Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-08-05
Letter from Lieut.. .TObie-He steps
upon the Forgery Charge.

PROVIDENCE, r. L., Aug. lst, 1879.
To the Editor Of the hennebec Journal:
received by private letter from Augusta
night before last. word that the Lewiston Ca
zette and other papers are charging you with
forgery in the matter of publishing Daviss
record written by me. day or two after it,
publication, | received a note from the Maine
Standard office, inquiring whether wrote it or
any part of it, stating that its authenticity
was doubted, and saying the last paragraph
seemed to conflict with my note to Capt W
II. Waldron. To this | wrote the follow ing
reply:
PROVIDENCE, July l4th, 1879.
Gro. c. BOOMER, Esq,
Maine Standard Office
DEAR SIR Yours of the 18th with an ar
ticle from the kennebec Journal of Il e same
date. entitled The War Record Hon.
Daniel +. Davis" is received In reply |
will state that the article enclosed was writ
ten by me, and so far as can tell from a
careful reading, ereJy rord Of IL. At least
discovered no errors in it. cannot see anv
seeming conflict between ''the last paragraph
and my note to Capt. VIM. II. Waldron"
Yours respectfully,
After forwarding this thought no more
about its authenticity being questioned, until
| received private letter night before last.
Had known what was being said should
have written before. Last evening received
a letter from Mai. J. ID. Myrick. making IN
quiries concerning the matter, which | at
once answered, telling him in effect that did
write the letter; that it was published
written; that no addition was made to it by
the Journal people, or by any one else; that
no alteration had been made in it whatever,
unless perhaps some typographical error or
blunderwhic didno discover in somcw hat
careful reading of it. Also that the record
was madcu as was distinctly stated it, from
Chaplain Merrills .'Campaigns of tlre First
Maine and First District of Columbia Caval-
ry,' from the Adjutant Generals report, and
from printed roster of Co. f., and the regi-
mental monthly returns. As | wrote to Capt.
Waldron, l had no personal recollection of Cor
poral Davis whatever. This morning | have
compared the letter as published with copy
of the original, and now reiterate what
wrote TO the Maine Standard, and to Major
Myrick. that l wrote the letter, and that
wrote every word as it was published-no
more, no less. Hold. | am too fast, as COM
pared with my copy there are one or two err
rors, one is the commission of the little word
being before busy" at the commencement
of the fifticth line-a mere error of construc-
tion which might have been my fault in copy
ing; one other is the word ''driving'' instead
of ''charging" in the sixty-fourth line--an err
ror which might be laid to the blindness of
my manuscript. These are all the errors
corrections, alterations. emendations or addi-
tons that discover. Is this plain enough?
| have also heard it intimated from democrat
ic sources, that made no affidavit to the rec
ord. was under the impression that it was
unnecessary for republican to swear to any
thing he stated, in order to be believed--that
this is only necessary on the part of demo-
Gratis. But the idea of making affidavit to
the truth of what is taken from official records,
and what can easily be verified by going to
the Adjutant Generals office, is decidedly
rich. Yours Respectfully,
EDw. p. ToBIE
Does anybody want an affidavit to this sig
nature? +. 7. +.