[undecipherable] War Department Trenton 21 Sept^r 1799 [18] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] lon [undecipherable] masters the 6 regiment [undecipherable] [undecipherable] run [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] received this [undecipherable] contains the first intimation I recollect relative to [these] selections [undecipherable] mention a Doctor Cullar as Surgeon for [undecipherable] have [undecipherable] to the [President] [undecipherable] the [Doctor] [undecipherable: James? Names?] [undecipherable: Walker?] [undecipherable] return [undecipherable] ll be you to inform [undecipherable] the [request?] of [undecipherable] he will require for [such] [appointments?] [undecipherable] deny them without this information. [undecipherable] the names [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Your] Obedient Hum^ble Serv^t James [McHenry] Major General Alexander Hamilton