Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-02-07

ayear. 1t will take several years before W.
shaa be abh 70 ssme to thorough knowledge
Of IL necessary regulations are abso-
lutsH essentials-of army life. Our difficult
ties in all departments Of tho army--and
.weqld not make even by implication any ex-
ceplion against the medical department. were
thqlaatutal. necessary result Of the efforts Of
Z ppls that has been obliged to extemporixs
Rself into vast military power, under circum.
stances which were never paralleled in the
history Of the world. Applausc - =
lat US learn patience, moderation, some ten.
derness. even. in judging those whose def;.cts
we may be obliged to criticize. Let 10 learn
that we have got to unlearn that disposition
or tendency which we have, to find fault and
to be intOlerant of restraint-feeling which,
for the first time in our history, VIZ are called
on especially to control, and to learn also that
submission to authority which is demanded in
all great nations, and that VIZ must make that
bending Of the knee which persons who have
lived in our glorious natural individualism mp
to this time will find difficult but necessary
when they step forth into the arena OF nations.
We must, in some degree, submit ourselves to
the rules of government which prevail every
WucIc cISc. lAppiOucc.l
believe that all the difficulty in our af:
fairs is due not where it is 90 often placed, to
want of vigor At the official head, but to the
fact that the nation is not willing to subor-
dinats itself, to adapt itself to the circumstan.
ces Of its actual condition-that it does not
back the government in such way that the
government can feel itself safs in carrying
vigor III every arm. Renewed applause
Officers have got to learn under pressure Of
public sentiment, that which they have only
just begun to learn. Then we shall have
than success in putting down the rebellion |:
we shall begin new national life. We shall
obtain the place among the nations which we
mean surely to have. Loud applause.
THE SANITARY COMMISSION.
But must proceed with my subject. The
medical department Of the army Of one hun.
dred and fifty men, had to be diluted to tho
extent Of three thousand-men bringing su.
perior energy. zeal aud knowledge to their
work-but without that knowledge essential
to making the regulations Of tho government
conduce to the welfare of the sick and wound.
ed men placed under their care. That de.
partment had been controlled by few men,
who were not, however, qualified to take their
places at the command Of the department
when it had been so augmented. am happy
TO say the department was subsequently 70.
formed. l ought to say here that the Santa.
ry Commission does not present itself as
against or in opposition. in any sense. to the
Medical Board, but rather rs helpers. That
is the position we take, and mean to keep.
1--WE give everybody to understand, who
favor us or intend to do anything with us,
that W. act only with tho Medical Depart.
ment, and object to being praised at it's ex.
psnse. There is NO snmity. We arc merely
supplementary to that department. Our If.
forts are confined to objects not reached by
the government. Our government, it should
b. said, however. shows a peculiar earnest.
ness and zeal in looking after it's sick and
wounded men. There is no government in
the world that does 80 much. Ten millions
Of dollars will not cover the expenditures Of
the Medical Department this year, while the
expenses amounted to only about one hun.
drsd and fifty thousand dollars annually here
tofore. Tho government is not only doing
that; it has placed at the head Of the Medi.
cal Department one Whose equal could scarce.
ly be found in tho whole country man Of
excellent judgement, competent, willing to
take the responsibility in all cases when con.
vinced it would bs for the beet. speak Of
Brigadier- General Hammond. (Applause.]
Whatever may be said Of others, be is the
right man in the right place. To carry out
the high purposes and plans which he cher
ishes il the greatest service that it is in our
power to perform. What the country can do
10 sustain the regulations Of the department,
should be done; and when see . senator
undertake to introduce bin for the abolition
Of the established grades in the medical Ger.
vics, begin to think that have lost my wits
or that be- has Lost bic. LAughtsr.] There
has been IN impression which ought to b ~
movsd-na,nsly. that the medical service is
conducted in loose and careless, If not 10 an
inhuman way. From the statements Of cor
respondents Of the press in various parts Of
the country, It would appear that the sur
gems had taken to stealing. and become
wholly regardless Of ths comfort Of the
wounded men. .naoh c-s
These allegations, 20 far - they relate to
the surgeons o. class, are untrue. It u inn
possible that those who have gone out from
our midst should prove to this extent false to
their trusts and to themselves. OF course,
there are some bad men In the department.
which doubtless suffers In some degree
from the effect which army life has
upon all men who enter upon, 1t. Herd them
together only a. men-s relation never com.
tsmplated BY the Almighty-bringipg them
together, even In this war, which patriotic i'm.
pulses raises above ordinary warn. and they
cannot be all that they should be. We can.
not get along away ftom tho in6asnes Of NO.
men.
ORIGIN or ruR sAN,rAey cosn,ss,oN.