General St. Clair is the ex officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs within the Northwestern Territory and should be treated with respect by the military officers within the sphere of his jurisdiction. The officers at their respective posts should issue the requisite provisions to the Indians and should follow St. Clair's instructions relative to the delivery of the annual stipends to the Indians guaranteed by the Treaty of Greenville.
Mc Henry discusses in some detail relations with the northwestern Indians and refuses to consider a reassessment of the lines established by the Treaty of Greenville which a number of Indian chiefs are advocating. He also alludes to the distribution of goods to the sundry tribes
When Hodgdon examines the return from the Springfield Armory, he will find a large proportion of musket stocks unfit for use, some of them affected by the fire and others being shakey and warped. Williams asks Hodgdon to forward a number of gunstocks so that the factory can begin to produce seventeen muskets a day. Some of the public horses may be disposed of because they have proven vicious and unfit for use.
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army recruiting.
Parker complains of the "vile and dirty means" by which his opponent for Congress attempted to beat him in the election, but revels in the ultimate defeat of his opponent at the polls.
Regarding the galley "Senator Ross," Hamilton recommends to Colonel John Francis Hamtramck that the boat destined for Fort Massac go instead to the lower posts on the Mississippi River.
Hamilton recommends that the galley "Senator Ross", recently built at Pittsburgh, should be employed on the lower posts of the Mississippi and manned by officers and men detached from the line who have the necessary marine knowledge.
Recommends consultation with General Schuyler about the magazine at Albany. Requests that he be empowered to adjust claim as he has assisted well in the past.
Reports that the Secretary of War will assist in remedying the embarrassing situation regarding the rent due for powder magazine. Through the multiplicity of business this has been overlooked until now.
