The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-03

! charged. 9s will lie saspoes!hle that the
certificates are given for good cause, and
u, that they are made in proper form, giving
! such medical description of the cases, with
the degree of disability, as may enable the
] Pension Office to decide on any claim to
/ pension which may be based upon them
/ The certificates of disability will be signed
! by the Chief Medical officer and forwarded
| by him to the Military Commander in the
city, who shall have authority to order the
! discharge and dispose of the case according
! to existing regulations.
3. Where the men are provided with
! their descriptive rolls there will be no delay
! in discharging them after their certificates
of disability are acted on. Buff they have
no descriptive rolls, application will be
! made to the Company Commander for the
proper discharge papers, and the men may
! be maintained at the hospital a reasonable
time while awaiting them, to avoid their
being turned off without means of support
The discharge will, in all cases, bear the
date when the papers are actually furnished
the soldier.
4. When man is received in any hospi-
tai without his descriptive roll, the fact
will be Immediately reported by the Medi-
cal Officer in charge 10 the Military Com
mander, who will at once call on the Com
| pany Commander, in the name of the Sec
rotary of War, promptly to furnish the
military history of the man, and his cloth
| ing, money, and other accounts with the
! Government.
t 9. Whenever the Chief Medical Officer
shall report number of patients as fit to
! join their Regiments, the Military Com
mander viii give the necessary orders to
have them forwarded in good order and
under suitable conduct.
10. The Chief Medical Officer in each
city is authorized to employ as cooks, nurs-
es, and attendants, any convalescent,
wounded, or feeble men, who can perform
such duties, instead of giving them discharg-
| es.
By order of the Secretary of War:
l.. THOMAS,
Official: Adjutant General.
J. G. KELroN, Asst Adj't Gen.
RG- The Sanitary Committee of Terre
Haute have issued strong appeal to the
loyal people of Vigo county, calling on
them to contribute to the wants and neces-
sites of the sick and wounded soldiers who
may be sent to the hospitals in that city,
from which we extract the following pas
sages- After stating that they have ex-
pended all the means placed in their hands,
and designating such articles as are most
useful, they say:
Your Committee, appointed the evening
the news reached us by telegraph, of the
battle of Fort Donelson, by one of the larg-
est imPromptu meetings ever held in the
Court House, and without thought of
party or sect-have exerted themselves to
forward relief to our sick and wounded
soldiers.
We call mon every patriotic man to
give of his 4ud..nce, and in proportion to
his means; We cali upon every true hearted
woman TO exert herself in this hour of trial,
to relieve the sufferings of our brave SOL
der boys, VINO nave OOrna the nld flag
triumphantly over so many well fought
fields.
From those who sYmDathize with tue
enemy we ask nothing; we trust they will
maintain their consistency and self-respect
at least, and stand coolly aloof as they have
done heretofore, while loyal soldiers crush
this bell-begotten rebellion, and loyal citi-
zens minister to their relief. -.-
The Committee has been enlarged, and
IS now constituted as follows; ez
L. G. WARREN, President.
g. W. BEMENT, Treasurer.
J. O. JONES, Secretary.
S. H. Potter, Owen fuller, Benjamin
McKeen, W. R. McKeen, P. B. O'Reily, w
E. Hendricks, R. S. Cox, Jr, A. H. Luken
E. B. Allen, S. S. Early, G. E. Hosford, Da-
vid Hartsock, 81. HUMAN, R. l.. Thomp-
son, w. E. Goats, A. Reiman, @. r. Peddle
Our readers will recognize many o.
these names as those of some of the best
men of Terre Haute. They are all men o.
large, loyal hearts, generally of extensive
means, and liberal handed and of all creeds
and politics-
With this committee in existence, il
would seem strange that another commit.
tee should be deemed necessary. Yet Ger.
: tain parties called meeting which was at
tended ~ eighteen persons, and wen
through the farce of appointing a new
committee, after the sick and wounded o
Pittsburg Landing had been taken care of
These men are all in favor of peace ant
! compromise.
Hospitals In GlAe Evansv HE District
Through the courtesy of DIR. Writ o.
the U. S. Army, Medical Director, we are
furnished with the material for the follow.
ing facts, relative to the various Hospital:
in this city and vicinity, including those al
Terre Haute and Vincennes. The efforts o.