New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-05


as singular, hut will be partially understood upss
readiog bis own te iimony.
! Within "a hours after being instructed to copfse
with Gen. Anthem and Major Patrick 10 regard "a
uniforms, Msjor Dorsbeuer without seeing eitbes
of these gentlemen signed bis name to 9 contrsct
4 agreeing to the OF tie iufrIior cloth.
i The day fllo@ ling lApil ~ at meeting OF the
Board the T. easurer stated that he hsd cOmplessf
and signed is contract, and on The lst Of May Is
was eDered 10 full upon the minutes Of the Bosfd,
every memi er pr.seDI EXCEPT the Attorney General
and Lieut.'iovernor Campbell. No one Of tsat
Board excepting, perhaps. Mr.. Dorsbeiner, wonl4
have approved thst contract had they Understood e
'erna, and the character Of the goods when
Disbed hereunder.
The neat day Mr.. Dor.heiper was depu,ed byl
Board to 10 10 New-York aud snperlntend the i
slecion OF TIL. cl thiDg, slihough he caDdioy oou.
fessed TO the Brooksrs that he Knew no more sbbcS
cloth than he did of Hermaun's tric.s.
Every member Of tie Board has been examined
with great care and at leogtb upon the main poi,s
in doubt, involved IN tie award and alteration Of
| this contract.
| F,st. As TO the number ard character Of tho
proposals received and from whom: While an Inn
preston exists u al han one bid WA open-f,
neither The nomes OF The bidders nor the character of
the bid. can be ascertsDed by your Committee from
the evidence or papers Oh file, ter the most diigelt
inquiry and search.
They are not on file in the proper department, and
not the slightest clue TO their whereabouts bias as %
been found.
| Upon Mr. Dorsbemers going to New-fork, u
Committee ray that he Assumed power and that 10
Secretary OF state, Controller, State Engineer, ana
Surveyor, and AttOrney-Generhl testify Ia most pos
tive terms their eutise igbsrspce Of the fact II
Brooks Brothers or any other person mao adyseo
the Governor that army cloth ooald not be hsd.
Gov. Morgan te-ifes: I" My impression Is that q
/ ielegrath from ia, ksUn cane willie The Board was
In session, or at least while some members Of tho
Board were in tie Chamber" The Governor, ia
substance, mu be correct, and the other members
must be mistaken.
Iient Gov. Campbell protested against any
change in the contract, predicting with Teuarkable
accuracy that the State would be defranded, and 10
our opinion lie prepared re Olnii0n with view 10
prevent any alteration Of e Books contract.
M. DoI sbeiner's authority AID power seems from
the record 10 have teen:
FIRST: 10 confer Win MAJOR fatfich sno cehs
Second To obi ain release OF part Of the Brooks
contract or if this could bot he accomplished, they
IkiTd lie wss 10 procure J,OVV sduiiiohsi VA"
forms under certain conditions
Why Mr. DorsbeineI Oil lot follow either OF these
ip,lruct,ous is "A matter of speculation. lie did at
tempt " carry out IL part the instruction " procure
3 900 additional uniforms lie went ss far @ 10
order them. but no further. Why he failed 10 carry
that pufcha,e iuto effrct-wby no report wac made
| 10 the Board IL this ciOn-why and who sene
the notice that the Board decliued making The cons
tract sre all mntt ~ ior which Your Committee do
no, find any good reason or explanation.
End /, u & Cove deem iral orsuI III esta llshiug
~ hat Wa, dole by Nc. Dorsheimer, in relation 70
the 1900 uuiforLs-snd insert the folio Aing ex-
tract:
co,o g-o very much did cl ing that thss
coutisci id"d that her. ives NOT better oppf.
tnni,, syru OF inr gu aud told he do~ By
orc,r 81 the Board coIusci Tor 500 suits more and 20
w,ut.d 70 .rs VIA, would nah. them for goo tanpes
and lund could 60 Oh for 800 suits made th- pro"
po.sl ard he eft telling % ~ AID pufehe be goods--
,he 5 ~" md bs tue b. ard did 90 :. al the sood
sni in three ssr~Srd got n't that my dss
eI9sa hat hi. was before they h.d sb.ou.ely
,isned conflict ~I'h The Brook. B,obsr I'sns the
roc. eoYtrse Ia. saved he Nation sOed deal sboosh it
the Stats much Tor h. done much to sarm tie
ueoule DO think the b. Ole Bro hss ar. 30 much q
Blame III. b sri ith uulor "uairy tnst nI Uoi,hes
.r lad TOO much say about IT, oecau's 10 shi him quite
unit TO have of contracts Of that Description
Ituowhere an care that Brooks Brothers were
ever a, ked TO release 30 much or any part OF their
contract so a. TO enable the State 10 procure pars
81 tie ~ 900 uGiiorus OF other parties. IL would
seeul that Mr. Dorshemer, after lie became sassned
that there " ere n0 other parties who would complete
that contract turned li- whole attention ~ makings
new contract with Brooks Brothers. This, II viii b
borne in mind, sitter be had been assured by Mr..
Deviiu that lie could supply The 3,U0o hddlilonss
uniforms.
Your Committee examined Mr.. Dorsheimer 1t
length, with the view Of aUrding him every oppor'
tumty Of explaining bis connection with this cols
tract
Dorsheimer testified that he drove around among
the leading clothiers OF New-Yofk TO zee if army
cloths could be got; but found that not enough Tor
30 cults could he found ia Ill the city, ousiie os
the Biookss. lie sdds:
went up with Gen. Anthem to the Brook.es they showeT
me tic hey had selected Anew noihiig Abou, cloth
and did pretend 10 DC DE; y1u know that this e
IA all isht, AL willing TO nsAe the contract provided me
u After thai cou raet con pleed AID yoa returned to
Albany old expsn the boad ths portion of the
goods unhed OF poorer qua lily thsn he army OF
n, SIR did not know whether they were N usnt ny
fully good the vniai,ons tbsf wefe Ads
The Board approved tie coatract Mr.. Dor.
Il elmer further ies lied AS TO bis utter ignorance VI
the quality or value OF cloths, and r5id:
q did know thst brooss~..- furnishing ssiinsts
| thought hey ~tr- al w,ol' n COCOA
By an exau iuation o the conir ,ct which Mr.. Dor
sheimer signed IL Will be that the word satr
nets /. uoed.
Althoughsir. Dorsheiner confesses his own mex.
pcrirnce aud thong I've was directed 10 confer WIN
! Major rairick, an exleren' ell amy oiheer, AID
Assistant QuarteImnsl,I General Arthur, lie dd not
rec Major Patrick, a. We have tie positive tesi"
mony OF Gen. Arthur that he wss not consulted "
Mr. Dor sheiiner, OF Any other person IN relation 70
the Brooks contract, or its alteration, and knew
nothing whatever about II, ano had no conference OF
consultation wi the Treasurer about the subject ot
| thoss resolutions. a,
! livery member Of the State Military Board tes;i-
! fes that the contract would not have been con-
hrmed if lis true cbura'fer had been unders1ood -
vn. ratified Ly Tie Boar III der Lief that the uni'
forms therein contracted for AID 10 be delivered th
der such contract would be Of equal value oi ulE
forms mad from army cloths. 100
The con. lurion is inevitable, therefore, thai ~
Board confirmed Nj. Dorsh,imers action upon ha
representations, without fully comprebending WA.
that action had b, en- he t,slhes that he dd hoy
reno, and was not asked, the &c Ias oil the eona'e
| as had Teen tered. , e..1 :, favor n.