Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-27


tending transfer TO the northern and
more hracing climate. purer water. and
general comforts. and so government
hospital tents had 20 be provided for the
excess of patients above what the many
hospital buildings could accommodate:
and thus from ten to fifteen hundred
patients were treated the HrTt year.
Later reports from government medical
inspectors. visiting the hoptal. reported
n larger percentage of rcccveries at this
experimental provision thnn occurred
at any government or camp hospital
TT the scat OF the war. Other nofthern
States soon follwed Vermont in provid-
ing hospital treatment at home fer their
sick and wounded soldiers.
Thus was inaugurated In Vermont q
measure in the healing art, which ex-
tensively followed in other northern
states was the means of saving the
| lives Of very many brave and valuable
| men who might have perished II left
to pine in camp and other hospitals
| in the moro maarous climates at the
front where our armies operated. Gun
shot wounds with tendency TO gam.
CREME, and chronic bowel maladies yield
| ed quickly to the treatment IN whole
some northern air and SURROUNDINGS.
Poor sick and wounded men, often
suffering in consequence Of depression
of spirits. were taken from their beds
or lounges and put In cots in the cars
fitted for the transportation Of such
patients they grew better on the way
at the change and the near prospect
cf meeting home, friends and of sight
of their native green Mills. Mention
should be made of the patriotic and
generous response of the ladies of YER
mcnt. in answer to public notice adj
dressed to them that contributions of
fittings for the soldiers hospital would
he gladly received; 10 which they re-
sponded with most bountiful donations
of beds. bedding small tables and all
sorts Of comforts and Injuries for the
sick room, until another communication
was addressed to them stating that the
spiial wards were amply supplied to
running over with their bounties. Last
| ing thanks were their due for their
| great Kindness!
| The governors Of the loyal States had
mary anxietics. taxing labors and re.
! sprnsibiitieS during the wa. Often
without laws. regulations, general or
dcrs, or presidents to guide them, they
had tn decide on important actions or
measures tO do tho best of their judG-
mont. and that not infrequertly on the
SPUR "f the moment. They were gen
| orally men Of GO or more years Of age
and tho strain on their vitality was
such that many of them survived but
a few years after the war closed. Leav-
ing the writer out OF the count they
were staunch. resolute men of decided
executive ability in tn, guidance and
furth"ranrc of public affairs.
You. veterans and your comrades OF
the Grand Army. have the lasting sat
isfaction OF havirE contributed what
y"u could 10 tho saving Of our glorious
, Union and the free government of
the people. by tho people, and FOR tho
people" its bounds extending from
ocean TO ocean and from the lakes ard
other northern boundaries to the gull
of Mexico dotted with homes of sub.
statal comfort of its liberty-loving poo.
pie. its networks of railways for trans.
portation and the rapid transit of the
people. with wealth more equally dis.
tributed than elsewhere in the world
it's multitudinous discoveries in the sci
cnces. and inventions. in the arts ard
industries. and to crown all, popula,
ton distinguished for intelligence and
patriotism apONe tnat. III tne aggregate
of any other country on earth. and g
people who know their rights. ayd
knowing. dare maintain Them
What growth and prosperity has oui
country experienced since it's birth II.
a nation. Surely the kind Providenc,
Of God has presided over its destinies
Shakespeare tells us that
"Thcre's II Divinity that SHAPES our
ends,
} Rough hew them how we will.'
and that overriding Providence has
ever been over us. even
From seeming evil still educing good.
so that when we attempt to recount Hi
benefits We find language inadequate fo
it and with the poet conclude:
Come thcn, expressive silence. mus,
His praise"