Resolved that the President request the proper officer for information on arms and armaments construction, foundry building, and land acquired for the construction of the appropriate buildings.
Certification of payment; $1034 to Jasper Parish, interpreter to the Six Nations of Indians, for stage hire and expenses on the road, of himself and five Seneca Indians, from Canandaigua New York, to Washington.
Certification of payment; $77.33 to James Boyle, Wagon Master under command of Major General Pinckney, Commanding the troops at Harpers Ferry Virginia [now WV].
Certification of payment; $86.74 to Doctor Jonathan Newman, Salisbury North Carolina for attendance and medicine administered to recruits of Captain Bird and Captain Gaither.
Certification of payment; $11.59, Private William Alvery, in Captain Rawlings Company, Colonel Bensons Regiment Maryland Militia, ordered into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania
The deed has been delivered as requested by the Secretary of War. Since the records of Simmons' office have been consumed [by the fire], it will be necessary for Hodgdon to forward to him the authority by which he made the purchase or a voucher admitting the amount.
Mentioned "great inconveniences for want of a competent general staff". Requested additional labor to assist the Adjutant and Inspector General with their duties. Stated that the current Adjutant and Inspector General's can not be expected to perform all their tasks at their current pay grade.
