Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-06-17
For the Standard.
To Dr. W A. oarringo Asdi,al Director for the Depart
Ha<nE of H,n.Sr

For the Standard
To Dr. " A. orrington, Asdi'a1 Director for the Depart
SIR:-While your high official position would deter the
necessary responsibilities of your station induce ne
make sew suggestions partly BY way Of inquiry The
uated by pure and patriotic motive to dispense the grea
test amount of good to the greatest number tempered at
least with as much sympathy for the sick and wounded
soldiers who have stood wall of fire between you and
your enemies public duties and due regard u the
service of which you are important official will admit
That you are subordinate in position to some
thOrty in the government is presumabe though not like
" to be inferred unnecessarily by Others interview
with you You therefore, of not responsible
Of the % aaw 5
ask has occurred to you that there is dis
nctou between rule established by General Order and
Inspector General that these General Orders should apply
to every under all circumstances Or do you think
that exception to general rule violates the ORDER and
that thereby it falls to the ground?
this your opinion, then you at least much
as defence for your official conduct. -
Can YOU give no better for declining to transfer
at Richmond when asked for officially to hospitals in
accessible to their friends and surrounded
by superior comforts than "that there are 900 empty
beds in this department."
Your refusal cannot be account of any fear your
part the part of the General commanding the depart
ment to whom you look for Instructions that these
would not promptly returnor they would still be as
much under the control Of Confederate Surgeons as they
are here and quite accessible to their ut
Wntner nave OF then unSOliC
ted and contrary to their wishes Or do you, lie some
Htlsr Passks Of hatred and p.siadiee toward.
.h hst i which has been in
None who have shared with her in their own PERSONS
the dangers of the field have withheld from her Just
credit for her galantry But shade officials
ing departments and mercenary newspapers such the
Enquirer, have castimputations upon her loyalty With
Only such exceptions these the aantry and daring of
her soldiers challenge the admiration of the world
The bones Of her best citizens have beached and their
blood has enriched every battlefield from Bethel Cham
ceflorsville.
They have every where in common with other gallant
spirits broken the ranks Of the enemy and led the way
victory crowdng the road to death had been the
highway to festVity and mrth And now when they
hospitals such Sd Division Of Wnder with not even
the privilege of having Surgeon from their own State
look after and for them. And that too in direct
9Th 1852 providing for and declaring that the hospitals
sf ss sss sns
of the land, yet officials who always ready insist
that others shall be obeent do execute It'll How do
you avoid it? Where your oblgstionse Are you as
out General Orders uer5atim ct hrats punctuatins?
is true that under the administration Of that excellent
officer Of Dr. GalIard eight hospitals viz Nos TO- e.
3D. a. 25 &c. the Sd divisions of Chimboraze and Winde
with capacity of e35 beds, were assigned to North
ona but what has been done since? What is the condi.
ton of affairs now? Carolinans instead of being
under the care of Surgeons from their Stats who have
sympathes in common with their unfortunate patients &C.
cordng to the provisions of the act of Congress-
tered throughout hospital in the city Why this
You the medical director. Why age our os hospit.
as-1 mean these nomnalg assigned the Stateied with
patients from other States receiving and enjoying
from North Carolina assigned to the treatment and care Of
North Carolinapsa There is but Surgeon and one
however, not from the State North Carolina is satisfied
and justly proud Our chief of complaint Is
der The number of sick and wounded in Richmond from
nS
500 the hospitals nominalil assigned the State
This is matter Of great interest to In view of the
act Of Congress the Sats of has appropra
Ted SSOOO annually for the benefit of the sick and wound
mentss
She is constantly sending clothing and supplies the dis
t1bution Of which is attended with the sae difficulty
Other Ststes receiving these benefits from her bounty
to the exclusion of her soldiers simply because
Law of Congress has not been sxecuted.
Respectfully, 3. G.
june 1863. =. - -.