Higginson felt current officers character was deplorable and ships should be manned by good officers who would add to the ships efficiency as a weapon of war.
Reports activities while McHenry has been gone, including the receipt of correspondence and a request from the President. Announces arrival of a vessel.
Knox is touting Major Winslow as an excellent candidate for an officer position, recommending him first as a major of cavalry. Knox lists Winslow's qualities which confirm his gentleman status and his fitness as an officer.
Certification that $215.13 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Fort Norfolk under Captain Richard Blackburn, being the pay of himself, Surgeon's Mate William Barnwell (including forage), and the non-commissioned officers and privates, for May 1798
Harris is asked to deliver to Captain Decatur for the ship of war "Delaware" a sufficient amount of cartridge paper for 800 nine-pound and 200 six -pound cartridges. This quantity is to be in lieu of the 1000 nine and six-pound blank cartridges ordered earlier for that ship.
Captain Dale and his ship the Ganges have been ordered to be at a certain location on the 12th. McHenry asks that Willing & Francis hire a pilot boat to deliver the enclosed letter to the Captain.
Regarding hiring of Pilot boat to find and deliver letter to Captain Richard Dale aboard "Ganges." Dale's ship is to be found somewhere between Cape Henlopen and Cape James, off the coast of Delaware.
Harris is asked to deliver to Joshua Humphreys 1,988 iron eighteen pound shot now on board the sloop "Eliza" from New York. It is to be transferred to the Algerian vessel for shipment.
