[308.] Caleb Swan Esq. P. M. G. [undecipherable: Commissarys?] Office November 26 1800 Sir Your letter of the 16 Ult: with the accounts [undecipherable] Pelham Clarke Blair Company pay master were rec'd. and have undergone an examination. [undecipherable: Balance?] of four [undecipherable] is found to be due [undecipherable], [undecipherable] arising from your having attested I presume on Charles Campbells & John Vanderon who enlisted before muster. Of this you are apprised that you may take the necessary steps to secure the fund. [signature] David Henley Esq. Annapolis November 27^th 1800 Sir In reply to your letter dated the 12 Inst: on the subject of extra allowance claimed by an officer in the Army. I have to observe that it is required in all cases [undecipherable] you are confine yourself strictly within the limits of the laws or established regulations, there being author of those who has warrant the allowances stated by you to have had claims by an officer in the Army, the doubt into effect shewn. When officers perform [undecipherable] services out of [undecipherable] their duty as [undecipherable] for which no compensation is [undecipherable] by law or [undecipherable] Regulations by the War Department & a claim for compensation is made it must be submitted with a statement of the circumstances & the order under which the [undecipherable] was [undecipherable] to the Department for the purpose of obtaining a [undecipherable] an allowance is [undecipherable] the functions of the Sec'y of War. [signature]