Certification of payments; $542 to a Company of 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers and detachment of infantry stationed at Fort McHenry under command of Captain Staats Morris.
Enclosed is a schedule showing the price of rations and component parts at certain posts for the year from October 1798 through September 1799, agreeably to the contract.
Because of the inconvenience of adding new barracks to Bedlows Island and Oyster Island, McHenry suggests re-locating the troops on these islands to West Point pending the construction of permanent barracks. The troops that can be comfortably garrisoned on Governors Island may remain there.
Wolcott refers to the fact that the three Major Generals for the Provisional Army were appointed the same day although it is clear that Hamilton was intended to be the first Major General. He believes Knox should decline service as his pecuniary situation makes him a likely tool for speculators. There should be nothing done regarding the organization of the Army until deliberate consultations have been conducted.
Militia pay suspended due to travels to Indian country. Pay must be authorized by Sec. of War. Henley requested Simmons converse with Sec. of War to authorize dispersal of pay.
Freeman encloses his muster and pay rolls; his duplicate receipts have gone to the Supervisor of New York. The general court marital has sentenced deserters to pay back the United States any damages from their desertion, which payment is to be deducted from their pay. One deserter enlisted twice, under two names, and deserted both times.
Adams' annual request for McHenry to weigh the level of disease in Philadelphia against the safety of Congress, which will shortly be convening its next session there.
