[undecipherable] [Enclos in Sec'y's letter to M'Henry [undecipherable] 179_] Pg 62. (252) Plan for [undecipherable] and [Office?] of Military Supplies — [Left margin: Purveyor =] The business [strikethrough: of purchasing] [undecipherable] [strikethrough: that of having] [strikethrough: another head] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Purveyor to be charged with the procuring [strikethrough: providing] of all Supplies [strikethrough: just] those for which contracts are made directly by the Chief of the Treasury or War Departments. shall The Superintendant of Military Stores to [undecipherable] [strikethrough: the office] of all Supplies [undecipherable] The Purveyors to have three Assistants, [strikethrough: appointable] by whatsoever Denomination, [strikethrough: to] [undecipherable] one in relation to the Supplies which according to [strikethrough: past practice inclu] the means of transportation [undecipherable] another in relation to the Supplies [strikethrough: Matter General] which according to [strikethrough: past] practices [undecipherable] [undecipherable] department of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a [third] in relation to the Supplies which according to past [strikethrough: practice] [strikethrough: fall within] the department of Commissary [strikethrough: practise] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the person who now [strikethrough: acts] as [undecipherable] at the seat of Government in quality of [undecipherable] Master General may perform the duty of the [strikethrough: first] [strikethrough: mentioned] Assistant. The Superintendant of Military [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [strikethrough: shall have] three principal Clerks, each of whom [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] particularly to [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] superintend the [office] in the [strikethrough: abovementioned] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] aided by [strikethrough: and to have] as many store keepers as may be necessary. shall The Purveyor to have with each army a deputy to be charged with the procuring of all Supplies necessary to be procured [for] the army [undecipherable] shall [Left margin: Deputy, who — the have under — three Assistants, — also] The Superintendant, to have with each army — a deputy to superintend the [office] of Quarter Masters Stores another [undecipherable] to superintend the [office] of [undecipherable] Provisions — a third to superintend the Office of other Military Stores & Clothing shall The Purveyor & his deputies be [undecipherable] over all that they procure[d] to the [undecipherable] and his deputies. The actual [undecipherable] [undecipherable] he with the Store [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Superintendant [undecipherable] Master General with the Main Army to [undecipherable] Deputy Quarter Master General with each separate arms [undecipherable] have the Superintendance & direction of the Deputies [undecipherable] of the Purveyors [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with the respective [offices] [undecipherable] that they do their duty according to their instructions from the heads of their respective Departments & the orders of the commander of the Army. The Inspector General with the main army & the Deputy Inspector General shall with each separate army to have a the [strikethrough: Superintendance] charge of the direction of the deputies of the Superintendant of Military Stores. Those Officers [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] checkers upon the respective Departments & points of Union between the Military & Civil authorities. The Paymaster General shall [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] reside at the seat of Government and be the fountain of all issues of money for the [strikethrough: use] of the army [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] Troops. shall [He] [strikethrough: also] have a deputy with each army who shall be charged with the [office] of all monies to the Regimental Pay Masters. The [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] shall Commissary of each division [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] be charged with the procuring of all supplies which may be occasionally necessary for such division in addition to the general [undecipherable] Supplies. The Quarter Master of each Brigade shall be charged with the like duty, when the brigade is detached only, and always with the Superintendance of the offices for such brigade and consequently with the direction of all [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be the [undecipherable] all brigade officers having the custody of [undecipherable] Supplies. shall Each Brigade to have a Commissary of [undecipherable] and another of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and the [office] of those articles pg 83. The Regimental [undecipherable] shall [undecipherable] to receive and [office] all Supplies for the Regiment except of money or clothing. The Regimental Pay Master, shall to receive [and] [office] all Supplies of money and clothing for the Regiment. The Regimental Pay Master, shall to [office] monies for the recruiting Service to the [undecipherable] [office] [strikethrough: of the company charged] Company Officers charged with that Service, [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] pursuant to Warrants from the commanding Officer of the Regiment taken from each an accountable receipt. [Left margin: * from or the Superintendant's office of the recruiting Service for each Regiment,] Whenever it [strikethrough: cannot be done] is impracticable, he will himself pay the Officers non commissioned officers and men of his Regiment individually — When by reason of distant detachment, this cannot be done, will deliver the money to the Officers commanding companies, or the Officers commanding parts of companies, at Stations too distant for the agency of the commandant of the [undecipherable] taking from each an accountable receipt companies. The money must in each case be paid and [office]d pursuant to pay rolls [undecipherable] by such commanding Officers, and wherever it is practicable accompanied by the warrant of the Commanding Officers of Regiments, or of Battalions when detached. [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] All monies [Left margin: Upon every such accounting, he shall give a certificate of the full payment thereof to the Officer with whom such accounts shall be superintending and the vouchers shall have been produced to & left with him.] For all monies which shall be [office]d to Officers to be disbursed by them, they shall account monthly with the Regimental Pay Master [undecipherable] producing to him the requisite vouchers. * their accounting shall be provisional only and liable to the revision and controul of the proper Officer of the War Department to whom the accounts and vouchers must be forwarded. The Regimental Pay Master [undecipherable] when practicable shall [office] the clothing [undecipherable] The same regulations shall [undecipherable] in respect to the [office] of [undecipherable] [Left margin: the Documents returns who [undecipherable] [office] of money or other articles are to be made must [undecipherable] by Officer commanding in the Regiment or other particular corps for which the same are to be [office]d.] [undecipherable] accounting for the same. other articles which shall be [office]d to the Non Commissioned Officers & [undecipherable] and in respect to the accounts for the same. Every Receipt for any matter whatsoever [strikethrough: pay bounty] or other matter from a Non Commissioned Officer or private who cannot write shall be [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] attested by a commissioned Officer, who whenever it shall be practicable, shall be other than the person for whom it is to serve as a voucher. ## [Left margin: forwarded to the commanders of Regiments or of Battalions when detached, also to] The Accounts of Regimental Pay Masters & Quarter Masters shall be [undecipherable] to their transmission to the War Department be [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] the persons from whom respectively they shall have received the objects for which [strikethrough: they were] accountable [undecipherable] shall [undecipherable] and certify their [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. The above regulations shall apply to persons who may act as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Officers to whom they relate. [undecipherable] [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] Obtaining All requisitions for Supplies from the Department of War shall [undecipherable] from the Deputy Superintendant of Military Stores with each army to the said Superintendants. All Estimates for Supplies. [Left margin: No.] Those shall be [strikethrough: made] reported by the Deputy [strikethrough: Purveyors] under the direction of the [undecipherable] Quarter Master General with each army Quarter Master General with each army and transmitted by the commander of such army to the Secretary of War and shall be [undecipherable] by him transmitted to the Secretary of War with his opinion [undecipherable] Deputy shall send a duplicate of [undecipherable] Estimate to the Quarter Master General, who [undecipherable] report to the Commander in Chief general [undecipherable] for all the troops of the United States [undecipherable] the particular estimates; which general Estimates, shall be transmitted by the Commander in Chief to the Secretary of War with [his] opinion [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable signature/paraph]