Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-17


the Ward Committees Last Evening"
Further Developments.
The committees appointed in the several
wards Of the city to solicit donations for the
relief of our volunteers suffering from dis.
ease and exposure in the mountains Of West
ern Virginia, held another meeting last
evening in the Merchants Exchange, pur.
suant to adjournment in the morning.
Mayor Hatch, Chairman, presided, and |
Samuel j. Broadwell acted as Secretary.
Several changes in the formation of COM |
mittees werc made, and we, therefore, pub |
lish them as now constituted.
COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE con-
TRIBUTIoEs.
Wesley NJ. Cameron, Charles F. Wilstach,
Mark e. Reeves, NJ. W.Myers and Frederick
]. Meyer.
SOLICITING COMMITTEES AND DEPoTs.
First Ward-J. H. Walker Jacob Elsas, S.
J.. Broadwell, Depot, Third and Lawrence
Second Ward-P. Gibson, David Gibson,
7. F. Randolph, o. H. Geoffoy. Depot
Gibson House.
Third Ward-M. W. Myers, Rufus King,
Conrad Schultz, Richard Lloyd. Depot, Co
lumbis-street, west of Broadway.
Fourth Ward-Dr. ]. f. Wright L. S.
Buck, Cyrus Kinsey. Depot, Pearl'street
House.
Fifth ward-G. Keck, DR.. Fries, John F.
Terrence, II. NJ. Bates, DIR. J. H. Jordan.
Depot, No. 80 Seventh street.
Sixth Ward-Joseph Terrence, VIM. Hub.
bell, David Carroll. Depot, No. a88 Fourth
street.
Seventh Ward-AmOs Moore, J. H. Rose
bTough, Chas Kahn, jr. Depot Leonard's
Pork house, Elm. street, above Fourteenth.
Eighth WaId-W. N. Cameron, George
Rupyan, A. W. Churchill. Depot, Engine
house.
Ninth ward-F. H. Roweksmp, James
Stuart, M; B. Hagans. Depot, Esq Rowe
Tenth Wsrd-F H. Oehlman, F. J. Mayer,
Benjamin Jennifer. Depot, Engine. house.
Eleventh Ward-Maynard French, j. H.
Riemeier, E. B. Reeder. Depot Engine
house.
Twelfth ward-GeOree Bogen, D. A.
Marsh, N. Hoeffer, John F. Forbus, F. Hurl-
burt. Depot Engine.house and Raper
Thirteenth Ward-Maurice O'Brian, ]. II.
Stevens, D. Hannah. Depot, Engine-house.
Fourteenth Ward-William Perry, P. o.
Hiukle, NJ E. Reeves, Daniel F. Meader,
VIM. S. Wright, Ezra Bailey. Depot En-
Fifteenth ward-w. G. Crippen, John D.
Minor, John E Bell, r. NJ. Bishop, Charles
G. Shaw. Depot, No. 446 Seventh street.
Sixteenth Ward-John Gould, Charles f.
WiIstach r. X. Cox. Depot, Engine house.
Seventeenth Ward-L. Sherrer, s. Startz-
man, D. H. Morton. Depot, Engine-house.
The following was distributed throughout
the city last night;
An appeal in Behalfo Of Our Volunteers
Ohio has nearly fifty regiments in the field,
and winter is coming upon them. The Gov
ernment can not find blankets enough for
them. The people are appealed to, aud must
give all the blankets, comforts, wooden shirts,
drawers, mlttens and socks they can spare.
Our brave defenders must not suffer, and now
is the time for every man and woman to do
something. Be generous and prompt.
Tomorrow the Ward Committee will call
upon you for your contributions Be ready.
If you can spare any wooden shirts dra wers
or socks, send them along. Fasten a ticket
with your name and residence on every srti-
Gle. If not called upon, go to the Ward
Committee with your gift. If you have no
article, contribute money to purchase them
with.
"The Citizens Committee are pledged to
see that your contributions shall go promptly
to the Ohio troops who need them most.
GEORGE HATCH Mayor,
"And Chairman of the Committee"
After the business for which the meeting
was called had been transacted, Cons Miller,
correspondent OF the Commercial and Colonel
Thomas II. Ford, of the Thirty second Ohio
Regiment, recently returned from Cheat
Mountain, were called upon and detailed the
condition OF our volunteers in manner that
ought to make a civilized nation blush for
shame. Shoes with wooden soles lasting
not over a month, or no shoes at all, other
clothing in rags and unfit to be worn; not a
single regiment properly clothed, and this
in a country where it sometimes rsined in-
cessantly for forty eight hours, was too much
for even the stoutest constitutions. Colonel
Ford had seen nothing equal to it in all the
Mexican camp2ign, and it was no wonder
that horses and men should die from such ex-
posure. He spoke in high terms of our sol,
dieIs, their courage, sobrety and patriotism
: gave rather an ubfavorable description of the
inhabitants in the vicinity, and urged ouI
citizens to hurry forward their contributions
and not wait for them to be supplied by the
rascally contractors or incompetent Quarter
: masters
5 The meeting then adjourned till thiI
evening.
= Owing to the very unpleasant weather
this morning, the committees in the various
wards did not, so far as We could learn, at
tempt to make collections, but will do so a!
> soon as possible. The Germans have, We
are informed, already done much. Thirteen
i large boxes of clothing and other indispen
: sabes of camp life started for Western Vir
ginia this morning There seems to be
general willingness on the part of every
i body to do all they can. 1t is a matter o
life and death to the poor soldier, and oul
v citizens will not look negligently on.
h When the first pleasant.day gives them al
= opportunity, we expect to see the depot
: crowded with those who shall not wait 70
q their donations to be called for, but viii
n convey them to the committees, and hastel
i the work as much as possible Delay in thi
O matter is the next thing TO absolute neglect
t AT present every thing looks encouraging
k and il is matter of congratulation TO tn
/ sufferers that Cincinnati has been aroused Il