Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-10-13


more Southern ATTITUDES to warrant the Government IN inc
expense Of transporting them to and from the State TO
this proposition the Secretary OF War assened with the sup
uatons however that the Hospitals and must be strictly
under the control and management OF the Government and sub
ec to the rules of the Army that only such soldiers as had al
ready been placed General Hospitals should be taken That
Commissioners of the State night visit the United States Gene
a Hospitals find and report them to the surgeon
General who would hereupon order the transfer OF all thus re-
ported who Judged be proper cases to be sent TO the op
for further treatment but that far attached to Their com
ands in the field yet have been sent to General Hos
ps must be TAKEN the requirements OF the service would
not permit the interference of State agents with the army the
field.
The Quartelmaste General of the State directed to make
these engagements and improvements and pay the expense there
of out of the funds that had accrued the State in his Depart
ment from the ubsstng of troops while in regmenta rendez
vous in the State last year The buildings accordingly re-
moved the Hospital and fitted cheap but neat and com
Portable style at an expense of about thousand dollars the
details of which may be found in the Annual Report Of the
Quarteaster General to which Report reference respectfully
made.
The ladies of Vermont very promptly and literally supplied
the hospital outfit for the additional wards thus provided
Hon D L. Lyman and Mr. F. f. IIolbrook were appointed
Commissioners the various United States General Hospitals
in and Washington in Virginia Maryland Pennsy yana and
New York to look up Vermont soldiers therein report them at
the Surgeon Generals office in Washington and procure Their
transfer with the previous understanding that the men thus re-
ported would be transferred excepting only such in the opn
the journey Vermont and such would get well in two or
three weeks remaining where they About thousand
sick and wounded soldiers scattered through large number OF
Hospitals have thus been transferred Vermont to enjoy the
benefits of the change mountain climate and their native
air Of the best of medical treatment and Of being near and Wis
tied BY relatives and friends The expenses Of transportation
are borne by the General Government The expenses and SER
vices of the Commissioners up the present time amount to-
about three thousand dollars about three dollars per man OF
the transferred i'll effects have resulted 10 the soldiers
in their transit to the State
1t is becoming settled opinion among high medical author
ties in the army that it will be advisable to establish several
Hospitals elevated upland in mountainous regions more
particularly for the most successful treatment OF chronic darrhea
that great scourge of armies The marked success which
has attended the treatment of this disease in the Hospitals in
Vermont clearly indicates that this opinion well founded
Cases of certain stage Of cnyaeece from typhoid fever and
Of gunshot wounds which did not progress yoaby Hospitals
in Southern attitudes near the tide waters have also
yielded very kindly hospital treatment in the climate of Yer
mont
Having enlarged the hospital accommodations in Vermont at
the expense Of the State for the benefit of her soldiers
have preferred let the matter remain upon that basis but 1t
should be Judged desirable for the State turn these improve
ments the General Government and receive reimburse
for the expense incurred that probably be DONE with
the condition imposed by the Government however that then
the Hospitals shall be General Hospitals in the strict sense
for the benefit Of Vermont soldiers than Tor those of other
States
Reference is respectfully made the Annual Report of the
Adutan and Inspector General for further information upon
this subject conveyed in certain facts and statistics from his
Office in the Reports of the Surgeons in charge Of the Hospitals
in the State and the Reports of the Commissioners visit
soldiers and procure their transfer to Vermont,
Reference further respectfully made to the Annual Reports
of the and Inspector General and of the Quarteas
General for further information upon various matters con-
nected with military affairs fully treated therein need no
further elucidation in this Communication
Early in July last received communication from the Wan
Department. dated the I'd of that MONTH authorizing and
questng raise two Regiments of Veteran Volunteer In
ntry and Battery of Veteran Volunteer Artillery
for three years unless discharged and to be composed
who have heretofore been enlisted and have served for moi
less than nine months and pass the examination required by
the mastering regulations of the United States and informing
that if these troops raised they will be credited three
years in the quota of the State Five Regiments of mint
months troops then returning the State to be mustered
of service and the Government evidently in need
troops take the places of the nine months from tn
various States whose term of service was about expiring
Vermont would of be expected furnish her quota undo
Is any call for men, orders accordingly issued by tn
1t Aduan and Inspector General the Sd of August last call
for the enlistment of the two Regiments and the Batter
1t supposed that these troops would be read
+ lily enlisted Unexpectedly, however, great amount of sick
prevailed among the nine months Volunteers after they ha
ut returned their homes which deferred speedy enstments
ne these proposed new organizations
OF The five Regiments of nine months Volunteers composing tn
Second Vermont Brigade returned the State in the month
eh July last and were mustered out of service Beboro
my part July and the remainder August in my Annual Me-
leu sage of last year. had occasion speak of the Vermont oo
then in service in the following Their yaor
nen field and every situation in which they have been place
rivals that of the early heroes of Vermont ust6es their mob
lna origin and proves that the has dcgeneaed but
anu of old capable of the most heroic and manly deeds and
be relied upon In every emergency" The application of Il
10 language to the Second Vermont Brigade justified by
the whole bearing while the service The conduct of these
ie months Volunteers in every duty they called upon to
tails form, whether in guarding long line of country rapid
ac prolonged march in hurting back the furious charges of
o enemy the bloody field at Gettysburg, showed clearly
' they possess the high qualities which have on so many occas
'p been illustrated by earlier Regiments and they therein
lade demonstrated that in steadness reliability courage and
nent durance the Vermont troops exceed by those of
dc, State or Country.
rred In closing this brief communication deem if roner to o
oal that the unity of purpose and effort the Good order and ob