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or from chsgrIn al ths failure Of the Ia
aiiemPtto punish The worknenaoI askir
an increase Of pay. Or from soma raseri,
i Views Of the Lieut.. Col. conneeied wi,
the. subject of contracts made by tbs Or
nance Department with the proprietor
| Of the private ar,noIies, we viii aot N
dertske 70 decide /: is iacl worthy,
remark. that during The time he oticiais
as acting superintendent, there existe
% the books Of the soperinlendsIrs otis
several pslpable and gross ialsi6eAtior
/ OF The records Affecting the apparent /,
suits q The oPeFstions Of the year to Ii
amount 81 more than twenty thousan
dollars. On relInq lishing charge .ol ia
armory 10 bis successor, no mention VI,
made Of these fraudulent entries ia ,th
records. II Lieut.. Col. Tafcoii knew
eorre6ten. U. ~ -. s<;t.her have The,
the superinisndenl, sent toreE.1. =.
II be was ignorsnt Of then, What rs Is IN IN
obvious differences. 10 his ssgatiiy spi
deficiency = But he did report 10 81
successor Mr. Robb, that there wer.
londs on hand safficen, 10 pay sll ID,
debts of the armory, and some IL spare
4 ne paymasier. however, assured Mr. r
}that TIE Lieut. Coll vas misiake1-tha
the funds were deiicient-ana that al
Immediate thorough Iexaminat alton resultes
% ascertaining the aforesaid deficit %
SIS, 900. r. -. = -
Such Efficient and economical u an,
agement the prudent Lieut.. Col naursi-
lY'thonght ought 10 be we'll paid fat, and
oefote closing We twill crafty the RAIDERS
curiosity by referring 10 the mode .: com-
Pensation byi which The gallant officers.
services At Springfield were rewarded.
In 1884, the hrst year III 'EIr Robbis-
superlntendehcy, the old debt Of SIS 600
was p&id of out ofthe new appropriation:
Ia 600 mnskets OF Al decidedly ippFoyed
quality were tnanufscluradkst coa re
dncad 10 1905, withoat11y, reduction II
workmens wages. and q surplus OF $500
remfiped on hand alter defrsying all ex-
pen.e: Of the yesr. Here was an ac,ual
'aving iQfhe uniled States il one year,
BY the management Of civil, compared
with that Of a,military superintendent. Of
$i7, $40, in the mannfacturs ,of III 900
noskets. We commend the resuh Of
bis experiment" 10 the consideration Of
he la'e Secretary Bell.
Ia 1896 Mr., Robb's second year the
luaiiiy Of the arms was further improved
lud, without sBy diminulion Of tbe prices
or labor, The cost Of the musk eli was fur.
herredaced lois 1924; :. and a.surplus Of
everal thousands Of dollars renained on
lsnd after settling ell accounts Tor the
Tear. vi
In 1886, tbe.Department authorized an
gsregate increase Of the prices Of The
'iece work alone on the nfusket Of ST. 06,
he Per disg
Il, ksw Al mere ased by the same sbtnoTf-
]; Tie cost Of iron had in the mean time
dvanced twenty dollars in ton anihFa
lie coal. charcoal. and other ateflals, ln
,foportion; and yettbroughthe jndiciouss
nausgemen Of the cirit sugsrintsn6sncy
he cost of the musket even that year
A. less thAa $I2, aud never amounted
8 SI2 during the six wears that he con-
inued Oh The same model muskel.
1 On settlement Of all accounts at the
,lose of each wear, the Armory was never
rbund in debt 10 the amo1rnr Of Collar
be ond It's means dutiag Mr.. Rooo az
81 its affairs On the COM
was an incteasing surplus irom
wear 10 yesr,.,lll he was saRerseded ~
Lieut.. Col. Talco,,'s project Of military
at which time this SUI
plus amounted 10 s ~ 0iiae due lIotn ihe
Treasury ai,er deduc,tng - 0o0teos The a
oaymssier This was a gtea, cony t
nituce 10 The workmen AID others, ane
likewise al sdssstase 10 Government a
!, enabled the sprsnntendentio pay lh b
wo,klaen hr the hFst few months ~ors =
the yeaF. snd make purchases OF IIsale q q
ais With ready money advance OF lh'
new appropriation. which was sometime
no, m ads iii lnae 10 ,he spring.
CHATTER II. Y
Early in 1871, Mf. Robb ws'remove'
by Secretary Bell Jon the recommends
ION Of the military plae By the Boar
Of Ordnance. OF which Lieut.. Colon'
rslrott Il Ptesident., Atthe time Of b
4
removal, tie available funds OF the 81
nory applicable to the current expense
Or he wear, including the above menllor
"a surplus 81 81, 900 and The spPropT
atIoas made by Congress amounted
| $40 300, which shows the es,aollshmei
10 have been ID ! highly prosperous co'
diiIon. S. :,
So extraordinary a prcctedfng g as =
removal of lie Civil Superintendent. u
der these circa n stances, and The subs
Il tuition 81 a military officer the apPo'r
men,, too, being wiihoutthe authority
llaw. seemed ID require some special re
sons 10 Justify it. Accordingly ne
: srec,or of srsensls, Lieutenant Coies
kTaIcot,, made repor; II The slate 81 !
armoriss. and Captain Mofdecai, ssslsis
Il the Colonel of Ordnance cent % )
> cte,aFy Bell, memorandum, 10 viii
M! Bell. ip his report sceomPag J
= the Presidents Message, June ~ le4l
!. refets, observing "il Che nemorandu'
), appears 10 Be .aken chiefly from The 9
respondepce between bat dePaft9n''
2 f5he ordnancsD and the snperintefd'
. ofl Harpet,s Ferry Arnory." i was
J. ken enfirtly from thai correspondence
A aoy one viii see by referring tofttnB
;, comeat No. l,fHouse q: Representa-
O. ex,ra session. 10 that memotapdt
= Ecap,ain Mordecai attempts TO showlsc
y y n;smapagemsnt 10 the fiscal concern
/ Hatper,s Ferry ArmOTy-,ba1 too ~
v men had been eRPI0fed, and ihat the !,