[417] That I Have 2^d Lieut of the 11 Reg^t to the Office of Secretary as this act does not appear to contemplate his [undecipherable] being drawn from the line of the Army with the pay & emoluments of both Officers. The Secretary of War will please to advise whether Lieut [undecipherable] is entitled to receive the allowance of a brevet in addition to that of a [undecipherable]; and also whether the general appointment of [undecipherable] is to be [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] of Infantry. Sam G[undecipherable] M^r John Macky [undecipherable] Sir Accountants Office March 30^th 1800 I have just rec^d 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 of the [undecipherable] January 1799, with the statement therein mentioned. Sam G[undecipherable] The Secretary of War Sir March 22^d 1800— The accounts of the [undecipherable] General which I have before advised you of continue to be under examination in this Office and as that examination progresses, errors are discovered, which in my opinion call for immediate remedy. To devolve to you each individual charge which I cannot enumerate, would be to lengthy for this communication. I have therefore deemed it proper to have stated from the disbursements the sums charged for the Transportation of Officers Servants [undecipherable] thus appearing to me a material abuse, and one of those which calls for immediate remedy. To enable you more fully to perceive the extent [undecipherable]