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Messrs Jesse K. Dubois
O. M. Hatch Charles W. Matheny
John Williams William F. Elkin
Jacob Bunn Francis Springer
John Bunn B. A. Watson
George R. Weber. Eliphalet Hawley &
William Yates James Campbell.
S. M. Cullom.
Gentlemen Agree among yourselves upon any two of your own number, one of whom to be Quarter-Master, and the other to
be Commissary, to serve at Springfield, Illinois, and send me their names, and I will appoint them. Yours truly A. LINCOLN
[1] ALS-Marine Bank; ALS copy, DLC-RTL. Letters from William Yates (May 22); Jesse K. Dubois (May 23), endorsed in concurrence by William Yates, Charles W. Matheny, John W. Smith, John Armstrong, Benjamin A. Watson, Francis Springer, William F. Elkin, Gershom Jayne, and Pascal P. Enos; Jacob Bunn (May 25), Shelby M. Cullom (May 25), and Ozias M. Hatch (May 25)---all requested removal of Ninian W. Edwards, commissary, and William H. Bailhache, quartermaster, at Springfield, Illinois. Charges against the two men were that they had used their positions to amass personal fortunes and had made countless enemies for the administration. On June 22, George R. Weber was appointed commissary of subsistence with rank of captain to replace Edwards, and James Campbell was appointed assistant quartermaster with rank of captain to replace Bailhache. See Lincoln to Baker, June 15 and memorandum, June 22, infra.