, 1859-05-27

OO0Iiahy ~ OAfN@A " -
ton, mounted Lewis river ran
gers, "A strong. included In
dians, from October IL, 1855
10 February II, 1856, amount 81, ,0O6 16
Cancelled by payments
in public property. 81, ,S74 06
DisalloWed by comms-
Sioners. ....... 40 IL
Outstanding 49,. 5,OS6 9s
Seal oil, IS per gallon; 9 days npprais-
ing SS horses, at $40 per day; 2 days more
for same, $50; laying out road $50, Sc per
day; salt, IS per bushel; -four l6 per bar
rel; candles, 2 per pound; sugar, 90 cents
per pound; 2 more days appraising horses,
500; 8 days laying ont road, at 6 per day,
$50; blankets, 50 each; shoes, per pair;
pants, 8 per pair; copotes, IL each; caps,
5 each; vests, to I; shirts, 4; drawers 3;
-four, 10 cents per pound; potatoes, per
bushel; pork, 80 cents; gunpowder, 81, so
per pound; coffee, SO cents per pound ;
bacon, SO cents per pound 30 of the "A
members Of this company, including the
captain, are believed not to have been in
aetnal service until the LIST Of January
1856, as that number charge to have fnrn-
ished themselves with rations and forage up
to that day. On the 26th Of January, en-
ly 26 days before the discharge Of the com
pany, Captain Bratton contracted bill
with the Hudson Bay company, for cloth
Ing and variety Of other articles, amount
ing TO 3,549 60, in which he purchased
so pair pants, so shirts, SO blankets, SO
pair Of shoes, so capotes. IL caps, and l2
vests at prices as above.
Richard Lane, a private Of the company,
charges, in addition during the same period
for bis services as quartermaster and com
missary clerk, &C., from January TO Feb
ruary ii, 1856, ~ days, at 50 per day,
$S4, which Is approved by the commission
ers, and paid for in public property. The
company appears to have been stationed
somewhere on Lewis river, and under the
head Of Record Of Events" &c, there
are no remarks. None Of the property
purchased is accounted for.
Company NJ, Captain G. H. Eaton,
mounted Puget Sound Rangers, 4s strong,
from October 90, 1855, to January 2I,
1856.
Cancelled as before. e......... 575 25
outstanding. S,1OI IL
Horses, SIS; pack-saddles, $12 so; coffee
30 cents; mule, $255; cheese, 40 cents;
saddles, $40 so each; oats, 81 per bushel.
The expenditures on account Of this com
pany are more economical than any ac-
counts that have yet been examined, al.
though they are indefinite, and there is o
great want Of data. In many Of them a
gross amount is certified 10 be doe for ar
ticles purchased or services rendered, with
out stating items, dates, or rates Of charge !;
yet, Notwithstanding these accounts bear
internal evidence that the command was
hastily raised, for sudden emergency, and
that consequently the accounts are Of the
nature Of the service in which they were
contracted. The company was raised ut
Olympia, but evidently operated some dis
tance from where they were raised, for, OF
the whole number, there was but one men,
Der except the captain, who has preferred
a claim fer supplies Of any kind to the
company. They appear Is have bad q
skirmish with the Indians on the 28lh Of
October, in which one man was killed, one
wounded, and twelve horses lost; after
which the papers indicate that they return
ed to Olympia aud remained there until
discharged. As q general thing, these
prices seem to have been reasonable, TO
which, however, there are some exceptions;
there, as in some other instances, the CON-
missiOners have undertaken to raise prices
beyond what was originally charged by the
claimant, and approved the account accor-
dinghy. There is an account Of Joseph
Cornell for two horses, which are certified
10 have been furnished to privates McAllis.
ter and Wallace, and their value charged
against them upon the roll, which is not
the fact, as shown on reference to the roll.
None Of the property purchased is isaccount.
ed for. The average strength Of the com
pany for its whole period Of service was
only twenty-seven. No original accounts
are offered, they all being copies.
Expenditures BY acting Governor c. H.
Mason from October, 1855, to February,
1856:
Amount nt..................$7,7OO 90
Cancelled by payment in public
property .................. 3l5 90
Outstanding. ............ 1888 80
None Of the property purchased BY
Governor Mason appears to be accounted
for. The accounts, except one, are oil
copies, and are exceedingly loose, not to
say extraVagant. John K. jackson, cap.
tain Of company X, charges So per day
for the board of some recruits before they
were mustered into service, of which there
is no evidence, or means Of ascertaining
He also charges S. per day for forage and
provisions for team and driver, aud So
per night, with breakfast and simmer for