Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-03
IT, TIE Editors cfMe EaIuirer:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. O;.. "a, lsG

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Gentlemen thank yon fnr the trnui'le
vnu have been at in procuring the inIorIna-
tinn you lave been kind enough To fnrri-h
Inc through the crlnmns Of your valuable
,per. as T., the cause of the noa nc Ill Of the
Secnnd Auditor on the claims presented by
tac heirs of decca. ell sn,diers.
Inu state that you were told ut the office
that the rules "i taking up claims we've strict
Is adhered 10, except la extreme cases OF dis 60
tressed women and old men, whosray BE IN
Richmond looking after their sick and,wound"
ed s-Rs, and who have not, otherwise, means
TO take them back to st,eir respective homes :;
and tAat / or my friends m,y obtain the
cause OF such delay by addressing the Sseo,ra
Auditor.
Ns1, if what you we're t1l3 was .rne, tlre
reasons assigned wouid have bren sntisfaet,
ry hat such is not the fact. II s,uld have
obssined :he information desired by tho mode
indicated, | should have mad it long since.
aad would not have troubled you to ascertain
fur me what could have aseertained myself
But knnwiug, as do, that you were wrong y
Informed ns 10 the facts, cannt do less than
state wha' know e. I've the case IN r lati0n
t.; the auditing these claims. and which sia,e>
m.n5 may, possibly satisfy the An litur that.
enwevsr ,uti lent he may he that tho rules
are he ng .lihers,i IN, he has been deceived.
or miIuformed ,l- to facts. TO prove what
assert TO be true. and to show the Auditor
h.. these claims are, or have been disguised
81, L will cit- him to 81 fcw, uu' of Tnanv SINH
lar eases that haze parsed through my hand:
On the 18th d::y sI Ma On, 1862 prepared
and irrwardeA It. The aldre.. Of The Hon. W.
L. S Taylor, Second Auditor, E;ehmOn1,
Virginia, the application Of Mrs. Georgia "
~ ~
Captain Jes.ee Cuxs company Of Prattev lie
D.agnons, Alabama volunteers: in tnis case
there was no necessity for sho Auciigor to orig
inate evidence on which Co auuis thr claims.
Tor Captain Cox mad already furnished the
claiman with Il certiti :.5e showing the uInonn.
due the soldier at the time .r his death. This
r.rtiiicate accompanied the application, and il
the claim had been taken up in thn order OF
rrs presentation, or at sny o'her tine, the evil
d"n:e, of Captain Cox wnrsd nave shown what
MAS due, and certificate might have been
Issued NJ once; int irs5ead, OF that b'ing the
ssc the claim has never been heard from, al.
though it hus been ly Nc in the Office for over
eighteen inuu:ts. "a the 18th day OF July.
1862 | prepared ANA forwarded I" the same
Il idrsss The application of Mrs. Jane Siona
her. mother of J,isn Stnn4kar, privat. III
the same company: this application WA
also accompanied hy Captain Cux's Ger
tifcats. showing the amount due the sol
d.er. The claims. REACHED Richmond AMI
presume WIS raksn up and aeiei upon in 'tc
er,Eer of its presentation, as shor ly after
wards received certificate No. 7G3 for the
amount, it b,ing issued in les. sha" ten day
after 'li- application WI. 70 wardei. the hrs
~ yet heard fr M O., t.," 9ta day rf. ApHiI
ls62, / i,rwart!sd two apal.rations-nn" f''r
Mrs Nuucy G. tiawk ns, widsw of Z. S tiaw
kio,. the other for Mrs. Elizabeth Lee. widow
OF B. II. Lee. These soldiers belonged to tho
same company and regimsph the two claims