The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-03-07

Allow TO all commissioned officers Tex
cept yourself J ten days additional tim,
after the disbandment of the troops, Il
enable them to make up and SETTLE
their accounts, etc. Tho object of thi,
order was TO allow to officers sufficient
time in which to prepare proper stat
and company muster rolls, to make out
and submit required reports, and make
up and settle their accounts: and this
allowance was deemed Mt the time to
10 but just and reasonable Major Ow.
ON was doing all he could TO wind up
the business, and | was doing ali
could, in the capacity of clerk, to assist
HIM. In this capacity | was rcqucstod
TO make out the certified vouchers
Commonly called "scrip') of Gen. Mil.
lor and his two aids, Bcllingor aud
Thompson, and was also informed that
u certain sum had been paid for the
travelling expenses of these gentlemen,
on their trip from Salem TO tho head.
quarters of the troops and back, for
which it WAS but just that there should
bc some reimbursement. | then refer
red to the act Of congress of July, 1870,
prescribing the pay and allowance Of
officers in the regular army, and found
that the mileage allowed under such
circumstances was not sufficient to Gov
er the travelling expenses Tho idea
occurred to mo that the only way to
covct these expenses was by tho nppli-
crttun of Ross ten day order, but ms
did not know what might be the viswa
OF Gen. Miller on the subject. aud us
was, moreover, ignorant Of tho exact
rank of Bellinger and Thompson.
wrote a private letter TO Gen. Millor
for information and instructions. /
had forgotten all about ever havin,
written such II letter until saw il fig
uring in the public prints, ~ IL part Of
the investigating committcse' report.
The letter was written hurriedly, with
no idea that il would eyer be- pub.
lishcd IN II newspaper, or that it would
over come under the notice of other
than Gen. Miller. OF course the object
OF the committee, in publishing this
private letter, as appears by their una.
ligIiant and uuwarrantablc comments,
WAS to injnre Dac IN the estimation of
my fellow men. But a. wrote the
letter with the single purpose of dis
charging my duty As best could, and
with no other thought, / am not
ashamed Of it, and will no~ produce 1t:
JACKSONVILLE. or. March u, 1873.
Dear Gene. Please inicrm me as to
the rank OF Bslllngor aud Thompson
Are they full Colonels or Colo.
nelHE Tho law makes "a difference Rs Ia
pay. In regard TO your expenses. Wish
to say that the law OF isT0 allows mileage
at the rulc OF 10 cents per mile u oIiicgr.
travelling under orders. aud nil other al
lOwEnCes arc prohibited. The mileage
from Saieni tO Jacksonville will not cover
your oApsnss's. Therefore. l think IL
would be- better that you DO allowed u few
davs eNirn time, say ten days. his j. alzo
tho opinion of your brother james. Iryou
concur Win us, ths I'sneTz viii br 1ut of
that Wav. QUINCY =. BROOKS.
10 GKS. JoHS =. MILLER salem. or.
The answer to the above letter was
written by Mr.. Gilfry, private sccrr-
tary, to Gov. Grover. mud reads as fol
lows:
sfAsE % oEE4ss. Esl=uTtsr oEtt-a.t
st2=a. April (. ls94.
QtiHeg 4 'ESso.E JI-ssgazsElr az =ssr. liz answer
ol March 81 ISIS ~hieil h,s irr FetgrrssI 1, lhts
Office. relative 70 Ihs rahk %: csFEaa oFus have o.
state that william Thompson s aid camp D the
military stan of ihe eIinsasos Ia chief. with the
rank Il lieutenant -z8.oiri commission bearing AEz
Fe1 u, isll during ths late volunteer service
Aahat the Ai@locs. he tFsnsisrfol pa lhe
ltia Of Maj i5r.s.encfai Miller aud tist 1. u
iicnor 's assistant ailutant gsnsrat tho s.aa 81
ia rGvt1rra J"hn r Miller. ~l1i the rack q Ut,-
conilissisn baaf.Hg date March T.
ZEN.
MiIlc- says Ia regard 10 extra rav. Tor y,s 2,
4 nj 5If-f rgFf in fhF M
very respectfully. yoir obesiisnt servant.
HENRY II. GiLrRy.
OF course the above italics are INV |
own. They are inserted for the pur. |
pose Of calling distinct attention to the
fact that in the matter of extra pay," !
! WIS instructed to exercise my own
judgment. The great fire mt Jackson
vile occurred April ;, 1873, and when
the above letter reached me, it received |
very little attention. for il found me |
''burnt out" with no Office. nor even |
blankets TO sleep in. The first thing
TO be attended to was to secure IL room |
in which to finish up the |
accounts. But before this could be |
done the "peace commission" was bro !
ken up by the massacre of a portion of |
its members, the war was renewed and |
the "second service" commenced. I'm.
der these circumstances the making out |
Of vouchers for Thompson, Bellinger
and Miller had to be- postponed to n
more convenient season but just as |
soon | could find time ! caused their
Scrip" to be made out, disallowing any
mileage, but allowing the ten days ex-
ira. There can be no mistake about
this, for the troops in the ''frst service"
were disbanded February ID, and the
of these gentlemen were
lrawn to include Feb. 18th, being in
language of Ross order '.just ten days
additional time"
1t will be borne in mind that, in this
matter, ! had been instructed to exer-
Use my own judgment. which j did,
and | guess my Judgment was about
level," at least | conclude so from the
following circumstances tirs4, the al
owance Of few days extra time was
necessary to cover the expenses of these
gentlemen on the trip referred to, the
mileage allowed by act of congress not
being sufficient second, the allowance
If few days extra time was neces-
'ary to cover the time employed by
hose gentlemen after the close of tile
service, in preparing their report of the
operation of the troops, ETC.; third, ten
lays extra time had been allowed to
I'll other commissioned officers, under
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