, 1859-05-27
Leaving 10 10 paid,

leading articles ne purchased i27 horurs, nhea
IL oxen, wagons, II revolver. II rifles, II eoata 10
pair pants l6 shirts II hats, pounds poupds of
beef and sl3 dozen bundles Of shsaf oats with due
proportion of minOr and smaller articles. tp 20 oi
Pnperty aeegGpt of Capt. Wm. RsEy, ef ne oIar1i
eOaafy Rmglrs ID rgimenf; IN ssTSies Jivu iAPrii
70 yuiy l6, 1855. ~ I.-.,,.. 49,. 49, 49,,
Tho public property received by tIs oleer and biz
company Is very regularly aeeoanted ior though Nc
abstracts and enncbera made ont N iripllcale,
which was an nnnecessaTy waste of niailoncry, Tho
clothing received BY his men appears % be charged
against them upon tie payTolls althonEh m many hi
stances three times much IN amount ~ lheIe was
any apparent necekiy ior yet II The articles lft la-
charged al wiat they coi thefe bs 70 ollettlah
provided the men are % be paid a. The tes Ilpotlrd
ou the pay rolls towit = per daf for man and hOpg
b such as were m0unted on their 0wn hofaes Dhtt
will be avery dnsIent thing u they are b hs paid a
te army raies, and forty cents peF day for ne aud
risk Of hones. 10 thai case many o. them VII have
been ere'Pmd and = the govetinsat essane. % psyl
uatiqns Of the horses are some Of them rsI high,
Dluch as 400 and s5U0 each. ~ f77If11
Aaditoaai ssir.s fsesissd from as csnai.ssoas,sA ~
DsceNhfr, le5e. fU' ono .sft lf ID IriTf .Iirl
Cancelled by payment; in pais properly IS
n1t elei ld- g. s1.c 4. ~ y
There are twehtynIne vouchers Ts,renss,InE iiheGs
claims Of which a st 10 am for property pnIehpnedt
no ono article Of which y accounted ior Or shown -
have been applied 70 The patc service A1neag theif
hone ier ss5o. an pnrchssed ~ siir, ~ nr-on. nr-
vate Of Capt Il. J. q. Maxons company, Whose uh-
thohty 70 purchase Is nowhere ElIhNii fill I4i
The reut Of ths rnima for expeudlhru., lneiad-
tune, and idr servrcs beyond iha, psfnd ulsh fsIs
were any troops IN .ersice. and for cnlng hoat ~
tlO per day. .. ,..i saar ~. !. =, ~,
j. @. Rsilaxg and Quartemarirr Gsnerei Ailg. Il
J. c. Kellogg, under date of lauuarJ "a, itto,
charges 80 for attending Oscar 0lney, private n
ZAP. sosys eempany ,na Sea. a.es ~ N. :.
nccesSaFy 10 nnputate bis arm and iho accounih a
a-t and reasonable. Kellogg docs not Representa- him
self o be hyAican. nor does he charge - halonmr
saSsSee hs Without si% y. ssana Sos Z si
Olney was wounded on the l0fh qf ffbIuofN, w Ne
iring OF a loaTd tle schooner A. fs1r1tki
a1d was discharged The tervirc The next d1l . nat
aiIy claim % the government be could h1te ~ a
tendiHg the wVundcd man vas for tuo days, The loh
aud llth Of February. Il has been bcioe stated Ma
Eleanor Price charges tsl7 90 for atilndAncc ku a.
vices 1T Is per day o. nnrss hom tbs loh q fclru-
ay, The day the aecident hapcntd. up D he I'M q
Jauo, iH5o. On llaI illf + IHfr 1sfIucf
As has been repeatedly nsniionsa II lhp,a arpHsrtr,
the i-sI two so5Psnsss ,s q y sss SSp' q .hs hss1s
mhsionefs appointed under lie aet % cungI1s 70 en-
amino these claims met Al ruliland, uIlEul. pIEanr
izsd and commenced their dntles q. ie lni1 q ne
thing Necessary for the pf,<ocui'tn u lher ahQul
Yet Qaatefmaster General Miller y rtnnIItd ~ II1
same commissioners IN seivcc al tIoIf r1T dIJ. -
Sept. 1851. az for nearly rholu geer allcr u1 a.
charge OF every soldier In service Tbs might a sup
posed N have lcen abundauty literal, pccdnI1Il %
zen. Niller. a. n gave him, h addllltn % ~ pny
whilst the truDps Werein rcrvice, aver n 800. hn
present claim shows, howevef that he was not lal.
led. On the lOh ~ Ociottr, 1851 the commIHslo1-
ers reqrted 70 Tie Secretary Of War, on examnnIIun
OF oil the claims Of 10Th reFitDres except a. fllUuI
There are duubtless TO some lniled extent irrtFu.
lar and unasccralned claims growing OUT af he llie
v1anteer seTvige which hav' pnt crnc 70 tho notice
OF the commissioners, but such win be lnuud inconlId
erablc.n Undrr IN order Of Gov ur1Iallon of ~
same date a. The report Of the commIiuIfr1. Cen
Miller proceeds 10 charge for bis servicc1 a Quarter
master General at 81 IS per DAY, fom he Ist lucl.
1851 10 llth of Feb. lsss, one huldged md thirty
four day> sl.0t9 and for oice mai ~, Ehirh \ ~
proved by the commissioners, IN Jnl, ,n1luIlzl.nd1E
that Gen- Miller Was q member e the leElalainI1
sirfy days Of the above tmei and thmk that SID
should Be delncted@ Un,rf The same aulhnIly. ~
again charges al The same nate ior his services from
the lith Of February 70 the IL q September Ief8,
two hundred and oos day., making 81 So s1 and ior
the reit II once t1s1 90. mahuk atogcler 11lQ1l.
ali Of which b approved hy The cnmnIslonela n Ill
Aud what equivalent did Gen. Miller rcnder lol lhe
above large SUM Tn nearly whole year's rertcl -
told amonatng. exclusive of his own 7ay, &cs y ~
y si a6l 20. besides the amonnt be dfeW ffadI Tie
United States a. the same time his pay ulm1lr
el The issitcsi1 egsla,ars, . sAovn ~ ,he nnnf1
IT Gov, NeMnllen.-, II.
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