New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-06-11

headouarers before he President, il missing IN
reply to me cher Dapers in the Mar Depart-
menti" Gen. Townsend replied, yes sr, Know t1ae
while Gen Badeau was on duty in the White House lhe
10 now ON the retired list believed he IA ConsulGene.
raj to Liverpool he IT, however, Dorhe upon Tue ~
Witch p ipest Which was in April seS was directed
verbally y the secretary OF War, Gen Rawlne to loan
me- nj ;iaTv ,noyeTnehts THey we're taken the Execu-
tive Mansion where he was then ON duty. Some time
snhseGuent 10 that-I think perhaps year aferward
again. / had q search made for them. They stood
tbeirs having been returned He declared that
he had delivered them TO Gen. Breck, together
with a number of other papers; ! called upon Gen:
Breck VINO was Assistant Aditant 10 charge OF
a branch Of the duties OF the AojutantGenerals
ofice' and aske, bm for Information concern,
ing these papers; he said they we're not returned
at the lime those we're. Continuing his testimony,
Gen. Townsend said: At that time Gen. Grants
oGlec was kept separate from the Acknowledgements;
bnt that since sherman has been IN conand OF me
army the papers have been In the custody OF the Au
General: they are kept in books separately but
are under the custody OF the AdJutantGeu lnsteau
formerly: Ihaye an ndexbouk. in which every letter
is entered by contents It's date, and the name OF the
o.. Where is that letter booki A. II Is missing.
Gen. II. V. Boynton-The correspondent OF nc tt.,-
nag 6a1fue tes1Js e We re House 10 examine certain
documents pertaining TO the contemplate ivlOtai o.,
cen Badeau I'M his Office at White House, where he
had in several chests the various records peIuss 10 e
War Department. aud to the headquarters OF tue army
some OF them we're leerpress cOpyDOohs OF Vuers bud
dispatches sent out from the headquarters OF the army
others were ledgers I'm which the orders ana uplchrs
of lie headquarters of the army at City Point had been
copied aud Of the letcrpress DOoks Dei9hgng 10
the War Department in some branches, do not
exactly remember which; in turning his several
books over Gen. Badeau caled NV, attention
M tbe fact thar i'm several places ten dozen pages
had been sliced ont These we're taken from the letter
press copy-boOks belonging to the army, ana on the
stub was written in pencil Taken ny Neu. haleek,
specified whom Gen. Badeau said was an officer
OF Gen. Halecks staff reeoi ne that one Oh
faaua nrff referred
between Gen Haleck and Cen kosehcrailz IN me len
campaign, about which uele was 5000 aeal Oh
dispute then at another place looked az the index,
ana my conclusion was that the muatou was IN REFER
ence 10 the correspondence between 1Sn hSecs ana
battle OF Iuka or second battle OF COil1lh further
on the same witness says; Gen; Badeau t t}
me he was engaged in writing the second volume OF the
life of Gen. Graut, and he had great many documents
there for that purpose had statement from Gen
Badeau, in his own writing that Gen Haeck did abb
strac good many documents pertaining 20 the records
Further along, Gen. BoyntOn testlhed, should say
there were at least four pine chests OF documents
there belonging to the War Department Some were those
OF the headquarters OF the army proper, some were
records of the headquarters OF the army when war at
City Point L have however, good reason to suppose
that the portion Of the record pertaining to the removal
of Cen Thomas not in the record at the War Depart
ment Some fifteen dispatches ON Cen Ihonass side OF
the controversy were not furnished 70 me- although Gen.
Badeau assured repeatedly that he had furnished me
everything that was in the records pertaining TO that
subject. -, ,,.,.,
Court he took tie records the War Department in
trunk that in 1895 he went 10 the Department. and OBJ
tanning II
umcnts but that recent visit, he Was informed
that the documents had disappeared.
The Secretary OF War testines that he saw the trunk
few days before he testified and that there was nothing
IN it.
The testimony OF Ross Cunningham, clerk in the de-
uartmept as the In which the records OF the
department were furnished to Badean is interesting,
il shows that not only did Gen. Badeau, Ia writing his
history OF Cen Grant have facilities denied TO other and
beA authors IN procuring documents but also that he
was aided by the clerical force Of the Government III
making copies and doing writing TO assist 10 his work
Q. What do you know, II anything aboupapers being
dean in writing his hlstoryl A. Well le! me make
reply to that stand In singular way In that matter
and still know what done with the records as far
as Badeau concerned, still did not DO IT, was
cognZant OF IT, When Badeau went 10 the Court or ST.
James as Secretary of Legation he handed me letters
authorizing TO go into the Acknowledgements once
or wherever could find records touching the operations
OF the army Of the United States, letters ndorsed by
War and by the Acknowledgement He said: Keep
such as you wish TO have did so, though
did not copy myself; asked Gen. Townsend 10 give
me a detail OF General Service clerks, and he did soi
Army Of the United States as knew would be OF in
trnsc value and had them copied; have several such
letters from Gen Badeau now come TO The lost records
when Badeau assumed the position he held at the Court
of St James he TO me and said he wanted the OPP
peratons OF the army from Centreyio, beginning with
the Departments of the Gulf aud Potomac Mississippi
and Middle Virginia, North Carolina the Department OF
Washington, and the West Mississippi all these pack
ages were handed TO Gen Badeau.
@. Were the original packages handed TO hml A.
o. Where are they nowi A. I cannetsay.
q What were they A. Reports OF proceedings OF the
army.
Department is 10 the effect but like the testimony
Of the previous witness he knew nothing Of the Buell.
records