The first image is a KGD09 placeholder card indicating the original pages are illegible — it is not part of the document text. I will transcribe only the second image, marking heavily degraded passages. --- War Department August [undecipherable] The [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] matters to [undecipherable] to the President [undecipherable] the Officers of Surgeon [undecipherable] Surgeons Mates for the twelfth Regiment [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] recommendations in favour of John [undecipherable] Douglas [undecipherable] Solomon [undecipherable] John [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I have the honor to be with great Respect Sir Your obedient [undecipherable] James McHenry [to Alex. Hamilton]