Excerpt from To the Fenian Brotherhood of America: Official Report of the Investigating Committee of the Department of Manhattan, Fenian Brotherhood My position in the F. B. Was Secretary of Military and Naval Affairs. I held that office about three months. My staff consisted of Colonel Mulcahy, Adjutant General; Col. Murray, Chief of Artillery; Col. Kelly, inspector-general; Captain Hodgson, Chief Clerk of Naval Department. Their salary was at a rate of per annum. I was about to purchase two batteries and had made all the arrangements for the purchase of one of them, but could not get the money to do it. The Central Council prevented its purchase. My staff received extra compensation for services as Organizers, &c., in addition to their regular pay. I think they were of great benefit to the Brotherhood. Capt. Hodgson was not an Organizer. I do not consider it was unpatriotic for salaried officers to charge expenses of public meetings. I do not think that the F. B. Could have done without my staff. No one man could have attended to the duties of my staff. There was one vessel belonging to the Naval Department of the F. B. I did not depend so much on voluntary donations of arms as on those offered for sale. I never set a particular I expressed a hope to James Stephens that we might soon leave America with two ships, and from 10 to stand of arms. Enfield rifles were offered at apiece. I sent to Ireland for a signal officer. I never promised Capt. M'cafferty that I would send Capt. Barbot or a major to Europe, nor said that I wanted Capt. Barbot to go South to look after some artillery that was concealed there. 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.