[10 Jany 1799 to Gen. Alex. Hamilton.] Philaa. 10 Jany 1799. D^r Sir I wrote you on to request you to prepare a bill conformably to the propositions, contained in my report of the 24^th Ult^o to the President. This morning Gen^l Gunn of the Committee of the Senate upon this report &c, [strikethrough: has been consulted] waited upon me with a request from the Committee that I should prepare & furnish them with a draught of two bills, one in the report comprising whatever new provisions for the [strikethrough: regular establishment] [strikethrough: regular Army established] the other all matters appertaining to the provisional army. He added that if I thought it proper I might comprehend re- vise — [strikethrough: &] the existing provisions relative to [strikethrough: the provision and regular army] of the [strikethrough: Army] laws so as to have [strikethrough: contained in the two laws whatever respects] the Army — I think the idea judicious. and request will you be so kind as to turn to the existing laws and incorporate into the two bills, all that ought to be retained of [strikethrough: the existing laws] Yours &c Maj Gen Alex^r Hamilton