National Republican., 1888-03-25
UNOFFICIAL RECORDS.
Investigating the Insertion of iii.giti.
mate Matter in the Rebellion His.

Investigating the Insertion of Iiirgiti-
mate Matter in the Rebellion His
tory.
a subcommittee of the House military
committee yesterday began the investigation
Of alleged insertions in the Rebellion Records
of unofficial matter, as set out In the Gros
venor resolution. Lieut.. Col. II. VI. T.azelle,
in charge of the publication. was the first
witness. Mr.. Cutcheon called his attention
to the appendix Of volume 20 part 2, series
/, Of the Rebellion Records giving what
purports to be list Of the members of the
Anderson cavalry OF Pennsylvania who went
to the front and engaged in the battle Of
Murfrecsboruugh.
clerk Of his office came to him and said that
Chief Clerk Tweedale, Of the War Depart
mcnt, desired to have the names of that
organization, Of which he was u member, in
corporated in the records, and that he
would request the governor of Pennsylvania
TO furnish the list If not he would get the
information himself Oct. 20 list of
the names was received from the adlutant
general, which the certificates stated had
been made from the official report to Gen.
ROsccrans, and had been carefully com
pared with the official records Of the Office
and found to be correct Such
certificates had always been regarded
as sufficient basis for publication,
and other rolls OF honor and tables had been
included IN the publication on like ccrtili-
Gates. A part of the Endorsement stated
thnt the list had been copied from the rhila-
dclphia Inquirer of Feb III, 1863, hut that
excited no comment because II was known
that many newspapers had published strictly
correct reports during tho war. Witness
did not examine the text of the volume care
inlly-thnt was the duty of the senior
clcrk--but he did ascertain that the body Of
the volume would not furnish sufficient data
for The preparation Of the list.
Respecting the apparent discrepancy be-
tween the list contained in the body Of the
report and that contained in the appendix,
the witness read from a mum Der of official
reports to show the lack Of agrcem cnt be-
tween them as to the actual number Of
members of the Anderson cavalry W ho went
To tile front With this infolma ton in
hand, he said that not only did the appcn-
dix list appear to be correct, hut lis correct
ness was also verified by careful com
parisOn with the body Of the volume.
After the newspaper statements had ap-
pcared witness represented to Mr., TWCchule
the importance Of having the papers exam
! mcd and he agreed to have II done, but lie
I had not heard from him since then.
To Gen. GrOsvcnOr witness said that he
( had been told that the newspaper slip had
: been fled in the department with the
/ papers of Capt. Burt. lie did not know
| himself whether the list was correct or in
! correct, nor did he know whether there We're
any official reports from Gen. Rosecrans in
! the department containing the list Of names.
| In volume 20, part |. was n letter from See
rotary Stanton to Rev. Mr.. Dyer, which
witness had found in the stereotype forms
! and called to the attention of the present
/ Secretary rs improper matter. The Secrc-
| tary said that its removal would he even
/ more improper, rs the letter had been in
serted by Col. Scott. Witness understood
/ that the letter had been furnished by Repre-
| sentative Kelley, Of Pennsylvania
! Assistant Adlutant General Kclton, the
! next witness, said that all the adlutant gen
I erals office knew about the newspaper slip
| was that II had been handed IN by Chief Clerk
/ Twetdalc, with the request that II he com
I pared with the muster rolls and verified II
! had been compared, verified, and certified.
| The witness produced the muster rolls to
show how the compilation was made, There
! was no report from Gen, RoSCcG0ns on file nj
| the War Department.
| Henry Douglas, u chief clerk IN the udiu-
tant generals office, said he had conf
| pared the newspaper slip with the mus
Ter rolls and made up the list Of
names in the appendix, but he had
not placed the caption on it, nor had he
stated that ii was made up from official re-
ports to Gen, Rosecrans Upon being shown
ihc manuscript of the list, the writer said
il was not the list he made up. His recOl-
| lection was that all of the names found IN
the newspaper article had been found on the
| mustcrrOls.
Mr. Cutchcom, with the witness, began Il
comparison between the list MS published IN
the newspaper and the muster rolls will
the result that two names of persons sci
| down Ms in the battle could not DE found ON
| the muster rolls.
AdlOnnel I'LL MelneslnN next.