The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-08-18


the lips of his dying men.
After Captain Scott had left his company
and gone on his pleasure excursion, the com
mant fcIf upon Leutrnant Estes, and, in o.
bedience to his military duty,he laid for.
NAL statement Of the wrong done the thirty.
six soldiers before the commanding general
in the following letter:
CAMP IERRE AU BGUF,
July oh, 1909
Captain Winfield Scott having left the
service Of the United States, and being the
eldest officer in his absence, hav, had fire.
qucnt applications from tie greater part OF
the men now under my command, for two
months pay dne them, to wit September and
October, 1893; which money know Cap
tain Scott received at Richmond, and has
not accounted to The men for; and herewith
enclose pay roll made out by Capt w.
Scott, tDr September and October, with the
affidavit OF thc men present, that have not
received lI!eir money from him for the above
mentioned time, and do certify, that the
remarks made by me on the vay roll, cppo-
site their names, are accurate and Just, To
the best Of my knowledge. am, sir, re-
spccltulIy, your obd't serv't
"Jonx II. 7. Estes
General Wilkinson"
Above We have the testimony of Lieut.
Estes, the Officer who had command during
Captain SCOTS absence, show ng the dis
honesty Of the present whig candidate for
the Presidency. Now comes the affidavi,s
of the men themselves, showing how then
pay was kept from them by this same Win
field Scott who placed it in his own pocket,
and went on Il pleasure excursion with mon
ey that the poor soldiers under his command
were suffering for the want of.
This testimony may be found in the first
volume of Wilkinson's Memoirs, an aulhori-
ty which no honest man will pretend to de-
ny, however strong a psrtizan he may be-
"We, the undersigned non commissioned
Officers, Musicians ana Privates of Capt
Winfield Scott'schmpany Regiment of Light
Artillery, do soeInnly swear that we have
not received any pay from the United States
for our services during the months of Sep
tember and October, 1903; and that We have
not signed at any time, any receipt or roll
for our pay, for the months Of September
and October, 1908; ,,'.
(sIGNEp.) .u... .....,t ...I
John p, Pool, .. .usn,
G. W Smlhson,
Alex. Gray,
James Roach,
MOI decai Bargess, WITNESSES.
Thos. Gray, his mark w. S. Hamilton.
Robt. P;rkinson, his Y mark
.W..S, Hamilton.
Bartlett Belcher, his X mark
w. S. Hamilton.
Barthol Crowder, his X ;aark ..at
w. S. Hamilton.
Daniel Lloyd,
Ephraim Baird, ,.
Hubbard w. Gill,
John Madison,
J ohm Davis, his X mark w. S. Hamilton.
Pleasant Spronce, his X mark
W. s. Hamilton.
Richard Davies,
jeremiah Lu:as, hisX mark
w. S. Hamilton.
John Allen,
Wm Pirkinson, his X mark
w. S. Hamilton.
G. Chirman,
SkioS Borden,
| Hamdon Hobbs, his Y mark
W. S. Hamilton.
Thos. Williams, his X mark
w. s. Hamilton.
Levi Wilson, his X mark w. s. Hamilton.
Ihos. B. Morris, his X mark
w. S. Hamilton.
Henry Reinhard.
Sworn and subscribed before me, at Camp
Ierre all Beuf, this ninth day of July, 1809.
(Slgped,) J w. S. HAMILTON. lst 1t. Sd
lntt. Judge Advocate.
War Department, June 90, 1910.
do hereby certify, that the foregoing is
true copy of the original, deposited in this
Department.
L. S. EDWARDS, Clerk.
Su h being the facts disclosed in this affi-
davit, court of Inquiry followed, which the
historian says, did not assemble until the
10Th of January, 1910, to investigate the
following charges, namely:
lSt. For drawing two months of his cona-
pany's pay, and Withholding it from the
men. HG
Cd. For seditious and insubordnate Ian
guage respecting the commanding general,
declaring that he should go into the field