The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-27

4 letter ffo0 the lasspifaIs as Culpeppsr.
The following letter from Forny's Rysss, has
not been noticed until the present time, and
although somewhat ont Of date, We publish to
show the friends Of Nra Harlan, usdsr what difR-
cultiss she has been laboring and how she hs
been doing for our soldiers in the field 30,
WAszIHeros, Augss, 81, 1852.
TO lie Editor of Gs Rsss: -, :, %.
Sin: Although the subjoined letter was not
intended for publication, have secured permis-
zion 70 - dispoes Of it. Iwas snxi6us 10 lay it
before your readers for the season that it Aludse
70 the distribution Of goods, and the expenditure
Of money, put in the hands Of Mrs. Senator Har.
Ian, BY the Pennsylvania Soldiers Relief Ascot.
alton, IN which you have taken great interest, to
which the generous people Of our State have
libsrally given, and Which hsps tdsy will COZ
tinue . do. Following is the letter: i. /,
CyLrsfrER, V1aalxIA, Axgust Is. 1894. T.
M. D. l. Eatoa, Chairman Of Finance Com
..iass Rsstsylsenia SOLDER Rel;sf Assseiasisn-
DRAA Sl: About midnight on Wednesday night,
at this place With our stores We received your
boxes and : xeg of choice bsstsr. The boxes
we're filled With the very thing. most needed In
addition p the stores sent me- rom other socie-
lies and individual. ! bought in Washinton and
AlexandriA,s large amount ofsupplies, which I
took with me and have aimee sent down for more.
By special messenger to Alexandra. have
thus made thu best investment possible OF the
money placed 10 my hands by your society and
others, adding III had With me from my private
purse, After, seeing what WAS most needed for the
sick and wounded. xrA Fales brought With her
. large amount Of stores, received from her
friends East and purchased b, her husband IN
NosIins cod h.v. Seen more IL. ins; thai Il.
arrival Of theseS Seeds. Thore is doubfIese alwa,
great contuaion after great battle. It wa Ger.
tainly 20 here. There seemed 70 be great difi-
Guilty u getting supplies IL zine through regular
The roon l.asignsd u u for our besdou.r, -,
vas u 40 old csrriagsshop. Another room io Is
the same building, vas used for . principal
amputatiop room aud still another was filled
With patienta, None Of these sick rooms had
any surgeon or officer to provide for them. There
was great scarcity 9th most common articles
for use. These hospitals, WREN We arrived, vsre
destitute Of buckets, 'brooms,, pans &c, ana food
for tie sick and wounded uen. tImads reosisi
sions on the strength Of the pspen furnished me
by che Government, which the proper officers
promptly hono-ed. "a This timely assistance, with
the stores W had under our personal control,
ensbied US 70 furnish partial relief TO about
fourteen hundred ia and around these hospitals.
But our best goods are nearly all exhausted
while 7 write, however, We hear that the good
people have sentus more, which are new at the
depot do not know yet Who to thank for the
timely aid % We also expect q Shipment 70 day
iirsm A!e3zndfia, purchased there by our messsu.
ger. JdS b5AsR Cd YEm II .aQi.fscl 3ansgpE
When we 6rse arrived, We wese not provided
with guard We did not make requsitton for
one, because We feared if We attracted the stten.
ton ofthe Superior officers from their immedsts
duties, we might be the cause of more damars
than We could do good. A soon a. the poor
hungry Officers and men flor they al seemed TO
fare shout alike) saw our stores, the rush was %
great Is TO overwhelm us3 They thought we
we're some kind Of suffers or eating.house keeu-
Srs Ipitied them from the bottom of nv heart.
But We could do nothing in such I Jam Of hungry
men. We picked up gun that happened to be in
our rooms, handed il to soldier, and ordered
him to keep guard and keep the crowd away,l
which be did Dc promptly a. If he had been order.
ed to do 90 by General Halleck himself the officers
and men respecting him in this position as DEF
erentially Is if he had been placed on this duty
By the regular officer Of the day. fasiis -i.3 ~
We have kept our little stove which We brought
the sick, for many Of the hospitals have nothing
70 cook in, and General Pope's order has been
co,intermanded. No'one il allowed TO send and
get q thing I: ON the rebels. Il do not Wish to
sttach any blame TO Dr.. Rauch, the medical d.
rector here. he has just been appointed; ID young
but has had large experience, and is q superior
officer, doing everything that mortal could do
to relieve the men under his care, and infusins
his own spirit and humanity into all around him,
The medical puryeyors here and At Aiexandria
did oil in their power to secure the necessary
supplies. ao asea o.. - svsa zgaai
Some Of the surgeons worked in the amputation
rooms forty.eight hours, day aud night, With
nothing TO eat but hard cracker and cup Of
coffee Their self.sacrifcing devotion to the
wounded men deserves the highest praise. We
see many incidents here which are paiufolin the
extreme; but I suppose these things must be
expected in war. Gao 81 has'w Hve zeoi
We had notes, late last night, from the nedi.
cal director, requesting Us to prepare something