Accountants Office January 3^d 1798 I Certify that there is due to Lieut.^t David Hale and the recruits under his command stationed at Ellis's Island the sum of Eighty nine Dollars & fifty three Cents being for his and their pay for December 1797, which Sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor at New York to be by him paid to the said Lieut.^t Hale who is to be held accountable for the due application of the Same. Pay of the Army for 297. Dollars 89. 53. The Sec.^y of War. W. Simmons Acct. Accountants Office January 3^d 1798 I Certify that there is due to Francis Mentges, Inspector of Troops & Garrisons of the United States the sum of One hundred & Twenty two Dollars being for his pay for November & December 1797. Dollars 122. The Sec.^y of War. W. Simmons Acct. Accountants Office January 4. 1798 I Certify that there is due to Samuel Hodgdon Super-intendant of Military Stores the sum of one Thousand one hundred & seventy five dollars being the Salary of himself and three Clerks, and of M.^r John Harris keeper of Ordnance & Military Stores, and an assistant to M.^r Harris from 1 Oct.^o to 31 ^st December 1797. Dollars 1175. The Sec.^y of War. W. Simmons Acct.