The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-09


he plans rightly and then executes
H. .agaE TIE PRoBIRs PRoBED.
The attention of commanding officers haviDf
heretofore been occupied 80 much BY tho activi
service in the field, the hospitals, which wers
generally In the rear, have been in . manner
overlooked. But Gen. Ord very soon found ir
Irregularities in the medical department, and with
bold hand he set out 70 correct them. HI
WAS very severe upon the Surgeons in charg,
for carelessness in drawing provisions. BY which
hospital diet was but little better than in camp
He pointed out the remedy, and required divi-
sion commanders to see that it was applied. HI
directed that the hospital acquisitions should
ask for NO salt meat, and that the savings On the
rations should be applied for the purchase o.
chickens. butter, eggs. &c. He did not hesitst.
to iDstitute comparisons between Eastern and
ent regiments of this command. In an order be
drew attention to the fact that the 7th lows
regiment had but two per centum sick, while the
50th Illinois had twenty five per centum sick
In the same order he Was quite severe upon the
commanding and medical officers of the latter
regiment, and he held over the heads of all the
surgeons in the command, the wholesome threat
of arrest in certain contingencies. Il is to be
hoped that this probe of the probers will result
in the Inauguration of . new state of things in
the Medical Department. Many Of the regi
mental hospitals have been mansged in the best
manner, while others have been little better than
good places to die in.
b r,el. - BURIAL OF TIE DEAD.
Col. CO.. Wright of the 22d Ohio, command.
Ing the ed brigade of this division, has very hu.
namely provided that al the dead of the brigade
shall be buried within . space designated for
the purpose; that each grave shall have head.
board, upon which shall DO inscribed the name,
rank, company, regiment and date of death Of
deceased, and also the number which is TO be
attached to the grave; that the Brigade Adju.
tant shall keep . record Of the deaths, which
show the name, rank, company, regiment, date Of
death and number assigned to deceased, and that
each Regimental Adjutant shall keep simila,
record Of the deaths Of his own regiment. It il
also recommended that . glass bottle, containing
q transcript Of this record be buried with the
deceased, in order to facilitate recognition in
case the hsadbosrd should be defaced or 70
moved, when it ID desired to take up the remains
Twelve graves are now in the burial ground
the last one, that Of Clark Richards, sergeant Of
company G, Eighty first Ohio, who WAS buried
day before yesterday. He died of typhoid
fever.
REBELS AT SAVANNAH, TEND.S
Transfers who were at Pittsburg Landing
on the 23d, report that there was lively time
there at that time, occasioned by the fact that
. small rebel cavalry force Was in Savannah, a
. few miles below the Landing. A gunboat
went down and paid them her compliments in
the form Of several hours Smelling about the
town and adjacent woods, which caused tn,
chivalry to seek cooler quarters. l do moi
learn that there was any Government property
Of importance at Savannah. The rebels
doubtless, like Beauregard, wanted to water
their horses in the Tennessee. They cam,
near taking his alternative. .sa
he ,4 SEX NO INRNY YET. -
We have not yet heard the booming of the
enemy's cannon, heard the trampling of his
horse. If he is wise he will let us remain il
quietness, and seek for success in other quar-
tiers, where art has not aided nature so much
'n Qt m THE WEATHER
Always subject Of comment at home, I pre-
sumo it will be lawful to devote a paragraph
to it here. Instead of scorching rays, melt.
ing heat, and insufferable sultriness, we hay,
enjoyed week Of delightful weather. Occa
sional showers have cooled the air to almost ,
Nortnesn temperature. Fro.