Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-27

du't OF brIgatiief general JAMES me COP.
IN answer 70 The roinis Express, ! hsiasop
solution from tie House Of Rem IN The re.
! viii now procesei &C give spln sTtstNts
as has cone p; 10 nyr@n lqovl,%' y ''mny
such corrobora1irg inioimali, 8, md /
from Others, in ny ;fc;aI 60. iectived
investigation Of the subjects. WIZ, ,'a 4.
the relative comparison, hsvr -. 'rea,
son to believe are ;so fac.s-, ''t'yrta.
In answer to the FIST par, :. =
relative to the spanlsl, agenev Us = 'fouify.
thing about it. In relation 10 anr hn0" NJ.
might Rave bad in the Burr I,,s:n emil
only information that has con, s'
knowledge,Is in the disbursemrr",N ,t 20 ny
monies, drawn from public sprn,s ;. Psc"s
Orleans, 10 the year 1907, for The trs o. ''*,
vessels chartered by him to ,y.n. ",'s"'
soneFs and witnesses from NV o, 1, "'
the seat OF government and sundry sdv ,'
IS TO Witnesses, Ices 10 lawyers &, ' s':'
BE incurred By the conspiracy Of l a ="
Burr which disburs, mynts az well 'OR
theirs, 10 considerable antunt, psid l.,
warrants immediately from this drr1 r'm v
drawn By the former secretary e ,.a"s
sundry objects OF the Ike nature arl [OF
which there were no specific aporo-r,,;,"
to whithl could charge these eyoyn,y,~,,.
l was therefore unalle 70 eredi, the sprnI,
or enter the accounts to any head Of ,r..,
disure, until the 2e,h of November, ,pro
hen the present secretary OF war, To- ,nJl,
me te settle the account, directed. that :,
the disbursements had been made b, vim.
Of orders from The department Of war !,
the wears 1906 and 1907, tia, thcy VIZ.
caargeablc to The contingent taEa of hc
war department., ,hrrc being no o.h-r head
Of expenditure to which H. could be bro
prrIy charged have accordingly rs,er-
Cd the account, and car give no olher in.
formation on this snbjec,.
In answer TO your erquirY 70 {" state the
amour, Of rlonry received by gen. WIin-I
son in the year 1904, from Josiah Tvor, ,
assistant n',jtary agent ct New O:ssns,
for public service" reply, that the only
money he appears to have received Ireu,
Taylor, at ANY time or public account, is al
sum OF three Thousand dollars, received On
the s4.n April, 1907.
In answer 10 your enquiry relative to *.
ira rations claimed b. general Wilkinson,
and how allowed, Irep'y, .bst in January,
1909, an account was presented ne al.
mitled by Henry Drasl,o.n, secretary e
Of wa for extra raticns, clamedby ger :
trri Wilkinson as commanding cifctJ Il
/ Nstchitoches and New O.lrans, (for, Tie
3tn September, 1906, 10 The 20 Mayi
1907, at thirty SIX ratious per lay, inc}ul.
ing charge for quarters, stabing, &c. a.
mounting to 8 1888 1890; which claim
trejec.ed and refused to aiiow--fr b;s,
cause . considered that any allowance 10
general Wilkinson, other than uha; was!
fixed by the actof the 10Th March, 1902,
was li'admissibla aud ,ha, colonel Cush-
Ing and colonel Freeman, as commanding
olhceIs, having drawn estrc ra,ions a. the
same posts, Tor the same time, and that no
two officers could be eniled to ezra ra"
tons ae the SAME time, ard for the ssms
post. General Wilkinson, however, ap-
Pea'ed from my decision, to thC acc IN ing
officers OF the treasury. to whom l. stated
my objections fully, in q letter to the comp
roIEer, under date Of the 10th January,
1909, who, on the 1ith OF anuary, 1872
Returned me the account, and the opinion
Of the attorney genera, with directions to
pass the amount to the credit or GeneraF
Wilkinson, on the books Of my once J;
which I have accordingly done. On inc
9Th of June, 1909 general Wilkinson pre-
s.uteef another account to lieut.. S. knsn',
district paymaster at New Orleans ana
obtained payment from him, for th'rIy'S'E :.
rat:ons per dav, from the 1Sih OF hiat''
to the sosh Of September, 1909, amounting
70 S,1#54 40 FOO. This payment was
made b.. lieut.. Knight, on the au'ho'H"
a letter from Henry Dearborn, secretary ~
war, under date of 4th of January, 1870"