Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-16

you have made have enhOleu 10 W ASeP
this pledge. To the field hospitals we now
furnish regularly six barrels Of potatoes I
per day, with q supply Of other vegetables,
pickles, krout, ETC., according to the stock
on hand, and to the other hospitals and to
the regiments in proportionste quantity.
The reports from the Surgeons, especially
from the Surgeons IN the field are most
gratifying. If the supply is continued At
present rates, they assure me there need
be no fears Of scurvy in this army. we
could use larger supplies to the great ben
eft Of the army. When 1 see soldiers
earning SI3 a month, so tired Of army ra-
tons that they pay ive cents for an egg,
and II have heard them say when LOOKING
wistfullv at their purchase CT two or three
at a time) COMPOUNDED little eggs at
that tor two or three cents a piece Tor
potatoes, 1 have lsnged to say to them,
usend YOUR money home TO your friends
thew have sent you q supply Of these deh-
eaeies flor they are the choicest deheGeles
the friends can send to the soldier) and
YOU shall have q meal Of them at least
CouId the friends Of each soldier con-
tribute to a common stock, one bnshel OF
~notatoss each, TO be forwarded for distrl-
| hutton to the regiments, it would be Of IN
| pstimable value and most gratefully ap-
preciated. Every soldier 1 have talked
with about it q Y he would prize such q
oft more than any quantity Of the delca-
cies usually forwarded to the soldiers IN
The field. But those already forwarded
have ACCOMPLISHED an untold amount OF
GOOD. and it is very important that the
SUNNY for a few weeks at least be kept
up atthe present rate.
"A large supply of hospital clothing and
dressings, especially rags and bandsges'
Is needed as q precautionary measure
Our stock of the latter is nearly exhausted,
and that of the former is much diminish
ed az the surgeons in the field are under
general orders, each preparing a box OF
assorted hospital clothing snd dressings
ts be kent constantly with them in readl-
meas for any emergency. And in the or
der thew are notified that they can procure
: these articles of the Commission we
= oupht to be sble to supply them fully and
then have an ample reserve stock, as ar
ranqements have been made at the head
D quarters Of the army to receive prompt
= notice should an engagement occur, upon
which six or eight government teams VIII
report at once at our rooms subject to our
orders to take their stores to the Temporal
. ~ bospitsls whenever needed. For such
an emergency q supply of milk, stmu'
= Isnts. rags and bandages are indispensl-
p nIe-of each Of these we have either none
or a very meagre supply-of hospital
: clothing Of al kinds we have a fair sup.
plv. but I would prefer to see it increased
of beef tea, all that will probably b'
needed Immediately.
y In relation to the effort to establish hos
? uital gardens at MurfreesbOrO, which ha'
been so successfully commenced, Nh
e Read thus writes:
The work upon the hospital gardens ha
hepn prosecuted with most gratifying sue
p cess. Instead of the twenty acres TO
lie which I first asked q supply Of seeds ant
Garden tools. the grounds have been in
+, eerooead IN forty acres-aIl Of it except tn
narts reserved for tomatoes, cabbage:
sweet potatoes, Sc, now plsnted-h
seeds up in good condition, and some OF
- hoed out the first time.
~ Tobn Harrison of the I01st o. V. L, tn
II superintendent, shows himself an ethclen
Id practical gardener, and under his msnsge
It, ment success is certain.
ID 1t is desired by the medical authorize
i'd Of the department that twenty acres mol
l. be added to the garden, for which trns
?" the seed will be promptly furnished In
); field hospital near the garden Is q mod'
IS, of neatness, and the excellent surgeon
charge, DR.. Finley, aided by the gardene
r. and the ladies assisting in the hospitals,
mr. exbausting the limited means at his di
r.. possl in ornamenting and embellishing
d, so as to make it a cheerful home Tor u
eh sick. They are gathering evergreens an
r. lowering plants from the fields and wool
n ia prBa@sRys. H.. street. and walks; and
III Cincinnati and Cleveland would ser
nd down a few thousand of their refuse We
rk benas. geraniums and other bedding-o
ur plants. the cheerful home like charact
ise which could thereby be given to Il
grounds would, I doubt not do much f
the physical and moral health Of the ne
The cost would be trifing, the infuenI
en Of the flowers in constant bloom arouI
lid the tents, and the neat and efficient poll
lg, of the camp hat would be secured Their
To by, is of no slight Importance.
in In addition to the shipments to Mas
n vile, before mentioned, we have fOrwarde
I'LL on the requisition of ]. R. Brown, Inspe
nd tor Of the Sanitary Commission, Leave
ed worth, Kansas, fourteen packages of CT
m, ton clothing, bedticks, dried fruit, etc. '
Bile feel that the acquisition of Mr.. Brown al
regularly appointed agent of the Comm
be- sion is Of great value to our work in tn
,ly distant field. His own efforts in the pS
IT. have been unwearied in securing to t
for sick in that department a degree Of col
fort and care, and this experience "
re- render him peculiarly fitted to perform t
he duties attending this Office.