New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-20

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=, q, nYor,sipr how prone Committee Is TO do col |
bsscd ~ suiP'i1ip ~ SonIa - .,o 90 10
cctvey Wn' - ,.on. .onnosnS ,Ms Committee bat
csnpot believe either of them would be willing to do
% ,nsm m, the affair did no, end here
Capt ony on S1 No. made by
not satisfied even with the modheaon OF he noyt
which was also before the COMMITTEES IN See pages
same order whch varies sun more ron w The issue Of
s 1 n ba .b.r chesp good as could DC had
the price that the troops needed mem cost from
"a to - each He also recommended that ice be i.oes
for one and in some cases hree oi on s b asd cost
armed. 1t I. proper to state that neither w9u' "
think the foregoing testimony proves 'na' '"' INV
b grcundless h.r..t., Ills TO b, found
on ps,.. is and u.s. S and say, that there has
been All exraod ana mos III that .hrongh me the
Government purchased blankets a. g. % .e 49,
49, and which oPat i 500 blankets aud profit sccord
emily 81 as TneIe cen 20 bsyIe, ,Ls ,b,nrd,v of tle
ehsIse m eeu sct that the profit alone would have ex
eeeded the total aaonnt OF the whoie ui. -, , NTH
The Committee 4ss as, ,be o,hsr IN Inv Last In
testimonies IL stain their charges Taken together
there positive and direct evidence to the sonty a
The charges ar and the iufsfences are false.
was called before the Oonnes ana tesunec on te go
nainy, the charges based mine wss entirely ignored
n he he At
request snd the testimony of Capt Turnkey could have been
reeorc,.d at once or hao Capt ruey been asked pro-
duce The original bs which the Committee knew were IN
existence AID which they asked him about 'see page 1871 LIST
vo they would have explained the discrepancy The tes
is too long quote entire VIII give the substance Of
II in the good faith had expected OF tine Committee a
we'll make such explanations as are necessary to clear
Of h e sopd 1' on D @ Sy volume s
calls FOX nine varieties Of blankets ranging in price Gm s rs
the one made out on the form required BY the regua
lions which had been condensed from the orna bills before
1s VOID rs How md WHY this VOID was crossed out
on ,ts hin dom which hi, was copied will De shown
S ~ s tb ONE be1eTe H. Road Of Sur
and II. orc upon which he isl bssed his report He
errna bills we've so much per pair the blankets
nee cos 70 Gown 70 90 h, n hi h he sr
Bns -. ,a b,owngrsv hsnk,ts AT 80 ?5 that is per
snie not Do no & hill md the bills before the Board
not per Pan Ims cant epey made mistake
- ~ "a ~ 80, ~ f,o, III $50 III Ia AZ his own
eer,he,e viii prove his error cOnu'ei The Comm tie. but
sIeS hso ane same ds. , ,bs ons bs were in
existence, was their duty to procure them before they hey
Government Ss sIa.' ''''''' -- -
soon.s saw the enHses cIieu upon oAI Ia 80
tod s% o. ana n that the charge
was ero.s wros and that Of Course The Committee would
repair H. BY giving ike publicity TO the correction He
found the bills the Committee had asked him about aud at
INV request signed the certificate (see page l4 I'd
yo and tie Committee III lsi vol indoss Capt
TURNKEY faithful vgan' end competent public ofeeI
Oselti rSI on h. part;
st. Louis Jan. 10 Ig9I
The two bills herewith attached are the Origins pms oy
which the blankets referred to by the ConUesons lpvesi
eating Committee examined by the Board OF survey
They for blankets costing from lSt TO 81 ss each
IL lay say ing they cost from ~ 10 TO 81 - 10y
looking but That marked in blue pencil
did not te) These bills the asked
for by hs Congressional Investigating Committee and were
found by me in apt Rankin's Office Dec u lG6l
p. T. TURNKEY. Asst. O NJ"
The res.on Capt Turnkey gives error which hava
IN psrenthes utened Ia the certihoste having been
inserted after had drawn it, IL slightly conuses the mean
Ing but Goes not wessen me oice ., ns rec M
shows that the bills before the Board oil survey cal oi
kes from 49, 70 = vi each "hcn per Fsf IL 70 - 70
81 S5 These the figures IN the b handed to The
Committee, in October. by me. -
Copies Of the bills attached TO the certificate OF C,
Turnkey pages l4S and l49 second volume They
he original
&237t sos per PAL and the other from 80 Is 80 IS
Per exactly the bill
handed the Committee in October. See bills
Se- first volume and 49, Il49 second volume The only
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