In Senate of the United States, February 10, 1823. Mr. Noble, from the Committee on Pensions, communicated the following letter from the Secretary of War, which was read, and ordered to be printed. War Department, February 8, 1823. Sir, I have the honor to inform you, in reply to your letter of the 6th instant, that, until the month of August, 1818, no particular account was kept of the number of applications for pensions..