Sir:

Herewith enclosed are copies of two Acts of Congress, One of the 23rd Ulto., for regulating the clothing Department, the other of the 5th Inst., providing for the pay of the officers employed in it

You will perceive that the first refers the appointment of the sub. or State clothiers to the different States, and that the second leaves their salaries to be ascertained and paid by the States appointing them.

Such has long been the Deranged State of this Department, and such is the importance of immediately carrying the present system into execution, that Congress hope it will meet with the earliest attention.