, 1859-05-27
Aud TO have made pay
u,ents in subsistence and
clothing to employees to
the amount of. .......
25,l9l 60
Leaving to be paid. ....
5l2 80
II 09S m
W.

He states that scrip has been issued TO
the amount of 25,09S 10; the sum of $93
90 cents being unaccounted for
The commissioners have not recommend.
ed single diSallowance, but have approved
the whole Indebtedness as contracted
Quartermaster Pagett's prices are high
er than any Of the preceding, except per
laps Qaurtermaster General Miller, espe-
cially to employees for their service, and for
the hire of animals, &c; 10 dols per day
ere charged for the hire of blacksmiths,
and the same for master workman on
BRIDGE" dois per day for yoke of OK
cp, aud from to II dolls each for shoeug
horses; dolls for twenty-four hours board,
ard l, ,lS0 dolls for 500 bushels of wheat,
and 924 dolls for hauling it, &C., Sc, and
indeed the whole accounts have left an im-
preston Of extravagance throughout
Captain Edward ID. WarbaSs' company
of mounted volunteers, in service from the
Sd Of April to the Sd of July. 1856, APP
pears to have been raised and enrolled at
Cowlitz, and is believed to have been sta
toned at or near there, as it was discharg-
cd where it was enrolled, Several Of the
members of the company appear to have
been engaged in furnishing supplies, &c, to
Quartermaster Pagett to considerable ex-
tent, and one Of them charges dolS per
day for his services "threshing,' while, al
the same time, he is reported for pay as u
private. The disposition of the stores and
property purchased, and which otherwise
came into his hands, is like the officers
heretofore noticed, being generally turned
over in bulk; some for the use Of Captain
Warbass' company, and to other officers
aud persons with aud without receipts, aud
some stolen There are no original vouch-
ers, oil being copies and memorandums, and
there is scarcely any data by which the pro-
priety of his issues can be tested; such an
accounting for public property cnnnot be
considered satisfactory by any rule known
TO the treasury officers, ii indeed, it can be
called accounting for it all
Quartcrmnstcr NJ. b. Millard, at Van.
ceuver, from February l5 to December 10,
1856. In service from June IL, 1856, to
February 20, 1857. His purchases within
that period are very large, chiefly of horses,
mules, oxen, and wagons, amount to SlT9,-
1886 AZ. He appears to have commenced
acting as quartermaster nearly four
months before his appointment as SUCH
He appears to have purchased during that
period, coming down as late as November,
when there was not q single volunteer SOL
der in service, 3S4 horses, Is mules, III
sxen, making 57l animals, and AZ wagons,
including scow, for which he agreed to
pay 900 dolls. His prices appear to 9c
enormous-horses as high as $50 dolls each,
mules 500 dolls, and oxen from l25 to 100
dolls each. He purchased l6 mules for g..
l80 dolls, the lowest at 215 aud the high
est at 500 dolls, average nearly 400 dolls
each; Office chairs Il dolls each, 800 yards
Of curpeting at 3 dolls per yard, saddles
from 80 to 80 dolls each, wagons from $50
to 500 dos each, leather dol per pound,
pen-kniVes dolls each, wood 10 dolls per
cord, aud whip-laShcs 2 dolls each.
He issued to Henry r. Crosbie one Of
the aids of the governor, l coat at 25 dolls,
and pair Of pants at Is dolls. He issues
large quantities of clothing to Captains
Williams and GoG, within FIVE and six days
Of the discharge Of their companies from
the service boots, &c, for hcrdmen, &c,
in October, sc, after all the soldiers were
discharged, and quantity Of property to
James K. Hurd, in November, 1856.
He purchased 1924 coats, 1918 pairs Of
pauts, 262 pairs of drawers, 1870 shirts,
1885 blankets or pairs OF blankets, 277
hats, lS0 caps, 1862 pairs Of socks, 1914
pairs of Boots 900 pairs of shoes, 2264
lbs Of tobacco, and 306 sheath-knives;
aud, with what he admits to have received
from other officers and persons, he charges
himself 10 have received altogether ll07
coats, lS47 pants, 263 drawers, 1918 shirts,
1904 blankets or pairs Of blankets, 430
hats, $50 caps, 340S pairs Of socks, 1891
pairs Of boots, 95l pairs Of shoes, 23l3
lbs. OF tobacco, and 1926 sheaih-knives-
provided his purchases are correctly carried
into his return. This immense quantity OF
clothing he disposes Of more loosely and
enthusiastically, if possible, than any of the
quarternastcrS heretofore noticed. He
Issues it in bulk 10 captains of companies
and other persons, aud to other quarter
masters, changing from one to another, so
that it is impossible, without more time
than can be given to this examination, to
'~H ~ p'OpSaiJ uSSSuueVN iOi VI
not. A great deal is issued to employees, to
many Of them in quantities beyond their
personal wants. For instance, TO q man
nnnied j.. r. Shartle, between the 3lst of
May and the 3lst of August, he issues
pairs Of pants costing 9 and 10 dolls EACH
2 coats at % dolls so cents each, 6 blankets
at 0 dolls each, 3 pairs Of boots, 3 pairs OF
shoes, 20 shirts, "a pairs of wool socks,
and pairs Of drawers. 10 J. d. Knapp
coats, pairs of pants, hat, I pairs Of
boots, 2 pairs of shoes, 2 pairs of drawers,
IL pairs Of socks, and % shirts. The cost
Of the articles must be considered remark.
able. To P.'D. W. Hardinburg | coat So
dsls, l pair of pants 10 dolls, aud pair Of
boots 10 dolls. A quantity is issued be-
tween the 22d Of October aud 9th of De-
cember, after every soldier had been dis
charged from the service, and another con-
slderabie nuautitv ie odmittod 10 b. o,,