, 1877-10-06
MOTHS IN TIE ARMY.
t3rn. McCltitan'a Cnnncctlon With the swim.


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Inc uetalia OF Inc seat'ua'ous eoWlcss brcea
Il Cn. A1ur were uneartllcl hy the inycssigat-
t.R committee healed by Representative lIics-
,rr rty,ncr ,xo. ,b,,; .pono.cd that ihc In.
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au15 "'uaa p.nfhch LUG eha'astei ~ se'eta'
cnlt'eht Republicans IT. "as also hofra " the
Betntrrats that It would wholly destroy sttEc.
tarv prlk,,at,. during wt,t,se a,lmin.trnff.,n of
~ Wv A'.t". ''1'. ~ 49,. >', ,'
buel''eak nonFsnca' AS II 1u'nca "u'' h'"ete''
no barty purpose wis served hy III" invcstisa'
t[o1, and Mr.. f3clki.ap Ha4 antficicntay cxtin-
opt.ho,1 hv +hc ,1cvc,o,,mcnt. IN thr most.
..a1"rs,,ta ,,,.o.,,,a,ss,n. II .r,s ori,a,,
ata"e'sa!P "'seh.'Eat'o'''' - "as e''"e'.
that II nlylUdy villa /" hc aahas,ca
hy ttfling the scandal conncctel with tho
Observation-Disclosures contract. IL w.ulL lie
nr,,v ,t;Ircr. T,,crc w,e abundant cvf,tcncc
"."5 o''t.'e W.. "As '., 1"a"1n' .'. y. ..s'
t"at INC extcrm'fia''"s .teeafAion' e !" "a'
ealea n1 =, w. faseS, a, . et" ~ r.a;',.
cre 1ut rcn, otcb cf1t,tt, ,rcrc ,nadt, IL fr,r
t,,a' ,as.sn,, ,'.', tI,o yar i,,n,r+ ,,,ont rvrr
NV usno,I -. up",, s"s w. ~, w., .f.,,.
Congress l!aA paid s25V,oD for the use u tho
,rc saratJop, III The su,n1ncr of ts1,, tfcn after
m saycrsc r,t,,r. ,,nt,,, tl.. subt,rt. au after
' .. ."he -. 1" ,,'.ra.t. ,.,,
military commission was ordered torepost up"o
! the inattes. The Co1nrnk.Io1, was curnposcd III
| Zen. k,sus INGALLS,, Of tho (luartcriuaster's
ri fUNff fSpr. X, IT, Marcy. and {.H1. lrN.
T6p TT6 senors ii fay"r II II new sDitract wns ufas..
i,t,nrs nni, thr wnrL nY s,,nnlyinv thr military
t.ntf,i,,t. t1entta with The urgnartt!o, was rr-
| ku,uru. 10 arIct,siy WIS tnc busttlces prcs5cd
| INT whcn Ciy,ncr'a cotntuiitre Ipvan to !uyce
tr"tr tIn niiuir in 1t;,;. tlry f,uul That sl4y.
iii, Ind hcct, midi 10 Inc contractors. Cnwj.s,
ircyo 4. (,o fur t,rrtcryIn- artnr clothing from
,noti,. M mi "lrw' e'
Thrr" ncf.i have lrcn uthfnr al,ont ths to
trorni;r rrtuork If Il lid moi bcrr evident from,
lin irst lint sotne,iiinr was bcIpr rnyrrci tn
iy tio.c interested ii tic sontrnct. Mr. Don
| rtatf. w1m, arfta M A Inr,l arnnt for CuwIrs,
i,r"ra' 4. ~ wns ra,lrl iefur'. tIynm+rfs fnn-
,n.i."c H. .h,Srrtt ,,1ut r,lc. nf;', tn testify.
fn". a,1,l IL was ontr by dlnt VI lard work that
n,;v snIhi fncts yer, drawn from him. Evident.
tIrrc was cuttccalmcnt uF essential tytdemc.
| 'FIrs. ihInvs lnweytr were nrtyyc,I: TEc moth
tiifirt, fir,m n,a,fc u,ntract with t}cn, UCurcr
| Il Wrt;iclian dated huy. i, lsT3. br whJei, It
III at',.',uts ~ rccriyyd run, III. Cuitci States
War iIrnnrttnrrt fnr the Irrscrrntin u nrn,y
einthtng l,y tic afo,essItl nrocrss; III November
ri thnt ysar jcu, McClGjla,,'s ncrrtn.auo ~
nj, nprreu1rnt IL that effect was sent to
ht,n hv lin Marcy. Mcclellan. fatl,rr-
in.lox. and meTnbcr OF Tic Examining
lizards, a. aiore stated; and, lastly, four cl,crks
| drawn hy tic nfprcsaii contractors. uf which tlu
.iatra .i,,tiers. AMI ntnuI,ts wrrr prlntr., In
tli. i;nss Vi Ost, O. loiu, were trarrA to
MrC,rllsr1. Thcsg checks aggregated sI,s;5;
nj IN May i. 1s;1. thu tnotfl.kflilns. cuf,.
srac,ars m s",,t tn Gen. Fnrnlls \ Jruit vi, New
rarI t1r 81 if1I viii, thc rtnni,otjc rta.r1lfeut
tlat il was t,ot 10 Lp deducted from McElcltan's
dividend. nn,l thnt It would tc unnecessary to
mcmillan Tic matter up lin. III tlefa,tlt of INV
ninrr "xnianntinu. this would tmlIcatr that
MI f,or III, nt1t,,,nt nj hfs s1,pn1srl intl,tcncs
With his fnthrr.,u.law, Gcl,, Marcy, received 10
rcr cent on The Cross revenue iru1n tho moth
il,,n,, sontract. ant, tint Ur, ingalls, nis, re-
fHa,' i.,n traecd tn him In ons 1,aytncn,. C;y,acrs
Cun,tnittcc also brought nut tic fact than Dom