That I Have 2^d Lieut of the 11 [undecipherable] to the Office of [undecipherable] Secretary as this Act does not appear to contemplate his [undecipherable] drawn from the line of the Army with the pay & emoluments of both Offices. The Secretary of War will please to direct whether Lieut [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] to receive the allowances of a brevet, in addition to that of a Captain; and also whether the general appointment of [undecipherable] is to be continued to mean a Captain of [undecipherable] or of Infantry. Sam. G. [undecipherable] M^r John Macky J [undecipherable] Accountants Office For March 30^th 1800 I have just received your letter of the 12 Instant with its enclosures & observe that you will be here shortly for the purpose of closing your Accounts at this Office. You are therefore requested to bring with you the letter which I wrote to you, under dated the [undecipherable] of January 1797, with the statement therein mentioned. Sam. G. W[undecipherable] The Secretary of War March 22^d 1800 Sir The accounts of the [undecipherable] which I have before advised you of continue to be under examination in this Office, and as that examination progresses, such are discovered, which in my opinion call for immediate remedy. To describe to you each individual charge which I conceive extravagant, would be too lengthy for this communication. I have therefore deemed it proper to have [undecipherable] from the disbursements, the items charged for the Transportation of Officer [undecipherable] affect this, appearing to me a material abuse, and one of those which calls for immediate remedy. To enable you more fully to perceive the extent