National Republican., 1886-09-15

The Governor General of Canada, the
Queens Lords-in-w Waiting, and the
Heads OF the Army and Navy Depart
ments Pecuniarily Interested In the
Government Contracts-A Terrible Ex
posure.
Special cable dispatch to the worldl
LONDON, Sept. 0.-The Chronicle OF this
morning publishes partial list Of the stock
holders in the ordnance factory Of Sir Will
lam Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., In proof OF
the charge that the army and navy officers
are pecuniarily interested In the contracts Of
that firm with the government.
In Its Introduction the Chronicle remarks,
with some irony, that the facts are doubtless
merely coincidental. There may be, and
probably there is, perfectly complete and
satisfactory explanation OF them, but the
public would like to know what that ex-
planation is.
The first name on the list is that OF Sir
Frederic A. Abel, X. G. b. and L. r. s.,
principal chemist to the war department at
the Woolwich arsenal and a member OF the
royal engineering committee. He is repre-
sented as holding fifteen shares Of $500 each
in the Armstrong Mitchell Company.
Col. Charles b. Brackenburg, X. A., late
superintendent OF the gunpowder factory
at Waltbam Abbey, is also put down for
fifteen similar shares.
Vice Admiral Henry Boys, late mem
ber OF the ordnance committee, holds six
shares.
Mr.. o. N. Brooker, chief inspector of
machinery alo 1t, is represented as holding
thirty shares.
Lieut. Gen. Ii. Hope Crealocke, lately re-
tired, has to his credit Twenty-Five shares.
Major Jasper G.. Davies, X. E., assistant
director Of works at the war Office, Pail
Mall, stands for five shares. Mr.. ii. G. s.
Xyer, who appears on the list as engineer
of the Armstrong works, has 220 shares, or
an interest in the company Of $4,000.
Major Gen, f. w. Hastings, late h. A.,
las twenty shares; but his inferior in rank,
| Major c. Jones, retired II. A. and late as.
sistant superintendent OF the royal gun
factory at Woolwlch, has two hundred
shares, and Mrs. Jones has ten shares.
Major Jones is further interested In thirty
one other shares, so that he has in reality
24l shares, value $l20,500. The Marquis OF
Lansdowne, governor general OF Canada
and late under secretary for war, is the
owner OF 200 shares. The Right Hon. G. j.
Shaw'Lefevre, NJ. p, formerly postmaster
general and late secretary of the admiralty,
has ten shares.
Lord Alcester, G.. G. b., who was one OF
the sea lords at the admiralty, holds twenty
shares, value 0,0OO; the Reudel family, to
| which belongs Mr.. George Wlghtwick
Rtudel, who was lent by the ElswIck Com
| pany, as great favor and with great
! torish Of trumpets, to the admiralty as
second civil lord for two or three years at a
salary Of $4,000 a year, is well represented
on the share list, Mr.. Stewart Reuiel alone
being down for $S03,000 in 1905 shares.
| Lord Sudely, a man of much influence,
and late a lord-inw waiting TO the queen, has
$40 shares Of $500 900 against his name and
further share In sixty shares more. Lord
| Thurlow, also former lOrd-in-waitlng to
| her majesty, likewise has 200 shares of $500
each, while Lord Sudely's brother has l40
shares, representing $4,000, Lieut. Gen.
| @. W. Younghusband, G. b., late X. A. and
late superintendent of the royal gun factory,
holds Just 100 shares or $4,000 worth.
Capt. Noble, q. b., late X. A., is one of the
most largely interested persons In the
| Elswiek works, for he holds 9,4S5 shares
| value 81 ,242, 500, besides sIxty'oight held
by relatives.
There is every prospect Of q very great
scandal developing Dm the investigations
now being made int contracts made for
supplying the army and navy with ordnance,
arms, and ammunition during the last few
years. Superhuman efforts are being made
TO keep back the facts, but public opinion
Is thoroughly aroused, and the truth is
demanded, no matter who may be affected
| thereby.