Report Of The Finance Committee

The following is the report proper of the Finance Committee, as presented to the relief meeting on Wednesday evening:

To the donors of the fund entrusted to the Finance Committee:

Your Committee beg leave to report that they have received in all $784.20 voluntary contributions of citizens of Scott county, principally of Davenport, the receipt of which, and disbursement thereof, appearing by the following statement:

That the following is the report of the committee to us, appointed to go to Fort Donelson to render pecuniary aid and surgical aid to the Iowa volunteers, to-wit:

RECEIPTS.

Feb. 18	To am’t received at Le Claire Hall	$323.00
	Collected by Wm. Burris	48.00
	[Collected by] Lisher and Hirschl	68.50
	Collected by T. C. Campbell	44.00
	[Collected by] R. Lowry	76.75
	Amount Rec’d from A. C. Fulton	5.00
	Amount Rec’d from Oliver and Gibson	2.00
Feb. 28	Amount collected by C. H. Eldridge	76.00
Mch. 15	Amount rec’d by R. Lowry, including collection at Metropolitan Hall	77.95
	Amount rec’d from Mr. Douchne	2.00
	Amount rec’d from Dr. Saunders	1.00
Mch. 25	Am’t rec’d of J. C. Todd	5.00
	Am’t rec’d of C. Leslie	60.00	$784.20
Mch. 25	To Balance	28.10
April 2	Rec’d of Dr. McCarn ten dollars, refunded since report	10.00
	Davenport Gas Co. $5, G. E. Hubbell, $1, Capt. Dermody $1, McCosh and Donahue $5, C. S. Watkins 2	14.00
	Total collected	$836.30
	Balance on hand		$52.00

EXPENDITURES.

Feb. 18	Cash handed to Dr. McCarn	$300.00
Feb. 20	Paid to Ladies’ Association	50.00
	1 $5 found to be counterfeit	5.00
	Cash sent by express to Ira M. Gifford	150.00
	Cash paid dispatch to Dr. McCarn	1.15
	Cash paid on dispatch from Dr. McCarn	3.12
	Cash paid Stevenson & Carnahan, bill	6.00
	Cash paid on dispatch from I. M. Gifford	7.28
	Cash paid M. C. Davis, bill wounded soldiers	8.00
	Cash paid on dispatch to I. M. Gifford	1.76
	Cash paid LeClaire House, bill wounded soldiers	.60
Mch. 1	Cash paid to Luse, Lane & Co. for printing	1.00
	Cash paid to Swits, True and Davis	59.20
	Cash paid to L. G. Center	12.00
Mch. 4	Cash Paid to Swits, True and Davis, telegraphs	9.80
Mch 11.	Cash paid to L. G. Center	10.00
	Cash paid to Swits, True and Davis	59.20
	Cash paid L. G. Center for trip to Pea Ridge	50.00
	Cash paid M. C. Davis, bill wounded soldiers	.50
Mch. 22	Cash paid Dr. Maxwell for fare wounded soldiers	6.10
	Cash paid Dr. Maxwell, balance due him	2.45
Mch. 25	F. Jacoby’s bill	2.69
	Cash paid J. C. Todd for boots for Film	3.50	$756.10
	Balance on hand		28.10
			$534.20

That this committee approved of the bill of disbursements rendered by Dr. Maxwell, and have paid him the balance due him on his bill as rendered; that we disapprove of certain items in the bill of Dr. McCarn, being $10 paid out to one of the volunteer officers, and $100 paid out for the expenses of certain persons in going to and returning from Fort Donelson and other places, who were not members of the committee sent, but who went agreeing to pay their own expenses; that Dr. McCarn is entitled to a credit of $43.30 for expenditures in discharging his duty on said committee, and after deducting, that there remains due from him to this committee, of the funds entrusted to him, the sum of seventy-seven dollars and seventy cents, which we have requested that he pay over to us, and which has not been paid.

All of which is respectfully submitted.

R. LOWRY, Chairman.

W. BURRIS,

SAMUEL HIRSCHL,

T. C. CAMPBELL,

Davenport, March 28, 1862.

SUPLEMENTAL REPORT.

The said finance committee would further report to said donors as follows:

After the adoption of the foregoing report, and after Dr. McCarn had been notified by the finance committee of their final report, and shown the same, to-wit: 2d day of April, 1862, he presented to us an additional report, and the following is a copy thereof, viz:

R. LOWRY, ESQ., Chairman Finance Committee. –

DEAR SIR:  I have received the committee’s bill of exceptions to my report; also to that of Hon. R. Linderman.  In regard to the latter, I would state that, although handed in with my report, it was over his own signature, and intended as his individual report, I having had nothing to do either with the receipt of disbursement of the funds referred to, and consequently do not think it necessary for me to reply to this portion of your exceptions.

In regard to exceptions to my own report – 1^st. Amount paid Lieut. Flanagan; I am willing to refund, if the committee insist.  2d. As regards to the amount paid for extra railroad fare, &c., for Messrs. Linderman, Gifford and Burwell: I paid the same, at their request, on their honor to refund the same if objections were made, they having expended large amounts of their own funds in furthering the objects of the mission.  I thought proper not to demand of them the return of the amount paid for the above purpose; which, however, if the committee on reflection should insist upon I will do.  3d. As relates to the railroad fare paid for Page, I consider this one of the objects which the committee was appointed.

Respectfully submitted,

G. W. McCARN, Chmn. Com.

And your committee further report, that at the same time Dr. McCarn presented said additional report, he paid to our chairman the sum of ten dollars; that the one hundred and fifty dollars which said Dr. McCarn states was received by Mr. Linderman was money which this committee sent by the order of Dr. McCarn, as chairman of the visiting committee, by express to Cairo, directed to Ira M. Gifford; that same was so directed by Dr. McCarn’s order, he having gone to Mound City or some other point; and that before Dr. McCarn left Davenport for Fort Donelson he was directed by this committee not to pay the expenses of any persons from the fund entrusted to him except the members of his committee, viz: Dr. Maxwell, L. G. Center and himself, and the passage to Fort Donelson and back to Davenport of Mr. Henry Slaymaker, the brother of Captain J. S. Slaymaker.

All of which is respectfully submitted,

R. LOWRY, Chairman.

T. C. CAMPBELL,

SAMUEL HIRSCHL,

W. BURRIS,

Davenport, April 2, 1862

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, April 4, 1862, p. 1