may be over ruled by the Secretary of War) he shall agreeable to the Comptrollers letter before mentioned designated the same in writing by explicitly stating in favor of the allowance — Sam R. W. L. Robert Gilmor Esq. Baltimore Sir Accountants Office May 9 1800 Your letter dated the 7^th Inst: accompanied by the accounts therein mentioned have this day come to hand. They will be examined as soon as [undecipherable] & information of the results will be early communicated to you. It may be proper in the mean time to inform you that Major Morris has been written to, to inform me of the authority on which extra pay has been allowed the Soldiers, to a considerable amount of which I find you have made payments to [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. As no extra pay can be allowed in any shape or addition to what is granted out of law to Soldiers, without the express authority of the the Secretary of War I foresee a difficulty that authority has been, or can be obtained. I mention this circumstance as it [undecipherable] me on looking over the accounts. I have not to fully [undecipherable] them as to be able to state whether there are not more charges to which objections may arise on examination — Sam R. W. L.