Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-25
THE WAR OFFICE INyESTlGArION.
The Test isn Ouu To.duu.


The Committee on Expenditures p the
War department met to day at Is minutes
past IL O'Clock.
Gen. McCook was recalled. He asked that
his testimony be corrected in so far as he
said that Gen. Reynolds had acknowledged
TO him, that he had been
PRESENTED WITH HOUSE.
witness said on this point: He told me that
be had told Gen. Sheridan, at q visit he
made TO San Antonio, that tt was q present
TO him; l inferred that the citizens OF San
Antonio presented il to him until / after
wards asCeTtained that IL had been presented
10 blm by army contractors. Witness also
said that he had spoken 10 Gen. Ekin, the
Quartermaster at San Antonio with respect
To the general bad reputation OF his clerk
Cheney. Witness also stated that since he
had been In Washington or prior to his COM
ing here, he had never made any statements
concerning this business until one day on
the floor OF the House Gov. hrockmOrton
ASK ed where the report witness made in 1871
could be found. Witness replied in the War
q. DO you know why Gen. Reynolds
moved his headquarters from Austin to San
Antonio?
A. Only what heard, that the citizens
of San Antonio held a meeting, and IL was
said $4,000 would bring the headquarters
over there.
John II. Charles sworn:--Resides in Sioux
City, Iowa; had license To trade at the
Cheyenne agency. Witness explained that
be took an assignment ofthe goods of Durfee
q -
amount of money, and cOntinued:-I then
wrote to the Indian department for
License AS INDIAN TRADER.
L didn't hear from the application and
came to Washington and asked Commits
siOner Smith why he didn't answer my let
ter. he said l would appoint you but You
know how these matters are arranged.
afterwards made an agreement at Sioux
City to sell Orvil Grant my goods at several
of the posts where goods were which L re-
ceived by the assignment from Durfee &
4
Grant objected to purchasing some agri-
cultural implements.
A letter was read which had been written
TO President Grant by Charles complaining
that his license was revoked for trailing on
the Missouri river, and Orvil Grant was
given the licenses for all the posts on that
river.
q. What was done with the letter?
A. think the President referred IL to his
brother Orvil. Mr.. Smith told me couldn't
get the licenses I wanted for reasons L well
knew. l told the President the substance of
the letter which wrote him when Senator
Allison was present. He said well have
fixed that thing, and 1 don't propose TO
changeit. He bit of the end of his cigar as
IL he didn't like me a bit. Ny license at
Cheyenne was revoked by telegraph by the
Indian agent. Idldn't acknowledge the re-
ceipt OF the telegram, but
CAME TO WASHINGTON
and had an interview with the President. l
called on General Belknap while / was in
Washington. Idiscoursed the question of my
wrongs with him after / failed 10 get IL
cense. He said that the Indian licenses were
not in his department and he couldn't help
me, that 1t was out of his power. SUPPOSE
that IL had offered to take in
oRvIL GRANT AS PARTNER
l could have gone on and traded. We didn't
meet In that kind of spirit.
"A. Because We were both after the same
chestnut.
@. He got it, didn't be?
A. Yes, he got it. The agreement made
between Orvil Grant and myself, TO have
him buy Durfee x Peck's goods, which had
teen assigned to me, was signed by Grant
for Bonaffin d Co.
@ Do you know of Orvil Grant telegraph
Ing TO the Sc cretary of the Interior about the
Standing Rock agency and saying, Ray
mond is cur man, he is all rigdt?"
A. have heard OF such telegram; never
saw IL.
George ". Phelp, sworn.-Was appointed In
1874 military trader. AT the time I made
application FOR the piece John II. Charles
was the occupant; my appointment cam
from the Interior department. / saw Pre.i-
dent Grant about the place, and he said |
Should have the appointment.
q, Do you know how Charles license was
revoked?
A. do not only from rumors. i under
stand his license was revoked by telegraph.
OWL Grant did no; help me to secure my
appointment.
DIDN'T DIVIDE AND YET HE LOST MONEY
y. Chedrly swOrn:-Was post trader al Fort
Davis, in Texas, and held il up to 1874; was
appointed on the recommendation of Sena-
tor Wright and Judge Loughrdge, OF Iowa;
my brother succeeded me at the post. IL was
not prof table post and lost money.
q. Did Hedrick help you TO get the ap-
pOintment?
A. don't know but what he did; think
he signed my paper; paid no money TO any
one to secure my appointment; was person
ally acquainted with Secretary Belkuap be-
fore he entered the army. 1t only cost me
postage stamp to get 1t, and If had known
what now know IL would not have cost me
that much; paid political assessment in
1872 of 600.
A LETTER TWO YEARS AGO.
IL Gordon Daniels swOrn:-Wituess was in
teIrogated with reference TO a letter ne wrote,
printed in 1874 in the New York World set
ting forth that not only Orvil Grant, but Mr..
Dent, brother in-law OF the Presinent, was
interested in a valuable trading post. The
letter also set forth that If the facts were
known il would be shown that the Grant
family were drawing about 800 600 year.
Witness said In 1871 Gen. Dent was post
trader at Fort Union, in New Mexico; il was
one OF the most valuable posts, with one or
two exceptions, in the country.
The witness was being examined when our
report closed.
NAVAL ORDERS Chaplain David II. Trl-
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