. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson . ard leaves to-day for a rambling excursion with theforeign ministers. Stanton did not come to the meetingwhilst I remained. Chase left early, followed by Mr. Batesand myself. August 15, Saturday, Certain persons in Boston have aninnate conviction that they can improve the administra-tion of the Navy Department. They are never unitedamong themselves as to how this is to be effected, but allare fond of criticism. They always claim that they ex-pected this thing would fail or that would succeed afterthe event occurred. I
. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson . ard leaves to-day for a rambling excursion with theforeign ministers. Stanton did not come to the meetingwhilst I remained. Chase left early, followed by Mr. Batesand myself. August 15, Saturday, Certain persons in Boston have aninnate conviction that they can improve the administra-tion of the Navy Department. They are never unitedamong themselves as to how this is to be effected, but allare fond of criticism. They always claim that they ex-pected this thing would fail or that would succeed afterthe event occurred. I must do them the justice to say,however, that with all their grumbling and faultfindingthey have generally given me a fair support. In specialcases, where I have been lectured, I have invariably foundthere was an axe to grind, a purpose to be one, or more, important personage has had sugges-tions to make, and for a consideration — never omittingthat—would consent to help along the work of puttingdown the Rebellion. These have been the captious ^1 ->.^ ^^ff* % GEORGE G. MEADE I 1863] GENERAL F. P. BLAIR 405 A man by the name of Weld has written a long letter toGovernor Andrew. He wants the Governor to aid theNavy Department by writing to the President to forma Naval Board in Massachusetts, with authority to buildvessels, fast steamers, such as Massachusetts can build,steamers which will capture or destroy the Alabama, andallow the Massachusetts Board to commission the there is no appropriation, says good Mr. Weld, take thenecessary funds from the Secret Service money. Mr. Weldinforms Governor Andrew he is ready to be Andrew indorses over the letter. He also in-dorses Mr. Weld, who is, he says, one of the most eminentshipbuilders in Massachusetts, and he (Governor A.) isready to cooperate with Mr. Weld in his patriotic sugges-tions, etc., etc., etc. This is Boston all over. I have hadit from the beginning and periodica
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