Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé, and duplicate [0622a], reporting on the confusion which had arisen over the sharing between the Army and the Navy of the booty acquired from the capture of St Eustatius island, on account of the involvement of an outside agency (Mr Akers of St Kitts) and Captain Young, whom Hood denounces.
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by which stores were broken open & plundered in a most extrordinary manner, every night, a Captain three Subalterns, and the whole Guard were detected in stealing goods to a very great amount; and the officers were put under an Arrest, but bribed the Centinels and decamped from the Island. What I have taken the liberty to state, is the naked Truth, and as I am informed, there are not twenty army officers concerned in the Capture, but what feel themselves injured, by the Navy officers being excluded, taking that Cognizance of Things they were fully authorized to do, by those, & those only, to whome the Act of parliament gives the power of appointing Agents; and it is pretty clear to my mind, that both the General & Admiral are concious of having stretched their powers [[catchword]] and [[/catchword]]
