The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-26

soap. baeh md 3 packs rals. and the
SureSop IN SbaiGs I'm omit any ons Of
Itb~es articles srsd drav its equivslcns 81 3
|priss IL angling sescs.ary for the 50 4
Tort = the sick Suppose the SaTysq
esho1H dcnsssd sosI oil in place Of sPss
candles; 20 lbs. Of sperm candies, It -
cents, would be $500; which would b
equal TO isl gallons Of good co.i oil Mt Z
retail price, or say 81 cens, whid6 isktea
for il by the barrel, md We have Ii 20 u
'g.IloDs. or shout l51 gallons, which 10
VASTLY more than csn be sssd, with pru-'
dene&r Hsss ~ tsatlp llplIlbes. II ia
ussA .ihsAhs Etsls lid. wlA, - hsaRing
- a s1sil 1hont = 1881 ling
for Asssd. EaJseashst ~hyshey nd not eat,
cake. Tbs GovaansAs j. siying the
rnss sugar. With sAs right % commute in.
Hospital f.. it, pq.iysleat II any othsr
wholesome food, 1sssr dssaasa 'thas is
eaajylsat iDnoss NJ dsaiea TAsa
sspaPe,ss 81 4el,sssi i needed, that the
I'm -, sheuld order $50 III Il sugar
and H. eqsiSslsat in nelasses, vonld
tAAH6ak H zGozsss; I'D h. ssSSb Al
,lel vents, i eqasa % sbost p eal0ss Of
nolssses psrday. So much fbr Che special
|YtAlink. #s HlKSi s8s
But let M look little further. II
thoss mon we're III well and sAle y sats
much a. soldiers ordinarily do, they
4casuaA sessosAt r. d a a4hsfrrs6aas, md
it ia fair 10 prssane Tint ths siak will eat
less. There q not one ven man in 30
Who can eat the army nations. Suppose
then TINT there Ars 500 men Who ifs sick,
sothAtthsy eannps cat army fare, then COM
msts that 500 at 162 cents pr day. and
We have the nice little sum Of S129.66
per day 10 buy milk, eggs, chickens,
fruit, ETC., etc. Bat this y MT n; In
section 1897 Of the revised army regnla-
lions, there i this proyisioa: '9There may
be allowed in lospitols p be provided
usder ssch rsgalations . the Sargeon
Gsnsnlof the army, With the approval
81 the Secretary Of War, may prescribe
sach quantities Of freshor preserved frsits, !
niik or butter. and Of eggs q may Be-
necessary for he sick." so i 1ss
But DR.. Hughes arrosaatly tslk The
public that hs j. amenatls % 70 Other
than the Uniasd 0atss Gsvssumsnt and
it eakesrs. That may y ,tsehn'c,liy
true Tor ! regular army olkesr, bas . one
who holds the sort q triple hyhrid posi-
sioa that this fnncionary holds. II = falss.
Mr.. Editor, the people OF this Stats pay
him 900 Per annun. to specially look
after the interests Of tha Iowa soldiers.
And how docs he earn that thousand dol.
lans Why sir, by engaging in the service
of another party from that Of the State.
whose funds he y pocksting, and telling
us that We have no right to inquire into
his acts. Then again, at the same time
that he draws the 81, 900 as Surgeon
General of Iowa, he alao gets Surgeons
pay 1t the hospital, which I presume Is
the Same u : Surgeon in the army, which
Is shout $4,000 par year. Then in addi-
ton 70 that, be, nm told, geb Is pr
diem for attending the Board Of Exanina-,
ton Of candidates for Surgeons in the
army. Thus he geh two Offices from tho
State, for which he gets we'll pSid, thsn
another from the United States, for which
he gets ovsr q, 900, and then tells q Il
Is not amsnable 70 the psopls whs pay
him. And In addition to I'll this, 10 a.
tends TO private practice in the city.
But this communication ID already lons
enough for the present. Yosrs,
SOLDIERS FRIEND.
WAR FOR TIN UNION.