A sum has been remitted for the pay of Captain Nicholson through December 1794. Money for rations will be remitted as soon as the Secretary of War determines the amount allowed for same.
John Chester has been remitted a sum to be transmitted to Captain Mitchell, being his pay from the date of his acceptance through December 1794. If money for subsistence is due him, Mitchell must forward his account, certfied by the contractors at the rendezvous where he is stationed.
The Treasurer has remitted to Gorham sums to be used for the following; the pay of Captain William Eaton, Ensign Benjamin Rand, and the non-commissioned officers and privates under their command at the rendezvous at Springfield; the pay of Captn Samuel Nicholson of the frigate docked at Boston. Enclosed is a list of recruits that were enlisted in 1794 for which pay was not transmitted and for which an accounting is required.
Lieutenant Elmer has been unsuccessful in the recruiting service at New Brunswick so he is to repair to New York and place himself under Thompson's orders. Lieutenant Dayton, at Elizabeth Town, has been directed to send the recruits he has enlisted to Governors Island.
Captains William Lewis and Benjamin Price have been directed to begin recruiting for the Legion. Lewils will rendezvous at Hagers Town and Price at Frederick Town. Each officer should be furnished with sufficient equipment for marching with fifty suits of clothing including two for sergeants and two for musicians.
Sorber requests a small trifle of money for a woman who has neither bread nor wood. He had previously given her nine dollars from the twenty he had been given.
The Treasurer will remit to Chester a sum to be transmitted to Capt. Donald G. Mitchell, being his pay as an officer in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Middletown, Connecticut.
In addition to a discussion of Eatons' pay, Howell notes that he has decided to pay of prisoners from the time they were apprehended until they are discharged, deducting the expenses incurred during their capture. The pay of deserters is to apply only to the period before their desertion and the period after they have resumed their duties.
Enclosed is the account of Colonel Edward Carrington, Supervisor of Virginia, for commissions on moneys he has disbursed. General Knox has informed Howell that the compensation authorized by his letter was intended for actual disbursements only. Both Knox and Colonel Hamilton agree that some compensation should go to the supervisors for monies paid through their hands to recruiting officers.
Wadsworth is transmitting his recruiting account for the period through February 1795. Included are the men's enlistments and receipts and vouchers for the sums disbursed through October 1794 and the muster roll through February 1795.
Howell tries to reconcile the State of Virginia's claims regarding the service of militia, scouts, and spies to protect the frontier during the period 1791-93.
Tingley states to Pickering that he has not made any return as of yet because he was only recently appointed Clerk of the naval yard; most of the business that the position is tasked with was accomplished prior to his assuming his position. He is enclosing an account of the supplies such as copper that are under his charge, and notes that he will be diligent in his duty and will report any necessary alterations in the making out of his accounts.
Wayne warns that if the murders, robberies, and injuries perpetrated by the Cherokees and other Indians continues, he will call out his warriors to destroy them without distinction since he will be unable to tell the guilty from the innocent. He therefore advises all peaceable Indians to withdraw themselves immediately from the bad ones so as to leave them to the fate that awaits them.
