[undecipherable] [undecipherable] my Dear Sir was written on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] though the Troops in Teneffee are [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a part of [undecipherable] frontier [undecipherable] and they [undecipherable] a part of the Western army and are duly to the [undecipherable] general Superintendance and direction of the Command of that [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] Army. This connection [seems?] necessary the [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] of forces on the Western Quarter. This appears to be an intimate relation of [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] between the troops in Teneffee and the other troops in the Western Quarter — [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] as to the Indians and as to military [undecipherable] and a necessity of mutuale support, particularly of detaching from the one to the other — [undecipherable] to the troops in Tenfee can hardly be detached from the Western Command and on matters of common concern he must extend his attention to all. If your idea be not radically different, if it extend not to a total Separation of the Troops in Teneffee, the letter is proper — If it does extend to a total Separation then I will request you to change the word "in Teneffee" and to add after dependences "except the troops in Teneffee" and then to forward the [undecipherable] — as to the troops in St Marys, I understand that they were never considered as forming a part of the Western army [undecipherable] [undecipherable] not included in the letter as it stands, Favour me with a line expressing what you shall have done — [undecipherable] [signature] James McHenry S.