The committee then proceeded, by steamer, from Annapolis to Baltimore, and visited the "West Hospital," and saw the patients there. As they presented the same reduced and debilitated appearance as those they had already seen at Annapolis, and in conversation gave the same account of their treatment at the hands of the rebels, the committee concluded their examination by taking merely the testimony of the surgeon and chaplain of the hospital.
"West Hospital," Baltimore, Md., May 6, 1864.
Dr. Wm. G. Knowles, sworn and examined.
By the chairman:
Question. Will you state whether you are in the employment of the government; and if so, in what capacity?
Answer. I am, and have been for nearly three years, a contract physician in the "West Hospital," Baltimore.
Question. Have you received any of the returned Union prisoners, from Richmond, in your hospital?
Answer. We have received those we have here now; no others.
Question. How many have you received?