Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-08-07

charged.
Aid. RENw1CK moved to lay motion .,
the table. Carried.
On motion adjourned.
1Hos DEaxopr. City Clerk.
j, KIESzi. M'ss.. July 26th. 1862.
hev n. ). Kynett. Cor Sec. and General Aoen,
!ora State Sanitary Com:
OAAs Sis-AcctrdiUg to ) our request hav.
| vls'tsd several of cur lo~s regiments. With .
view OF ascer,sining their sanitary condition
aud wants. snd am nsppy to report the follow
i"g encouraging fscts:
A. gener.l thing found the hospitals ip
nns condition. With plenty Of room and YER,
neat and clean. and veil Supplied with every.
'hiog this country and che medical dspsrsm en,
can turkish tor the proper treatment Of the
sick. The Surgeons. without exception. l be.
lisvs: are competent sndtfaithful men. attend
log closely to their duties. and the comparative
small number OF hospitals. considering the eli.
'ssts ana ss.soo. 10 the beat evidence Of their
success. Indeed | wss quite surprised at thi.
II bad expected to fiud siekpess an .ha n.
crease. but instead l believe the pumber Of
patients 10 less than at anv time vithin IN.
past four nonthe
Ny own regiment (2d Iowa Cavalrv)sha
never been IN better condition, if as good. an
40 no regiment 10 this departments has .. en-
more service, or lost more men in killed anc
wounded. since our arrival in Tennessee. no
higher eomplins nsDt can be paid our Surgeons
than the statement of tbis simple fact
Dr. NOyee, our chief Surgeon, and his assist
ants. Yals and Burgess, are all competent and
faithful men.
This regiment is at present at Rienzi, twen-
ty miles south Of Corinth. The ID and 7th
are about four miles south west Of Corintb.
campsd in beautiful grove. and everything
about their camp is neat and attractive. The
meD all seem. d in good epirits, and in all re-
spects look and act the veteran, which indeed
they are. The I'd had enlv seven 10 the hos
pital. and the 7th only sight-none supposed
to be dangerous 10 either fou"d Dr. Lake.
Of the 7,h, and Drs Pyle and Turner Of the %,
At home-that is. in their hospitals or tents
close by. attending persona " to their dutiss
nd constantly active in promoting the inter-
este Of thoil men.
The 5th and 10th are sampsd near saoh
ether. IL miles north Of Gen. Rossneraos'
hssdqusstsrs.3 : miles south Of Corinth and
2 miIss ssss Of the I'd and b.
The 5th Iowa have very few sick, and they
are oil doing we'll. The 10th have rather more
u
ana some Of them are very SILK, but their
hospital arrangements are ample and excellent
and Dr.. Cummings, of this Regiment, is him
self a patient. Oce the patients in this hos.
pitsl remarked 10 me. I'VE have nice place,
every attention and good doctor We ought
to be very Thankful"
The Union Brigade, composed of the rem aims
Of the 9Th, 18th and l4th Isus and 5Sth Iii
nois, are about two miles south of Coripth
and close by the IL b. 18th and 10th lowe.
The Union Brigade are only Union" in
name. The fact is they are not pleased with
he arrangement. II all accounts are true
hey have been neglected and abused Ly our
own State and Sanitary agents. nothinglworse
One of the officers informed me that some OF
their men we're nearly naked. and one 10 the
guard house bscause he had nothing to wesr.
Their hospital is a. we'll managed % could be
,rpected But the Union Brigade does not f. el
under any very special Obligations to any body
for anything. They are doing the best they
can for themselves.
The llth, 18th and 10th r.port no increase
Of sick ess. and all are we'll provided for q d
faithfully attended.
distributed all the goods sent BY me to the
above rsgiments, taking receipts from eur
geon.; they were thankfully received, and
will be used exclusively for the benefit Of sick
and do good have not yet visited the 18th
and l7th Iowa, but will do 60 soon, and il
mere goods are sent me they will be first
served
DR.. Waters, of Muscatine, agent Of the Pres.
byterian Board Of Publication, Phlladelphia.
furnished no With . large box OF their very
~xcsilset tracts and books for eoldiers, which
I dis,ributed 10 the shove regiments through
shelr chsplaiss and surgeons
"Chapl.iss in the srmy' are generally look.
cd upon 90 "deadheade,' or worse Some are
| intolsrably Ley. and others downright immor.
rel; consequently soms have resigned under
prsssurs. or been dismissed. and in SEINE casss
regiments ass unwilling to have others. You
are net to believe either Of these true Of oil
Who have resigned. for some have broken down
ia health, and olhsrs-g.od men-havs be
come discouraged at the great vicksdness In
camp, and the little sympathy from officers
but it 10 trse some have diegraced themselvel
men in the army suffer more or less in conse>
qusnce. l fud the following Iowa regiment.
without chapIains: 9Th. 10th. 10th. and Union
Brigade. Cannot these be supplied with good
and true christian men
ANY goods designed for me, whether for gen.
eral distribution on my judgement. or designed
:or epecial regiments, should be marked my
name and reeim ent, . re ~. 8. Sanitary Com.
mission" Colau bus, KY, and the box number.
| ed and the in voice and Instructions mailed "a
"e At Gen. Rossucrans' headqnarters, p. O.
One word .. TO the goods needed: Do not espd
isllies or preserves, or pickles or cheeee they
ere not needed tor sick men in the army O,
env whore else. but dried and canned Fl, uit oI
ali kinds /: butter. smsll rolls or kees toma.
toes. in Eve gallon cane or kegs. any quantity
Of them sheets, pillo w.slips. towels, napkins
hsudk ksrehie,e. cotton shirts, draw ers and cooke
medium size too many Of them are much
larger than nscessary cotton and linen band
ases. l2 to three inches and lees, or 70 !
inches.-anythiug between 8 and 5 inches sre
~ large for Mobs sSd tso small lor body-
slippses. musquits bass and fssa
lreaain very respectfully, T..
&c. TsusDIx,
Chaplain I'd Iews Cavalry.
P.S. The friends as homo have done nobly
IN Furnishing large quantities OF goods for sich
soldiers, and it will encourage them 70 knov
that many surgeons and officers IN the army
appropriete large Gums Of money to the same
object. could nsme several, who. when any
| thing IL needed for the sick Of their regiment
II !. can bs had at any price, they at ooc. pro
cure Il ont of their private purssA Col. Hatet
Of nv regiment bas already given me over fifty
dellars for this purposs, o. authorized me Il
drav on him any time for eli I want. Such in
stances might be known and multiplied.
CG. T.
LoxAs' Celebrated Bottled Burtor
Ale and Porter Brands. Vaults. corner Of 81
and Brady streets. A prime article Of Al
and Porter expressly brsvsd for nursing u