The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02
BIT Of history that they, succeeded, after
much urging, in inducing him to write
1t. believing that II should ID preserved,
and KNOWING that no n11e else could FUR.

II. believing that At should BIO prcSerVcu,
and knowing that no one else could FUR
nish 1t. N
HIS four years experiences would, II
fully told fiji d large volume. but this
brlef recital. which, Is made Iii q pam
.phlct, to be sold for twenty-five cents,
1ust enough to cover the cost OF printing.
is Intensely Interesting II has been
printed aud Is for sale by Mr.. j. s. Rog-
crs, Room llS, Barristers' Hall No. 10
Pcmoerton Square BOSTON, who is a
southerner and who is pno of the two
friends who urged Ma or Huse to prepare
the manuscript
The pamphlet. for a COPY OF which
The Timcs.Dlspatch Is Indebted TO Mr..
Rogers, Is very important contribution
to- the financial history of tile Confeds
eracy, furnished as II zig by the man who
was the purchasing agent OF the SOUTH
crn Confedcrocy III Europe during tie
four years OF the war. Gil
Hitherto there has been very title deil-
,litely known Of the means employed to
procure abroad arms and supplies REQUIRED
for tho Confederate army ntid navy.
Ma Tor 11use's pamphlet is accordingly or
special vnluc, showing, as It does, "low
supplies were obtained III Europe and
how. paid for.f, There are added personal
"reminiscences and bits OF unpublished his
tory which contribute TO make the publ.
ipensablc TO every listorical library. Caleb
Husc, n native OF Massachusetts md q
Young graduate OF West Point, was ut
the beginning OF the Civil War detailed
as commandment OF cadets at the Univer-
tsity OF Alabama. Residence In thc- south
enlisted his xympatl,ies with that section.
80 ttnt when III April. 1851, Secretary
Mallory offered hin, active service i, N
the purchase abroad Of arms and mill
tary supplies lie readily accepted
majors commission, and after nm inter-
view with President Davis. left Mont-
kon,ery for New York On the way not a
little difilculty was encountered IN avoid
ing arrest as feeling In the North was a.
fever heat by reason OF Beauregard's
capture Of Fort Sumter. s.
Il In New York. after running risks Of
hanging from a lamp post. Mr. liuse got
$500 in old from Trenholm Brothers and
proceeded to Canada, whence he took
ship for London, via Portland, Maine.
III London the agent OF tho Confeder-
acy had no money to pay anything with
The new nation had as yet mo income
and no credit. Nevertheless, Major Huse,
went ahead and con tracted for the en-
tire output OF the London Armory Com
pauy. It was tremendous bluff. Agents
OF the United States went about their
task Of shutting the Confcderacy out OF
nothing till much later. At Vienna one
hundred thousand rifles OF tho latest
pattern. ten batteries. of six pieces each.
with harness complete, and O. quantity
Of ammunition was bought from the.
Austrian government and shipped 10
Bermuda. Mr.. Motley got, onto tho
contract and offered to buy the consign-
ment for the United States. but was too
late. Arms and supplies were forthcom-
Ing from every quarter as soon as u was
seen that the Confedcracy. through y: IT'S
bankers. Fraser. Trenholm 9. Co.. o.
Liverpool. paid It's bills ,>on1ptiy being
bought from the planters for export.
Just here Major H,ise makes his most
interesting statement. IN showing that
during tho first years Of the war INC
Confcderacy, through It's monopoly OF
the worlds cotton supply had all ample
income for purchases abroad. The Con-
fedcrate government bought directly
from the cotton planters and exported
on It's own account. I'm cotton II pos
scssed n latent purchasing power says
Major Huse, such as probably NO other
government in history eyer had.
was a prime necessity for the nlanufac-
turing world outside and utterly value
less in the Southern States. The GOV
crnn,ent was almost the only buyer, otll'
el.s finding 1t almost impossible to get
~ 10 markot ITO get cotton through
the blockading squadron called for OAR
ing and skill 4 but there seems 70 nave
been no lack OF either. For long time
this traffic went on almost without
capture, and the Confederate govern.
nlent not only deposited III places q
safety large Quantities Of commodity
In general demand throughout the world,
but also had the satisfaction OF seeing
its property advance rapidly I'D IN Il val ut
al the war went on. Cotton was con.
signed to Fraser, Trenholm g Co., and an g
the consignments for the army, navy
and diplomatic departments were care
fully kept separate.
The Confederacy thus Y possessed Te 4
Sources which, II developed properly
should have secured It ample credit foi
nm indefinite period. The difficulty o.
shipping cotton to Europe was more ap.s
parent than real, swift vessels being
available to ''rung the blockade" main
tanned by the Federals at Southern ports.
During the first two years y. tMa -
Huse reports, ''the captures were SO n
frequent that, 1t may be safely stated,
never before was government so Wen
supplied with arms, munitions. clothins
and medicines with so little money as
was paid blythe Confederacy.,JIhc Snip
1nent from England to the islands in o..
binary tramp steamers; the landing a an
storage there ana the running OF the
blockade cost money; butIall that was
needed came from cotto, practically
given to the Confederate government
by its owners. !. ~ Y /, 4, 4
An evil turn OF affairs began ~ inc
Ia ter stages of the war, when contracts
with the government began to appear.
THESE contracts, raade tn Nl 81 = "a,
we're a sort Of partnership afi e J. !, p, ~
which tho contractor usually an i1ng'ish
COMPANY shared equally the freightlng
e e Of each blockade runner. ., This r
parlaorship cut down ne confsde T. t,,,,,
income and resulted ~ serious ,'9u.s
to the Confcdcrucy's cause. only q POI.
ton. Of the army cotton was turned into
army supplies The contractors, En 1!; 81
and Confederate got the rest , ! Z 9
was too much money = cotton, =. W
latter years or The war for ~ manage g
mont Of the confederac ss export policy =!
10 remain unscat tined.