The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-10
December II, 1910.


whose relief they were applied; by whose
means they were brot into distress, & in what
branch OF trade they were engaged.
have the the honor to b.,
Your most obcdient, Az
JOHN w. EppEs.
The Secretary of State.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
December 10, 1910,
SIR,
In compliance with the request contained
IN your letter OF the 18th instant, have the hon.
or to enclose detailed statement of the public
expenditures for the relief of American Seamen
an Europe and of other circumstances connected
there with.
With great respect,
| have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant,
The hon. John w. Eppes,
Chairman otthe Committee of
Ways ard Means.
Extraordinary cases of disbursements made BY
Consus of the United States fo- the relief of
seamen for which an appropriation is neces.
3. ssrv, viz
William Lee, consul at Bordeaux,
and John Barney, of Baltimore,
for tie passage to the United
States. including provisions, of
164 captains, mates ard ordinary
seamen, from st. Jean de Lutz,
In France S $500
Mr.. Lee collected those men at ST. lean de
Lutz, from the ports of Bayonne. Socou, St.
ISebastians, and Passage, for the purpose of
Transporting them 10 the u. s., they having been
disch rged, in destitute situation from Amer.
can vessels which had been seized and seuues-
tered at those ports. In pursuance of this pur-
pose, he chartered the ship Ann, owned by Mr.
Barney, for the above sum, and advanced there
OF 600 dollars. leaving balance due him of
$500 dollars. The particular vessels and can
tains from which they were discharged cannot
nov be ascertained, nor the branch Of trade in
whioh they were engaged.
.John M. Forbes, consul at Ham,
burgo, for the subsisten e for
ded destitute ssame1 within
his consulate, between 1st Sep
TENDER, 1909, and 18th July,
1910, S7,535 IS
NOTE.
Mr., Forbes writes, under date of the 18th of
July iash that" had to maintain not only the
crews Of several ship, wrecked on this coast.
but those of two vessels seized ia the river Jade
found their way to ME. During all last winter
had nearly 100 seamen, naked and destitute,
to provide for and support These circumstan.
ces will, presume, satisfactorily account for
the great amount Of my present disburse-
ments."
Stephen Catalan, consul at MARI
settles, for subsistence afforded
in like manner to destitute sea-
men within his consulate, du-
ring the years 1906, 1907,
1908, 1909 and part Of the year
1910, S 4O24 So
NOTE
The greater part Of this account has been adj
,nitted and paid by General Armstrong out of
the foreign intercourse fund.- but as the account
has not yet been admitted at the Treasury, and
the fund for seamen is now exhausted, an ap.
preparation IS necessary to restore the sum drawn
from the foreign intercourse fund
Peter Issacson, consul at Christi
anssnd, in Norway, for the SUBJ
sistence on shore and provisions
for the voyage home for 181 sea-
men, S 5,O7o
For the passage to the u. States
of the same number of men sti-
pulat@d by him with the
of the ship America, and now
due them, s $3.50
These men had become charge to the pub
Iic like those in France, from the seizure and
condemnation or seqdestration of the vessels to
which they belonged. After supporting them
for some months in the different ports Of Nor
way, the consul seeing no prospect of speedy
restoration of their respective vessels to prevent
their entering into Danish or other foreign SER
vice, took the resolution of sending them home,
for which purpose he chartered the abovemen-
toned ship and collected the men ut Christian
sand, whence they embarked for the u. s. In
what particular branch of trade the vessels thus
seized, were engaged, is unknown TO this de-
partment.
Alexander Hsmmett, consul at
Naples, for the subsistence on
shore, and provisions for the yoy~
age home for the crews of TWEEN.
ty-eight American vessels which
had been seized and sequestered
at Naples, s 1900
NOTE.
The vessel in which these men embarked, was
the Fanny, but it does not appear that any thing
was paid for their passage. TIE above sum of
$4,000 dollars was drawn for, by permission OF
our minister at Paris, on the bankers at Amsler.
dam, and is therefore due to them.
They have besides, it is belle.
we'd, adj, anccd from time to time on
Gen. Armstrong; drafts, in favor
of different consuls for the relief
OF sesmen, of which particular &C
COUNTS have not been received, the
sum Of S $4,000
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