2d Session. No. 107. ANDREW ARMSTRONG. [To accompany bill H. R. No. 771.] FEBRUARY 23, 1855. Mr. ASHE, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made the following REPORT. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Andrew Armstrong, respectfully report : That, in accordance with an act of Congress passed on the 30th of June, 1834, for the relief of Andrew Armstrong, former navy agent at Lima, in Peru, his accounts have undergone an adjudication before the accounting officers, and that all the suspended items stated in a "reconcilement of the account of Andrew Armstrong," by the Fourth Auditor, August 11th, 1832, have been allowed except the following: Clerk hire..... Expenses for board at Lima. Detention while settling accounts.. Commissions on stores delivered to P. White. Amounting in all to the sum of... $268 75 1,609 87 28 50 183 24 25 00 2,115 36 It appears, by an investigation of the report of the committee, and the law above alluded to, passed for the relief of the petitioner 30th of June, 1834, that four of the items in the above list, viz: clerk hire, detention. while settling accounts, commissions on stores delivered to P. White, and disbursement on tobacco, amounting in the aggregate to five hundred and five dollars and forty-nine cents, were intended to be allowed the petitioner, and your committee are of opinion should now be allowed him. With regard to the only remaining item, $1,609 87, expenses for board at Lima, your committee consider should not be allowed, inasmuch as the petitioner has already been compensated at the rate of $2,500 per annum to the date, January 20th, 1832, which he alleged that he had been detained at Lima, in consequence of the protesting of his bills. It is not the practice to allow navy agents a compensation for their services and to pay their board also. The committee have not been able to find a single instance in which it has been done. In accordance with these views, the committee herewith report a bill for his relief. 33d CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 2d CONGRESS, HARRISON HOUGH. [To accompany bill H. R. No. 772.] FEBRUARY 23, 1855. Mr. Bocock, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made the following REPORT. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Harrison Hough, have according to order had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the following facts: That the petitioner was appointed purser's clerk in due form on the 20th August, 1843, on board of the United States frigate Savannah, then bound for the South sea. (See his letter of appointment filed in the case.) That the petitioner entered upon his duties and performed them without complaint until he was taken sick in October, 1846, the frigate being then in the Pacific ocean. This (his attack) was very severc, and lasted so long that it became necessary to appoint another clerk, his mind being somewhat affected. That the said frigate returned to the United States on the 8th of September, 1847, and her crew were paid off on the 23d of said month, the petitioner only being allowed pay to the 1st January, 1847, although he remained on board. all the time to the arrival of the ship at the time aforesaid. And the whole question is, ought the petitioner, under the circumstances detailed, to be allowed his pay for the period between the 1st of January and the time at which the frigate returned home. Your committee are of opinion that the petitioner, stricken down by an act of Providence-the consequence of his public service, probably-ought to be allowed his usual pay to the return of the frigate home, and report a bill accordingly. 2d Session. No. 109. JESSE FRENCH. [To accompany bill H. R. No. 773.] FEBRUARY 23, 1855. Mr. EDMANDS, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the fol lowing REPORT. That the committee have investigated the case of Jesse French, and beg leave to report, that French makes declaration, under oath, that he enlisted in the army of the United States, and received an honorable discharge in May, 1815. In an exposed service, while encamped at French Mills, in the winter of 1813, he was laid up with rheumatism. He was at that time sergeant in Captain Abraham F. Hull's company of the 9th regiment of infantry. He has never recovered from the sickness then incurred, and is now almost a cripple. The committee are satisfied as to the excellent character of the applicant, in addition to the evidence he furnishes, and report the following bill. |