Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-13

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Ordnance and military 90
stores
Timber for the Navy o. sSssa
he bill being gone through. 'se
was made Tor the comms.tes ), sa0'iOs
when " Use,
Mr.. Quincy wished to ask oa..,;
The chairman Of the committee of r,a
means. In the estimate which ,h.a l
received from the secretary Of Il. -. aad
y uas stated that The .i;..ber procured , ~
" tor builc;ng 75 gun boats,n IN, CIV. vas
pria'ion 10 the bill was "fer the o,ss pp :,
he wished to know the reason e., . i.
arance whether this timber wa..' %s
same as that specified for the guo boat, Is
it SO, whether twas apy thing else X X, ;. D
gun boat ,imberl '4
Mr.. G. w. Campbell said thai, be von.,
endeavor to satisfy The gentleman from
Massachusetts Upon conversjpr WIN
the secretary Of the oavy, the commiu,.
were Informed, .ha, this timber was n,o
cured of such quality, that i. nigh, an,
swer any ordinary naval purposes twas
perhaps conse mplated to be used for Ii.
erection of gun boats bu, had been SO g.
lected that it could be appropriated to q.
Their purposes IF necessary
Mr.. quincy said. the committee wouu
recollect that 10 the communicates !,on
the presiden, Of the T.. S. 10 this house
he frat states tina, he has made greater
provision ofthose articles Of military sores
with which we were no, before sufficiently
furnished he then states ,ha, he had also
incurred some expences, unprovided for,
for gun beats. Mr.. @. understood by tie
communicated from the treasury aud navy
departments, that the present appropriation
YVES for extraordinary expenses incurred
for the navy, other than those which come
under the general name of military stores,
and no. including these expenses for gun
boats. He asked of the chairman Of the
committee of ways and means, merely for
information, whether those extraordinary
eZpences were those which the presidrn,
alluded to? Whether expences, not produc-
ed TO the house, were not yet behind the
curtain? Whether they were the wholeex-
pences tina, had been incurred?
Mr.. 6. ". Campbell said, he could only
answer TO the gen,Ieman's enquiries, thar,
as the message from the presiden, of the
US. had informed the house tina. certain
extraordinary expenses had been i.sarS5'
and ,ha. estimates would be laid before
them and as such estimates had been laid
before the house. the committee had con.
ceived that these expences were the same
as those mentioned by the president, and
acted upon them under that IMPRESSION
They had no information before them from
which they could inform theheu whether
there were other expenditures made, and
they bad 90, enquired whether the message
had reference TO any other.
mr.. quincy hoped the committee woulo
excuse him if be proposed another qGes.
ton. The committee weuld perceive tn IA,
10 the documents accompanying me DILL
there was a statement Of articles said TO DC
purchased. He wished 70 know OF 'nS
committee OF ways and m;ans, wb'snera
the common sense of the word these st'l'
Giles were actually purchased a0d PAID l0,'
or only contracted for : Ifplrcha'sd aoa
paid for, out Of what monn'es the psymeuI'
had been made? Whether out OF Tue PuOs
lie treasury, fron, the private resources %
the secretary afths navy, or from aPP pr.
priatious destined to other objeet': w =.
committee would see the olrec''oa h hs
wished to give TO this enqu'ry' taa ''. "'i
committee might know before they vI .sa
this appropriation. the course wa'cs N Nov
been adopted by the officers OF the N'''
department. 80, ,ov
Mr.. Ebpes said, that neither he nor rs any
other other member of this house eoua
satisfy all the eoquiries OF the ssnHen..
from Massachusetts. All the es?snces pa
vided for by this law was not aa'no. =" y
by existing laws. Under the ex'raols'I -,
~ circumstances which had ocou1fed y.