Until Major Brooks takes his station at Fort Jay, Major Hoops will command in his absence so his orders should be followed and letters should be addrssed to him.
"I have received a letter from Colonel Strong dated at Detroit the 7th of May last. You will judge from the information which you shall have when this reaches you how far it may be expedient to reinforce this post and from what quarter. The enclosed extract of a letter to him may serve as a guide. I will only add that my view of the subjected, probably imperfect at this distance, does not impress me with the probablity of approaching Indian hostilities or with the necessity of further accumulation of force at Detroit."
Reports the arrival of the ship carpenters with their drafts; the accounts will be corrected. Encloses the dimensions of the spars and masts for brig building
Certification of payment; $824 to Ebenezer Stevens, Agent for the War Department, reimbursement for advances of pay and forage and rations to detachment 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
Marcellin is pleased that Hodgdon has arrived safely but is not surprised that he complained about the wagon. He thanks Hodgdon for mentioning Master George to the Secretary of the Navy. The frigate is to be launched soon and since George has completed his navigation, Captain Morris will begin to employ him.
Encloses a return of public stores that may be wanted for the department, including tents, kettles, knapsacks, canteens, cartridge boxes, etc. Reminds Hodgdon that when two companies are deployed to South Western Pennsylvania to quell a riot, there were not enough musket cartridges in store to supply them.
Certification of payment; $8.20 for returned rations to Lieutenant James McDonald, of Captain William Lawrences Company of Infantry Commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney called into service to suppress insurrection in Western Counties of Pennsylvania in 1794.
