New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-27


would be ST. and would offer to buy It for CPS The man.
after h,gsng snd bargaining would consent and the next
day they would bring him certain papers aud tell him tina,
they merely formal receipts and his signing them
they woud give him the s2s The papers would be folded
in such tina. there would be only for the conac
to 'sn his ct the bottom and he would not be made
acquainted with the nature Of the document he signing
Not couient with swindips the Government IN this
infamous these would take the at random
and Put them the false bills special contractors forging
their signatures and sometimes the signatures of the colonies
o. the regiments and the broker aud the recruiting officer
would divide the spells after the claim cashcd During
the two months that the Commission has been engaged In
this Investigation from thirty to forty forgees have been
discovered Of this There to have been two
avore classes Of frauds In one the special contractor Ia
induced to sign blanks which afterwards filed up ffnudu-
enty and the OF the colonel recruiting officer
omitted forged aud the other where contractor has
bill for small say $780, and who, after having gone
the disbursng officer several times to collect It, without
success to broker who says the bill is not made out
correctly and takes and tears up. q; the time offer
ing the $50 for his claim. The contractor pro
tests but be has been the discussing office several
times and knows that lie IS 10 the brokers' power, after
hsggng and bargaining, he accepts the proposition The
broker there tells him to again at subsequent time asd
he win have the bilmede correctly lie sgsn, and
is shown leaf Of the b which he certain sum
banged which larger than The amount rishifuy due aud
his asking why 1t So he s told by the broker that he
has other little bi, the amounts Of which he has
put into this The signs all the papers, which
often claims for fifty times the amount OF his just dues
Still another mode is where the recruiting officer brings
blanks the special contractor but does not show him
part OF the paper except the space where his name to be
signed In day afterwards he to him again and
tells the be before notary and to
his bill He goes before the notary, who being in the pay OF
the windler does not administer any oath ask him any
questions ba! after the signs his signs his
also ard attaches his uoial seal and the dupe thus
ensPped inO signing affidavit and bill which Is fraud
from beginning to end
There whe, the Union Defense Co mmitee have
Paid the regular price Of 20 cents per ration to special
for their bills vouchers gwen by the officers Of the
regiment, and the special contractor has been obliged to
fund per ration the Colonel OF the regiment and
10 y Of his sros receipts to the Quartermser IL
other the bills Of special contractors have been sweed
by The addition Of e1r stons the proceeds Of which would
be divided by the recruiting officers.
The Communion commenced to investigate the frauds per
pe,used by certain suspected brokers' and ser having dis
posed their the Secretary ofWsr placed in his hsnd
bill which had been collected Washing by the Colonel
Of crimen who had made affidavit to its
The bill accompanied by sTes; number OF sub
vouchers reat OF recruiting Offices and subsistence and ods
ing furnished to recruits and found examination that
n. the whole number only the sub voucher.
real and those had beea forged the other had
no existence whatever The Colone Of regiment had
PICTURED himself and committed forgery besides This led to
IN. esigson Of the affairs OF the regiment aud
found that he had swindled the Union Defense Committee in
divdusl citizens OF this city the General Government and
every OF h officers end soldiers and ttst he had made
Of bis fraud. probably 100000; Tia. he had un.d
cers Of HE regiment cut OF their place frivolous presr
and sold he copsors aud that he had been engaged in
M Of Of
kud ct ssreey thrdrste picipo The papers
h, have been placed IN the hands Of Judge Advocate
General Holt snd tine has probably been arrested and
will he subjected to t.l BY Court-mEItHl The develop
msrts in this when fully gwen 10 the pabe will be
among the richest a9d rscssi made and will show
the Colonel has been swiader for number Of years and
been guilty o. al sorts Of and that he regular
Jeremy Diidler and had succeeded In getng the indo.,
Of some Of the test in the city Of Nsw.York It
proper for the interests OF the that the
Of these parties should be given public tn. prob,
y l. that the Affairs Of other regiments recruited in this city
IGsestgsteo VIA yieia TeE4- gan,
estiag
Within week afer this Commission commenced It, Labor,
II sce,Ained that bills to the Of many thousand.
Of dollars which had been ell prepared ready Pot ousb
the Disturbing oee withdraw and destroyed and
bill Of e. 90 which had been prepared withdraw
in th InsEner thus saving the Government that 1t
esmsted that the Government has been svindsd by these
through disbuTking ONCE
the tInount Of S7o00, and this sample Of what
going theusbou the United States The frauds ore IN
every department; and lie probability tina. the Government
has paid bin In fifty Of any hind that has rot been
fraudulent in greater or Leaf degree.
The newspapers At the request Of the Government have
kept quiet about this ComEsion and tho public having
put pason OF Of the facts knowing nothing of,h.
tremendous system o. frauds carried have supposed
other arrested and Imprisoned tia. ,hs
Government organizing system Of eespo!.m without
Tire fact Of the st,er that instead Of the Govern
men: having con uit.ed wrong las arrested one
entish ps.t Of the implicated In these frauds and all
n.uy OIL those who have been 10 confinement hVs been
released There IL desire the part Of the Government
tie ConrDson to up anything aud these facts
f.nisbed esy period has been ssfe for
ests Of the Government TO doso.
II dicu to lnders,.nd bow many Of the fsudI upon
tie dshu:.ns officer in this city have been cosamsed
to deceive the officers 10 charge.
For instance be well Known the tyro that
the sie e than 2o IN battery o. artillery. ard yet
bills oF al double this number lave been paid oT
some bs,.Ie II would also the easiest thing H. the
word for the disbung officer to ascertain through lie
detective and by means Of personal Questioning Of the
81 ecial coBtrscto whether John Smith OF william Brown
Of ceg.iu nuu4bei ceriGin street had the facilities to
feed and lodge hundred only two whether
CApt -, Company sn tie city with II. ssneu, lie .t
OF August o. last december and yet bills In such buse
been ppii and again whos: sppuen. question.
A gain: there mgh &, would seem, have been
sponoence between The DsbnnF Office here and the hdn
snt General, Ofce,in Washington. which would prevent
tsvh Colonies snd Captains from recovering the
amount both once, Bat oil t'se things will doubles. be-
ei I.aiaed a. due season..
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Prize Fi.ht-New-yerk Rguirst Hos,on.
Eos1OS. Friday, Dec d. 1862.
prize igh. took place yesterday afternoon, il