Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-27
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


inc TrtnI OF Henry WIFI.
UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSION
GEN LEW. WALLACE, President.
nal l 4. A. o HossHs Judge Advocates.
Yesterday, after our report closed
COL. JAMES II. PASsIS
testified that he never considered that Capt Win
had right to punish the guards, or to reward
them. Has heard wirz say he had preferred
charges against some Of the guards. wirr never
had anything to do with granting furioushs, ex-
cept for few days. At other times wirI had
nothing to do with the furlough question. Wit
ness never knew Of = furlough having been given
to guard as reward for shooting a prisoner.
There was camp rumor to that effect, but wit.
ness never knew Of an application for a furlough
being made In that way, or for that cause. On
one occasion a guard shot two Union prisoners,
and he applied for furlough shortly afterwards
and It was then intimated that no was good
shot, and deserved a furlough. But witness did
not understand the application to be made on the
ground that he had shot the prisoners. He was
good soldier, and always did his duty.
Witness knew there were orders with regard
to the dead line, but he did not know who gave
the orders. All the music the regiments doing
duty at Andersonville had was made up OF bands
selected from paroled prisoners On one coca
sion witness asked Wirz to detail a hfer for him
and Wirz said he had not the authority to detail
the man. Turner, the man who owned the
hounds, belonged to company II, LIST regiment
Georgia Reserves, witness regiment. Winder
Issued furlOugh to Turner, and ordered him to
go home and get his dogs. Witness objected,
but was overruled. II the order had come from
Capt. Wirz witness should not have respected II
Turner returned with his dogs, and they were
used to track deserving Confederate soldiers rs
well as escaped Union prisoners. Witness knows
OF but one instance whore Confederate deserters
were caught and brought back. Witness knows
that rebel soldiers have been punished with ball
and chain In pursuance OF 4 sentence VI court
martial.
Witness never saw wirI shoot or kill prison
haa I'd NJ Inn ri
Of his bsating prisoner with pistol. Witness
has made acquisitions for axes, tools, &c, but
never could get them. The camp never was
we'll equipped The rations issued to the sol
diers were never so good as they might have
been. Witness had complained to Gen. Winder,
and on two occasions he sent his rations back
aud then a new issue was ordered. The corn
meal was musty, and they were not often able to
draw nour. There was much grumbling ON &C.
count OF the rations, and the men deserted for
that cause. When Gen. Stoneman was marching
through Georgia, Gen. winder was afraid he
would take Macon and Andersonvill on his
route, and he appealed to the farmers for help,
and they sent their negroes with tools, and a
stockade was erected outside Of the main one,
and when they left they took the tools with
them. Capt. Wirz had no control over them, and
could not have controlled the tools. For a long
time last summer WirI was sick, and was not at
the post, and Lieut. Davis performed his duties.
One day witness, accompanied by DR.. White,
passed Virus house, and WirI was then sick In
bed. Witness thinks this was in August last
II was about the time 4 portion Of the stock ade
was washed away, and witness thinks that was
In August.
4. Witness had heard great hallooing in the stock
ade, and from the noises and screams supposed
the prisoners were fighting among themselves
Al the time the raiders were hung, all OF the
Federal sergeants assembled In front Of WirE's
Headquarters aud selected jury by ballot; and
Wirz told the prisoners he would turn the id
rascals over to the prisoners, and they could do
as they pleased with them. After the trial came
OF the men were sentenced to be hung and others
to run the gauntlet. That is, they had to run be
tween two files Of the prisoners, while the latter
beat them with clubs and sticks, aud II was said
that one man died under the beating. After the
Wlnder would not allow tho sentence 10 be exc
euted until he had communicated with the Rich
mond authorities.
Without concluding the examination Of this
witness, the court adjourned until this morning
at ten o'clock.