[rect of War 30 April 1799 Acknowledg Receipt order will be immediately complied with. The Circular is not found in the file, Let [undecipherable] copies of this letter be made] War department 30. April 1799. Sir, The Governor of the North Western Territory Arthur St Clairs Esquire being [underline: ex officio], Superintendant of Indian Affairs within the said Territory he is to be respected as such by all military Officers within the sphere of his Jurisdiction, you will be pleased therefore to direct the said military Officers to respect him as such, and to cause to be issued at their respective posts such provisions to the Indians as he may think it adviseable should be issued to them from time to time, and to be[strikethrough: s] executed his instructions relative to the safekeeping and delivery of the annual stipends promised to the Indians by the Treaty of Greenville. I enclose you a Copy of a circular letter to the persons who have been appointed to procure Contracts for Rations in the several States. The tents for Governors Island have been ordered. — I have the honor to be with great Respect Your obedient Servant James McHenry Major General Hamilton.