The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-11-24

when it met at Minneapolis August !
Izth. of this wear. (Too6,, passed re
solution requesting General s. D. Lee, |
commanding the Southern Veterans.
asking that he use his influence to
prevent statue being erected to the
memory OF Caot Werz by tire Daugh-
terc of the Confederacy. He was in
charge during the war Of the Ander-
sonvil1e prison in which large num-
bers Of tha Federal prisoners were
confined The prison was designed
to hold about 10000. bit owing 10
conditions that were unavoidable, the
number was largely increased,
Some 1900 or 10000 died thc1e IT
different times After the war Capt
Werz was executed by the United
States Government claiming that by
his cruelty and NEGLECT this fearful
mortality was brought abo,:t-
1t is with nitv and indignation that
one reads Of his terrible death, he
being perfectly innocent, He was
made a srancqoat for the Fedora! au-
thorities. being the most cruel sin Of
the ace. To prove such the case.
offer facts and statements froE both
the Federal and Confederate sources.
the truth OF which. If questioned, can
be easilv proven. It is duty We owe
The South its neonle. the remaining
soldiers cF the Confederacy AM their
leaders. that the facts connected with
Andersorv;1Ir he made known both
North an S. sth. ard give nanv
thanks - the e A r. for giving this
matter the publicity they have. And
trust tie motion will not be tabled
as was the trial Of Jefferson Davis
after a long and cruel continent at
turned him ont of prison havlrr no
charges to make against him They
did the;- best. hrnteds everything
among the Confederate records of
Richmond to find some evidence TO
convict him. On the contrary they
found him to be a humane Chris
tan gentleman. whose courage could
not be aesa1ed, his honor Questioned,
or his ability denied.
They offered Capt. Werz his liberty
and large sum Of money to swear
that President Davis ordered the prs
oners to be badly treated, and he sui
fered death rather than save his lie
uder those conditions He is the ma
terial that heroes are made of and his
grave should be marked and his name
handed down for all time to come. We
must back our Daughters in this I'M
dertaking To them, as to their moth
ers before them. we can ever turn Tor
everything that IS true and loving.
Below find this true story of An
dersonviiIe by a Federal Prisoner, Ed
mond Wellington Bates, published III
the New York News, July, 1865 He
was twelve months in prison, was a
member Of the commission sent TO
WASHINGTON by the prisone,s them
selves 20 endeavor to effect an eX-
1,rI,. Il l1,- st lt p
ment when he had to face great op-
position n doing so.
TIE states the bread was badly bal-ed.
The bakery was run day and night.
The 10000 prisoners. the number or
ioinally intended to be confined at An
dersonvlle, having risen to $4,000.
MANY Of our men assisted in baking.
Our men were not used to corn bread
la fact that made the Georgians Won
der az thev improved on it. The water
was d;arrhetic in its tendency, which
injured the Coufederates as much as
our men. The twenty-five or thirty
Confcderate surgeons who were IN at
tendance 7 can honestly say, acted
with as much humanity toward the
prisoners as these disheartening cir
c-metar--es would permit They were
otter, fortnight without being able to
oct medicine. They had no quininc
for either fever and ague or dlsenetry
Our Government had made medicine
cartrahrand Of war When found on
blockade runner was con5seated
Hundreds died from this cause that
cCuld have been saved. Scurvy was
very bad Vegetables could not be had
for love or mones The cnief surgeon
oatd from one to two hundred dollars
fo4 $50 tables that r>f1di - iaoWglt ut
V-asaiap.on or Fuit1r market Tor !'ye
81 six dollars. FRESH beef Mas sup
nfsid 10 the hospital two or three
.;,,3es a week. and - the stockade
,,|,f-,a,-f- Il could be found The com
III, s brnted for miles to get II
PIT r~q. most Of them, had 30
rrsa af cIothinr Their minds
,.aIf "a the;r bodies became pros
,r.fsa 17,qnv having been ia prisoo
fe~ r,7.,,-.ls. 1t was stated tht Con
fc1er-tes we're irving TO starve e
- drst, vas twelve months
missioner ard DENY this fatty fo
.,I,:fe e,7cered there was no desire