Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-16

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!, y. -, oTDs5ItIOn Of the sssames Glendale Tor
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hs y : :. furnishes The most satisfactory
Tho Tsgo. !. great care iaken to provide
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Tor the WGliOte Of tbs. Nav Ia, 1891.
CLEvELAED, s9ov,nor of
To Hs Eresllsay Ddgid Tod,
DTtR s1a,-HAving, At your request taken
$780, ~ The steamer Glsndals, 90 her late
TIN 10 PAducah, Mound City, Dalfo and
pis,,bnrg Landing, to lock after and provide
for sIck an / wounded soldiers belonging to
Ohio regiments, Oeg leave 70 make inc iOl-
lowing statement:
Qenerai instructions were handed TO me
:. Columbus, also $500 TO be used IN paying
,ocidestsl expenses, copy Of W1ioa ipssEue-
lions Is hereto attached and marksd "a"
also enclose herewith S!l2%si the balance,
ss755, having been expended Is stated ip
my account hereto attached, and marked
WB.
The steamer Glendale left Cincinnati on
the morning Of the 2sth Of April, with for
tv volunteer surgeons, physicians and nurses,
as stated ln schedule attached and marked
UCp The boat Wss veil supplied with
stores, mainly By the Sanitary Commission
At Oipcinpah, as will appear by schedule at
tsched and marked g D." the lao boxes Of
stores sent by the ladies Of the Ladies' Aid
Society of Cleveland, and intended for that
purpose. failing to be placed on board. On
rsaeSninS paducah We learned that there had
been no lste battle at Pittsburg 41; :15ln; an and
after visiting the hospitals there, proceeded
10 Mound City, where We found some thirty
Eve sick and wounded men belonging to
Ohio regiments, twenty-io;;;;:s ;;s .. Ct whom were,
on our return, placed on board the Glendale
and brought tq Cincinnati; the condition Of
the others being such as TO render their re-
noval, ct this time, dangerous and impracti-
cable.
The hospitals ct that place are in mise
rabIe condition, IN consequence of the late
prolonged inundatioR, and no expense or
trouble should be spared to get our men
away from there, g early as their condition
will justify.
On arriving at Cairo, Ill, we learned from
Dr.. O. McDermont, of the army, that be had
on the day previous returned from New Mad
rid, and who accompanied Us on our expedi.
ton from Cairo, and to whom we are very
much indebted ior valuable information and
assistance, that ell of the sick and wounded
soldiers belonging to the Ohio regiments had
been removed from that place, some 400 in
number, and that many Of them had been
Able TO reach their houes In Ohio, and those
not able to travel bad been placed in good
and comfortable hospitals at Evansville and
St. Louis, and were having the best OF care
and attention. With this information before
US, it was unnecessary for Us to visit New
Madrid, about which you lad expressed so
much anxiety.
From Cairo we went directly to st. Louis,
where 1 should say We have some two hun.
dred sick and wounded men. The hospitals
there were nearly eli visited by many Of the
surgeons and physicians of our party, who
unite in saying that they are unsurpassed in
excellence.
After q full and careful examination Of
many of the sick and wounded, and on coz
sultation with the surgeons and physicians, it
was thought that their safety and comfort
would be best consulted by letting them re-
main there for the present. We, however,
found some forty men belonging to Ohio reg
iments, in the hospitll st Benton Barracks,
at St Louis, who were able, and who desired
to come to Ohio; bat they were all about to
be discharged from the service, on account Of
permanent disability, and who thought it for
their interest to remain there for few days
until their papers could be perfected and
their accounts settled and paid, when they
viii be furnished transportation free Of charge
to their places Of enlistment
From st. Louis we went direct to Cairo,
where we received q dispatch from you di.
recting us 70 90 up the Tennessee river to
PittsburE Landing, which place we reached
Monday evening, May 9th. There and ct
Hamburger, q landing three miles above, we
took on board al the sick End wounded whom
our boat could accommodate, and returned
direct to Cincinnati, at which place We ar
rived on EEiasy %OrHlRg hhE haSEus5 R5 & SIX and
wounded Ohio volunteers, nearly all of whom
had been SCARED with wounds or wsarled
with strife at the great battle of shiloh, on
the 9Th and 7th of April
Theee men were all placed in comfortable
hospitals at Cincinnati and Camp Dennison,
many of whom viii reach their homes in
different parts Of the State within q few
days.
Having visited nearly oil the hospitals
along the Ohio, Mississippi and Tennessee
rivers, for nearly two thousand miles, am
able to assure you that our sick and disabled
soldiers ere having, with very rare excep-
tions, the bestof care and attention, and y0u
have reason to hope that these, many Of
them, Ohio's best and bravest sons, will live
to reach their homes, and recsivs the con-
gratulatiens Of their friends.
The surgeons, physicians and nurses, on
the Glendale, did more than their duty,
many Of them working for four days and
nights, with scarcely a single hours sleep or
rest
In conclusion, permit me to cay that the
manner in which you are providing for the
sick and wounded is not only gratifying to
their friends, but will encourage our soldiers
TO do their full duty on the field of battle, If
indeed, any such encouragement is necessary,
and viii meet with the hearty approval Of
the people of the great State Of Ohio, than
which no State has furnished brsEer or bet-
ter men; and you may rest assured that the
prOmptness, energy and liberality which
have characterised your exertions In behalf
of the sick and wounded Ohio soldiers, re-
feet great honor, not only upon yourself,
but upon our State, and give both an envia-
bic reputation; for II may be said in truth
that there Is SCARCELY a sick or disabled SOL
dier but has received ali possible attention
through your instrumentality.
am, very truly, yours,
GEO. B. SENFER.