Excerpt from Official Correspondence of Brig. Gen. W. S. Harney, U. S. Army, and First Lt. Geo; Ihrie, Late U. S. Army: With the U. S. War Department, and Subsequent Personal Correspondence Regularity of transmission was, in this flagrant case, purposely sacrificed by me to "irregularity," for the purpose of stopping further abuse of authority. I only regret I did not, at the time, "irregularly" report to the Commander-in-Chief, Harney's use of United States transportation, in furtherance of his scheme of peculation. George Ihrie, Late United States Army. Headquarters, Department of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, W. T., December 9, 1859. Colonel: I have the honor to return Colonel Merchant's communication and enclosure, with the following explanation, in connexion with the enclosed copies of letters from these headquarters to the commander of Fort Vancouver, dated July 23, and August 4, 1859. It is proper on this occasion to call the attention of the War Department to the three officers whose reports Colonel Merchant considers irregular. First Lieutenant George Ihrie, who temporarily commanded "B" and "D" companies, has since tendered his resignation, and I trust, for the honor of the service, it has been accepted. This resignation was hastened by the fact of an officer having testified before the general court-martial which assembled for the trial of First Lieutenant Lyman M. Kellog, 3d artillery, that he would not believe Lieutenant Ihrie under oath, in any matter in which he was at all interested. The general opinion of Lieutenant Ihrie's character, with those in the service who know him, is but little better than that above recorded. I am, Colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. S. Harney, Brigadier General Commanding. Col. S. Cooper, Adj. Gen. U. S. A. Washington, D. C. St. Louis, Mo., July 29, 1860. Col. S. Cooper, Adj't Gen. U. S. A. Sir: In the "official correspondence of Brigadier General Harney relating to the affairs of the Department of Oregon," published by Congress, is a letter to you, dated December 9, 1859, containing the following statement in regard to me, viz: "I trust, for the honor of the service. Lieutenant Ihrie's resignation has been accepted. This resignation was hastened by the fact of an officer having testified before the general court martial which assembled for the trial of First Lieutenant L. M. Kellogg, 3d artillery, that he would not believe Lieutenant Ihrie under oath, in any matter in which he was at all interested. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.