Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-31
SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY.

s5 BAEK STREET, CLEVELAED, October 90, 1868
We again present interesting letters
from NJ c. Read, Esq, and other Sanitary
Agents in the Army of the Cumberland,
and would urge most earnestly the Claims
of that department. The battle Of Chick
amauga has thrown upon US hundreds OF
sufferers who must remain for many
months the care of their loyal friends in
the North. How sad it is to know that
the Nashville hospitals but lately cleared
Of the Murfreesboro wounded to make way
for the sufferers, are now crowded to their
utmost capacity. Let as all be faithful to
the duties which humanity and patriotism
alike call US to perform. 1t needs no
added word of ours to press the claims of
these poor fellows, we hope all will work
to The utmost for their comfort
LETTER FROM N. o. READ.
CHATTANOOGA, (Tenn.) Oct. IA, 1868.
SEokErARY SOLDIERS AID SoCIETY OF
NORTHERN 0HIo: Since writing you last
u
ment Wagons to run constantly between
Stevenson and this place to bring Santa
~ supplies. The train will be constantly
accom- panied by one Of our agents who
will act as awagon master" guard the
stores from pillage, see that the drivers
take good care of their mules, see that
they are neither over-wOrked nor suffered
to be idle and that the wagons are put in
thorough repair at the end Of every trip.
There are now here about !, 400 wound
/ ed, the grsvest cases of the late battles
and the ordinary number of sick. All OF
| them can have little in addition to The
regular army rations except what they
receive through this Commission
We want for this post alone each week
two hundred barrels of vegetables, (Pota-
| toes and Ouions,) forty barrels dried and
| canned fruits, one thousand two hundred
pounds o butter, ten barrels of ale, AMI
| from four thousand to four thousand eight
| hundred pounds Of milk, beef, farina, corr
starch, wines, wbiskey, cheese, dried meat
etc, etc. This will load our train once 9
week only. We hope TO get it through
somewhat oftener than that, and if larger
supplies land they could be used to ad
vantage) ara accumulated at Stevenson w
shall undertake to get them through.
Flannel shirts and drawers, blankets
and comforts, sheets, pillow, rags snC
bandages, etc, ere needed in addition
These we cannot bring through now, or
the Sanitary train,n as have been com
PEELED in order to secure it, to promise tha
we would forward by it only articles o
diet as long as thu present pressure con
| tinues. But we hope that accommodation
bv railroad and the river will shortly bt
opened, when we can bring forward al
these supplies from Stevenson, and in the
meantime the surgeons here will make re
suisitions on cur agent at Stevenson fol
articles of clothing and dressings, and
bring them through by every opportunity
by ambulances and hospital wagons.
To keep up a supply for the wants o
this post. we rely upon constant shipments
from all the Branch organizations, ant
upon purchases by DR.. Newberry, at Louis
villa. Your Society with its host of aux
iliaries, has always been among the fore
most in the good work, and very rarely il
a shipment received in any part of thif
Department which does not contain large
share Of valuab articles from your Society
The lives of very many of the wounded
here depend solely upon q generous and
constant supply of ofnourishing food. Shall
they have it and recover; or go without i
and die ? The answer depends upon yoT
and your co-laborers, and upon the Other
workers in similar organizations. be
liege the appeal will not be made in vain
and that the transportation provided t.
bring stores over the mountain will bt
fully occupied in forwar ding the supplies
now so greatly needed.
Yours, very truly, NJ. C. REED,
Agent Sanity. COmm'n.