Daily national Republican., 1863-04-25


DR.. s. Weir Mitchell. Harrisburg.
DR.. G. r. MoOrhouse. "
Prof J. W. Draper. Annapolis and Frederick.
DR.. p. KrAckowiIcr. District of Philadelphia.
Prof. Alden March,. " New York.
Prof. A. jacob ......... " New England.
Dr.. {. a. Terry ........ Fort Royal and NewbeTn.
DR.. T. Pitcher.......... District OF Memphis.
DR.. 5. C. ArmoT........
Reports have been received from the follow
ing gentlemen, viz: On the hospitals at
Louisville, by. DR.. Joshua B. Flint.
. Baltimore ......... DR.. Edmund Fowler.
Philadelphia ...... Drs.AA. Gould and R. NJ. Hodges
Fort. Monroe, etc Drs. Minot and Abbot
Dist. Of Louisville Drs. buckingham and Gay.
Nashville. DIR. W. E. Coale.
d" Columbia. Drs. MorlAnd, Foster and Aver.
They exhibit the faithful industry and intel
ltgence of the inspectors; and several of them,
especially those from New York, by DR.. Win
slow Lewis; Philadelphia, by Drs. Hodges and
Gould; Nashville, by DR.. W. E. Coale; the Dis
trict of Louisville, by Drs. Gay and Bucking-
ham; and Fortress Monroe, by Drs. Minot and
Abbot, an eXactness Of detail, and an elaborate
completeness, which leave nothing to be de-
sired. Considering the circumstances under
which these gentlemen have been called TO
serve, We may congratulate the Commission
Although the inspectors report great defects
in some of the hospitals Of the Southwest, from
the difficulty of obtaining suitable buildings in
all cases; from the too small number of attend
ants, and from the embarrassments of trans
pOrtation in localities so near to the seat of
hostllities, and where so many of the inhabit-
ants are dslOyal, or lukcwarm; their testimony
Is uniform as to their very cordial reception by
the medical directors and the hospital sur
geons, who seem not to have lost their equa-
nmity under many trying circumstances, or to
have been discouraged by the obstacles and
embarrassments absunding in district in the
very focus of the war, and but lust relieved
from state of siege, with a very large num-
ber of sick and wounded suddenly thrust upon
them and which would have appalled, or para
lyzed men who were less devoted less capable,
or less courageous than they, but which were
proved to be only the stimuli needed to bring
into active operation all their best sentiments
and energies.
DR.. Coale, speaking of the hospitals in his
circuit, says:
Tho most urgent and instant want, not only
Ofthe places have officially visited but of every
military station in the West where have been.
is-HOsPITALs. This want was pressed upon me
very fOrCbly, not only by my own observations.
hut by officers and soldiers, and not less by
civilians. Many and bitter were the cOmpari.
sons made by these several classes OF our pcO-
pie upon the different treatment Of the East and
the West; and could not deny the Justice of
their complaints that, while hundreds of thou
sands of dollars had been spent for hospitals.
with all the best means and appliances to boot
for ameliOrating the condition Of the sick and
wounded soldiers in the East, not one cent had
been distributed for hospital West Of the Al
lCgheny mountains"
Since this portion of the report was written,
orders have been given to build a very large
hospital at Nashville on the plan Of the Chest
nut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia.
DR., Clarke quotes from the inspectors some
details respecting hospitals in Kentucky, and
loses his report with the following remarks:
| have, in accordance with the announced
policy OF the committee, felt Obliged to prefer
Easter, inspectors for this purpose; and have
also, Tor the same reason, invited our Western
brethren to inspect at the East. Experience
ana the information | have derived from these
reports, ana from personal interviews with the
writers, as well as from the note Of the Western
secretary, which your chairman was good
enough 10 transmit to me, have satisfied me
fully OF the wisdom Of this arTangcInrnt
have, therefore, taken great pains r1 send into
this held, ana shall continue to do So ,rrntlt,-
men from this part Of the country. whose zen
crdl Intelligence weight Of charnrtrr and Inv.
atty, ought to make them anywhere welcome
We hope, therefore, that this mutual inter
change Of the Special Inspectors Of the General
Hospitals Of the Army will not only prove mu-
tualIy agreeable, but that it will tend to foster
that true spirit Of national loyalty tO the Gu,-
crnmCnt, which, laying aside personal and local
prrludiCCs, should count all men as its friends
who in this most effective way huyc rallied 1,
Its support and that our brethren at the West
will not, on thut account, receive with the les,
cordlallty those who, like the MHgi Of old, sha
have come to them with tlpiF Utpd Ia and
the frankinccnsc Of good fellowship, from III,
direction Of the rising sun.
The District of New Orleans is the only one
which will not he under inspection during III,
next two or three weeks. This omission is lcsl
TO be regretted from the fact that, under tn,
energetic administration Of the general latel,
in command OF that department, It's sanitary
condition has been so well maintained that th,
number Of sick there is not very lurgr. Ihay,
the offer of an excellent Inspector Tor that din,
triCt In the month Of April.
Having found that many of the Inspector