Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-03-13

expenie attending fuch employment,
have received, in addition to their or
binary compensation, the per diem
allowance, fixed by law or ufagc for
fuch fervice. The prefent Is be-
lieye, the 6rit inlfance in which fuch
an officer has been employed, every
day in the year, for two or three
years in fuceellion, and has been
prermitted to receive in addition TO
his entire jailry or monthly fap a per
diem allowance exceeding his falary
or monthly pay, and the whole of his
expenies. The falary of Judge Ellf-
worth, while employed on a-foreign
million, had been received during his
abience, by his attorney, hut was re-
funded, and he received only his
compenfation as a foreign niniiter-
and in the cafe of Mr.. Jay, his ex-
pences only were paid There can
be no propriety in fuch allowance,
and remedy ought to be provided.
There has olio been allowed and
paid in the war department an ac-
count amounting TO o,oIe dollars
"a cts. for the table expenies of gen.
Wilkinfon and Gov. Claiborne, from
Dec. 9TH, I8o3, to April 24th 1904,
four months and icvrnteen days, the
time they were employed as commits
Goners 10 take pneiIion OF New Or
leans, and for private iccretary s4S
and for ifationary AZ so, amounting
in the whole to 7,2o6 dis. O. Cts.
The allowance of this account is UNI
der the hand of the fccretary Of war,
who itates that it was done by difec-
ton of the PRECEDENT Of the u.
S. AS this account had no relation
either to the military fe.yice or to
Indian affairs, am unable to fay why
it was carried for fettlemeDt TO the
war department., and not to the ac-
counting officers of the treafury.
1t appears by authentick, docu-
mcnts which have examined, that
there has been paid to Gen. Wiki
infon, this favourite of the admins
ton, (for think none other than a
favouri,e could have obtained from
the treafury of the United States,
money to fuch an amount) the fol-
lowing fums, viz.
For his pay as brigadier general
| from March 10Th, tso2tI date
| of the law, to Feb. l, 1903, at
c25 dollars per mouth, 1855 30
| For extra faiions, quarters, &c. as
per amount before itated, 2,o5S 10
For his compenfatier as Indian
commiihoner, from July IL,
1901 TO Juiy Is, 1902, 1926
For his compensation as Indian
| commiflioner, * running lines.
from July 9, 1902, to 1T Jane,
! 1904, S,6o6
For his perfonal eXpenfes for 1902
and sos, 27i5 -
For his ialary as governor of Up
| per LouihaIa, from July 4,
1906 to March Q, so7, S,s26 2
For amount of monies aud iupplies
fumihed him by public agents
! with which he is charged on
| the public books, and for which
| he has not accounted, 1881 )
For monies charged by John Will
kins, late quarter mailer gem
| eral, as advanced to gen. VIII
| kinfon, and for which he has
! not accounted, 1919 II
| For fecre, fervice money, received
Jan. 10, 1909, on the certificate
| of The Prsiident of the S. for
| that fun diiburled for objects,
| sin relation to the contingent
! sexpenies of intercourse be-
| tween the u. S and foreignN
nations, the Specification of
| (which difburiement at this
| time is deemed neIpedient, l,loe
| For h. compensation as witneis
on the trial of A. Burr, at Rich
mond, circuit court, u. S. May
| term. 1907. os4 so
|
| d. 1i,17o 81
To which, If there be added the
| table expenies of gen. Wiikiuion
and the other eommi;iioEefs
hold ng treaties in 1904 and
1902, executive of The expenie
of furnihing the Indians 5,ozG 70
And the table eIpenies Of general
W.ikinion aud governor Car
horne at new Crleans, from
Dec z, 1903, 10 April "a, 1904 e,6i9 ~
Macs the enormous fam OF ID. 56,ll6 IS
More than $4,000 DIS. OF which
NAV fairly be placed 10 the aceoun
of Cen. Wilkinion.
It may alto be proper BY fone le-
giilative provlicn, 10 regulate the
buGneis of advance pay 10 the otd
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