Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-09-21
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NO. 10. II LITTLE abuse, bit the pieldtion of a
great principie-On the 9TH November 1925 the
Commissioners of the Navy Hospital Fund Messrs.
Rush, Barbour, and Southland, appointed Thomas File
Drown, men Clerk IN the Navy Department, a sala
ry OF lOOO 10 be Secretary OF their Board at sala
ry oil 500 per year His services were very uning;
yet on the 22d of the succeeding May, Mr.. Southard
addressed TO him the following letter:
"NAvY DEPARTMENT, 22d Nav 1896
SIR: In consequence of the duties performed by
yon as Secretary to the Commissioners of the Nayy
Io'Pnais' you may consider your appointment ante
ddtea sac months, and draw for your salary
for that period.
am, Sir, respectfully SC
49, SAAlL l.. SOUTHARD.
Thomas Fillebrown, Esq Sec'ry." sc.
Accordingly, on the 2fth of May, Mr. FilIebrown
drew warrant of l2j, half years salary and receiv-
ed the money. He had already received lis salary for
the six months which had elapsed after his appointment
and this gave him salary for six months 6foye his APP
pontment.
The abuse here was not great 1t was only taking
from me poor Sick and wOrn-out officers and scanen of
our Navy, hundred and twenty-five dollars and
giving II 10 well fed Clerk with a salary of 81 ono
But the violation OF principle involved in is honstrous
what can our Heads of Departments or the President
himself arhorise their subordinates TO antedae their
appointments, and draw salaries for months and wears
previous to their date, Mr. Southland had as much rioht
10 give filebroWn salary for sic years before his an
poin'ment, Tor sic MONTHS He had as much rioht 10
give him 1900 as Sl25.
What would he thought of Gen. Jackson were he TO
"uuloIlse each oil his Secretaries antcdae their an
pon'ments six months and draw each S. 900 out of the
treasury? He might do il with the same rioht and nro
PrIety that he authorized this payment Fillebrown
For very riiling services MIR Fiebrown has receiv-
ed salary OF upwards of 5000, and he charges So
VO' 81, on moneys dsbursed for the Hospital Fund
very niue oil the money on which this commission is
charS' q, was GcfUdiy diSbtrSed by Fiebrown but
only RENTED 10 others for disbursement Thus: He
reunited TO j. Iiayilodd, who superintendent, and dis
Dn1sed all The moneys for the hospital erecting Nor
folk, two sums of $4,000 each to the same Individual
and to Mr. Strickland, who occupied the same station i'm
relation TO The hospital erecting at Philadelphia, he made
irieen renit'anceS OF ten thousand dollars EACH one
OF six thousand, and three of five thousand For draw
ing warrant for Slj,000 work of fire minutes the
compensation charged is one hUHdTed and fny dol
LTs or hirfy d0iims minute; for each warrant of
SIOOOo, one hundred dollars and for each warrant of
S1'OOO, nifty dollars. For drawing eighteen warrants
on which these remittances were made, which MIGHT
nave occupied him an hour and half his charge is
one hOtsgnd screen hundred and ffty dolIars more
than THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HOUR This
was doubtless done during office hours, and while he
was receiving salary of 81 900 Clerk of the Navy
Yet Mr.. Southland, pronounced this charge reasona-
Bile!
An honest jury thought Otherwise but wise Court
has granted 4 new trial
We have not numbered ;hs abuse, because it has not
been consumated
No. H. .HoHStrous abuse, a Eaise r,Dorf To Cou
gress amt pa,padie Dioiation Of lar. The Commits
soners OF the Navy Hospital Fund determined TO erect
hospitals at Philadelphia and Norfolk. They according
~ proceeded TO erect a hospital on barren niece IF
ground near Norfolk, on which they expended upwards
of a hundred thousand dollars
At the December session Of Congress- 1928 Mr.
Souihard asked an appropriation complete these hos
pitfalls On being required by the Committee on Naval
Affairs to report what had been done with the Hospital
Fund, he replied
There has been expended prior to Oc-
tcber, 1921, S1o65o OK
Since that time, in purchasing lands, T''''-
erecting buildings, sc. sc. at Philade.
phia' 162, 1856 50
Diio at Norfolk I2I'2O0
(Iuo al brooklyn and Chelsea, 3O,l40 %
Contingencies incident TO the manage
ment OF the fund and rcpayments TO de-
scrtcrs. I IsO 40
S32j,31O 39'
" BY these expenditures" said he lands e,ovob
hare besH pyOcTed for h0spit0i establishments nj an
me stations UheTe they 1oH be rcquired ereepf at
PcuS0cOi0"
Thus did Mr.. Adams Secretary of the NAVY rcnor,
TO Committee Of Congress- that the lands purchase d
Tor Hospital purposes at Norfolk hail been maid 6,r
The committee then inquired of him how much il
would take to Jnish the hospitals at Philadelphia and
Noriok lie replied, that TO completes that at PhadeI.
phia would cost about $4,000 and at Norfolk said he
probably $4,000 will complete the building of all the
out-houscs, grounds &c SC" Congress accordingly
appropriated 10 the Navy Hospital Fund SI25 700 n
complete these establishments.
80 Tar from informing the committee or Congress.
that there was any lang to be paid for at Norfolk Mr.
Souhard told them that, by the expenditures already
made, the requisite lands had been procured.
The act making the appropriation was approved on
thc ~ day OF March, 1920. Mr.. Southland was then
confined 70 his house by indsposition On the "a o.
March, the last day Of Mr.. Adams official power Cbas
Hay, chief clerk Of The Navy Department wrote Mr.
Southland q note follows:
DEAR SH: Mr.. Newton is here and wants bic mo
ney The bin for the Hospital Fund is paid but il will
take some days to get il certified and in operation car