Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-27
Dixie's Captured Soldiers Found
Ways to Make Time
Pass.
MARSHALL CONTINUES STORY
He Tells of Every Day Affairs of
Men Who Were Held at
Elrnira.


situation was not bad enough. to he
crowded In the hold of Il vessel with
600 others on the 3lst Of July some
zen made themselves intolerablc null
sances One fellow lin fun's natural
ibus' insisted on locating himself in
close proximity to our party. others.
calling themselves blind. stumbled over
MS In changing their places. | didn't
zee why. IL man was blind lie couldn't
keep still. In truth, the glare Of the
sun on the bay shore affected the eyes
so that many were blind at night. 1t
was very calm. You can imagine the
misery Of our situation had II been
stormy In the morning we were al
lowed to go on deck in squads, and
found II so very pleasant OIL deck that
] forgot to return to the hold. This
was my first ana only sea voyage.
got into an alteration with "A Yankee
sentinel. he asserting that Colonel Bob
McCulloch had buried some negroes
alive at Fort Pillow. This assertion
pronounced "A mistake. AS we'll accuse
L. S. Grant OF burying us alive at
Nicksburg
We arrived at Jersey City in the
arly afternoon and were transferred
10 passenger coaches. a guard sat In
each end. They descended and walked
their beats at the few stations ut which
,ve stopped We hurrahcd for Jeff Da-
us at these stations. This amused
rather than irritated them. When we
little fellow named Shak. I suppose
he leaDed from window and escaped
The boys OF the city escorted us along
the streets pronouncing US n flnc-look-
ing set OF fellows. when we arrived
IT our place OF encampmcnt found
Major Colt. the provost marshal on
INC ground. lie seemed quite a Jolly
fellow. and imagined would make
prison life as bearab!c as possible
Others had arrived before U.S. and the
a., I,sn IN nm ent in ~
ton. This process left four OF our
company In ward 81, and the others
IN two other wards with higher mum
hcrs We were given small tent.
which sheltered us four very COM
fortably. ! was quite satisfied with
mo terminates fortune had assigned me-
RECEIVES NEW OUTFIT
FROM GEORt;ETOWN FRIEND
~ about week received from n
lady friend in Georgetown. ID. C.. n
suit OF clothes. from top to toe in
Guiding linen collars and handker-
chiefs, toothbrush and morocco
needle hook. And shortly afterwards
u letter from my friend, Gorsuch, i'm
losing letter OF introduction TO Cap
iain William -. Morrison, l.. n c.
nd an officer in charge OF several com
i'anies in our encampment. leaving it
'p'ional with me whether ! should
resent the same. FlnginE prejudices
. the winds. ] presented The letter
pears. and on another "A dry goods
X out Of which to make floor 10
"a tent. AS I furnished the lumber.
left u TO Harris and ioultz TO do
- mechanical work. which they per-
'rned very nicely with the cobble-
ones which lined our streets.
I had undertaken to teach Ioultz
amman. but he lost his book coming
on Point Lookout ! had "A French
lass, consisting of Corporal Wilson.
i.onisianian and Texan. The Lou
'aninn WIS too lazy to prepare his
''Sons. Wilson WAS quite promis-
pupil. and had in "A short time
'rome able To translate Telemague
"diiahly but he obtained the posi-
~ of wardmastcr in a hospital. /
'pcct he was first cousin OF the
- stdcnt. as he hailed from the vicin-
III Staunton, and was Of a Presby-
y family y Tennessean named
m. whose father was n French
and his mother q Greek applied
to teach him French, stating that
~ u :hcir family records were in tRnt
L.uage: lie was quite Il promising
gent, ana once gave me Il treat out
al box he received from home. !
required no compensation for nv pro-
iessiohal hbors. Exchanging parted
us. but saw afterwards that he was
on the stan of some Nashville paper
ana was also a member of the I.egis-
laturc.
SphtS fEIsN SICKNESS
TO GET BACK 70 DIME.
about the time ] speak of, the pow
cfS tiiat were. determined to send a
load Of sick to Dixie We were order
ed into ranks that the doctors might
pick out the sick from our midst Very
much to my surprise, the member Of
my tcntmates. whose name have not
mentioned and who was the soldier
"fo, AT Spotsylvania Courthouse told
me TO stop shooting, presented himself
as sick man. He was tall and slen-
der and very sallow withal He claim
Cd ms his ailment the most prevalent
,!lsease IN camp, and nc was passed
nad known him for Il year. and dare
affirm he had never been sick during
tliht Time. Another, small man, was
StandlnS next to ME in rank and OBJ
served: 81 am going to Dixie" Yes"
said, II think ] see you going out at
Inc gate now. We'll I'm going! Put
your hand here" He could throw his
mp out Of joint. When the doctor said
TO him roughly: whats the matter
with you?' MY hips out of joint"
lie felt and passed him. | heard of an
other fellow who was just off drunk
and looked badly. Don't ask me where
lie got his whiskey.
One Sunday morning, shortly after
The receipt of my new clothes, whilst
sauntcrinE on the campus near the
majors quarters, the prison sergeant
HhilpI ldpDSu ie OH inc shoulder, "
ing, II want you on a jury" One
prisoner accused another of stealing
his hat. The proof was positive, so We
found the accused guilty without leav-
ing the box Major Colt said to the
culrrit, THE jury says you are guilty
and so say L." Then to us: 81 believe
IL is customary TO pay jurors" present
ing to US Il handful of smoking tobac-
co. AS did not use the weed | came
of without any reward
On another occasion ! was walking
on the campus, when two prisoners-a
little nearer the majors quarters than
mysclf-attracted the attention of the
police-heutenant, one Richmond. lie
puts barrel shirt on each of them
kicked one who resisted, anu applied
the most opDrobious epithet known to
the vocabulary of nshtown to each OF
them. My blood boiled. but my hands
were tied. Perhaps some one does not
know what barrel shirt u.s. The
prison authorities received mess pork