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Domestic News
December 12, 1843
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Washington correspondent 'Oliver Old School' praises Hon. David Henshaw, Secretary of the Navy, for identifying and halting minor financial leaks in the Navy Department that accumulate to significant sums annually.
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Hon. David Henshaw. The Washington correspondent of the United States Gazette, "Oliver Old School," has the following remarks on the able Secretary of the Navy.
"The Secretary of the Navy has been busy for some months past in discovering and stopping the pin-hole leaks in that Department, which, though heretofore considered too small to be worthy of notice, nevertheless amount, in the aggregate, in the course of a year to a large sum. It is astonishing how many small mistakes have occurred in some of the Navy Yards heretofore, and equally surprising, to some individuals in those yards that they should be discovered. The Secretary is a business man, and a man of detail, and knows when two or three prices are charged for an article, or twice as much is ordered as is wanted or used, as well as any other individuals, as those whom it concerns begin to find out."
"The Secretary of the Navy has been busy for some months past in discovering and stopping the pin-hole leaks in that Department, which, though heretofore considered too small to be worthy of notice, nevertheless amount, in the aggregate, in the course of a year to a large sum. It is astonishing how many small mistakes have occurred in some of the Navy Yards heretofore, and equally surprising, to some individuals in those yards that they should be discovered. The Secretary is a business man, and a man of detail, and knows when two or three prices are charged for an article, or twice as much is ordered as is wanted or used, as well as any other individuals, as those whom it concerns begin to find out."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Military
What keywords are associated?
Navy Department
Financial Leaks
Secretary Henshaw
Navy Yards
Administrative Reform
What entities or persons were involved?
Hon. David Henshaw
Oliver Old School
Domestic News Details
Event Date
Some Months Past
Key Persons
Hon. David Henshaw
Oliver Old School
Outcome
discovery and stopping of small financial leaks amounting to a large annual sum; surprise among some navy yard individuals.
Event Details
The Secretary of the Navy has been busy discovering and stopping pin-hole leaks in the Department, including small mistakes in Navy Yards such as multiple charges for articles or excess orders. He is described as a business man and man of detail.