The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-26
CORPORA-I Il AN NER
WILD WITH RAGE
Himself i'll Most We
Ihemcnt Terms, and Declares
Wirz Was Never Offered
Immunity ifGEIe Would
Implicate MIS-
Davis.
Tlmes-DIspatch Bureau.
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washington. d. G., Jan. 20.
e "A storm OF pro test has been created
by the publication in Washington OF the
that will be placed on the
monument to be erected at Anderson
Vile, Ca. to the memory of Major
Henry Wfrz, c.. s.. IA. The Anderson
vile reservation Is owned by the Wo-
mans Relief Corps OF the Grand Army,
and 1t has been stated that tho pro-
posed monument will not be allowed
if the Objectionable Inscriptions are
Insisted upon by tho Georgia Division,
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Corporal James Tanner, past conn
nder-in-chief of the Army OF tho Re-
public, seems to have forgotten all
'of his pretty spe eches about9a reunited
country and the Blue and the Gray
reunion. Hc has given out a scathing
and scurrilous Interview, in which he
attacks the memory OF the beloved
Confederate offlcer.Ss Other Grand Army
notables in Washington have also been
aroused, and are evlncing5 as much ha-
tired as characterized their action dur
Ing and Immediately after the war.
Tanners IIarsh Worils.
Here IS what Corporal Tanner says:
when the accursed soul OF Captain
;Wirz noated into the corridors OF hell
the devil recognized that his only pos
sible competitor was there. In the
first place there is not an atom of
truth in existence, and never has been,
OF the story OF Wirz being offered inn
immunity by the Federal government II
| he would impltcate Jefferson Davis.
lit is true that more Southern prison
ers died In North ern prisons than Union
lprf soners who died In Southern prisons.
The explanation OF this is extremely
simple The Southern prisoners came
North worn and emaciated and half
starved. They had reached this cal-
dition because OF their scant ratioaa,
They came from amid climate. and a l.
though we gave them shelter and
Iplenty to eat, they could not stand the
change"
Union Veterans. Alliance, said: The
site Of the Andersonville prison pen
lis now owned by the woman's Relief
Corps to the Grand Army OF the Re-
lpublic and the proposed monument
will certainly not be allowed on that
reservation, If such an act was contenl-
plated.
The Inscription. Fs
There Mill be an inscription upon
i ment. On the face OF the monumcn
Twill be this legend:
In Memory OF
MAI. HENRY WIRZ. c. S. "A.
Born In ZURICH Switzerland.
Tried by Illegal court-martlaI
I. under false charges of excessive
cruelty to Federal prisoners, SEN
Il tenced and judlcially murd cred at
4 Washington, D. c., November 10.
Il I S65.
That the United States govern
nent not Major Wirz. Is charge
a BILE with the suffering! at Ander-3
sonville, there Is abundant PROOF
!, furnished by friend and TO e. Let
the fact that he chose an ignO-8s
! L minious death rather than bear
: Il false witness against President s.
!, Davis speak for his high qualities
OF honor, fortitude and elf-sacrl-
;, flee.
:, To rescue his memory from the 4
, stigma attached to It by en- mbitter-5
!, ed prejudice and Ignorance. and to
restore 1t 10 It's righttu1 place
among men. the Georgia Division
OF the United Daughters OF the
4 Confederacy has raised this shaft.
The other inscriptions contain quo.
tations from a etterA o 4 General Grant
showing the United States would not
4 exchange prison ers,f extracts from rec.
) ords showing m ore nj en- died IN Fed
II eral than Confederate prisons, and ar
4 extract from a. letter written by JEFF
/, ferson Davis showing Wirz to have
been offered pardon to oincrimlnate
s him, but had refused to do so.
i The monument Is to be unveiled
i June 3d. Jefferson Dav1ss rthday,
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