The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-14
L00kLIGHTLYON
PRESEDI0 FRAUDS
Army Officers Place Blame
on Discharged Soldiers.
THEY SAY THEIR
SKIRTS ARE CLEAR
Declare That Talk of Crooked
ness Is All Rot.

san Francisco, June 13-Captain A.
w. Kimball. auartermaster. ~ S. A..
post quartermaster at the Presidio,
{ made the following statement today in
regard to the alleeed frauds said to
have been perpetrated IN the sale Of
( quarternaster's supplies belonging to
the government:
Y am the officer most concerned IN
this matter set ~ 2 has. IS yet made
any incela % II ann the only
/ bonded yfueac a. Jost and The only
4 accom- able ap5 81 yarsing officer II
J there has bseT- anything Irregular. r
would be pleased Cd give all tle assis--
ance IN my power in the search for the
I guilty men, If there are any AN the
/ govermnent things sold in the PAWN
shops are sold by discharged soldiers
/ from the returning volunteer regi-
meuts.
Colonel j. B. Rawles. aruIery corps,
/ post commander, said All this talk
7 Of fraud is perfect rot. People have
/ been nagging Tor a. year ON the same
SupIect- nave been aware of the
soldiers selling their clothing for q Ions
time one Of the puZzling and perpleX-
lng Things VI army management IS 70
/ keen the soldiers from selling their
Z clOlhlng- Z am confident tlat no quar-
! termasters sergeant OF civilian enl-
/ ployee IS lmpliea.ted in the selling %
/ even q snoeStrlIls-
General Shafter said. " am of the
opinion that goods found by the pO-
/ lice were. -Durehased from the soldiers
/ passing ia and out of this post More
/ than 5000 men have passed through
\ this post during the war. III one man
I in every ten Of these soldiers sold TO
! dealers q. pair Of shoes 8 600 pair5 would
/ thus be placed ia the hands OF out
! siders. The same rule applies to shirts
and blankets.
VIII Take the Chance.
Notwithstanding the fact that those
/ having government properly wrong
cuted can a charge Of felony, and given
a sentence OF from one to nVe wears
confinement there are plenty OF men
willing to take the chance. The goods
from the soldiers a. ridiculously low
/ figure.
The so1isr Canno- be Hrer1 ntea
from selling the STUFF In disposing of
: it he leaves himself short. The officer
/ who issues to The men inquiries as TO
the quantity of goods ne has 30 his pos
/ session. IL the officer thinks he Is amply
( supplied, ne refuses to issue the goods
+ the enlisted man is prevented from
( drawing more than ne needs.
In my opinion the police and fed
I eral authorities are exposing a system
/ :
number Of men caese petty dealers have
had an opportunity to deal with, their
tnleVery has grown to larger DrOp0r-
tons than it 0therWise would have
The military authorities have now
nothing 70 do with the AFFAIR, other
than the seizure OF government goods
/ found in the possession Of civil per-
sons, T1e possession of which cannot
be satistactorlly accounted tor. The
detection and prosecution Of these deaf
Y
ftbOrities. and hope they make 4 sue
so far as crooknedness existing
among army officers IS concerned can-
4 dldlys don { believe there Is any
Another Arrest Made.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest OF Abe Abrams a son 81 Louis
( Abrams. the second-hand dealer. T5o
l'-th announcer son. IS in custody. Detae-
: tive reynolds reported TO the fade-eI
~ tIlofI YES eoday th6t he found twenty
t'-tiis 81 0HefEI1ent shoes in a Sacra-
inentO street store last night Cantafn
seymour OF the local detective force
said today.
No one car say, in view of all that
mas tIdns9lred within the past two
1@ys' 1nal FRAUDS have not been going
on L,ele-liVe Reynolds reports to me
/ that the Investigation has made = -+5r
I among the second -hand stores and.
1n2s= VINO Ceat IN the class or goods
slolen from the army, and that those
/ VINO nave ncl yet been visited by Col
one1 Maus are hurrying to cover with
+ Ine government goods that they have
The announcement that Warehotse
1uL q stolen goods had been found.
1 winch was made on The authority Of
/ captain Seymour, has been found to
I pc erroneous The person who in
-oiIile-l the captain was told to tele-
phone that the prOperty. recovered was
/ being stored in the locality mentioned.
/ but, MISUNDERSTANDING his directions.
/ sent the message wrong.