The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-18
WASHINGTON.
The Recruiting SerVice..Ceneral
Army Order.
WAsnMGToN, September IL.

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WASHINGTON, September 10.
The following general order has Just
been issued from the headquarters of the
army: The western superintendent
Of the general recruiting service, under
charge Of Col. r. 8. Granger. OF the 2lst
infantry, Newport Barracks, Ky, is here.
by discontinued, The commanding of.
lcer OF the department at Newport Bar.
racks and officers in charge Of the several
rendezvous of that superintendency will
hereafter make their reports, returns, &C.,
to the Superintendent Of the General Re.
cruiting Service, New York City. Col.
Granger wlll.transfer the recruiting funds,
property, records, SO, for which he Is
responsible to Col. j. G. Davis, Superin.
tendent ol the General Recruiting Ser.
vice, New York, and proceed by October
10, 1871 to join his regiment
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HODGE DE-.
FALCATIoN,
The attempt Of the Pay Department to
loist upon the Treasurer's office the re.
sponsibility of the Hodge dehlcation, IS
regarded by the Treasury officials as en-.
tlrely unWarranted by facts, The most
complete refutation Of the allegations
against the Pay Department Is furnished
by tho fact that a gentleman connected
with the Pay Department, who Is now en-.
gagged In investigating the Hodge &C.
counts, has been In the habit of calling
upon tho TIeasurer's office tor balances
reported to the credit Of the paymaster,
nV,I h0a In anNaRnl tnutaNana aI L.
request, been furnished with the state.
ments Of the balances held by the Treasu.
rer to tho credit of Hodge. The officers
of the Treasury claim, with much appa.
rent justice, that their function In the
matter Of disbuEsing officers funds are
confined TO the saEekeeping Of the money
deposited, and 10 their payment on genu.
inc and proper checks, and that they are
in nowise responsible for the misappropria.
tion OF funds which have been withdrawn
from their custody by dIsbursing officers,
who render no account to them, and are
not in the slightest degree under their
control.
The Secretary OF War to-day notified
the Treasury officials that II II was the
intention Of the Treasury Department TO
proceed against the New York bankers
who were engaged with Hodge in
his late transactions in Wall street, that
the Paymaster General has q mass Of evi.
dence concerning the relations between a
banker and the paYmaster, which is AZ
their disposal.
UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN CLAIMS
COMMISSION.
WAsHNGToN, September II.
Tho United States and Mexican Claim
Commission Is expected to resume It's
session this week. One hundred and fifty
cases have been submitted by Mexico
against the United States, claiming In the
aggregate tour million and half dollars
damages In Sack Bagdad. This subject is
expected to be disposed ofin week or ten
days One hundred and fifty similar
cases is also pending, claiming in sggre.
gate eleven million, two hundred thOus-
and dollars damages in Sack Piedras Ne.
gros in 1856. The town having been in
Vaded by the United States troops in pur.
suit Of hostile Indians. The United States
took much pains iu procuring OtF5eting
proofs, having sent an agent to Mexico
for that purpose.