John G McWhorter [undecipherable] for the recruiting service Warr't No. 28. Am.^t 3020.^° $ [Copy] Sir I have received an estimate, requiring pay and recruiting Money for Colonel Ogden of the 11^th Regiment — the amount required for recruiting is as follows. For Retained bounty to men enlisted . . . . 788. For full bounty to men to be enlisted . . . 1720. Contingencies for hiring musicians pursuant to an order from General Hamilton Approved by the Secretary of war . . . 512 The above sum compleats the amount $3020.— required for the filling of the regiment which Colonel Ogden requests may be forwarded to the Regimental Paymaster as speedily as possible. I have the honor to be Sir your ob'd Serv^t [signature: undecipherable] ("To issue") "Signed James McHenry". The Honorable James McHenry Sec^y of War.