Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-01
AsHAETEE
aRrTEn FnOm MORTON.

Fr1m OR Own Correspez5enLl
August q. 1853.
As ths public sttsBtisa has been aueh exercise with
tAs aa,ss 81 tbis army, it may be well occasionally to
ports touching the number Of men on ths Eek hist It
viii be perceived By tbs fgursz below, thzs q crafty
ing hygisais Improvement IS going on Iz thls arny. Tbs
/ greatest ssisitude exists every1shsrs throughout he
! SosAwes FOR The brave sen who ars sick IA hsspIisl,
Belonging 70 Gen. Johnstszs command, and It viii -
! grateful to the snEi3us relatives and friends Of the sick
30 know the truth, relative to tAs nunbeu SEX a.
stated ttnsL Thss= agurss viii shsw another oredita-
BE feature connected " ia this command. T. e. the ordsr,
d~seipIna, and s~ys-smatie perfection Of the medical de,
partmsnt. particularly The a0raie q Its geasrzl or dt
vlsisn hospital, whoae ysrs5zd and material viii stand
ths test Of the NEST rigid scrutiny. For the week sne-
ing July eIst lsJ, tssIs were 68 men ia the vsFisus
hospitals IL the Depsrtn=zt Of The West. During hat
week. TO OF hsss we're returned to dnty, thirteen were
on farlourh. TIVE discharged, SIXTY ave deserted and
forty thrss died. Compare these figures with th0ss for
he week ending Augu4t I4th, 1868, three w=eks mbss-
sasBiy. There were In hospital during The latter
week, 43j3 mzH. e9 when 6ss were rsturaed 70 duty,
twenty two on farl0sgb, eight discharged, thEty.thrss
dsssFtsd and Airty-four died. leaving s3I4 in hospital.
showing a falling sf IN three weeks 81 1894; n0rs than
half the H1nksr q sick in hospital There is nueh slo-
sasHss in these Agurs85 they speak o. falthfalnsss Ia
tee performances Of duty-0ft hs ability and uunsmitting
attention 10 the sick, il tbs Medical corps u the depart
nsnt ssd they shsw most conclssfvely the alssplsss
vigilance, The elesr perception. tbs uatiring zeal and
ezeslsnt administrative capacity Of Gss. J~sbRAtcn's
Medical Birseior Sergeant D. w, TsRdsL Itosk &C
essisa 10 speak snes o. tWics sefore Of The medical
esres. andI nay DO 50 sgsia, becssss there is mach
real merit passed b. Ia silence, much sglfdeuisl sBd zu
seen lassE endured by the prosesaoa that The world
Eevsr sees Or heau, or cares shout. bat which is Of the
last isPsrtanes 10 eur relatives o. freRss stricken down
b. soHuas - disease, while Altts bold daring, per.
termed BY oas Dsrr innsdiaoly "a The hlsedy aysaa
Of Mars, brings down the plaudis 81 the whole eoaatry.
Nor weula 1 excite aay iayisious distinctions between
tie soldier IN the field, AID he soldier IN the zelda
aEaary or tie hospital beth are Aliks soldiers both
are lHbssd with Ne sazs HobIs spirit engaged tie
saas s'ersas ease, and whIlo oas party receives the
Laurel crown lei Hot the sthsrbe dsaied the oak sad hs
Ivy wrsath
AHzHs nesting Of The cfizeas Of East Mississippi A.
Eetsrprzs is announced fer today fer the puryoss q
slsvating eur Coufsdsrsts uurrsaey to the nsrkstab.s
vrlas Of geld szd Elvsr-u other warts. placing /, On
q par vita these preeisu4 n5etals. This is q NEST wor
thy sad eninsndy Desirable move, ans II Ike nsz sa.
g-ssdhh Proaues, BY the ss,Aaoa o. tie qassuoz.
asze FrAeasEhls results beneficial 10 cur asDrsestad
earrszcy, fhsy viii earn The Iaraas zrattsss on ~
esuatry. Eighteen doIar zh5 afy ssals OF Cosfsds.
rate mooey, are wertb ia tAa city o. AsbHs jass esq 4.
dollar in gedi Bat why specify the Cuff City. lei. IN
trath, hs gasgDans Of deprsslsaoz sspread over TIE
esuaty ike a plague. - ssa never csHsiisr hat
they mlgkt Just ~ well bs IN the ranks Of she enemy. {
rife In hand taking steady aim St and shooting dowa
soldiers - 10 be sapPiug the fouodaaon
Of OR rational credit destroying Soasdsnes in our g.,
solvtncy, snd d~eTanging the whole we I
TEN Of our moastary sfaira as they DO every dsy Of !
thsF AveA they either bay or sell oonfederste money :
az the noasirous depreciation just named II they DO =
het Or viii Doh thlnk Of thess tbings IL hey VIII. { :
tAeT ignorance or wieksaaess eohu8he thas 10 brssh =
the baek-boas of ne country. he sou,auaty. ~bieb & /"
deeply Interested should esmpsl thea force tasn.-o