New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-09
repeatedly demonstrated, continue without material

than tii. that d bindings, such hotels, acade
mics re-housae, &C., ere from their want oi sys-
seratic ventilation anG OJLer reasoDe, InOtI mint to
be ueed hospitals GA any large scale, and that
| even in inclenent weather, tents or tie yuCcst
shanties are preferable. During warm weather,
willie every door End window Is KEPT oIen, est eel
1lly if the buildings are newly o'en led, TIE evil II
les ielt but In The Winter Mouths, when d0Ors oAo
wudows ale sure 70 be kept cos,ly shut, il Is acst
certain to show itsell in the fCrm Of HOSPITAL fever
erytiI las aud other formidable diseases, tId ~ lie
general d, preston and tedious convAescence oiihoee
l,ai enls who escape them. TIE Commission has Tor
ually applied The Medical Buren, TO take sieps to
improve tue ventilation # lhsse buildings occupied as
hospitals near Washington. Some steps have been
taken 10 this end, but hey are reported by inc H.
syectors of the Commission 20 be- had, qua;e.
Comllliut 8 made 10y officers of the Medical
Bure "a that 7cgimeual Surgeons tafdy III send
ing their eic& to general hospi'sls-th9t ttey are
often dets.ei in 70 lmsnlal hosl itals I'll pasi cure
Ia &c gort,On Of tie mortality il general hospitals
Is thoul h 10 be accounted fog by tins alleged fact.
bistardiness III many cares to be by tie
feeling Of encouragement frequently expressed by
reeimen,al surgeons in regard 10 general boslital'
Men cent TO these establishments, when bboriny
under the seveFest forms of disease reported 10
have been frequently tuned from tislr doors, htrr
a long ard tedious Journey, and ser. back 10 Their
fepinen.s, because The hospital was full, because
there WAS some formal defect iii their papers. La
some instances, such men have spent The night N an
ambulance al ths hospital door.
| Rdcions bcfrccH General and RegimeHtai Hos
D,foN.-It is manifest that tie relations tolween
general aud reginenial hospitals, and between he
surgeons Of regiments and those IN charge OF general
hos ,iias are in AN unsettled conGiiop, Which prac-
lioay leads 20 great suffering AID the LOSE OF many
lives.
Technical Djfcuke, IN "a. Hospital Sy'tem.-
Mere technical detects AID rTeguarie, IN the per-
mits for Submission 10 general hospitals and nlso in
the reausi ions of re- menal surgeons for their
medicines and other supp lies, the daily cause OF
much mischief, aid OF VIVA, seems most unnecessary
suffering.
There is little room for doubt that many lyes haYe
already been lost from mere technical aud formal
OF slac es TO their preservation. IL II respectfully
subuitted thai some remedy should be applied T.
II is evil The inevitable consumption OF HE IN mil
itary hospitals il fuficieutly appalling without any
increase from merely artificial difficulties. Omcial
forms and rules indispensable 10 tie Medical Bu-
reau and QuarermasteTs Department, rs TO every
other de partmcnt Of Government, and all who hold
official reiaiious with either, IN duty bound, ne
rpidiy IA pos,ibe, 10 inform Themselves as 10 the
details Of its system, ard govern Themselves accord
ingly. But il this system be not adapted to tie new
order OF Thugs AID 10 the wants Of the volunteer
armv-a question on Which il il not intended 20 OK.
press al oVinop--it seems plaiu that tie system
should 20 changed.
IyoiISTIrE HOSPITAL AND OTHER SUPPLIES
The Conn isson did not, a, frst oonen plate fur
ui.hiug hospital and other supplies TO the army on
any large scale tui confined itei malt " 90 tie du-
ties " inquiry hrd advice af'igued It by the Sec
reiary Of War. IL o0uld not nfrin, however, with
ont doing violence 10 The human sympalhiss of ia
members, from supplying ZONE few Of the more
yrcssing wants which they saw exiting In the Mill
Iiarv hos, ifAls Of Wellington and elsewhere. The
absence OF any hospital fund already referred 10
mslo these wants renediless except by tie Commits.
ion or moro properly Nv iho generous nud patriotic
reoyle Of the loyal Safes whom the Commission
! fe presents az ihcif az nj and almoncr.
/ The Comuli,sion thus found iireli in n manner
obliged to over,t-p iH sirict duty, and induced
% en- vloy number u experienced young as
hospital dresters 10 provide for the warins II he
clothing cf pateuls aud Of the hospital bed ing,
handnqes, and towels; to purchase wgter-beds for
Isiit vhC had undergone am gtAion, and whose
surgeons certified lat they could not recover with
out them; 20 provide nurres Iossstfsd II slil for
The handling Of badly.fractuIed Limits; TO eBgnge
lie services Of barber 70 be constantly employc ia
tLe hospitals. 10 supply, from tine 10 time, some
email amount Of stimuliuis and medicines, and sur
lic0l APP lGncss TO surgeons who were unable Ia OBJ
lain them from tie Medical Bureau, either from
their own excusnbe ignorance OF ofncial FORMS or
became the stock vi the dspcsAl Of tho Eussau
exhaur,cd to ,royiia some means Of recreation for
men it'll tedious wounds and convsesoeni.; 10 fur
nish lcterpaper, envelopes, pens lux. and postage
stsmpa or obsin franks, for those wishing TO com.
municate with their iieuds; or with the friends OF
mo, feeble comrades, etc.
The Distribution Of stores. clothing, bedding, &c,
10 the hospital. aud occasionally aud on special
Bluff 10 soldiers IA the field, has now become
recognized fonctiOn Of the Comuission. II assumed
u with the lees reluctance thai some central agency
was Indispensable 10 prevent distressing waite Of
the euptl i.s which the loyal OF the country
were diligently providing for the army. Soldiers
If one regiment found 10 be over supplied and
throwing away the sarPlus or bariering II Tor liquor
while the hospital Of zone neghbonng regiment
was without beds and iis patients without change
OF clothing.
The Commission has therefore for some months
past held itself ready TO receive and 10 distribute
where most required, among the soldiers Of
every portion Of tie army all supplies especially Of
hospital stores which might be forwarded g. lis
depots by the humane and charitable societies that
are working for the army in every Northern city,
town, and village.
| U,Dof, Of he Copais,ton.--Ibe principal deTois
of stores for the Commissions are IN New-l under
charge Of the " Woman's Central Relief Assocla-
ton Of New-York); At Boston, AT Providence, X.
l.; at Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Cleveland, and
/ Columbus, Ohio; N Wheeling, Va. a, Louisvilei
AT Chicago; at Cairo; at St. Louis, ind at Washing
ton. ,
FyeiphL-The freight on these supplies has been
in many cases necessarily paid by be Commssion
This ,onrce Of expense however, will he diminished
by the Literally oil tho directors Of most Of tie pm.
cipal railroad fnes on which supplies consigned to
the Commission will hereafter DO conveyed al re-
dnced rates. - ,
AMOUNT Of Supple, Dntributed.-The demand
for articles Of clothing aud protection for the sick has
naturally increased during the past month but me
means placed by the community nj the disposal OF
the Commission has enabled its Inspectors 10 keep
mace with this increase. Thirty four thousand four
hundred and eighty .one articles Of hospital clothing
were distributed from the Washington depot alone
during the month OF November, beside large bulk
OF unclassiiied articles.
The supplies thus distributed from the Washington
/ 4 L.. l..,. tn NM treI ".