Question. You had stockings?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. What kind of a tent did you have?
Answer. The tent was not very good; the rain beat right through it.
Question. How badly were your feet frozen?
Answer. Well, my toes are all off one of my feet now. [The surgeon accompanying the committee here took the dressings off the witness's feet, and exhibited them to the committee. The stumps of the toes were just healing.]
Question. What did they give you to eat?
Answer. They gave us corn-bread, and once in a while a little piece of meat.
Question. How often did they give you meat?
Answer. Maybe once a day; maybe once a week—just as they happened to have it.