Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-08
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WISHED ~ si.so psF l'Oo0pioa
GFsu6 Atases ia ihs hIsdloat Department
"a eIaksning Dsiall of shauasiui eaOts.
EheTe have come TO US, IRON lme to time,
ls9oFts Of issHeisnoy and misnanagement
IL he NedioA- Department Of tho Wsst
tAsss evidences being 90 strong at one time
as 10 prompt Official inquiry in Congress as
% thslr foundation. L via be remembered
~ eur readers that IN Prot EsFbsFy's To-
p8st Of The visit Of the Sanitary Commission
70 Fort Donolson, published in the LHADER,
shs want Of fitness for bis psSt Of ths hedi-
cal DlTeeior was shown up in plain terms
Ne fhd A tie Cincinnati Gazette Of Friday
= foli expose Of tie condition Of the army
connected with the eHsat Tsuueasss szPedi-
tien, e related b. their faithful and truthful
correspondent "Agate, who has been in the
army for nearly yeaE, and knows some
tking Of what Il should be. The GaEstte
aaltorially calls the attention Of the Govern
2ont to this statement andssys Il does not
publish It without full satisfaction that 1t Is
atrus, and can be uubslantiated before any
eonpetsnt commission; and the eorrespon-
{ dant sayE at propose to state nothing exc
spl What am prepared 70 prove, By abuu-
tanl tsutim0uy, before any committee OF in
FeEiieatle1, Congressional or otherwise"
Frou that stalsmsht We take the follow
Ing hsie
Surgeon B. G. hewitt, Of New York city,
has bsenthe Medical Director ofGen. Grants
army at Fort Henry, Fort DOnelson, and up
@ this polnt (savannab) on the Tennessee
river expedition. Els opening performance
vas at Padlcah before the advance up the
Oambsflsnd. A private Of the eth Illinois
Vas hzoaght to tie hospital, four days after
having received 3 muskst ball through the
dhculder. Examination showed that the
ball had passed through the pectoral muscle,
shattered the bone, an6 injured the main
artery Of the arm. The parts were very
mach swollen and infsmed. DR.. hewitt
hsgsn By passing his fingers, unOiled, entire
b lhrOagh The wound, thus causing the most
szquilila pain, and almost throwing the un-
s5rtunate man into spsamI. Subsequently,
tie artery began bleeding very eopiously.-
u. HoEitt undertook 70 tie Il up, and in
asosd 81 tbs artery succeeded 81 5iRg gP ne
Ea0s. Fifteen minutes afterwards the sol
asrWas dead. The Doctor then got drunk,
went rssliBg through the streets Of Paducah
lna state Of bsastly inloxlcation, finally fell
into mud hole in the main thOrOughfars Of
the city, lost his specta,lss, covered himself
With slth, and wound up BY being placed
undsrsFrest By Gen. Smith.
At Fort Henry Hewitt showed marked
Fartialiy % the rebel surgeOns and sEore
est 4 aaybody dsred to doubt the honor and
shiValEy Of Iilshmsa and his companions,
be would challenge ana fght him. For this
hsWas very promptly sud properly knocked
down b. Division SGFgeon Fry, 70 whom the
remark was particularly addressed. Hewitt
sumn0nea a MILITARY commission to inves-
z-l u1u EusuIE- p EIIs uIgnlty. Hecnoae
the commission himself, but 90 aagrant had
been his 0Rn oondactt that while one member
ofhis own Investigating commission favored
sizippi1g hewitt and making him submit to
fhirfy blows Of De-. FEy'sosne, the others de-
eiasi that be (HsWittl should present writ
In spology to Dr.. Fry. This, however, he
tzS not done.
At Foti Donslsou be ordered the surgeons
q tie different regiments into the field, but
f1rhade them performing any operations
theTs whether Il was necessary to do it in
olisFto save life or not, The day after The
UaEssndsr be was 30 drunk that be could not
walk without Staggering. A large number
q sick and wounded were put on board a
steamer snd sent down to Mound Oity wilk-
es aHggeo1 o. assistant on board This was
dons By his orders. Many wounded were
6snt OF IN boats at the risk Of their lives,
Whsn there were plenty Of good houses
Whirh coald be taken fox hospitals nssr the
Aald.
Upon the Tennessee expedition there has
bssn muoh sickness among Ghs men, caused
bYf6slr priYations, lack Of air, exercise, op-
parlu1iHss Tor bathing, cooking and the like
e boara the transports. The arrangements
tar Soms Of the sick were miserable. Ap-
psals % the Medical Director, aud descrip-
Goas ot the suffering Of their sick BY the
srgsons slicitsd only this response, which is
given word for word as he repeated the e1-
preston to different parties: aWhat Of it 2
What e the u1s Of eOmplsiEingl Rhat did
O. solaiss saiistfsT bss 70 siskas and de and
b kid
Division snd Fegimental surgeons ere unable
q procure from the Medical Director the
ebnnonsst remedies for the most prevalent
disshsss in camp. It is his duty to have
thsls medicines EupPlisd to ell the surgeons,
hlt be wilfully neglectS this duty.
As Gh lnstanos Of his partiAlity, It is stat.
q that one assistant surgeon. being unwsll,
osssiasd q sick lsave.H Hewitt said that the
ormy required vigor, and recommended him
e rlsign. Another surgeon, who was sick,
Gard 70 resign, when Hewitt promised him
aAa easy place in some hospital, where be
uoW &, while his regiment is entirely desti-
t1ts Of medical attendance.
Ills further stated that thls Medical Dl.
rsssor has on three or four OCCASIONS, each
tlh5 a he prsssaoe Of nuIaerouB Witnesses,
expressed this sentiment in almost precisely
ths-s words, a The Union il gone. It can
nsvsr Be rs-oonstrlcted, and don't want Il
toba think and hope that our difficulties
VigI rystsliEs into strong military dsspOt-
IN. instead Of our present form Of Govern.