New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-02
Reception Of the Wounded Soldiers fre'u
OIusiee st Beaufort. sc.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF HOSPITALS.
OyIcE CHEZ oT GENERAL HosPIrALA
BEsUEOHT ,. G., Mani IA, 1914

| OEyIoE CHEZ oT GENERAL HosPIrALA
| BEAUFORT, >. e., Mani u, 1914.
IT, Surgeon EsE SWIFT o. B. T., M'diesi DDotor DrpL q
re South.
SIR: | have the honor respectfully 10 cal
your attention TO the following extract rom letter m
IBR v Y. TnBusE Of March }, 1854 headed " Prom
Our Own Correspondent at Beaufort and dated Beau
fort : c., Feb. ~ 1905, pwpoItng among other mat
tors 10 gea account Of the Hrfh al of the wounded At
the late battle Of 0ustcc at Beaufort s c. and signed
"G. b. fE4tactl. "A telegram had been sent from
Hilton Head 70 Beaufort hour and half before the
bost arrived prepare the hospitals for the sufferers
OF the Cosmopolitan and 70 have ambulances In read
ness on rho dock Nevertheless no transportation wa'
Al hand 70 rake away the wounded hr tlTeequaIers OF
an hour N or tbe boat arrived. aud the poor feuoWr
were not remove until morning sure enough
lIhis cOmmunicai on Is accompanied BY copy OF IHi
I.WUsE on The lst inst, with the extract parked
Now the facts Of the oa.c are these; was Ut Hilton
Head on the arrival Of the l. > Hospital snip ,osmo
poliian in Port Royal llubOr Feb. - immediately
fclr sraphed 81 Assistant Surgeon w. X. Ramsey.
". ). Army, The Executive officer Of the T. 5. Array
General Hospital ut Beaufort : G.. the reported
number OF waunded on board and directed that every
thng Should lie forthwith prepared 10 have Them Trans
ported and ;ceived into hospital Is soon as the ship
should reach Beaufort dud'tiai al The medical officers
should Iemn' at iher posts on duty and the proper de
tas stould be- madc. left Hilton Head soon aterWIrd
myscif heiolr the sailing of The Cosmopolitan, IN com
pany with The Major General Commanding. J reached
found that every preparation vas made Tor lie nme.
dnte reception ana treatment Of the wounded on board
that ship on her arrival. The Medical officers IN the
General lioe pthif az their posts and tar an5u
ances ready IN the yard ~ the Office Of The Chic, OF
General Hospitals ana large dctgl Of men Tor the
siretchers &c, hsd been mad" On ne arrival OF the
Cosmopolitan which wa. between 5 ana O'Clock that
eyrpn on Inuat0n with tn surgeon In charge OF the
ship and with The approx al Of the Major General Com
msndmg decided ~ remoTe only about MY 10 no, pi
tals hat gh and 10 keep the remainder, Doary twO
hundred on board I'll morning aud Tor the follow rs
reasons: T. Toe wounded generally we're much *
hsuscd ond needed rest and many Of them were then
asleep aud II would have been injurious ~ disturb them
IT, They wer. on board sp!'li ship hiiod up ~ such,
with their own medical officers and wrr" perfectly
comfortable. 3 My means of transportation were lin
ted con-i-iirp of four tWO-hote ambg1ncc~ The root
having been sent away with the Expedition g. Florida
aud il would have iken the greater part Of the night
which Was qu0 chilly 20 transport them 10 hospital IN
ambulance und stittchr3 10 a. bclefed Iibii us
comfort and ~ great Ilsk
decided. a. the ship wa somcWhai crowded 10 re-
As many was strictly necessary 60 the comfort
VI hc majority aud ~ leave the remainder io TIE Enjoy
mont OF A nights rest 10 much needed by them and
their breakfast b. the morning, and have them irans
ported IN daylight rad sunshine 70 the several hospital,
Ia which they were 10 be- sent In word the majority
u wounded on board the Cosmopolitan on he might 81
We I'D February were not removed thIi night 10 hOa
II al. because the hospitals we're not'prePared 70
receive them that al The transportation ut iny com
mAul was not rcady the arrival OF The ship nut De
cause IN the opinion Of the medical officers IN ghose
charge they were, and In my own the wlbelng oi the
wounded required that fogr-iitbs OF them should TO-
main board until the following morning. aud his de-
cisOn was sanctioned by the MAJOR General Command
ing the Department who board the ship in COM
pany will the POst Commander, Brig ten X. saxon
nearly the whole evening.
sn, Sir very respectfully
Your obt servant,
MEKKDIH CLrSED,
SuTseon and Chief O General ho'phis
HILrOS HEAD s. C., March 10, lmi
Tho foregoing STATE OF Surgeon NJ. Iymed Is entirely
correct
The ,hp Como potsn Is fitted up hospital and lick and
wounded made comfortable board Of her they
ordinarily can be Ia the beet houses.
a true copy. q. a. GILMORE,
Major General Commtndlns
W. D. NnLyssJos, Ash. swseoD, Y. $. A.