The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-07
EIGHTH DAY.
MORNING SESSION.


The Court met pursuant to adjournment
the members being present.
DR.. w. H. Howerton recalled on cross exam.
nation
There were wounded prisoners of war brought
for treatment to the prison hospitals. am un,
derthe impression, that no prisoners were brought
there in October, suffering from frost bite, but
there were in November. l do not know of my
personal knowledge that Major Gee applied to the
authorities at Richmond, not to send prisoners to
Salisbury. But that was the report
was there when the prisoners left for Green's
boro'
The prisoners at the hospital got bread in ad-
dition to the other articles that have mentioned
before 1t was baked for them and was very
good. All the prisoners were treated alike,
though the political prisoners and prisoners of
war were kept in different hospitals.
REDIRECT
do not know that the Mr. Davis spoke of
was paroled-thought so from the fact that he had
free access to the different buildings outside the
prison lines.
My opinion in regard to the duties of the diff
ferent officers of the prison based on the fact
that they paid very little attention to Maj. Gees
orders could not say what the different officers
duties were by the orders they issued
The Commissary on whom acquisitions were
made was Commissary of the post There were
two Quartermasters-one for the post and ono for
the prison.
BY THE COURT.
My daily duty was to visit the hospitals of the
nrlSOn--nraSp rih mad a,,, A.
lclnes were administered by the nurses, if the
medicines could be had-and see that the nurses
attended to the sick Igcnerally went at So clock
IN the morning and was there four or five hours
and again three or four hours in the afternoon.
The average sick in the hospitals suppose was
j from 800 to 800 In the three wards mad Charge
of, there were about $50 Nurses were detailed
to carry out in tubs the discharges from the pris-
oners in the hospitals. The wards were ventia-
ted by windows and doors. The treatment in the
hospital depended on the medicines we could get.
For typhus fever, we gave tonics and stimulants;
for dysentery and diarrhpa opeites and astrin-
gents; we did not have medicine half the time
L do not suppose that we received more than
enough for so men per month, which had to an
swer for the whole numberin the hospitals Slim
uants were very scarce. We had whiskey and
some french brandy, which we got from the med
ical purveyor at Charlotte, and some from Rich
mond. We got supplies for the hospital from
Charlotte and Richmond exceptwhat the quarter
master at Salisbury could make and furnish.
There were hunks in the large brick hospital
Some had mattresses and some straw. There was
sick call every morning. 1 don't remember
whether there was more sickness in the early part
OF November than in December The sick on the
floor lay close together The hunks were two or
three feet apart.
There was some bedclothing distributed lust
before DR.. Curry's death-don't know where it
came from-the supply was limited, only ten or
twelve pieces to each ward l don't know the
amount of bread issued to each ward There
were six or seven Observation-Disclosures of the
time not so many. The patients were washed as
soon as brought in, unless they were too low to
bear washing.
There was a regular Medical officer of the day.
whose business it was to- attend to the sanitary
condition of the prison. l was medical officer of
the day one time-don't think l attended to the
SINKS that day. There was nothing in the sur
roundings of the prison to produce malarial dis
cases except the filth of the prison. The Medi-
cal officer also examined the cook bouses- and
/ saw that the grounds and hospitals were in order.
These duties were as well attended to as they
could be. The Office of Medical officer of the
/ day existed but for short time before the pris-
I oners left. His duties were performed previous
! ly by the regular officer of the day.
! we had nurses selected from the prisoners by
Mr Davis who appointed them. Some of them
/ "er" good and some were not. He got the best
he could. don't remember of any of the nurses
dying. The Medical officers attended the sick nj
their quarters, when reported by the Medical
officer, who attended the sick call. This officer
had others under him to assist him. Doctors
! Curry and Boyd, and after them others attended
to the sick call. The supply of disinfectants was
limited We had lime, think, part of the time
but it was scarce and hard to get. We used what
we had.
The grounds were poced and kept as clean as
practicable, which was about all we could do to
prevent disease.
The 800 or 1908 sick mentioned were those in
Hospitals.-Not including the number outside
which was very large II should Judge from to
L
/ not certain as to the number
Col. George Folk sworn-S5 years old, and re
sides in Buncombc County, N c.
was in Salisbury in February, 1864 on nv re.
turn from prison. had an interview with Mai.
Gee and asked him the privilege of visiting the
prison, that might compare it with the prisons
at Point Lookout, Morris Island and Others
1.-The point was here raised by the defence that
the conversation between witness and Mai Gee
was not relevant, as the specifications embraced
only November and December The point was
overruled and the witness proceeded ON ,ot
certain as to asking permission to 90 into the
prison. out remember that the Adjutant said l
could not go in.
MAY. Zee consented that might go on the par.
apet surrounding the prison. In this converse.
ton referred to certain rumors going round the
country, Ia regard to myself and Others undergo
inc, retaliation at Morris Island for the treatment
OF Federal prisoners at Salisbury. Mai. Gee said
| he was aware OF these rumors and that they dc
the prison at Salisbury great injustice He said
tina. Gen. Brady 7. johnson had lust received 9
letter from Gov. Vance in regard to the bad treat
| ment of prisoners at Salisbury as rumored, and
| Pio'e'1nS "Sans1 any lnnumanlty TO the prlso
ners as impolitic and calculated to provoke retail
alton on the part of the enemy. That in answer
to this letter, the best way was to send to Gov
Vance statement of the rations he had issued
that day to the prisoners. Maj. Gee stated til.
quality and quantity furnished that day. dom
know that can state the amount precisely, bu
think it was 6 OF. of meat, 1 Id. of bread and
think pint of soup. I know the quantity wa.
more than ever received in prison.
Maj Gee said that the shelter was bad, but az
good as he had power to make it. don't know