The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-05-30
tire length, 1,61O feet. Entire widt
779 feet.
Rations-What They Were and
How They Were Divided.

How They Were Divided.
The prisoners in Andersonville
were not like the certain rich man
of Scripture who Jared sumptuous-
ly every day." Indeed, they re-
sembled that other individual who
longed for the dogs to come and lick
his sores. Rations were supposed
to be issued once a day. Certain it
is they were never issued more than
once, and sometimes they were miss
ed entirely.
The rations consisted of corn
bread, mush, meal, and occasionally
COW peas, and once in a very great
while small piece of bacon. Some
times salt was given to the prisoners,
not frequently, however, as salt was
very scarce article in the South
during the Civil War.
Of course all of the good things"
enumerated above were not issued at
one time. The list simply enumer-
ates the range of eatables, not guam
tity, frequency of issue or condition
and quality. The common ration was
about pint of raw meal, sometimes
served with the cob ground very
fine along with the grain. AS the
prisoners were sick and weak this
diet was extremely irritating to the
intestinal canal, and added material
ly to the mortality record.
The rations were issued to the
sergeants in charge of the messes of
80 each. These were sub-divided to
squads of 15, and some member of
the Is would sub-divide the amount
so that each prisoner got his share.
Another ration, priced equally as
n1nph the grant nf fond the
ration of wood that was occasionally
issued. This ration was divided and
sub-divided in the same ratio of pro-
portion as that of food. An ordinary
ration was a foot stick of cord
wood. Squads of men would unite
in the use of their rations of wood,
which was economical and the cook
ing was better.
How Would You Like
Crossley Georgia Dumping?
Mr.. Crossley gave the recipe for
famous article of food he used to
compound and most thoroughly en-
joy while in Andersonville. 1t made
about it as it did in his boyhood
days when he read about that famous
historical character,
Little Jack Horner, who sat in
corner
Eating a Christmas pie;
Who thrust in his thumb
And pulled out plumb,
And said, What great boy
am II"
He certainly must have been a great
boy, a very resourceful lad, to make
his thumb do the work that his fore
finger is supposed to do. But now
regarding Mr.. Crossley's famous
Georgia Dumping" Here is how
he made it, Sift your pint of meal;
don't try too hard to get rid of the
ground corn cob; instead of saleratus
use some lye that you obtain by
teaching some water through wood
ashes; this lye imparts a beautiful
green tint to the dumpling; form
your meal in balls about 1a inches
in diameter, and boil until you get
so hungry you can't wait any longer,
and if you had been in Andersonville
you will know how good that tasted
Mr.. Crossley says this famous dump
ling recipe can not be found in any
of the modern or ancient cook-books.
However, there is no copyright or
patent of any kind upon it, and he
hands it over freely and you may
use it when ever you want to. He
further said that he had not kept
faith with himself for those dump
lings used to taste so good that he re-
solved while eating them, and never
being satisfied, that if he lived to re-
turn to his home in the North he
certainly would eat his fill of Georgia
Dumplings. Remarkable as it may
seem, when he actually returned to
the land of clocks and nutmegs he
lost all desire for them and he has
never tasted one from that Anderson
vile period to the present time.
Some Facts Regarding Food
Values in Andersonville.
A civilian had a suttler shop and
along with Federal soldiers was
made prisoner in Andersonville. He
had brother in Georgia, and as he
was not in the Federal service he
could not be held. When he was
released he wanted to return to his
home, and necessarily must close out
his stock of groceries. He had no
difficulty in doing so, and at prices
that ran like this: Flour, ten dollars
quart; potatoes, so cents each, and
salt, 25 cents a tablespoonful.
The Condition of Prisoners
Was of Unprintable Nature.
A sad look swept over Mr.. Cross
ley's face as he referred to the con-
dition of the prisoners in the An
dersonville camp. He declared that
the awful condition is beyond de-
scription, in fact that the nature
of the details would be actually un-
printable. The prisoners were alb
solutely without shelter from the sun
and the rain, with very few excep-
tions. The poor fellows at the time
of their capture had been robbed of
everything of value-money, cloth
ing and hope, and life held few
charms for them.
How the Sick and the
Dead Were Cared For.
AS previously stated, a sergeant
was appointed over every 80 prison
ers one of whose duties it was to