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said Coney is entitled to the of thirty dollars per
H.J.G. MAXON,
Mai. 5. b., W. A.. v.
B.F. SHAW, 1t. Col. coni'dg Right Wing W. TN.
The Auditor says:
General Miller's accounts show large amounts for
meals aud lodging furnished various persons, at gen
orally 81 per meal without designating the persons.
as to ascertain whether they we've enticd to them
at the public expense
Again he is mistaken. Very few meals
were charged at ST. and only in cases
where provisions were eXorbitantly high
The usual price was from so to rs cents ;
and how were these accocnts engendered! I!
BY weary eXpressmcu, by the active agents
of the service in passing from place to place
to get supplies, aud by the gallant yolun-
teers as they returned from the Grand
Ronde paign-haying no money and
without provisions they were compelled to
stop wherever they could to get Il meal,
and the officers in command, not being ac-
qnainted with strict army regulations, is
sued certificates to the landlord for the
amount Of expense incurred, without show
iHg number or to whom the meals where
FURNISHED. These officers were the very
best men in the seryce--amongSt them
were such men as MaXon, HennesS, Shaw,
Goudy, Ruth, Blankcnship, &c. VIII the
people Of this territory allow the Sd Audi
tor to impugn the integrity Of such men as
these? Surely they will not.
Again the auditor quotes 90 dollars per
day as high price TO pay al auclioncer
1t is very probable that he himself was
never engaged in that business, Or he would
not allow his ignorance to again enter his
report. The amount Of property sold al
this place amounted to 500, GOO which if
paid for ~ the usual auctioneer rate, the
commissions would have amounted tO)$6,-
coo, and as the property was all sold in
about days, instead Of $40 the auctioneer
would have made $1,000 a day and one
Of the very men who is now loudest in hold
ing up the report Of the Auditor, was the
man who wanted 10 per cent. for selling
the property, and who refused to sell it at
less rate.
The Auditor is once more in error, in
stating that Mr. A. j. Baldwin drew pay
as blacksmith and wagon-maker at the
same time. l need only refer the reader
to the copy of the voucher in my hands, to
show the fallacy Of his statemcnt-he serv-
ing rs wagon-mastcr from January 24th TO
April oath, 1856, and as blacksmith from
May 10th to August 10th, 1856 Had |
time and space could show that the state
ments in regard to Capt. Shead are about
on par with the balance of his report.
II is true that the teamsters under Capt
Shead received pay for acting iu that Ca
pacity, and at the same performing the
duties of soldier, but they richly merited
all tina, the extra pay amounted to, passing
through many hardships in conveying pro-
visions to the volunteers, and at the same
time defending themselves against the at
tack Of the enemy. need not dwell any
longer in answering this part of the report
Of the Auditor, for it must be evident TO
the reader that there is not single charge
made against our gallant volunteers but
what can be as easily refuied as the few
instances have cited time nor space will
permit me TO enter any further into the
details, and with few words concerning
The charges made against myself, | will
close.
In the first place, the Auditor makes in
vid;oue comnaiieor os to ,h, ....,,o,,, ,r tho
,'''Ou' S"'l''''''" 30 " 'nS P''NS VI '"0
Qnnrtermasters, saying that some are made
out better than others | know not how
H.. -. -, III; - .:I y,
he arrives AZ tniS cohcluSIon, LOT Wlsh tue
single exception of the report of the eNpe-
dition IN the WoII.\VnIl, tho accounts of
w WV " "'' w una 'HS "S0Ou"'' VI
the Qnartermasters, agents, &C., were
placed in proper Shupe aud made out anew
!" my Omce'
The Auditor is continually hnrDinr on
hav;no, hrt cn,,;es or tho .c,o,,,,,e 80 ,re lao
'"S IN' NoP'S' VI '"V uSSouihs w ~ w
when II he VIII refer 10 the annexed letter
of the Commissioners he will nerccivn thut
.,.:,.. - II IL, ~,
coples are an lnat were asked LOT. lhose
gentlemen, after having made n hnsty eX-
op;no,ion Of tho vor,.for. I'll ,.,ori,;nod
''h'""''O" Va 'is ,OuI"eis, anu dsSeI 'ulheu
the manner III which the business of the Office
was rnndurtpd themselves dnSirod that co,;es
80 - 20 Ne '',"t 'P'''
OF tue accounts should Oc iurnShed them,
us will be seen by the following letter
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