The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-01-16

Missouri, Of the Mississippi, OF Kentucky, OF
Western Virginia, the expeditions to the At.
lanyic aud guilt COASTS, the expeditions form.
in, in the Ches ,peake, are all designed 10 e.
operate with the army Of the Potomac, all
/ parts Of one great whole, and time and prep
arntiou are required g. enable them To net
/ simultaneously,
We are too much inclined 70 place cen,ure
| where it is uudc,erycd, TO omit il where agents
are most culpablc Bead the report II the
sanitary commission, What startling facts
are revealed From this report it is shown
/ that the medical bureau has been shameluIly
dcIIuqGcn, in the discharge Of it, duties, aud
in providing for the exigencies of the service.
Says the report in speaking OF the reserved
stock OF medical supple,
1.-THE rescrvc of stores AZ the disposal OF the
commission ia stl smaller than It should be. The
demand caused by the comparatively trliiug en-.
gagomcut a, Balls BIuif exhausted IL. supply of
various articles urgently required, aud obliged It
! to purchase hat Was still needed IN the shops OF
Washington. HaJ has battle been tONJtped up by
It geHcrgi dtrGnrr, 0t bai 4 general engagement on
The potomac taken place, q Is morally Ccrtlm nat
many bafffd, II nat tlOHAuRd men, woUlt hare PER-
| iytci tor he rant et hospital Suppii's amt mcdi-
/ riH@. Neither government, nor the cummtss,ou,
nor the shops of Washington, could have uH-
, Ishod unG-quartGr part OF what would have been
required especially ia national victory had thrown
/ the enemy 'swouudcd ou the hands OF the govern
/ mcnt It's true that government could have tcIc'
/ graphod to Baltimore, PhIlNpelpha and New York
/ Tor additional supplies, but these could not prob
I ably have been obtained IN considerable quantity
for several DAYS and ( only f0rty-eight hours
elapsed before their receipt, hundreds Of wounded
! men would have died from mere want Of mcdl-
! cine, bedding aud bandagrs.'
| And again speaking Of the insut'cicncy Of
government supplies, it says;
''Thc commission feels that the duty assigned II
by the war department requires II to protest, a. Il
/ has already protested, against the grossly made.
/ qu1tc provision for the contingency ola general
seton, which certainly eN stcd during the summer
/ aud autumn, and which II believes still to exist.
( $40 illustrate the extent otthls deficiency, Il
7 Is only necessary 10 say that the medical bureau
/ was obliged 10 call oH the commission to suppl,
Int aud Oauddgcs Tor a few wounded men brought
into hospital after one OF the petty skrmIshes that
occurred IN September last
1--WE must remember that the experience Of
Iurcgn armies shows that, after well contested
battle on tins scale, We must count on having, at
the very least, from twenty to thirty thousand men
crying rs for relief from agony"
Let any one read the above extracts from
that report, and they will ceaset to wonder that
the movements OF the young commandments
che, are delayed, and he himself harrassed,
worn out and Frustrated on asick bed through
the negligence and garng inethcIcncy Of
Al. IA ,,,.,,al g l1,,
causes Of hiudrance, should be the agents
most forward to assist and sustain him.
Washington is filled with pc,tiferous race
Of traitors and spies. They intest all depart.
meuts Of the public serycc-are found in the
high places Of trust and power. Witness
few instances: When Mcdowell gave ths
order Of advance, on the 18th of July, the very
next morning Beaulegard 4ent a dispatch 10
Gen BJuham, at Fairfax, to withdraw his
troops, us the rederals would advance ON FAN.
fax at such an hour. Within twenty minutes
Of the time specified. Mcdowell was at FAR
fax, but the enemy had flown. When Gen.
Mcclellan had arranged his divisions, and
was about to surround the $4,000 Coufeder.
ates, at Minors Hill, the enemy had due no
tice, and withdrew in time to prevent their
being baggel. When Gen. Smiths division
mad, ~ recent forging expeditjon. rockets
wern sc.r osrcnIin. at Centrcyillc and
ILw khur.t'.. at three O'Clock in the morning,
indicating tim, f!.. .,...ay had Information Of
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