The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-12-07
Women Of IOyya:

W omen Oh iowa:
You are callei upon to help to relieve
and take care Of our Sick and Wounded
Soldiers. Shall the appeal be in vain p
Your answer mrs: be PRACTICAL.
1t would be no more than reasonable to
anticipate that as Christian Civilization ad
vances, when war is forced upon Christian
nation, there should arise extraordinary
efforts to mitigate its grea. evils.
The military history Of the world cssab-
fishes the rule, that, in every army, there is
more suffering and moriali yin Camp from
disease alone, Than on The field. Add to this
the we'll known fact that from erery crin,-
soaed plain, there are more than trice as
mann rounded carried to The Hospital, as
dead left on the field, and you will have
some conception Of the magnitude and i'm
portancc OF the work in which you are now
called to engage.
You have already becn nrprised Of the
organization Of the "United States Army
Sanitary Commission" From facrs pub
lshed by them you have learned, what you
had no doubt previously feared, that the
history of our army, 90 far, furnishes no
exception to the general rule. There is,
in our Hospitals and Camps, much suffer
ing and loss Of precious Tires, for the want
of such nursing ,and articles essential there
to, as the sufferers have been accustomed to
in the homes they have left behind them
As you read their appeal-nay, before you
saw it-you earnestly desired to contribute,
as you could, to relieve cur sick and wounded,
to make comfortable and home.like, Us far
as possible, our Hospitals and Camps, and
thereby to render contensed and efficient our
noble army. You have sought for channels
through which your contributions might be
conveyed with safety to those most in need.
But while you have been happy to recognize
in the s.United States Army Sanitary Com
mission" an excellent agency 20 give COM
bined, systematic, and efficient activity to
the Patriotic Charity of your countrywomcn
of the Eastern and Middle States, and to
convey their contributions with safety and
dispatch to the Suffering Of the Army of the
East, you have been panied to see that it
IS not adapted, and does not seem to
have been intended to bring your
charities to the relief Of the suffering OF the
Army of the West. Whatever may have
occasioned this ovcrsight-for such it surely
Isl. certainly is not because the Women Of
the West are unable or unwilling to do their
part in this noble work. Neither is it be-
cause the Army of the West does not as
much as any other need such relief. II is
well known that the character OF the SER
vice our Western Soldiers have been called
upon to perform, has subjected them to
great and continuous exposure, and created
especial claims in their behalf. Already,
some OF our own Iowa regiments have sui
fcred to such an extent thai they are report
ed unfit for serriee. The cold winter is
rapidly coming upon them, and Their oxpo.
sure and suffering will thereby be, of nec-
essity, greatly increased. Something must
be done, promptly enersetically, persever-
| insly and while the Government is exeriinc
every energy, the citizens must not be be
hind. Our soldiers have confdeuce-they
have a right to have coohdence-that the
Women Of our Country, their wives ADD
| mothers, and country women, who used 70
bend over them 90 tenderly in sickness al
home, will not forget TO minister to them II
their greater necessities, new that they are
10 the field. !,
You will be s.asifsd to learn that the lack
of service, above referred to, on the part oil
.yhe United States Army Sanitary Gem
mi.sion.c has been Supplied BY the appoint
men. Of The Army Sanitary Commission
of the State Of Iora. This composed
Of the foliowing named Gentlemen.
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rev. GEO. r MAGorS, et Lyons, ses-sfsry.
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Rev. rtsaoS LEE, nsvenrersi
uca sro WRIGHT. Ker<assaai
Rev. BISHOP sarTn, pusnsre;
Eoa. caIEs sAlrvrs, CS1ucii BlESs,
Rev G. JocrIys NJ Ptessaas;
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