The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-30


fording no protecuon ron the Wind ana
the snow; the forced daily labor on the
fortihcations; the brutality OF the Ter
man soldiers IN hurryihg up their work
by blows win ,he out's of thelr muskets;
all these sui'erings you nave heard' 10
render escape imposs'ole' 'he prisoners
had 10 give UP tne'r snoes ana wear sd-
Dots hach one peslde, hke our convicts,
mad ias'eneu 70 ms r'gh,shou,der iarge
p'ece Oh cio.h s'ampeu WIN certain
NUMBER iney rece'Veu ioOu ou. once q
day. consisting Oh o'ack-oread' rce,
drled vegetables ana sometimes rancid
lard the rat'ons OF three men oe'ng bare
" suhclen' 70 Sa'h'y 'ne munger o' one
man Inc veterans iong inured 70 pr
va'lons ana haruSnipS, cou'u III some ue-
gree endure 'her m'slor'uhes Pa'iehtiy,
ana d'u NOT re''''y suner very nucn' ou'
there were among 'nem young oOys' no
o"es' "iio' IN 'ne prime oi me- anu ac,
customeu ~ nome 70 comfort ana gooo
ea''ng' were now n'er"'iy uy'hg Vi nun
ger Al mea' .''ne' N 'ren'oung groupe'
'ney "ou'u ga'ner a'ounu 'ne rr"s.'an
guarus' win 'ears streaming iroin .neir
eyes ana s're'cning OUT 'heir hanus 10
'ne'r enen''e7' ueggng ,o' Tue remains !,
OF 'ne'r soup inese ieiio"s VIII" iu', ,
s'omacns anu coh'en'eu hear'' "ou,'
take Their platters' yet Three iourths iuii'
and hlithem up 10 the orim WIN water
ana then oner them 70 the poor starving
boys with iond iaugh'er' ihey conslu-
ere1 TINS quite pleasant JOKE ohder
such regime rs this' the most ROBUST
manhood could not long uphoid itseii.
Many went into consumption dragged
out few days OF wretehed existence
and died. Every morning there might
be seen driving out OF camp, long cart
filled with dead bodies, the badly-cared-
for wounded being the hrst to die Hap
py were those who, amid these scenes
OF wretchedness, happened TO have lit
tie money about them, and could by wei
paying for them, procure few delica'
cies, but the greater portion were with
out anything at all. ms was the case
with Sergeant Hoh AT Paris, during
his many and long expeditions, he often
neglected TO draw his pay OF which he
would nave hau no heed "heh out re.
connol'ering' ana Wheh ne was captureo
at Nilliers he did not have an available
sou. Besides ' made niue dinerehce'
Tor ms money would IN the hands OIL the
oaxohs' nave takeh the same direction
as MS wa'ch ana hlS Aniie'
Inc "rihii"r' lamp was uevo.eu en- ga
'ireiy !" private soiu'ers' vi 'he oii'
0s's 'o'ne "au 'ne'. quarters ~ .ne o.'y
VI Oo''s"e' o'"'is ""o 'Ouiu "o' ,e"'
'oo"' " "e" u 'iO'' "nO "ou,u no'
give uaei p''o'e' "e,' qu1'''ieu ~ 'ne
army m'a '"Ae "OT'' VI" 'N' V'"e, s'O' VI ."'
'"'"e o"o u"y, q, '1I was sc'"s
Vu' - '",-o""P 'O' O'c"'' iio' iu'u's
a,Piou :" among '"o mt" ss''.Yeu'
sS"s " 500 "N ~ '
'',' '.1 ,' ' "%V u,, '"e
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"e'e 'e'"s 'O,''c' u, ,u'T1eua :" sup
P,"s away anu 1''''eu '"o A'"1"' ~
"'' qunV ie'e "''e "'u se'
e'a o"'e's VI various "'"' VI 'e'''0e'
so"s % V"P'u'eu =, ''A o'" ~
A' '"e na'ne Vi i'o", ""o'h 'ney al Ane"
we"' '"ey "o'e a"u s'"S0u "'' ~
ihey 'nsde nun SIT uo"n an" 'ane uii'
ner WIN 'nein' anu ''iAe' VII" nun
ABOUT ms EXPLOITS tne country ana 'n'
war ihey even "''''eu AZ eSosp0' a.
'"ousn 'ne 'ni"s "PPe,'u u"0u,'
enous" n"e u',ne' was "oOu' '"'ous"
". -" 90
SV'i 'n'en'' saiu py 'ne ""y' iis"' 'e'
mere "ha' 'aey are saying aoVu' you
uo"h yohuer' AZ Tue same 'in'e h"nu,ne
nun numoero 0, inc n'us''""'''' D''y''
N "n'cn was rehasneu all .noSe pre',Ou'
meh''oheu mh'''s''c stories ol 'ne @r,
Is papers Inc very n's' i"'ss rea'
oau'eu MI" W cnange ooioi ms s'o'
'n'a WI" 'e.ns' anu '"o P"Pei '"OOA !"
nus MINUS iney a''e"P'eu W 00"'o''
n'"' 'e'i''s ny" su'n s'O,''s ,' ".'V ~ 'iO'
"V,' ~ "o.'''' anu "OV 0oD '''
s'D'y oe''eve 'nem' "nen ne was 50 wei
hno"n' pu' Ms enho'ioh Vo",' no' ~ :.
uSpei,eo' anu nc reniA',ieo s''e"' u"'.,
.ne cay u '"e ae'ah !" '"e 1Ou'' 0Su'0u
MN 70 ARISE "heh nc salu.eu 'ho oniccr'