Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-09-04
" BIOONIsBURG, COLUMBIA CO., Pa, WEDNESDAY, SEPT
wamATmENV or PRISONERS.
4 Comparison between EImira
and AnIcrSOnville.

TSEAEuENV CE ENASCV EEsS
A o0lparisoN between EImirs,
and An'iersOnyille.
The statements from the New York
|Noylt) in regard to the prison mortality AT
Andersonvillc and Elmra, by former rcbc
prisoner, confined in the Elnira pen in the
year 1864, deserve to be carefully read 1t
is declared that whereas the mortality at
Andersonyillc, from February to August
!, was less than three per cent, the mortal
ity at Elmira was four per cent. during the
same period and that out of nine thou
sand three hundred prisoners examined at
the latter on tho lTth Of September, eigh-
teen bundled and seventy were found
tainted with scuvy. 1t will be seen that
our correspondent claims to make these
statements from correct copy Of tho Off
cia record, taken by him day By day
Whether the record itsclb when produced,
will tell different story remains to be seen ;
but it is high time that an official inquiry
was had into the past conduct of not only
the Elmira, but other Federal prisons, con-
ccrning which allegations quite as direct
and damaging US these have frequently been
made.
RICHMOND, Va, August II.
70 he EaitOr GJ tie WorM,
SIR: | have just seen in city paper q
paragraph credited to the NoTl alleging
that among the Confederate prisoners at
| Emira, during the last four or five months
OF the use of that prison, the deaths only
amounted to few individuals out OF many
thousands prisoners. am not able to con
trovcrt that fact, as left there on the | lth
Of OctobeH 1864, but if the impression
desired TO be produced is that the general
mortality at that pen was slight can con-
tudict it from tie rccord. During Il portion
Of the period Of MY incarceration in the E..
mira pen it was my duty to receive from the
surgeons Office each morning the reports Of
the deaths of the preceding day, and em-
body them in an official report to be signed
by the coumandant of the prison, and fdi-
wardcd to the Commander OF the post. |
entered each morning in diary which now
lies before me, the number Of reported
deaths, and the facts demonstrate that in
as healthy Il location as there is in New
York, with every remedial appliance in
abundance, with no epidemic, and with IA
great boast of humanity, the deaths were
relatively larger than among the Federal
prisoners at Andersonvie among u iamishcd
people, whose qualtermaster could not fur
nish shelter to its soldiers, and whose sur
geons were without the commoncst medi
cines for the sick. The record shows that
at Ahdersonvll!e, between the l't oi rep
inafy ana Isl o, august isoi, o"V .! 3o,-
ooo prisoners, ",ooo, or "ne'siS'h, oieu u
lear!1i rate nnaIeS,ionahy. nut l'io on'-
clal report oi the him'va pen SHOWS tliHt
during the month OF Heptcnihrr' 1904,
which was tie hrSt month alter the Iuo,a Oh
'na' liison was mace up OK y fcS" mh" M
n"e "o"S""a .Hfe hHn"'G" Pr'S'"e,s, 'ie
deaths were t,tee h"rd'rat end e'3aty-sif.
IN other wofGs the average mortan'y at
-ahTefsonS'''c curing t'laC pI''o9 was o,ig- m
SIKH o' INC "'i"le per mouth w.l,ic ut i"-
i,'lra ,n IL was one '"e"y39" VI "le , "',.c'
AZ iHn''!a; " was J""r PER ce". III Aiiuc'-
Sony'li0 ie5S tiian "feeG'r c'"e.
our informant SPEAKS % pu' h'le ueuthS,
beneVo " nave n'iS'a'h me paper)i curing
threc % or i9ur month; az i'll'ra' relIaps
me Official record vii! snow more "n" ntee
t'mes more "e"'"s on sing!s M "a uay o' NY III
cafeeratson.oep,Gmher ~, iSof. c., .
Al'o.nit ;m ''c'n "nlch sa'nr' h;h ,.4,, ,n, NV
naLI M'' s!llln'G tn? 'I;,,l. i"L a., T''t M rno M.
,ne.'''' Th p'G' II. ;'i,ia h u',1,'" ", La HAL in
.Io''; Inc 'ioSpl'a'S pesaa ~ ~ hat;a,," It, :"
.ne 'at'es part % A'Ius' mnn .oI "nsI's;b ,..;,t
Tases u scu.'' Me' oeca''J .o s'.oain oat ",, sa
ioa'l", so.e'i nn.s ,os' tn''a a., ~. w;,, "r J;a
many o.iess became orlPp;rS' "an ',amaon, WIN "'t
cfipp'es rom ,lla. cause. nc io,",,l't m '"i, nS
0, y, .'e post oruoreu repoi: W W n,"u, ,,d u
a.: inc seor1uylc enscs III p,i,o"' S" Cu,aw I
Sa",nns S,","n o"' T." .I' | ,,',o mns, aJdnJ mn
when 1t was found that OF y''oo prisoners
rA"n'intu , ewu,e" .n .,,' manure" o"'' ''''"V
The federal government, rs one of its
measures of reconstruction, is officially and
and cXpcnsive!y engaged in tradnc,lg the
nou.ncr peUPe, anu .nc ,'JnS ,aCI,S Wa" h"thor ",o
the Object hc tn hang or TO calumniate, war.
rants the belief that we shall have couple
of volumes year for the rest Of the cen
t"ryi oemohstra''hg the pIrpa''ly W. 'nI
.epa,'i s"'"' ~ aV - oo,rso 1ln
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