, 1859-05-27

ing, Adjntant kane pTeVioaay ro,sissA frua hin onS
horse and two blankets, whist but s2i Ia charged
ssans, S@ I'M, on ths Iof.. Y! e. credits g re.
wells. quattermastcrs clerk aud military stnfekeefer
~ II coats pairs pants shlds. e. blankets, COS
piir soek'' pair shoes, 10 pair boots, II caps an
81 pounds OF tobacco turned over y W Kthey GEAR
serniaster scrpeant W.Tv. He fakes up a. received
from Warren Cove large quantity Sf clothing WHICH
may be the clothing which the latter claims n have
Issued IN VIM. =. WcllS-(See Gove's accoants) All
tire clothing hand certified to have Leen sten being
IS coats. u pantS. 70 pair boots II cara Be- Pro.
visions delivered for the Of the court witnesses
and attorney, az Camp Montgomery, no date, John
Y. Cole, lieutenant commanding, Puyallnp Rangens
large quantities OF clothing and subsistence Large.
quantities OF Subsistence stores turned over July 23
lSjG, TO W. kertEy. eonmissary clerk. John q. Colg
is represented lieutenant OF Capt. Sw indulls com
pany y but the rolls do not show him To lie s,ch "
r. Hathaway. quHrtermaSter, turned over dnantitits
OF stores, but has agcountI shuwinH from whenee
or whom he received them, Lient J. =. Powels com,
pany received on 3lst Of July. 1856 alnost tkce
much subsistence from Quarermm-tcr Armstrong ~
was entitled To for the rest Of its service trnlbAtng
sept 1855. On the 18Th Of August be issues 70
ct Powell, for his company from go 10 $40 rata NJ
more He issues from 100 70 800 ralnns of sulriSt,
Jnee in kind IN Gov. Stevens at Fort Mason Sept 4.
1876. Also at the same time and rlace u one iNff
lams, Indian sub-ageIt. 5y pounds II beef lOSt lbs.
Of sugar sG pounds NJ coffee Sab-i.tcnce returns ir
regular and unsatisfactory; few requsIiOns giving
ddtes and numbers quantities turned over in lshk n
of1cer' who rendered no accounts Crlit is claimed
tr large wa-iaRes between the l4th Of July and 10Th
| OF November, 1856 1867 pounds OF bacon, for In.
stance, on only 1851 pounds in band n be accounted
fnr being more than 20 per cent Quantities also are
claimed tn have been issued 10 men In the unartrr-
masters employ without stating the BHmhrr natLIe
OF their employment 10 show that they were or
were not entitled Ia subsistence at the public expense.
Takes credit for 20 bnrses and 20 saddles turned over
June 9TH u Thomas II. Lyle. de-eTter from comHar
ny d. chief packer GO per day lie turns over tn Jas.
g. Hurd quartcrmaster, f3l horses. mHles, and I0l
oxen, &c. He admits 70 have had on hand 76e hoTss.
and mules, and lYI oxen, &e. which he dispOses of
by Issuing TO other Quartermasers, comtHny officers
who have rendered accounts, and 10 various other
indv daals without designating who they were, or
whether they had any right 10 receive them He nlso
claims credit upon c0pes Of certificates Of quarter
masters clerks, paek-masers, &C.. for 55 horses NJ
being captured by the Indians in the latter rat II Au
glst, 1856, before he ever received them For 68
horses AID mule, from the copy u q eerti6eate q
his clerk and packer having been abandoned be-
tween Mill Creek and Dalles and died on the traIf
from there to Vancouver. aud on The ranch near tho
latter place, and IL other horses disposed Of aa
having been stolen or died upon pretty much the
same sort OF evidence. Five horses were reniuiniuQ
On hand, of which he takes no notice. The majority
OF receipts 70 him for public property appear 10 Le
originals. The whole Of the property accounts are
characterized by constant Teeeiptng for and turning
and other individuals without any apparent reason
Recapituatlou OF Robies oPeraiions (omltted II :
proper plAge) ia f...... i,
His peeuniary operations may be summed up as SOL
lows ~ G. hfll tdn .7rl
Amount Of purchases =. .o,-.. ao-s t2sAg5 %
" OF subsistence l679 90
expenditures G,lk0SA
for eOn'inssncIs' tSlOO
OF ,,btrh ha tat. L.. ,,ota q, ,,t a. fH Is .aTfr