application & likewise from Representations of other Officers of the first respectability who have thought the decision of the Accountant erroneous. My own opinion from the beginning has been that Major Freeman was entitled to double rations but not on the Ground on which he places it, viz as commanding a District, but as commanding Officer of Fort Johnson where he actually had his quarters. This opinion is concurred in by the other Heads of Departments. It is with some reluctance that I go back to a transaction which took place before I was in the Department of War but it is a Claim which is founded in law, as I conceive it & it would be unjust to deny to Major Freeman. ) I am Sir &^c War Department 18^th November 1800 Sir You will please to direct the discharge of William Hodge as Sergeant in the Company of Artillery & Engineers lately Commanded by Captain Huger at Fort Jay, on his procuring an able bodied Man to serve in his stead at his expence. The substitute offered to be approved of by his now Commanding Officer I am Sir &^c [Major Tho^s Cushing, 17/11] War Department 22^d Decem^t 1800 Sir You are Authorised and requested to advance to Lieut^t Colonel Toussard, the Amount of his pay, forage and subsistence as Lieut^t. Colonel and Inspector of Artillery for the Months of Oct^r 1800 and January & February 1801 I am Sir &^c [Pay Master General, 17/10]