The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-26

aPSfs No = s,ic y, when Soew That the
.r2ngement first made, with respect TO supplies
tor our vessels stationed in the MEDITERRANEAN.
was 70 make London the sole place for deposit.
ing funds, and 10 authorize the agents i'm the Me
dterranean, who might furnish supplies, 20 draw
upon London for their Reimbursement
Papers No and (, in whichthe secretary of
the navy requested Degcn, Purviancc and Co to
establish credit for our squadron st Naples, so
that the officers might draw upon either Naples
or Leghorn, as the public interest might dietate I:
ana which shew that the other agents IN the Me-
diterraneah were occaasionlly authorized to draw
on Leghorn.
Paper No. 5, which shews that in the wear
1915, negoci ations on London were, in the NJ.
d'terraneaa ports, attended with loss of 10 per
cent and would probably become more ruin.
Gus and also advises Of loss of per cent, ON
bills drawn at Leghorn, directly upon the navy
department 10y
Paper No. s, in which commodore Rogers. on
the LIST November, 1905, advises, for the reasons
therein stated, (and which concur with the r.,.
sons therein assigned in paper No. 81 that the
principal funds for d frav,ng the expences of the
squadron be lodged NJ Gbraltar, Leghorn & Ma.
pies and hat he had determined not to draw
on London tor further supplies, until he should
ject
Paper No z, in which Degen, Purvianee and
Co. on the goth Nov. 1905, advised the sccreta-
ry OF the navy of drafts upon them to an amount
exceeding 5 6O.00U.
Paper No. s, in which commodore Rogers nm
tne S&th December, 1903, advised he secretary
on the navy ofhis having drawn on him for ca
quo dollars and stated, as a reason for his M,
having drawn on the agents at Leghon and Ma.
pies, his apprehension that the government
funds in their hands were not sufficient to enable
them to comply with such large demands. "a
when ne lett Leghorn, tNov. 9thi 1867 Deren.
furviance & Co. informed him they were rather
in advance
Paper No g. A brief view of The bills amount.
ing 10 100000 dolls purchased by gen. Stricken.
and remitted to the agents at Legfiorn. bv which
1t appears that 10000 dolls. of those bills were
purchased subsequently to the advice contained
IN papers Nos S, s, Z, & 8.
Paper No. 10 Extract of letter from tb. ..
cretary OF the navy % the commanding naval Off.
Ger IN the Mediterranean, dated 9TH Sent. 1905
advising him that considerable funds had lately
been deposited in the hands of Deeen. Purv;ance
y Co. and requiring him to exercise a sound dis.
cretion IN using them
Paper No IL. Letters from lanes M.Kenz,a
and A. Giennie, London, which shew tina, on IN.
4ti' Nov 1906, hey had been overdrawn unon
70 an amount exceeding 15,6OOi. sterling. which
after commodore Rogers letter OF the Ist Nov
lso5, mo. o. could not have been anticinated h,,
the department
Paper No. IL. Letter from the secretary O, the
navy to James Mckenzie and A Cleunie' dated
oth January, 1907, expressing his surprize a,
tiieir having been drawn upon to SO large an a.
mount, as sufficient funds had been placed a,
Legh0rn, and directions given to the Command.
| ing officer to draw on that place
taper NO. Is. Extract OF a letter from the Sc
cretary OF the navy, to the Commanding naval ofH;
Ger IN the Mediterranean, dated Ix,h Iulv 1enz
directing him, prior to his leaving the .ied,ter.
ranean, to draw out of the hands of the agents ~
Leghorn, all the funds in their possesson beonr
ing to the navy department
NJ 4
OF the order referred to in paper No H. the sIm
OF 5 59,92S 90 cents, was paid over bv the arents
at Leghorn. Ne~'''
FaPers Nos. Is, 16, and II, which. amonr q.
tner information. shsw, that the late secretary
Oh tIe navy did not, at any time, directly or ind
reotly' officially or privately, give to general
Stricken (the agent who purchased the b,IlsS -
ny instruction intimation, as to the nerson.
from whom he was to purchase the bills Of ey-
chanse reunited to tae agents at Leghorn nm
account OF the navy department and thar The
SAID agent did not. in my manner or form, ,;vs
10 .he late secretary of the navy any intmation
as to the persons from whom he was disno.ed
to purchase the said bills of exchange eTesnt.
ing only the bill tor 6,000S purchased of w
l.: and j. barney but that the said agent acted
with respect to sellers, dra wers and endorser,
al MS own discretion and upon his own Official
responsibility and from the character Justly sus
tanned by the said agent, can entertain No do,h,
oilis, by the same considerations nat would have
influenced him, had ne been purchasing them nm
has own private account.
Paper No. IL. Letter from colonel Rucb.nan
to general Stricken, (31st December, 1910 y and
paper No. 19, letter from Mr.. William'Y. Pnrvi
ance to he secretary of the navy, (SIst Decem-
Der 1907 which relate to the dra wers of prn
portion OF the bills in question: and tend to aHord
information upon material part of the transact
ton
1t has not appeared to me, in the view have
taken OF this subject. necessary to send comics
OF all tile letters written to and received from
the Inherent agents upon the subject ofremittan-
ccs to Leghorn, for such a course would he mil
tiplyng papers without affording anv further &C
sential information the papers submitted .be ~
That tie arrangement first made. win roc
pect to supplies for our squadron in the Med.
terranean, was to deposit funds in London only
upon which The agents in the Mediterranean
were to draw to reimburse themselves for ,b.
supplies they might furnish.
Ihat THIS arrangement was subsequently chan
ged u Leghorn made place of deposit as we
as London.
That upon the funds placed in the hands or
the agents at Legborn, not only the officers RI
the navy and the navy agent at Naples, bur
occaslonaiiy the other navy agents in the Med
terrsnean, were authorized to draw
That IN the year 1905, the department was adj
vIsed, that on bills drawn in the Mediterranean
on London, there was loss of 10 per cent. md
on bills drawn in the Mediterranean on the TT 6
Of 6 per cent.
That the bills purchased in Baltimore and TO-
mitled to Leghorn, were purchased some At mar
some under, but none above par Which "a OF
cents, the Leghorn dollar.
That IN the year 1905, commodore Rooers oil