New York April 9^th 1787 [undecipherable] Mr. M'knight is mistaken — there has been no stoppages made from his pay for remusting. his whole arrears are issued to the agents of the Lezue — I am &c Pierce Cap Stephen Stephenson --- The Commissioner of Army Accounts to whom was referred the Petition of General William Irvine begs leave to report That on the 15^th of June 1775 Congress granted the additional pay of one hundred & sixty six dollars to a Major General when commanding in a separate department That an allowance of 125 dollars monthly was granted on the 15^th of April 1777 to Briga. Gen^t. Howe and to any officer of equal rank who should succeed him in the command of the Troops in South Carolina and Georgia, and also on the 14^th of May 1779 a grant was made to Brig^d. Gen^t. Moultrie of the Extra pay of a Maj^r. Gen^l. on a separate command where he commanded the Southern Army — and that [undecipherable] commanding a separate department was given to the commanding General at [undecipherable] which grants are all the precedents found on the Journals of Congress Allowances to commanding Officers of separate posts, and were repealed by the resolution of April 22^d 1782 excepting that, to the General commanding the southern Army — The supply of the tables therefore of the Generals commanding at Fort Pitt is unprovided for by any resolutions which command devolved on the following Officers — viz — Brig. Gen^l. Hand from April 10^th 1777 to May 2^d 1778 Brig. Gen^l. McIntosh from about May 1778 to July 30 1779 Col. Dan^d. Broadhead from about July 1779 to Sept. 24. 1781 and General Irvine from Sept. 24. 1781 to the close of the war Your Commissioner having examined the settlements of these gentlemen finds that in no instance any extra pay has been admitted to their credit in the Offices of the United States but from the consideration that until the Army were supplyed by contracts which was at Fort [see]