Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-04-24
CARE FOR OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

In another column we publish list which
approximates correctness, of the killed and
wounded Vermont soldiers, in the engagement
at Yorktown on Wednesday of last week. 1t
is great relief to all the immediate personal
friends of the killed and wounded men to know
exactly the nature and extent of the casualties
to which they have been subjected. 1t will be
still greater relief to be assured that all pos
sible care and attention will he bestowed upon
the wounded. and to know that such as are
able TO bear the journey and fatigue will be
sent to this State at the expense of the govern
ment, where they can reach their homes and re-
ceive the loving care of their relatives and
friends in their hours of suffering.
The thoughtlessness and considerable solicit
tude of the Executive of this State for our sick
and disabled soldiers, was manifested in his
dispatch TO the Secretary of War profferng
surgical assistance without expense to the gov
eminent other than transportation TO and from
the scene of action. That proffer was cordially
accepted by the government, and our volunteer
surgeons, comprising some Of the most eminent
a moments notice. We learn also that the
Governor has made arrangements whereby such
of the wounded Vermont soldiers as are able to
be removed will be sent to Fortress Monroe,
and from thence by water to New York, from
which place they will be tenderly forwarded to
Vermont and where it is practicable and desira-
BILE sent to their respective families. How
much better this is than to leave them to &C.
cupy crowded hospitals, left 20 the attendance
of our over-taxed surgeons and the care of in
different nurses or with no nurses at all, we
will leave for those persons who have been sick
away from home and friends to decide.
To facilitate this laudable work Adiutaut
General Washburn has been dispatched to
Washington and Fortress Monroe to perfect
the necessary details and attend personally TO
the debarkaton of the wounded. Upon their
arrival in New York these soldiers will receive
the personal supervision of Col. Frank Z.
Howe and be placed temporarily under the
care of the "New England Soldiers Relief AS
sociation'-an organization of benevolent and
patriotic individuals, originally from the several
new EnBlanU Otales Out at present lnIuOltdIltS
of that city. While here they will receive the
advice and medical aid of some of the best
surgeons in New York, who have kindly vol
untered their professional services Suitable
rooms for temporary hospital uses have been
obtained one hundred beds with all their details
are ready for the use of our Vermont soldiers,
and kind hearted and competent female nurses
have been secured, who will devote their atten-
tion assiduously to the relief of our suffering
soldiers
In no other manner can government mati-
fest its benign and paternal character so well
and appreciatingly as in the tender care of the
m en- who have volunteered their services and
their lives in its defence. And it gives us I'M
fegned pleasure to know that Vermont will
make every possible effort to minister to the
wants and necessities of the brave men who
have upheld her honor and maintained her fame
in the defence of the institutions of our COM
mon country.