, 1859-05-27

pears that of l,O4S barrels Of -four, SO
barrels Of beef, SO barrels of pork, $4,000
pounds Of bacon, 34OO pounds of coffee,
and ! q, 900 pounds of sugar, which came
into bis hands, there was sold at said auc-
ton 344 barrels of -four, 81 barrels Of
beef, 2I5 barrels of pork, 26,7OO pounds
of bacon, 4,S00 pounds Of coffee, and g.
500 pounds Of sugar; his issues to troops,
designated by companies, being only 8 bar
rels of flour, 4 barrels of pork, 1000
pounds OF bacon, sos pounds of coffee,
and l, ,220 pounds of sugar, the rest having
been turned over to the Indian Department,
issued to employees, &c. Aud the same is
the case with other descriptions of proper
ty. He alone had in his hands more sugar
than would regularly have rationed all the
troops called out By the territorial authori-
ties during the whole of their reported pc,
RODS of service. Like Quartermaster Gen
eral Miller, he also reports many accounts
as due for meals furnished, at from IS cents
to dol. each, to volunteers, employees, &C.,
and in such a manner as to make it exceed
ingly difficult to ascertain whether such
bills ought to have been contracted accord
ing to any known rule or usage of the mil
itary service. Iron for shoeing horses was
furnished, and dol. charged for shOeing
each horse.
accounts of Warren Gore, gWartermaSier al
Stsilaeoom, iohO ealls himself also mill
tary siorekeeper.
The prices which his vouchers represent
him to have ageed to pay for his purchases
are abost the same as the two preceding
quarterwasters at Olympia; pork and bacon
rather higher, horseshoeing instead of 8
dollars ench, and labor generally, if any,
thing, triAe lower and better vouched.--
His accounts, however, have about them
just as strong evidence Of confusion and ir-
regularity as the others, his purchases and
disbursements being all mixed up together
His property returns arc exceedingly uDsat
isfactory. They are very yoluminOus, show
ing scarcely anything but an unnecessary
waste Of clerical labor and stationery in
their preparation, and do not show proper
application of the property which came into
his hands to the public service. He admits
to have received large quantity Of subsist-
ence stores, of the two articles Of coffee and
salt more than sufficient to have rationed
all the volunteers of the Territory during
their whole period of service, and he dis
poses Of by far the greatest portion Of oil
he received, like Quartermaster Weed, by
issues to employees, to families of persons
ordered in from their claims by Governor
Stevens" and to families of men in the
service Of the government" by sales OF auc-
ton, and by issues to the quartermaster and
to individuals not quartermasters or COM
and particularly to one William
p. Wells, who styles himself, in one place,
as quartermaster's clerk" and in another,
as commissary at Camp Montgomery. To
this individual he claims to have issued, in
bulk, of leading articles: 4S barrels Of pork,
8 barrels of beef, l69 barrels Of -four, 49,
739 pounds Of bacon, 296 pounds of coffee,
1000 pounds of sugar, 292 pounds of rice,
and 2,475 pounds of soap Of clothing, 264
pair of blankets, at Q dollars; 4l0 coats, at
from IL to 25 dollars ; SIG pair pants, at I
dollars; 335 shirts, at dollars 275 pair
boots, at dollars, and 343 pair shoes, at
50 50-which cannot be discovered were
accounted for, as this Mr. Wells
has rendered no account or returns what
ever, nor is he borne on any roll as an off,
Ger of any description.
Quartermaster Cove, by his own admis-
sion, appears to have received very large
amount Of clothing, as will be seen by the
following leading articles, to wit: 343 pair
blankets, 100 coats, 992 pair pants, All
shirts, 854 pair boots, and 764 pair shoes I;
all Of which he disposes of as hereinbefore
indicated. Of his vouchers, accompanying
his property account, there is scarcely \
single original; oil, or nearly all, being cop'
les and memorandums, apparently very re-
Gently made out. His operations are rep
resented to have extended from February
until towards the last Of September, 1856,
during which time he appears to have con-
tracted liabilities to the amount of $l3, $50
81, of which 81 500 22 is credited as hav-
ing been cancelled by payments in clothing
and other public property, and only 1863 90
disallowed by the commissioners, on the
ground, it is presumed, of extravagant
charges, as they express no reusons foE their
deduction, leaving $S, $50 "a for which scrip
was issued.
His return Of hospital stores !" Is something Of
curiosity, for with two bottles Of OIL bottle OF mus
tard and seven bottles Of pepper, he has 9si gallons
OF whisky, 16 gallons Of brandy 800 gallons Of vine
gar G3A pounds OF ea ca barrels OF SALT 81 barrels
OF salmon and 3Ol2 pounds Of saleratus, which con-
stitnes the sum total Of said hospital stores.
QuartermAster Il. s. Robinson at Fort Townsend,
from February lst to 3lst of August, 1856 according
to his account current he appears to have contracted
liabilities as follows:
For purchases Of provisions. .429,547 9s
For purchases Of clothing and
other property. ............ 42503 81
For expenditures, transporta-
ton, ,&c.....,.'......i.... 23,Ol9 a.
Subsistence ............... 22I 90
sos .292 62
OF this aggregate he represents
as cancelled by payments in
clothing and other public
property ty................... 6,999 IS
Sales Of public property to EN-.
pOyees. s.................... 402 O6
Disallowed by the commission
eFs.,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500 05