, 1861-10-16
Come of the HoTf0f8 Of War-.-Atr{-
val OF 4OG S1CK Soldiers from the
RAuawha---Hom More kkoon1 for them
at the m2lIrofy Hospltal-..Tue story
Of An1ftf1MGx and sorrow.

IL IN1u lhE Aiut1u3at2 41UGE, 14LH
Last evening two Government steamers ar
lived here from Gal''polis, having oa board
two hundred and six sick soldiers from Gsu.
Rose c1aBs' AiGy. Onlibuses We're procured
and they ware sent 10 The M1ta1J Hospital,
only 10 :ea.n 10 ihelr horror that That ins.i-
tuition Tas a!rtsSy iuil, end there were no ac-
G ~nmoca!ioLs :os them! Thslr- distress on
l.nr1ipg this TACT was very grest, and they
befEtd the privilege OF entering the busldioE
a.d ;giDg aoy where until they c1uld be batter
arcC mmCGhted.
THY we're all very sicS, come with camp
tyeertery, hut mostly With the typhoid fever.
lhe authorities at the hospital could not turn
Ihtse men away, and finally admitted them,
and serving them With TIA and other refresh
ments, did tho best possible under the circum
ste1ces to make them comfortable. The par
le1s aad all the sp1re rooms 10 tie house were
thrcwn OPEN to them, al.d they lay down on
the t1oors, rolled up in their blankets. The
sicfest we're thus disposed Of When the
rooms we're fal!, otheEa, provided with con-
teIts and pil'o"s, were slowed away in the
halls and passages, and thus lett for the night.
Thcte needicg immediate medical attention
# cs iyed it.
VT yiEi.ed Tie hospital about ha!cp:st tea
o'clock: The scene Was a EorroHfnl one in
deed. Iourg mer, hurrf"g up with fevsrs,
w61o lying On the floor, crowded close togeth-
er, with 1o bed beneath them, Oilers re
dueed almost to skeletons BY dysentery, we're
| ]J;1g upon thli7 b!anksts as thickly clustered
| toHetEer. B:es CT COTS had been provided for
| the wcrst cases; but from the two hundred
! 1Ed Fix. F1iy sick slldlerB, nc heard not
En1mur ECr 4 compliant.
Tie poor fellows ee1msd gl.G to cb:aiu even
| these accl clmuodations. We found seve1al la
dies and gentlemen there, Who haa va.ua-
tttrsa in rendering assistance, aud we're doing
ali ir their power 10 render the Een as con
to1,able as possible
THE STORY OF THESE MEN.
The sto15 Ct these gallant and stricken sol
ditfs Is Of great woe and sorrow, and Is au.
| CHER development Of the terrible mtsmanage-
inert in Western Virginia. They belong to
tie Tsent5-third ard T1ir;ieta Ohio, and we're
| part Of brigade in the command Of Col
Simmer. Of TIE regular army. Previous to
| The late etcrm, they were Subjected to contin-
| ued forctd marches, and even an effort was
maize to drive them ahead, in the pitiiess
Eicrm.
TIE men weremostly deseftedhy thdroHcers,
| aud allowed to take c1xe Of themselves. A
.ssEe nunos1 n efCol- Ering's Gs resimsnt sought
oct, and with the field officers OF theregtneei
tuok FctsesEi+n of q honseWhich would have
sheltered one OF two hundred menir Ths sol
dieis thus driven cut remained on Large
| porch offhe+ house, y hen the Colonel exhib
| tied tarbsrity that can hardly be credited
Re d1ors the men from the po1ch ont into The pitt
less ao,n and placed galord there to keep then
/ | asooy' This fact Was related to us last nigh
. ty one of the company In Euch manner q:
, VIII warrant us in giving 1t credeace. TIN
the b1utality Of eeytral Of their officers, tbs
they threatened to revenge themselves at tn
first enEegeme
The men thus exposed vera without fal
clothing. They had no protection whatever
The rain fill il such torrents that their eff ut
t. tull6 frs we're p1cs:rated, until 8 Captain
: writing desk WAS cut up, and fire OF fenc
! rails started inEide Of q wagon This e1pasur
3 cid the work. Man after man fell stricke
+ with diSeaee, sad when the storm cssafe
e next ws1e in worse CONDITION than # the
T had encountered double then nunbsr OF tael
8 ice. -.
f Them we're no hospital accommodation
= there, s. the Wclst Of the sick were P1aced
Taeore--tssrsRortstion Wagons,s - witho1 nas.
q Gau}ey, They we're In charge OF non-con
), mlftioned ofticer, who has stuck to them ma
e ;ully all the. way. At Camp G.ulay the ho
q Fitals we're full, and orders were received
% ge6, flushed vita fevers or eAiye1ing vii
e ckils. At Charleston, too, the hospitals We
y full. H0n to Gallfpons," !" we're the orders.
E. SO the poor fellows we're packed on eteau
7, err, laid upon the decks, and brought dow
|n The KanaWha to Gallipolis. They were sui
err !1tefe Was no ronu IN the hospitals thel
What could be done? The nnn.c mmisNon
4. efdc-,s who had them In charge wanted
to THE them TO Pomeroy, and then across
It 1ord d few miles to q little town where mo
ia cf them helorged..> But rid tspe would Il
he pum thIs-they must trayel until they fou
ID Government hospita], where they could
ID reIoried.
u. aTske them to CINCINNATI" was the orde
ras 20 tie steamer let loose aEaio, and with
h EckIS but precious freIght-some Of fae N
eh By tits time almost dying, MAZE their way
IL Cincannsti We nave aheady related their
| cep;ion htre; but, Ind iferent: as it was, hs
,ol thankfrIy accepted. >;
tAs Ore we'll man from each regimentwAs q
ns- .alorg to tAke care Of the sick, some Of wht
he ii sm& tully neglected their duty. Oae> "
I'D laa chzree Of fity- men, got dfuukimmedla
n ~ or arrival in the city, and LETT the sick
.9.ktaGsIe Of themselves,