The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-07
The Treatment OF Sick Soldiers. Fgh q
TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD. e has
The following extract Is taken from the World, Of

The following extract Is taken from the World, Of
February 81 ssrfl
marEabe sor te ,rnardnay ery of The westhcr-a
s& WIN s ssS wss ,sat c a.ssnsysa
The 70 her dock early IN the ai,crnooe No
pass%sera Tfey were taken from ,s,r berbs on soar
sss Cd on s sa sas - Ike jsns1
winds Tho rnspor once inioad'd put ca span nso the
stream; ave In the evening ul midnight, tese
soldiers Of The unon stricken don a It's deenee were len
cruel hours snd wh,s last ihe s,ay asaisass. and
sa aa D eas 50 y lie Ina. ,Sey died before
mornsg 4 pS e 81 Ig.n sSsn s'ory =
that equally mroa ibc . bel eve y, ~ true y "a.
AK raei and ,rue Who for an
outrage, of which words can describe or cs'ise tho
The facts arc as follcws:- 81 ma
The transport Sparkling from Fort Fisher with two
hundred and thir,yhve officers and privates-albt
wounded arrived NJ rcnouga Hospital, January "a
ehcu, tho middle Of the afternoon The NOSE avian ptSN
narration had been made receive the men rfus COOKE
ing arrangements and clothing wore IN pet~N oiuer.'
Before the transport was made fast the Whole vsuAos
hosp,al and force with littcrs and ans
were the wharf, under charge Of the medical
Officers and stewards Tho eighty wounded were placed
n ambulsnccs covered with blankets, OF which very
large quantity wero down from the hospital and
conveyed rapidly ms possible to their wards whnc
those who could walk ~ conducted on loot,
,he transit al no time occupying fifteen minutes
The badly wounded from the explosion II Fort fsher
pin cd sretchcrs while on the transpor ana s ~
tho jolting the aubuances Moving those wre'cneax
manrlcd men demanded the closest attention DOM ~
placing them on and lifting them on the steicnsn
little after sundown by the most unremtng cnuxsl
every one was in the hospital. By eight q 80 MA
had most gcucrvus supper, and when w. ..h"X
| night rounds made al wcIo scrvy
dressed and as comfortable a. the un.iIns .sS
~ M bor,fa, ,cuId make them every one vy'ne 49,
each other give them ass stance evening AZ tothe
NAMED until too late 20 leave a, snvnns 80 s.sv Az
ra,o.s fasehood Of the rcputcd Deaths nov only aIc
~ sa,hs Occur on tho wharf, but only one msn ao9
no deaths s, " ,Ie 2sb Notwithstanding the frghtful
charsetcr Of the wounds In addition es.wssn eres ,na
iour ~" cnndav the 10Th, three days latter; fact
nnn IN It's II would utterly contradict ne miserable ns
wnen wrd II seems atrocously cruel 70 Add fancied
~ w. ~ thosr which the nee Htties Of war ever pro-
n and that the friends Of these men should suner un.
au ,s M the be,k Of the editor o. the World ~
NJ, Be that the public will demand that justice %
mei.d out for this most malignant Islander, M nas -
,cnu,aton OF onlcers who have ever been forcmo"
Geld and hospital In their attention 70 the SICK she
wounded be protected, but they VIII demand tns, IL
NJ makes the fullest retracon for the sake o. snoss
uho are crlcving in distant homes for Fort Fisne'
wounded men Near Forteschuyer,
"o'A1'N DR. oRTdS, Uni,ed States Army
In charge II McDousaI hesV'ss'.