, 1859-06-17
CAT 80
Al6.abl 81

Outstanding $l6,35l 81
Flour, SIC pCr barrel; pork, from $40 to $50
per barrel and 8S cents per h.; sugar. 90 cents !;
coffee, 80 cents beef, $50 per barrel; clock, 90
silk cravats, 81 40 each; beef per 10, 80 cents !;
cabbagcs 3Si each; turnips % per bushsl, :.
This company was raised at Whidby's Island,
and appears to have been stationed there or Fort
Townsend adjacent and, including commissioned
officers, was entitled to 1857 rations The amount
Of subsistence purchased by Capt Ebey was
more than the company was entitled to according
to its strength, including commissioned otiicCTA
OF these purchases II accounts show them 10
have been made from members Of the company.
None Of the property Is accounted icr-including
or boats. Besides these boats and hired OK
en-, the captain appears 10 have employed the
schooners r D. Potter and A. Y. Trask from tho
I'd Of Nov, 1855. when his company entered the
service, to the 18th Of Feb, 1856, inclusive, four
days aiter this company was discharged, at $50
per day cach amounting To $5.s24. Boat hired
for S0 per day and Immediately sold for $780,
R s. Stevens, private, reported for l2i days as
carpenter at a per day for the same time.
Charles Thompson, private, charges S75 for the
use Of boat between the ltth and 10th Of Feb
TuaEy, after the company was discharged. Thom-
as j. Hanna, who appears In various capacities
ct Fort Townsend, was private Of Capt A. A.
Plummer's company from Nov. l6, 1855, to Feb.
Q, 1856, yet in these accounts ho is reported for
ply as agent for attending to accounts one reg
iment from Jan. 81 to March 81, 1856, at $5 per
day." $500; Of course, this is double pay from
Jan. 81 TO Feb. 0, 90 days
The roll Of the company shows Il 10 have been
stationed at Fort Townsend, and under the head
Of "record Of events" &C., there are no remarks
whatever. The last voucher which shall notice
Is an extraordinary account in the namo Of "Mrs.
Eleanor Price," who makes the following charges
on account OF O. W. Olney, "private OF Capt
Ebcy's company from Nov. 4, 1855, 10 Feb. II,
1856, and who appears 10 have been injured by
On explosion Of cannon on board the schooner
A. Y. TFask," on the 10th Of February, the day
before his discharge: from 10th February to 18th
june, 1856, IN wit: 122 ratiOns at 90 cents, $40
80; l22 days attendance as nurse, at S5 per day,
S610; four months washing at &25, 800; and
medicines, $50; oil Of which is approved by the
commissioners except the washing, which Is
stricken out Il thus appears that Olney was In
service but one single day after his injury.
Whether the injury was the result Of an accident
docs not appear, but the A. Y. Trask Is not known
to have been in any engagement
Company X, Capt John R. jackson,
mounted, % strong, from Nov. Q,
1866, to Feb. q, 1856 es02 30
The only voucher applicable to the company
is IN account Of Capt jackson himself for "a
tons furnished Eve men Of his company, for No.
yember and December 1855, and for three ditto,
for January, 1856. at 81 per ration, and for 200
extra Tatons furnished his men at different times,
at the same rates, amounting TO $500. The price
Of the ration, even at the rates charged for pro-
visions at that time and In these accounts Is very
high the net cost ought not to have been 60 cents.
Tho charge for extra rations Is not understood,
e there are no explanations The account Is
only q COPY. Tho account has o note on Il as