Show tw HERS HER'S REPORT ON ONE E BRITISH MULE CAMP t I TON TON June Junc C. C The G. The Pres Pis r ay s sent cent nt to the House the Crowder who ma made o tha th the chales of ot Gov na that the neutrality I g- g ns hr violated at tte Chalme-tte n lay y In a letter to the Gov- Gov lana ana dated June 3rd Ird facts as found by let lee and also gives os the rules usage respecting the d da to parties nt It war t ne t addressed himself to toe the e matter and says saya our du- du maId down again find anti again the declaration of eron terson when Secretary of He 11 time of ot the hostilities be- be beland land and Franco France cna have always been free freo e to I land export iam arms enT To sup gun U ceilings because a war exists tn md distant countries in which i Concern could hardly 19 e ex- ex de declarations by Alexander I PJ President Pierce Chief Jus- Jus an and President Grant are 1 dir's report is an elaborate J nj of t th the tha conditions cOl existing te He H. sums mo up up his hlo findings I of ot f fact ct under six heads which are substantially substantially sub sub- as all follows 1 The British remount commission slon officers of of- of ot which are operating ol and directIng direct- direct Ing purchases purchaser shi shipments is of supplies In lit the United States is a bureau reau of the them English arm army administration Y a lo 2 AH As organized O by those these officers Chal- Chal r fg 1 Ilg lg m matte mette t t station la is a L governmental v shipping 1 1 I agency ogency for but one n class of military supplies supplies sup sup- IP aFi cin ta rl plies and it has not 0 the tho character ot of a abase Easo base baso of ot military supplies nor that of a IL military camp or post 3 3 No attempts to recruit the BritIsh Brit Brit- ieh Ish army have been made mado at nt Chalmette station o per nor does es the evidence en disclose any ih such attempts t r. r II At other I points 1 In the United States State A few muleteers were recruited recruited re re- re- re but this was against the orders of the British government 4 All shipments have been from the port of ot New Orleans to South African ports upon vessels chartered by the British lInt Brit ish IRh admiralty under ordinary commercial c charters ar B 5 The Tho f transactions of ot tho the committee aggregated from October 1803 to March 1902 with an average monthly value of The Im shipments Wm 8 are arc given elven r nt 8 horses and 15 1 mules c different vessels ls being engaged in the trade making K 6 voyages All supplies have hac been for fM the use uso ot of the I English army In South Africa the trade having no nce prior to the war Col CO Crowder adds that the port loit ot of jev Orleans was extensively used In 97 1806 to supply the Spanish army almy then enSal engaged ed In hostilities In Cuba |