Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-11-30

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officers hospital at Hampton Va. an
just back of Fortress Monroe foun
good many invalid Union officers Il
the hospital. and there were beI uet
hfty and sixty Confederate officer
there. all i'll and all prisoners My ia
stFuctions in regard Il the care ant
feeding Of them were TO take the sam.
care of their living as was given to tn,
Union men | attempted 10 carry Out
these instructions in spiril as well a.
/ letter
here was another Chicago surgeon
| at the hospital besides myself, but he
was under me. My work was agree
able. and | found the Confederates a
gentiemanly set of fellows who had
uohe Their duty as they saw it, suffered
and We're now about ready to begin to
prepare Tor better kind of living than
making war. Among them was a
young lieutenant. Ellis Lewis. to whom
took quite a fancy.
one day In making my rounds and
y" reachihS the Confederates | found
them pale. trembling. unnerred. In on
win them found that they had not
iao meat Tor more than a week. that
their ratlons We're being kept from
theih- Lieutenant Lewis said this had
peen going on for some time
sun, said |. Il have given explicit
orders that you shall be fed the same
as the Union officers here. and | have
given no orders that meat shall be ken,
rom you
but we get no meat answered
-ewis.
called up the Chicago man who
vas IN charge o the feeding OF tho
risohers and who is now prominent 5
ltIzen- and | asked him if he was re- r
for depriving the Confpder. i,
-e officers of meat He said he was p
'ked him why he did this when | had :,
ven contrary orders a.
10 you suppose. he asked 4 am
ing to give these men anv more than y.
can help when their government is n
irving our people in Libby and An. is
rsonviIIe?'
mat mas nothing TO do with this tb
* said You Will feed these mon M.
nave directed or one of us will ne
Ne luis hospital Charges will no ST,
iefred against YOU and | viii mal,a an
IN. We will have humanity here or IN,
i'll know why :
Ne meat came after that 70
shortly after this incident took ba
e learned that charges had haan H.
erred against the TO General R1I+- NJ,
was accused of fayorino tho M,
iederates That was a pretty seri a..
charge in those DAYS. but | N-,S .,
pehed TO laugh when | found out t,,r,
- = Ass.IAA utAAs sz<Alas
)n sick should be fed alike son.
olonel Schaeffer of General But beer
staff was directed to visit me er a
a board of inquiry and investi ed I
the matter. l saw Schaeffer be shot
the board commenced work, and said
lid to me: veto
This is very serious business. doc the
You are charged with fayoring the edg,
'ederates, and General Butler from
Is all the facts II
My Instructions. | replied have SINH
to discriminate against none il put
hospital do not understand that BILE
q to feed Union men and Starve NUT
federates. | do not understand senG
course is justified by any rules of real
are. What the Confederates them pho
IS are doing does not concern me
lr as the conduct of this hospital is
erned. | am not here to slaughter
,ners. You go back and ask Gener- Ho"
utter if it is desired by him that
make this hospital a halfway
nd between a battlefield and a that
eyard Ry If il is I'll 6pht tho GER
'osition" the
olonel Schaeffer posted off to Gen ohc
Butler at once and told him what intr,
I'd said and also my detailing the OF
of the meat order old dina
was pretty shrewd man and Sa- thlcl
Gus in many things. When Schaef- shei
had finished, he looked up and re- even
ked: the
guess we had betrer 10, Rms, posi-
. BY
nd they did cher
ONE time after this a new batch of Iess'
)ners was brought TO Us and lodged De
e same part of the hospital the 9th ehei
We're in They had only siilo
there short time when one rainy loSe
{ Lieutenant Lewis. sick. barefoot helu
latless. made his way TO my head arm
tiers and reused me. IN"
Doctor he said you have been uios
with US. and We wish 10 show
that we can reciprocate. The new Ne
ners that have come in are armed n
purpose in the night TO overcome 1ort
guard. kill him and get away ever
. to warn you. but you must pro lotai
me, for if they know had betray- io"'
lem they would kill me- Ns.r''
had only a sfngla r,,ar4 n, rho hos per {
and an escape meant the ruin of
equation. | got Lewis into safe io'
and telegraphed Fortress Monroe iser''
roops TO be sent as fast as they WIS
come. | made il rush MESA ge S.'' Z
got them fast The hospital was Nco
'unded. and in due time the new lies
ners were disarmed and the escape uaS'
apted-
shivered through until had A
sh soldiers on hand to save myself. give,
Is too close a call If the prisoners Ias+a