New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-07

tort Cooking all dov. when one was emptea II was
again filed the prisoners generally had as inuc .d
this soup as they wanted the rat,ons were
to sergeants Of squads; the bread was so distriDeu
the orders were they should have as nucn soup as NV
wanted: don't know how much soup was issueu Pi
day; don't know the quantity OF meat issneG VIII how
made out the number of prisoners, DON kno" Nv"
much issued to them per man; Inh ra'Ion "a ~
prisoner Of war is pound Of meat ABOUT pounu. m
lour and some rice; don't know now mucn rice tn'
prisoners sometimes complained Of hunger and thlIsti
don't know that the prisoners ever received Iu p"sa
ratons; they complained of want oil wafer Oecaass
it is likely that the squads allowed 10 80 ailei ""'
cOrld not bring water enough .ox,
TESTIMONY OF AN OFFICER or THE GARRISON,
Tois morning Lieutenant of the garrison was c''i''u
to the stand , T., co,is
bury Rowan county; officer in the late Son,
federate army stationed at Salisbury and beioheeu W
Freemans Battalion; was Third Lieutenant Mas ~
Salisbury in 1868; was away five months aud returned
and remained until the prisoners LETT; returned III VI"
Fall of 1851 before the army prisoners came
recognize che prisoner. John H. Gees he was Az sans ,
burg commandant OF prison; my battsion was ,Sn
300 strong under command Of Col linton ilrs', !e
under Col IIoke, and then detached ior snort tn
under Major Gee; was under MS colllnanu or" I'm.
two months, about January and February our I'm IN
pany drew daily one-thifd pound OF bacon. "ne'
We got bacon, pound OF flour, some rice ana 1
some salt; lived principally on the ratlons irhsne
bv the Government. While at Salisbury were sew,
eral times short of TatiOns. and felt many times th
should like TO have little more; my compan. oo
sisted OF ninety men; were two years at SALISBURY
except the five months We were absent, IN thal UNIV
returned TO Salisbury in UctOber three or ioui VI
nv company died Of sickness before Spring; We hau
tents there my acquisitions for ralons were sshu Wy
the Pest Adiutant Stockton he was Adjntan to mayor
90 we were there whom the Unitei States prisoners
arrived many of them tuleraby stout men; theie
were some sick among them; think there were ABOUT
go Of them they stayed there four months or Tue
rise nud were taken To GrecnsbOro1gh; don't KNOW
how many were taken there; | went with one uhh'
which carried about 800. these we're SICK; there was
another train of but don know how many
have acted as officer of the guard at Salisbury; my
DUTY was TO place the guard and give them INSTRUCTIONS
these instructions 10 keep the prisoners inside
and when they gathered in large squads to order te
to dispense; | stationed at the water gate one
time my duty there 10 see that the men escorted
the squads to the creek 10 get waters dOh hho"
how much water was carried IN IN the day; IL was
carried in barrels there were thirty of these carried
from half to two.thirds full, aud made trip ABOUT
every hour and a half: don't know whether this was
the usual daily supply not; was at the gaze IRON
O'clock one day TO o'clock the next; the gate was
closed ut sunset and opened again at sunrise; don't
remember hearing of any complaint for want OF water
the prisoners had tents; remember hrlng one nghl
bv the sentnels. but don't know what dates u was
ONLY sionaly by sentinel; do not know the cause
of the firing or that any of the prisoners were killed
NIGHT SESSION.
At the session tonight the examination oi Lieut.
Davis is TO be continued but the is close before
O'clock and the Commission does not adjourn until lO!
am compelled 10 terminate my letter.