The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-29

posed 80 toe sanitary con mission r.
Il Of course took me bu, a liile while
70 become strongly preiudlced ard lai.
terly opposed. Every agent seni %
inspect Us was made the subject otnoi
very fsuering remarks. Every pam.
phlei which il issued was criheised.-
One evening a number Of surgeons
met 10 NY tent. The Commission
soon became our snhject; something
must be written against il, and l1nasi
write II. was fall on the subject,
aud threw into my article all the
force | could command. had near.
~ finished II when the sound OF artil-
lery came booming over the country
heavier and heavier grew the roar
a battle was being fought AZ Dfaiues.
vile. The surgeons dispersed 70 c0i.
lect appliances for the wounded
The sufferers in the battle began e
arrive. We had scarcely anything
they needed The noise 81 the battle
had reached Washington, and by The
time the wounded we're examined ~
came those Sanitary agents with the
very articles Of comfort which goY
ernment had failed 10 supply. My
article, which had been hastily thrown
aside. now put away to finish at q
more convenient season.
Time passed on and we found our
selves on the peninsula. In the haste
of moving, most Of The appliances Of
comfort had been left behind. After
the battle Of Lees Mill, i was almost
without medicine, or any articles Of
diet for the sick, though had been
for weeks striving to procure them.---
What should ] doY Just then were
discovered q number of those Sani-
lary chaps who are always poking
their noses into eyerybody's business.
Somehow or other they had the very
things we needed. That night, after
having finished my labors with the
wounded, went to my trunk, took
out that article, 'on the Sanitary and
read few lines. Ii did not read as
well as ] thought it would, so ! raised
a garment and put it under, where it
would not stare me in the face every
time looked in. The battle of Wi.
liamslurg followed and before The
smoke Of the battle had blown away,
right alongside Of our army lay one Of
those ever.present sanitary steamers,
frcighted not only with necessaries,
but with luxeries for the sick and
wounded They had only to be ask
ed for and they were distributed to
Us without limit. Another shirt was
tlirown over tlat article.
was in charge Of Liberty Hall
hospital at the time of the battle Of
Hanover Court House. Here both
the sick and wounded were crowded
on me. Five hundred were piled in
At one time. | had not bed, not a
dozen blankets, not a cooking utensil,
and nothing to cook. In vain did !
appeal to the medical director,-in in
vain di'! he appeal to higher authori-
ty. The necessaries of life were
scarcely to be had. | begged, | plead
no use. A few days after the bat
tie, on tie breaking up Of other hospi-
tails, the wounded who could not be
moved 10 a greater distance were sent
to me,--some of them in most loath :
some condition. their wounds gam
grenous and alive with worms
Again | appealed for assistance, and
with such importnnity that | was
threatened with dismissal from the
service. ] procured pass 10 White
House. There found the United
States Sanitary commission. | told
them the story of tie soldiers suffer
ing Hundreds Of clean sheets, ban
kets, bedsacks, and pillows we're pack
ed in less time than it needs to read
the story. Boxes Of condensed mix,
farina, srmy soup, lea, coffee, sugar,
oranges, and lemons were sent Of
with astonishing eererity. When !
departed there was not state repre-.
sented in my hospital but found some
articles bearing the marks Of home I;
New York, Pennsylvania, Connect
cut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Wisconsin, all were there,
both in their soldiers and ID their
gifts. AS led one poor fellow from
Pennsylvania to his bed, and he saw
upon the clean wLite sheet the name
Of bis family aud his home, his con
yulsiye sobs shook the building. Tie
whole hospital wept aid as took
my paper and thrust it al the bottom
Of my trunk, it may be that few wa
tery drops lad fallen amongst its
leaves.
The army arrived at IiarrisoD's
Landing. The sick had been sent
ahead Of US. In this connection shall
state but single case ID illustration.
a young man from Milwaukee, III
whom | felt great interest," was
found, after long hunt, In an ambu.
lance. lie had all the symptoms Of
an approaching attack Of typhus le-
yer. Government transports were
at the wharf taking On the wounded.
Lad the ambulance driven to the
river, and asked a place for this
young man. Il was denied. But he
Is in more danger than hundreds Of
wounded Our orders are pefemto-
ry. We iake only wounded. Ibir-
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