476 Major Gen^l Wayne Wilmington D^e Accountants Office January 17^th 1800 Sir On settlement of S^t Clair's account as Intendant, I find there are sums due allowed on a considerable quantity of Work furnished by your orders to the Officers of the Army then at Wilmington — as some of the persons are not as regular as I could wish, I am brought to give you some information for your future government for which purpose I shall quote you the Secretary of War's letter to me upon this subject, to wit — The applications for subsisting fuel are mostly wanting as to the quantity that may be allowed when absolutely necessary, cannot be construed; I was not intended to give any inducement to Officers for any trust they have not drawn by being on furlough or detailed for Service, or any cause whatever — And I hope will be sufficient to guard you against granting your sanction to any Officer thereof, but such as are fully entitled to Work under the restrictions — Sam^l R^o [undecipherable] Caleb Swan Esq^r N^o 6 Accountants Office January 1^t 1800 Sir Inclosed I hand you statement of the monies paid by Lieut. John Knight 2 Reg^t US, for apprehending William Porches a Deserter from the [undecipherable] at Fort [undecipherable] amounting to ten dollars $ [undecipherable] which sum you will of course deduct from his pay as this sum may have been lost — Sam^l R^o [undecipherable]