[Continued D^r 1010 97] [District —] payment can be allowed it not obtuse by the Regulations are relevent for are books as I [undecipherable] to the Officer or obtain [undecipherable], will therefore refuse the am^t to you paid him [undecipherable] 68. 20 108. 79 Your com^t at 2 P C^t $. 61 115.70 leaves the am^t of your [undecipherable] am^t Dollars 927. 27 from which deduct this balance you have on last Settlement 658. 42 will leave a balance in your favor of — Dollars 273. 85 which Sum will be paid to you by Messrs [undecipherable] Mill Cap^t upon your granting him the necessary receipt — I observe you have paid 10 Dollars for apprehending a deserter by order of Lieut. [undecipherable] this is an improper charge to be inserted in Subsistance accounts. Allowances of this kind should be paid by the Recruiting Officer [undecipherable] on his Recruiting account. I have admitted it for this time but it cannot be done hereafter — Enclosed is a form for stating your next accounts to which you will please to conform — From G. W.S. The Secretary of War August 28^th 1799 Sir In the [undecipherable] return of rations furnished Fort Mean by John L. Rofs Contractor, it appears Cap^t Catlin & Major [undecipherable] have drawn double rations from the month of