Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-10

csipn With different dates 10 The uew, snd ono
item Is increased IN the new
Eriraeied from an original BIZ Of 2l7l9 so.
Miles King, Navy Agent. Norfolk.
1917 To Joseph Granier DIR.
For the Marine Hospital, Gosport
Dec. B. - large cot blankets. nj 81 IS, S12 90
Discount on ~ AZ pes cl. , 10
S3D 90
Received payment
JOSEPH GRANIER
Ncn BH,
Navy Department Tor Marine Hospital.
1917 To Joseph Granier. nr.
Dee. .. For u large cot blanket. 81, 90
Norfolk, Dee. 1917.
Received from Miles kiog, Navy Agent. Tor
~ twn dollars ~ phymsht ot lie above bill.
So JOSEPH GltANlEK
Here the discount OF s. 10 - dropped in mn
kipg the new hill md Grauler Is made 10 re.
ct,pi Ia $50 (or Sl3, when IN 1877 he receipt.
al Tor $50 %
/ la many other cases, twnzor three new bills
are manu- lnetnred out oi one with changes OF
captions, dates, alnouuis Bnh receipt. some
OF the bills are apparently mere private irans-
notions. In one ease there are two, II nol thee,
org na bulls, which cover The same time and
contain some OF The same items. In another
an administrator appointed IN 1926, recetpled
4 hill ihltu III 1911 IN btnfif, an hsfHl re-
reips the new bll in 1922 whcu lhs Old cues
,re recelpted by the principal For many
new bills no originals have boen produced. aud
SO Far as appears. they never eSsled in any
shape until 1929. Perhaps they may be pre-
5lroted on certain entries IN the former store
Lerpels books, for rcm"nher lhal Mr.. King
,nllma,sd 10 me an intention 10 set up clam
for all arllclcs there entered, which had
not opposite To the entics. certain pencil
mark. which the slortkocpef usually made
when he gave receipts ior articles delivered 20
him.
These new bills wcro presented by MI King
with a request that we would eyaL,inn the pro
per quarters accounts, aud see whether they
had been passed To las credit. With these
changes of dates, throwing them into ether
quarters, and someUnes o'uet years with chan
COS III captions, hons iormq, receipts, and even
amount carried out, with onr, two ~ tm.e
new bills made out OF different parts of al o'd
one. how wa, II possible 10 tfacc them IN This
Office or a.ceuain Whistler they had been pas
.ed In his credit OF not
| The vouchers marked from (i11 10 l00)
werr REJECTED because OF their are. or ihcir
informally. ~ their Deficiencies in the proper
eyldrnccs of authority. They have not gener-
ally the Naval aiorekecpor's receipt 81 the
commanding officers approval. Many ot them
appear TO he based upon private fhnshchonsi
some Of them hnpr becn recently altered 10
form, aud some may have buen pissed 10 his
credit, incorporated III other bills II hov
were Just claims, II would seom ihat they
have been presented. explained aud allowed
loug sIucp. From (sf) 10 (loO) they are all
executed recently IN Mr.. Mu,den's hand "r'
ting.
Inc vouchers numbered tl0D 10 600 con
tain ltcms of commission. &c. which wets ~.
gIsrered IN 1919 and 1919, aud now again
Ivanred b. Mr.. King nat ouly deem ihe
charges inadms.iblc, bn would not. nj this late
day undertake. 10 re-eXamlne decisions then
giyen. especially without the production OF ne"
avulescc which was not then before tho An-
dior.
Inc vouchers numbered G0D 10 Nl3) are
npaln presented ~ support OF IA clam which
wasfelroled IN 1910. So ial as can dscov-
rr, the decision then made was correct, any
rate, | aIn mol Disposed 10 disturb u.
, \ lew CLAIMS alluded 10 by numbers (llD to
Il6A have been suspended on account OF de
, hcienrles N evidence some OF which may ult-
matrly be passed TO Mr. Kings credit.
Bul experience IN Mr.. Kings accounts, nd
monlshrs me 10 proceed with chuiion. Not
only has il been found that ~ 800 % claimed
, hy hun had long since been passed To his Gre
, dIt but IN two ceases have ionnd myself De
erised lie claimed $500 upon voucher ~
,
: drsnalches To Washington, IA 1919. No, find
ing that Il bad been passed 10 his credit, sub
united II to YOU for your decision. On account
of the extraordinary 0niur" OF the Charge, the
absence OF authority lor hiring the boat, and
the mpse oil time which was supposed 10 have
borne 10 Oblivion the reasons why II was not
aforementioned, yon very property rejected the
! clam For this, you have been made Tie OBJ
ject Of special anImadversioa. more thor
1 I.s.4 a ugi.. atI In faa.f
that tins clam, though suspended IN 1919, was
passed 10 Mr.. kings credn IN 1920 and your
} abused decision has ouly prevented MS twice
receiving payment ior thu same thing.
, am hdmansbed by another case. u ap.
pears that Mr.. kns, last winter, put into the
hands al hs friend aud counsel, receipts tor
! 5000, paid lfhaboj H. Scranton, Tor coping
stone aud informed nm that this claIiu had
BEEN rejected by the accounting officers. ils
counsel made argument of considerable length
IN favor ofihe clala, treating rs supposed
legion as an instance OF great injustice. All
tais was wholly gratntIon5, because those YOU
chcrs had never been presented, aud of course
had never been rejected. Although the original
, voucher purported to be a receipt from Miles
KING and the duplicate was receipt from the
Uni ed States Bank, neither having the appro-
) val OF the commanding officer. yet such was
. ihcconfdencp with winch The claim whs urged
p that thought Mr.. kms WAS honestly entitled
= TO the credit u told hln, should allow IT when
y ever he Thought proper 10 present his vouchers
II now turns out that the stone was never 10
/. crived by the United States. % the contrary.
il was found, on inspection, 10 be wholly unit
3 for the use dc.igued, was condemned Ia sept
! lat. and was, long before the ast presentation
= or the claim, If not before The first, delivered
= over 10 the disposition of Mr.. kmg. Al
lbls Alr. King must have known, when he took
r HE advice Of counsel when ae urged this clam
r upon the President aud when he lately asslgn
u ed il over to the Cashier Of the Bank at Nor
. folk, but all this he concealed from the account
G ing officers snd others, who were called on u
h pass upon his claims in this city. Indeed, !
now appears thut neither hr. King nor tn,
!. hank paid tue money. II was paid by
the Cashier. II was included On "
Of accounts paid IN a sifnilar way, whIcl
was handed over 20 the present Navy Agent, OF
q l.. mia nlIicp no rail.d tur and re