Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-14

s short sine q camp and unhealthy
was placed in readiness to re-
through which but little air
aatratc ana on October 18th Col
:: lcgcr tSIcnfell, Nudd, Span
y,l.augh3ir, and myself were re-
Is these selected quarters and
together like SO many catusr The
fR,- ilrst few days We're always
with an armed sentinel walk
mi fro from his seat, closely
asa. nst any approach tour
g IRONS were introduced, and
NltR the exception Of my
rz7aa .r4tul. OF me. because ! was
E. vritns for some Of the officers
4fcaacuar;cI.s, When the in
contained in General Ncwton's
tEaa al September SO had been
tHc IingIcadcrs,-&f the plot
mg ana placed IN irons. the cQna=-
aefeer. TO prove how willinSln
n hls superior, hat likewise
ns8 been performed penncd the
aaa2uuicaGdn 10 the War De-
lauarters. Fort jefferson, Fla.
october CO. 1865.
teaant-Co}onel Samuel iGreck,
Adsutant-Gcucral:
-14ye The honor to report
n relieved Major Wills Z.
oas l4unGred and Sixty first New
srtagrs Of The command OF this
rfrd 10 turn over to me any
order or Instructions relative
aIfrasmaut Of State prisonersa t
4ua to-day for The first time.
ri Bciead3er- General Newton,
g Department OF Middle I'icri-
Strltct ons had been sent to the
ac officer AZ Ibis post TO keep
hose confinement when not 1T
--r ibis post was visited by
general Foster. commanding De
Florida. on the 18th day of
he gave me Instructions to
- closes con 6I.eIGent, and haze.
s.v dtted up a-dupseop 10 carry
RESTRICTIONS. tut 1 had never until
fuawn anything i'm regard. ia
. srain the Mar Departments. I.
Esry respectfailN.
Y,H4r ci,atient servant.
GEORGE Z. WENTWORTH
asr- I-s4hly-second United States Col
Infantry. commanding.
sNfIT AtAZI WlNDINGS.
mind amongst those mazy wind
unaarth the cause Of all. these
r.- r-s-rf.F riEatigilS. Everything con-
@ as to the cause assigned for
fr- of us in irons has been re-
s tesfT own correspondence. Nc
asgi.- -corr9ncd whenlnotna1 work
sz1n; and ilI-vcnti1ated dungeon,
ra5 l5r Major George Z. Wentworth
reEef5ti on-fnIccd 10 labor daily.
r5ned about our feet. our foot
e followed By an armed guard
6asEse5 intercourse with every
rgu tils island and locked within our
dungeon a sHndown.
1tinued unchanged until the ar
a ti!e Fifth Artillery, Brigadier-
Bennett II. Fin, commanding.
onz issued AT this time We're pu-
rft Ia cat and during these three
MIS- confinement ! lived upon
sion coffee and the dry. hard
bread This IS no eNaS@eraton,
orharS can testify 10 its truth
Coffee was brought over to our
in a dirty. greasy bucket. al
with crease swimming upon its
brad. rotten fish ard meat. all
trsstser and thus We were forced
s Tor months until starvation nearly
us in tlI@ face.
u The Fifth Artillery arrived and
Tfei upon thu faces of men OF our
C-zor ANA rsce, so ie!t greater Sc
tfEii AYES " - litl li't tiii4'IN ~
bio thse worse men could be found
~, ms gac.. of the earth than most OF
cheers connected with the Eighty
I-ni-ed States Colored Infantry
W. soon found that We had traded off
witch fos THE devil. As for the en-
men. or private soldiers, both White
hlacE must say that We were
tai az then with the utmost kindness
considerations which shall ever be re-
barad with the most grateful feel
Init a short period before the
rs5 dc lha officers OF the Fifth Artl!-
CAME visible and felt i'm more IN
than ouo. Ta5ir ARRIVAL dated
g at.alt Novcmbes- 18th, when Gene
I5if ssf3rrled command Of The post.
asst visitatiuns were made by them
~ ar quarters without a word being
.s. ar question propounded. they
rgpar as as if We were wild
a and cGuCocting some plan TO de-
Er aud further torture US.
a USELESS PROTEST
FIRST ..sI1ent William Van Reed. ad-
being officer of the day, oLaushlin
determined To ask him the cause of his
Jared In irons O'LauGhitn stated
10 nl ii was MOI in conformity with the
s OF Inc court: that sentence did
s a8 far such inhUma2 treatment at
hHad4 OF his iailers: that he had con
rrarel every requirement since a prs
fhe hands OF the government,
v0la1tug amy rule governing the
a4g4nd ana firmly protesting against
layl5ar80s treatment.
Lieutenant Van Reed walked up ana
down ON quarters in his Insignia OF rank,
fasHi63:
Gag sentence is nothing; we can