Report on the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... time I saw Mr. Tiffaiiy Question. I want the first time you saw him, not about the first time. Answer. It was some time between inserting the advertisement and receiving the proposals. Question. Had you not seen him before that time' Answer. No, sir. Question. When did you first see Mr. Edgerton' Answer. About the same time.. Question. Had you any conversation with either of them before issuing the advertisement? ' Answer. No, sir. Question. Nor with Mr. Parrish' Answer. No, sir; I did not know either of the parties. Question. Have you made any contracts for ice for the coming year? Answer. No, sir. Question. Have you issued any advertisements' Answer. Yes, sir. Question. How many? Answer. I have inserted the same advertisement in 14 or 15 different papers. The bids will be opened on the 25th of this month. Question. Have you changed the terms of the advertisement in any way? Answer. Yes, sir. The first one was withdrawn, and a second one inserted, more in detail, and asking for more information. Question. Why was the first withdrawn' Answer. I do not know. An order was sent to me from the Surgeon General's oflice to withdraw it, without intimating any reason for it. Question. Who prepared the second proposals now issued? Answer. I prepared them, based upon instructions given to me from the Surgeon General's ofiice. Question. You changed the advertisement according to instructions given to you by the Surgeon General? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Were you not notified. in that connexion, that the advertisement which you had issued was so indefinite that it would be impossible for any intelligent man to bid under it' Answer. No, sir; I received no notice of that kind. I was ordered to...