[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in favor of M^r. Rob^t Bell [from?] Gen^d. [Forest?] in favor of [the?] [undecipherable: probable reading "Harwood"], who are [recommended?] [undecipherable: probable reading "by the Secretary"] for Lieutenancies in the [undecipherable] Corps, having served in that capacity in the late auxiliary Army — [respectfully?] [I am y^r?] [undecipherable] Servant City of Washington 18^th [Oct?] 1800 [undecipherable signature] The Honorable [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Secretary of War