Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-28
Trial Of Henry Wirz.
UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSION
Gas. Lew. WALLACE, President,
Col =. cnPrAS, Judee Aavoc.,..

gsS. Lew. WALLACE, President,
SoL Z GhIrs.s, nIs Judge Advocates.
On Saturday afternoon, siter our report closed,
DR.. A. W. BARRow
testified that he was through bakehouse No. l; q
Baltimorean had charge Of t;ldid not know his
| name.
Mt. Baker asked as to the state of health of
those who worked In the bakery.
Witness replied that some weresiek and Others
Mr. Baker asked the proportion Of sickness.
Witness answered that he believed the ma
jority were healthy, -.
Gen. Wallace asked the witness to repeat the
| last answer. .''
Mr.. Baker said he hoped the Court wouid not
interfsre with the examination by drawing an
| swers from the witness.
Gen. Wallace said il was very unbecoming In
the counsel to lecture the Court His language
was improper aud offensive.
Mr.. Baker asked the pardon Of the Court, and
was proceeding with other remakrs.
| The President Informed him that the pardon
was granted, but he wanted him 70 stop his re-
marks right there. aud 90 on with the examina-
| tion.
springs near the bake-houses aud near headquar-
ters which would have supplied water for drink
| ing purposes to large number Of men The men
were not allowed to purchase peaches. The
Mr. Baker asked u punishment was not In.
nicted In all countries when prisoners escaped.
Witness replied that he did not know that Il
was customary 70 punish thirty thousand or
| thirty three thousand prisoners because few OF
| the number had escaped.
By the Court: There were from three thousand
| TO i've thousand rebel soldiers stationed at An
Witness thought they had plenty Of axes to pro.
vide wood and shelter for the prisoners Saw
| from one hundred 70 two hundred men cutting
wood when they expected a raid BY Fitzpatrick.
| There were men enough there 70 guard the pris-
oners while they would cut their own wood. II
there had been proper food, clothing, fuel, medi-
cines, &c. from 70 to so per cent Of the prison.
ers' lives could have been saved Of those who
died. There were two small buildings where
supplies from Richmond were kept. Witness
saw there, at one time, two or three hundred
| pounds Of dried beef Bologna sausages, SC,
they had from our lines. Never saw any cloth
| prisoners, but did not know what became Of
them. Some dried beef was taken into his ward
on one occasion, but not enough to give each
person an ounce; he never saw any more.
| ROBERT n. KELLOGG
Was sworn and examined by Major Hosmer.
| Witness was sent to Andersonville on May 8, and
left on September 10 OF the same year He went
| with q squad Of prisoners numbering four hun
dred. They were taken from Plymouth, aud
were the nrst captures Of that campaign. All the
prisoners then at Andersonville were old prison
ers that had been sent from Belle Isle and other
places. The prisoners were ragged, nearly
naked, were totally unproyided with shelter, and
they looked As though they were starved. The
| stockade was then much crowded, but more
| prisoners were Drought In afterwards. witness
and the squad he was with were shown place
| near the brook, and told they could remain there
| and that they would have TO answer roll call at
that place every morning. No shelter was pro-
| vided for them but they were fortunate enough
to retain their blankets, and put them upon poles
| This offered protection against tho sun, but not
against the rain. But the blankets soon wore
| out, leaving them without shelter.
All the prisoners were very filthy and had but
| few opportunities OF cleaning themselves; but
two rations Of soap were issued all the time wit
ness was there; when they first went there II
was cold, and afterwards became intensely hot I;
In June there were twenty -one rainy days; the
supply OF fuel was neither regular or sufficient I;
| at times squad Of six from each ninety was al
lowed to go out under guard and bring In as
ers; the prisoners were often compelled to dig
up roots from the ground and from the bottom
Of the brook, dry them, and use them for fuel.
The rations issued were sometimes cooked, but
frequently raw; oftsntimes no fuel was issued
with the raw rations; witness 3 squad Of ninety
men was without an issue Of fuel from the 3Oth
Of June until the 18th Of August. There was 4
dead line In the stockade, aud witness saw q
prisoner who had been shot carried toward the
hospital.
On the 5th OF May witness came near being shot
himself Some men had escaped through tun-
mel the night before, and orders were issued to
the effect that II any one crossed the brook he
would be shot. Witness sat down by the brook
to wash his hands, and was fred At by q sentinel.
He was warned in time to get away by one Of his
comrades. Never heard Capt. wirE make any
threats, but has seen the sentines fire from their
boxes The shooting was Of so frequent an occur
reoee that after awhile 1t was not noticed much.
The quality Of the rations was poor, and the
quantity varied. Some days there was but little,
and some days enough, such as It was, but there
was great irregularity. All the men OF witnesses
squad were healthy when they entered the stock
ade, but they became sick, and one morning
| shortly after thirty ytwo out Of the ninety were
unable to stand up. They suffered principally
| from scuryy and cold II was 4 frequent occur
renee that many Of them could not stand up.
| Besides, up to that time, few mon out Of the
ninety had died.
The mass OF the prisoners depended upon the
brook for water for drinking and washing pur-
poses. A few wells had been dug. The bro K
was very hthy. Witness had seen grease, filth,
and ofai floating in It, This was not always the
case, but II was frequently so. Witness had seen
Wirz He usually came into the stockade mount
ed does not remember ever hearing wlrI give
any orders, Witness can't say that he ever saw
wirI perpetrate acts Of cruelty. Witness was In
| the stockade most Of the time he was 4 prisoner.
4 the four hundred men who were captured
with witness nearly three hundred are dead.
They died either at the stockade or Of disease
contracted there. This was q large percentage
OF the living. The 24th New York battery, for
instance, was nearly annihilated.
The Court adjourned until ten o'clock this
| morning