New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-21

ant Quartz rrn.s.sr- General at Ncw-York
The Medical Director, at the last moment. besore
the ext edition s.iId, bad done all In bis power q,
separate from it all persons whom he could ascer.
tain TO have bee, exp, sed to smallpox CONTRACTION.
The Prev Gus eegeuee Ia this respect, however, had
been la 81, snd wih every care, twentyeiyht per-.
srs hal been .ezed win the dl,easc before nv r
rival # whom .ist were dead. A general order
nd bserissued for the immediate vaccination Of ina
whole force, but, owing TO the entirely nadeqoaln
amount OF vaccine virus which had been provided
this order could not he executed l at once placed
the whole stock Of virus which bad lronvbt lin
nc In the han ds Of the Medical Director By whom
IL was distributed without dslay 70 al the revi1
mental sur,eoDs. TIE quantity was sufi rient 10
complete The vaccination OF tie whole force az wen
as of The negro popnlai II Of tie islands, and I am
happy to ate my conviction that there is no dsppsr
OF any further spread OF tie di ease.
| Among tie wants now most pressing il that NJ
ambularces ten regiments being entirely destitute
Of mesus OF transportation Tor their rick and
Won ded, and there being but four two-vheelsd aud
three iour-wheeled ambuiances attached TO the
division. A bulance corps lave teen Organized
and drilled 10 eight regiments, leaving seven vet
unorgapized. Tie attention OF the latter regiments
WAS called 10 General Order No. 10, Issued Oct. &
ls6l, ehjoinng tuch organization and prescribina
the mo:e OF d1ll; and IL Id hopei that q matter 20
II, cessary TO any army IN an enemy's country will
not be longer neglected. l found two regiments
entirely destitute OF field stre'chers-tbc others Jos.
sessed those Indispensable articles 20 the number of
fOUy all. ACl 10 tul- kDlfary morse Inter, aud
the catalogue # the means in tie possession II the
division for tie pro, removal OF sick and wounded
soldiers il complete.
On tne IS OF December, entered upon the work
of camp inepet ton. With due Gill ence was
Ell complete the inspection Of the 10Th Regiments
al Hilton Head and Beaufort, aud TO return to my
post Ii Warrington within tie limits prescribed oa
NV departure. There . few troops also at
Iybe. Island but tie facilities for reaching them
were SO Uncertain that aSaiied myself OF tie Kind
proprul of Dr. Francis Bacon OF the 1th CcnneetiCu Ut
to I'LL I've auks Of the inspection return with refer.
eu,e TO them.
As Tie returns will be necessary 10 q conf lets
statement Of the condition Oh tie expedtonary corps
Les 10 prese lhe following incomplete and Nasty
resume Of my servations, with the understanding
tLat the privIle-e be granted me OF subsequently
making more deiibs rate and detailed report. L.
Hilton Head aud Pot Royal Stands, aud tho
neigberng parts, have an elevation above the level
Of tue sea, il ., il 10 said ,,er than ~ feet.
The surface i, almost entirely ia, sying an apparent
range of not more than feet N the portion VIA.
be from siuyle Foiut. The soil Is sandy, 30 sandy,
ia fact. that at any time wien the surface 10 not
Hetred with dew or ram, nothing bat sand Is sen,
eayDg observer entire Nj Loss to accountioriae
whence OF great fertility which abonncs on every
hand Tie leavy dews Which iali every nignt, and
tie strong Wits which occur occasionally, reveal
ia. existeuce OF mud dur In state OF pertsst
uixrure with the sand. walk along the sea shore,
wien the tide is out, shows cropping out through
the rand high u,as,e, oil black, solid, pasIy mud.
This, when died aud rubbed down, presented I'll
the appearances the eye 81 the be dust Intimately
niusle with sand wbicn constitutes tie soil Of Tho
Sea Islands After passing through this soil OF yaty.
ing Depth ell strawcoiored sand Is reached, 'nd
wien the level sppareDily) Is arrived a., fresh
aer appears. 4 coll in which saIid 50 greatly pre-
dominates is NECESSARILY very abeorptve. SAT-
marsier creeks aud Lgoons penetrate The ISLANDS IN
various directions, and are generally tkiIied VIA
tni, Aets of evergreen shrubs and creeping vines.
The por,ion Of tie dry land not under cGltIvaionn
,oyesed with timner, prominent among which L. tae
Georgia Pine and Live Oak Tie Flora and rauna
can irbtless ue i0nLd sdrq gaely described oy more
con,psient observers, anu Iced no further meLtloa
here. -, :,
Though situated :" uuder the sun,' these isianii
exuere,lce 40. c cold weather. AN mai-c sud
diary for the year le.5 plcked up in Beaufort
which ,ecoIeC lie inches thick, as Lavine IcIded
in "A sin lie night iii February. Inc ehpeii7nee Oh
our soldiers leads them 10 t2uk ,has pr0'eeuon
IA anst the ciects OF atmospheric ehase- Is i-oss
~ mach II. eded ar by tn my be ore Nasal ton.
Du.isg tie month If December previous to ny
,sit Ice formed i'll nj gilt stceeedg day IN wnica
The Thermometer had ssOOd 81 oO> taLr Dulng my
stsy ovcrcOat OF blanket was rs rule lie cess.
nv between sun setting ,Dd risilg, when Iues eoas
would afford ample groteeaoa iSf notsv as,s ~
prra,y highteIei by the remarkably heavy dexs
which commence falling before Ell set.
The troops Of the exi -diiouary corps would taify
retre.ent tie average O troops Il oD the same S"let
ard OF as recent organization. five regiments srs
from New.lork four from Pennsy wanna, TWO eGea
from Maine, NewH .mpsniTe, eLd C-ni.ecfieut, aao
one each from Michigan ana hbode Island. SIX
were mustered 100 the United Sister service
Septe Der, seven In October, Three In AugGs', ons
H. July Owing 10 the short time they have been 10
service their accl natiOn must take lace uuder cir.
cunntanc-s peculiarly trying. Incse IRON us
Northern tier OF States eyiuce anne inabihy
10 ress. tie depres ing iuiluences .aara that has
been remarked tue Potomac. " Zen 10 ttese In
a,nees rs added an epie l. OF measles, many -
three hundred Of with have occurred ID
one THE Stu Michigan Resimeutl, it is not aiia III
10 account for tho unusnai proportion vi slcAaes
and death which has afflicted tbis division. Con-
lid ring tDat the assumption was peru Gciousl ~,
heIed 10 bud acted ulOn by tue Snrgeoo-osuena
tuat no hospital accommodations were neeosSf.
other than those furnished b, tie req llallo :, an
that hos ital tents without stoves or hre Les
tue sing .lity Is that taere has been 20 mRgns
but raer chat there hns b. en- ttle Of sickuess IN
tho army and That la tic Of Ill lie health Is rapidly
improving. The disc hioh have been mos; fro
quent ana fafsl are OF naaslous origin Tie ieyers
in soae cases take the Intermittent type bar are
more generally rouitent. Very many cases OF con.
g,stion rave Occurred, tie attack being frequently
so grave that reaction cannot be established und the
patient dies in tie fist staie.
Thirty eight Of the lIldesihs which have occurred
since the occupation OF Hilton Head the 9TH Of
Noyembei-a Let OF which 10 jan. WAS HI dly FUR
MIS- ed me by DR.. Coo, er, Medical Director-aN
from this cause alone. Alter tAls, We have IL mo
order OF their mortality:
Di.-ase o, IN Is "a air ps.ss.es.................3
Nanvlogs 81 eases ana measles.
DssGies 81 digestive orgsns..
From gun shot wounds.
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Al others. .sf,.s.'.....'....''.''''''"s
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