[36] [Noel Marros Capt / Cap't of [undecipherable] / For M. Henry] Accountants Office April 12^th 1800 Sir I duly received yours of the 11 Inst: & in reply have to observe that the Present rule as required by the Contractor instead of the original closes Payments is consistent with the rules of this Office, The object is to prevent a multiplicity of Issues which would otherwise be calculated and answer considerably impede the examination of Accounts it is therefore enforced & required in all cases unless the particular accounts are broken up and a general one given in lieu thereof, that the Transcriber should as fully express every memorandum as the originals show they could have done. This apparent deviation from the mode which for long was adopted respecting all Timber accounts arose from your not being sufficiently explicit in your abstracts which made it necessary in many instances to have recourse to the original rules to ascertain with accuracy the nature of the charges. Sam'l [undecipherable] Capt John Henry April 15^th 1800 New Port R. I. Sir I have recd your letter dated the 12 Ulto: The Secretary of War enclosing an account for overhaul, a Copy [undecipherable] Regulations issued by the Secretary of War is affixed that a Surgeon is entitled to be furnished with one ration, that no compensation is to be received by or paid to officers in lieu of Quarters, but the [undecipherable] meaning the payment for Quarters [undecipherable]