, 1874-01-12
Five SSths Of the Appropriations fol
s1:ac Fiscal Year Expend.
- cd by Oct. l. i.
Th' : Spanish Complication a Cove
: -. for Previous Eztrava-
gan0H,
Caleb Cushing's Nomination Not Welt
Received by Administers -:
tion Senators.
Investigation Us to the Loss at eea NJ
the Virgin:us.
MIR. Hnrlbut's Bill for n NM
tiona1 Freight Railroad.

MIR. Hnrlbut's Bill for a NM
tiona1 Freight Railroad.
speeiat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune,
NAVAL ENL1sTs1EHrs.
WASHINGTON. D. G.. Jan. 11.-On last Fridnv.
Mr. Beck, Of Kontueky, introduced a resolution
asking that tho Secretary of tho Navy be d.
reatod to inform tho House how many, il auy. Of
tho 15oo mon sought to be added temporarily to
the Navy by tho bill now pending in tho Senate
OF the United States, which passed tho House Of
Representatives Doc. 0, 1873, have boon enlisted,
giving tho dRte Of said onlistmonts, and the
amount expended in consequence thereof; and
TINT ho fufthor inform tho House how much Of
tho appropriation mado for tic fiscal year end
ing June 3Q. 1874, was expended prior to Jan. l,
1871; and tint ho further inform the House
how much of tho =, 100000 appropriated by tho
present Congrcss has heon expendod.
and for what purposes. Tho resolution
was ngrcod to without debate or ouea-
ton. by Bou1e mems rumor has
obtained credit TINT on tomorrow reconsider
ation of the notion would DO moved, With hope
OF voting it down. III anticipation Of such ac-
tlon, Alr. Beck has prepared statement of the
circumstanccs which, 1od to tho introduction of
tho roaolution. which dieclosos tho existence Of
REMARKABLE 6TATE or AFFAIRS.
When Secretary Robeson. on tho 9th Of
December, wrote to Garfield, Chairman
Of tho Committee on Appropria-
tions aaking that hc be authorized to
enlist mon, ho used tho following Language: II
find, on royiow of my letter to the Speaker, that
I omitted to ask TINT Congress- giye mo tue
necessary authority to onlst men boy3ud tho
limit fixed by law. I shall bo Obliged, in order
to mn tho ships now fitting out, to excepd tho
limit BY about 1900 or 2, 600 men, and this ex-
cess should be authorized. The number of mon
ean be reduced at my timo by discharges when
they are. not neoded."
On last Thursday whilo the Nnval Appropri.
alton bill WAS under consideration, question
| arose with regard to this matter Of onlistiug a
large number OF new men, pending tho discuss
| aion OF Nhch Mr. Garfield made tho followins
- -. EXTRAORDINARY srArEs1EHr:
~ think gentlemen aro laboriug Under
miaapprehonson ns to matter Of fact, The
secretary OF tho Navy sont In letter to thu
house OF Representatives, sc.ting forth
lhat when tho emergency arose u
took the authorlty-assuned it, in order
TO moot an emorgency--of increasing the
number OF enlisted mon in the navy up I'd
1o,oo0 that in doing 80 lie exceeded the law,
and he laid tie fact before Congress- and asked
Congress- to pass condoning law and to grant
IN additional sum OF money to pay for tho Gu.
Istmcns OF the additional mon. He asked the
Committee OIL Appropriations to logalizo his 40.
ton, but tho Committee told him thai
they could giyo htm an appropriation,
but could not III at appropriation Bit
logalize what be had done contrary to law, and
| TINT ho had better cal upon tho Naval Commit
tee to bring III condoning act authorizing tho
action Of this Temporary increaso Of tho navy
a1r: Garfield continued: "Wo referred that vor1
letter to tho Committee on Naval Affairs, ane
tLoy brought in bill not to provide for q per
manent iuerease of the navy, but to condone
emergency"
THE nEonETAnY's HEAL oFrESsE
AZ vii! bo soon, tho Secretary of tho Navy
nude no sucl, etaten,ont az that attributed t:
| him by Gon Garfield, and tho wllo1c discussion,
OF the affair at the time the bill passed til.
House proceeded upon tue assumption that the
not dono 30, aud would not do 10 until law a,l
b. b. cSSngress Nov, N, i it.. is Is. seou Tia:
clothed. ndpaid thom; that Gen. Garfield, cor
lnittee on Nayal AtIairs. presumably, knew TINT
this was tho case when tho bill WAS passed Dy
LIS k1uua0 QH 1tE uuA tllHk lup4 Ekuul0u63
concealed their knowledge Of 1t. This corlaiuly
places these gcntlenon iu q worry singular posi-
tiou. What IL still more remarkable ia, TINT the
reports aud boolss Of the Secretary Of tho TREAD
ury show the following
CONDITION or THE NAVAL ACCOUNTS:
ffrstCThnt tho appropriation nado last
March "for the pay Of tl4o navy alone, for tia
a. scs! s!5 yoaG oap ending Juno 80 1874 amounted te
Secoad-rhat thoro was expended Of tha
amount. which could be used lawfully only tc
pay tic officers and mon Of tho navy, up to and
including tho 1st Of Octobor last, which was tAe
e.ld Of the first quaster Of tile fiscal yoar, 3d.
1ntrd-That there romainod unexpcudod on
tho 1at Of Inst October, applicable to tho three
remaining quarters Of the tlscal year, only lit
tle over 81 200, 900.
WHAT WAS DONE WITH THIS MONEY
remains to bo Boeu. Some small part of it,
doubtless mp to flint tinlo, remained over In
tile hands Of naval dlsbursng officers. but thero
is no doubt that the most Of 1t had been c1-
Hopecd for somo bvrRoso Or other; Az
oruit 500 or 2,00D mon, tho inforonco IL warrant
cd that ho would not hesitate ut committing
aucl other unlawful acts rs Ills fancy or regard
for tho lntorosts ot tho Administration might
private behalf. Especially would ho fool fsoo to
do thus upon tho consideration of tho cirrun1-
stance that Ao would he able to command the u.s.
sistanco Of some OF tho most influential mem-
bora Of the House when lo found OCCASION to
llAyo hH offenHoH
"CoHDoNED" ny coNonrss
II, az has boon anticipated, motion is malo
TOMORROW to reconsider tho vote by which Mr.
Docks resolution was agreed to- that gontleman
Viii make tho abovo statement, eogethor with
other facts that hayo come to his knowledge
tho mastor, which will put tho
lenders Of the lIonso to their trumpa.
Tho fact that over S50000Q0 OF tho $0.250,-
Of October, 1878. aud tint ut thas time there was
ITO intimation or doa TINT any auoh trouble M
tho Vlrginius affair would occur. wl,oreby m
unusual draft upon tho fund wou!tt bo warranted,
valiant any hnrtlv tnr WIN nrestdna nynr TIM