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[1] AES, RPB. Lincoln's endorsements are written on a letter from Major Osborn Cross, San Francisco, California, July 29, 1861, asking that the president remit the remainder of his suspension from duty. Major Cross, a disbursing officer, had been court-martialed for a deficiency in his accounts which `` . . . was paid up by me nearly one year before I was brought before a Court Martial, even at that time a greater portion was shown to accrue from errors. . . . I have been a disbursing officer over thirty three years, and . . . not a dollar has been lost. . . . '' General Scott's reply of September 5, written between Lincoln's endorsements, declined to recommend further clemency. Major Cross was returned to duty when his suspension expired and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, February 26, 1863.