Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-19
TIE FEEDING OF THE PRISONERS

TIE FEEDING OF THE PRISONERS
l: will be ,emen,t e:ed thar, at an early .,v
i the sessior &C Congress, tho H0r. lir:
Foo,c r5ai a letter from Capt. Wl-ncr, Quar-
te-ua-;c-. charged with the feeding u :ae
pr.svna.:. alleging aiefcit Of beef ~7at:ana. ard
charging mat the CenmissarT Department
vas resp,I-ib,e. The matter wea :"tcr'c'i. -
. comnit:e. for Investigation GGi r"oor,.
SINE o. the paper that were eHhibi."i ie
fore thar committee We have zen aHc desire 10
call public attention 10 enc Of thea, P%arficr-
la:Iy 70 the Statement tnf +. c. Eranc., Capt.
Warmers tu;cher. lie says:
"Baiorn the wsc, l was worth s. 0G0. IN
vested in nv holss, and about Si2.0 u) III
noue7. Besides Iay contract, | have s~prcu.a-
ted a good deal ia bacon. hogs, cattle aud
gid Made from gold $50 600 from hogs
So, 900. and ST, 900 by sal" q h2nSas. Hqvn
m.dc snd invested in rec: properly S2I0.0j0,
and in funds S31. 900 cash capital il :ne
h~o-ine.s, amounting toS301, pp. l iurri-hcd
Chimhoraz> Hosni:sl aI-o with large G:aom.s
of ~b-ef-about 200 600 lis --iirsr at curTc:'
rates, then by contract at same rates. | made
acleast $50 900 ~ sales Of beef 70 Warm.
| trusted him 10 weigh, ard kept 10 scc1u'.cS.
Cannot tell how muca / suli hin. rolJlim o.
CRY month wha. I would have To cAl..e bin,
and la: him look OUT else share ii ne chose
lie ha. never paid he ul3a-y in aaTanc" for
bee, except what Was impressed b7 Major
holland. Then he owed ma money for "r.er
hnef. and I considered no owcl IL" tae morrT
Re paid. D. TOT knox II nc ow"l nae 1wi;e
a. much: We used 20 se,tle ~ sverv month,
I'D ,o.,o. I 3,nu- 4. Van 1,-:-, - ,o...I
Sev.- peaTla.oi H. partnership with him in
anything, brt hava lent him motley al ~varic!-
Tins. ia sums OF ten 70 twenty ,hnu-and 4 =
lars; u: "nc tim, as high as t!ty tl35San! c"..-
lars. He "eser nail nor | chsr%,:d interest
10 rha: money. and | never took security upon
his EJie,. Shi:l werc merely due brlls--
NJ :le him presents. cs follows: buggy and
harnc-e, aat two cows and calves, az 5,Trr:nt
L.rrr1; and = good sui. o. c'";hcs, thu. uc7e
No | Sold him Zig h>ef Tor his ON use q:
ra.rGc: rate3. and he ala avs ne;iI or il NJ the
eau f N7a77 few day'. Va .,c cine, ~ r'.s
ss Isl !ea-.. :!"m Nat. ~. bnr haze 49,
ne Formerly lived in .~-.:i:an. Kac~ r.othing
os him befo-e he. came in:o 2:::.cr:ty at ibe
n-is rs. He heard him So no was dis.ar.
isfed va ;ha. arran|e~-,.t bccau5, he con!;
~. -. ami" pr2TIsi0r.,. | suDp,sc | hnTesr!l
him l,ho0. 600 p'unds of ba"f tcr %prisoCers,
hi, TN confic:.: I aara sold nor, at M s:sH
than 81 ID" prisoner. aud .~">r!tais cDmbir>.i
D,lcI. .ho s,q.atv-i:a Carson cat:l" frr
Ca, W;ni.-, u1ler spe.ial authority : iCaai.
Warner to buy cattle wh-n hn could no' gt
baef from tho Comm;sslrv D :rar5mont. Tee
beer from them was sol1 I, Capt. Warner ri
80 cant1 nett.
"Geu. Winder hai orders 10 purchase p7n'
+ac.ei. The cattle could ao:, 10 MY judgment.
haze heen bought FIR loss. The hides end
t.ll,w If t1a5s ca.sie was my compensation
for killing. and was worth hro risk thousand
daIl.rs. I always sold tue rris ,ncrs good beef;
bu. cannot saw that l sold them Sac a7erag:;
rather think I kept the host In n s,a;l.'
The committee assert 't!.e: shs complaint
thai the prisonsrs suffered from being de.
n-ived CT a sutfciency Of food iE cnt,reiy rtth'
ont Foundations" and "tc.l fully warranted in
making the Statement .hat il .hc mest ra 10:
for prisoners Of war WIS AZ Any time short, OF
wholly %unsupplisd, tic fact IS attributable
rather to she relentless aud u1chrtst;au mode o.
warfare adopted by our enemies il the whcir
sale pillage Of private property. AID the rex.
leas and inliseriminste destruction Of MI sup
plies wherever found by them in the hands u
loval citizens Of the Confederate State, .hgn
to any culpablc neglect upon the part CT hose
charged with the duty If suhs;s.:nc them
Having published the char aeainst the
Commissary Department whea it waa ur.,!e
we take great pleasure in calling attention HE
complete generation Of tina: i"p.:,ncn, by
tho committee in tho following concluding
paragraphs Of the report:
Your committee are 10. i.rtra.cd to CEN
sure eithor Of the ofic aTs cunnec:ei with the
care, custody and subsistence Of prisoners Of
war under tho oblig.gions imposed by the
regulations upon the Qnar;ermaSter Depart.
ment; nor is your cnna,ittae ahie 10 percci.e
in what respect the C3hl.nissary General has
failed in the performance Of any duty devolvsd
upon him under the sgreement entered into
between the Quartermaster General and Com
Inissary Gcneraln