The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-06-15

I with cruel aud unnatural hands are urn
| ing TO sorrow and mourning. a poi non
of our beloved South. This atroc.ty
will be roqutcd by heaping vengeance
upou the invaders, and our countrys
position, maintained at Nil hazards. 10
do this .il,ctually and with the least
destruction Of life, there Is something
else upon which success depends, than
muskcts. cannons, sabrcs, bayoncts, &c.
These are the objects presented to the
Imagination Disease does not enter into
the minds Of any one Of us, because we
have always connected with war IRON
onr earliest childhood that death which
is the associate ofglory. We dc not think
for "A moment Of the effects OF unaccus'
toned and continuous exercise, unaccus'
TONED food the effects Of heat and cold
the minsma of barracks, hospitals, tents,
swamps, nc. 1t is fact, winch history
nttrsts. that disease marks more victims
in campaigns, than do implements OF war
"a the battle field Then # real security
for ultimate success IN war, hes dot 50
much IN the number 1T guns. swords, etc,
AS IN the number OF men whom we can
keep 10 the field, aud these IN health aud
vigur it behuvos us io provide every
thing for comfort possible that proper
SANITARY aud commlssarlal regulations be
carried out Ia order for tie mitigation, II
not the prevention oi disease.
70 illustrate the foregoing facts from
history, We will refer to the allied French
aud English armies, m the Russian war.
The total number OF English soldiers
killed IN acton and dying from accident
of every kIrd. from the date of the FIRST
arrival down to the capture OF >olasto'
pol. amounted 90 only lii6, whilst the
number Withdrawn by sickness from n
total of only 1891 men at single pc
riol. was no less than | = ,V21, SO that ! | =
s6T electives performed not only their
own duty. bur additionally, that OF
Ill.o35. who were sick To take a
more extended view, England landed
in Turkey and the Crimen, 9a,9ol men
of whom 80 0o0 were lost to the coun-
trv. either dead or lnyaliod within the
short period of Is months, aud 81 tins
number. only one out OF every ID adj
mittcd into hospitals, was placed there
ia consequence Of wounds, lathe French
army there was even greater destruction
of lie from disease than in the Engilsh
pr Rvrce an English Surgeon. ten
porsriaily attached Ia the French army
hus the curtain that shuts out the world
from France and writes thus Tina. q
state of things existed in the Frcnci
ramp and HOSPITALS at the very crisis Of
the war, little suspect ty the Allies IN
their ii Use proxmif.. tuite unknown t.
The public plcss Of Earopc, aud probably
j., equally sa 90 the cabinets represented
II at the Congress at IaIls, ana iu''"''
g d" by reason OF the doploFanle sanitary
d condition oi hcr Orimeah army leaIc was
. obligatory upon the pAfI q + rance ID 'h'
spring OF 30.
= Again, the entire humoef ""l'o "
, Mexico oi 'he Anne ''N'.h Al my 'ce"'u'hH
o. o. uhcial Iop'rtt was i'"4f vut %,
b force oi 20 V'o, whliei he'' "o'"uV "ie"
p irHn disease An exam .'i'''o" Vi u'u
q uiic'ai reports OF any wal amongst CIV
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