New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-28
HORRORS or SALISBURY.
THE TRIAL OF MAJOR GEE.
Seventeenth pDy.
FULLY uALF OF rus PRISONERS DIE AFTER Ar

FULLY uALf OP rBg PRISONERS DIE AFTER Ar
RIvING AT WILMINGTON, ". c.
/ From Our Special Correspondent.
/ PALrraH. y. C.. Thursday Niea', March -, 1866
! After an adjournment OF week, the Military
Commission resumed its session yesterday morninF
having concluded N hold but session henceiow"rd
from 10 o'clock in the morning 10 IN the afternoon
An Official Reporter was introduced by the Judge'Ad-
yccate anG duly qualified.
TEs11NoNY or RrBEL GUARD.
/ John Poulas called and sEorn; ilY's IN io"hn
County was born and raised there's; went 10 S1Il'pu
in OctoDcr lst4 member Of the 'nlor he'tf''.
In Cot Hnke's regiment; my comp ns was guaIlcr9 :,
The southeast .orler OF the gaiIson when We MS
went there W. had 10 curriers' m'er WINE Wy
olcroie comfortable quarters made of logs and boarGs'
the poles Vcic 90 n"ar the town; tIty Mt'' 49,
rlcny there; ] was on guard WINE l"'I'' va, ~ IT,
struotcd not 10 trade with tue prisoners. nos "
with fhcr Tor have anything 20 10 WIN lutini va
not with the guard no ANY time when 1000 "'s olo,o
to the prisoners which itey W,Ie ROY ~ ~
that recniect OF: when had ny nav
,,,iors IN IL a prisoner asked for some DIehdi
don't now whether would De allowed 20 gave II i1
f-r and 4. trG the sergeant OF the euald isEeh
Give n 10 tln. be said it against tie rules,
bu tboi he sometimes gave them part Of ms Ihohs 'u
that there could IL 10 horm DID giving them soDe'''"
10 ct, and then gave the prisoner some D,gHu, o.,
! Cro>sexamintd-Ne generally carried out II 10 ~
nrjsor,rs for water a. one times We dlJ rot Away
carry al who wanted 20 60 hCi only the squad "l IL q"
70. DO M know how many times We went ailer VAR
iu "a day. surnuse six ~ eight times; were gong
continuously; were aOwcI an hour 10 20 ana re
tu~n but bad hour. think FOR dinners WIN tue OK
ceut0n q this we going continuously; nave seen
the prisoners som times washing themselves IN the
creek when they went after water hey were permit
led 10 40 80 by the guard; we had no ofdeis npou Wv
prisoners but those got from INC sergeant anu noh'
were not 20 trade with give any hing u Tie prison
ors or have anything 70 tO,vlth themi received 10
pch orders from ary commissioned oHicer u was I'M
dersood IN the camp ihefo were the orders tho
b r -, veTe ALWAYS Given 6v The sercati do not
J -. tNc,a rr fnfa ~
/ OF The water gate; ] suppose there was.
| TESTIMONY or UNION sofDiER.
! Moses Palmer. sW1t-Eeside in Lynn. Mass. was
mi souer az Salisbury; BELONGED 10 tie SiAih Army
! torps Second DIVISION. Third lrs1dci vas tAkcn
nrieorersf Winchester Va. went to salisbury October
O. lsdl and left The latter pant Of February leo) went
about FIVE hundred Of tie sick who let foF Bichmond
assisted IN making out their paro.es TIE r--t o. the
prisoners were sent 10 ilEton nfde on tAoif
paroes there were about 2.JjJ Of theni was 10
prsOn from the time went there uni tie ION OF NO
yember end then went 10 Major Gees headquarters.
kept the prison regttcr; tbs embraced ISL oil inc
prisoners tlcIT names. rank, company ana REGIMENT
Also ltt Of the deaths q ere were, on uy army u ~
Sahsbury. Ahoat >, 30 prisoners aier"aI nthers
arrived making the aggregate about 500 OF "o,0.
cannot tell how many escaped nom Tie PRISON. u Ns
impossible 90 ind out, because tie pfsone would not
renort when any mad esclpct knew 10 10 escapes there
we're about 700 who enlist out OF t1e pTs"ni ho &c
count was taken II those VINO cscapd 4; have no lGri
OF the number do not know the Number OF escapes that
were reported while wes there.
i C~cesexaminedI the paroles Of the prisoners
BY the order Of Major Gee The orders were H. make
tie paroles ont possible aud that should
employ az many CLERKS as s1oud be necessaIyi 10
showed great anxiety 20 have The paroles made out
speedily; carried the news Of the exchange Of prison
ers the prisoners Ut the request Of MAJOR Gee and
! that they would be paroed; Afnior Gee told 20 tell
the prisoners they ND have something good 10 sleep
Over or words 10 that effect; told 20 tell them not
to shout make any unusual noise, a. The guard might
IRE on them; executed the orders ana cautioned tie
Sergeant alOrs Of DIV sios and als1 the prisoners
! | came out; this WIS between 10 aud IL o'clock az