The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-28
,Inu % rran.ete Tn. aeal.h Of the soldiers

E2ifGrs n mere axe FASFfN Ah''+'e-
Tho arr4y So exceedingly FniSaHdetstooi os
gentlemen who snov nothing about iA@ I'F'te-
fical workings OF camp lite. tGat II IS 40 Won :
der editors and writers sometimes blame on
GERS whore 40 Blame eau - attached. a. ne
EDITOR Of one of your dailies, whose argus eye
is looking egary Y Aers, spies out, among oth'
trs, th- followers \. Esoulaiihs, ard sah1ltS
tRSt thev are ny sutEofs Of tne terrible
seouvxe> that afiit.t our army. The writer OF
th4S knows nothing OF sac facts ahmed 10,
has he has known spifcleut OF camp ne anu
she trans portAttoa o! SEX SOLDIERS 70 pf wa
WINGED that all she wisdom Of iaf procession
cannot CAwrgct many causes q sl~hnes- aao
-.tfsriur in the army. The means TO DO SO
must rosnp tnops ntt.CiAls, wEo neitheF Rho"
snythtHI ab5ut ZIP hygiene OF camps, or the
?,r6priety Of aiiogaing ali possible means 70
avoid disease aaa mitigate lie suffering Q!
fhe SICK
The ~ : 70 he o-cupied IS often a military
necessity, sud its 10 alton often lnierIeres
with ne aaal'A Of troops The army in
many instances Is badly provided with tents
and clothing, but especially ia regard 10
Sleeping and e24iag, are to be- found sources
of disease. Soldiers are slowed away on the
damp ground, p.iEA straw 10 sleep oy. Hud
food 50 badly prepared that il Il wonder
that they can sleep under ANY Circumstances
No language can be strong enough In de-
uounCe tiie U.s. o. straw ~ tae tents OF SOL
dicc- Il is n great Uuis tnce, and I needless
OK pepse II - a source o. disease. and Will
k.ll the very swine which siet Us III ii. W heat
straw is almost uusSers tly~IaINed with the
fa"2t thar 50 annoy the aerieu!tuEailst---
'Smut" ana rust are uuGoGhfed sources OF
d.pse; ans the scate c0Es@tEhs OF The rye must
ba rQDtlit SO
Ty mold fever, the plague Of camps this
Summer, j. cert tnly promoted 10y this cause,
and ne dJu puesS WAlGA the straw inhf b- :,
either before or AFTER /; reaches the cam IS,
with tue ielZth ot sine IL = suffered - re
maln in the ttlts, ;tre sources OF bronze hitl
and pueumoni+, which have been sueii DIS
tTS~SiG" con tlC tLip6s Oi typhoid lever IL The
armE during tae season 1t WOuid be far
better Ter orr sol ,eTs 10 sleep upon pl INKS,
elevated aooVe the grouud, wtth Il FIRE IN
front OF their teDge, tAtn be hud1ird together
ia damp, decaYins straw, Allied with disease.
In the CouStI uCtIoH OF camps, SefiCtch :
space is not ait0wej tor The tents, a3d The
ground Is not Gle .Iei OF, he grass aud WEEDS
are aot dies ,royc4i and the place ou which he
tent is 10 be located il nos burned VITA brush
wood pefor- the tent is pitched. Ali these
aTe sources OF disease
visited camp in the vicinity Of Norfolk
Recently. that struck perfect model ia
every particular. II certainly reflects great
credit upon the officers. The men We're as
clean IS ibougG obey we're going 10 church
'iu~ ground WAS iaid uf win ILal heIG.ttIS.ll
accuracy no Vp.rta bic matter W. ~ b. seem
uron the earth, or anything len 10 decay, aad
the drill grounds looaed Is though they had
been spadeG, rIke,i o1 er, properly graded, ;la&
III tae s.nJ1th with heavy roller. brains
water, and every thing bore evidence OF neat
ness, cicaafialss, aud ch=sriuIuess. The sur
g-pn OF mat regiment il = gentleman I great
experience, and from the small sJZ- OF his hos
l5tHl, and the Little 10 do III his ,epeusdTy,
Judged ne a4J LIZZIE TO % in attending the
sick.
Ia regard 70 loo4. our soldiers ace not -
badly proYlsi0net - they are in want Of
cooks. In the army We may say, with truth,
. The lart sends meat, but thu Devil sends
cooks" Napoleon rausscked Paris for cooks
FIR his army, He knew that il the .ood OF bis
men WIS properly prepared, he would
h str-{:
N and upon Eaedical purveyOTs. / have seen
hat very htsae attention paid IL Jh3s sub
jet ry car officers. 1t j. said that Gen
erai Wise once undertook 10 learn SOME
OF hi~ men Row 10 prepare their food
and IL snsWe,, how much h. had the
inter 81 OF his soldiers 81 heaTt--but / never
heard how he sHcs .-isd. | have seen bread
baked and meat cooked in our camps that the
stomach OF an ostrich would not digest We
Aetd q professor Of tne culinary art, with
portable cooking apparatus, such as turned
mp among the English and French IL the
Cnmea4 var, CT soGe spirit OF tle kitchen
IL aGOuse our authorities upon this 81 HjCct
The Ino0t OF sleeping, uutlug, the con-
sJfUCtiOu % calHr>, gld oIner matters OF in
leTest WliCI We could name, are subjects Of
deep intrri 70 tle army, but they Stem to be
beyond Tie control of the surgeon
Every thiug shonld De done iii clraD life -
produce cUnieameAt, every source of inHO-
cent aInus-neat ana manly enjoyment re-
sorted To, and the heart of every patriot
should b. cheefed by every means while he
awaits the Toe, that 9.t3Ri and ulstruS. nav
not prey upou his en ergits ana lay him liable
10 disease MA. II CuTFIE, surgeon,
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