New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-13

riousy nipe, VIII a the needless SUFFERING ~.
sacrhco ~ me Consequent upon tho state ~
disorgsLl]aalo, '<as fearfully great Now, Il "a
quired no gea' Amount Of foresight to az:
disastrous sra . # things would It have reon;s.s
o large eA tendiiurs to have provided against !,
The army came here fight and IL was as zen sslss.
to neglect 10 provide for the sick and wounded az !,
woula have beeo to neglect supplies Of ammpn;,;o.
pl nty of lumber was to have been had herr :.
very cheap rates, but there seems to have been ~
thought of putting IL TO use, and of the hund,~S
steamboats, that brought Grants army to Pi,,sbn,r
Landing not one was prepared TO receive either sef
or wounded No purveyors boat, freighted with
medicines or with medical appliances, was semi III
this large fOia, aud hence, with the loss Of ,nch
supplies carried ito The feli the simplest article.
could not be had short of Cairo and, to a large ar.
tent, never yet have been furnished.
Almost every one with whom have held CON ve,
saiion seems 10 regard the terrible scenes OF dad
and wounded men ~ Pittsbufg Landing and bs,s
for the first three days after The battle, as an uns'
vodable rrsulJ OF an engagement so serious in mac.
nituie. those who know nothing Of the system RI.
trcduced in the French aruy for the care O. the sick
and wounded, may naturally entertain such view,
bat | venture the assertion, that with the proper
,ersons at the head of tie Medical Department and
the same amount OF blriness alsnt called into action
that we zee engaged in the ordinary affairs Of life
every wounded snd sick man may have been taker
from the field tue first tweDty-ODr hours after the
battle, fnd placed In comfortable beds and trans
ports, and had every attention that medical skid
could device until softly placed in hospital aud not
cost half The Government VIII now have TO pay for
the mis-, rabe encouragement that has cost, in add
ton, hundreds o. byes.
Had il not been for the munifcent Gberaty Of
the public, IN furnishing transports TO convey from
here the SICK and wounded, outside Of the Medical
Department, the result would have been tenfO6
moro fearful than it has been. There is no sort Of
reasonable apol gy to be found in the plea shat
battle Was not ext eced at the time and place where
il did occur. moving army should be provided
with all that the exigeuces OF war may call into
reqnislion, and he Government il abundantly sup
piled with everything that was wanted at this time
Tor treating the wounded and sick, and to convey
them speedily from tue battlefield TO places where
they could, lie protected from suffering, and have
every chance for restoration 10 healtO.
Tie miserable, disgraceiul policy, or rather impo-
tent meanness, which has characterized the admins
traton Of the Medical Department within the sphere
of nv observation, has ever seemed To a singing
shame to tlis liberal Republic, aud the blood-red
stain upon her far fame has cone from the appoint
m, nj OF utterly incompetent ana otherwise united
persops to administer It's mos. responsible dnties. Ii
is not here alone that this abuse has been allowed
and endured. The people who do not know how
their SOUS could be better protected, may regard |.
all az part OF the ml-iortunes OF war, and remain
10 PEACE, but those who do know, should bave The
privilege OF crying Olt against the further rsk VI
such Gala nifty. Ii 10 true, popular siamor WIS
cal Director OF Gen. Grants ID vision, whose mis-.
conduct aud ncompetency the cause OF untold
sufferiog a. Doueson; bot IL is apology for his
being retained IN important position until tho suf
fernss at Pittsburg Landing brought him sill more
dscredi'ably before the public But, as have here
tofore minated, the fanlt lies not alone, by any
mesus with tue Medical Directors in tie field
An Old autiquated mi erly system Of expenditure,
DEVELOPED la tie days OF the fist Revelation, when
the American Colouies suan and poor, is too
riQldly adhered 10 by th- SuFgeonGes az Wash
in0ton, aud bis immediate administrative officers
am confidently told that acquisitions for this Pitts
burg expedition, for most essential supplies, were
peremporily refused by the Medical Director AZ 81.
Louis. aud from much thai have seen and heard,
| have do doubt that the statement ia true. Ii
economy could be urged apology for this kind
of management should be willing to allow it its
ul force but such IL not the The cost ~ the
Government ia vastly increased on the contrary.
Bur economy In money 70 be considered IN con
nection with tie wholesale waite OF human iie-
To show cause for these structures, IL wonld seen
TO be necessary that rome details OF the horIlbe
speciacles Of ni.ery and death witnessed by thol-
sands st y ,sburg Landing and further back on
the field, be gwen; but refrain from II. Humane
seUsibilicies have tee shocked enough already. As
We can do no good Office, bas the public IN great
measure refraned irom giving publicity 20 the after
horrors If battle. IL Is sufficient TO say thst
the bloody scenes OF carnage and death a: An en-
gagement are beariblr the legitimate results OF
war; but the tentod misery brought upon the ,iek
and wouoded by reckless.ess and ignorance alter"
ward il matter 10 be provided against, and there
fore in the highest degree reprebenslDle. c. D. O.