The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-02-06


fd aid dhrd, thatthc armament ~ The forts had
never boon fxcd by the Arunuent Board"
Ahor computing lhis cycanceof General Wright
an inMllgent dislingushol aud highly bpnurnbl'
witness, VIII licutcnnnt Colonel Naynadicr's re-
pot 70 ioyd, your Committee submit that the lat
ter dsplays ipcilc readiness to carry out the ttea
sontl,le scheme of his superior rs much at the ex
pensG Of truth as oi the public veal. Aud this
brings the Committee tn the consideration Of the
ond chatge ot disiofaiN which has boon preferred
against Lieut. imnt Culonel Mlmndcr
On tio 3Oth October, 1860, Col. Craig made an
Official report % tlw War Department. stating that
tic stock Of unslUt, Of all Kinds in Che public SER
vice, Including the army, navy and marine corps
amounted tO only " J3U,UU0, Dispersed auiung the
arsrualy uf ne couutry." In former years, hc
slrtcs The number Rad hncn rcarlv 100000, and
WINS n3t then considered too great for the country
Ite at The same time, insists that mo further re-
duction by sales Of the old model 3rrviccahlc arms
should hc allowed until ourarsenals are better sup
pliod.7
FLoiDs orERATlONs.
On the 18th of the following month Colonel Craig
was relieved from duty as head of the Ordnance
Bureau, and OH the I'D Maynadcr was substituted
in his place. The day preceding the appointmari
proposition was made to Floyd by a, a, iiclknap,
10 purchase Of the department from one 10 two
hundred and Hfy thousand Of United states flint
locks aud altered percussion rl,i rnt, and 10 have
the same delivered to M ,,rmy ar,nts in New York
city Ihls TACT Ii ,aken from Bclknap's evidence
p3'or' the -.tllery Committee of The last House of
hcpr secNtatiycs, Report No. 3d. which your com
nliiton have tr nt liberty IN use in this connection
" Az originally writt9n," says Bclknap, Z" the
proposal was tor two dollars per gun but the
words and fifteen cents were intcrlincd before
the lnp"r was presented to The War Department."
On the back Of said letter the following indorsc-
man " The within proposition is accepted to the
cNteut of one hundred mtskcts, and as mlny more
up to the maximum number as the service will
, spare" Signed, j. 4. Floyd, Secretary of War.
Subsequently Floyd by strange freak, profess
sod to discover that the price for which the arms
were sold was less Than he supposed when he HC-
cnpcd the bid and said that they should not he de-
livcrod for less than 81 81 per muskct. Bolknap
leaves It's to infer that the new terms were accept
cl, and says that Secretary Holt refuses TO give
Lieut.. Col. Maynadicr speaks Of this transacton
~ m !rr bid on tha part of }'lknap, and declares
that Not single muakct has been sold to Belk-
nap lt any price According to the testimony of
1 Cm mel Craig before the Military Committee, 10,
Op0 muskots were sold to G.. Il Lamar on the oath
day Of November, 1860 j,0OO TO the State OF Mis-
sjtSjpW on the i,h December, and 5000 to the
stat Of Louisiana on The 18th IF the same month.
All thcso sales, then, occurred within less than II
month atter the removal Of Colonel Craig aud the
appointment Of Lieut., Col Mayuadiar, aud imma-
/ diaely subsequent to the appearance Of Colon |
Craigs report in which he protests against the
sale OF more small arms.
Colonel Craig states that only 30 900 ot the III ,
O0O arms sold during Flovds administration of the
I War Department were advertised, required by
the law of lS3j and that he protested aganst fur
thcr sales The consequence was his removal, and
the substitution of Lieutenant Colonel Maynadicr
umdor whom thcap imm1nsr sales were made tu
MD the cause Of treason by II corrupt violation OF
law
The 20,o00 last mentioned were sold to parties
and To SMto in open or threatened rebellion aEains
the Government, and the fact was as we'll Know
tircn tjmt they were to be used against the Govern
meut OF the United States as it is now.
In the Cyidynnc Of Balknap he mentions GeOrgD