Lieut.^t Samuel Parker Department of War, Pay master of the 16 Reg.^t of Infantry Accountants Office commanded by L^t.Coll.^t Rufus Graves May the 29^th 1799 Sir You being appointed Paymaster to the 16 Reg.^t of Infantry commanded by Lieut.^t Coll.^t Rufus Graves it is proper that you should be furnished with the necessary Instructions to guide you in your duties. The Pay master General (whose duty it is to furnish them) being absent from the Seat of Government - I will proceed to state such as the payments you are now about to make may require and will furnish from time to time any additional instructions which your subsequent payments may make necessary - The law of the 3^d March last provides that the several Regimental Paymasters shall give bond in the sum of 5000 Dollars, with one or more sufficient seccurities, and take an Oath for the faithfull discharge of the duties of their Offices respectively - I have accordingly transmitted to [undecipherable: Jacob Sheafe?] agent for the War Department, at Portsmouth New Hampshire, a blank bond conditioned as abovementioned and a form of an oath to be taken by you; both those Instruments are to be completed previous to your entering on the duties of your Office as Pay master, this being done to his satisfaction he will pay you the sum of the sum of Four thousand six hundred & twenty eight Dollars, being the amount of an Estimate for four months pay & forage of the Officers of the aforementioned Reg.^t for which you will give him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable to the Accountant of the War Department - I inclose you a copy of said Estimate for your government. You will also receive the sum of Three thousand five hundred & twenty Dollars, on account of the Recruiting service, to be distributed agreeably to your orders, for which you will likewise grant your duplicate receipts - In making your payments you will be carefull in taking duplicate receipts for each, holding the Officer accountable to the Accountant of the War Department; one sett of which is to be transmitted to this Office accompanied by an account Current, stating the amount received & the payments made to each Officer, numbering the receipts agreeably to the entry in the account - The other sett you will withhold in your posession as vouchers for your government when the Officers shall be called upon for a settlement - for the balance remaining in your hands unapplied you will be held accountable on the Books of this Office - Sam.^y W. Simmons Acct.^D --- Estimate of Four Months pay & forage of the Officers of the 16 Reg.^t of Infantry in the service of the United States commanded by Lieut.^t Coll.^r Rufus Graves - | Rank | Pay for each Officer p month | Forage p month | Pay & Forage 1, per month | | Amount Dolls | Cents | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 Lieut.^t Coll.^t | 75 | 12 | 87 | 4 Mo.^s Pay & Forage | 348 | . | | 2 Majors .... | 50 | 10 | 120 | d.^o .... d.^o.. | 480 | . | | 10 Captains | 40 | | 400 | 4 M.^o Pay - | 1600 | . | | 10 1^st Lieut.^ts | 30 | | 300 | d.^o ....d.^o.... | 1200 | . | | 10 2^nd Ditto .. | 25 | | 250 | d.^o.... d.^o.... | 1000 | . | | | | | | Doll.^s | 4628 | . | Department of War Accountants Office May the 25^th 1799 W. Simmons Acct.^D