Q.  Are  any  of  the  names  upon  either  of  these  papers  the  names  of  men  who
are  or  ever  were  residents  of  your  town,  and  if  so,  state  the  names  of  men  so
resident?

A.  Thomas  I.  Larry,  named  on  one  of  said  papers — the  only  name — is  now
and  was  then  a  resident  of  our  town,  and  drew  prize  money  as  having  been  in
the  navy.  As  to  the  names  on  both  of  the  other  papers — fourteen  in  all — they
are  not  the  names  of  any  persons  that  I  know  or  ever  knew,  and  there  was  no
pretension  that  they  were  actual  residents  of  our  town.
Q.  Was  there  any  other  case  in  which  the  town's  claims  for  reimbursement
was  disallowed  by  the  Commission  on  Equalization  of  Municipal  War  Debts?

A.     I  understand  that  three  men,  bought  of  the  town  officers  of  Waldoboro',

and  by  them  bought  of  A.  B.  Farwell,  were  disallowed.     I  annex  the  receipt

taken  for  payment  for  these  men,  signed  by  S.  W.  Jackson  and  M.  M.  Rawson,

dated  September  28,  1864,  marked  "  E."

ROBERT  GEYER.
Isaac  W.  Varney  of  Smithfield,  sworn  and  examined.
By  Mr.  TALBOT.
Were  you  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  of  Smithfield  in  1864?

I  was  not.  I  was  here  in  Augusta  in  1864  and  saw  Mr.  Dunsmoor,  one  of
our  selectmen — the  chairman — pay  J.  H.  Manley  of  Augusta  $3,000  for  six
men  furnished  by  him  for  the  quota  of  the  town  of  Smithfield,  and  take  a  re-
ceipt which  is  hereunto  annexed  marked  "A,"  dated  "Augusta,  September  20,
1864,"  and  signed  by  J.  H.  Manley.
By  Mr.  SANBORN.
Q.     State  what  Mr.  Manley  said  to  you  about  these  men.
