Washington sentinel., 1900-08-11

'nS A'oitheiH NepuOliCan generals and
officials who in reality caused the deaths
OF 200 Northern prisoners and 10000
Confederates.
For the poor dlshonored children o
WIrz, who, on account of the charges
l against their father have been driven to
Russia and Italy, one alone remaining
here, this letter will be a most valuable
document, for it will prove to them that
their father died an innocent man, and
indeed deserves the title Martyr given
to him by Jefferson Davis.
LOUIS ScHADE.
Here are extracts from letter written
by Robert Ould. Confederate Agent of
Exchange, 20 the Editors OF the National
Int HlgSaeey and dated Richmond, Va,
AugustI7 1885,
In the summer Of 1864, IN consequence
OF certain information communicated to
me by the Surgeon General OF the Con
iederate States as to the deficiency Of
medicines, | offered to make purchases
Of medicines from the United States
authorities, to be used exclusively tor
the relief Of the Federal prisoners
offered TO pay gold, cotton or t, bacco
for them, and even two or three prices,
# required. Al the same time | gave
assuTar ces that the medicines would be
sed excusiv ely in the treatment Of
Federal prisoners; and moreover agreed,
on behalf OF the Confederate States, iiI,
was insisted on, that such med cines
might be brought into the Confederate
lines by the Unned States surg ons, and
dispensed by them. To tins offer |
never received any reply Incredible as
this appears, IL is strictly true.
General John E milford is personally
cognlzant OF the truth OF mos Il not all
the facts wnl h | have narrated. He
was connected with the cartel f ON its
date until the close Of the war. During
a portion of the time he wes Assistant
Agent Of Exchange on the part of the
United States. I always found him TO
be an honorable and truihiu gentl man.
While he discharged his duties with
great fidelity to his own Government,
he was kind, and, | might almost say,
tender to Confederate prisoners. Wtth
that portion OF the correspondence with
which his name is come ected, he is, Of
course, familiar, He IS equally so with
the delivery made at Savannah, and ITS
attending circumstances, AID with the
offer made as 20 the purchase Of mt di-
cines tor the Federal sick and wounded.
appeal to him tor the truts of what
have written. There are other Federal
coTroborations to portions of nv state
ments. They are found in the report OF
Major General B +. Butler to the
Committee on the conduct OF the war"
About the last of March, 1904, / had
several conferences with General Butler
at Fortress M nrOe in relation to the
difficulties atte, ding the exchange OF
prisoners, and We reached what we both
thought a tolerable satisfactory basis
The day that / lett there General
Grant arrived General Butler says he
communicated to him the state OF the
negotiations, and most emphatic verbal
directions we're received from the
Lieutenant General not to take any step
by which another ablebodied man should
be exchanged until furth r orders from
him. and that on April 80, 1864 he
received a telegram from General Grant,
ITO receive all the sick and wounded the
Confederate authorities may send YOU
but send no more in exchange" Unless
my recollections fail me, General Butler
also, in an address to his constituents,
de clared that he was
directed IN his management of the
question OF exchange with the Conied-
crate authorities, to put the matter
for the purpose Of fbrsVsRfzHg
zH exchange.
The iacts viii h | have stated are also
well known 10 the officers connected
with the Confederate Bureau Of Ex-
change.
AT one time thought an excellent
was offered of bringing
some Of them to the attention OF the
country. / was named by poor WlTz as
a witness IN his behalf. The summons
was issued by Chipmsn, the Judge AdvO-
cate Of the military court | obeyed the
summons, and was in attendance upon
The court for some ten days. The
Investigation had taken a wide range as
TO the conduct Of the Confederate and
Federal Governments in the METER Of
the treatment Of prisoners, and | thought
the time had come when I could put
before the world these humane offers Of
the Confederate authorities, and the
IN which they had been treated,
| SO expressed myself more than once
perhaps too publicly. ButIt was a vain
thought. rar.Y in the morning oil the
day on which | expected to give my
testimony, | T, ,ceived a note from Chip
man, the Judge Advocate, r. quirinE me
to surrender my subpoena. l refusedi
as II was my protection IN Washington.
Without IL the doors Of the Capitol might
have op ned aud close d upon me. l
court, and | did so the sa me morning
still used TO suTrender my subpoena,
and thereupon the Judge Advocate
endorse d on it these words. The
within subpoena Is hereby revoked, the
person named is discharged from further
attendance" / have got The curious
document before me now, sigr ed with
the name of IN. P. Chipman. Colonel"
intend to keep it, II | can, as the
Of he EruR "a
1f any sort, where a witness who was
fOT the defence was dismissed
by the prosecution. l fastened to de-
part, confident that Richmond was a
safer place for me than the N -tropOlis.
Some time ago a committee was ap
pointed by the House OF Representatives
to iuvestipat the treatment OF Union
prisoners IN Southern prisons,
Every attempt to Investigate Northern
prison treatment was frustrated by
the Radical majority, although several
Of tie party voted to extend the inquiry.
AS several thousand dollars OF the
money OF the people have been spent by
This committee, will not they demand
hat the investigation shall be thorough
and mpartia2 The House of Repre-
have declined the inquiry;
let the people take it up.
Respectfully, your oD't servant,
r. OULD
This shows how little the Republican
care for the lives and welfare
d their soldiers.
Another outrage in connection with
his trial will mention One Of the
mem bers Of the Commission was Gen.
3ragg, Of Wisconsin, afterwards Dem
,cratic Representative from that State,
most likely because he was a Democrat
md unwilling to sanction the many out