New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-03
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de-or hrsc Tor many moaA. pi't 70 to- noble WORK Of
vug and nur.il The siok aud wounded s es WIN '"e
i.y purpose Ct fulfilling Christian duty end serving tr
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r positive ct iea.ed The writer. it's hardy necessary
,I il OF the h guest res ,e.tloiy. and every her
eric n, ogds may pied wn Md uhting faith 3D.
-- Au'us. g. 1872
MY DIAN -.-The reading Of letter II Fri
dave T.ntNr. on What Mother raw on Bed
ioe's Island" La- fixed watering purpose OF ny
own. ~ ie.t INDIRECTLY, tie " Power Ol the 'rt%
in t,s matter Of fiorl wax U.ct. don't propose, 10y
atv u.,ai,- writing the newspapers myself, but
beieye DR.. --, OF TuI TMB'NE, IS a
friend oi yoar-, and may hc able ant willing to
KS, tie attention to the subject which i' deserves
and las not $40 received rom Any portion %, lhc
New-Yor,. press 50 tar as know. SHOULD have ta-
ken sour sep 4 tins Kind month ago, Out II was a.
tat awiul moment Of ll-y after me new call Tor
volunteers and could not puta st.uw, a gram OF
saud IN tie way OF any IHu enlistment. Now lhms
We are likely 10 get all The men we want and ale 10
have crowded hospitals Cor year OF two 20 come, 1t
IL time that some oftAe almost unlycrsh abuses were
looked into.
Now Bcdloe's Island il good place for a hospital.
The quarters aro excellent eAceptthe barracks NHhta
the fort the AR is excellent, the medical aud surgical
ATTENDANCE good suppose, ough scarcely adequate
but The diet is b9i-uoi good enough for the conya-
lesceuts though they may manage to thrive ON it
bus positively and iusuileraby bad for tue very sick
and weak. The same thing Is true oi Davds Island
or was up TO three weeks ago. Since then some
New-Rocrelle ladies are making great Efforts 10 in
troducc AN cAir. diet kitchen. We are 10 have All
other great military hospital at Wletts Point or toFt
Schuyler, and perhaps another and another else
where. IL ia time the whole subject Of
SICK diet were ventilated" Our men, except in The
old established, permanent hospitals Of cities hare
not the qua ~ the variety OF food necessary for
them. So they pull through" somehow, and The
mortality bills do not get inconyenently high. That
10 not enough Tor It's, some of wnOm have had friends
ia remote hospitals among those who dad not pull
through" The "Mothor's views are Photographic
cally accurate. recognize every item. have seen
them a dozen timesthe Jumps OF fat ns II hing Ar
thur ruled lhs land IN lie only did! the baneess
Kug, the pork-toa called BROTH the iilthy buckets
for the GONZALES mc,ses plural describes bet
ter than singuMr) the tea without milk and bread
without butter for tic "yitsl SEX, aud all lhe oatii-
tome menu. have young strong stomach, but l
cou d not eat the delicate Diet" for tho very sich
unless
Cast on a d, ,olate island to do"
A month ago raw poor fellow in the briek
house,-l nm always speaking Of Bedloes Island, -
propped up IN bed TO take his dinner. lie looked to
me very Ill., pinch,d aud blue with the Great Co d.
His dinner Was tile greasy meat tea in tin
cup, and lump OF Bread not sour, but dark and dry.
lie tasted the tea and then put everything away
from bin. We had some light, sweet biscuits with
us, and, after showing them to Dr.. Darkn, who
always gave us every facility in the kludest way
We Offered lin one, and he took it gratefully and eat
it, A comrnde sitting upby the nextbed sad-"Oh'
do leave some of them with him. ladies' if it's Any
thing he can eat, tar he never touches his meals.
OF course not; why should he : ON the next visit,
three ard, he was dead. Starvation,