[M-1050] [1] nstances of a correspondence with officers under commanded and communicated immediately by the General Sec. Knox writes to Maj. Gen. Wayne July 20 1792. "you will direct Brig. Gen. Wilkinson to keep up a constant correspondence with you. I shall answer all the letters I have received from him, and transmit you a copy thereof, as well for your information of past events, as to show you that a correspondence is not unnecessarily carried on from this office with an officer under your immediate orders" [same letter Wilkinson's express that Gen Wilkinson is under his command.] Same letter — "The regulations relative to the receipt & delivery of stores of all sorts should be transmitted to you as early as possible". July 27. to the same from the same. "As persons may be wounded or disabled it is necessary the evidences requisite to entitle them to receive the pensions should be regulated — "the following is therefore presented. the substance of what was contained in my letter to Brig. Gen. Wilkinson of the 17^th inst, a Copy of which has been transmitted to you" The regulations respecting invalids and [be] transmitted in [the] letter above alluded.) [to Gen. Wilks.] to the General — and a copy [strikethrough: above] of this letter to [Cen. Wt] [yours transmitted] to Gen Wayne — he is considered [undecipherable] for general government in all such cases. [to remark "at this time you come expressly under the command of Maj. Gen. Wayne and not commander in a separate district. It is out of the direct [undecipherable] [undecipherable] him they [undecipherable] been directly to you." [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [The rules cannot always be proper.] It would indeed be an extraordinary thing were it not proper for the Secy. of war to transmit a regulation or ordinance of the President to when urged thereto by such circumstances as those mentioned, when without the intervention of such causes, [strikethrough: you] the general [strikethrough: be] [strikethrough: both] promulging it, be used as the medium, or when judging from his Secretary, as an agency of the President should be considered necessary to ensure [strikethrough: to] its injunctions [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] more prompt obedience in those more immediately concerned Expressly informed in his mistake, that regulations were maturing — Continuation of instances. 2 3 Aug. 1792. letter from Secy. of war to Gen. Wayne "to transmit you a copy of the instructions and regulations from the comptroller to the paymaster to the army. The original was forwarded by the last post to the paymaster" 7 June 1793. [underline: Gen. Wayne] [underline: Special interference] Gen. Wayne informed 7 June 1793. "I shall direct Lt. Col. Clarke with the troops from the upper garrisons (Ohio) (Gen. Wayne at this time at or near Fort Washington on the Ohio) to move down in the fore part of July, excepting the small garrison mentioned in my letter of the 17^th ult., and in order that the difficulty may be lessened in case of the lowness of the waters, he will be directed to establish a post at the mouth of Wheeling below which there is generally a sufficiency of water" Letter to Lieut. Col. Clarke 18 May 1793. Sir, you having been directed by the commander in chief to remain at Pittsburg as the commanding officer in that quarter, I request that you will keep a regular communication by Post to this office and as early as possible transmit me a complete return of the several detachments posted at Fort Franklin, Pittsburg, Marietta, Galliopolis and any other subordinate stations within the sphere of your command and the names of the officers at said posts respectively." July 20^th 1793. Gen. Wayne informed "the copy of my letter to Lt. Col. Clarke of the 29 ults is enclosed (see Gen. Misc. letter military both vol. 3 p. 200) by which he is directed to order all the troops to Fort Washington excepting those mentioned"