I have the honour to inform your Excellency that Congress, considering the difficulty of marching troops to the frontiers during the winter months, have thought proper to suspend the further recruiting of the men required by the acts of April, last, until the 1st of March, 1786.

The raising and subsisting the recruits within the States until that time would have been expensive, without any adequate good consequences resulitng from the measure.

I have written to Lieutenant Colonel Harmar and have requested him to convey this information to his officers. I have the honour to be, with much respect, Your Excellency’s Most obedient Servant,