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VOLUME 38. * PARIS, MAINE, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1871. NUMBER 7.
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Wlien gulden surer-- li^ht* your vraj !
How they tmilc a- tbt) *«»rtly *·1»Ιi-vh< you
Soconlial, good hnmoml anil pr*.
lint oh ' when the tun of luoaperity
II ith net—then how <i«tit*kly Ilioy frown.
And cry out ίο or «fwity,
' Kick thai man, *h»n'i you eeo h»; is down ?"
Wlnt though, when you knou η··ι a -orrow,
Yoer hearl w.v« »·|ημ ;» «Ι.ι.ν,
Am! v«»op "fii -nd-," η lu » thejr wanted to borrow,
oblijre—and ne'er i»«k them to "pay.**
What though m»t .1 «oui ro· e*«r -ditfhTcl.
Λ ι vou wandered «bout thru* the town.
Tour "friends" bt· >m° near sighted.
And doii't «win to see you « hen down.
When vou're ,4m»"you in· loudly cvnltod.
And trader* *1! ninpout\oor prai«t·.
When \«'U*rc down you hate greatly defaulted.
And they really "don't faucy jroar way*."
Your >tyle «a» "tip top" when you'd money,
So Μΐιρ* every «η 'kei and clown.
Hut ao*. 'ti- exceedingly fuuny,
Thi:ijf> are altered "occ.<u-c you're down."
Oh, give me the heart that forever
1- f:rr from the world'.- »i>lii»lt tu-t,
\nd the «00Ι who«o high, noble endeavor
U to rni-e fallen men from the dn-t :
And uhen in adviTtity'* noun
Λ vî> tim ι» likely U»drown.
Λ hail to the friend nho.-i devotion,
W ill lift up a mm * hen ht '· Mow η "
Stlrct §torn.
THF,
FAITHFUL SKXTINKL.
Ham Milton had f<n two year* belong*
e» j
f«l ίο oho of the crack regiment· qI Kti
York. Hi" friends had sometimes laugh·
ι
e«l at Dim for playing at war, and l>cing
a trainer rather than a soldier; liut no
one smiled, when, a lew <! iys after the
President's stirring appeal lor men, he
marche 1 off in the ranks that contained
tin* l»eët blood of tin; c*itτ. to certain
danger and jx»ssil>lc death. Harry was
wealthy and wellborn, one of the 'cjurt·
ed darlings <d the amtocracv but his
β . I
was a large family, lie was unmarried
and disengaged, ami he could see no
teas. η why when men were «anted, he
should seek to aroid tho hardships <>f the
life of the private s. Mi» r. So, while the
heart of the great metropolis \vx\ rung
with griel. he and his comrades marched
bravely away.
In due time they reached the Capital,
though not without many hardships, and
pitched their white tenu on the green
fields anil under the spreading trues be
side the broa I Potomac This was a {»et
regiment, a« I have said, and in the evsn*
ing, at dress parade, whatever ol beauty
or fashion remained in tho besieged city,
came out to their ca.np. For the fifst
t.L'ht or two Harrv was in the ranks, «ml
I
had not much opportunity lor ob«ei ving
the visitors; but at last there came an j
evening when he was on guard dutj, and
hi» U at »' as at he light of the line. As '
he ρ iced slowly up and down, he noticed
a gentleman an-l^ulr stroll awav Irom
I
the group and pau«e beneath a tree just
beside him. The gentleman was tall and
dark, with fierce bla:k e\es, and a gau it
face ; and his look ran along the lino ol
sutued soldiers and glittering bayonets;
a scowl ol the fiercest hatt^ darkened his
brow, and ho between the set teeth mut
tered what seemed a curse ; the threaten
ing expression startled the sentinel; he
walked noiselessly away, but as soon as
be turned again, kept a wary watch υ» ;
tho odd étranger, lie was evidently
much excited, talked eagerly with his
comj>auion. and more than onee making
a menacing gesture toward* the regiment.
The lady evidently was trying to check
him, ami at Inst laid her hand «·η his ai m,
and turned imploringly towards the ap
proaching sentinel. Then, Γ >r the first
time. Hairy saw her. A fair, beautiful
taee, and large brown eyes, that locked
at him with a glance of such deprecative
wilfulness that au involuntary sentiment
υΐ pity, and perhaps υ ν en then a sutler
sentiment that is akin to it, filled his
heait. lie could only return her look by
u respectful salute, but she teem· d to un· |
t!t r>tand, for a half smile broke on her
sm'ct lips, and 1 lr\ri*y toll a? it for an-I
other such stuile he would hare doue
almost anything. When he turned
•way again il was all he could do to re·
restrain himself from racing orer that
{ art ion of his beat that led from I he en
chaiitcd »pot where she stood, that he
mig'it again have a chance lo see her
lovely face.
She was still there when he turned,atid
looked quite happy, for her strange com·
pmiuu was quiet now, only with a mo >dy
scowl regarding the glittering ranks be
fore him. Ham's luck befriended him
this erening, for as he came up again !:e
saw an orderly who was able to send
alter acaiLp itool for the lady. His at
tention wis gratefully areeptml, and onee
mor · that bewitching smile more than re
warded him ; and after the parade was
over Harry's lieutenant strolled near,and
catching eight of the couple, came up to
gieet them a* old friends. So now he
could know who she was. Of course he
watched them all more eagerly then,
hoping earnestly that they would stay
until after the change ol guard. Aud
one* again fortune was his friend. They
wailed, and Han y waj made happy by
being presented to the Hon. Manlius 11.
and his neice, Miss Clara lleywood.
Theii interview was but a short one,
and Harry was intensely surprised to
hear Mr. R. speak smilingly and with
appareut enthusiasm of our "magnificent
army." Oue would have thought, to
hear hid words, thai he *as the most loj
hI ot men; yet ll.iriy fancied he could
detect λ lurking sneer in those Ma 'k c) ee,
and ho could noi lurgel the evident do
testation of that uuguatdtd m< incut.—
Clara, too, rememlnMed it; there was tho
same deprecating look in her solt eyes
duiiig.lieir hriel conversation; and as
they tinned to go, she said, hall atide:
"Mr. Milton, 1 have t > thank you for
your kindness.'
Ot course, ll trry walked it hot si.le.at
he rr j.lied, p'.z/.led to know exactly to
what she lelcrred, whether to the camp
chaii, or something more important. "I
can never sec η lady in distress without
wishing to help her.*1
"You are very good," she went on,
looking at him so earnestly thai the young
soldtei felt his heait heat more than it
would under an enemy's Ire. "1 shall
not for·;it those words, perhaps sotno
day I may want you to help mo, and
shall remind yon cf them."
"An) thing y» u order shall ho done,*
Hurry burst out. "liidieve me, MUs
Ilcywood, I bhfll mvcr^uve from that
proti ise."
"Thank you," and Clara hcîd ou lier
iittle hand, su\ing !»uniedly, "my uncle
is so ueiimet» very Strang*· ; lorgt I all you
have .seen today."
"Except yen," answered IIarrj, as he
pressed the little tinkers and internally
execrated the rule* that kept him prisouer
w ithin the * amp ground
Harry*8 i)i cams that night wen haunt
ed by CIarj*< soli, brown eyes, and all
tlu· next day he a.h t\omleiing h >w and
where he could see her again. Mo «lid
not mention th<#su«plcion j her ituclc'a
strange conduct h id awakened, to any
one, hut lie mule soin · inquiries respect
ing him. and was s irpiiscd to leatη that
he was from the sonhwest, hut supposed
U» he of undoubted loyally. Fortuno or
design brou ght about I lie meeting soon
cr than Ilariy had dwed t ) .hope.—
The next evening Clara and her dark
uncle were again at the parade, and as
Ihi·» lime they lingered long afterwards.
Hirry was ahli) to pass a blissful half·
hour with her, and I iter, through the
tindues-; of an officer, tu get leave to ac
•oinpan\ her η >m ·. whi. l. wa> at a quiet
>oa ling hou-e on a side street.
After this it was eisy tor them tu meet,
h not only Clara hut her uncle always |
welcomed H irry with a warm cordiality I
that on the part of the old geutleuian j
was very poined. H>· seemed eageily|
desirous of cultivating the y otiug soldier's
acquaintance, :m<l throwing him con
stantly into the society of his ueicc. If
it wa- ;i trap, it w.i> one into whic'i flarry
was quite ready to ί ill. K\ cry «lay found
him only more devote·!, more willing to
do anything l·»» this l»eautilul girl.
Thus several wec;s ρ ι< -"if away, and
llarrv had listen·· 1 - » otieu t«» Mr. It. s
protestations of devotion to the govern
ment and admiration o! the army, that
he had almost lorg ittPii hi> lirst unfavor
able impres-i »u, th »ugh sometimes ho
surprised the > uu half sal, lialf depri eat
ing expression in Clara's ht »wn eyes, vit
it changed so so »n to a ">ir sweet smile,
U»;»t he could attach no more tha.» η vague
importance to it Ik» Lm* ν that those
smiles Wv re moto precious to him than
aught els·.· in the w«:ihl, and no longer
attempted to conceal Irom himself that to
win this young girl tor his own had come
lu be the chief object oi his life.
Yet no won I oi love had passed be
tween them; and f > the days stole by un
til oik night when Harry had leave and
a* as starting away to ν is it < Mara, lie wrn»
stopped by a stirring murmur that ran
through the camp. .
"An advance! :md our regiment goe«î"
Then chcer after cheer ran thiongh tlio
summer air. Onlyashoit time to pré
paie, for at Midnight ihojr wore to move.
Hairy knew th.it once across the Potomac,
his chance ol seeing Clara woul I be very
siti nil. lie must see her tonight, then,
ii tmt. tor a moment ; and alter :t ha· ty
word with his office ι. he : tarted at a rapid
pace for hei Homo. She was thrre to
meet him, pure in her white robe as an
angel.
"Miss Claia, 1 must fee you nlnne.''
His m inner was so agitated t int she
yielded at once, and together thev went
out on a quiet balcony.
"I can trust you with a secret that is
already half public," h*· said. 4 \\ e cross
into Virginia to night."1
Et en by the dim light from within ho
•could see how p:\lc she grew.
"To night ?" she ga-ped; "it will be
vci ν dangerous."
"No, I lancy not," Harry began, but
he could no longer restrain himself;
seizing lier col 1 and trembling band, lie
burst out: "But, darling Clara, before I
go, I must tel' you how s:.uch I love you,
wiih all my heart, des.rest! and will you
not promise to be mine?"
Her only answer was a low sol), but it
was enough ; he drew the beautiful l end
down on his shoulder, and was whhpcr
ing at once protestations of love and t?.·
surances that he was really in very little
danger.
Alter the first excitement was over,
they could talk more calmly, and for the
first time Clara told him her history.
"My father," she said, "was an officer
ol our arnty; he died in defence of his
ilag far away from hero among thoindians.
1 was his only child—my mother's spirit
passed away when I was born. 1 have
been for many year® an orphan, but my
uncle has kindly cared for me ; ho is a
strange man : I know y ou have sometimes
thought bis manner very odd ; I tremble
for him now, lor 1 know he has never
i shaken off his Southern proclivities; but
for all, Hairy, I am a soldier's daughter,
and I tell you now. I will never doeert the
llag I lull lie shed lii* blood to save Iroin
disgrace."
"I believe you, dearest," replied Harry
! sincerely ; "ami remember, whatever
happens you will have a protector in me ;
you must call upon mo lor anything you
: need."
"1 will,11 faltered Clara.
• And now I must go."
"So soon?'1
"Yes; I only obtained leave for this
i short lime, by promising to return in an
j hour, and you know a soldier* promise
must never lie broken."
So, with man) more ussmatiets, and
: some mutual sighs. they parted, and
: Harry went away to camp, so happy that
! all I he hard work οί I iiat and many suc
ceeding days and nights was made light
by the glorious luturo.
He di I not see Clara again l*«»r what
seemed a very long lime, but lie heard
ι from lier 1 remuent I v. and those sweet
mites. breathing out the love of her young
heart ehcerod him «»η lion. too, he
I could dream of the time when liis term ol
j service over, he could claim her for his
bri»l·*.
So the days stole by, until the tiinu
came when il la*t the (iovermuen! nv\ak '
cued and began l·» seize in its iron grasp
; ill those'Uispcc'.eiJ or proved to be traitors.
Oil" night the m« on was silvering with
i hi·:* pale ι :t > i> all the wooded shoic of the
l'otoniac, the air was still and pure as if
I it had never itet'U blackened with smoke
j and cloven with cannon balls. Once
again Harry v;u on sentinel'* duty; lie
ι w is on» ol a picket of soldier* who were
guarding the road that led away to
! Manns is; his beat was along a lonely
lane skirted vviι h bushes and deeply
shaded by over-arching trees. Hack and
forth he had marched in his »tu.nolinou9 |
round for one lonely hour that had been
brighlened only by dreams of Clara. It
wae past midnight, and all but the guards
m dul\ were sleeping quietly. N·» pound 1
disturbed the stillness but the faint chirp· j
in** of the summer insect* and the long I
sigh of tbo wind through the trees. Harry
«as just thinking how ppaceful wns
everything but hie own soldierly lig
ure, when α f.ii'it rustle (aught hi·;
alert ear. He listened intenth ; th* same |
indistinct noi-c, and lie caught »i^l;t tif a
dark object crouching in the bushes. In
an iiutant he had brought his piece to
!>ear, with a sharp —
"Who goes then·?1'
No answer,and with a leveled gun, lut ;
riled, •♦advance and give the countersign
or 1 fire.
Πιπί with arrested aim lie licaul a 1 f»v>
ι
slunk, Mtii.1 caught the woids,
"Ilarn, Harry, liai ι) !"
"Oh, Hairy," alie g asped, "mj tine''!
they are after him; lie «'ill bo seized
and thrown into prison. 1 have t«iM him
I would save hiuigjie is here with me.
Only let u^ g » pa· t."
"Never!" exclaimed Harry, though
even as he spolo all tho honors of his po·
si!ion flashed upon hiin. He knew that
oven to tall; »vith her oik in tant while on
gu ;rd way a \ iolatiou of hi* duty ; and jot,
how summon his comrades, and expose
his puro darling to then rude jest»? "Oh,
Clara!" he groaned, "you know not what
you aik ; leave me and go baek to Jour
home."
"No," ."lie nnswered firmly. Harry,
have you forgotten all you promised?
Voit have said you would do anything I
asked."
I "Anything but this.'*
I "I5ut surely, \ou will let m\ poor ι*nolo
go? 1 o*.\e him much, and 1 hare sworn
ι to save him now."
I "How diJ you croîs the liver without
j the pas*?'1 usked Harry, wi;h a sudden
; hope.
■ "In an open boat, we two alone. Now
Harry, let me call him and let us go free."
• N'o, never!" repeated Harry. "Ifyou
I eull )our uncle, I summon the guard : for
your sake I dread to do ko. Lea\ e me,
then Clara, and go away ks you came.''
. "Then give mc the countersign," she
Pegged in.ploi ingly.
"Xo, Clara; liow can you ask me to
commit such infamy?"
"Vou do not love me," alio sobbed,
drawing away from him.
"I do," replied Harry, solemnly ; "I
love you more thrm my life, but not more
than my honor."
Clara was sobbing now convulsively,
and only shook her head.
"Yon are a soldier's daughter, Clara;
β »
you ought not to demand of me what will
surely cover my name with disgrace."
As he spoke there was a sound of quick
I footsteps approaching. Clara sprang to
! his side.
"Forgive me 'he murmured. At the
! instant, there was a glitter of steel in tho
moonlight. Hairy levelled his gun for
he knew those wore hostile bayonets,
t ('lose behind him, a tall, dark figure
1 glided across the road.
"Hack," he cried, and levelling at tho
nearest intruder, tired. A score of creak
ing shots replied ; a suddon agony seized
him ; he heard a woman's shriek, long and
sin ill, and then blackness swept over his
senses.
It was «lays before he recovered any
consciousness. Tlio wound was quite
severe, and lor a long time thought to be
fatal. Ile was tor hours delirious, and in
all his ravings Clara's image haunted his
distorte d binin. He saw lier calling u|>on
the enemy to liro upon 1iim; he fancied
her bringing up rank after rank of glitter»
ingmnskets that his single anu m mit van-'
quish ; ho call on her again and again in
tliu wildest tonus to tako his lilc, btil
spare his honor. When at hist ho recov
ered hi* sans ci», what a sad awakening il
was! Clara was gone, and lie durst not
ask anything aboui the events of that ter
lible night. One afternoon he wn lying
with half-closodoycj, sadly wishing tlmt
the Indict so ne.irly fatal had quite
taken away his wretched life. He ncroi
doubted that Clara h id betrayed and left
hiiu. and no.ν ilrit she was gone what
had he to hope for?
He fell in to a half-doze of utter ex
hanstion. The room to which lie had
been conveyed was in one of the great
hospital.?, bnl apart from the main build·
lie no longer required watcher*,
and to day ho was alone, lie slept tin
easily until the long warm altcrnoon had
laded away, then ho waked with a long
sigh to mental nmerv and pain. His
sensitive car seenird to catch a respon'ive
>igli. Ho listened; suroly ho was net
alone. Λ white figure was kneeling be
side hi-, bed. \V:is it his sis er? Ilo knew
• he was expee'ed.
"Mary," lie whiipcred lalntly.
The bow Oil head was raised, and ClaraV
blown eyes met his own.
••Clara!*' he asked bitterly; you heie?
have you come t> look :it tho ruin you
' have wrought ?"
••Harry," she said seizing his hand and
despito his fee Μ β effort··, eanylng it to
her lip» ; 1 swear to you as there i> a God
in Heaven, I knew not of that snrprijo.M
"And jour uncle ?
"He knew it, I fear, she answered soft
ly. "Ho must h ινο known it, and would
not fell mo le>l I shoul I betray him. I
votild τ ot have 'rnnn awav amon" th'»«r
- ° jt
trait ns fm all the world could give. N<»,
Harry, I stayed with you. When you
fi ll, I svorc :> nnr-re you back to life or
share your grave."
••Could you have been with me ail this
time? '
"Yes*, and heard you accuse me of your
death and dishonor. Oh, Harry, can you
I org i ν e me ?"
••Forgive you, doling?—yes. and «inco
you hare g:iv» d the life you periled,hence
forth it .shall bo wholly yours?*
Need we ask how tliut pledge will be
lulfillod? When llarrjr was strong
enough there was a quiet wedding. He
got a commission for his fidelity, and is
willing; once again t » nsk his life lor the
sake of his beloved eo.mlry .
THE VA PER Cli Ε DITS.
NT.ITEHF.TT OF i:i-l'l«OVOST Μ1Π
Nil VI. (.KSUIK.IL KKIE.
Tho following nu .«sago an«l accompa
m in,r <1 «cunientf were transmitte«l to the
Lci laturc, by the Governor on W'ednes·
iU) :
Statk of M λ ink, )
Executive Department. £
Augusta, Fol>. 21st. 1871. 5
To Ihr Senate and Ifou*e of l'ej* rt.se nia
lires :
I lia*o the honor herewith lo trummiit,
for ;'iicli action a* yoa m ly deem proper,
m letter from II· nor.iblo Win. W. Bel
knap, S cretarj o( W u\ willi :i commu
nication irom Culimcl James Γ». Frye, l .
S. Army, formerly Frovost Gênera! οί ι lie
United States. SIDNEY PEUIIAM.
W ak Dbpaktment, )
W i>hington Cît V, [·
February lCtli, 1871.}
To the Governor of the State of Maine,
I Auytista:
Sut—I have the honor herewith to
transmit, as requested by ! ho writer, a
I communication from Lieut. Col. James
11. 1·Ί)«, U. S. Λ., formerly 1'rovoet Mar
s 11 il Gem tal ol the United State.-, delend
jug himself from certain imputations up·
m his administration of the affairs of the
lVovost Marshal Generars Department
contained in I he report of the Commis
sioners appointed by or under the author
it ν «it the Legislature ol the Stat»· of Maine
t«> inquire into the enlistment frauds com
init'.uil in tha* State during the l ite .war.
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
W'm. W. Belknap
Secretary ol War.
Lnvisville, Ky., Feb. 13tU, 1871.
ι Bai&adier General E. 1). Townsend, )
Adjutant General U. S. Α.,
Washington, I). C. )
Gi nf.uaι.—Λ few weeks since I receiv
ed from some anonymous friend in Maine
! a cop) ol the l'oitland Daily Advertiser
, containing an ♦ χtract of a r^poit made
by certain Commissioners acting under
j the aulhoiity ol the Maine Legislature,
in the investigation of enlistment frauds
: «luring the war.
ι n
The tone of the report seems to throw
«omo responsibility for these frauds on
me, iu my capacity of Pioiost. Marshal
General of tin· United States I immedi
ately wrote His Excellency the Governor
«if Maine for a copy ol the report, and
have been assured by him that it should
be fntnished as s«»on as printed.
This copy lia* not been received, but I
am in receipt of the Bangor Daily Whig
containing the full text of the report, and
I desire without further delay to make
such comments thereon as seem to be im
peratively demanded by the honor of the
service and my sell respect.
The repot t lills me with profound sur
prise. I did not know that such an in
vestigation was being prosecuted, and I
had nol the remotest idea that the doings
ol my office were under review and criti
cism. It u certainly a very singular cir·
Ciiinstance that an investigation of this
character, professing to deal with the
transactions of my office, and throwing
aspersions on my official character, should
have been conduotctl without calling on
η Κ) for any information or giving nit the
slightest opportunity to bo heard, I it on,
perhaps, better prepared than any other
person to giro official information lioar
ing upon the subject under investigation. ;
YoU lor some reason best known to them
selves, the Commissioners ili<l not ecu tit j
to call up »n nie. My only recoilree,
therefore, is tu make this communication
to my proper military superiors, asking
that il be laid before the Governor of^
Maine, and requesting that it he m\de as
public and α matter of as permanent re
cord as the report to which it relates.
The Commissoncrs charge mo with
transcending the requirements of the law
in 1804, from which frauds resulted.—
Their report save :
"Wo fdiall not, however, have fully dis
charged our « 1 uty unless wo indicate in
s 'ine general way the conclusions we
have unavoidably at lived at, as to tlie
prisons upon whom the responsibility
lor these unauthorized credits test.
••When the Provost Marshal General
in his Jotter of ,1 uly (Jth, 1MG1, appointing
G jvernor Ceny ami Major Gardiner to
tlie Navil Com m is> ion. instructing them
that, in determining the crédits the State
of Maine and the diffeicnt sub divisons of
it were entitled to, the Secretary tliin'ie
it will be fair to assume that the State in
which 11 to naval enlistments have been
made i< entitled to credit lor the enlist·
monts unless it should appear by moro
direct evidence that the credit:· belong
else where"—"lie seem*) to us to have
tianscended the requirements of the law.
The terms and intendments of the act
were to throw the burden id proving resi
dence upon ill·' towns; the effect of the
in·! ι notions were to assume the residence
to be at the place of enlistment, anil
throw llic burden of disproving it upon
the town making an adverse claim.
Tito instruction» lruin the same officer
to Governor Cony and Major LitTler of
Doc. 10th, 1* >1, authorizing the cicdit of
2ύ1 Naval or-dits is of the same force
and relers to the foregoing instruction.
I'lie mere privato endorsement of the
Marine Corps list in rho hands of Messrs.
Pike & Colby, authorizing a crédit of the
names it contained to districts and sub
district·; of Maine and tho similar instrue
I lio!:s for a lil.u credit c»f 200 names on
j
a litt held by <ί. P. Cochrane to districts
! and sub districts in the State of Iocs
j not m em to us to have had the slightest
pivtcM ut law or propriety to vindicate
Wh'.thcr the instructions of July 9th
and December 10th, 18ÎÏ4, above mention
ed, be light « r wrong, I am n«it responsi
ble lor them- -they were Mr. Wanton's,
not mine.
This i« j »! it f 11 from uioi·· ieim«, mr ι sny
not that / think, hut thnt the "Secretaiy
thinks, e. ιικΙ this is confirmed In my
final report (p'geTO) dated .March 17th,
18GC, where I say, referring to f hi - *auie
matter, "the Secretary ol War decides,"
tVe. Und< r the law, my orders and «le ·
eisionn were mado in my o*n name and
not in the name of the Secretary, as will
appear In icleienco to them.
When I, as his.subordinate office r, com
municated his decisions, as· in this case,
they were his, in fact, not mine. iJwt the
' linns of the insti ictious, and that ol my
j final report, though sutllcicnt proof, are
ι not the only nor the strongest proof on
this point. I have the original ol my re
' commendation to the Secretary of War,
for carrying out this iaw. The whole
tenor of the instructions as framed by mo
was to throw restrictions around these
credits, and the 4th article of them was
; in the follow ing terms :
IV. Their reside nee must l*e proved fo
sali if act fon of the Secretary of
Wlicn the ι evidence is established, is rc
</uired by the law% the names ol the men
credited will be place^on the enrollment
.
I i «t s of the ρ I ace w to which the credits are
i allowed. It .shall be the duty of the Act·
1 ing Assistant Adjutant General of the
Stale to see to this.
It appears lhal ia the opinion ol the
Commissioners, this recommendation of
mine would have fulfilled ihe require
ments ol the law and prevented frauds.
Hut Mr. Stanton rejected it and substitut
ed the paragraph which the Commission
ers think transcended the law and pro·
duccd evil ie:>ults. Iam happy to havo
the Commissioners un ηιν side of lliis
quest ion, but i must leavo litem to con
tort I lie correctness and wisdom of Mr.
Stanton's construction of the law. The
iss te is one for juiists to decide, and let it
rest bH ween the Commissioners on the
one sid·*, and the deceased War Minister,
Attorney General, and Justice of the
United States Supreme Court .on the
j other. I know the latler to hare been an
able jut it; of the formée I know nothing.
Besides the charge 1 have ju t explain
I ed the Commissioners say that by mero
; private endorsement malit was allowed
for a marine corps list in the hand* of
Pike and Colby to districts and sub-dis
J tricts ol Maine, and that by a similar
endorsement a like credit was allowed
upon a list in the hands of G. P. Coch
rane lo dist nets and eub-ditlricLs in the
State of
The Commissioners say there does not
seem to them to have been the slightest
"pretext of law or propriety" to vindi
cate the allowance of these two lots of
credits.
Let us sec first as to tho "law." The
act of July 4, 1864, sec. 8, governing on
this subject, feaid the men therein describ
ed should be credited "upon satisfactory
proof of their residence nladu" (not ta
the Commissioners, but) to the Secretary
War."
As the Commissioners do not know or
«veil pretend to know that satisfactory
pi oof was n<>t made "to the Secretary of
War,* their charge must be regarded as
the luero assertion of a negative. Grant
n ·
ing for the salie o( the argument, that
with all that wisdoiu after the fact, ac
quired by the light of six your·, the Com·
missioncis hare ascertained that the
truth regarding some or all of these cred
its, would not now justify theirallowance,
and «till it will not follow that they ought
not to have been allowed at the time, on
proof which was then satisfactory to the
Secretary of wai.
It is sufficient on the point of "propri
ety" to pay that the nclion in these cases
cannot be properly p ushed upon without
a full knowledge of the circutrntanco un
der which it »vas taken. The Commis·
sioncrs locked that know lodge and could
not have acquired it even if they had
(l ied to do so. So much for the garnît al
feature of such credits as were allowed.
Now in relation specially to the no·
ealle I "Marine Corps list" and the "list
luld by G. l\ Cochrane''—which the
Commissioners say were credited by mere
private endorsement."
I made no mere private endorsement
on papers lor the allowance of credits,
and if I li id done so, my subordinates
would ii'»t have been justified in regard
ingthi'iu. The "Marine Corps list" came
to the War Department with an official
letter, dated Oct. 7, 1>PH, from a proper
ο nicer to gi/e llie fads in relation lo the
localities "set opposite their names.w—
The li<t was forwarded to Major Littler
with directions to credit, "provided they
have not been huclotore credited."
Of I lie Cochrane list I know nothing,
having no recollection of any nucli list or
transaction as thai set foith; and I am
informed that the records of my offico
furnished no information on the subject.
I never knowingly ordered a credit in
blank, and if there is a genuine signature
of uiino on the list deocrtlied bj the Com
missioners as the Cochrane list, it was
obtained through some misrepresenta
tion, misunderstanding, or ftaud; but un
til I see the list and can determine as to
llio genuineness of it and my signature,
I fhall certainly think there is a forgery
in it. The Commissioners it seems havo
seen nono ot these mere private endorse
ments, but assert their existence on 'verb·
nl testimony " They say, "we have only
verbal testimony of the special older* to
ci edit the names borne on the Marine
Corps list offered by I'ike and Colby and
Cochrane."· They do not say in terms
that these piivate endorse men is were
mine, but I infer from the context that
they mean it.
But in determinrug tho responsibility
l< r credits and tin i: eonsequencefi—which
tin· Commissioners place inliroly on my
-diould*rs — there are Homo other points to
bo borne in mind. Πιο Stale and Sown
authorities sought and accepted theso
crédit» anil knowingly paid bounties for
them. T!»e General Government could
noil her exa.'t nor regulate these pay·
menti. All it could do in that regard it
did do, that is, set the example ol paying
bounties Tor and to actual recruit* only.
It \< a si^nilicsnt (act that there were
I °
; lor or no frauds in the matter ot govern
ment bouillie*. It was clearly the duty
of the towns to see that their bounties
were honorably and pio|M:rly disluirscd.
It λ its my duty to see that the m η weie
obtained for (he ?crv ice. How well tho
former was performed is ind.cated by the
report of these ('onimis»ioncrs ; how
, well the latter, may be inferred from tho
fact that the army was languishing for
recruits when 1 entered on the duties of
IYo\ out Marshal General in 1^63, and
I th it nonvithstamling all its casualties it
, contained more than a million of men
j when the wai c'osed in lfStiô.
, It lo ks like verv *h:u ρ practice, to say
tho least of it, for It^e authorities in Maine
I to have sought and accepted papci crédits
j and to htivo openly and volun aril y j aid
j large sunn of money to scoundrels for
their part in preparing them, and then
j long alter the war, v\ hen the people are
j smarting under the pecunisry conse
quences of their lolly, tor another class
of author iuVs to come out and condemn
the General Government as culpsble and
i as the van?e of the burden:! which they
! intlieted upon themselves.
Tliougli I had power t»· regulate local
ι bounties or forestall frauds in them, I
was when tho war closed actively engag
ed in the prosecution of persons per
petrating these fr&uds; some thirty or
forty of the worst cases were under ar
rest by my Bureau, about twenty of which
had been regularly tried by U. S. authori
ty, convicted and sentenced to fine and
imprisonment. One of these, G. M. Do·
lany, a witness before these commission
ers, was found guilty, among other things
ol defrauding recruits of money voted
►by the. towns and cities of Maine, and
«as sentenced to ten years' imprison·
ment and a fine of $10,000.
1 at Washington was comparatively
withdrawn from those fraudulent prac
tices earned on in the States, under tho
very eyes of the Slate and town officers,
and as 1 understand the law, within their
jurisdiction. Yet 1 rccall no aireits or
piini-dunculs lor these crimes in the Stato
of Maine or elsewhere, except those by
m\ Bureau. The disagreeable and un
popular duty of drafting men into the
ranks of the anuy after volunteering had
become inadequate, was put upon mo
without, agcucy or solicitation ou my part,
and ;it the sacrifice of more desirable em ·
plojmcnt in other fields ol service. 1
know that I discharged it faithfully, in