Discussed Capt. DeButts desire to be appointed Secretary for the expected Indian Treaty. Enclosed answer on request, Pickering requested Wayne forward it to DeButts. Understands practice of appointing secretary does not include recommendations from the War Office, but alluded to appointing DeButts.
Pickering directs Hodgdon to to pack up and transport to Charleston, South Carolina the listed articles. They should be addressed to Governor Arnoldus Vanderhorst and shipped on the first vessel bound for that place.
The military stores ordered to the shipyard by Captain Thompson were not sent because the revenue cutter did not arrive from Charleston. They were ordered again and the order should have been sent to Hodgdon to forward them but apparently it was not done so that delay increases the necessity for haste.
It will be best to have the 2500 pounds of damaged powder now in the store made over again. As much as possible, the very best rifle powder should be available for presents or trade with the Indians.
Simmons certifies that the sum of $251.70 is due Captain James Gamble of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers for his pay for the first three months of 1795, and the pay of his recruits from August 1794 to March 1795.
Pickering informs Captain Nicholson, who evidently borrowed the Book of Regulations for the British Navy, that he would like it returned when the time approaches for manning the frigates.
Apologies for delay in response to letter pertaining to French privateer and defense of frontier. Instructions for receiving reimbursement. Money for Mr. Seagrove's expenses now lies in the branch bank of South Carolina.
Since the barracks at West Point are not suitable for the reception of the 400 men of the Corps of Artillery, Pickering directs Hodgdon to provide a sufficient number of tents including horseman's tents for the officers.
Major Craig informs Samuel Hodgdon of disbursements made for the travel expenses of Major Bezaleel Howe. Howe is scheduled to appear in court as a government witness during the trial of the "insurgents" [Whiskey Rebellion]. Howe is traveling from Fort Pitt to Philadelphia. Craig also encloses an invoice of Indian goods and a receipt for pay and forage of the troops.
In order to defray the contingent expenses of his office, Simmons requests a small advance of two hundred dollars from the Treasury out of the appropriations granted for the year 1795.
Nicholas Fish, Supervisor at New York, has been remitted a sum to be transmitted to Captain Thompson, being the pay of himself, Lieutenant Theophilis Elmer, and the non-commissioned officers, and privates under his command. Enclosed is a payroll which is to serve as a form in the future.
The Treasurer will remit to Fish a sum to be transmitted to Captain Alexander Thompson, being the pay of himself, Lieutenant Theophilis Elmer, and the non-commissioned officers and privates under his command through March 1795.
