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transmit copies of your proceedings to the Office of the accountant of the War department,

Not withstanding your utmost care and diligence it may happen from unforeseen causes that a regular settlement with the troops to the last day of August may be found in some instances impracticable- if this should prove to the case, the causes which shall prevent asettlement are to be accurately reported to the Accountant of the War department, that further instructions may be transmitted - You are not [undecipherable] on that account. to delay a settlement of the pay rolls for the period subsequent to the [undecipherable] of August, but will require that they be rendered and will proceed to adjust them according to the mode hereafter prescribed [flourish]

The foregoing observations are principally intended to explain the manner in which you are to regulate the payment of the troops to the last day of August ensuing, In respect to the payment of the troops after that period the following system is to be strictly observed. [flourish]

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