The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-11
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opinion of the said attorney, after con-
ference with Lieutenant Colonel Joseph
Darr, Jf., Superintendent of the recruit
ing service of the United States, the
Adjnfant General, F. H. Peirpoints of
the State Of, West Virginia, Captain
in recruits and make report to thisBoard
on Friday, 18th March, 1864 as to whom
shall be paid the county bounty money
yet unpaid lii.ai 1o2aaqis .zsJJ y -!iis ,,.,
General JamesS. Wheat, atty, appear
ed before the Board and gave verbal
opfhion as to the natters referred to
him. Ordered, that said attorney be re-
qnested to file with the President or
clerk IUTrittell 0pitliON Embracing all
the law and facts connected with said
matters and referred to him.5jE
islssI APRIL 49,, 1854.
A ACFLtteSI legal written opinion from
General James S. Wheat as to whom
are entitled to receive the county boun-
ty money, accompanied by a list of
names of those who are entitled to re-
eeiye the bounty, was presented, recef0-
cd and ddopted.J ~ i.ittf' = q y -
sGiios la9-..sHoa 2-n - April 25, 1854.
- The rolls of soldiers enlisted and
mustered in, and credited to Ohio coun-
ty under the call OF the President of the
United States, dated Feb. 1st, 1854, to
fill the quota Of Ohio county, having
been adjusted by the Board of Super
visoEs OF said county, it Is ordered that
the President and Clerk OF, this Board
plaza of payment, 10 pay such as are
entitled to county bounty money ac-
corCiing 10 The rolls as thus 1Ci ijltsted.
Now please turn to the report and le-
gaIopiniuu of GEM JameSfS! Wheat, as
iexidance fithe 5udtciods care and, earl- 4
ton as well as Correct acton of the
Board q In that opinion we have the
following languages 81 enclose a list
of all the men credited to this county,
commencing on the 9th of February (be-
ing the day from and after which your
Board authorized the payment of boun-
ty) embracing both ,Fecruits and re-en-
listed men,. BY turning to this list
made ont and furnished by General
Wheat, IN response to an order of the
Board: which has been read to you, you
willlfind there every name that is con-
tained in the 0dFbLed report now before
YOU for adoption, except that of James
W.. Pierson. Now Pierson was paid
amongst the first under an order
of the Board in the presence of
and with the approval of 4ieut. Col.
Joseph Darr, jr,, uperintendent of the
recruiting service Of the United States,
and consequently paid correctly. And
| by turning to the list furnished by Col.
Darr, now on file and approved by the
Board on the 18th of April, It viii be
seen that Pierson was mustered in.o
the 18th of February. 7--y--
list that the other seven men whose
names appear in the report now before
you, were mustered in on the 18th day
| of February, Turn to Wheat's list
Near the close of Gen. Wheat's legal
opinion he says: 3I have come to the
conclusion to advise your Board to
pay the persons named in the enclosed
Now all these facts on file lin the
Clerks ohice were beforethe COMMITTEES
| of Investigation, and to the chairman
1.-the member from Center Township
lIthey were as familiar as household
Iiwords, having been a member of the
Board of 1854 iWhy, and for what PttI'.
pose, he has so sedulously y avoided these
\ facts, the existence of which he was
cognizant; when making outth report
4 Il leaveto be explained by himself.
4 1t is also proper to state here that du-
/ ring the progress of the laborious and
4 preplexing work of paying out the
bounty money, the Presidentand CLERK
of the Board were compelled 10 call up
j on GEN. Pierpoint and Col. Darr II
many instances for information. ars
And the Board and its officers owe &
1 great debt of gratitude to; those twoTur-
bane gentlemen for their uniform kind
ness in always appearing promptly be.
4 fore them, in person, when desired Il
do SO, and giving a Correct decision rs
4 to the date of muster in, and other i'm.
portant questions toue ching the payment
/ faYe stiII ,furtherieyidenee to bring
4 before you in proof of the ,untruthtul;
ness of this report, and viii next read
! to you the opinion Of f. p. Pierpoint
| Adjutant General OF this State, in ans
| wer to letter of inquiry Which nd.
dressed to him on the Sth inst. The
letter will explain itself: ~ st
/ THE STATE OF WEST YIRGINIA, 4.
4 ADJUTANT GEGERAn,s oFFIUE,1 ~
II WHERLING,s Jan. Sth, 1866 ~
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