The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-08
EVANSVILLE, IND WEDNESDAY MORNING,

propriety of calling at headquarters
A short time after this the General met
1goe on the street, and having heard
something queer about Igoe's forage ac-
count, requested information in regard
thereto. Igoe coolly remarked, "Gen-
eral, never transact business on the
street; you will please call at my quar-
ters, where I shall be happy to afford
you an insight into my affairs" @
The next day, couple of the Gen
erals staff officers called upon tie i'm
perturbable Igoe to investigate matters,
and they investigated" in horn" !"
Igoe remarked that if they had waited
until next morning to make their report,
things would have worked; but they
foolishly went into the presence Of the
General Immediately upon their arrival,
and when they reported Our hic-ter-
master Igoe's business all hic-sound," "
the General couldn't see it, and dis
patched another officer who could resist
the Establishments of whisky punch long
enough to conduct the investigation.
The result of this move was rather
tart request from the Quartermaster
Generals Department to Lieut.. Igoe, to
send up all the papers belonging TO his
department, to Washington, for adjust
ment, request which our friend COM
piled with by hunting up vouchers, re-
ceipts, acquisitions, &C., in an ammuni-
ton keg, with letter stating that, mas
much as the Department had great
many more clerks at its command than
he had, and were probably better ac-
quainted with the "biz' of making out
quarterly reports, or returns, they might
be able to understand how things stood
between him and the Government, con-
Tossing at the same time that he couldn't t
make head or tail out of the blasted fig
ures. In due course of mail, lgoe re-
ceived a communication from the Depart
ment, informing him that if he did not
Immediately send n his report for the
quarter ending on the 3lst OF October,
he would find himselfi in Washington, un-
der arrest To this, Igoe answered thus:
SIR-Yours of - date is received.
Contents noted. have long been desir-
Gus of visiting the city of magnificent
distances" but have not hitherto been
able to realize sufficient funds at any
one time to crafty that desire; l there
fore gratefully avail myself of your
obliging offer to defray the expenses of
my journey, and most respectfully sug-
gest the propriety of ''your going on with
your rat-killing."
II am, sir, your ob't servant.
"MARTIN IGOE"
"Lt. and A. A. @. NJ, 35th Ind Vols"
This closed his official correspondence
with the Department at Washington.
He had the good luck" to be captured
by John Morgan last fall, and, of course,
Morgan destroyed all his papers. That
struck balance for him for the quarter
ending Iaet- -Oetahe-- IL had annthar
stroke of good fortune at Stone River, on
the lst of January, in having a wagon
captured Of course all his papers were
in that Identical wagon. He was very
indignant that battle did not take place
about the last of March, as that would
have saved him heap of trouble, Do
not think, however, that our Quartermas
ter has done anything that will not bear
investigation, for a more honest or con-
scientious man is not to be found in the
Quartermaster's Department, but Igoe
has a holy horror for vouchers, and in
voices and receipts all in triplicate, and
small blame to him for it.