DR. The United States to Major W. H. Russell-Continued. I certify that the foregoing account is accurate and just; that I have not received pay, nor drawn rations, forage, or clothing in kind, or received money in lieu of any part thereof, for any part of the time herein charged; that I actually owned and kept in service the horses, and employed the private servants for the whole of the time charged; that I did not, during the term so charged, or any part thereof, keep or employ as waiter or servant a soldier from the line of the army; that the annexed is a description of my servants; that for the whole period charged for my staff appointment, I actually and legally held the appointment; that I actually performed the duty of assistant commissary of subsistence during the whole time for which pay as such is charged; that I commanded a company during the whole time for which extra pay for such command is charged; that (if a subaltern, charging four rations) I have held no staff appointment for which I claim or have received extra pay during the time of such charge; that I was the actual and only commanding officer at the double ration post charged for, which was garrisoned by at least one company of troops; that I was on duty, and have had a command. according to my brevet rank, agreeably to law and regulation, during the whole time brevet pay is charged; that no officer, within my knowledge, has a right to claim, or does claim, for said services, for any part of the period charged; that I am not in arrears with the United States on any account whatsoever; and that I was last paid by Paymaster and to include the last day of 18 . I at the same time acknowledge that I have received of Paymaster , this day of 18 the sum of 10 dollars, being the amount in full of said account. (Duplicate.) WM. H. RUSSELL, Late Major California Battalion. Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 18th day of December, A. D. 1852. SOLOMON A. SHARP, Notary Public, County of San Francisco. DR. Pay The United States to William H. Russell, major California battalion, under Colonel Frémont. Forage For three horses. Clothing Subsistence DR. The United States to Major W. H. Russell-Continued. I certify that the foregoing account is accurate and just; that I have not received pay, nor drawn rations, forage, or clothing in kind, or received money in lieu of any part thereof, for any part of the time herein charged; that I actually owned and kept in service the horses, and employed the private servants for the whole of the time charged; that I did not, during the term so charged, or any part thereof, keep or employ as waiter or servant a soldier from the line of the army; that the annexed is a description of my servants; that for the whole period charged for my staff appointment, I actually and legally held the appointment; that I actually performed the duty of assistant commissary of subsistence during the whole time for which pay as such is charged; that I commanded a company during the whole time for which extra pay for such command is charged; that (if a subaltern, charging four rations) I have held no staff appointment for which I claim or have received extra pay during the time of such charge; that I was the actual and only commanding officer at the double ration post charged for, which was garrisoned by at least one company of troops; that I was on duty, and have had a command according to my brevet rank, agreeably to law and regulation, during the whole time brevet pay is charged; that no officer, within my knowledge, has a right to claim, or does claim, for said services, for any part of the period charged; that I am not in arrears with the United States on any account whatsoever; and that I was last paid by Paymaster and to include the last day of 18 . I at the same time acknowledge that I have received of Paymaster this , day of 18 the sum of TS dollars, being the amount in full of said account. 100 (Duplicate.) WM. H. RUSSELL, Late Major California Battalion. Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 15th day of December, A. D. 1852. SOLOMON A. SHARP, Notary Public, County of San Francisco. A. Statement of differences to accompany the accounts of William H. Russell, late collector, Monterey, California. [Neither the last account of the collector, ending May 28, 1853, nor the within statement, exhibits any balance.] The following payments, however, charged in the collector's accounts are disallowed, as unauthorized, unnecessary, and exorbitant expenditures, viz: On account of revenue boats 66 Amount paid W. H. Cranskee for a 'revenue barge," disallowed for want of authority and as unnecessary Amounts paid boatmen, viz: In 3d quarter, 1851, payments to John Fox and Rezin Graham, as boatmen and servants, disallowed, the same being deemed an entirely unnecessary expenditure, the payments for like purposes by the late Collector Barney having been but $8 for a longer period, and when nearly ten times the amount of duties, &c., were collected. Moreover, the signatures to the receipts on both vouchers are apparently in the same handwriting, and one of the men the slave of the collector. To John Fox.... To Rezin Graham In 4th qr. 1851, payment to Christian Benson, as boatman, disallowed as an unnecessary expense.. In 4th quarter, 1851, payment to John Fox and Rezin Graham, as boatmen, disallowed as unnecessary, and for want of receipts... $140 00 $300 00 600 00 50 00 258 00 308 00 Amount charged for travelling expenses of collector, disal- 150 00 180 00 A-Continued. Part of bill of Curtis & Little, dated June 26 to September 15, 1851, disallowed, viz: 3 boxes candles, at $30, $30, and $20 $80 00 Freight paid steamer Ohio on long boat ("revenue barge') from San Francisco.... Error in entering amount of said bill in account current.. 40 00 $124 00 2,790 24 Deduct amount improperly credited by draft dated June 17, 1853, "at thirty days after sight, on the honorable the Secretary of the Treasury, in favor of Messrs. Page, Bacon, & Co., or order" Deduct amount paid T. A. Russell, inspector at Santa Cruz, California, per receipt dated April 15, 1854, not charged by him... 2,546 99 231 99 2,790 24 |