The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-01

4 chAhft mhdc Win thcsc parties was uf
motion and discretion under orders Of the Secretary
the Navyi Al don't remember, think the orders
will tell
Q-is that all the answer that you will makci A
That Is all remember now. state as TACT Icnnnot
state as fact either one way or the other, because
don't remember distinctly whether those orders were
given by the secretary OF by myself
IA statement OF the disposition Of public property other
than reported in the annual reports viz that of
by sale. barter and exchange since July T. 1871 was
here shown tO witness
Qrha being the list furnished to me BY the Bureau
oi Construction and Repair, viii you examine III
The witness answered after examination of the state.
mcntl
Al think orders were given for rerollng
Q-Now, there being written orders do from the
Secretary OF the Navy authorizing or directing you to
make such barter and exchange have to repeat were
these sales aud exchanges made without his knoaig or
diaholiu or o0ns,uf A.-fhiak Nt
Odd he direct them to be donci A-That canno,
state positively. but think the orders given my
bureau were ~ tie 10 -,fionof The ,i,J.irinpnL
ON other words there appears TO be a deposition Of
alargo amount Of public property and desire to know
the fact whether 1t done by you under the direction
Of your chief or BY your own dscreuonf A-weu,
have answered that by saying ihiak he oes. but
am not positive about that kAoe that ga, not without
| nj, knoe'eige
Q-Parucuary in relation TO the material that was In
the Amphitrc, Terror, Monadnock. Puritan aud Man.
touomo Was that not done bS direction Of the sccIcia
~ OF the Navy A-Ihmt sd done " he Seoetty " n,
Mary. but cannot say positively.
o. observe again that certain vessels were sold al
private salc-that u TO say not at public aucuonto wit
the severn Nevada, and Roanoke, ~ Joms Roach ami
the Delaware to NAr Mckay state all Won know abou,
this matter AAitcr being exposed to public aucuoni
Q-Aiter being exposed to public auetion. and the hd
not conhrmedi Al presume 80. Tue record will tell
Y -siate all you know about these matters i
no, make statement without ron, shiug my memory As
to dates Ac.
o-was tho sal. Of tho delaware advc,u.cly -sbc
Wa. atv,r,t.,a ,,n,.
o-Bu, when m. .,le wa. naas ,o Mr. v,K.v VA.
that ad,,rtiscdf A-she was a .uuk,n vessel think
ap,i d.. >s,,, ,,,i Mr. N.k,,,. oa.r Ia h. accented
ON .c,nunt AFT I'm. ury.ut n.e.s.,tv of having h.r "a
moy,d
owa. ,ha, .,le 10 Mr. M,k.y advertised, Al
A,sk .a
o-wAs tn, sal, of ia. Nevada Ia JoaH RoAcn adyer
| usdf A-Ithiuk II ua.. that i. nv iinpr,s,ion
ott,n, nj, ,,'r ,,,r oe,cn ,,,,,, 10 .ho,,
II Uher, would nr,o, ., that Ia, found, in IN. news
| paper.
GLOW can Won account for the fact hat the records
q, ,ou, ,.e. 40 not hos. M i ,hink tn.v ought ,o
| .haw,
o-.,hoU,ns .taten,nt 10 vitncs.,-were No, tho
Nevada ami severn transferred to JoHS Roach IN
mcnt Of the nahiliucs Of Your bureau to hiui A -
No. THINK # wa, TO 40 ON account q, IA. WORK that
! he had DOM,
o-or was d,ipgi Or was doing
| o-Then # the wor. had been done A. would h, IN
d,sehars, OF those lata,u,s would # nott Ayes ar
O why w,r. not the proceeds Of tAo.s vessel, Gov
| cred in,e Tho Tf,a.ury, -laont knoy can MAX.
I'M. exnlanaton tha, nrolally tie material. w.r. Ia m
used IN the work that h. had TO do toward repairing
| other ye,.,l.
o-wh.n did YOU drce, the building Of the Manic
| nomoh T,rr.r Nonadnock An,ui.,tr,t. AMI Puritanf
| Al don't remember
Vas the binding of thos. vessels with out the An
thor,v AMI di,,rton AZ IN. Secretary Of III, Nav,
| Az, "a, IA,ok,.t
| % hid he s,ye ANY direction about Al vhat.y.rf
| A-In,sk h, ~
! ma H.. knov, that Won Uer. going 10 destroy the
old ones and deliver their materials TO the contractors,
! IN, k,,,. OBJ, n, ay.,, fra.sAtsa,
o-Who dir.,,.d the maxim. II the last contracts in
February and March 1871 An. s.e,sstr ~ n, NeD
o-At the tine YOU directed the rebuilding Of ose
vessels. were not the old once IN existence and at differ
ent potnt, ffon, whore tie rebuilding was soins onf A.
Yes / think 90
Q-Vnder what authority OF law wa. thi, rebuilding
don,f Al A.t Ae.e ia. ge,s ,au a,g aah1fy " k.r
but there were precedent, Tor it knew VI uo law
AgAinst A.
Q-I uuder.tanl you to say that you DO not
the date At which you ordered dire ted the r,budiu.
OF those yes.clsi Al do not remember the date.
Q-Nor that you had any other law than that OF prece
dents To govern you g,lns direction 10 Tebuid them
Al think not
GLOW came Your bureau to be involved IN an amour
of nleht.duc,,i Imean Tor approved bulls a. shown b.,
the ur sent S,crear, Of the Nav, in hs report o. con
srcs,e A-Morc bills accumulated than what We Ia,
nupropriatons for
O-In other words YOU exceeded your Gprropri ttoui
Ale. ~; a "a. .lanieL
Odd Won submit at any time the state Of Your Appro
pri.ton Ia ia. s.cretarvf Al 0,ak IdM
o-D,d Won call his attention lust urior TO the maxim
OF the contracts with Roach CKAAr and others TO tn
fact that Their was no ADEQUATE to the ul
nliuent of the contracts then being nader Al thnl
these were additional contracts
Q-That is one fact but did you call the ntion o
the Secretary to the state Of your Appropriations A.
tLtnk .,
Odd You then represent to him that your bure
was indebteGi Al cannot saw that represented /
w.sntaL because il was very dite ult TO tell whe IN
crit was indebted or not We could not tell the amour
for three month, after We Attempted to get up our &C
count.
o-Asa matter Of fact did Won not approve and orlc
the navment Of great many bill. from the month U
November 1876 T. the date of vour retirement from t
bureanf A Il nr.,ume so. from 1876
oTbe rec or four months that YOU were in thu
oncef Al presume did, a good many bills were pal
Turing th,, time
oA,t sgrost ,.rv a,nrovod IN n, ware unnaid, A
i r.,p,e 90 tbiuk there ia list of those that mad
a.. ~.