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Report on Rathbone and Nicely Is
Made Public.

Washington. December 7.-Senator
Platt. of Connecticut. chairman Of the
senate committee on relations with Cuoa.
TO-DAY made public the statement pre-
pared by the auditing division of the war
department, showing the expenditures
made by Z. c.. Rathbone. late director or
the department of posts FOR Cuba. The
statement is included in a volume OF ~
pages and covers the period from Janu-
ary l. 1899. TO April 50. 1900. The total dis
allowances for the sixteen months we're
S7263l.
The first dlsallowarce was on account
of an expenditure of $50 Tor duchess
carriage made on the 18th Of February,
1899 After that time there We're fire.
quent disbursements for the director gem
erals carriage service. NJ ch 2Q,h ne
paid S202 for set of harness and car
riage "auxiliarles. April 18TH 81 for a
Jipirapa hat and Tor another hat for his
coachuan with fosette and on the same
date sos for harness, etc. Rent Tor tAe
coachman stable. etc. seems 10 have
been regularly paid out Of the public
funds at the rate OF $40 per month, and
In one or two instances the hostier.S saia-
~ was thus supplied. Al the coach lur-
nisbinss were provided in this way. In
NIav 1890 a uniform costing so. pair
of boots costing $40 and another hat cost
ing so were bought for his coachman. June
9Th n rain coat costing SIS was supplied
10 that individual. The coach was later
supnIicd with rubber tires al an expense
to the public Of $40. In addition the
were many misce ilaneOus charges Tor sta
bic rent and carriage and ear hlre- AL
of the payments made TO c. +. ". Nicely,
chief of the financial bureau Of the de
part,oent appear 10 have been carefully
scrutinized. and many Of them were dis
allowed. Most of the payments made 10
him apparently were on account OF the
office furnishings, FIRE ght. drayage, NOV
ing advance in salaIi les, etc. mere IT Z
two or three items in his accounts OF
from $40 to so for the payment Tor Iauh-
drv bills for the director generals codcn-
-, I'm October H. 1899. $5,l23 was PAID
~ NeeIev on account of loss ON Spanish
Gold taken 10 the United states, anu
ms WINS disallowed, as were seNeiaI o'iie4
minor charges in connection WIN ~
transaction Medley made i uiD 70 Sii0
United States. going as IsI We. % L.
old home in INDIANA, uuucI 1iS III. 800,
!. - stared in the report, OF the director
general and many % MS ch.iIeeS ~ nc
connection were dlSdilC Wcd upon t-SAStilA
nation but not. OF course, until thcy A',C
hen paid RE also made advances 10
Rsthbone and 10 " e. Win on account
of Trims 10 the United States, Whlch were
not Sanctioned by the AUDITOR some OF
the items III TINS CO4AAASN'4
as much as SOU. p.,tt,ono ,,osa
In April, 1893. Mr.. RathDcne made d
visit to the country. claiming 1t was made
in obedience OF orders from the poSlmas-
ter osner2I but the auditor nndS mat the
trin was not authorized and refuses TO
sanction the entire expenditure, which
was an even 500. Similar action IS taken
with reference to the purchase of an
enamelel hath tub for the department
Of nests secured at n cost of So.
The auditor recommends the dlsaliow-
ance of s122S1 spent for repairs on the
department building and also a deposit
of $4,000 enormously credited to Rath-
hone