New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-08

= termasterieneral, controlled the horse and NAL.
c, Iac's, ouiioing OF barracks, ard all supplies and
pun, hases appehaining to that Department. The
Conn. 'es' 10 Their report say: The frauds 10 con-
? tracts in ue 2uarternasters Department are nu
merous N. d have been clearly proven and oxtend
through all ranches Of his control and supervision.
1t does not q, pear that Gen. Fremont is held 70
sponsible for this >ervice of plate.
! PJRCuA 'sE OF HORSES.
The testimony shows that the horses purchased fo,
the army in majority Of Instances Of the most
inferior Kind and have broke down or fell dead On
the road Around the depc.'s where horses were
kent thus purchased, numerous dead earcasses have
! been found. Omnibus and stage hovses have been
trotted out, "full Of bran and pepfefed,' by con-
tractors, who received $ll5 10 $50 tor each horse
they furnghed One of the recent reports Oi Boards
OF SURVEYS will suffice in giving the chaNacter OF
horses G5vernment furnished to regimepts upon the
rcquisition of their commanding officer. Other s'mi'
lar reports the Committee have on hie.
"CAsP SULLIVAN. WARSAW. Oct u, 1901
3" To. Cor. WILLIAM BISHOP: The uadersisned having
been summoned Board Survey examine snd inspect
the condition OF horses forwarded this regiment from Sc.
spectuy report that examined sait find
seventy 6 h for seryic hys S dead and tnIse hsns
rngboned spawned and eudbly anti for any public SER
vice, said horses being part Of the Missouri contract
Very Ts.reiipjOM,Iy,k piTIp MCKEE m.or
"GEORGE ROCKWELL, Captain.
John SCHEE, Lieutenant"
The Committee also have in evidence that United
States District Attorney Jones associated wite
Messrs Thompson aud Bowen in the purchase OF
horses and mules their contract being SIG ~ each
horse. Bowen sold out to Thompson and Jones for
IS 600, payable In bankabe fund.-. Thompson went
to McKinstry for payments on horses Messrs Thomp.
son and Jones had furnished and was told that an.
other party was nterestedin this horse business, and
unless the $1,000 in gold wes deducted by Messrs.
Thompson and Jones, none of the money could be
paid" The 5000 was kept by Mckinstry, and the
remainder paid over to Thompson and Jones.
HAY.
The Committee have testimony of over half =
million Of dollars sunk IN hay contracts. Inc QUAR-
termaser paid sl7 50 per tun for hay in baes which
examination is found TO be prairie grass and lay
of very poor quality. The cost of transportation
between st. Louis and Sedala is about y per tun,
or g. per tun delivered at Sedalia. The Committee
have accumuatye evidence that fresh hay from the
stacks, and in abundance along the entire route to
Warsaw, can be obtained at 81 to s. per tun.
THE ST. LOUIS FORTIFIcA1IoNs.
On the 18th of August, Col. Hassendeubel, by
order of Gen. Fremont, engineered and surveyed ths
points within the limits OF st. Louis, for the erection
Of eleven lorts. Under Major HIS superintendeDce.
FIVE were built directly for the government. without
any intervening contractor. The wages OF the labor.
ers were sixty cents each per day and toe cost Of
each forticaton not TO exceed OOOO. On the 10Th
Of September, when Gen. Fremont knew thst tho
forts completed, cost $4,000 each, Quartermaster
NcKiustry per order OF Gen. Fremont, made n con-
tract with 4. l. Beard OF California, TO build six
additional forts for the government, similar In all
respects to the five constructed by Col lisssen'
duebel.
The total cost Of the six forti6cations figures up
ward OF $500 O00 upon which Mr.. Beard has received
$4,000 An additional payment OF an order for
800, 900 from Gen. Fremont was stopped by the
Secretary of War n St. Louis. The evidence set
forth that notwithstanding Beard has received
already three times the original cost OF the works,
the aboers are clanorous al the Government Offices
for their pay. The items OF the cost Of forts, as
I,tlf and fhn 0NlAn NJ
master mechanics, put the figures, viz; ten cents
per cubic yard for excavations and embankments,
pudding earth, 80 cents; paving, &c, 4O centsi
cisterns, Sc. 3 cents; lumber and timber, $40 so
per 900 feet facines and breastwcrks, 30 9siV;
roofing, S2a$2 So aud total cost OF SIX forticatons
not over 900 300 The contract for Notifications was
drawn up per order OF Gen. Fremont.
j The contract is regarded by the Committee as
irregular and informal, except that it provides that
no Member of Congress shall be interested IL the
said contract" The contract lie In part irregular,
for the reason that according to the regulations OF
the department the QuartenRaster only can make
contracts.
j HOusE-RENT.
TIE fourth act OF fraud is the house.rent, first in
the mansion of Mrs. Colonel BraDt, cousin OF Mrs.
Jessie Fremont, rented 10 Gen. Fremont for head.
quarters of Gener his Private Secretary and
Chief of the Staff, st the rate OF 5000 per annum
Other mansions in the neigEborhood are rented at
similar rates and occupied for Offices OF members OF
the staff.
BARRACKS.
/ Iaree and expensive barracks have been built in
tho immediate vicinity, quarters for the Fremont
bodv.Quard numbering 600 men. The barracks VIII
accommodate $500 men. The cost OF tbess barracks
and Benton barracks, cspacious enough 10 accom-
modate 90 600 men, will be about $1,000 double
/ the amount necessary to erect precisely similar
buildings. In the roofing OF these bnildings, wnich
il inward of 5000 squares OF l0o supernclal Ieet,
! the Committee have discovered much fraud.
The contract provides that the roof shsll be three
ply and put on with felt and soaked IN hot tar ana
In a substantial and nurable manner. The COM
mittee have evidence that the superintendent ana
architect A. b. Ogden, received "A draft OF SlOO On
| General Mekinstry from Clapp u Co., PROVIDED 10
Ogenl would obtain the contract for them at thelr
hid, which was . 30 per square OF lO0 specifclai
teef Mr.. King. under oath, testifes that he gave
Ogden a draft on Mcknstry for 81 $40 for his SER
vices in getting him the contract FOR 80 persquare
/ To each OF these Ogden promised the contrac,.
The work was awardedto Amen Thompson al - IV'
but whether any bonus was given does not appear.
The Committee find that Thompson sold the cohtrncs
for an advance of $3 600, and that the party doing
the work only put on one-ply roof, and that Wild
felt dpped in cold tar. In few places there were
only two-plys. The facts were obtainsd oy cutting
into the roof at various points, IL iS aiso N 'ei
mony that there were responsible bids III - of 'nA
same work.
These are specimens Of the charges The En-
qHirer adds:
0sThe Committee could have continued their in
yestigations further, but they believe they have
.naleient evidence and have gone TO Cairo to ex-
anime few witnesses there Tney viii then visit
Louisville and Cincinnati, and take evidence OF any
frauds existing in the departments OF those cties
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