Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-10-03
SOLDIERS, CARED FnR.

Out Of one thousand soldiers one hundred
and four are sick this is the constant pro-
portion, as reported by the Sanitary Commits
sion The autumn always increases the num-
Der, by reason Of the hot days and cool nights,
causing diarrhmas and dyscnteties, Of every
shade and degree. One yard and a half Of
stout wooden flannel fourteen inches broad,
worn, from August to November, tightly and
constantly around the abdomen, in such
way that it will be double in front, with bits
Of tape strongly sewed on one end, and about
one yard from the other according to the
size of the person. for convenience of tying.
would do more toward preventing bowel com
plants among our brave and self-denying sol
dicrs, than all known human means besides.
This simple device arrested the onset Of chol-
era, in three days, in one Of the largest div
isions Of the Prussian army. when the terri
BILE scourge last visited Europe. Let every
family who has a member in the army, for
ward such an article on the instant Of read
ing this. II you can do no better, send an old
worn petticoat, for. by reason Of its soituess
and pliability, it is better than anything else
Let every mother who reads this. and who
may have no son or other relative biavely
battling for the porpctuity Of our glorious
en- to some soldier who has no mother, no
sister, no wife, to exercise these sindly cares
for him. And let the generous rich, Of whom
there are so many among us, be assured that
it is impossible to spend an equal amount of
money as efficient in any other way. One
man who has been in the army twelve months
is worth Ho1C two raw recruits hence one
dollars worth OF good wooden flannel Tor one
Of them, or even an old petticoat, by keeping
such soldier healthy in the field, will be worth
more than the fifty dollars bounty paid for
the two recruits, under the present exigencies
of the case.
Winter is coming let the sisters and
mothers Of the soldiers begin to knit two or
three pairs Of thick wooden socks. to be for
warded to each son and brother by the first
of October Let the toes and heels be double
knitted, or sheathed with the blue cloth OF
some worn-out coat or pantaloons, cautioning
the soldier to keep the toe-nails closely trim
ed, so as 20 prevent the cutting Of the socks,
Begin at once, and put up in quart tin cans,
to be forwarded at intervals (ior If sent in
large quantities at time they will be vast
ed or too avishly used,) picked cucumbers
an cabbage. Onions are represented by
psychologists to be among the most wholesome
and nutritious OF all the vegetable products
besides their Immediately inyigorating and en-
lirening effects. II gallon Of onions coulc
be sent to each soldier, once a month, in ad-
dition to quart Of picked cucumbers or cab
bage, scuryy, already beginning to manifest
itself, would be unknown. And if it could bt
felt how grateful quart tin can Of preserved
berries. tomatoes or fruits would be to a sol
der who does not see such things, preserved
or fresh, sometimes for months together, theii
sisters and mothers and counsins and wve,
would spare no little pains to prepare gooC
supply for months to come, and would bcgir
TO send them on the instant Halls Jourua
of HEALTH