I beg Leave to remind Congress of the necessi[ty] of an immediate Attention to what I said in m[ine] of the 5th instant respecting the paying of the Troop[s,] at least so far as concerns those who are willing to receive the Continental Pay here, or at such P[lace] where they may be discharged or reinlist, when Soldiers find that they must return home withou[t] their Pay, or are not paid off when asked to rein[list,] they will seldom reinlist in the Service; for the Susp[icions] of Men are very much in Proportion to their Ignorance. ー And I assure You that many are now discharged naked & penny less, who may have Money due to them, and which I would readily take the Trouble to pay or cause to be paid, if I could ascertain what was their due Some who are discharged are now offering their Wages for two Thirds of It.²