Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-02-09
Our ArmieS-Past and Present.

There are in N;'w York to-day several
hundred returned soldiers. who are home
lc =. housclcsS. and hungry. They have
no shelter AT MI ht save the Police stations
houses: no food. save the cold victualS oh
taified by be y.i,g. It can not bc wondered
II. while an army OF nearly atnhlion of
M -. uttny of them Foreigners and stran-
gers, has bepa di.handea by the Govern
m,ni. that a con>id 'rable number should
find their way to this city. Many of them
have heca rendered destitute by sickness
consequent uuoa exposure; many. unable
almost to speak English. are victims of
cruel imposition: many have still claims
UPON Government for arrears Of pay.Whirh
wheel settled. will make them comfortable.
and many d bubtlc>S haze ben reduced by
their improvidrace and intc!upcraaee. All
the agencies, which were - zcllol'ly eff =
lent d.lriag the war. have ceased their cr-
csati)nS. aal thee i ~ as ,cia.ion to
which these destitute mca can apply for
ada tnlcr these cl,-um 4t;snces, the Trus-
tees of tsfc Five Points House Of Industry
are compelled to appeal 10 the Christian
and pairiptic public far aid and support
These III III without invitation cOngregated
.Pouad the doors OF the institution. and
theF have not been sent hungry away.
Upwards of ore thousand II us are duty
.;vea to :hc,l-m"als of die most frugal
and economical kill-aal temporary ac-
mmoda;on i, being prepared 10 give
them shelter BY night. The m.n express
s.,Sillinrne>S to work an The most modar-
ate TENS and the Trustees have mace III
rangeme.its by which those in the various
sections cf. the [ Mon who desire it. may
help the me-. who have served their coul-
try in the hour of tIial, and leave them no
longer tlncared for in the hour of triumph.
Yesterday a gentleman from Tennessee
applied for twelve lab9rers. and immcdi-
ately able-bodiPl mea engaged to go with
him for one year at ten dollars month
and board. If the friends of the soldier in
any part of the country will Only iHelose.
the cost of TRANSPORTATION ana description
of the kind of laborers wanted. to the Su-
perintcndent. he Will Immediately forward
ss.faly selected man. 1t should be remem-
hered that many are crippled. maimed.and
reduced, and that greater charity will be
cvinced by authorizing sI.h TO ~ sen. than
in applying for abfe-bodied mea. Thus III
Il feW,Geeks all these war-worn soldiers
can beprovidcd for. Meanwhile the work
and the wants of the Institution are more
than doubled. The meals now given cost
al nut sixty d liars a day. and tlli, eNpeii-
diture must be continued for some weeks.
The public are urgently invited to come
and see the class OF men thus stlppiicaHtS
far all, at their frugal dinner At o'clock.
and1c jGd &c a. well Of the necessity a. the
economy of the work.
Trus:cas-.trchiba.d Russell. ID Tenth
street: Chas. Ely. 4Jf Broomc Stree;
Marshall Iciftrts. Is broadway: llnyh y.
Camp. Treasurer. ~ Pearl street; Rad
cliffe b. Lockwood. Is Plat Street: VIM.
r. Booth. % Front Street: ID. I.ydig Shy
dam. y Waveriy Place Theo. b. Bronson.
90 Ninth street.
Five Points House of Industry. New
y ork, = b. Halliday, Superintendent.