Question. Can the health of men be preserved upon such rations as they have given our prisoners?
Answer. No, sir; it cannot, not only on account of quantity, but quality. I have seen some specimens of their rations brought here by our paroled prisoners, and I know what they are.
Question. As a general rule, what is the effect of treating men in that way?
Answer. Just what we hear every day—men dying from starvation and debility. Many of these men—mostly all the wounded men—are suffering from hospital gangrene, which is the result of not having their wounds dressed in time, and having too many crowded in the same apartment. We have had men here whose wounds have been so long neglected that they have had maggots in them by the hundred.
Acting Assistant Surgeon J. H. Longenecker, sworn and examined.
By Mr. Gooch:
Question. What is your position in the United States service?
Answer. Acting assistant surgeon.
Question. How long have you been stationed here?