Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-11

RspoRF OF Mr.. ]. E. IEGERsoLL-THR
HosPrrALs AT CAIRO, MOUND CIrY AND MEN
PH1s.-Mr. J. E. Ingersoll, Of this city, sent |
some time noe, by Governor BrOugh, to ez-
anime into the condition of the hospitals at
Cairo, Mound City and Memphis, has return
ed, and has made lengthy report of his mis-
sion. He found only seven Ohio soldiers in
the hospitals at Cairo, and forty-Ons at
Mound City, all of whom are doing we'll.
After supplying them with such articles az
they nssded, he proceeded to Memphis, but
owing to the fact that our Military Agent,
Judge Bingham, had recently made thor
cugh examination of tho hospitals there, he
visited only that one which is used by the
navy. Here were ffty-four Ohio men be-
longing to the marine service. They w;re
highly delighted with such small articles of
comfort as the special agent was able to give
t. them. Encamped near the city were the
72d and 95th Ohio Regiments, which were
also visited. OF these regiments, fifty
six men were under treatment, but only four
were confined to the hospital. The mon were
very much pleased indeed to see that they
had not been forgotten By those at home,
and were very thankful for the supplies left
with them. After stating that the Sanitary
Co mission is at last responding ibeFally to
the calls msds upon it for supplies, Mr.. In
gersOll suggests thatthsre is 8 result reached
by the system of Special State Agents which
he United statos Sanitary Commission,
with all its exceIlencies, fails to secure.
What this result is, may be CLEANED from the
following paragraph in the repOOt:
~The needy who are deserving among
sol diers in hospital as among the children
of want elsewhere, arc modest and reserved
as to their necessities !; bearing their burdens
with that God-like patience which adds
lustre to their sterling patriotism. A State
Agent is as a member Of the family coming
TO inquire out those wants, and explain to
the noble boy who has laid down his life on
the altar of battle for the States defense,
that this aid rendered, is the discharge by
the State Of a debt it owes him, and that it is
| freely his.
''The United States Sanitary Commission
makes it no part of its labor to enter tho
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dividual easss. ItprOpOses to supply wants
that others may look up. The Christian
| Commission might work very ysdvantaReously
| in this field, although find upon inquiry Of
the Agents at Cairo and Memphis that their
time had been so fully occupied in other
proper directions that they had not turned
| their attention to this work. I suggested to
thsm that they will find that a labor Of this
kind, expended by them in an effort to give
temporal relief to the needy, will open most
| directly the door o I the heart, But if these
! two noble and beneficial Com missions should
so compliment each other, there is still TO be
said in favor of the use Of State Agency
that it carried with it all tho clOss family
like feeling which cheers the soldier 80 much
the more, as it is natural for one to prize ths
aaare and esteem of an intimate friend rather
ilHan of stranger.
"This method Of supplies often brings the
aids from locality which is near by the SOL
i dior's home and this gives a relish to the
favor said to a poor fellow who was COM
planning on his bed that nothing tasted good
! GYou say you are from the neighborhood
south Of Toledo wouldn't you like to try
so,us dried peaches sent by the ladies Of
per,,ysburg Aid Society ?' "Well, yes %
he sad, aft seems as if they would taste
Mr.. IngersoII adds that tho supply of
wooIen clothing, shirts and drawers, will
soon be exhausted, and that more wines and
cordials will be needed during the next
month or two.