The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-04-15

deceased might feel that Ill respect had been paid
to the honorsd dead. So devoted ere some of our
ladies that their own health became much impaired
In consequences. When the 3D. Cavalry was called
into the fcld, this society made up a large supply
OF Hospital stores, for the Surgeon Dr. Ac0urin
to take away bssides giving him {aidsd by oon,ri-
buttons from citizens, box Of canned Fruits, Jel-
lies and Wines, valued ut 5000.
The 18th Regiment was 4uaTtered here some four
months before 1t WAS faiy organized; and during
the time measles prevailed to great extent among
tho troops, 30 that the Hospital had over 100 sisk
at tune to care for. The sick list increased
rapidly than there were necommedat tons prepared
Tor them One day some 20 very sick men we're
sent into the Hospital, and there was not bed TO
lay them on, not even straw being hand
Weighed down with an xiety for the condition Of
the men, the Surgeon In attendance, DR.. Gibbons,
sent word to some Of the Ladies of the Society Of
his urgent need Of 25 beds tbat night. The cloth
was purchased. sewing mn elines kept running. and
the next morning those sick men had ticks filled
with straw to lie ON, and pillows for their acling
heads and in few days abundance of comforts to
cover them all supplied by the unweRried labors
of this society. The citizens not connected with.
our society also contributed $50 worth Of supplies
to the nick of this Regiment while here. When
this Regiment was called 70 the field An amount
ofssHospi.al stores, costing us 4s2.04, wcrc prs
pared and sent by this Society.
Concert was arranged for the public, at which
= number Of eur citizens kindly volunteered their
amateur services; the proceeds of which were 10
be used in obtaining Hospital supplies for the 18th
Regiment, and in re-furnishing the Hospital for
the use Of the next Regiment quartsrsd hero.
The generous patronage oi the citizens secured 10
as considerable means for these objects. This So
ciety has expended from its own funds $f3p55 Al
together, for supplies For the Hospital, besides
sending in long list ef Articles the individual
uibutions Of its members The nth Regiment ia
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sick iii the Hospital These Are almost daily visi-
ted and administered to by Ladies Of our Society
We are now engaged in preparing tho additional
supplics necessary for their comfort.
The Sisters Of the Convent In shis city gave this
Society $25, being part of the proeesds Of Fair
which they held duling the winter. The 0ernan
Ladies OF this city, who haze separate Aid Socie
ty, have sent large quantities OF nicely prepared
lint, rolls pf bsndsges md many nssdls books to
disrihute. For all this ma1sral aid We would rem
DIR grateful acknowledges the names OF those
sudering ones who have been benefited by it.
Tho United States Government has granted eve
~ favor and facility 10 the progress of our enter
prise All our transportation is now ut the ex-
pense Of shc Government, and > gsnernl free pass
las bcen given our Agent on the. rivers and rail-
roads Goods shipped to St. Louis to our Agent
Mrs. ANNIE Nrrr1NnnrER, care Of CApt. Parsons
Assistant Quartermaster; to our Agent ut Cairo,
care of Capt. McAllster, Assistant Quartermaster,
WIZ tcnIH s0itiy the VtIist De met Dy Inc
Government Goods semi to 81. Louis TO our
Agent csre Of Partridge Co., will also arrive
safely.
From Generals In Departments and Divisions,
besides from officers and Surgeons in Regiments
and Hospitals, our Agent has metwith every court
esy and necessary aid aud cooperation. Nothing
could be more gratifying to the Society than the
Kindness and respect which has every ~here been
shown to our Agent by the army in the West.
As yet we have received no aid from our State
Government, but we cannot but think il will soon
see the Justice of granting Eome appropriations
from the public Funds to assist in carrying out
our designs; waen il considers how long we have
been engaged Ia this work, how much we have la
bored, and how much VIC have accomplished bs
self sustained exertions. When the United States
Government has 10 fully recognized our usefulness
and has Afforded US so many facilities for extend
ing il, surely own State will not disown us and
longer delay 70 encourages its patriotic women by
rendering us the assistance il has power to grant.
The need We have Of such an appropriation must
be apparent. Knowing the interest Of our Cover
nor in the welfare of Iowa troops, and his liberal
and efficient manifestations of it, we cannot but
hops that he will procure evidence from those who
have been benefited by our prolonged and efficient
labors sufficient to satisfy him of the propriety Of
making us some appropriation to in this great
aud humane cause. #&
When the Iowa State Sanitary Commission was
organized we hoped that length OF time in the
field, and our an labnrs would be recognized;
and that 1t would organize upon platform upon
which we could unite with them We stated to
them through our Corresponding Secretary our de-
sires in this respect; wishing them, In their exc
cutiye arrangements, to recognize the importance
of haying Distributing agents constantly in the
field, and part of those agents Ladies', that We
might feel assured that supplies, as soon ss
prepared and sent, selected aud distributed 10
our own state troops in the places most needing
them and not left 10 be scattered uncaed for Mt
great dcpots Of supplies. We urged the justice of
women having some representation and influence
when all the labor of preparing the supplies was
performed by them. We hoped for an honorxble
uhioa With them in plans aud efforts. But no such
union was offered We were briefly required to
abandon our own distributing policy which had
been SO long successfully carried out, and without
voice or influence, To report Va the State Comnis-
sion and send in our stores and money, to be used
as 1t thought fi and rehnquish all hopes of further
10 S0ciety newly organized. whose plans had
not yet been carried out with any euccess, whose
agents had not been proved for fidelity or expert
ence, whose executive policy was so different from
that which We had found 50 advantageous, we
coald not yield with any regard 70 duty, the great
interests confidcd to us by our own and Sister
Societies. We dared not risk the suffering, which
We had reason 70 fear might ensue from an made
quate plan OF distributing articles to those far ro
moved from the great centre Of supplies.
We therefore unanimously coacluded to 90 on
quietly ne we had done before, and accomplish
v hat rslief isy In our power.
We have sincs learned that great quantities of
stores from the Iowa State Sanitary Commission
directed to the care Of the Sanitary Commission
Of St. Louis ter Iowa troops, not being needed in
or near St Louis, wcrc lying unused and uncallsd
for. for great length Of time when our troops IT
distant Posts were in daily need OF them and suf-
fering greatly from the want Of supplies Tho
Sanitary Commission Of ST. Louis u accomplishing
: noble work in its own field, and it could not Be-
expected TO keep itsolf minutsy inform
Cd in regard TO the wants Of Iowa troops in partic
ular, throughout the field. This detsntiOn Of sup-
plies has been noticed repeatedly; and when the
goods were used they were often distributed TO
troops ffom my State; thereby dspriving our wo.
mon Of Iowa Of the aatisfaction Of providing for
the comfort Of those brave men who have won hon.
or for their Stats antil lows stanls pseudly Aieh
on The roll of the nations fame. Our women
hoped these things, prepared by their hands, would
serve tokens ot rNuarn nhran thnnf from,