The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-21

s42s .s7, was included in the total amount drawn by me as ouartermas- ter-General, A. N. G., acting unoer orders from the Governor, in payment for the transportation expenses of the Alabama National Guard.
 for the camp of instruction for the year 1907, and was for transportaton that had been authorized, but was not used or expended.
 Tn order to carry out the orders of the Governor. authorizing this trans portation, and paying for the same, this money had to be drawn through regular military channels. wis: through the office of the Adjutant General. and upon. a request signed by the Adtutant General to the Governor for the amount. consequently the unexpended balance. viz. s42s.s7. was returned by me as Quartermaster General to the Governor through the Adjutant Gen eral, as evidenced by the receipt of the Adjutant General for this amount s42s.s7-which I turned over to you, together with the balance Of my vouchers for the year 1907. %s Can show Cheeks.
 T am also under the impression. that I also showed you by cancelled oh eek on the Fourth National Bank of
 this city, dated March 9. 1908, for
 S42s.s7. drawn by me as ouartermsster
 General and in favor of the Adjutant General, stating to you at the same time. that the amount appropriated by the State was not sufficient to pay all of the legal expenses incurred in hold | ing the 1907 camps, and upon your stating to me. that this amount should have been returned to the State Treas- urer instead of returning 1t through the Adjutant Generals office, that in the first place, considered it my duty
 to return 1t through regular military ichannels, vlz: through the Adjutant | Generals office, as that was the way | in which 1t was paid to, for disburse-
 ment. I also stated that in returning | 1t through the AdjutRnt General stat l ed to him, that thought the Governor
 would order him to utilize 1t in paying some ofs he unpaid debts incurred in
 holding the camps of 1907 under. his
 orders, that if the same was refunded
 into the Treasury It could not be again
 drawn out, as the year 1907 had passed. however that 1t was a matter that would have to be determined upon by
 the Governor. as he was the only one that could authorize the payment of
 any of the money appropriated for the Alabama National Guard, that this
 money had been appropriated for the | 1907 expenses, of which there was a
 considerable amount unpaid. all of | which would have to be paid by the ofleers and men after the appropria- tion-mads by the State had been ex- pended.
 | "In reference to the balance of the amount mentioned in your report viz: s406o for which I gave Colonel c, R. Bricken my check on the Fourth Ma 1 tional Bank of this city on September
 II, 1907, and for which amount
 turned over to you his receipt as col- | onei of the End Infantry, A. N. G., was paid for transportation of e portion of his command, in order to make ar-
 engagement for the camp of instruction
 of his regiment, ordered by the Gov
 ernor. the receipts taken from the | railroad agents for this amount he was to forward to me, to be attached
 to the receipt turned over to you, was overlooked, and was turned in | with the account rendered by him, as Colonel of the 2nd Infantry, A. N. G., | so you informed me. I wrote Colonel l Bricken for those receipts, and he | wrote me under date of October 3, 1908. that by an oversight such was the case, but, that in order that my ac- 1 count should be complete, tha the had deposited his check for $40.50 in the Governors office with your report pending an examination of your report l which he had asked for, and that in the case that the railroad receipts for this
 amount were not properly shown, that the check was to be used to refund the State the amount of $4050 paid to him by me as ouartermaster General
 to cover the receipt given me. which was turned over to you as before stat
 ed. I have tried to, see you several
 times. in person. since these newspaper
 articles, but falling to do so, ask that you have the same corrected, and this
 correction published. to overcome the Il injury done me, in so far as 1t can. the
 misstatements of the facts as pub. H lished
 N Very truly.
 H B. L.. Holt, III nua rtaru,aata. ca1ara1 M 1