Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-21
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alton for the welfare and comtort-so Ia
as is consistent with lber safe keeping
of the vast number of unfOrtnnat"s piac
cd under his control; some one wha,
least will not advocate deliberately aus
! in cold blood, the proprieiy Of leavin.
Them in their present condition unit
,beir number has been sufficiently re
ducrd bv d. ath to make the present at
rangrments suffict for their accommo la
tinn; who will net consider il maite
of stlf-laudaiien and bOasIing Thar Ia
has never been inside of the stockAde.
place the horrors of which il is difsicnl
10 describe, and which is a disgrace Il
civilization. the condition of which b,
might. by the exercise OF little energy
and judgment, even with the limited
means at bis command, have eonsidera
bly, improved. d. T. CHANDLER,
Asst Adrt and Inspecior-Gen.
Col. r H. Chiffon,
Asst Alj't and InsprctOr-Gen.. c. S
A, Richmond, Virginia
Mr.. HALE. What is the date q
that report?
Mr.. GARFIELD. August 5, 1864
Mr.. HALE. How long after thai
was Winder retained there in com
mand?
Mr.. GARFIELD. l will come that
in a moment.
Now, what do honorable gentle
men suppose would naturally be
done with such report as that
Remember that Colonel Chandler
was a witness before the court that
tried Wirz and reafirmed every
word of this report. If he is living
| would make a pilgrimage to see
him and thank him for the humani-
ty and tenderness with which he
treated my unfortunate comrades.
So anxious was he that the great
crime of Winder should be rebuked
that he went to Richmond, and de-
livered his report to the secretary
of war, member, of course, of the
cabinet of Jefferson Davis. If l am
not correct in this, l believe there is
a member of that cabinet now on
this floor who can correct me. Of
course, being soldier, Colonel
Chandler first delivered his report to
the Acknowledgement, and that officer,
General Cooper, on the 18th of Au-
gust, 1864, wrote npon the back OF
the report these words:
ADMIT AND INsPEcToR-GEN's OFFICE,
August IS, 1864
Respectfully submitted 20 the secretary
OF war. The condition of the prison al
| AndcrsonvIlle is reproach to US as a ma
lion. The engineer and ordinance de-
partmenis were applied to and authorlz-
ed their issue, and l so ielegraphed Gen
Winder. Colonel Chandlcr's recomm4n-
| dalions are cOineided in.
By order Gen. Cooper.
R H Chiffon,
Asst Adult and Inspector General
Not content with that indorse
ment, Colonel Chandler went to the
secretary of war himself; but the sec
retary being absent at the moment
the report was delivered to the as
sistant secretary of war, J. A. Camp
bell, who wrote below General Coop
er's Endorsement these words:
These reports show a condition o
things at Andersonyille which calls loud
ly for the interposilion of the depart
ment, in order that change be made.
J. A CAMPBELL,
Asstant Secretary OF War
Mr.. REGAN. Does not the gen
tleman know that the adjutaut-gen-
eral could only have made such al
order by direction of the PRESIDENT
Mr.. GARFIELD. l do not know
what the habit was in the confeder
acy. 1t is not SO in this Govern
ment.
Mr.. ,REGAN. The gentleman viii
allow me to say that all persons ia
miliar with the business of thai
Office know that the adjutant-gen
eral executes direct orders made by
the president, but has not the au
tLority to make such orders himself
Mr.. GARFIELD. That may hav,
been the rule in the confederate
government, but it was never tht
rule here. The Adjutant Genera
of our Army signs no order exeep
by order of the Secretary of War
The Adiutant General is the clerl
of the Secretary of War, and tn,
Secretary of War is in turn the clerl
of the President. But the gentle
man from Texas Mr.. REGAN w1l
soon see that he cannot defen(
Davis by the Endorsement of Genera
Cooper. The report d1d not stoI
at the acknowledgement. 1t was car
ried up higher and nearer to Davis
1t was delivered TO Assistant Secre
tary Campbell, and who wrote the IN
dorsement l have just read. Tnt
report was lodged with the depart
ment of war, whose chief was ont
of the confidential advisers CT Mr.
Davis-a member of his official fam
lily. What was done with it? The
record shows, Mr.. Speaker, that {
few days thereafter an order wal
promptly made in reference to Gen
eral Winder. To what effect? Pro
| noting himl- He was made commits
sary-general of all the prisons ant
prisoners throughout the confedera
CIV. That was the answer that came
as the result of the humane report
of Colonel Chandler; and that new
appointment of Winder came from
Mr.. Seddons, the confederate secre
tary of war.
A MEMBEE. By order of the
President.
Mr.. GARFIELD. OF course all ap-
pointments were by the President,
for the gentleman from Georgia says
that they carried our Constitution
with them and hugged it to their
bosoms. But that is not all. The
testimony of the Wirtz trial shows
that at one time the secretary of
war himself became shocked at the
brutality of Winder, and in mo-
ment of indignation relieved him
from command. For authority on
this subject / refer to the testimony
of Cashmyer, a detective of Win
der's, Wirz court. That officer testi-
fed that when Mr.. Seldom. secreta-
ry of war, wrote the order relieving
Winder, the latter walked over
| with it to Jefferson Davis, who i'm
mediately wrote on the back of it,
"This is entirely unnecessary and
uncalled for" Winder appears to
|