to his Certificate on file — The charge for forage and subsistence on your account transmitted to this Office cannot be examined unless [undecipherable] by the Secretary of War, to whom same submitted on acct or a similar nature by [undecipherable] Statements & admitted by him accordingly — the acct [undecipherable] States for room rent has not yet been settled, this objection not having been fully removed. As relates to your claims for expences while attending any Courts Martial, upon it can be admitted it will be necessary that it should be authenticated by the [undecipherable] of the Commanding General that you was directed on Service, where there was no military Post Nearest to the claim allowance to Officers agreeable to the regulations of the 19^th December 1795 which is to be accompanied by a Statement of the days advanced, stating the number of days attendance, the same well checked amounting to — Sam^l W: M. S. M^r Joseph Williams Springfield, [undecipherable]^th Sir January 27^th 1806 I have received your letter of the 22 [undecipherable] accompanied by your accts for expenditures at the armory of Springfield in the Quarter ending 31 Ulto. they will be placed under examination within three days: received & when adjusted you will be informed of the result — Sam^l W: [undecipherable]