By Mr. Gooch:
Question. The condition of all these men appears to be about the same. Is there really any difference in their condition except in degree?
Answer. I think that is all. Some men have naturally stronger constitutions than others, and can bear more than others. That is the way I account for the difference.
By Mr. Odell:
Question. Are the minds of any of them affected permanently?
Answer. We have had two or three whose intellect is very feeble; some of them are almost like children in that respect.
Question. Do you think that grows out of the treatment they have received?
Answer. I think the same cause produced that as the other.
By the chairman:
Question. Is not that one of the symptoms attendant upon starvation, that men are likely to become deranged or idiotic?