[90] conformably to this settlement should be brought by you into your next Acct Currt. Sam H [undecipherable] Lieut^t Robert Cushing 16 Reg^t Comp^t [undecipherable] Oxford Massachusetts Accountants Office April 16^th 1800 Sir By a letter received from Major Darling of this Inst^t I am informed that one of the Officers of his command has a Waiter but that they never Returns for such by way of [undecipherable] happening it would be allowed. An officer may draw the Ration of a Soldier duly enlisted & mustered while he is employed as a Waiter provided the same is not otherwise drawn by the Soldier himself, but cannot properly be allowed as a Perquisite. The Q^r master General has therefor directed to hold you accountable for the sum of thirteen Dollars & 71/100, being the amount of the Rations drawn by you for a Waiter, upon the general muster from 1 Oct. to 31 Dec. 1799 at the Contract Price of 11 Cents of Ration. Sam H [undecipherable] Lieut^t Lyras Danfriths 16 Reg^t Comp^t Oxford Massachusetts April 16^th 1800 Sir By a Letter received from Major Darling of date 3^rd Inst^t. I am informed that [undecipherable] of the Officers of his command has a Waiter but that they never Return for such by way of [undecipherable] it would be allowed. An officer may draw the Ration of a Soldier duly enlisted & mustered while he is employed as a Waiter provided the same is not otherwise drawn by the Soldier himself, nor cannot properly be allowed as a Perquisite. The Q^r Master General has therefor [undecipherable] directed to hold you accountable for the sum of fifty eight Dollars & [undecipherable]/100, being [undecipherable] Rations drawn