The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-10-14

one to shoot him to relieve him of his
suffcrings,' said another.
No one understood the situation.
had been parolcd or the field by the
parties who captured me and was told
would be sent out for exchange.
The exchange of prisoners had gone
on uninterruptcdly up to this time
and everybody thought it would con
tinuc.
My parole was torn to a thousand
pieces by the Yankee officer, VIII
came around to examine us, and there
was severity Of dcmeauor and rigid.
ity OF discipline we had never seen
| before and could not undcrsta. i'd. For
the least otfensc prisoner was buck
ed aud gagged, or tied up to the limb of
a tree, SO that his toes would Just
barely touch the ground, and the
prison was made hidcous BY the yells
| of those poor fellows.
II have never seen such monsters
as these guards are" said Worthing-
! ton.
They are mostly German regulars
and we are in rough hands, said
Lindsey, another prisoner.
1t was evident there would be no
humanity in the case.
All that night prisoners continued
to arrive until the stable yard and
every crevice was packed. Above the
din and cry of the wounded was the
yell of the German guard. The curse
OF the Irish was followed frequently
by the dull thug of lick from a
musket dealt by the fiery tempered
guard.
Sleep was out of the question.
Worthington, Lindsey and myself
made ourselves as little conspicuous
as possible by budding up in corner
and escaped the barbarity that SEEM
ed to reign around.
About 8 a. m. line was formed;
even the wounded gladly falling in
to escape tho horrors of the stable,
hoping vaguely that things would be
better.
But, alasl A few "hard tacks"
were handed to US, and the guards
were ordered to load their guns by q
beardless boy with licutenant's uni
form on and mounted on a fine horse.
Soon the command was given, "For-
ward, march!" and we started forth.
The roads were in an indescribable
and understandable condition of mud.
Artillery and the army wagon had
ground them deep so that every step
we were up to our knees.
The little fellow on the horse never
turned his head, and seemed to me
utterly Indifferent to everything but
his own fine self.
1t was difficult for the guard to keep
up at the pace his horse was going
and for our wounded! God in Heaven,
what heartless cruelty was shown by
the guard!
a German guard knocked one of
these wounded men down with the
butt Of his gun and was stamping him
in the face with his foot when Lind
sey could stand it no longer, and in
tit of uncomfortable rage, gave him q
lick in tho pit of the stomach that
drew him double. This would have
cost him dearly but for the presence
OF mind of Worthington, who disgu;s-
cd Lindsey so in a second he could
not be detected.
"Thcre is another ono of them I'll
fix this very night" said Lindsey.
This was German sergeant who had
been very brutal.
"Don'. do it Lindsey" urged
Worthington and I in one breath.
We talked to him and depicted the
terrible fate that awaited any attempt
at revenge. We urged him to wait
until We were exchanged and we would
report the treatment to our govern
ment, but in spite Of all our persua-
sive powers we could see a wicked
light in Lindsey's eyes. That night
q German sergeant was killed with
stone, by whom no one knew-exoept
Worthington, Lindsey and myself.
Tanner" said Worshiagton to me,
ut is dangerous for. us to be with
that fellow Lindsey. He will be de-
tected in this sort of thing and we
will come in for our share Of blame by
being his intimates.'
eyes, Worthington, I thought of
that, too, but I like the fellow for his
grit, and would take any risk t, be
with suoh o man."
$50 would I, but there is trouble