John P. Hale is here in behalf of certain contractors who
have been guilty of bad faith. The Chairman of the Naval Committee is not on
this service without pay. Commander Wise, who is Acting Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance, wants Aulick appointed Assistant. This will aid him to the position
of actual Chief, should Dahlgren not return, and increase Aulick's pay. There
will be no change of duties.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 386
