. Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence . had to do thisproperly or no ration would be given him. While the washingup was going on each man stripped himself and made closeexamination of his garments for the body-lice, which otherwisewould have increased beyond control. Blankets Avere also care-fully hunted over for these small deer. About eight oclock a spruce httle lisping Eebel named Eosswould appear with a book, and
. Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence . had to do thisproperly or no ration would be given him. While the washingup was going on each man stripped himself and made closeexamination of his garments for the body-lice, which otherwisewould have increased beyond control. Blankets Avere also care-fully hunted over for these small deer. About eight oclock a spruce httle lisping Eebel named Eosswould appear with a book, and a body-guard, consisting of a bigIrishman, who had the air of a Policeman, and carried a musketbarrel made into a cane. Behind him were two or tliree armedguards. The Sergeant-of-the-Floor commanded: Fall in in four ranks for roll-call. We formed along one side of the room; the guards halted atthe head of the stairs; Bess walked down in front and countedthe files, closely followed by his Irish aid, with his gun-barrd 86 ANDERSONYILLE. cane raised ready for use upon any one vrlio should arouse hisruffianly ire. Breaking ranks we returned to our places, andsat around in moody silence for three hours. We had eaten. EOSS CALLING THE KOLL. nothing since the previous noon. Kising hungry, our hungerseemed to increase in arithmetical ratio ^vith every quarter ofan hour. These times afforded an illustration of the thorough subjectionof man to the tyrant Stomach. A more irritiihle lot of individualscould scarcely be found outside of a menagerie than tbese menduring the hours waiting for rations. Grosser than two sticks utterly failed as a comparison. They were crosser than thelines of a check apron. Many could have giv^en odds to thetraditional bear with a sore head, and run out of the game fiftypoints ahead of him. It was astonishingly easy to get up afight at these times. There was no need of going a step out ofIhe way to search for it, as one could have a full fledged A STOKT OF EEBE
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