for Stationary and postage of letters to be subject on Oaths or affirmation, a separate account is however to be States for the Items - The Regulations respecting extra allowances to Officers will govern you when you have been ordered on service which obliges you to incur expences on the Road, but in places where there are no marching [undecipherable] the charges under this head are to be separately stated at the [undecipherable] Claim allowances in these transactions, Supported by the certificates of the commanding officer by whom you were [undecipherable], stating the reason & circumstances, or by some other vouchers for the amount - The charges for hiring horses, transportation & expences incurred on these Roads are also to be stated in a separate account accompanied by the bills & receipts of the parties - All of which accts are to be endorsed in one General Statement forwarded to this office with the vouchers, on receipt of them here an examination will take place, then balance found due you will be remitted - I return your account, with the bills enclosed - [signature] Lieu^t Walter Leonard. Accountant's Office Windsor Vermont- March 4, 1800 Sir The returning of yours has induced to me an account for expences incurred in pursuit of recruits which was transmitted to him by General Hamilton's [undecipherable] of me to take this enquiry [undecipherable] thereof. On reference thereto I find the account stated by you amounts to ninety five dollars & 50¢ from the names of some of the parties to whom you say you paid expences I presume they are soldiers but it is probable from the circumstances that the amount was [undecipherable] by others. It is proper to inform you in this behalf that the remarks in relation to this expences cannot the allowance that you may be informed correctly on this subject I shall await a [undecipherable] on the subject in a letter from