Certification that $13.91 is due Samuel Parmele, late Ensign of the 3rd Regiment, being for his subsistence from May 6 to June 21, 1798, the day the President approved that part of the sentence of the General Court Martial ordering said Ensign Parmele to be cashiered.
Certification that $25.82 is due Lieutenant Franklin Wharton of the Marines on board the frigate "United States", being the amount of his account for recruiting Marines for service on the "United States" and for contingent expenses attending the same.
Certification that $559.79 is due a detachment of recruits at Spring Garden, late under the command of Captain Edward Miller, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, now under the command of Ensign George W. Stall, for April and May 1798.
Certification that $64 is due John Steele, Coxswain, and the crew employed on the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for June 1798.
McHenry assures the committee that measures are being taken to prepare the fort at Whetstone Point for defending Baltimore; notes that "the aid of the citizens of Baltimore is expected" with these preparations. Mentions enclosed list of these measures [not included].
Encloses a certificate that testifies to the service of Jonathan Phillips as a Lieutenant in the Corps of Artificers during the Revolutionary War, at which time he served with "faithfulness and approbation".
Creek Indians injured by residents of Oconee, Hawkins provided monetary compensation in order to preserve peace, but civil magistrates doubt they can bring the offenders to justice.
Materials list of cannon balls and cost of hands, teams, and carriages for Cecil company. Joseph Elliott noted 23 July, 1801 that the last charge should not be admitted.
Expense of hands, teams, carriages, and 60 shot for improving 48 frigates and 21 forts. Elliott noted that the last charge for 60 shot should be the only admitted for reimbursement.
The committee asks McHenry to attend immediately to getting the fort at Whetstone Point [eventually "Fort McHenry"] into a state of readiness, as it currently offers no defense to the city, and no helpful British warships have been in the port recently, which might deter French raiders. Apparently this latter dependence on the British had been suggested by McHenry in a previous letter.
