Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-12
Pan Of the Great Christian soldier.

Rall OF the Great Christian Soldier"
oEN. o. o. HOWARD, ACCUSED OF STEALING LARaE
SUNS OF MONEY AND oBsTRAcrING VALUABLE
PAPKRs.
The Secretary of war has finally transmitted to
the House Of Representatives, serious and very
damaging charges against Gen. o. o. Howard.
ThA letter makes direct accusations OF flaud and
uAAlfsAsAnce. These charges will be read with no
lice surprise and modification by those who have
bsen accustomed TO regard Gen. Howard, only as a
ppomlEeut aud active Participant in religious en-
eaPHsel and to hear him spokeno as the Christian
Soldier. he is another Of the Saints who would
make the world believe they could engage in the
work OF the devil and the despolation Of the poor
whites Of the South and still preserve his christian
purity. OF the latter commodity General Howard,
II is likely never possessed more than sufficient to
keep him from offending while at his devotional
exercises
Ne MAKE few brief quotations from tbe ON q.
1nunlcaton OF the Secretary Of war:
The late Commissioner, Brigadier-Gen. o. o.
Howard, U. >. has been promptly informed Of the
absence Of important records and Of the upI'arent
exhibits against him, with view 10 his offering
OxplAbAtionB and supplying the missing records
How fAr hS has done this will appear BY cores
Donoonco printed III the rep0rt6 In item.
stated at Sl2l mot accounted for 1T will be seen
that the accounts cannot be produced, and no al
tempt has been made to prove what has become
Of the money. Accounts, covering the in part; are
alleged ts have eXlSted, but the dsbursng officer,
George W. Bailocb, has stated that as they were
not considered OF much importan re, they were moi
kept in the cases with ths other accounts The
said accounts have disappeared, and ii seems that
neither the late Commissoner nor the late dlsburs
ing othcer eau account for their disappearance
hNn a kan ka -
As 70 the misapplication Of public funds the
records are in evidence and these Irregularities s
and violations oflaW, seemingly, have had much
10 DO with the confusion Of the records, their de-
fecuVe condition, and the almost entire susper-
sion OF work by the late Bureau. The Tesponsi-
bllty and accountability attaching to the late
CommifsioneT 60 far as now developed amounts
to upward of $27s, ,573 GO, and may be stated un-
der the following headings
Claimed by cOlored claimants, who ALICE that
they have not been paid their pay and bounty al
though the records of the Treasury Department
show the settlement Of the claims, aud vouchers
have been flled by the late Bur.au as evidence
Ofthe payment Of S3S. .sss 80
Second Defalcation Of 81. Clair Mandeyille,
Ss,503 90.
TA,rd Dedication ofO. C. French, reduced 10
0S,OlA 81.
Fourth DsfAIcation Of B. P. Runkle, 1878 "A.
Ftth Acknowledged by Geo. w. Balloch 10
have been paid TO b. p. Hunkle 10 reimburse the
latter for mistakes made by his agents In paving
bO1nties to the wrong parties, 81 1891 OS.
StSth Due by the late Bureau In consequence
OfNegal double payments and certain accrued
interest, several thousand dollars.
Seventh : Irregular fund. called retained
bounty fund, under the act of March 2. 1867. moi
accounted for, upward of SI2l, 900. -
Etghh AlsaPplicaton Of public funds and
nliDg voucher with the accounts covering a GER
tan @on1h Uhen payments were made an a prior
3Onth-misapplication S36, ,3l4; vouchers cover
ing the time subsequent TO the actual state of
RaEns1t, ana therefore erroneous, s7SyO4s total,