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further on in the same street. I was in General Montgomery's headquarters when a captain reported to him the existence of such a slave pen, and he has visited it. It belongs to a secessionist, and has many comforts in it. He reported that to General Montgomery about two weeks ago.

Question. Why did he not take that?

Answer. I do not know.

Question. Do you know anything about the jail there?

Answer. I know that there is a jail there, and that the colonel has on more than one occasion spoken to the mayor about using it; to which the mayor consented.

Question. Do you know any objection to using the jail?

Answer. No, sir; General Montgomery remonstrated about the colonel interfering in reference to the jail. There was an article in the paper some two weeks ago about this slave pen being used to confine soldiers in. General Montgomery spoke about officers interfering with his command, and said, “There is an article in the paper saying that Colonel McLane is using his efforts to get possession of the jail for the confinement of these prisoners. I don't see what he has got to do with that." Those are the words he used.

Colonel McLane: The general put me under arrest for interfering with his duties.

The chairman: In what particular?

Colonel McLane: There was a lady called on me and said that she was a Union lady and that she had two sons who were selling waffles up at the corner of King and Royal streets, and she desired to have them allowed to remain there. She said they were driving them off. I was going out at that time in company with the quartermaster. I turned around to one of my men and asked him to go out and see that this lady was not imposed upon. During my absence my adjutant issued an order that these boys should be allowed this privilege. It appeared that the general had previously issued orders that they should not be allowed to sell waffles there. But that I knew nothing at all about. This was one of the charges against me. Another charge was that I had not issued an order to my surgeon to vaccinate the men of my regiment. Now, in fact, I had issued that order; now, I knew that it was a matter of spite on the part of some one, for there was no foundation for the charges, and the general voluntarily withdrew them. I told him that if I had committed any breach of discipline I wanted to be tried and punished; that I did not want to be excused myself any more than I would excuse any of my men, He concluded that I had not and withdrew the charges.

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