, 1859-05-27


termnster general, with the rank of lieu
tenant colonel; 9 assistant quartermasters,
with the rank and pay OF captains; sur
geons, with the rank of major; assistant
surgeons, with the rank Of captains; 4 ma
jors of battalion; adjutnnt, with the
rank of lieutenant; 4 adjutants of battal-
ions, with the rank of lst lieutenant |
quartermaster sergeant, and l sergeant
major, making 43 in all, who are reported
for United States army pay, according to
their respective ranks, amounting to $40,-
324 62, after deducting $l,2l4 IS for
stoppage on account of clothing, &C., fur
nished OF the number, Tilton, adjutant
general, Shaw, assistant adjutant general,
Fitzhngh Craig, Lander, Ford, Doty, aids
to the governor, aud Roby, quartermastcr,
eight in all, were at the same time in the
service of the United States at various
salaries of from So, to 81 900 per an
mum, they nevertheless are reported by the
commissioners for their pay y\in addition, ac-
cording to army rate, agreeably to their
respective ranks.
The last of the troops were, discharged
on the 18th of October, 1856, only three
days before the commissioners commenced
their examination of the claims styled by
the act of Congress Of the 18th of the pre-
ceding August as growing out of the late
Indian war, yet Gen. Tilton, the chief of
the staff, is continued in service and re-
ported for pay until the Both of the follow
ing June, 1851 Quartermaster General
Miller until the Both of September Of the
same year Assistant Adjutant General
Shaw until the Both of April; L. G. Eitz-
hugh, aid to the governor, until the 25th
of February; w. w. de Lacy, engineer,
until the LIST of April; James K Hurd, as
sistant quartermaSter general, until the lst
of March, and A. IL. Robie and NJ b.
Millard on the Goth of February, 1857.
None of the quartermasters of this regi-
ment we're appointed, or entered upon their
duties as such, until the latter part Of Jan
uary, 1856, when two of them were mus
tered into service five we're mustered in
February, when eleven companies of the
regiment had been received two in April;
one in May, and one on the llth of June,
1856. The regiment consisted of nine
mounted companies, and 10 foot companies,
and there were in service of the mounted
men, for their various periods of service,
all told, GA horses, Of which 239 were
purchased and furnished the volunteers by
the Territory, and l5 were purchased by
individuals. The valuations Of the horses,
when mentioned on the pay roll, are very
high, generally going from 5000, $3.50,
$3.50, 375, $500, $3.50, and $500 each,
though some of them are valued from $75
to $l75. VIM. Packwood, who appears to
have been the owner or keeper OF a ferry
on the Nisqually river, between Olympia
and Steilacoom, was, by order of Gov.
Mason, with his ferrymen, ten in number,
organized into company, Packwood hav-
ing the rank Of sergeant; mustered into
service January and February 2, 1856
The whole Of the men were discharged for
disobedience of orders, one for disability,
and the rest for refusing TO be sworn in
Yet the whole of them are reported for pay
by the commissioners. Packwood went
out of service April 8, 1856. On the dis
charge Of Packwood's squad, in February,
another similar squad, by order of Gov
Stevens, was mustered into service in
March, under the command Of John A.
Packard, with Jos. Myers for corporal, and
seven mem. Packwood is reported in SER
vice until the 22d Of September, for which
1914 is reported due him. The corporal
aud five of the men were discharged on the
18th of July, with pay to the amount of
1922 each due the mon, and $2S2 due the
corporal. These men, Packwood aud
Packard, in addition to the pay above,
have large accounts for ferriage over this
ferry for numerous individuals, without
designating whether they we're in the SER
vice at the time or not, or even naming
them so that fact could be aScertained.-
The fact of their being in the service, un-
der pay, seems not to have made any diff
ference in their charges for ferriage, and
they, or one of them, besides, charged for
a great many separate meals to various pass
ing travellers, and to heavy amount.
The roll of Capt. Jas. Williams COM
pany, in service from June to Sept. 25,
1856, the last company called out, is full
of errors aud confusion Seventeen of the
mea are set down and reported for pay by
the commissioners for themselves and hors-
es at nearly $8 per day each. The COM
pany of Captain Oliver Shead, 43 strong,
in service from February 90 to July II,
1856, is called q train guard" ordered
into service by Governor Stevens. 1t was
a foot company, the captain and first lieu
tenant only being mounted, and the aggre-
gate amount of pay reported to be due
them is 50, l29 SO. Having reason to sus-
pect that this company, or some of them,
were reported for pay in other capacities
at the same time, led to an examination,
which disclosed the fact, per Quartermas-
ter General Miller's accounts: that 33 of
the 43 members were at the same time re-
ported for pay as wagon masters, team
sters, blacksmiths, &C., at 4, 6, and 10 dol
lars per day, amounting in the aggregate,
besides the above amount reported for
their pay, to the sum of $l2,6l4. Cap