Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-28
STORY OF THE BONDS.
HOW THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO
 THE RoTHscHILns IN LONDON.

Great Precautions Taken-Twelve Days
 Required to Sign All the Bonds at the
 Rate of Three Thousand Per Day-rar
 Value, s3I, ,157.7oO.
 The story of the delivery by the treasury representatives of the United States bonds to the Rothschilds is one of the most inter esting in government financiering. Tho representatives of tho treasury department, Assistant Secretary Curtis, Chief Clerk Logan Carlisle, L. O. Murray and William Mcsservy, sailed May go by the Paris on this important mission. 70
 Tho precious documents which were is sued to rcplenish the stock of gold in the treasury were carried to London in wooden boxes linod with tin and securely sealed. From Washington to New York they went as postal matter. When they were taken from tho postal car, they were carried to the steamer and transported to London marked as the personal baggage of Logan Carlisle.
 There were 34, 940 bonds, of a par value of s31, 157, 700. Of this number 2S,S were $l, ,0o0 bonds, 4, 1S6 were $500 bonds and SIT were S100 bonds. The total amounted to just half of tho entire issue of the Morgan Belmont syndicate.
 The treasury representatives reached Southampton Juno 5. There the 12 boxes containing the bonds were placed in q baggage van of railroad train, and guard etl-by two of tlio Rothschilds' private de- tcctives were taken to London on the 6th.e The boxes were taken from tho rail road station to tho Rothschilds' banking house i'll their private van carefully guard cd by their detectives. The work of count ing, signing and delivering the bonds be- gan on June 7. All these precautions were taken to prevent any of the precious docu- ments from being lost or stolen, for while they were worthless to any ono who might have become possessed of them, yet the loss of one would have put the department to great inconvenience.
 In tho lower right hand corner of each bond three blank spaces were reserved for the signatures of officials of the treasury. Two of these signatures are made by tho secretary $ office and one by the register of the treasury. Ono signature had already been attached to the bonds before they left Washington, but tho absence of either of the others rendered them invalid. The mission of Logan Carlisle and William Messervy was to add their initials and practically perfect the bonds, so it will be seen that their mission to London was a very important one. The work of formal ly signing and delivering the bonds took place in a private room in the Rothschilds banking house. About 5000 of the bonds were signed each day and it required 12 working days to complete the task As each bond was completed it was passed over to Lord Rothschild, and when a days work was ended ho gave receipt to As sistant Secretary of the Treasury Curtis for the number delivered. Meanwhile the entire 13 boxes containing the bonds were secured in tho safety vault in tho Roths child bank.
 On June 20 Lord Rothschild took the treasury agents to tho Ascot races on his coach, and they enjoyed drive of Il miles through Windsor park.
 The treasury officials say that the trans action was marked by the greatest display of confidence on both sides. It is fact, given unofficially, that the Rothschilds had paid in nearly all the money before the bonds were delivered, or even before they were perfected and rendered valid by the necessary signatures. For months be- fore the delivery tho entire amount of mon- ey had been at the disposal of the treasury officials. York Mail and Express.