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On the evening of July 1st, an examination of the bank and cash accounts exhibited the fact that the unexpended balance of the $200,000 which had been appropriated, was insufficient for another day's payments, and involved the sad necessity of closing the doors, and the disappointment of the numerous holders of tickets on which partial payments had been made. The small amount which remained, less than $2,000, was reserved for the use of such cases of pressing need as might arise before means could be obtained for a resumption of payments.
The necessity of further supplies soon became apparent in the cry of distress which rose upon the public ear, and increased in anguish as day after day went by, without relief to the hungry and helpless.
Before the subsequent action of the Common Council could be brought into effect, your Committee, regarding the unredeemed and
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outstanding tickets held by the wives and families of the soldiers in the light of pledges of payment by the Union Defence Committee, obtained from the Executive Committee an additional appropriation of $30,000 for the redemption of all such, and on the 19th of July commenced calling them in.
The number of persons at the door on that morning soliciting aid was about half a dozen only, but with such speed did the news of the redemption fly, that before the close of the day, without any public notice whatever, 1,720 tickets were exchanged for coin. The whole sum was thus expended in six days, in nearly 5,000 payments, to the great relief of the whole community, and the needy families of soldiers especially.
The total number of families who received aid from the fund was a fraction less than 12,000; the number of payments made was about 35,000 ; and the whole amount expended, 8230,000.
A donation of $100 in pennies, from Mrs. Hopkins, of 420 Sixth Avenue, was received, and handed over to A. A. Low, Esq., Treas- urer of Union Defence Committee.
The Committee are under obligations to S. C. Herring & Co. for the gratuitous use of an iron safe, and to Mr. Southack for the loan of a few articles of office furniture.
Appended hereto is a detailed statement of the expenditures.
Respectfully submitted by
ISAAC BELL, - Sub-Committee on
M. H. GRINNELL. Application for Relief C. H. MARSHALL, - to families of Soldiers.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENT OF $230,000 appropriated for aid of families.
May, June and July, received by checks. $230,000 00 July, returned from three wards. 148 50
$230,148 50
Paid on tickets, as per books, May, June
and July .. $226,316 25
Sundries, May, June and July. 3,855 22
$230,171 47
Apparent excess of disbursements over receipts
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22 97
$220,171 47
STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS FROM MAY 7 TO JULY 12, 1861. Payments on Tickets.
Amounts paid on tickets. $196,438 00
Sundry expenses, per statement annexed* 3,584 97
$200,022 97
STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS of the additional appropriation of $30,000.
Received by checks $30,000 00
Returned from three wards. 148 50
$30,148 50
Paid on outstanding tickets, July 19th to 25th. $29,878 25
Sundries. 270 25
NOTE .- This SUMMARY STATEMENT appears on pages 64 to 71 of printed Documents No. 18 Board of Aldermen, Sept. 9, 1861.
* This petty cash account is here omitted.
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES EX CITY FUND, by the Union Defence Committee for Aid to Regi- ments, Arms and Ammunition, and Aid to Families of Soldiers up to July 31, 1862.
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NEW YORK, August 20, 1861.
Expenditures by the Union Defence Committee cx City Fund to July 31, 1861. A .- IN AID TO REGIMENTS.
No. OF REGIMENT.
COMMANDER
WHAT FOR.
AMOUNTS.
TOTAL.
1. NEW YORK STATE MILITIA.
2d. ..
Col. Tompkins.
Clothing, equipment, outfit & rations.
$25,246 96
5th . . ...
Schwarzwaelder.
..
:
9,575 19
6tl. . . . . .
·
Lyons. . .
:
33.791 49
9th .......
Stiles.
..
12th ..
Butterfield
343 18
14,383 83
55th! . . .
....
Le Gal. .
4,34 ₺
69th ...
..
Corcoran
16
25,518 83
71st ..
Martin (late Vosbourgh).
10,417 00
79th.
..
1st. ...
Col. Allen ..
Clothing, equipment and rations.
1,450 00 718 35 1,412 85
4,500 00
4th. ....
Taylor.
3,987 16
5th . . . . . ..
Duryee.
. .
. . .
.
...
Hawkins ..
7,820 00
...
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Cameron. .
16,911 60
2. NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS.
$157,336 97
18,483 01
6th .......
Wilson .
1,234 30
7th. ....
Bendix
6,258 00
Sth. . .. ...
Blenker .
32,169 69
9th ..
.
* $830 38
2,950 00
14.200 63
8th. . .
Pinckney
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No. OF, REGIMENT.
COMMANDER.
WHAT FOR.
AMOUNTS.
TOTAL.
10th.
Col. McChesney.
Clothing, equipment and rations.
$250 00
$11,623 04
11th .. . .
Farnham(late Ellsworth)
4,494 07
15th.
Murphy.
2,851 58
17 .. . .
Lansing ..
5,686 00
20tl ... .
Weber ..
500 00
3,282 94
25th. . .
.
..
4,405 48
31st ...
Pratt. .
....
1,308 00
32d. . ..
Matthesson.
..
4,488 77
36th. .
Innes . ....
500 00
5,053 15
38th. .
Ward.
....
500 00
500 00
37th. . .
McCunn.
6,336 39
47,517 56
Garibaldi .. .
d'Utassy. .
. .
43,891 50
De Kalb. . .
Von Gilsa.
.
.€
67,099 83
Mozart. . .
Riley.
47,146 65
Jackson Gnard ...
Kennedy. .
1,580 00
Anderson Zou'ves.
Riker.
Excelsior .. .
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N. Y. Legion. ..
Curtis.
Naval Brigade, now Coast G'd ..
3. MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS NOT COMPLETED, AND SUNDRIES.
11th Regiment. . . Col. Maidhoff
Aid for equipment and outfit
6,000 00
British Vol'nteers.
Sanders.
German Artillery .
Lichtenstein.
2d Advance G'd ..
Olmstead.
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500 00
1st Calif nia Reg. mergedin 32d Vols.
500 00
500 00
1st Cavalry. ... . 2d Art. Brigade .. |
Clark
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· 350 00
Mott.
* These figures represent additional payments from private fund.
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1,000 00
10,242 00
Sickles.
66
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66
2,500 00
1,000 00
349,846 23
1,500 00
2,719 52
. .
·
Kerrigan.
11,726 00
Polish Legion. . . | Col. John Allen. . Aid for equipment and outfit.
$1,578 00
2d German Rifles Metternich.
500 00
Constitutional Gd Cocks. . .
"
1,000 00
New York's Own.
Wing.
500 00
Imperial Zou'ves.
Merritt .. .
6€
100 00
Empire City Reg .. | Sheehan
4,000 00
3,200 25
For distribution to New York Military, waterproof camp-blankets, etc Jackson Guard, Col. Kennedy, since united with Jackson Guard ..
2,500 00
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B .- ARMS AND AMMUNITION, as per Special Account. 226,589 29
C .- AID TO FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS, as per Special Account.
230,000 00
TOTAL.
$988,720 24
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RECAPITULATION.
A .- AID TO REGIMENTS:
1. Militia Regiments ... $157,336 97
2. Volunteer Regiments. . .. 349,846 23
3. Military organizations not complete. 24,947 77
$532,130 97
B .- ARMS AND AMMUNITION
226,589 27
C .- RELIEF TO FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS ..
230,000 00
TOTAL. .
8088,720 24
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NOTE .- This table appears in Document No. 18, Board of Aldermen, Sept. 9, 1861, pages 54 to 56.
$24,947 77
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APPENDIX
CLAIM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ON
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR
REIMBURSEMENT
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE Editor of the Report of the Union Defence Committee of the City of New York was left free to exercise his judgment in the selection for print and publication from the large mass of manuscript papers placed in his hands.
The foregoing pages include the Minutes of the General Committee in full, all of the Reports of the Executive Com- mittee and of the Sub-Committees of Detail.
The last pages of this Report were going through the press when the intention to revive the claim of the city was publicly announced. The Editor therefore collated the documents, and prints in the following Appendix all the correspondence relating to the subject of Expenditure and Reimbursement omitted in the body of the Report.
The action of the Municipality in the presentation of the claims for reimbursement and the recent correspondence o His Honor Mayor Grace and the Comptroller of the City with regard to a renewal of the claims complete the record.
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REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
NOTE .- Under the heading of Reimbursements of Expenditures there appear in this volume, pages 191 to 203, parts of the correspondence of the Union Defence Committee with the United States Government and the Govern- ment of the State of New York on the subject of a Refund of Moneys ex- pended on account of the City Fund and of that subscribed by private citizens. The letters which follow complete the record as it is found in the minutes and documents of the Committee. The "Correspondence with officers of the United States Government in relation to claims for reimbursement of advances made to Regiments of Volunteers by the Union Defence Committee " makes part of the appendix to the Reports, Resolutions and Documents of the Union Defence Committee of the Citizens of New York, published by the Committee in 1862, and is now complete in these pages. - EDITOR.
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REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE
UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, OFFICE, 30 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, October 28, 1861.
SIR :- In the organization of many of the Volunteer Regiments of this State, now in the service of the United States, advances were made by this Committee for the purpose of insuring the speedy equipment and outfit of such regiments.
A list of the names of commanding officers, and, as far as prac- ticable, the numbers or other designations of the several corps alluded to will accompany this.
The Committee are now engaged in the preparation of accurate statements of expenditure in each case, which will be accompanied with properly authenticated vouchers to justify the reimbursement.
Pending the time necessary for the preparation of these papers, so far as they relate to your department, the Committee have thought it advisable to make this communication to guard against any settlements that might conflict with the rights and interests of the Committee, or of those they represent.
On behalf of the Union Defence Committee.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
P. M. WETMORE, Secretary Executive Committee.
COLONEL D. B. SACKETT,
Inspector-General U. S. Army, Disbursing Officer ai New York,
Copy addressed also to
COLONEL D. H. VINTON, Assistant Quartermaster General United States Army, New York.
Memorandum of Regiments assisted by Union Defence Committee. REGIMENTS OF N. Y. S. MILITIA.
2d Regt., Col. Tompkins. 6th Regt., Col. Pinckney.
5th " " Schwarzwaelder. 7th Lefferts.
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8th Regt., Col. Lyon.
55th Regt., Col. De Trobriand.
9th
Stiles.
69th
66 Corcoran.
12th
Butterfield.
71st
" Martin.
13th
Smith.
79th
Elliott.
14th 66
Wood.
REGIMENTS OF N. Y. S. VOLUNTEERS.
1st Regt., Col. Allen.
37th Regt., Col. McCunn.
4th “ Taylor.
38th
66 Ward.
5th
Duryee.
39th
D'Utassy.
6th
Wilson.
40th 66 Riley.
7th
Bendix.
41st
Von Gilsa.
Sth
Blenker.
42d 66 66 Kennedy.
9th
60 Hawkins.
45th
Von Amsberg.
10th 66
McChesney.
11th
Ellsworth.
48th
Perry.
15th 66
Murphy.
And a few others assisted on a more limited scale.
20th
Weber.
25th
Kerrigan.
13 Regiments, Militia. 25
Volunteers.
32d 66 " Matheson.
36th
66 Innis.
38 Regiments.
UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, OFFICE, 30 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, November 18, 1861.
GENERAL :- In the course of its transactions with the various regiments forming the quota of volunteers from this State, the Union Defence Committee has furnished arms and munitions of war to regiments now in the service, of which a list is annexed.
In making up its claims for reimbursement of advances made for the outfit of regiments, the Committee desires to be informed if claims for the cost of such articles as are comprised within the rules of the Ordnance Department, and which were issued to regi- ments now in the field, will be recognized by the United States, or whether the Committee shall look to the regiments for the return of arms and ammunition still in their possession.
It may perhaps be proper to state that in a few instances issues were made to regiments which left for the seat of war at a time when communication could not be had with authorities at Wash- ington.
31st
Pratt.
47th " Moore.
17th 66 Lansing.
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I beg to ask on behalf of the Committee for such information as will enable it, in presenting its claims, to comply with the regula- tions of the Ordnance Department.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
P. M. WETMORE, Secretary Ex. Com., Union Defence Committee.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES W. RIPLEY,
Chief of Ordnance, U. S. Army.
Regiments of Volunteers from State of New York, to which Arms, etc., have been issued by the Union Defence Committee of the City of New York.
1. Second Reg't N. Y. State Militia, Col. Tompkins.
2. Ninth Col. Stiles.
3. Seventy-ninth
Lt .- Col. Elliott, Col. Stevens.
4. Fifth Regiment N. Y. S. V.,
Col. Duryee, Col. Warren.
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Col. Blenker, Col. Stahl.
6. Eleventh
Col. Ellsworth, Col. Loeser.
7. Thirty-ninth"
Col. D'Utassy.
8. Fortieth
Col. Riley.
P. M. WETMORE,
Secretary Ex. Com.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WASHINGTON, December 20, 1861.
PROSPER M. WETMORE, EsQ.,
No. 30 Pine Street, New York.
SIR :- In answer to your letter of the 18th ult., I have to state that accounts for arms or ordnance stores, which have been pro- cured and issued to troops in the United States service, on proper authority, if sent to this office, will be examined, and transmitted to the proper accounting office of the Treasury for settlement. The law requires that purchases of arms, equipments or other ordnance stores shall be made by the senior officer of the Ordnance Depart- ment, under the direction of the Secretary of War. Evidence, there- fore, of authority from the Secretary of War to make the purchases, must accompany accounts sent for settlement through this office ; as also evidence of the receipt by a Government officer, or duly authorized agent, of the articles purchased.
This office has not authority to recognize accounts contracted without the direction of the Secretary of War, nor claims for reim- bursements, under the act approved July 17, 1861, of expenses
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incurred by the States " on account of volunteers called into the field."
Respectfully your obedient servant,
JAS. . W. RIPLEY, Brigadier-General.
MUSTERING OFFICE, NO. 79 WHITE STREET,
NEW YORK, December 19, 1861.
GENERAL P. M. WETMORE,
Secretary Union Defence Committee.
DEAR SIR :- I send you herewith copy of letter received this day from the Adjutant-General U. S. A., together with the bills left in this office, which will fully explain the matter.
I am, etc., W. A. NICHOLS, Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. A., Mustering Officer.
NOTE .- The letter here a luded to is that from Geo. D. Ruggles, Ass't Adju- tunt. General, dated Washington, December 17, 1861, printed on page 198 of this colume.
UNITED STATES MUSTERING OFFICE, NO. 79 WHITE STREET, NEW YORK, December 20, 1861.
PROSPER M. WETMORE, ESQ.,
Secretary Executive Committee, Union Defence Committee.
SIR :- I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com- munication of the 20th inst.,* and will, as you request, send a copy of it to the Adjutant-General's Office.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, W. A. NICHOLS, Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. A., Mustering Officer.
UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, OFFICE 30 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, January 18, 1862.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
HON. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War. SIR :- The within communication, t addressed to Hon. Simon
* The communication of the 20th appears on page 199 of the present volume. t This communication to the Hon. Simon Cameron, dated New York, De- cember 31, 1861, appears on page 191 of this Report .- EDITOR.
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Cameron, was prepared for transmission to the War Department on the day of its date, but has been withheld from considerations of duty to the Municipal Government of New York.
The questions submitted to the Department are of serious im- portance to the city, and the undersigned therefore venture to ask as early action thereon as may be consistent with other duties.
With high respect and consideration,
Your obedient servants,
S. DRAPER, Chairman,
WM. M. EVARTS,
Sec. U. D. Com.
Approved :
R. T. HAWES, Comptroller.
HAMILTON FISH,
Chairman U. D. Com.,
A. A. Low,
Treasurer U. D. Com.,
P. M. WETMORE, Sec. Ex. Com.
List of Papers Inclosed to the Secretary of War.
1. Letter to Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, dated Jan. 18, 1862 [as abore printed].
2. Letter to Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, dated De- cember 31, 1861. [This letter appears on pages 191 to 194 of present volume. ]
3. Letter to Gen. D. B. Sackett, mustering officer (copy), dated November 22, 1861. [ This letter appears on pages 194-5 of present volume.]
4. Letter from Captain G. D. Ruggles, Assistant Adjutant-General (copy), dated December 17, 1862. [ This letter appears on page 198 of the present volume. ]
5. Letter to Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Nichols, mustering officer (copy), dated December 20, 1861. [This letter appears on page 199 of the present volume.]
6. Telegram from Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War (copy), dated August 22, 1861. [ This telegram appears on page 200 of the present volume.]
7. Form of bills presented. [Of this no memorandum is found by editor of present volume. ]
P. M. WETMORE, Secretary Executive Committee of the Union Defence Committee.
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UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK,
OFFICE, 30 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, January 21, 1802.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
HON. ELIJAH WARD, M. C.
DEAR SIR :-- This Committee have claims for reimbursements by the War Department for advances made for the outfit, etc., of regiments of volunteers.
Sixty-six of the New York regiments have been aided by the. Committee, but the larger appropriations made by them were con- fined to about half that number of regiments.
You are doubtless aware that among the earliest of the regi- ments which arrived in Washington between the 20th April and the 10th May, were those which were mainly sent forward by this Com- mittee. The President, the Secretary of War, and General Scott were kind enough to say, at that time, that the capital had been saved by the energetic action of the Union Defence Committee. It claims no further credit than to have done its duty in carrying out the wishes of the loyal citizens of New York.
The funds employed for the aid of the Government were princi- pally derived from the fund created by the city authorities, and the reimbursement is pledged for the redemption of the stock issued to create the fund.
Officers of the War Department have for some months past been engaged in paying similar demands, and the disbursing officers, on this station, have encouraged the Committee to present its claims in the same manner as other parties.
'These bills, thus submitted, have been, on reference to the Adju- tant-General, rejected by him. The only course left is to appeal from that decision to the Secretary of War.
This has been done in a communication forwarded to-day to Secretary Stanton.
Unless some personal intervention occurs, the danger is that the Secretary may, without examination, refer the case again to the Adjutant-General, who has already prejudged it.
Will you be able to find time to see the Secretary early to- morrow and mention the subject, so far as to ask for a personal decision by him ; or, if it becomes necessary, to retain the papers until the Committee can be heard before the Department.
The case is one of pressing importance to the financial interests of the City of New York. If these claims are rejected, or the set- tlement long delayed, the Comptroller will be compelled to place the whole amount disbursed for the outfit of regiments (not far from
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650,000 dollars) in the tax levy of the present year, and you are aware how heavy the burden is already.
The City Government and the Committee have acted in unison in making these advances, and they continue thus to act in the duty of claiming the reimbursement. The communication to the War Department is signed by the officers of the Committee and the Comptroller of the City.
Your kindness in calling on the Secretary in time to confer with him before a reference is made of the papers (without examination) will be gratefully acknowledged by the Committee.
A rough copy of the principal letter (addressed to Mr. Cameron but forwarded to Mr. Stanton to-day) will go with this, which you will much oblige by returning when you have read it.
In haste. .
Very respectfully and truly, yours, P. M. WETMORE, Secretary, Ex-Com.
Approved : S. DRAPER, Chairman Ex .- Com.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C., February 11, 1862. HON. ELIJAH WARD, M. C.,
House of Representatives.
SIR : At your request, I have the honor to forward to you the accompanying papers in relation to the Union Defence Committee of New York. It appears that in my letter of the 17th of Decem- ber, 1861, to Lieutenant-Colonel Nichols a very important omission has occurred. The letter reads "no accounts of this kind can be paid from the appropriation," etc., it should have read " can be paid by you from," etc. It was not intended to give an opinion that the accounts of the Union Defence Committee were not chargeable against this fund. It was intended to state that the Union Defence Committee should settle their accounts at the Treasury Department, in the same manner as is done by the State Governments. Some of the accounts of the Committee appear chargeable against the fund for "Collecting, Drilling and Organiz- ing Volunteers ; " some against the Quarter-Master's Department ; some against the Subsistence Department ; some against the Medi- cal Department; and possibly some against the Ordnance Depart- ment. These accounts should not be settled by Colonel Nichols- besides this, he has sufficient business to transact, without this
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amount of examination and adjustment of accounts to be re-cx- amined and readjusted at the Treasury Department where they might more properly be sent direct.
In conclusion, I have the honor to state that the facts as herein set forth were represented to Captain Carr of the New York Mus- tering and Disbursing Office in New York, when I was there, the day after Christmas, and he stated that he would inform the Com- mittee of the omission that had been made in my letter.
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, GEORGE D. RUGGLES, Assistant Adjutant-General.
UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK, OFFICE NO. 30 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, February 26, 1862.
Executive Committee,
HON. ELIJAH WARD, ETC.
DEAR SIR : I have to acknowledge your obliging favor of the 13th inst., covering communication of Assistant Adjutant-General George D. Ruggles, bearing date 11th inst., in reference to certain claims of the Union Defence Committee submitted to the War Department for reimbursement.
I cannot perceive that the amendment suggested by Assistant Adjutant-General Ruggles, to the former decision in this case, alters in any sense the position of the claims now before the Department for its action,
The law of Congress, approved July 27, 1861, No. 18, has special reference to States, and it is quite apparent that the Union Defence Committee cannot be brought within its operation. The claims under notice are clearly " chargeable against the fund for collecting, drilling and organizing Volunteers," and they are chargeable against no other fund. They are all for subsistence furnished to the De Kalb Regiment, Forty-first New York Volunteers, and they have been examined and virtually approved by Colonel D. B. Sackett, late Mustering officer, and are stated and certified upon forms suggested by him.
These claims are identical in character and equity with those daily and hourly paid at the Mustering office in this City. They are the only claims on the part of this Committee which have yet been brought to the cognizance of the Adjutant-General's office. I cannot discover the pertinency of an objection to the payment of these bills, arising from the fact that others which the Committee
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have not yet presented, may be deemed properly chargeable against other departments.
It seems to me, as it does to the Committee for whom I speak, that a just claim, for the payment of which means have been pro- vided and specifically appropriated should be paid without un- necessary delay. When the existence of the Government was in peril, the Union Defence Committee did not hesitate to employ their means and their influence in organizing and forwarding Vol- unteers to secure the safety of the capital. .
These duties of patriotism were actively continued so long as the exigencies of the Government required them, and they have not entirely ceased up to this date.
The National crisis is past, the people have furnished the means for redeeming the obligations which have been incurred by the Gov- ernment.
The Union Defence Committee now simply ask that they may have the same justice meted to them which is extended to all other citizens. They have never withheld their personal efforts to serve the public cause, and they are not satisfied with the answer that the examination of their claims will involve some amount of labor. In the present instance, as in reference to all others coming under the head of subsistence, the time and labor of examining and re- imbursing the claims of the Union Defence Committee, would have been far less than has been, occupied in the correspondence relating to them on the one side, in regard to form; on the other in advocating the simplest principles of equity.
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