1 December 1798 to the 28 · February 1799 d for retained bounty due to thirty nine Recruits · Pay of the Army 1798 234.- d° . . . . 99 468.- 702.- Bounties to Soldiers . . . . . . 234.- Dolls 936.- [W. Simmons Acct°] The Secretary of War [3914] Accountants Off. April 5 1799 I Certify that there is due to John Saunders Lieutenant in the 1^st Regiment of Artillerists & Engineers, the sum of fifty one Dollars and twenty four Cents. being for his Subsistence for the months of September & October 1798. the time he acted as Lieutenant on board the Frigate Constellation, which sum is to be transmitted to Edward Carrington Supervisor at Richmond, to be by him paid to the said Lieut^t Ferdinand L Claiborne who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof- Subsistence of the Army 98. 51. 24 W. Simmons Acct° The Secretary of War [3915]