[undecipherable] Sir The inclosed paper has been just handed to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with a request that [it] might be forward[ed] to [undecipherable] who would [undecipherable] the relative rank of [undecipherable] of the Eleventh Regiment, it being nec[undecipherable] in order to determine the rank of Capt[undecipherable] Faulkner — Should you think it prop[er] transmit it accordingly — I have the hon[or] with great res[pect] Your ob[edient] James [undecipherable] [Majr Gen^l. Hamiltons]