New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-21

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large majority ware not natves of the British
Islands. Some Other war would call forth o class
of our people to arms who do not appear at pres
ent in our ranks in the proportion that they do in
our Census tables.
In tn. army thus constituted continues The Times "ths
number Of sck during the months Of August Sep
tember and October about II Per 1000"
In the Army of the Potomac the sick rate for
February from rs per 1000 in January, tU SIS in
February, and that, too, notwithstanding the un-
commonly trying and insalubrious season.
"Ths Commissioners observe that sovenlins" Il our
national VICE. that military service may
answer the purpose Of education in this respect
This speculation proves eminently true. The
Army is and is constantly becoming to officers ana
men school of manners and morals.
toward the close Of the Repor. that yphn'
fever instead Of vanishing with the approach OF Winter
decidedly tho Increase"
At the date of the Report tho analogy Of pre-
vous campaigns had led to the anticipation o.
and preparation for, q considerable epidemic OF
this nature. Probably the distinct and measur-
ably just appreciation of this danger is account
able for the present condition of affairs, which was
marked by decrease of all diseases of this class
during the month of February.
Cod drive. tho men to burow seal themselves In their
Lodgings tho atmosphere ofths ten, becomes vssd from the
careful exclusion Of air, snd typhus the result"
1t might appear at first sight that it would be
impossible TO prevent the Dir from fltenpg
through the thin canvas of tent-an error OF
which several cases of sufoeatiOn by carbOnic acid
which have occurred during the Winter, is suffi-
Gent reiutaton.
Small por has created uneasnos but Dr. Bellows
and soce. have improved the occasion BY vaceinatirg In
tho w.y Of military duty upv I'd OF 2oo citizens, who
would otherwise have dispensed with the operation
This is curious meange Of fact and fiction. 1t
is true that in answer TO the daily and repeated
calls of surgeons of regiments, who stated that
they were unable to obtain vaccine VIRUS inc
Commission bas distributed through the Army
sficicn. to vaccnate so 00O more; but 1t ia not
true that the Reverend Doctor aforesaid carries
conjunction of that kind to " citizens generally
1t will be teen hst may learn something from Amen
can patlce but If sppssr to have fallen short OF such ell
Gciecy IN our dong should be remembered thA the
case OF th, federss exceptional one Their nhy co'o
At home The stand as were at their own door"
TLsy can he looked AFTER easily our own troops Aoe'
snot" 81.
This is not so. Were tho Army atTrenton, New
Jersey. it might be so. But our men have been IN
an cnemy's country, with every avenue except
single singe.track railway between them and their
true base of operations in Philadelphia New-iork
and Boston cut of. With her vast marine power,
Great Britain could have taken care OF her SOL
diers. seven miles in front of Baaklaya as easily
and az cheoply as we eau take care OF ours seven
miles in front of Washington. Our own troops
have been ~ well provided for and looked after IN
their commssarat and their hygiene at Port
Royal and Ship Island as before Cen:revIlle; and
it will mot Gas The Times says be very different
thing when they advance into the enemys country
The Times thus concludes:
I've may expect ,h,t these months OF sanitary school,
ing leave good results behind them for officers snd men
have been taught what to DO for their preservation and
&. not probable ths under any ordinary ciIeum'snce'
they will forget the lesson
The Sanitary Commission claips only share
in these results. To the military and medical Of
ficers Of the Army, in the main, and to the I'M
bounded libcrality Of the people and tho Govern
ment, and 10 the remarkable intelligence and
morality of the soldiers themselves, is due the I'M
precedented health, propriefy, and order which
prevail. But The Illness articles remind us how
greatly science will be enriched, and tho future
organization Of armies influenced by the vast mag
azine Of information which the Sanitary Commits
sion is accommodating. The value Of It's work in
the cause of bumanityis not limited to the present
war or 10 this continent.