Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-05

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whenever iaan vas missing, until he vas aC
counted for. boxes seat BY the Iait.ry Com
mission ana friends Of the prisoners arrived
several TINES, but their contents were never dis
tribute! inside the stock JADE: ous los contained
clothing. ana Wiz gave about 100 paro.ed men
each suit OF olotnss exceut shoes; there we.s
only sbort Fl y pairs shoes. AMI these he gave to
those ostnasaiug them t6e other things were
turned over % the hospital; Wirz furnished
tools Tor the prisoners 70 Dig wcls; there wefs
ab5ut 10 o. 90 boys in the sock sde and Witz
requested Dr. h!ts 80 iAe tue G1 into the hos-
pitai; nc saI1 II he had his way hs would send
them into the Uiion ines as they would ONLY
ger sick End die; he En.liy 1hsm 10 pick
biaekeffis5 i9F tae SICK. witness. however.
estne1 ilist tic nurses made plea of the berries
ana TIE sick got Eo.e; De White ordered Yacci-
nation, aild VIZ said 10 man who refused 70
be ysce1ua' ed. tnat he did sot it he did.
the order wa not given by himself; the cham
gang vs. formed undes WGde.s cfGel5, when
| plot - escape nss aise0vero5; WiIz WIS zick
"a Jaiy nua Augu-f. s.nd Lientensnt DAVIS was
| m cer7msna N September: Viz camc hack
vsry sick
a aorsss. tsyt.de alter be Iad 1sen taken
prisoner nua stnt To AuoersanVille. be was pqrol
81 ard se1t Capt Wiz Office As clerk; ne had
10 c-fr' otiess 10 he -locka3s an! tbo morning
report - Gen ia1e; S hsaCqusrter>. toe requl-
sitton- were made OF; every daT; they stated the
| nunb"r ot pri-Oners aside aud those vi duty
eneide IT, stock rie Inc qu :Iif7 of rliions were
| lett blauk; tle Com ls7aIv 1OGiG see how many
were pgeseUf and thea soad know tae number
OF rsticHs 20 sue. every morning hst wes made
out OF tna -aultef al rst0is e4ch regiment had
10 ge' teoro the cook house, witness carried thar
| li-i 60 Dunc+n aud ie.l j, Eth him: he lid not
remember re ratlons being sloppei from me c. =
tire camp they we're sometimes stopped in a
| squad when a man missing, bnt as
the Sergeant could an. weT ior The man the r.
! tioi4s were returned. boxes from the Moth ar
| rived taeTe three times. some ere sent by the
! Sanitary COmmi-sion snd some b. the
| friends 81 prisoners Witness sas many boxes
outside Of the stOckade Oue of he clerks told
h;o th,t three boxes we're for men who could uot
be found or Who had died When the second lot
ol boxes was received Lent Dtv,. was in CON-
| maud he gave the coatents oil ne boxes 10 the
men outside tie stock de There were 10000
! prisoners in the stockado at ihat time The third
lot o. boxes we're regeivei n November they
continued blankets ana clofhiug. ard were taken
to the store house near Wnz's o7i-e H. sent
down tor all parolet men, about 80 in number
and every one Of them got sait of clothes ex
cepting shoes About fit pl,rs OF shoes were
received and he gave them 10 those most needfg
The other things were turned over 20 the hospital
| Witness had seen some Colonel ge. tbiugs, and
| Confederate Sergeant Who was in charge of
the colored men. came over and obtained acme
clothing. There may have been three or four
hundred boxes belonging TO the prisoners which
could not be found Capttia Wirz h4d nothing
to do with the boxes after they were turned over
TO tue hospital General Winder gave order
| 10 search Stonemsns raiders; the boxes were
searched to ascertain whether they contained
liquors Captain Wirz gave Duncan some tools,
| picks and shovels to enable the prisoners to dig
wells; he also gave Duncan orders to provide
the prisoners With barrels TO put down on the
wells 10 keep the dirt from falling in. There
was detail ofl5e men to Glenn the camp. Il
vas very hard matter 20 obtain shovels and
| picks; he finally slcceede! ia obtaining about 10
Ii was a common hing 10 some of the tools
broken. About 40 or % bows were in the stock
| ade: Wirz reQae stei d.. White TO take them into
the hospital to help the nurses or cook; he said
ii he had his way he would send the boys into
| the Union liEes, ~ it Of no use to keep then
prisoners; they would only set sick and die; these
boys were taken to the hospital On one occs-
sion witness was sick with dy.ertery aud asked
the doctor for some medicine: the doctor said he
! had been sick with iae '-ssps disease 0uf al no
medicine. ~ however toie u y there D ~ ..t
/ ola kbersies. sit5e-s Ord 80 aud Was cured; the
| chain gang VS. f5raiea under Winters orders
when plot had oeen mtt1FeI u tIe prisoners
| to escape; CAPT VIZ SAID ae would ABSTAIN irOu,
shooting a. ioaz az be could; CAlt WIZ wa>
sitness fecOliecteu Ileat Davis was in ofn,naud
IN S-ptemaet; VIZ came back V-ry sick, VII
ness neyer heart ~ ans uoly lis, al IL
j beA.qustter-. nor ot sis .vtng beaten X lei ~
shot m1n. ~ ID toe p3ws to b3ta issue n.
{. stop the latious - prisoners, aaa ne vxeTc SCI
il; WIZ never signed sogiovei the fequisitiona
tor the hospitals. A. re u Dor exercise control
over the r.t.ous 10, them
Judge Advocate Chapman here asked no VT
ue-f quest on relative 20 Gen WndeF's order
about the chain ssng; the witness vert on @
speak about some other matter, and had eSi-
destly commenced long story when Coiune
Cbapm d requested hn le couhne himself - ,hs
qae-tl,u.
Mir B4ses wan.e8 his witness % be .iv,n al
opportunity To explain il the gentleman Chap
nan. iii uol treet the ~itness fairly ~. B4ker
would pat no more upon tae s.aud.
Big -Gcu. Gesry iaopgit Nr B. oueb. *
have more -en=e he ~ necafa.ng sired o: the
:. course u counsel tor he teieU.e an would not
~tsua IS aug iouS go st every tusn counsel threat
et,a tie Cont l. as g httlu zoo much and h'
va, disposed io stop II nobody e'se would d
wax an OUTRAGE on tie caast
VI Rsksr r. lei - bad nes thssateued th'
Coutt
Tic =, 3saat; -s,lnci II Baker thai be bac
bees reg, te-.s ,oid mas IL .Ae bis o. ectcn.
- cors' aad rCi - i-e iadsc AdYoca;e.
y : ~ p. 1850 N'~-
r resu nied
Ice v ress ieaiasa ,ssiitey .hat Cap ali
NIX VS. so' CT frtT - Nnie-s vile from toe
In 10 the Sus. 81 Ausua.
Geo R-snois ,o,-.iet tbss e Mss taken pFis
0rer a. "A ,ey 10 Tel.e-see. maze as escape. on
sa- eeca{ t-f,G IS = .s~.~ipri All sent 10 Rich
: mola. AuI ait,rNar,ls Transferred 70 An6ersoa
/. vile where NJ xsfiseG Il ! aa.. 1851 r. aetsC
a. 4 vFi-2a suffer, 81 aiso as magistrate; net
we're bot -. ortorc h.u .5g stsa..us. Mo yer
r paui-t.l ., pss,,s fno 4 t'-9Fs Anon
De al men ,.ps-1 '9ssf' q a.i took ~ tore,
xfst ~s-flstts. er4tt watches, mouey. c+ois
: ~. f1pa t'.t ~ cug, y 91lta iVse. ~ ~
gtn ze1 81 -: eoes sc fs.a,s,. tbs F0ic
tore So --ilet be lt .a..t . IA ODE orca
oa tac r.ilcss lei - U1s dosn he regulators
J when tis j.. ~ et4..t tor aud uussiued .-sls
I .uec from r VIZ. II u the. sess arrests
x IL xboal ~e5e ed sB0 i've ut Or N
chain gtuz; witness SAID there wee Eve or ~
> WORKING saoeu Asess ~ TIE TO, Aaae, man
| tailors and tao = -. eAE@.ete. -lttess aisO test
led that thr stsects OF the camp tell Of so1
s. iotbrrs. aui q. the T54.hly Gems tuctf
.4b.es cogi5 he bought coffee. :ti. BAN and egg
etc there were SJO b4S-rs ga tae sfoc1ase ~
BAKED aud sOlc pies sus cakes tse-e l. PEN
i oi four sAierstu-, etc witness had esiaolis
I ment called the Novelty Sore; be had greats