The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-28

intervals, the second at any time when called for
by certain officers of Departments, Bureaus or
Posts. The first ought to show all the animals,
&C., he was accountable for, no matter where
they were, whether ut Raleigh, Richmond or any
where else, and whether serviceable or not. Capt.
Goodman was not entirely under the control of
the Commandant of the Post at Salisbury-if the
COMMANDMENTS orders conflicted with those from
the Chief of the Bureau he was not bound to
obey them--he was the Judge of how far he was
bound to obsy his orders under his responsibility
that responsibility was to the Department
there was special order exempting him from the
control of the Commandant of the Post
/ have had business correspondence with Maj.
Mofitt, prison Q. NJ. at Salisbury-he made
frequent acquisitions on me for @. NJ stores-he
made them sometimes as often as twice a week
he urged me to send him the supplies--espccially
stoves, axes and other articles-his letters to me
were very frequent and very urgent-he stated he
was pressed for these things by the Commandant
of the Post at Saisbury-that the prisoners were
suffering, especially for stoves-I had charge of
foundry at the time and gave order to have the
stoves made-it was not my duty to furnish them,
but as had the foundry was willing to do it,
Mofitt also sent to me for ropes for wells, also for
glass in large quaint tics-I suppose they were for
the prison, as Moffitt was only connected with the
prison. did not always furnish the things be-
cause did not always have them. 1t was my
duty first to supply my own Post and then If
there was any surplus, furnished them to other
Posts-it was Motfitts duty to get things where
he could-the regulations required that requisi-
tions be made on Richmond, but we could never
get anything from there-it was the usage to get
supplies from one post Tor another, but not ex
actly in accordance with the regulatiOns-the ne
cessity made the usage .5
1t " ould have taken about thirty days to make
a rcquisition on Richmond and have it filled, if
there were no distinctions to the Roads, never
made requistion on Richmond for anything.
Maj: Motfitt made acquisitions on me frequently
from Oct. 1864 to Feb 1885, at least three or four
times month"; besides private letters urging me
to fill the acquisitions, and for almost every ar
tc!e of Quartermaster's stores. In his letters he
did not speak directly of Maj Gee by name, but
of the Commandant of theprison.
REDIRECT.
gave the order at the foundry for the stoves to
be sent, but am not certain they were Sent-thlS
in the latter part of November or in December,
l think--there were various acquisitions from DIR.
Curry and others-there were two acquisitions for
stoves, one for the post hospital which was filled
and the other for the prison hospital
The army regulations were generally thrown
aside-the regulations required acquisitions to be
made on Richmond, but no officer ever got what
was allowed. When acquisitions were made, We
sometimes got small portion of it and some
times none at ALL We seldom got tenth of
what was drawn for. The Q. M Of pos. was re-
quired to fill acquisitions drawn on him as as
he could if they did not conflict with orders from
the head Of his bureau-my general duties were
TO furnish supplies, but could refuse on the ex-
cuse of having to send the supplies to the army
at Richmond.
l believe Capt. Goodman was at one time dis
trict O. NJ. at Salisbury but was afterwards re-
lieyed aud made Q; NJ. of the post.
Maj. Francis E. Walcott, Judge Advocate,
sworn. He stated that while in Washington he
got the papers now offered in evidence from the
bureau of rebel archives. They were given to
him as portion of the rebel archives, captured
at Richmond. The defence objected to the pa
h,s,r .,.nI.
endorsement on them to show that they were
either original or official. The objection was
overruled and the papers admitted to record.
DIR. Barnes testified that he was stationed at
Wilmington in March, 65. Received the pri-
soners sent there for exchange at North East
river. He acted under Major Gen. Terry and
provided for the sick and disabled Colonel
Hatch had charge of prisoners on the rebel side
received no official report as to where the pri-
soners came from. The condition of the prison
ers was bad--many were gangrenous, full of
vermn nearly naked and the minds OF many
were affected almost to delirium-suppose over
100 were i'll this condition, who were unable to
give full account of themselves. Col. Hatch
told me to prepare and not be surprised at re-
cciving very bad cases. The sick were put in
vacant buildings in Wilmington-there were
about 1000 of them. l don't know how many
of these were from Salisbury. The cause of their
condition was mainly want of food, clothing and
shelter, and being crowded together-S0O of
them died at Wilmington-555 Of them within
the first days. Their names were generally put
at the head of their graves,-there were log
whose names were unknown. Don't know
whether they were from Salisbury or not. Many
had frozen limbs-they were kept in separate
building-don't know how many of them were
from Salisbury.
: CROSS EXAMINED ------
At Wilmington including those from Salisbury
| 1000 were in hospitals The witness was further
examined as TO the condition of the prisoners and
-.
port of which was taken down. In answer to
| questions by the Court the witness stated that
there were nearly $500 prisoners received at Will
mington-dOes not know how many of these were
| from Salisbury. The worst cases came from Sal
| isbury, from what Col. Hatch told NEEDN'T
| know where the other prisoners came from.
Court adjourned until tomorrow morning 10
| o'clock.