The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-12-07
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The enthusiasm Nirh. which the loyal
women of Gus state have responded TO the
appeal Of Quartermaster General Meigs nd
Governor Morton, is highly praiseWortby.
The zeal with which they have provided
socks uudrrcloi hing and mittens has, we
d9nbt not, made many hearts rejoice. We
eeheve, however, The necessities which
calls forth their exertions no longer exist.
he most abundant provisions have been
made to insure the comfort of our brave
volunteers, and, with very few exceptions.
they are warmly clothed and plentifrlly
fec. All the information we obtain from
the various camps confirms the correctness
of our statement. There are sufferers how
ever, who are making far greater sacrifices
than those who have taken up arms to sup
press the rebellion. We all1de, of course,
to the families of volunteers Obscure,
most of them suffer uncomplainingly, resort
to all kinds of expedients to provide a
scanty support and struggle on, not know
ing one day where the food to sustain life
Is to come from for the next. These are
the true objects of charity. Of such, we
are informed, there are sixty or seventy
families in our city alone While the
Government is looking after the comfort
and welfare of the fathers who have en-
listed in its service, be it our duty to see
, that the wives and little ones left with us
for protection and support, do not come to
want.
We are induced to make these sugges-
lions by the perusal of a letter in the Indi-
annapolis Journal, written, we think, by the
chaplain of the 18th Indiana regiment. We
copy the following part, which alludes to
this subject; 7eae
There seems to be an q, 'gness on
the sthe old folks a. ~ to be-
lieve that our condition is otherwise than
wretched, deplorable and destitute have
not taken my pen to attempt to wrest from
our sympathizing friends at Indianapolis, or
elsewhere, the unwilling admission that
their coincidence is uncalled for and their
fears untounded, and that we are all doing
Well-that our soldiers in camp are unusu-
ally well housed, well fed and well clad.
and those upon the sick list are nursed with
care and tenderness, and treated doctorally
Dy men skilled IN their profession, viz
Drs. Thompson and Brown, in a 6ne sstwo
story" house, lately vacated by one of the
many citizens who have exoatriated them
selves because of secession proclivities. |
say L nave not the temerity to attempt 70
remove the condition which seems to have
seized portion of our dear relatives and
friends with most unaccountabe energy
aud tenaclty.
Nevertheless, I will undertake TO saw
that these items mentioned above, whether
received or not, are so; and in my opinion
II Is nigh Tune that our friends everywhere
shoald take due notice and govern them
selves accordingly. Do not understand me
to intimate that we are not proud ofAyour
regard, or that We do not most sincerely de-
sire your sympathy and earnest prayers for
our prosperity and success. In our general
prayer meeting, which we hold regularly
every Wednesday evening" there is never a
prayer offered but that our friends at home
are remembered, and the most earnest petit
mons presented in their behalf Still it is
the earnest desire of the Regiment general
~, that this wall which still keeps coming
to as from our distant friends on the swift
wings OF rumor, because of the hospital de-
nclencIes and the neglect of the suffering
sick OF the Indiana 18th, would cease To
use the parlance of the camp, in view of the
facts IN the Case, we think it high time it
were "played out"- z- ii n -4-1