, 1859-06-10
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
SrEILlCOON, ". T, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1859.
THIRD AUDITORS REPORT.
WASHINGTON CLAIMS.


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 preceding August as growing out Of
the late Indian war, yet Gen. Titon, the chief of
the staff is continued in service and reported for
pay until the 30th Of the following june 1857 !;
Quartermaster- General Miller until the 30th Of
September Of the same year; Assistant Adju-
antGeneral Shaw until the 30th Of April; Z. G.
Etzhugh, aid to the governor, until the 25th Of
February; w. W. dc Lacy, engineer until the
lst of April; James K. lIurd, assistant quai.
termaster-ge general, until the LIST Of March, and A.
H. Robe and NJ B. Miard on the goth Of Feb
ruary, 1857. None Of the quartcrmasters Of this
regiment were appointed, or entered upon their
duties as such, until the latter pant of January,
1856, when two Of them were mustered into SER
vice; five were mustered in February, when
eleven companies Of the regiment had been re-
ceived; two in April; one in May, and one on
the llth Of juno, 1856. The regiment consisted
Of nine mounted companies, and 10 foot compa-
nies, and there were in service Of the mounted
men, for their various periods Of service, all told
674 horses, Of which 239 were purchased and
furnished the volunteers by individuals. The
valuations Of the horses, when mentioned on the
payroll, are very high, generally going from 5000,
$3.50, $3.50, 1870, $500, $46O, 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 ferry on the MIS-
Qualy river, between Olympia and Stcilacoom,
was, by order Of Gov. Mason, with his ferrymen,
ten in number, organized into company, Pack.
wood having the rank Of sergeant; mustered
into service January and February 9, 1856. The
whole Of the men were discharged for disobedi.
cnce Of orders, one for disability, and the rest
for refusing TO DO sworn in. Yet the whole OF
them are reported for pay by the commissioners
PackwOod went out Of service April 0, 1856. On
tho discharge Of Packwoods squad, In February,
another similar squad, by order Of Gov Stevens,
was mustered into service in March, under com
mand Of John \. Packard, with Jos. Myers for
corporal and seven men. Packwood is reported
in service until the 22d Of September, for which
$S74 is reported due him. The corporal and five
Of the men were discharged on the 18th Of July,
with pay to the amount Of S222 each due the
men, and $3.50 due the corporal These men,
packwOOd and Packard, in addition to the pay
above, have large accounts for ferriage over this
ferry for numerous individuals, without desig-
mating whether they were in the service at the time
or not or even naming them so that fact could
be asccrtained. The fact of their being in the
service, under pay, seems not to have made any
difference in their charges for ferriage and they
or one Of them, besides, charged for great many
separate meals to various passing travellers, and
to heavy amount.
The roll Of Capt Jas. Williams company, in
service from June . to Sept %, 1856, the last
company called out, is full Of errors and confu-
sion. Seventeen Of the men are set down and
reported for pay by the commissioners 70 them
selves and horses ut nearly IS per day each
The company Of Capt. Oliver Shcad, 43 strong,
in service frUm February % to July II, 1866, is
called train guard, ordered into service by
Gov. Stevens. IL was foot company, the cap
tain and first lieutenant only being mounted, and
the aggregate amount Of pay reported TO be due
them Is 81, l20 80. Having reason 10 suspect
that this company, or some Of them. were re-
ported for pay IN other capacities at the same
time, led to an examination, which disclosed the
fact, per QuartermastcrGc General Miller's account
that ~ Of the 43 members were at the same time
reported for pay as wagonmastcrs, teainsters,
blacksmiths, &c, at 4, q, and 10 dollars per day,
amounting in the aggregate, besides the above
amount reported for their pay, 10 the sum Of
$l2,Gl+ Capt Shcad himself is reported for
payin three different capacities at the same tine,
to wit: captain Of this company, and use Of
horses for l6l days, $67i Is; as chief wagon
master, and use Of another horse, 81 ,lOl; aud
as wagOnmaster, S594; in all, $2,372 40 ior a
service Of little over five months. Andrew j.
Baldwin is also reported for pay in three capaci-
ties, to wit: private Of the company, l46 days,
$2V2; as blacksmith, at $40 per day, $500; and
as wagonmastcr, at SO per day, $272; in all,
$l,304 Tor LAG days service as private Of the
company. There was thus employed and re-
ported for pay in double and triple capacities the
captain, onc lieutenant, one sergeant, three cor
poralS and twenty seven priyates
IL Is not doubted that rigid investigation
would show other instances Of double aud triple
payments to the same individuals in different ca
pacilcs, and reported for pay in all Ol them.
Psrehases and expenditures By acting Cor. O. H.
Mason and By II captains Of companies Of the
Let dTcgtmeRt for the use Of tie sumo, from Oct.
1865, TO January and February, 1857.
The quartcrmaster and commissaries Of the lst
regiment seem to have performed very little duty,
and rendered no returns, hence the duty Of sup
plying and providing for these commands de-
volved on Gov. Mason and the captains Of tho
eleven companies, 65G strong, as above mentioned.
And first In addition thereto are liabilities con-
tracted by Capt Gilmore Hayes for his company,
mounted, 90 strong, and in service from Oct. IA,
1856, TO Jan. 1856, amounting to $i,2SS 3S
Cancelled by payments in public
property @ S92 81
Outstanding $500 81
This company was mustered into tho service
of the United States by Major Rains, U. s. A.,
and Is stated in the report OF the commissioners
70 have received during its term Of service issues
Of clothing, ratiOns, &c, the same as in case Of
rpUular froono r.c,s-;.,.. A., II.