed, by Brigadier Gene- - ral Wilkinson, or by orders from the Secretary of War, since the 30^th April last, in that capa- -city. I am Sir your obedient servant James McHenry William Simmons Esq^r. Acct. War Department.