[L 130] War Department Boston 11 Sep^t 1799. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to inclose, the proceedings and [Sentences?] of a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] held at Loftus's heights, [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable], by order of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. At this Court, Lieutenant Jacob Kreemer, of the first Regiment of Infantry, was tried and sentenced. The sentence conformably to the 18^th section of an act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the united States is laid before you, for your directions, whether the same, shall be carried into execution or otherwise, as you shall judge proper. Permit me to observe, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that you have before you, the proceedings and sentence in the case of Andrew Anderson, a soldier tried at Fort Sargent on the [Mississippi?], on the 22 day of Novemb. 1798; by order of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable], on a charge of deserting his post, and aiding and assisting two prisoners to make their escape from confinement, when he was sentinel and had charge of them, and losing his arms, and accoutrements. I have the honour to be with the greatest respect, Sir, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] James McHenry John Adams President of the United States