The Commander of Shinsengumi, Shinpachi NAGAKURA and other members, such as Sanosuke HARADA, Hajime SAITO, Corporal Kai SHIMADA, Shoshi shirabeyaku (Shinsengumi's organizational post for investigating movements of the opponents) Masajiro OZEKI, and Kazurayama, who was also a corporal, elaborated a petition of five articles concerning the immoral and self-concentrated conduct of the Head of Shinsengumi, Isami KONDO and forwarded it to the Aizu Domain, insisting that they were not Kondo's retainers.
また、局長近藤勇の家臣ではないとして、近藤の非行・増長を5箇条に纏めた建白書を隊長の永倉新八、原田左之助、斉藤一、伍長の島田魁、葛山、諸士調役の尾関雅次郎らが綴り会津藩に提出。