[undecipherable] War Department 28^th May 1799 [undecipherable] I have received your letter dated 25^th Instant The [undecipherable] of enlisting the [undecipherable] or naturalised foreigners at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] am much disposed to have [fully?] [undecipherable]. The [undecipherable] of the latter to be [undecipherable] a [serious?] [undecipherable] to the resolutions to be [passed?] [undecipherable] of the recruiting officers, or [undecipherable] [undecipherable] naturalisation You will therefore be pleased to cause an explanatory article on this subject to be duly promulgated to the recruiting officers My own impressions would have inclined me to maintain a regular force in the Country, late the scene of insurrection, for some time to come had it been compatible with the public service in other respects, but it is exclusively [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. judgments to continue, or [undecipherable] · the [undecipherable] ones: [undecipherable: probable reading "...st"] of [undecipherable] the force now stationed in that Country [I] shall forward your letter to the Commanding Officer at Reading, directing him to order Cap^t Cochran to march his company to Fort Mifflin. The duplicate of your letter shall be transmitted to Col. [undecipherable] by way of [undecipherable] [This] morning, received a letter from [undecipherable] Wilkinson dated [undecipherable], [undecipherable] acknowledging the receipt of [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable]. a copy of this letter will be sent [to] you. I have the honor to be [your] most [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] James McHenry — [undecipherable] Gen^l [undecipherable]