Herewith transmitted are the muster and payrolls for January 1798 along with the appropriate receipts. Nelms has not yet returned and is therefore unpaid.
Certification that $124.97 is due Lieutenant Campbell Smith of the Army of the United States, being for his pay and subsistence for October to December 1797.
Certification that $233.20 is due Lieutenant Simon Gross of the Frigate "Constellation", being for his pay and subsistence from September 1, the day he entered on duty, to December 31, 1797.
Pending the Attorney General's decision on the appointment of Lt. Campbell Smith as Judge Advocate, his pay as lieutenant should be separated from that of Judge Advocate and provided to him so that he will have money on hand
The letters related to Wolcott's land business will be forwarded to him. Neither Monroe's memoir nor Frauchet's publication has done any harm nor made any converts. The letter from the Commissioners of Revenue to the House of Represenatives has produced no effect. The calm of that House has been interrupted by an effort to tread upon the power of the President relative to foreign intercourse and by one member spitting in the face of another.
McHenry responds with "candor" and "frankness" to complaints from General James Wilkinson on orders and instructions. The Secretary of War offers explanations for each specific complaint levied by the general. In one of his explanations, McHenry reminds Wilkinson - later to be discovered as an agent for the Spanish after his death - that the Northwest Territory has been infested with spies working to spread disaffection among the Indians.
An account has been adjusted at the Treasury in which $192 is due Hodgdon, the sum paid to William Smith for two years' rent of store No. 2 in which the rigging and sails of the ship "Cassius" are deposited. The sum will be paid at the Treasury but the expense can be saved in the future if these articles are moved to a public store.
Enclosed is the January return of the work done at the armorer's shop at Springfield. Unless he can obtain more stocks, Ames feels that he will only have enough work to last up to March 15th. The ones on hand would last three months longer if many were not filled with knots and cracks which renders them unfit for use. If 250 stocks can be sent to New Haven, they can be transported from there by wagon. When the river opens and boats can pass, ten or twelve hundred can be exported.
Notifies Simmons that he has paid Captain Michael Kalteisen on account of the recruiting service per Simmons' direction. Cited in Simmons to Stevens, 02/23/1798.
Certification that $234.01 is due Major Jonathan Haskell, being the balance of his current account which includes his pay and subsistence as a deranged officer, in pursuance of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1797, payable to Nathaniel Cushing, Attorney, Power of Attorney.
Certification that $31.77 is due Henry Miller, Supervisor of the district of Pennsylvania, being his commissions for receiving and paying monies from the Dept. of War from March 9, 1795 to July 23, 1796.
Encloses the sum of 450 dollars to Ensign Boote for the recruiting service. Requests that he transmit a receipt of the transaction to the Secretary at War.
List of deranged officers who have received six months pay and subsistence at the Accountant's Office agreeably to the Act of Congress of March 3rd 1797 and a list of deranged officers who not yet received their six months pay and subsistence.
