The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-06-13
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J0NE0.
In Saturdays CARR " notiesd the
statements made By Lisat. Jones il -
Bloomfield Guard coaosrning our bsspi.
tails and our oitissns. and By fasss and
figures We showed that biz statements
we're not correct. The Burlington Hswk
eye Of Thursday, 10 copying Joass' srti-
ole, ssys:
The following paragraphs We clip from
the Bloomfield Guard. The writer. Ne
believe, is Lieutenant Jones, one Of The
absent editors Of the Quad, In the 100
day service. It IL daesd q Bsntoa Bar
racks. near S.. Lcuis. He speaks orr
mind shout she 'sconvalsscent" soldiers.
If it were not for the facs that certain
hospitals must b kept running" il or
der that certain scoundrels may make
money from the labor and rations Of the
convalescest soldierr, our armies would
have received large additions long ago,
from the ho-pisals on and near the tanxs
Of the Mississippi river, from almost its
source to its mouth. Here 10 what be
says about the hoepitals at Keokuk.
And then faIlows The exsrssn from the
0sard - ~ savs 6asarday.l
Now, Of ecurss, these charges are either
trss OF falss. II trss. hey sss vsighsy
and serious. They fasteu crimisal cal
pabiIi,y upon thoss Who have chsrks Of
the hospitais here. They imply that the
latter are kusves and scoundrels, without
honesty or patriotism, Who. faithless to
their trusts snd prodigal Of perjssiss,
have disregarded their professional duties
and prostituted their position to the bases,
and most sordid uses. l., 10 effect.
charges them, ct time when the uasioasl
life il imperilled ssd the crisis here that
is to decide the tate Of the 0yvernmsnt,
and when every able bodied nan is need.
ed 10 the army, With having kept neu
from the service for the pu,pase Of .snak
ing money from their labor and rations. =
The charge is grave one, and We meet
1t with the Seriousness and earnessness
which its moment demands. Unless i,
can be proven it should never have been
made. end that it can be proven We most
emphaticslly deny. and unless il is true
We envy not the head or the heart whence
1t emanates. We repel the charge not
only because it docs an injustice to end
!" sland.r upon the surgeons in charge
OF our hospitals, bat from its covert cruelty
to the soldiers Who are patients in those
hospitals. The surgeons are able to de-
fend themeelves--we need not become q
special pleader in their behalf--ws do not
assume % to do. They expsct % Lear
caviling from chronic grunblers, and 80
will not Be greatly affected "nor let their
hearts b troubled thereby. They are
here in an Official capacity, responsible TO
''the powers that be-" they will try faith
fully and fesrlessly to discharge their duty
and not shrink from an Investigation
when it comes from the proper source,
coo6dent that in the failure q 10 the psss,
such an Investigation will be full vindi-
cation Of their actions, will prove such
charges to be false and cslumnistory aud
more fully ssublish the alrsady we'll
known fact that our hospitals here are
amoog the best-asrsngsd ssd WELDON
Quoted iu the United States.
II is to the soldiers. to these GONZALES
cents. that the charge does the most
wrong. Here ere msn Who have been in
the Geld for months who have served
long snd .ooghs bravsly, asd Who come
back with constitutions shattered By dis
eass. or disAblsd BY vouads, and lie IL
thar irtsons hospital cote for weary
wesks asd shsa When hey ~ sp fton
thsn, cad grow better, aad est cut ia Ii.
open air, mon who have never been -
war, and nayhaps viii nj 90, commence
to grsmble and say, ''why. these ere Il,
aud hesrty-looking soldiers. tbey ought
to Be rstsrnsd 70 their rseinsass.''
Nov ~ cay 70 ell saoh gentry, you
90 to var and do Is much - thee COW.
lssceass have doss and Jon may e.ue
back and stay without sssssss shss oil,
half - greatly disabled - thsy ars. A.a
we hers eapssss oar utter aad shorooeh
dstsssAsios ef The spirit - oounoa snes.
20 many, Of acting npos The r,b,l CO..
seslps'eo policy Of ''ksspisg every svad;er
Il go ranks Who has net bean desd .or.
than two years.' and Who sseu q dial
that Wien man has on : uo;fa,- !.
shosld b kept in the Geld whe,h.r A..
blsd * 30. Bat shsse sssvale.e..,.
"ass sasiess . rssarn 70 H. ssl1.s y.
probably, md " bsiisvs 4has i !, go
sary fos patients % want seess y -.
than their ps,sisias sisAss 49, 5. a.
Ne believe fsrthsr thas sshpoo ua,,,,,.
fo'levs dieSsdiesss y 4, $500 ! s.
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