Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-05
SICK AND WOUNDED OTTIUEkS

To tEs Editor of hs Wig:
Tusre we're tvo prOcsssiOns In Richmond the other
day one vas pre- ,Ssion ef AmbulAnces cautiously
moving al1nE the roEgh Streets loaded Uith sick and
wounded Confederate efc re, escorted By the more
fortunate, Sho uess making their way on crutehss,
leaving their comfortable quarters ct the Aims He use
Hospital, 10 make gay for the ohsT procession, com
,sed Of bOys healthy and Vgorcui seventeen ysArs
cid and uldsr, UhO moving In 70 POsaesS and
susy said premises. soldier, Who in dissATS had
tOuud home in that Hospital, where many hOusls .
osrs have recovered and been saved by thoss httls
kiadasSIss and A,IsnIiOns no. common in hospitals,
aud rarely met With AsIy from home, observing the
ehGrsc or OF thSSs too PROFESSIONS, vas lumiliAtsd
vbsn he sAEnsd their respective Destinations. After
struggle on the part OF the competent and Vauable
officers in clsrgs Of this hOspAl against obstacles
Whca Il stud be improper to detail here, Is had BE-
come the mott complete and btBI conducted SstAb-
iishmsnt 10 q lie departments In the Confederate
States and The end Of ell their 'rts sAs she care aud
OmfoTt of she siCk aud wounded Cfosrs of our army
And can 1t be possible that there IL no other building
Of suf ,isnt capacity in this Commonwealth to accom-
modS.s The Cadet Oerpsf" Was il 90 imperative ne
osssity that ths "Oads;s" shonld b quArtersd ana
shoosd in the moral ~ suburbs Of our largest cityi
Had the upsFintsndenl t.iSl the full scope Of bic
2 Asses in order TO discover equally suitable build.
1 z In more suitable locality IlnGlF has the con-
GRIP officer sheen around" alter the n year old boys
shea may have resulted in REDUCING the dmsnSionS Of
.hS "O1rpa OF OAdss" and enabling them 70 occupy
ouildI Of smaller dmebsonsf Had ell parties cot .
earned given due weight TO alterations Of duty and
gratitude 10 the homeless mIeFS Who, when overcome
oy scEnsss and disabled BY wounds, have all found
comfortable resting place At this DO PitAl Ualeas,
A aha.d iRant hada ntiRalW failad
tue proceeding here referred 10 Is nothing ttort OF
Grim 1
| tell YOU, Mr.. Editor, thrill OF indignation will
run soI the lines Of nobs army IN the trenches
from night to left, and feeling of homeleSsness vi
ten many gallant heart when il ia known hat the
.O@csts hospital" docs not IIs!-Whsn be kGoWs
hat the doors OF this their only home in misfortune,
nave been, even for = time, closed AgAiLs! Linn.
gouch for il that the gallant Oeys OF tns "OAael
OOro mAreAOd reluctant step into that enclosure
GuosirE Tho 1t thai had bssn cempsilsd 20 give
hem place. -
soPs .Vnginian," in The Eraainsr Of the 20 h, Of
ysry political ,utn Of minj seemed truly AoTT'fsd a.
the Violsrea dOHe 10 the "SAtss kghts" notl' Ls OF
TIE eli Common 0tAlth by Mr.. Ssmnes 10 tnjring
rssoIuion Of il qlEy into tbs matter herein reterTtd
o. in She Senate on the 20 b. VTgniGn says that In
sitting the article referred 70 he merely desilsd to
oont on the Ell Ont shlch impeTtinsOos ca co. end
IN his al Tor Estates ghts has failed 70 discover
aay higher broader question involved 10 the matter
shHn shat OF unUarFAuIed imoudsnos on the part OF
nT .nmes, and # be were = soldier Il Opns be is
40 he would have other 'il tsrsst IN the matter be-
aidsa that of bsiDg "VHSiniGH.' TIE 10 don was
the rsideFAsOn due the otiunAts nAAtSa OF that
hospta aaa the prospective care and comfort Of the
f6,ers Of our army Who are Drawing death every
1oar in ths trenches in dIfylcs Of VngniA's famous
oty aud but for whom RiohWond you'd have long
ago shared the fste OF Nav leans aud VictabuTg
a9d hsF cities Of the OOnfe dSrSoy, aud some YSneOe
O tsrlsrmsstsF would have be Watering his mules In
B,con QlaSssT Branch ana ste bling then 10 thS said
Aim. Lnu,R. AHoTHsR VnaInIAB.