War Expenditures (Volume 16-25); Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 2 (Camps) of the Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, House of Re

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919. Excerpt: ... WAR EXPENDITURES. Subcommittee No. 2 (camps) Of The Select Committee On Expenditures In The War Department, House Of Representatives, Columbus Ohio, Thursday, October S0, 1919. The committee met at 9.30 o'clock, pursuant to adjournment on yesterday, in the senate chamber of the State capitol at Columbus, Ohio, Hon. John C. M Kenzie (chairman) presiding. Also present: Hon. Roscoe C. McCulloch and Hon. Frank E. Doremus. TESTIMONY OF MR. EDWARD E. HEALD, 32 WEST TENTH AVENUE, COLUMBUS, OHIO. (The witness was duly sworn by Mr. McKenzie.) Mr. Mcculloch. Give your full name, please. Mr. Heald. Edward E. Heald. Mr. Mcculloch. Where do you live? Mr. Heald. I live at 32 West Tenth Avenue, Columbus. Mr. Mcculloch. What business are you engaged in? Mr. Heald. I am engaged in the accounting business. Mr. Mcculloch. How long have you been engaged in that business? Mr. Heald. Well, I would say practically most of the time for about 25 years. Mr. Mcculloch. Were you at Camp Sherman? Mr. Heald. Yes, sir. Mr. Mcculloch. Tell the committee how you were employed there and when you went there, and give us a short description of your entire service there. Mr. Heald. Well, I first went to Camp Sherman on July 24, 1917, employed by the Government, and as such I had charge of the department, in the field auditing department, which was known as the time inspection department, in which I had charge of the pay rolls, so far as the discharges and the rates were concerned. In that position I remained until the 22d day of December, 1917, when I left the Government and went to the emplo)T of D. W. McGrath & Son as auditor and paymaster on the first and original contract that the McGraths had at Camp Sherman, and in that position I remained until September 3, 1918, when they secured a n...