Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-24

Section No 1923 V. s. 1.-THE annual salary
of the adjutant and inspector general shall
be 5000" Also see section 53i9 V. S. The
salaries of the adjutant and in
spector general shall be in fun
compensation for travel and attendance
upon the General Assembly and for all
services rendered during the year, includ-
ing clerk hire. and no account for fuel,
lights or rents shall be allowed 10 such
officers
Gen. T. S. Peck. since Oct. /, 1883, has
charged and received from the treasury:
Cash for subscription to the Army
and Navy Journal ...................s $3.50
Cash for travelling expenses in State ABB
Cash for travelling expenses out of
State NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ............ 6olM
Cash for clerk and stenographer...... ilo1
Cash for books NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SII9
Cash for livery teams .................. $3.50
Cash for preparing invitations to
muster ....... 1900
Cash for pictures and frames........ 3l.95
Cash for expense at commandments $50
Cash for his expenses New York CEN
tennial commission .................. $40
Cash for board paid ................... ESQ
Cash for his dues paid Vermont Vet
Grams association OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50
Cash for his expenses with COVER
nor's party at observation-disclosures. N.55
Cash for escort TO President Harri-
son ............. ............ ....,..... gi.W
Cdkn LOT expenses attenulIS boN.
Fuler's funeral ...................... 1880
Cash paid Capt. II. T.. Tutherly's ex-
penses ............. .................... Posi-
Cash paid Lieut.. Foote'S expenses. 1000
Cash paid for maple sugar ........... $50
Cash paid for copying muster roll. ABS
Cash paid for recording roster. 5000
Cash paid for room rent at Burling-
ton ........... ............ ............ 46.G6
Cash paid for box in Metropolitan
opera house when attending Old
Guard ball in New York ............ 1000
Your committee fail to find any author
ity in the statute authorizing the pay
ment of the above mentioned items from
the State treasury.
Gen. Peck's account during the same
period shows that he charged and receiv-
cd from the treasury:
cash Tor postage .........,..........'s W. io~'f'
Cash for express NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2l5.H
Cash for telegraph and telephone
service .......,...,. .,,..,.,, l,3TI.N5
Cash for stationery .................. 6So. %
Your committee believe that the neces-
sary expense for these four items IS n
legitimate expenditure in this department.
Gen. Peck appeared before your COM
mittee but failed to explain, to the sat
isfaction of your committee, how the nee
cssary official business of his department
required such extravagant expenditures
for postage and telephone and telegraph
service.
Gen. Gilmore also appeared before your
committee and stated fully as TO the Of
fetal business of his department. Gen.
Peck failed to satisfy your committee that
the official duties of his office requiI ed
any larger expenditures under these four
heads than the department of the quar-
It master general during the same time.
( Gen Peck has received from the treas
ury since Oct. l. 1855, on the above items
and other personal expenses connected
A.ftl, Ii.
and in addition thereto Sl0C0 by special act
of the Legislature for his services in con-
nection with making the new roster HIS
personal expense account for the month
ending Oct. |, 1928, has not been presented
to the auditor and is not included in this
report. He has received the full amount
OF his salary in addition to the above
amounts. Vouchers for "A part of the ex-
pense OF stationery, telegraph and tele-
phone service were found in the auditors
office. Gen. Peck stated that his account
tor postage and his charges for express.
and part of the charges for telegraph
and telephone service were kept on slips
AT his office in Burlington, that when his
quarterly bills for expenses were made
out, presented to the auditor and paid
he destroyed the slips from which the ac-
counts were made, and that he now has
nothing by which these items could be
verified.
produce before them all letter books ard
vouchers in his possession, relating to the
official business and expenditures of his
, office. He produced before your commit,
tee all letter books from April, 1892, &c
Nov. II, 1898, and informed the committed
that he had destroyed all letter book:
j prior to April, 1892. The letter books pro
duced show less than II, 900 letters copied
Gen. Peck Informed your committee tina
} he used considerable postage on mailabl'
, matter other than letters. A summary o
} Gen. Peck's accounts for each biennin
term since Oct. l. 1885, is filed herewith.
Hon. William p. Dillingham; was Cover
nor from October. 1888. to October 1890
I His accounts and vouchers in the auditor
, ONCE show that the executive expenses
for his biennial term were:
. For postage. express. kilograms
3 and stationery .............. .......S 3O55
: For travelling ......,.,..,. .........., 65.2
: For executive expenses mot item
. lLcuD ........... .ss''''''.'''.'''.'''' "o'u
D As trustee Vermont Insane Asylum. 395
For expenses self and stan to New
|, York centennial in 1859. ............ 9lt2
: For expenses. dedication of monu-
0 ment at Gettysburg, self and stan
: in 1889 ,....,..,.. .................,... s3sa
s For expenses to Washington to con-
: fer with secretary OF war concern