Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-19
Trial Of Henry Wirz.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1865. I
UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSION
GIN. Law. WALLACE, President

present, the Judge Advocates and the Counsel for
the accused. A'. .H'..l ..
4 + Al ten o clock the doors Of the Court room
were thrown open, and In q few minutes the room
| was filed with spectators. hat
At quarter past ten the prisoner was brought
and shown to the sofa, when he immediately
laid down. DR.. Ford, the physician at the Old
Capitol prison, was In attendance. He states
that the prisoner is better this morning, and
gaining strength He looks better and seems
more composed than on yesterday.
The court having been called to order, the pro-
ceedings Of Thursday and yesterday were read,
when
Mr.. Baker said, i'd regard 10 the witnesse..
| which they had asked the Government to send
for, he would add to the list handed IN the o'hei
day the name Of Capt. Dyke, who was in com
mand Of the company Of which Gamble was ine
Lieutenant. lie would testify to the same facts
as Lieut.. Gamble. Thomas All, at Anderson willie,
da. who was connected with Quartermaster' Is
Department and had command Of squad outside
the stockads, would testify as to the condition
OF the transportation, number Of tools In use and
matters connected with the QuarterIaaster' De-
partment, which would be a considerable item In
this case. II. Bowls, in Wilkes county, Ga, wa
| under command Of WirZ and Duncan at Ander-
| sonville He would also testify to the tools In
use and the means Of transportation and as 70
the fare Of tho men In the squad.
| They would show by him that they received
the same faro and treatment as the Confederate
soldiers. NJ. NJ. Copeland, Montgomery, Ala,
would testify as TO the scarcity Of provisions at
that time In the South, he being conheeted with
| the commissary department, and having mu6h 10
do with obtaining commissary stores for the Con-
federate government. Dr. Crisoler, Columbus, s..
| c., who was connected with the medical depart
ment Of the Confederate government, would tes-
tify as to the deficiency Of medical stores, even
| for Confederate purposes.
Mr.. Baker said he would ask that q messenger
be sent for these Witnesses, to secure their at.
tendance the others could be reached by mail.
Col. Chapman said that 1t would be impossible
for messenger to go through the South for these
| witnesses, and have them here in less than sir
| weeks, owing to the deficiency in transportation.
Col G. said he thought better plan, one which
| he had adopted, and had always met with sue
cess, was 10 telegraph to officers commanding the
nearest post. The subp1nas would be placed in
| the hands Of men 10 the secret serv .ce and the
witnesses summoned by this plan, much time
| could be saved, and the witness summoned In u
| few days.
Mr. Baker said he was afraid that diligent
| search would not be made for the Witnesses un
| less messenger was sent for them.
The Court was here cleared for deliberation.
On reopeuing the Court announced that they
had decided to direct the Judge Advocate 10 send
subpenas to the Gommaudant Of the nearest post
to the residence Of the witnesses, and they would
be summoned by such officer.
n. q. II. KANE
| testified that he had been private In the rebel
| army under General Johnston in 1862; was as :
signed to duty in the War once at Richmond as
Chief ofthe Bureau Of War. Witness was familiar
with the hand writing Of Jas. A Seldom! wit
| ness was here shown exhibit II, one Of the docu-
ments offered the other day, and recognized the
| endorsements as the hand writing Of Seldom and
| Campbell.) Witness remembered the report Of
| Col. Chandler in regard to the Andersonyille
| prison; thought IL was made about one year ago.
| Witness hero examined Exhibit IS, and recog-
| nized It as the report Of Col. Chandler. The re-
port was laid before the Secretary of War, Mr..
seddon, by the Assistant Secretary, Mr.. Camp
| bell. Witness had some conversation with
| Judge Campbell about It, Don't know that II
was acted upon by the Secretary o. War thought
he would have known II action had been taken
| upon 1t. About the first Of February 1t. Col.
Chandler was In Richmond for the purpose Of
| having some action upon 1t.
| Cross examined: Every paper was examined
In the Office upon the date OF its reception. Geu.
Samuel Cooper was the adjutant and inspector
general.
WALTER D. DAVENPORT
Testified that he resided iniMacon, Ga. was the
| tythe agent for the Confederate government from
Sumter county from April, 1854, to April, 1885.
The amount Of articles received. from sumter,
Webster, Marion, Sligh counties, was 2i7, 76S
pounds OF bacon, 81, 200 bushels corn, 1857 bush.
els wheat, rice, 3420 pounds, sl7 bushels peas,
3, 700 gallons syrup, ,lej pounds sugar. These
were for the year 1854. From LIST Of January,
1864, until the time Of surrender, April, 1855, was
ljj,726 pounds bacon, IL, ,j9l bushels OF corn, So
| bushels wheat. Remnant due on old crop 2,O77
pounds rice, Sj4 bushels peas, 5,0S2 gallons syr-
| up, 66 pounds sugar.
| One tenth Of the whole crop was collected by
the rebel Government There was another re-
cetying Depot at Andersonville. Sigh and Web
ster counties were small. Sumter aud Marion
counties were larger. Witness heard an effort
was made by the ladies Of the neighborhood to
give relief to the suffering prisoners at Anderson
VILE. They had made two successful trips, and
| carried In provisions the third time they were
ropulSed by Gen. Winder, and they could go
| no further
| Cross examined: Witness did not hear that he
insulted Capt. WirI because he insisted that the
| goods should come in. Witness turned all goods
he received over to Majo N. b. Harold, a Confed-
| crate officer. Witness was appointed by the Post
Quartermaster. 1t was an office without any pay
| or emoluments.
| There was an assessor s office, and parties had
to give an account Of their crop under oath. One
tenth was assessed for the use Of the Govern
ment. Each thousand pounds Of pork was esti-
mated at 800 pounds OF bacon. Each planter
brought his produce and delivered 1t. At one
| time the army was suffering for provisions, aud
large amount was stored In the quartermas-
ter's houses. The cause Of delay was the want
| of transportation.
The wheat was gathered In May and June,
The corn would come In from the middle Of No.
vember all through the winter months The rice
| woud come In about tue time Of the corn The
bacon was collected during the months OF March
and April Witness did not remember how the
| crop was in 1868. lie was not connected with the
office until 1864. Witness had been a merchant.
by the Court The quality Of the bacon was
| good. Witness thought IA pounds Of rice In the
grain made a bushel The corn received by the
witness In 1854 was the growth Of that year.
GAIT. HENRY o. MOVES
was called and sworn. He testified that he was
| Captain in the army, A. D. G. to Gen. Wilson.
Had been on duty at Macon came here with
| Capt. WirE and the records Of the prison about
| the LIST or I'd Of May witness was ordered to go
to Alabama Passing through Andersonyille the
| train stopped witness saw crowd OF men
| there some of our men who had been sick /;
heard some one say, hurry up and sign those
| paroles or you will die here, any how !" witness
looked and saw Capt. Wirz; he then thought
| they were paroling those sick men most Of them
| were so sick they had 20 have man on each side
| When witness returned to Macon he reported to
Gen. Wilson, who told witness he must go down
and arrest that man. Witness took u party Of
| men and went down, arrested WirZ, and took
possession Of all the records except the hospital
| records.
When witness arrested him he was with his
wife and daughter, who were crying and going
| on. Witness told them II Gen. Wilson found
| WirZ was acting under orders he would prOba-
bly, be released. Witness had no orders from
| Gen. Wilson to make any promise. He said
| what he did only to pacify his family, who were
| very much excited. Took him TO Macon, where
| he remained under guard until May 90 Witness
| was then ordered tO Washington with the pris-
| oner and the records. Witness had much trouble
on the road here on account of men who had been
| prisoners recognizing WirZ. Witness thought
| he would never have reached the city alive II
an officer had not been with the party When
| ever witness reached place where there were