Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
Weather has proved to be favorable, no interruption to navigation of the Ohio river. Hospital stores have gone forward. Parker has made multiple requests for draft of money in Hodgdon's hands.
Certification of payment; $24.20 for balance of retained rations to Major Henry Schrupp, 1st Regiment Philadelphia County militia ordered into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania.
Certification of payment; $2578.91 to James Seagrove, for rent of grounds for buildings at Colerain, Fort Tammany, and Point Petre on St. Marys River, Georgia, occupied by miltia as stores and garrisons, and whereon fortifications have been erected.
Application made to Mr Claiborne of Congress regarding claims of detachment of mounted infantry under command of Cornet George Davidson. Simmons cannot find the original muster or payrolls. Asks Henley to forward them if he has them in his possession.
McHenry directs Simmons to respond favorably to General McPherson's request for additional compensation to cover the maintenance of Captain Rodman's troop of horse and the incidental expenses of his family during the Northhampton Expedition.
Enclosed is a copy of a letter written to the Accountant of the War Department relative to General McPherson's accounts included with the accounts themselves.
Brigadier General MacPherson reports the inability to maintain Captain Rodman's horse troops on the Northampton expedition. Discussion of care of family during expeditions.
Freeman chides Hodgdon about franking all letters to and from men in the ranks. He notes that the people of Charleston are still grieving over the death of General Washington.
Major Elias Langham has informed Bedinger that he has long since forwarded his account to Hodgdon which included an amount due Bedinger for the money that he advanced to the United States. Bedinger admits that he should have drawn on Hodgdon for that amount but a severe illness caused him to lose for a time all recollection of prior transactions.
Pinckney expressed his determination in not making terms with deserters until they deliver themselves up. Letter noted, "there are currently three skulking on the Allegheney Mountain" who contacted him but he would do nothing until they come in. Enclosed letter from Freeman which pertained to double rations.
Enclosed letter addressed Secretary of War's opinion on uniform rules in allowing double rations and what to do when the request for double rations is questionable.
Steele did not communicate instructions to the paymaster as he does not approve of establishing general rules that might be disadvantageous to the public. He believes double rations should be approved by the Secretary of War.
