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Wylie Pope, the paymentes of the militias, has been with me and received the money for the pay of the Spies and Posts authorized by the Presi-dent of the United States. Enclosed is my account current No. 10 and vouchers [undecipherable] which I shall make a few observations. | Wylie Pope, the paymentes of the militias, has been with me and received the money for the pay of the Spies and Posts authorized by the Presi-dent of the United States. Enclosed is my account current No. 10 and vouchers [undecipherable] which I shall make a few observations. | ||
| − | The vouchers from No. 2 to 9 inclusively have been compared with the receipt [undecipherable] which you have - mitted to me. Where I have had duplicates I have the paymaster's receipts thereon and I now [undecipherable] them; but in some instances, as the spies for Hancock County | + | The vouchers from No. 2 to 9 inclusively have been compared with the receipt [undecipherable] which you have - mitted to me. Where I have had duplicates I have the paymaster's receipts thereon and I now [undecipherable] them; but in some instances, as the spies for Hancock County, the only [undecipherable] were want to your office, and the receipts have been taken comformably to your re-ceipt [undecipherable] . On some of those now forwarded the oath has not been written, but the commanding of-ficer of the county certifies that the spies should be mustered [undecipherable] oath, he did not order any particu-lar form, and the offices under whose directions they have placed have never omitted to take their depositions as to the services they actually per-formed. The oath you will find annexed to some of the [undecipherable], was a form given by the late Col. Dorsey whom he did the duty of paymaster of the militias. I should however suppose it unnecessary when the cer-tificate of the commanding officer of the county is an-nexed, as on the [undecipherable] of general Blackburnes divisi-on, and of those under the direction of Brigadier General Clarke, these gentlemen were very desvious of doing this business properly. the manner in which they have sworn the spies they have conceived fully answering the intention of the Secretary of War. I have however, directed Col. Pope not to pay any who shall be borne on a roll to which the oath is not an |
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