Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1852-09-23
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or regular pay and ailOaOeness have
nothing to say, for he entitled 10 them by law bu
bis extra allowances need explanation and require com
Officers in the army allowed forage for
number Of horses, regulated by their rank, and allow
ances are also made Tor number oil servants regulated
N the same manner For those two items Genera
did not actually need during peace the horses and SER
winch the laws allowed him to keep; but custom
if law sanctions demands for the forage the horses
could haze consumed and the expenses which lrould
haus been incurred for the servants had they been kept
We therefore this matter by and the first extra al
lowance to General Scott in point OF time which see
is this, which was paid by the register OF the treasury
in 1916:
Personal expenses and loss in exchange while in
Europe -, lo4 ~
The papers transmitted by the third auditor explain
this item to this effect: When General Scott about
70 20 abroad in 1915, he brgader general, re-
eeiving the pay and emoluments of his brevet rank
that OF major general The administration wished to
him in the capacity Of special agent during the
the trouble of informal agency conferred him. the
administra alton agreed allow him the full pay and
emolumens Of his brevet rankthat Of major general
az az duty, the following extract from letter
dated June 10, 1915. addressed by Hon. A J. Dallas,
Acting Secretary Of War, to General Scott, fully ex.
plains:
GAS compensation for the trouble of this informal
agency, such allowance will be made from the contn.
gent lnd for foreign intercourse will you from
any disappointment in the receipt Of income equal 10
the pay and emoluments Of major general. But you
will understand that beyond taat amount from what
ever und it may be paid, no compensation is to be ex
peeted on your part"
As far as the Department concerned, General
Scott while in Europe brigader general on leave
OF absence; bur the administration, the extract from
Mr. Daass letter shows considered the duties ntrust-
ed 10 him as special agent equal to command in his
brevet rank OF major general promised to make good
10 him the pay Of that rank-not from the funds oil
the War Department, bar ffom the contingent fund
Tor foreign intercourse. On his return from Europe,
alter an absence months General Scott charged
the government with
Loss by difference Of exchange los 80
Allowance for and horses...-...... 1883 81
AGA 70
The latter item for servants and horses was allowed
BY law TO major general dniy at the time General
Scott obtained leave OF absence. But afterwards
law passed which regulated such matters. That
law did continue such allowances, and Gen. Scott
himself speaks Of the item therefor a deficiency In
bis receipts from the paymaster, being which he
could not receive from that officer con account of
tain Omissions in the act Of Congress-" N0twhstand
ing those omissions OF the law, whereby such allow
discontinued, Gen. Scott charged the item,
and il paid. along with the item for losses by DIFF
ference Of exchange, from the contingent fund Tor
foreign intercourse. This payment to the know
ledge Of Mr. Calhoun while he was Secretary Of War,
and he deducted the amount from Gen. Scots pay and
allowed him only ihe pay Of his brevet rank with double
ratonss N accordance with Mr. Daass letter. Subse-
allowance again made.
As to the item for losses by exchange, we only re-
marx that all our foreign ministers have submit to
them when exchange is against the United States.
Inc other Item contained in the registers report is
payment Of sixteen dolsrs and thirty cents day for
twenty-thres days, as Acting Secretary Of War in
1850, while he receiving his paw and allowances
officer in the army. On this head we content
ourselves with making the following extract from an
act Of Congress approved August g. iS42 intended 10