Department of War Accountants Office June 11^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter enclosing accompanied by a Muster & Pay Roll of the Detachment under your command for the months of April & May 1799 amount from Statement to . . . $348— Deduct [what] has been [added]— Pay of John Stewart [paid] from [undecipherable] to 31 May 1799 . . . 23 71 [undecipherable] 371 71 Amounting to Three hundred & Seventy one Dollars & twenty one cents, which sum has been paid to [said] [undecipherable: probable reading Theodore] Moeninger, who is held accountable for the due application thereof— on reference to the Muster Rolls of Captain Miller's [Compy], it appears that the above named John Stewart enlisted on the 1^st [undecipherable] 1797 to serve for five years, & that he afterwards deserted on 28 June 1798— if you [undecipherable] of any expense the United States have been at on his account [undecipherable] the amount [undecipherable] from his Pay— I am Sir — Your [Most] Obd^t Serv^t [signature] Lieut. William B. Choate Cavalry — [Docket on wrapper: William Simmons / Jun[undecipherable] 1799 / [undecipherable] William [undecipherable] / Department [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] office / having [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Desk]