Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-30
G0LDTRRN I'D s0oIETYl
e6 BAEK STREET, CLEvTLAED,
Nav so, 1865.

the aim Of this Society to push its stores
forward in bulk to that city, in order that
the demands from the armies Of the South
west might be met more promptly than
would be possible were each special call to
be made upon our own stOrerOoms.
Into the general s%tOrehOuses at Louis
vile have flowed the contributions Of the
various Branches Of the Commission
throughout the West, and these supplies
are thus concentrated only to be imme-
diately distributed among the sub-depois
still nearer the points of demand. The
Sanitary rooms at Nashville and Muir
freesboro' are constantly r%eplenished in
anticipation Of active operations in the
army of the Cumberland, and now, while
We watch with brsathless anxiety the pro-
gress of our gallant army Of the Tennessee,
and cannot forget that hundreds Of u
brave men have already given up theil
lives in gaining for us, the hopeful successes
Of the past week, nor that hundreds more
are languishiug for lack Of the succor thai
we are pledged 70 bestow 1t thrills US
with Joy to know that these sufferers have
not to wait the tardy coming Of supplies
gathered and sent forward after the news
of the battle has reached the ears Of their
Northern friends for thanks to. the well
organized system Of supply steamers that
have for months been running upon our
Western river the Sanitary depOts at
Memphis, Young's Point and Milliken's
Bend already contained stores suited to
the exigencies of the situation, and the
supply is before now largely increased by
the cargo of the Dunleith and other steam
ers which left Louisville and Cincinnati
previous to the battles lear Vicksburg.
The following extracts from letters Of
DR.. Warmer, Sanitary Agent at Milliken's
Bend, will give some knowledge Of the
situation there before the battleI-the
needs which an engagement would deve-
lop, and the difficulty Of reaching Grants
army with hospital supplies:
"Oned division only, General F. P. Blairs
Of Shermsn's corps) remained here-sll
others nave already gone forward. Ihsve
watched with much interest the movement
of these troops. It is characterized BY
most active energy; troops march with q
minimum of baggage most ofthe tents are
left behind, and all the men who are not
strong enough to endure an ~exhausting
and even desperate campaign, and the sick
and convalescents, are placed in general
hospitals. Supplies in any proximate suf-
fciency cannot be conveyed to the front by
any existing method. Forging is Of
course too precarious to be relied upon,
and desperate fighting is inevitable. The
news of a vigorous battle at Grand Gulf,
Mississippi, on Saturday, came to hand yes
terday. 1 see no escape from q series Of
such, sugnenting in herceness and inten-
sity, until the question is decided who shall
hold the river through the ensuing sum
mer. This, with the increasing sickness
that will keep pace with the advancing
fseason, will deYelope an amount Of suffer
ing to appal the hardest Of US, and the
thought that is pressing most upon me is,
how to meet this suffering with SOM sp.
p~TOAlmhL4Ou u III e4u4tAlcub EGLAGA.
There are here and to be left here, SOM
$500 sick. All these are at present quite
well supplied. I have disbursed largely
to them since arriving. I have also given
vegetables to some twenty regiments for
general use. similar donations have been
made from time TO time for the past two
months, and 1 have received grateful and
abundant testimony to the value Of such
disbursements from officers and surgeons
in Gzaa+RUphA=AN eAHfssr6n h6ssaved
the army. Seurvy has been checked or
prevented by it in many regiments. So
they say, and it is saying a good deal, for
a meal Of potatoes to e man is about all
we have been able to give them q tany one
time.
We have now on board a large quantity
Of potatoes and other vegetables. 1 shall
make every effort to get them below Vicks-
burg, running the blockade grows of course
more and more hazardous with each sue
c~essive attempt as the vigilance of the en-
envy keeps pace with our own temerity.
l have just been spprised that L can
ship overland TO morrow q few boxes of
canned milk, but nothing more. Other
articles we have in tolersDle abundance,
not at all in excess.
At Memphis, supplies are already quiet.
Supplies will be low here before this con
reach you and an answer be received. L,
therefore, beg you to consider this as q
requisition for stores. Should q battle oc-
cur, theImmineDce Of which steadily in
cresses, concentrated articles will be in
the greatest possible demand, such as milk,
beef, etc.
Il would be pTe-eminently serVieeable to
the army, and the cause which We repre-
sent, il all supplies sent to the Mississippi
for 8 while, could be confined to q few ar
ticles-these to be furnished in unusual
abundance. For instance-canned milk,
canned beef, soda crackers, green tea,
Goldfish, crushed suga, dried and canned
fruit, lemons, farina, barley and ale. linen
ton these as nearly as 1 can do it in the or
der Of their Importance, availability, and
scarcity in our store rooms. Better than
fail to have for the coming emergency-or
shall l say-for the emergency already at
hand-an ample supply Of the first four ar
ticles named, it would be we'll to invest all
spare funds in them to the. exclusion Of
everything else"
Acting upon the suggestions Of the
above letter, and other advices Of a SINH
lar nature, the late shipments to the hos
pitfalls of General Grants army have con-
sisted in q great part, of the articles nam
ed by DR.. Warmer.
The steamer Dunleith which left Louis
vile nearly three weeks since, carried
down over 1900 pounds Of condensed milk,
and was otherwise heavily loaded with
sanitary stores for the Mississippi-Over
400 packages were contributed By the Aid
Societies Of Northern Ohio, whose gene
rOsity in response to u appeals has been
beyond all praise. Those who have COM
mitted their stores to cur agency during
the past few weeks, will hear with pleas
ure that they we're far on the way to the