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ExAMrHAT1oE OF GEN. rERRy-Hs VIEWS OF VIZ.
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Especial dispatch 70 The Cincinnati Gazette.


washington, March Is. following is thu
testimony before the joint Committee on Recon
struction Of Major General Alfred H. Terry, nov
y sin command Of the Department Of Virginia
Major General Alfred Il. Terry sworn and ex
amined by Mr.. Howard
What is your rank in the army?
i a. lam Major General of Volunteers, and Bri
4 gadier General and Breyet Major General in thu
XVI United States army 28 535
'sss Where are you now stationed?
Al In Richmond, Virginia.
How long have you been in command there
a, Since about the middle of last June.
2. What amount of force have you in your
Ss department s57r -.''s' :
a. BY The last return there were present and
4: absent two thousand nine hundred and forty-two
men. The number actually present in the depart
ment, including the officers Of the militia reserve
corps, reporting to the freedmen's commissioners
is between two Thousand six hundred and two
thousand seven hundred. S#}t8g a$
%. At what points are they chiefly stationed,
"A. Az Richmond, Fredericksburg, Charlottes
vile, Lynchburg, Bristol, Danyille, Petersburg
City Point, Norfolk, Fortress Monroe, yorktown
& and Williamsburg. These are mostly one and tw,
ss What IS the territorial extent Of you
department. s.5s ( r.. ~ =
" TIC staseEof Virginia, with the exception .
Alexandria, Fairfax and London counties, and tn.
northern part Of the Shenandoah Valley, al ~
s III. " Have you much to do with the freedmen's
bureau IN your department? s%8,
y. sA- have o. great deal of business from the
S bureau, and am in constant communication with
Col. Brown, assistant commissioner. a
q. What are your means of knowledge of the
state If affairs in Virgins, throughout your de-
apartment s9f
Il IA. lido not come in direct personal contact
With The people Of Virginia. Or as much as many
sSof my snbordinates do. have no social inter
course with any except those known to be Union
spseSplMsi Why pet,
"a. They do not seek me, and it is neither be-
coming my position as the commanding officer Of
the department, nor consistent with my seif-re-
affairs i derived from the business that comes to
me Officially, from the special reports of my sub
ordinates, and from othcial formation of occur
frences which receive from those of my own
people in whom have confidence. 1t ia derived
also from what see IN the public press of Vir-
ginia, and from what il brought to my attention
soHciahy ana unomcialIy by the commissioner OF
fareedmen's analrs. ! frequently see citizens
On omclat business. put net as frequently as my
spDorllnates 90. NY business IS done chiefly on
I'VE s y. IS. RI Ia. 5g 1
Wha1 gensrally y the feeling On the part Of
W. n. secession clement against unlonlsts, whether
nanse yirglmans q those from other Slafes2
thmk y Y as hostile as Y eyer has been. Az
" wv leehng TOWARDS tne people 81 the north,
az e.. lnnk y mas essentially changed from what
III ~ ana 9urlng lne var. Inere = SILL
~ IN s,s ~ Them
them q & 81, Nil 81 Il.
a. asYly nsIe y Iar % my knowledge goes;
lsshng nssMssn ssSessonlsts ana nnionsts y one
~ .sfs link Is II ~ ssg
their rights, in the midst of secession coinmu-
nity there! I. i, Il. i, <.
a can they safely rely On the State courts q,
justice to themselves and protection to their
rights? @ I
AssA No, sir 7 think not.