Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-27
UNCLE SAM'S SECRET
 RELICS OF WAR WILL
 BE SHOWN TO 6. 4, R.
Historic Treasures Will Be Dis closed to Veterans During the Forthcoming Annual Encamp- ment in Washington.

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 ment in Washington.
 WASHINGTON, July zs-To add another interesting feature to the events of the forthcoming 49th an nual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic of Washington, the Citizens Committee which has the matter in charge is endeavoring to ar- range for exhibition during the week of September 27-October 8. wonder iul collection of historic war relics. Washington is filled with reminders Of the great struggle; many of these relics are owned and held by the gov ernment but the average visitor sees few of them. It is planned to extend a special courtesy Co the old veterans and allow them an opportunity to view some of these highly prized treasures.
 In a tre-proof vault, opening from small room on the third floor of the Treasury building, are the manuscript archives which set forth diplomatic ef- forts of the Confectionery to secure re- cognition as member of the family of nations and to obtain the means to establish navy any maintain an army.
 When the most important of the Confederate archives were removed from Richmond, the diplomatic cor respondence, consisting of the state Department records, except the se cret service papers, which had been destroyed by Mir Benjamin, were hid den in a barn in Virginia. Later they were packed in four yellow trunks. and brought from Richmond to Wash ington by their custodian, Col. John Y. Pickett having indexed them. took them Co Canada, where in April 1872. .the trunks and their contents were purchased for the use of the United States. On July g. 1872. the trunks were delivered at the White House and latter were removed to the Trea- sury. Col Pickett, in payment. re- ceiyed the stipulated sum of s75.OOO. Ia large portion Of which was distri- buted Go needy widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers.
 The money for the Pickett papers" had been appropriated by special act .of congress. Many persons asserted that no good could result from the resurrection of these long-buried docu- ments, even if genuine, as some fear ed they were not, and that Secretary Boutwell, had wasted S75,OO0 on four trunks filled with worthless paper. However, time has demonstrated the wisdom of this purchase. The names
 n the indices of the Pickett papers. in addition to those of the correspond ence Of the Confederate treasury and other departments. have been of. great convenience and inestimable value in defeating fraudulent claims to the amount Of many millions of dol lars. These diplomatic papers remain ed in the original receptacles until about a year ago, when the quaint old trunks were sold at one of the Trea- sury auctions. The papers had already been placed in three new chests of polished pine
 Col. Pickett was the latest known custodian of the great seal of the Con- federate States or this seal. which never was used many romantic stor- ies are told. That it was destroyed at the close of the hostilites is un- true In 1870, after having had its genuineless attested py fits English manufacturers, Col Pickett ordered from a Washington jeweler many re-
 plicas of it, in gold, silver and bronze,
 which were sold for the beneht of destitute SoutheTners One of these replicas is now in the National Muse um, and another in the State Depart nent of the capital of South Carolina The original was made in London, at
 cost of G122 los It was Finished
 July 2, 1864, and did not reach Rich moAd until the evacuation of that city. 10 is believed that Col Pickett's heirs are the only persons who know It's whereabouts
 In a small dark room under the caves of the south wing of the trea- sury stand seven large packing baxes with covers nailed down. Sightseers l are never permitted to enter this din-
 gy attic room, and very few persons, even among the oldest employees, could guess the contents of the boxes. They are filled with Confederate
 money, a portion of which was cap. tured from Southern banks and from | dead or living Confederate soldiers
 and forwarded through thc War De- partment to the Treasury The larger share of this money was collected by the treasury agents who conducted
 the cotton business of the United
 States in 1884 and succeeding years.
 These boxes contain not only the
 bank notes of the Confederate govern
 ment but thousands of the bills issued
 by the States in insurrection to take
 the place of the chips" which trades
 men were compelled to offer as change
 after the South suspended specie pay
 ment in July 1861 Later the issue of
 small bills by the various States rem dered these chips" unnecessary. lB5 FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
 VENTURA. July 26 Joseph Whip ulo rf santa Uorhara tvae lfIlod and