Instances of a correspondence with officers under command and corresponded immediately by the General Sec. Knox writes to Maj. Gen. Wayne July 20 1792. "You will direct Brig. Gen. Wilkin- son 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 in- formation of past events, as to shew you that a correspondence is not unnecessarily carried on from this Office with an officer under your immediate orders" Same letter — "The regulations relative to the receipt & delivery of stores of all sorts shall 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 exigencies requisite to entitle them to receive the pensions should be regulated — The following is therefore prescribed. the substance of which was contained in my letter to Brig. Gen Wilkins- on of the 17^th inst, a Copy of which has been trans- mitted to you" The regulations respecting invalids and be transmitted on the letter above alud.) to in the first instance and a copy [strikethrough: thereof] of this letter to [undecipherable] transmitted to Gen Wayne — he [undecipherable] be considered [undecipherable] as the general government in all such cases. [marginalia left: same letter mentions expressly that Gen Wilke is under his command.] [marginalia bottom left: to be made "at this time you come expressly under the command of Maj Gen Wayne and not commander in [undecipherable] district from him. the directs to you [undecipherable] communications thus him they seem have been directly to you [undecipherable] this considerate [undecipherable] always the proper.]