on the 30 Jan'y 1798 [undecipherable] D° 6113.3. on the 2^d Feb'y 1799 [undecipherable] 4606.10 D° [undecipherable] 7241.57. their amount of accounts rendered by himself & agents taken from their own Statements & therefore 323941.98 drawing the apparent balance, without having made any deduction for every over payments or improper [undecipherable] charges in the hands of the Quarter Master General for which he has to produce accounts amounting 34659.24 All the accounts & vouchers rendered by the Quarter Master General & his assistants have been examined but from various causes & the nature of expenditures made and necessity of [undecipherable] many of which, not being considered as Strictly [undecipherable] I have not been able to effect any settlement with him — the reasons will more fully appear by my remarks accompanying the accounts & sundry correspondence on this subject part of which may be seen by reference to any letters to the Sect of War under dates of February 21 March 20 & April 25 N.B. — from the foregoing Statement the Secretary of War will be able to judge of the propriety of making the advance in question— Sam H— R.J. Capt Amos Stoddard New York Col July 10^th 1800 Sir I have duly received your letter of the 2 Inst: enclosing your accounts for Recruiting [undecipherable] advances — By [an] established regulations of this Department as explained by a general order dated the [undecipherable] it has been made the duty of the Pay masters of the several Regiments in the first instance to receive all claims which the Officers of those respective Regiments may have against the United States for examination [undecipherable] with this