Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-08-13

not and ,ooud no, sign any ono Of thu notes by another
author appended 10 II, but only the last by himself and
yet the document has been edited la such manner ms
make il appear that he had actually sgned tho whole
An examination OF the eontrirdnee ITSELF doc. b. D.
95) with an extract from letter which have lately
received from the gent eman concerned, (see d. will
explain and expose this fraud upon the public il de-
serves
The last charge Of orr Secretary ha, had been
In The habit OF making cxravagant acquisitions, drafts
upon the Department. for more Souey than MAS want
ing for the service beres for yeas before my
moval; aud thar, in particular, rad made ovcrdras OF
this kind between the LIST of May am 9Th August, 1929
amounting about S53 1877 O3;'' 10 which my answc
was. that had made any such ovcrdras at any
time. to any amouni and that, in fact. from the
ture OF the case, was almost impossible that could
have done "my acquisitions had always been made
IN the usual aud regular manner prescribed by the Ma
Wy Department, on estimates and ills Of particu-
lars, furnished, for the most part, by the Commanding
officer OF the Navy Yard, (though sometimes only by
myselto specifying the objects for which the money
was wanlng and that my acquisitions themselves had
should have added, also, that with the exception Of
those for pay only. they had, morever always been
examined afterwards by the board of Navy Commission
ers, and approved by thcm before they were submitted
TO the Dopartment) And further expressed my be-
lief that the whole money called Tor by my acquisitions
between the LIST of May and 9th of August, 1929 had
actually been sent down by the Department, 10 myself
and others here, TO be paid away account of them
NOW, our Auditor attempts TO supper, his honorable col
league In this charge against me, and says: "For the
extravagance OF his acquisitions for money upon the
Navy Department prior TO his removal, he makes eff
fort to Castillo responsibility upon the Captain the Yard
who approved them A. that time m lst men had i'm
plict confidence in Mr.. King. integ and accuracy
One Captain Of the Navy ven,ured 10 approve bills
twelve years on hi, bare word after his rrmorai;"
Cere he repeats his refuted SANDER Com. Sine
l. not surprising, therefore. that another rou6Ipd
in his estimates aud approved his reaui on. bejore
brecth of suspicion had reached him" This il kind
'nd'ed-to The Captain of The Ydrd-and shews how
anna ~ orr accommodating Auditor absolvs friend
from observng those regula ions OF the service which
lie can enforce with such marital severity gans d,o.
her But he lore ETC. apparently, that the estimates ON
which my regulations were founded were made, as
have stated for the mos, part, by the Captain of the
Yard himself Aud although have never sought " to
cast The responsibility" upon that officer, cannot con-
rent 70 have him reeased from hs joint responsibility
With me, In this way merely 10 ohjgc him and espe-
caily WHEN IL il well known that there has been
any particular conlIer'on between the Commodore and
myself, whatever correspondence there may be be-
tween him and our Audor.-But il i. really q mater
OF NJ moment whether have 10 the accusation
alone, uo ior il il evidently without the sghtss,
foundation ia fact as easily shew from our Audi.
toes own words and fsures-wi,h few others, to set
them right
is statement Of the Amout of overdras stands thus:
" The whole amount drawn fer by him
from the 5 h May 10 the lih August,
1929, az stated in the report Of the Secre-
tsry Of the Navy, was S23O,ls9 81
Add one rsquisition drawn before the
9Th OF May, but no, received till after that
date 2s5S2 SIS
25S 1872 10