The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-13
Tho VVirE (,ommissiou.

Tho WlEH Commission.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Eth the Wir5
trial this morning letters were read IN
the prisoners counsel, written by the
prisoner to the rebel authofitiess SuR.
costing information of the quality
OF the dread furnished the prisoners
aud an increase OF buckets also urg-
ing n supply of shoes for paroled pris-
oners, who were at work for the con-
tederacy, thus shvlng expense and re-
lieving rebel soldiers.
Col. +. g. Ruiiin testified that he re-
sided near Richmond, and during tho
war WIS b Lieut. Colonel In tho SnbsiB,
tence Department of. thes Comic eFltt
States army. There was "a deficiency OF
commlssarY supplies, and from the be-
ginning Of the war were more or less
scarce, He would not say that any
one was on the point of staryatf0ns but
that there was much privntion. Thirty
thousand barrels of Hour had accumn-
lnteu ut Richmond In the spring of 1854,
but the whole of that was CONSUMED bV
the Union prison ers, therefore the army
OF Con. Leo had to snbsist on Corn
bread, the meal having to be brought
mainly nom Georgia. s At Coal Har6or
vegetables were so scarce that Gen. Lee
made an urgent application for them to
want of vegetables, were suffering from
scurvY, dnfrehea, 90, AND, their fecoy-
cry WAS necessary In order that they
might return to the field. Tho Com
missnryi Department then imported
onions from tho Island of Bermuda
through the blockade, The witness
also testified that supplies were short
throughout the entire South, from rea-
sons which he stated. fis5ssS sl...gI
Cross examination by Col. Chapman
Witness knew nothing about the An
Jacksonville prison, but tho prisoners
were removed from Richmond thither
because supplies were principally
drawn from Georgia. He didnOt Know
that any of the Confederate soldiers
starved because, of an .insu1ciency of
food, but he had heard that some of
them lost their lives because OF its
worthle BBness. ;51il f'ifu 3 ~ -
Il. HI. Kellogg who Ind testidel for
Tense.
Question During the time that you
We're Mt Anderson did, you ever hear or
know of Capt, Wirz kicking, striltingor
shooting a NAH, and that he TifdP
AnswerAT did not. - ~ i,si-.
Cross exhmined-WfFE had a chHrnc-
ter for cruelty and brutality, md was
prOfnne and Insulting to the nrisoners,
They were badly treated, and naturally
supposed that he was responsible for
the abuse, Stoneman's raidcrs wh0hnd
a oeen ptE29ughtln, were robbed OF nearly
80. ING hhn t?t
not say that Wirz did not shoot or kill
y tiny one pus sn P''. ne oia NOT see himdo
At the suggestion of Judge Advocate
Chapman, the cross-examinaLion Of the
witnesses was suspended, in order that
i've ~ Yhs t,StTsts NJ EelaI
~ az = u Y 70
S;Slet coSId i,a IeTt Sn' a' AnueFsoh7
NTSiar II "a -,
C6nfsderoie commSssarH Ha,Sst ., ~ It1e
stItSS I'LL 1IepAFtihelItI
y ~ ~ 1StS ~ supplies IN
TIC rotions e, ~ nI,,IS. OF !s4.
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t,o, 'IS ~ ~ Oh
I,a',1 er,. ~ - on
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" SiAe Eeuuctioh OF the
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a illness sald that
t. 70 OF IN
Slil tlssi tnhl corn corn Was scarce IN Ntch-
mo tnley ui ,c, not IMPORT wheat nour;
tue l ". lntnish the army Of Gen. Lee,
IVES 81 mo- ~, Oo H,Lsst.
o,ns,, az, Leo Ilsla Dre9d
every ,a ~, Gay, put several times telegraph
20 20 1siehInona mat ne was without
I Rfa1I IN sucn iIstnnces the people of
w y. eollect supply; Cen.
iISe i.. WINS Ihilt ne mad ire
Itlucnly oeen prevented from moving
use OF loS IilHlng subsistence for
il l.6 sE thy Al. ;. -
,,; Dr. Ray cnlied Tor the deicnce-Capt.
said S hS toIS ' S,on, Sytss thS, wines Iiss
to hnyt, his ri6Iit nrrn trsf7 hi tI,o
Cant thonThf n Ito,,Id 5,aI I,oiI IS, i I,Is
treatment. he being q doctor "'t " ms
Capt. wirz, at the request Of Mr.. .1sn-