Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-07-21
VOL. XXvI. NO. e1.

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or ey sss'n was never admitted. by The Commissioners,
NJ l,n n tsu before them. The very evidence which
H. ~, brown produces 10 Justify his charge esfab-
Som ,n's @e, Ii is the following letter from Mr..
| NAVY DKpARrMENr,
| &C. ,, March 2d, 1929.
TT was my intention before LETT the Depart.
10 nave submitted 10 the copside ration of tho n
uer commissioners Of the Navy Hospital Fund ro,,-
. anu ior compensation. Tor attending 10 tho
disbursements OF the money of the fund which has ,ass
cd through your hands, since YOUR apro;n,en, ~ s
rotary consider the claim rs pereciIv lust AMI 80
n "oui uoao Ut compensation would have been made.
-Ne'her the responsibility nor the labor are embra .,
h. yu u.,es as secretary ard If any other person had
peen appointed 10 perform them an allowances must nc
cessariiy have been made 10 him, ~ Nc
~ DO not doubt. when tie Commissioners shall nm
he W e merits OF the claim, that hesitation viii
oe Iei' on he subject Nothing my severe and pro
uac'en ndisposi,ion. during the whole winter has here
"'''' prevented It's a1jastmsnt lam. Sir. &c:
iHos' FILLEpRowN, Esq, Secretary, &c."
u was not at all surprising, that Mr. Southland ,rj,c
had enabled Mr.. Febrown 10 draw sig months ,',.
d"fea salary in consideration of duties PEI formeJ
should think also that he was entitled to a ronn,;;
IN consideration, at least in part, of the same duties
Cnl IL - hte surprising that Mr.. Flcbrown upon
me authority OF letter. which concIusivelv shc,~.
mat ms account had not been allowed should bavn t
pre%snmp.ion TO put into his own pocket upwards of
oUo Of ,his sacred fund! On the very day that let
t' was u'ch he drew 500 IL, the last cent of that
nh not as 1T now appears, for the purpose of proviJ
!hE shelter and home for the poor sailor ont OF
or
purpose oil applying il 10 his use. No part of hi,
sio has been paid out Tor the bench, of Hospitals 10 This
On that day, ALSO Mr.. Fillelro,vn sccm.,o 81,
general retrospect OF his acts in relation 10 tb,
unn. lie made cut and entered general account
WIN The Fund, from the came into office which
varies IN many respects from the parcuIar .ccounts h.
lad previously entered in other parts of his book On
,Oo,ig l1 account il srpcared that he had drawn Of
moneys belonging to this Fund S2oo,s56 32, and hal
cisbursed, rruGng his own salary S2O7 SIS 4s Ieay
ing balance IN his hands Of S2Oo7 81. With this sum
ne credits himself in the following words:
$2OO7 81" ""''""' u'so"'se''
- IL viii be perceived that per cent, on the amount
HSourscd, would have been ss2O7s 49, Mr. FJe.
browns charge is not, therefore, one per cent ON the
amount disbursed, but $40 81 less He gives The itcn,
,sg name. 10 have told the truth. his credit should
lie acct, S2007 81"
is not his an easy way TO get money! Already large
y IN debt to the Fund, Mr.. Fiebrown draws SOLO ~
more IN actual Cash, and then with dash of the pcn
pay me uem and squares the account!
lao zone ms am sure the poor sailors with their
one reg ana ore arm, their crutches, scars grew hairs
'hN'es tears and groans, would haunt my sleep
ana Feproaeh with being worse than the pl1nderer
'i the dead The tenant Of the grave does not feel Tho
orlvaion ii YOU rob him of his winding sheet; but Mr.
.ebrown takes, from the old crippled soldier tho p.
han the whole contributions of ou. sailors to this fund
or tDenfy YeGrst Was The man in poverty ia want
who did hi,' No; he was receiving from his govern
nen salary Of $1,000 per year. Was he rendering
important services 10 the poor sailors, For services
rendered them, he paid $3.50 per year. which was
him $3.50 per year Not content with that, he takes
20G7 from this charity fund, at 'fc swoop, max
ing his average cmoluments since he has been Secrcta
OF that Fund, including his ontedated salary about
$ 1900 per year
II graies to say, thu, the government have sued
Filebrown for this money, and trust il ha can feel
nothing else, he will feel the grippe of the law.
now turn TO the Navy Pension Fund: this fund.
believe, is made Up Of the money received from the
sales OF prizes the part OF the government, and the
interest Of It's devoted the relief of those who havo
suffered in the naval service, their wws and children
is vested in the same Commissioners who
have charge Of the Hospital Fund; but in this business
they had another Secretary at $3.50 Salary. This
Charles Hay, late Chief Clerk Of the Navy Department.
in which capacity, he received salary of $1,000 per
year
have have had little opportunity to mako mysefac-
gusintcd with the abuses practiscd in the management
single case. The moneys Of the Fund are vested in
Stocks yielding am interest large amount has been
vested in United States Stocks, which the government
IL rapidly paying off On the LIST July, 1928. the gov
eminent paid of stocks held by the Commissioners,
the amount OF 52Si 1884 ~, and on the 1st January
last, sS2l6,257 % None Of this, so far as
learn re-inveSted in other stocks until February
last but suffered TO lay dead in the Treasury. n
bout the latter date Mr. Hay purchased Nn IL per
gave $l6s 1855 Ii, and also Ss59,a12 40 OF Washing.
ton Corporation, per cent stocks Ii 10 impossible
this whole operation may have employed him two OF
three hours For tbs service he charged and received
the moderate Of one half per cent amounting 70
TY ONE DOLLARS. For that and previous services
Of Ike character his whole commissions received,
amount to THREE THOUSAND, THREE HUN
DRIED SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS AND THIRTY
TWO CENTS
The charge fer commission the last re.invest.
OF stock the outra geous, because S2Si-
3S4 had been suffered 10 lay in the Treasury wholly
unemployed, from July 1st, 1928, to February 1920
Six months interest tha wholly lost by
this inexcusable neglect which at Eve per cent would
amount 10 81 034 62. Add this TO Mr.. Hays commits
sion, and WI be seen, that this benevolent Fund lost
by negec, and peculaon during the last eight months
Of the late most careful, pure and Uriaous admnjstra-
ton, little less than ten thousand dollars.
Mr. Hay doing good business during the Ia
year. His salary os Chief Clerk $4,000; as secr.
| tary the commissioners $780, 10 which add S26ii
for commission, and you have the Of 1891 in Que
yeah But ! believe this PrOScriLing administration
who reduced Mr.. Hay 10 bcggdry, by removing him
from Office have had the cruelty TO sue him for the p,Ir
/ pose Of recovering back this commission.
Seriously, all honest men, care not OF what parfy
must applaud an administration which dares TO h,itl
such from Office and attempt 10 recover from them
the which they have plundered, not from the peo-
pie only, but from Tire poOfe of the people, the crippled
sailor tic heart broken widow, and the faheriess child.
What are oil the glorios of our country worth, il we
suffer The charity funds which have been raised 10 re-
eve the lar who has been disabled in service or make
comlorabe the wife and children Of him who has fallen
in the bloody conflict 10 become tho prev of ayarice
/ and pecuaioni Honor bushes and humanity weeus
at the fou bots which The last few years has cast on
our national eseutcheon. Bat. Republican.
D0MEl8 3NIG,