War Department Accountant's Office August 20, 179[undecipherable] [No. 1?] Sir, Being appointed [undecipherable] of the War department, [under?] the Territory of the United States [south?] of the Ohio, it is [undecipherable] to give you [undecipherable] instructions relating to the [undecipherable] of your agency which [undecipherable] and to the paying of the Troops in the [service?] of the United States. The [domestic?] instructions to the Pay Master or [its?] [undecipherable] are to be your general guide. It is to be observed that those instructions were [communicated?] to [undecipherable] in a [undecipherable] for Statement of the Army Accounts as to the last [August?] 1792, which will [not?] [exactly?] [answer?] in [all?] instances. You are hereby well to [attend?] to that part [undecipherable] to [Service?] after [undecipherable] as the same may [apply?]. The [returns?] to the Comptroller with the [form?] of the Rolls therein [referred?] are [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] copies. You will find that the form of a Pay Roll for service to August 31, 1792, [marks?] B was not [able?] to [show?] the [form?] A a monthly Muster, and [undecipherable] C of Monthly [Pay?] [undecipherable] Company in the [form?] D [undecipherable] as they were intended [by?] the regular [undecipherable] that you will see, [undecipherable] according to [circumstances?], when [applied?] to the [undecipherable] instance [undecipherable] the [form?] D on [undecipherable] with [the?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] applied [to?] [undecipherable] of Regiment [undecipherable] and may happen to the number [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [form?] [undecipherable] [M]aster and pay roll [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] you will [observe?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from which [undecipherable] would [undecipherable]. As your [payments?] to the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] cases these [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] any instance where [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you [undecipherable] [undecipherable], I wish to turn your Attention, to the instructions for paying the troops through subordinate Paymasters [undecipherable] you are directed to notify the paymasters that no assignment of