Excerpt from Statement of Br. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard Before the Committee on Education and Labor in Defense Against the Charges Presented by Hon. Fernando Wood: And Argument of Edgar Ketchum, Esq., Of Counsel for Gen. Howard in Summing Up the Case Upon the Testimony Before the CommitteeFirst, That he has taken from the appropriations made for, and the receipts of, that bureau, more than five hundred thousand dollars, improperly and without authority of law, for the Howard University, hospital, and lands.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.