The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-23

cause II Is unknown but neverthe less il
was enlarged to the length of sixteen hun
dred and twenty feet. thus making the EN-
tire area sixteen hundred and twenty b,
seven hundred and eighty-three feet
This enlargement was a salutary move
ment on a small scale, but it only pro
longed the sutferings of the victims. The
thirty thousand men had now twenty-five
acres, minus the dead line and marsh, OF
thirty square feet per man, or three and a
fourth square yards. There were actual
ly during the month of August, thirty-five
thousand men within the prison, and some
authorities give me as high as thirty-six
thousand. This density is enormous, and
cannot be tolerated by animal life in any
climate, in any latitude, of the world.
here must be space for organic life to
develop and maintain itself, otherwise ii
perl>heS. To give correct idea of the
crowded condition of this pen, we do not
know where to turn for examples. The
great cities of civilized lands do not even
approximate IN their ratio of population.
( COMPARISON OF DENSITY.
/ The relations of density. in the three
great divisions of London, give thirty
five, one numbered and nineteen. and one
hundred and eighty square yards to each
inhabitant. The denSest portion OF Liver
pool, with its lofty and immense brick
ranges Of buildings, swarming with in
du>trial life, gives more than eighty square
fee, 10 each person, The early Roman
camps. which are a marvel TO military
men, cave 70 the ordinary legion three
hundred and siXty-scvcn square feet of
area to each man. The plans of Polybias
give two hundred and thirty square feet to
each soldier of the consular army OF two
legions, numbering nearly eighteen thou
sand men. and the descriptions of IIvginus
give similar ratlonS.
/ The encampmcnts of the Lifted States
infantry afford, in the most restricted por-
/ ton (between stacks OF arms and kitchens
two hundred and torty-four square feet
per man, or seventeen hundred and thirty
one square feet per man for the whole
camp.
The space allowed by law for barracks
alone Is titty-tour square feet for each
soldier, rcckomcd on the basis of Il full
complement of men. The rules OF the
rebel army concerning camps are the same
Is those OF the regulations OF the United
States army
The United States prison at Elmira
contained six thousand men. and extended
over forty acres. The other prisons, at
! Chicago, .JohnSon'S Island. Point Lock
out and Fort Delaware. were provided
with spacious exercise grounds. and fur
ni-hcd with covered barracks inlt of
proper form, and fitted up with the re-
quired convcnicnce> of life, Bcilc Isle.
which held ten thousand prisoners. had
but >IN acres. and no shelter, no convent
encc> whatever.
Ander>onvillc. which contained over
lhirty Thousand prisoners. hah IN lie Stock
abe, before enlargement. but eighteen
acres in all. and but twelve acres for the
u>c of the prisoners, minus the dead line
and the marsh.
The prison at Dartmoor. in England
(Which waS a paradise III comparison with
Amdcr>onyille.) where our prisoners were
held i'll captivity by the English during the
last war. furnished two hundred to three
hundred square feet 10 every prisoner III
the barracks, hcSi'lcS allowing Spaciou:
yards. where the prisoners were permitted
TO exercise daily There were seven larg,
two->torv stone buildings. each one hun
drcd and cighty feet i'll length. Fiv,
: thousand prisoners enclosed within twenty
acres OF land at Dartmoor. thirty thou
sand in twenty-five acres, at Anderson
Vile