The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-28
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witness was allowed to answer the question I'M
der discussion.1
Maj. Gee told me to tell the prisoners they
would have something good to sleep over, or
words to that effect-told me to tell them not TO
shout or make an unusual noise, as the guard
might fire on them. ] executed the orders and
cautioned the Sergeant Majors ofDivisions and also
the prisoners, as came out-this was between III
and IL O'Clock at night.
Those who were enlisted in the prison, were
generally foreigners-some natives who represen-
ted themselves as foreigners, were enlisted-the
recruiting was confined to foreigners, SO Tar as
know. The officers stood inside the gate when
the recruiting was going on-several claiming 10
be foreigners were rejected and turned back-I
was at the bridge day when an ofiicer, SAID 10
be from Columbia, s. c., was enlistlng; man
claiming to be a foreigner enlisted, the officer
went to him and took him by the collar and !ed
him out from the line and kicked him-MaJor
Gee, who was standing between the gate and the
line of recruits, told him he must not abuse the
prisoners, that they were under his charge, ana
that the officer had not given his receipt for the
recruits and therefore he should not kick them
l do not know that his not having gwen MS re-
ceipt for them was the only reason he said the
officer should not abuse thein-he said the pris-
oners were still under his control and should not
be abused.
The majority OF the prisoners at Salisbury came
from Richmond-I suppose they had been in prls-
on, most of them, nearly tour months; not quite
four months us the register showed they were
taken on the Wilmington Railroad on the 10Th of
August-they were generally in very desolate
condition-had summer clothing-a majority of
them appeared very weak what L should call,
sickly, though they could walk-many OF them
were shoeless, but most Of them had hats or caps
OF some sort-l think there was about one blanket
to fifty men-their clothing consisted of shirt,
pants-some had drawers few shoes and
stockings-some few had overcoats-the clothing
was generally poor and bad.
When we first arrived there were three wells
in the yard-afterward there were five or six
quarters, 1 was Sergeant Major of Division,
to have the men in line every morning, that they
might be counted by Mr.. Lyerly-to see that Il
detail went for wood for the squads, and to go to
the cook house and see that the rations allowed
were received and properly divided to the squads
Il had free access to the cook house, to get
the rations and to call the sergeants of squads
to get the rations-my duties were sometimes
onerous-I was allowed full facilities to see that
my division got what they were entitled to.
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went with Lieutenant Damrell to Salisbury
and assisted him in making diagram of the
prson-we measured the outlines of the prison
grounds from the line of stockade--I did not
pointed out the lines to Lieut. Damrell.
| was paroled to keep the prison register-I
got the same ratons as the ether prisoners, eX-
cept what | bought myself drew one pair
pants while there.
The Court then adjourned to 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning.