[2] [S. R. Woburn] [360.] War Department 3.^d December 1800 Sir I have received yours of the 26^th Ult^o & pending on inquiry, that by the Arrangement of which it is expected Major Wadsworth has ere this informed you, you are now with your Company. I do not conceive it necessary to direct the requested advance. I am Sir &^c --- [Cap^t McCall] [16.] War Department 4.^th Decem^r 1800 Sir To your favor of this day I answer that Captain Webb having according to your Statement performed Military duty at the request of Col.^o Gaither, he must be allowed a reasonable recompence & that the pay & Emoluments of his subsequent appointment afford the proper measure of compensation. It is presumed that the necessity was urgent or Col.^o Gaither would not have taken such a step. If he has done wrong however he is answerable. But Mr. Webb is equitably entit[led] to recompence for Services rendered. If the facts are understood respecting Lieutenant Lee, speaking strictly he was disbanded by the Act of 4^th of May last, but for similar reasons he is equitably entitled to pay and emoluments according to his former Rank. With respect to the Claims of Major Freeman I have had occasion to think of it for some months past both from his o[wn]