Evening journal., 1900-02-15

experience. In securing a commission
in the volunteer service, and did,
believe. while in Tennessee, win some
ilittle distinction at Mil Spring. where
the Confederate General Zolnconer
Twas killed. why Schoepf he'd been
taken from the front and assigned to
the command ofta prison camp was
a mystery. He was apparently kindly
lcisposed coward the imprisoned on1-
ice-t, but You could get none OF them
Ito ,.h-snevc there was any sincerity n
Ibis prot esratsone, and 10 The light OF
suhseQuent events. although occurring
LATTER che war. they were undoubtedly
lcorrect in their belief. q
I Sehoepfs adjutant was the most
! Thoroughly despiged official on the Is
Hand. and cannot reconcile my con
Science. to speak a SINCE good word In
his, behalf Lieutenant Wolfe, who
had immediate charge Of the, officers
I Irjsop. was liked and. respected by all,
because he was just and kind. Had this
good little man paid. visit 10 the
South, after the war he would have met
with warm welcome in hundreds OF
Southern homes.
.ftf PRISON FARE. ~
We were allowed privileges at Fort
Delaware that We had no reason to ex-
pect that of receiving money and
boxes OF clothing and edibles from
friends on the outside contributing 70
the relief OF. many; but alas; there were
many more who had no kind friends
near to assist them, and there was
consequently much suffering, as the ra-
tons distributed daily were OF the
coarsest description. and totally .den-
cient in quantity to satisfy the stom-
achs of healthy, men. Some relief was
afforded by the unusual number Of rats
that infested the prison, and rat stew
became a popular and much-relished
(. dish among, the lmesses thar had,to de-
8 pend B0feiy upon the rations ISSUED
.ffrom the'commissary department. But
4 che couid not expect the sgpply OF rats.
lIsrge as u was. TO last forever among
so MANY hungry men; and neither
4 dlditF -.
4 That this was. the ration the. gov
u ernment had ordered .fuWiahcd us nh
one believed, but ono that has been
substituted whom? We knew. too
/ thst ratlons re,drawnifrom the gov
y ernment for several hundred officers
who lived upon food; furnished, from
I the outside Who derived the benefit
from that and fer what reason had
this privilege been granted us? All,
. there were some queer doings in that
cid fort by those In authority and th'
/ unfortunate prisoners were the suffer
ers. But day OF reckoning came, and
the head devil in this business was dis,
: missed from the service ot the govern
r ment In disgrace. and he died somG
I time after in obscurity. u was po
: for enrichlng himself and hts asso-
tiates at the expense OF the prisoner
= that he came % grief. but for the sam,
1 methods, which. he pursued after tn,
: waf.' t,.
Not many weebs after my arrival a
I Fort Delaware there came an order L
= select forty officers from our midst
g who were 10 be sent 20 Morris Island
g s.. C.. and placed under fire OF the Con
4 federate batteries playing upon Fort
d Gregg and Wagner. This was IN re
g taliation for the same number of OIL
GERS alleged to be confined In Charles
g town within range OF the Federal bat
e teries firing upon that city. The Con
r federate authorities had refused to re
< moye these men when requested to d.
;. so, alleging as q reason that the Fed
c eral shells did not reach within severs
L SQUARES o. the prison. This was no
IS believed. ard hence the act Of retalia
+ ton.
r. og coarse none OF Nc thcdsht fof
B. moment that this extreme measur
u would be resorted to, but that an e0
r change would he effected very short
r.. after the party reached Charlesto
ioi harbor, and in this supposition we wer
d correct.
b Among those sent away were Cenel
m ais Johnson. Steuart.J Thompson an
AZ Gardener and COlonels Basil Duk
oflDlck Morgan. William II. F0rne,
X Marshall Smith. Jacques and other
was naturally much disappoin
g. meat among those left behind. bi
many who were thus disappointed Ia
A., their wishes gratihed a little late
i. 1.-THE last Of August when an ord
III came 10 send six hundred Confedera
al Officers % Morris Island. and there
i he placed under fire In retaliation 4
h. a like number Of Federal officers tn
II, had been sent 10 the quarters vacati
50 by the batch exchanged. II the Co
~ Tolerate Government thought by IN
~ AiF4hc ~ NAiub oNNub an tAluuukt T
do officers. much needed tho scheme 81
III nally failed
~ Tho excitement ran high In 1
~ prison until the list was made out
eh those who, were 70 60. for no o
NJ doubted but that an exchange won
80 be as speedily effected IN this instan
vii as In the former one
AZ Therefore IL was a happy crowd
ma Confederate officers that march
- aboard me little steamer Crescent G
one afternoon. for visions Of libel
On once more fitted before their ey
Among those Who made up the par
were men who have flied pTomins
OF places. IN state and national goyei
J IN mint There was Major James 3. \
lis Cfeafy Of. the Twelfth Kentucky c.
IRE atty John Moreans command, "
49, became governor OF kentucky and II
resented his district IN Con sress
ing many years, Lieutenant Crisp. "
you n2de q national reputation as der
fpe cratic speaker OF the House of Rcp
inc 5eptatives, Hillary Herbert. late sec
a. tary OF the navy: Colonel Van Nj
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