The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-01-10
Add Morgan raid claims
collected 4
si1i2008 20

si1i2,o05 % ,
Bcsijes these existing claims, tho
,um Of 81 .90l 500 Al had been pre-
seutcd aud paid during the war, ma
,ing total Of s3,012, ,S73 97 Of
,laims presented and prepared for
TO the United States
Treasury Department up to this timc.
Other claims are from timc to time
audited by the State Board, and the
above amount will be somewhat in
creased.
It will, Of course, be understood
that this statement only includes
claims for money expended by the
State Government, the reimbursement
Of which is asked under tho provis-
ions Of existing laws Of the United
States.
This amount Is mere trifc COM
pared with the totalexpenditurcs ofthe
State during the war for local bount- |
les. &c., Of which the grand total Off
,cially expended by corporate author
tiles, and excluding the immense pri-
vatc contributions Of every sort, Is
shown by the report Of the Adjutant
General to be more than sixty-fvc
millions Of dollars.
0ftho claims presented tothe Uni-
J ted States Government the sum of
S57, ,36s n was paid to neon account
Of the Morgan raid claims and car.
titled into the Treasury on the 9th of
May last.
0fthe claims for clothing and feed
ing volunteer, the sum Of S33l ,220 Oh
was, at the close of your session, re.
naming suspended in the United
States Treasury Department, for in
sufiiciency Of vouchers, or upon
doubts Of the Federal Auditors as to
the legality of the charge, Many Of
the iioms originated in the very be-
ginning Of the war, when tho routine
Of the army regulations could not pos.
sibly be complied with. Contracts
with private parties for subsistence of
troops had in several instances been
lost, and copies were required before
settlement could bo made, Other
vouchers were incomplete or wanting.
aud the notices Of tho suspension OF
the accounts by the United States do.
partmcnts were toe brief or vague TO
afford much assistance IN correcting
the errors. Meanwhile deaths, ro.
moyas from The state, and other cas-
ualitios, wcro compiicating the diff
Guilty Of procuring new vouchers, aud
diminishing the chances Of final sot.
tlcmeut, or at best the State was
losing the interest upon the large
sums due.
My own military experience assur-
cd mo that little progress would be
made in the settlement ofthis business
unless il could be personally attend.
cd to by an expert in the business Of
the Quartermastcr's and Commissa-
ry's Departments. An examination
Of the claims and the causes of sus--
pension had been begun by Gen. Day,
the Quartormaster General of the
State, but no appropriation for tue
salary Of that Office had been made at
} your adjournment, and the appropri
ations for tho other Offices would not
justily the employment Of compe-
tent person for this purpose, In this
. embarrassment the difficulty was solv
! cd by generous offer on tho part OF
81 l..-h n.s, 40 nontinne his lnhors
without salary until IL could be deter.
I mined whether such service could
hasten the collection of tho class Of
} claims specially belonging 10 bis dc.
par,lncnt. Tho result has justified
my hope, and of tho claims poouniari.
" belonging TO tho Quartormnster's
Department abouttwo-thirds, amount.
ing to SlS7, 009 33, have boen salts.
factorily corrected and settled with
tho United States Treasury, aud the
amount credited to the State on its
direct tax, whilst the other third is in
such a state of forwardness as to give
reasonable confidence in the carly
payment OF all that can in any manner,
be allowed under existing laws /
may properly say that know these
VieiuS eou'u uo' naNo ooou vo''eoteu
THIS year but Tor the course above ~
diea'ed, ana whore tho ultimate col
leetlon depends upon procuring
vouchers or testimony from great
numbers OF PERSONS ,me wall rapidly
diminish the prooaoill''es oil any set
Element, AS the United States allows
no interes : 'hat item alone upon thS
amount above reported as eoReeeed
TINS year, woS'u pay 'no s"'ary OF
competent omeer LOT more tnan nVe
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