Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-02-14
An Appeal for Sick Soldiers.


was made by Judge Hoadly last night at
the meeting of the Sanitary Committee:
To The People Of Ohio, Indiana and KentucEv
The victories of AMill Spring and Fort
Henry, and the advance of the armies under
Generals Buel and Grant, indicate the open
lpg OF a vigorous campaign in the West.
Notwithstanding the efficiency of Secretary
stanton and our Western Generals the Med
ical Department is yet unprepared for the
contingencies of active service; and the mo-
ment war really begins land we may now
expect news of battle any day, our own gal
liant Western soldiers, who may suffer wounds,
will find themselves without the comforts
and hospital supplies they ought to have.
Already only the generosity and active be-
nevolence of individuals have saved many
useful and valuable lives, which other wise
would have been lost by reason of the simple
lnadequacy OF q Government organized for
domestic peace to meet in a limited time.
all the contingencies of civil war. .
The United States Sanitary Com mission il
an unpaid bureau, working under authority
Of the War Department. It's object is, by the
personal inspection of competent men, to as
certain the wants of the army, and by the
volunteer services of its members as agents
of generous public, to supply them
The undersigned constitute the Cincinnati
branch of the Uni.ed States Sanitary Com.
mission. We are trying to help our Western
soldiers-the brave men wbo in Kentucky, y,
Virginia and Missouri, are fighting for QUE
protection ard the restoration of the su
premacy of the Constitution and laws over
our whole country. One of our number is
Medical Director Of General Nelson's division
OF the army in Kentucky; another com.
mands division of the same army. We are
constantly in communication with SanitarV
Commission inspectors, who are travelling
from camp to camp, aud hospital to hospitaI,
for the sole purpose of ascertainng and sun.
plying what is wanted for the health of tho
soldiers; and several of our own members
hsve visited the camps and hospitals in
Western Virginia and Kentucky for the same
purpose.
We ask your donations. We pledge our
selves they shall be sscredly devoted 20 the
purpose Of averting and curing diseases 10
the army. Whenever donor wishes 4 oar
ticuar direction given to his gift, we SD all
respect his wishes, but we try to be SO ad-
vised of the wants of the soldiers that il
would be ordinarily wiser to leave the dis
tIibution of donations to our judgment.
We ask for more money to pay freights
and to buy such necessary articles as are not
donated or as are given in insufficient guam
thy. We ask for bed. sack ing, sheets, com
fOrtables, quilts, pilowscases, blankets shirts,
drawers, mittens, lint, bandages, canned aud
dried fruit and many other articles described
in our circular, which can be had by appiea-
ton to any Of us, and which we hope ia a
few days to put into The hands of every post
master in Southern Ohio aud Indiana, aud
Northern Kentucky, and which explains in
detail what is needed and contains fail di-
rections for shipping.
No time is to be lost Every day brings
new danger, increased sickness and death.
Upon the lives Of our soldiers depends the
security of our homes, the success of free
government. They are in the field for Us;
shall we rest quietly in eAe homes, aud let
them sicken and die, without an effort to
help them2 We appeal to you for their aid
By so doing you help yourselves; but even
II yOu did not, you aid your beloved couu-
tJy, and the cause of constitutional free gov.
emmett
W. nsk hat ont of his abundance every
man snoUG remember the wants of the
of loyal women shall work for the so ,ders
The expense OF the Inspectors now in Ken
lucky searching out and relieving the wants
OF the army, are paid with money given ia
the Eastern cities. From Philadelphia and
New York large quantities of hospital
supplies have been sent to st. Louis. The
West must not be behind. We have never
vet been reproacbed for want of liberaity
In this most sacred emergency, let US nor, by
falling behind our Esstern brethren in gifts
and generous labor, lose any part of our
ancient gcod name.
r. W. BurLet, Prcs't, A. Aub,
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