Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-01

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W. net On our return the lteamer Tycoon,
an ia Nav % Pitldhurg Landing, pnder the d.
reotIon Of the Clncinnati Sanitary CommlssIon,
and she can and no doubt will take from the
renneetee every Ohio volunteer who ought TO
be removed from the army.
: II - mueh Qratined 20 fnd, on return to Clns
cInnati. that YOU had telegraphed Col. Bliss TO
charter A boat and proceed immediately b 81.
Inuis. and the tntermediate hospitals between
ST. Louis and Cincinnati, and bring home the
Ohio volunteers that may be found in: them sEss
There 10 large number in the hospitals at
ST. Louis, Cairo, Mound City and Paducah, and
q few az Evansville, New Albany and Louis'
vile.
The two expeditions ht,ed out under the aus
thority Of the State, have brought home more
than four hundred of our brave and gallant
volunteers, who have been eunering from
wounds received IL battle, and diseases result
ing from the pFlvations and hardships incident
to she service, besides nearly one hundred from
other States setai sM = saq rees7s.e2 "a
MANY valuable and precious lives have been
saved, and an incalculable amount OF pain and
suffering both Of body and mind have been re-
lieved. q lQ 19aa 472y
Aud whatever may be said to the contrary,
these expeditions have been fitted up ana man
aged with more regard to the comfort OF tne
sick and wounded who have been brought home
| in them, than any other boats that have been
| engaged In this business laill4A 4- slN- s. 'i
| 4 Law this from my own observation, upon the
| authority Of those who have accompanied me
In these expeditions, az we'll as from the con-
current testimony Of the Surgeons, Medical
Directors and other persons who are charged
with the care Of hospitals, who have visited our
boats at various points from PittsbuFg Landing
| to Cincinnati. sfN sY3 "
DR.. Cushing and his corps Of Surgeons and
nurses on board the Magnolia, and Dr. Smith
and bis corps on the Glendale, are eminently
entitled 10 the thanks Of the people OF the State
for the patient and perseverng care and pains
and labor, for the unwearied attention night
and day which they bestowed upon our uniortu-
nate and suffering eoldiers, who have sacrificed
their health and many Of them their lives in the
defence Of the country -iar
IL is due 10 these gentlemen that should
cay, that with very few and inconsiderable ex'
ceptioDe, they discharged the exceedingly oner-
GUS and IaboIious duties which devolved upon
them With zeal and industry, which is worthy
Of all praise.
With the exception Of the expedition which
you propose to send TO St. Louis, there Is per.
hape no other point where 0or volunteers are
concentrated 10 sufficient numbers TO warrant
you in sending boat or other means Of trans
portation to bring home the sick ard wounded
But would suggest to you whether IL would
not be well, wherever any portion OF. our troori
may be located, 10 send an agent to provldefci
sending home our sick and wounded, at the ex
penae Of the State, by such mems Of transpor
I-tation as may be available. We have some il
the hospital at Fort Donelson, some at Nash
vile, some In the mountains of Western Viz
ginia, come In General Banks's command, 10 the
valley of Virginia. t stgIht 9l.
There are many gentlemen in the State, in
every way suitable for such q service, who
would gladly undertake 1t, by amply having
their expenses burne, without any compensation,
There are other duties that might be de-
vOlved upon such an agent There are COM
paintsi In the army on the Tennessee, that some
OF the Quartermasiers and Commissaries neg
leot or do not understand their duties, and thar
the men are not supplied with the rRtions to
which they are entitled, and which might be
furnished by proper diligence and industry.
10 10 not strange that In an army of more
than one hundred thousand men, scattered over
more than fifty square miles, q regimental OF
Brigade Quartermaster or Commissary should
not know where every thing he is entitled TO is
to be found. Z ala .@l1iAL m0.l 3ls1 1r1 3
8 An active and intelligent agent, whose busi-
ness it would be to go ever, where and know
every thing, would be of great service In fur
nishing necessary information to these officers
At the risk Of being charged with imperti
neDce, must be permitted 70 give my opinion
of the part which the Ohio troops played In the
late battle at Pittsburg Landing, t1 ierss
have spent two days upon the battle ground,
10 constant Intercourse with officers and men of
all grades and ranks, from Major Generals
| dtne "A
and have aVailed myself Of these facilities to
the utmost of my power, to procure such In.
| formation az would enable me 10 form correct
Judgment in the premises. 81: a plFt
And have no hesitation 10 declaring il TO be
| my settled and deliberate conviction, that the
Ohio volunteers have been basely slandered,
and that, In truth, not single regiment from
Ohio 10 justly chargeable with coEardice, or with
any other misconduct in that battle. VIZ W
That the disasters Of Sunday, April 9th,
we're the result Of o surprise, which is Justly
shargeable upon the commanding officers, and
not upon the men on whom the responsibility is
now sought to be thrown. Whenever the oc-
caslon shall demand, justify, or excuse state
ment Of the facts and circumstances upon which
this opinion is based, and the names Of the off,
Gers whose criminal negligence has oocasioned
the disasters Of that day, shall be prepared to
| give them. ssa .s isl-.s5s sdf
In my judgment the honor Of the State, and
justice TO our brave volunteers, demands that O
thorough examination should be had, and the
responsibility thrown where it justly belongs.
Tho statement herewith submitted gives the
names of the volunteers who we're brought up
on the Glendale, with the regiments to which
they belong. It will be seen that the whole
number is two hundred and forty nine.
This includes Surgeon General Weber, who
was found atPaducah, very Ill, and was brought
to Cincinnati, where he was left, on account Of
his being too feeble to 60 at once to his resi-
dence in Cleveland.
| also submit statement Of the expeuses in.
CURED by me in the expedition Colonel Bliss
will submit to you detailed statement Of the
expenses Of the expedition, which will range
somewhere between 80 500 aud 50 600.
All of which is respectfully submitted.