, 1861-11-05

agnitude A party contracts to furnish 1,0O0 d.
ead Of horses, at $119 50 per head, to the
oSernnlent, through the Quartermaster. The =.
ontractor's agent, who is approved By the +
ua1termaBter, has charge Of the field where
se Contractors horses are to be passed upon.
eountryn:an, having horses to sell to the n
overnment, pays $40 entrance tee to the field,
here bis horses are examined, and upon the
syment OF another fee Of SO, they are REG .
to the contractor, who purchases
1e same et the very lowest figure, which,
the entire evidence, never exceeded
S. and $50 Fer head. The contractor takes
is purchases to the Inspector, who is also re-
n5ursed by fee, which amount is computed =
cccrding 70 the duality Of the animal. The T
on obtaining certificate from the i
demands the money OF the Quarter s
naster, who pays the same, when the bonus (
Or said payment is guaranteed The evidence | {
a;scloees several such schemes and many other I
Rays in which horses and mules are obtained
The testimony also shows that the horses, In {
majority Of instances, are Of the most inferior
sind, and have broken down or fet! dead o1
Ehe road. Around the depots where horses
were kept thus purchased, numerous CARCASS
cave been trotted out, "fu]l of bran and pep
pered," by contractors, who received $l15 aad
$130 TOR each horse they furnished One Of tue
recent reports Of Boards Of survey will suffice
in giving. the character Of horses Government
fnrniEhed to regiments upon the requisition
Ct their commanding officer. Other similar
reports the committee have Oh file:
CA4P SULLIVAN, Warsaw
October a1, 1861.
To Co1. WIZ. B1sHor The undersigned
having been summoned, as Board of Survey,
to e2amine and inspect the condition Of the
horses forwarded to this regiment from Saint
Louis and report the result to your headquar-
tess, would respectfully report that we haye
examined said horses and find HeCenty~slx (1G} !
fit for service, five {5) dead, and three hundred ;
Js2,r md r1r,1Nr aud
aged, stihed, .inghoned, blind, spawned, aad |
tscurably Unfit for any public service, said
horses being part Of the Missouri contract.
Very respectfully,
H1Signea1 DAVID MCKEE, Maj j5r.
GEORGE ROCKWELL, Captain.
JOHN SCuEE, Lieutenaus.
The Committee also have in evidence that
e. S. District Attorney Jones Was associated
with Meesrs. Thompson and Bowen IN the
purchase Of horses and mules, their contract
being at $ll950 each horse. Bowen stld ons
tc Thompson and Jones for 5000, payable in
stry for payments Or horses Messrs. Tnomp-
| son aEd Jones had furnished, and wa6 told
/ that t'another party was interested M n ta1s
| horse business, snd unless the 5000 IN gold
Jores, none OF the money ce1ld be paid"
| The IS GOO vas Kept by Mcklustry, and
the remainder paid over to Thompson and
| Jones'
! UQutI l1it IElu VI 1tAA9 lAC
have testimony Of over half million CT dol
lars eupk in hay contracts. The Q1artermas-
ter paid $3.50 per ton for hay in bales, which
on examination Is found to be prairie grass,
and hay of q very poor quality. The cost OF
transportation between St. Louis and ssdalia,
is about IS per ton, or S25 per ton delivered
at Scdalia. The Committee have accunau!a-
tive evidence that fresh hay from the stacks,
aud in abundance along the entire route to
Warsaw, could be obtained st $6@S per ton.
1 f. %f,a orr5hn
large numbers are here without any owners,
Until after they have been pressed into the
| SERVICE aud then the builders present their
claims A majority Of these wagons are unit
for service The ss1ss, 5eaeh, aDe eessss Ssen
cracked, and the cracks filed with leather and
putty, ond painted over WheFe the fraud was
: patent. Several of the wagons are condemned
, | Tha Committee will report that number
the wagons thus received BY ths Quarter
master and his agent have broken down befor'
the army had proceeded far, snd that all tht
wagons will be useless after few Weeks' ser
vice.
The third act Of fraud is in the building 0
Notifications at st, Louis. Ga the 18th o
August Colonel Hassendsubel. by order o
General Fremont, engineered and snrVeyed tn
roifts within the limits Of st: Louis for th
erection Of eleven {11) forts. Under M3Jo
H.'esupelintendence Eve % were built direct
4 y fer til eGoyerBment, without any Intel
were 90 cents each per day, and the cost Q
each fo1ti6cation not to exceed $4,000. u
Ill the 25th OF Stptember, when General Ffemon
knew that the forts, completed, cost $lUEN
"a each, Quartermaster General Mckiastry, p
1o order Of General Fremont, made contrae
with =, L. Beard Of California to build 81
additional forte for the Government, similar
Il all respects to the five constructed ny Colons
Hsssendeube] agreeing to pay % cents pe
cubie Fard for the same dirt exca7ated upo
tn the bauk Of the fort and forming the emban1
~ mer.: for all puddlca earth 30 cents p
10 cnric 7sra paving walks with brick or ston
tIoore. or block houses, &C., 81 per saual
oe fa1o loa G:ats1', ~, ~ - a+f hr;cl- crsss
and cement: lumber for magazines, bloc
nu hpusee. aud quarters Tor officers 81
troops. sewers, &c, &c, the lumber at
W TINKER to he measured in the building, sc
per 600 feet; for faciues ard brcastworl
cry REQUIRED on the work, 81 per cnbic foot q.
eeE for roofing all the buildings with three+p
ed. roofs. 81 So Der square Of 100 superficial To-
The total cost Of the ei1 forhdcat1ons fgus
upward oi $oouooVI, ~ ppon #nicn III. bsa
.,, meut cf an order for 100000 from Gene,
7eli Fremont was stcnnad hy tbe SECRETARY
~" War when in St. Louis. The evidence 5,
, forth, That notgithstandinr Beard has
cciycd already three times tie original cost
the Sorle H. iahnrsrs , are - c1am6rous At
cet ~ ntoas tar +ai- 1an Tho ~.
f 10 tce+ - forts - .,rnven v nther n
sps rist tbe " evdsce IF
put ne hgafes, VIZ: Ws psf Gu
5Sa,.1 5a,Ia lSi easfh az. "1 nap,n~ r. q
Pnaolea eaI1n 5oc; ,hs Pasns' ~
c'k5tsne; &c, o. 'noo oEuSA 9nt, San;,.s eA'.
80. b1estt~olke ss@aos; e -, roofing g .e:aa
over $50 coo The contaact for fortificstt.
rs drawn np PER orde5 9, !, Gener a