HARNED/WHITMAN                    MISCELLANY      Armory Square Hospital Gazette, Jan. 6, Feb. 3-17, 1864 (L.C.204)
Box 4 Folder 5Hospital Gazette.

A SAD STORY.
We will give it as a warning to those who do not resist the "enemy within the camp"--death-dealing liquor.  The lady nurse of Ward E, about a week since, found a new patient in her Ward who was picked up in the street, so emaciated and haggared that he looked old but he was in fact only 18, one of the boys who fill our Hospitals.  He was just able to tell the name of his Regiment stationed near Washington.  Upon enquiry, it appeared that he had never been strong--chronic diarrhea had made him delirious and he had escaped from his Regimental Hospital, wandered around, until from hunger and weakness he had sunk in the streets of Washington.  He was picked up and brought to Armoury and every attention was bestowed on him.  The Surgeon of Ward E. thought he might have been saved if liquor had not destroyed all chance.  After he had been here a day or two, he said to Miss - "I wish I could put my two arms around my brother Benjamins neck."  Miss - sent for Benjamin to his Regiment, who came and found the brother that he thought had perished in the streets.  Devotedly, the good and noble-looking Benjamine stayed and soothed the fast hours of this poor youth, who but for one fault might have been an honor an a joy to his friends.  His manner and speech, when he tried to say "thank you," and "please" to his nurse, indicated a culture that even liquor had not destroyed.  We are happy to add that his brother expressed himself much gratified with the comfort which soothed his last hours at Armory.

LITTLE JEALOUSIES.
Said an intelligent soldier to a lady nurse one day, "I should like, nay admire women, if they only ever could be associated together without so many little jealousies."
"Little jealousies!" we women have do we? Suppose we do, what are little jealousies compaired to big ones?  Look at the Generals in the field, think of their jealousies and the fearful mischief they work-Don't tell me about woman's little jealonsies.  They are contemptable enough I grant, but we don't let them prove a hinderance to our work-our rivalry is to see who can be most useful to the success of the whole.  We respect our Head, and we respect our cause too much to allow our "little jealousies" to keep us from duty like those Generals who would stand still, and look on while a rival is being beaten, when they might help in a victory for the country.  Little jealousies among women!  Thank Heaven if you please sir, that we keep our jealousies little.  Look at home among men, when you want to see jealousies that are jealousies--dont talk to me aboutwomen!

Like the ocean, love embraces the earth ; and by it, as by the ocean, whatever is sordid and unsound is born away.

A certain writer boasts that he directs all his shots at error.  It is all that he has got to shoot at, for he never gets within gun shot of the truth.

"MALINGERING"
We enquired the meaning of this term among the soldiers, and were told that it referred to the artifice of feigning sickness or lameness. in order to procure a discharge.  In the great community which an army calls together, of course there are likely to be many men who are not above deceptions, we had almost said there were none above suspicion, from the fact that all are strangers to each other.  At home, a man is constantly judged by his past history, an honest man does not have every act scrutinized, for his is supposed to be now what he has hitherto been, while if a known rogue does a good thing, ten to one if he gets credit for it !
In the army all this is changed and the evil of malingering is not so much that Government sometimes loses a soldier from its successful practice as that honest men are often jealously suspected of practising it, by Surgeons who have been imposed upon.  Under this suspicion men are sometimes remanded to duty which they cannot perform, and so an honest man suffers for the fautls of the rogue.  It is for the interest surely, of every good soldier to frustrate the schemes of the "malingerer" when he finds them out.

WHAT A WOMAN DID.
We have all heard of the good woman who, when the waves of the ocean came into her cabin, ran with her mop and pail to "mop up the Atlantic."  There is a certain respect always to be paid to the tradesman who sticks to his tools, the shoemaker to his last, the woman to her mop or broom, in case of emergency .  How successfull a woman may be when handling her own tools we will show by repeating a story soldiers, told us yesterday.
"When the Rebels took us down in Winchester, Mrs. D. had the care of the Hospital clothing, worth several thousand dollars which the Rebs did not get, for she stood in the door with her broom and told them they should not have it, it belonged to her and if they took it, they would have to take her first, and they left her."  Afraid of a broom, or horor of a woman wielding it, or respect for her valor, won the day!

THE FINE ARTS IN THE HOSPITAL.
Those who are curious to know how much can be done with a pen-knife and a piece of ivory, should visit Ward C, and look at the carved image which one of the soldiers has made in his leisure hours.  It is over the medicine chest and under a glass.  We have seen very pretty crosses which he carved with a hand or a leaf and they are an ornament for a watch chain, besides being a memento of Hospital leasure, wisely improved.

Out West they have organizations for sawing the wood for the families of soldiers.  Here an organization to provide the families of soldiers with wood would be regarded as much the more charitable institution.

The anniversary of the issuing of the Presidents Emancipation proclamation  was celebsated a Portland on the first of January

-ARMORY SQUARE-
Hospital Gazette.
Ask nothing of Society but the liberty to do it good.--F. H. Hedge.
VOL. I.          ARMORY SQUARE, WASHINGTON, D.C. JAN. 6 1864.          NO. 1.

Selected Poetry,
WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME.
"The boys are coming home again,
This war will soon be o'er,
The North and South again will stand
Together as of yore.
Yes, hand in hand and arm in arm
Together they will roam ;
Oh ! won't we have a happy time
When all the boys come home?
"We'll have no more false hopes and fears, 
No more heart-rending sighs,
The messenger of peace will dry
The weary mourners eyes.
We'll laugh and sing, we'll dance and play
Ah, wait until they come,
And joy will crown the happy day
When all the boys come home.
"How proud our nation then will stand,
Together ever more--
We'll bid defiance to the foe
That dare approach our shore ;
We'll hoist the dear old flag again
On Freedom's lofty dome,
And live in peace and happiness
When all the boys come home."

Original Reading.
A NARROW CHANCE.
The sad stories which are sometimes told of neglectful and unprincipled Surgeons are extremely depressing to the friends of the soldier at home.  As an offset to these pictures, and to give comfort to many who watch and pray in anxiety for the, friends to whom they cannot themselves minister, we will tell you of things which faithful Surgeons in our army--and there are many such--sometimes do for the soldier.  As nearly as we can, we will give this instance in the words of the surgeon who related it.
"We were down at Savage Station after the battle of Fair Oakes.  Our receiving tent was an old tobacco house.  The tables were in the middle, and we had worked all day.  It was ten or eleven o'clock at night.  We were all very tired, so tired that while a subject was being places by my men on the table, I would sit down on a log behind me, and leaning my head against the side of the house, drop fast to sleep in a moment.  Our candles were nearly gone, only two tallow ones a few inches long remained, and we had concluded we must give up as soon as the men on hand were finished and just then a man strayed into the tent groaning and moaning in a way so perfectly agonizing, that my attention could not but be arrested.  I stepped up to him and saw that he had been shot right through the mouth dividing one of the large blood vessels supplying the tongue, which was terribly swollen.  Blood constantly trickled from the artery.  He was already faint from the loss of blood, and could not speak, but wrote on a piece of paper that he had come from -- naiming a place two miles away--that the surgeon there told him there was no help for him, and he had been wandering about in the open air. I pressed my finger against the carotid artery to see if the blood came out on the opposite side, for if it should there would be no help for him, it would show that the artery from both carotids were divided. 
Fortunately the blood did not come out and I old him he could be saved, and I would attend to him as soon as this man on the table was through.  He sat down and groaned no more but watched us getting through with our man and as soon as he was removed he got up and punched me for I had already fallen asleep, and placed himseld on the table ready for operation.  My want of light had been a very great anxiety, for the artery was down deep into the flesh, and how to bring our two candles so as to throw the necessary light for so delicate an operation was the difficulty.  I directed a man to take a tin basin and scour it with ashes as bright as he could : with this I made a reflector which threw the rays so that I could see.  It took me half an hour to perform then, what I could have done in a few minutes in the day time, but it was done, and the man was as glad a creature as you ever saw.  The next day he was walking around, and I next heard from him as returned to his Regiment.  He had got promoted to a Frst Sergeant and was bound to go and fill his place.  He seemed very grateful to me, I assure you, but where he is now and what is his name I do not know l so, like shadows that come and go, are many of the crowded experiences of this war."
We leave it to those interested in tracing the footsteps of that Divinity that guards all our ways to mark the apparently aimless wanderings of that death-doomed ma through the darkness of the night to the hand perhapes the only hand that could have intercepted the [?]ath which the All-Father had not yet prepared for him.

[* 204 Three copies of the Armory Square Hospital Gazette, dated Jan. 6 to Feb. 17, 1864, and consisting of vol. I, nos. I, 6, and 8.

Hospital Gazette.
Edited by "H. C. I."
WASHINGTON D. C. JANUARY 6, 1864.
SALUTATORY.
With this number we commence the publication
of the HOSPITAL GAZETTE. The interests of the
Hospital we trust will be forwarded by its issue on
every Monday morning. To the support of Government,
and to the destruction of copprheads
and traitors, we fervently pledge ourselves. No
peace but through the submission of armed rebellion
is our motto. We are soldiers and believe in 
meeting the enemy by hard blows, and not by supplications
for peace, and we feel that this spirit is
shared by all who will read our soldier paper. The
Hospital is an episode in a soldiers life—sometimes
a painful termination of it, which has many
an event worthy of a chronicle. Such we propose
this paper to be. To friends far away,
the record we shall picture of the last hours of
their dear ones dying here or the brighter page,
which shall tell them of him who came sick
and returned well, sound in limb and ready to do
the work which shall yet save this country, 
and of events which transpire in this large
family which is a home to many now, whose distant
homes are lonely without them—to all the large
class whose interests touch so closely upon our own
we are sure this little and inexpensive paper will
be welcome. Please observe our terms and forward
your subscriptions.
PROSPECTUS OF THE HOSPITAL GAZETTE.
The printing press by which we issue our paper
is owned by the Surgeon in Charge of Armory Hospital,
the printing is done by invalid soldiers. The 
paper costs about one cent a sheet, and our subscription 
price is hardly enough to cover that;
50 cts per year. When paper gets cheaper, as by
the blessing of God and the dethronement of King
Cotton, we trust it soon will be, we will lower our
terms. Two columns of our paper, hereafter will
be devoted exclusively to the communications of
soldiers in the Hospital. The Editorial duties will
be performed by a lady from Maine, formerly a
nurse in this Hospital. Communications from all
friends of the soldiers, are respectfully invited,
b[? ??]s that comprehends a large class, we must remind
them that the art of cond[???]ing will be especially
valuable for our sm[???] hee[?] Advertisements
from the city or any where else, will be inserted at
a moderate rate. We can promise such patrons an
audience of five or six hundred soldiers at least.
Determined to make our paper a benificent agent
to the soldiers here, and interesting to friends
away, we modestly request subscriptions to be forwarded
as promptly as the heart of the benevolent
shall prompt.
We have always noticed that in the
beginning of enterprises of magnitude, the Great
Eastern for instance, that a generous and forbearing
Public is requested to overlook little imperfections
in the outset in the promise of great success
when the article is fairly going. We
merely "humbly suggest" to a sympathizing community
that such is our case at present.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
D. W. BLISS, SURGEON U. S. V., In Charge.
E. W. JACKSON, Chaplain, U. S. A.
T. O. BANNISTER, Act. Ass't. Surg. U. S. A., A & B
E. H. HERSEY, " " " C
J. C. W. KENNON, " " " D
T. H. STUART, " " " E
JOHN STEARNS, " " " F & G
H. A. ROBBINS, " " " H
D. W. C. VANSLYCK " " " I
M. J. MUNGER, Medical Cadet, U. S. A., K L & M
W. H. BUTLER, In charge of Statistical Reports.
ALFRED DELANEY, A. A. Surg. U. S. A., Visiting
and Inspecting Officer.
Capt. P. J, Philiips, Comd'g Co. H. 3d Regt I. C.
Capt. J. R. Bourne, " " I, " "
W. A. Wagner,, Lieut. Co. H, 3d Regt., I. C.
James Walker, " Co. I, " "
HOSPITAL STEWARDS.
Charles H. Houpt, Chief Clerk,
J. H. Bricker, Property Steward.
W. H. Webb, Dispensary "
Leon Alcan, Administers Electricity and Vapor
Baths.
George H. Wilson, Act. Commissary of Subsistence.
Good suggestions for Hospital life, and all life.
It is well to think the best
We may, of human kind.—Halleck.
His armor, is his honest thought,
And simple truth, his utmost skill.—Hymn Book.
Editors to whom we send our first number,
will confer a favor by receiving it into their office
if they can make room, and returning one of their
own small sheets in exchange!
Communications from the soldiers for the
GAZETTE will be gladly received. 

Hospital Gazette.
CHRONICLE OF REMARKABLE EVENTS IN ARMORY
SQUARE FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 6TH.—
New Years Day began in Ward H. with an irregular
visit from Santa Clause who joined in a
secret plot of Miss — to deposit on each soldiers
bed, a bundle containing a diary, a comforter,
some fruit and other small articles such as made
the soldier think he was "a child again just for one
night." A day or two later, the same lady received
from her own "city of notions," a box containing
50 pairs of calf-skin shoes. It was an excellent
notion that such shoes were good for the Hospital
attendants, and may the kind donor never want
shoes for himself or for his fortieth cousin! To
another lady came a present of fifty pounds from
England, to spend as she should please for the
soldiers. New Years evening was cheered by some
music from a gentleman who was rewarded for his
kindness by having his name spelt wrong in the
Sunday Chronicle, Mr. Messer, not Merser, and his
friend desirves our thanks as does also Mr. Vaughan
from Maine, who introduced them to Armory
Our Chapel is progressing towards completion but
still lacks a little in funds, A new book-case for
our Library is about to come into our possession
from the contributions of friends. The railway
which will wheel the covered cars along the rear
of the Wards, and so supply the soldiers with hot
food, is being laid. The new printing press which
would not go at first any more than an obstinate
sewing machine, has submitted to the training of a
"Doctor!" and now obeys orders—By the way
any soldier who wants a printed envelope or any
thing of the sort is respectfully invited to "call at
the Captains office" and leave orders. We expect
to get rich on job printing! Advertisements we
will insert at 10 cents a line, when they tell us
anything we want to know.—The other sort we
shall decline publishing and ask double price for
not doing it! All who receive our paper are expected
to puff us without charging for it. Our
printers were earning $18 dollars a week when
they enlisted for $11 a month, consequently can't
afford to be down hearted, nor pay heavy damages.
While they are here, if the trade serves the soldier
and the public, they are most happy &c.
The nice Turkeys despatched from Portland
Maine, which should have gladened the hearts of
Armory soldiers at Christmas, have not yet been
heard from.
Where, and oh where
Are those Turkey birdies gone?
And echo faintly answers, "where?" Speak, Adams
Express speak now, or forever after hold your
peace.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
SURGEON R. O. ABBOTT, U. S. A.—122 Penn.
Ave. above 19th St.
ACT. MED. PURVEYOR.
H. JOHNSON, F between 17 & 18 Streets.
Pay Offices for Discharged Soldiers.
For Regulars.—Maj. Potter, F & 15th Sts.
For Volunteers.—Maj. Taylor, Cor 13th & N. Y.
Avenue.
Transportation Office.
Capt. Curtis, G between 18th & 19th Sts.
Provost Marshal,
Capt. H. B. Todd, Corner 19th & I Sts.
REPORT OF U. S. GENERAL HOSPITAL, ARMORY
SQUARE Week, ending Jan, 2, 1864.
ADMITTED.
James Kennedy, Private, 2d. B. I. C. Co. C
Enos C. Mack, " 147 N. Y. " I
Alfred C. Stephen, " 20 Conn. " K
Chas. T. Wood, " 64 N. Y. " H
Zephaniah Rogers, " 87 P. V. " F
Martin Wilt, " 110 Ohio, " H
Ludwig Reisterer, " 6 I. C. " F
Wm. H. Russell, " 3 " " " H
David Keiner, " 6 " " " A
John Thornton, " 2d D. D. V. " D
Daniel Simmons, Corp. 1. I. C. " A
Andrew Mead, " 3 I. C. " I
Chas. McCollum, Private 1 B. I. C. " 122
Curtis Arnold, " 150 P. V. " K
RETURNED FROM FURLOUGH.
Wm. F. Snow, Private 5 Mich Cav. " C
Theodore Krug, " 3 N. J. Battery
Oscar Holt, " 11 N. H. G
W. J. Cruikshank, " 123 N. Y. H
Henry A. Colley " 33 Mass. F
John Newton " 6 Mich Cav. B
John Harold. " 2d B. I. C. 49 Co.
RETURNED TO DUTY
Samuel Bronnson Sergt. 9 Mich cav. A
Chas. C. Dodge Private 2 B. I. C. 78
John Hanlon " 1 B I. C. E
W. H. Allen " 122 N. Y. C
James Maclane " 8 Ill Cav B
George Wells " 60 N. Y. V. "
Wainright Cushing Corp. 6 Maine A
FURLOUGHED.
Albert Curtis Private 36 Mass. B
Henry Eberle Corpl. 28 Pa. H
Stephen Aldrich " 1 R. I. Art. A
TRANSFERRED TO ILLINOIS.
Lester J. Weston Private 8 Ill. Cal. I
Charles S. Sullivan " " " " H
John Slyning " " " " C
F. J. Wilder " " ' " "
George Stokes " ' " ' "
Samuel Haberstich " " 12 " B
DISCHARGED.
Frederick Johnson Sergt. 146 N. Y. C
Asbury Allen Private 27 Ind. A
Emanual Amara " 39 N. Y. C
John Cordier " 107 Ohio H
John W. Rogers " 5 N. Y. A
DIED.
Henry Bishop Piivate 153 N. Y. I
Daniel W. Kidden " 16 Mass. E
1728Hospital Gazette.
A Massachusetts soldier tells us that nearly
all the men in his company stationed at Frederick
City have married Southern girls since they have
come out here! Now if these men make good
husbands dear "wayward sisters," you ought to see
some redeeming features in this Yankee invasion:
Dont sing:
"The Tyrant's foot is on thy shore,
His hand is at thy Temple door,
Maryland, my Maryland—"
but rather:
The Northern Knight to woman true,
Redeems while conquering us and you,
Maryland, my Maryland.
Ward Beecher says "There is no town so
badly placed that it may not be redeemed to beauty
by the skillful planting of trees." Upon this
hint we wish the authorities in Washington would
act. The problem to make this place beautiful
being decidedly hard, the triumph of Genius that
should solve it, would be all the greater.
In the first place we have a soil that requires
great shading to prevent the heat of summer parching
every thing to the dryness of dead bones, then
we have streets so wide that the clouds of [???????]
a wind, riot and play as they can nowhere else.
Nothing but a thick row of trees in the middle of
these broad avenues can make them comfortable
or lovely, We have too, a large, low, flat expanse
of territory on which the city is built, and there is
no forest on its outskirts to modify and soften the
chilling winds that cut through a person here as
they do no where else. Oh! for the living green
wall or forest of trees that shall break off the piercing
Boreas that now spends its fury on this doomed
city of shivers. And when planting has done its
work by all the graceless private dwellings and
shabby stores of this city, it may be that towering
trees will finally hide the inequalities and contrasts
that now constantly shock the eye.
So much of Uncle Sam's money has been expended
to make beautiful white palaces for his use,
and no wind being strong enough to lift and waft
them away to lovelier sports of the earth surface,
it is cheering to be assured by a man of culture,
that "the skillful planting of trees can redeem"
even Washington to beauty.
In a report of the proceedings of the Agricultural
or Farmers Meeting at Springfield, we find
this astounding statement:
"A. man who grew 113 bushels of Dutton corn
per acre, had ears from 12 to 15 inches in length."
THE SITUATION.
It seems to be conceded on all sides that the
Army has gone into quarters for the winter, and
that no more fighting is to be expected for some
months—yet we trust that the right side is making
progress, without fighting. General starvation
is a power which must in the nature of things,
bear much harder upon the rebels than upon us,
for we have money, and they have nothing which
deserves the name. A soldier just from Fortress
Monroe tells us that five hundred of the rebel prisoners
have not only taken the oath of allegiance, but
actually have enlisted in our army! Good for them
and us! Meanwhile the moral aspect of our War
and our Nation, is fast taking the hue that entitles
us to Heaven's blessing. The tide which no man can
stem, is bearing this whole Nation on towards
universal Freedom with a force that sweeps all before
it. All the important Presses of the country
are taking the position that Slavery cannot be tolerated
in any reconstruction of the Union, none
fear to declare that now, and the feeling of the
people seems to be, that no amount of bad management
in any quarter, can hinder the speedy close
of this "cruel war," in the full blaze and glory of
Freedom!
Two things have especially contributed to this
end—first the good success which the colored people
have had in all parts of the country where they
have been tried, of supporting themselves from the
land portioned out to them—and second, their unflinching 
bravery in the field as soldier. It is no
use talking to men who have had the nonsense
taken out of them by the experience of War! when
they see a black man doing his duty as a soldier,
like a good fellow, they forget the color of his skin,
prejudice melts away like the morning dew, and
they find it in their hearts to treat the hitherto despised
race like men. The colored man feels happy
to know that his good conduct has won respect,
and they fight side by side like brothers in a good
cause. Officers who were ready to tear their epaulettes
from their shoulders when the proposition
was first made to permit negroes to enlist, say that
they have no such feelings now, and that they would
as soon command colored men as white. This is
the testimony on all sides. A battle is an earnest
thing, and men forget trifles when in it, and a soldiers
experience tells him some things about himself
that he did not know before.
Why is a certain hat called a wide-awake?
Because it is worn without a nap.

ARMORY SQUARE
HOSPITAL GAZETTE.
Ask nothing of Society but the liberty to do it good.—F. H. HEDGE.
VOL. I. ARMORY SQUARE, WASHINGTON, D. C. FEB. 3. 1864. NO. 6
Soldiers Column.
STEVENSBURGH, VA.
JAN. 12TH, 1864. }
Thinking that the readers of the HOSPITAL GAZETTE
would like to hear from the Front, I send
you these few lines.
At presant we live on the bank of a stream
Whose waters flash bright in the sunlights clear
beam,
We live like the Nabobs way down at the East,
From the best of the rations we cook our own
feast.
As good as a mansion for us is our hut,
Which this time by working has come to our
lot,
And ever we hope, while in Dixie we roam,
To be blessed with as good and convenient a
home.
The chivalry brave may envy our lot,
But we care not for them, their own deeds have
brought,
Desolation will spread to the heart of their land,
And we'll fight though we pity their misguided
hand.
A few houses in common built mostly of wood,
Left standing near by, show where Stevensburgh
stood.
Go ask of their inmates if Treason will pay
Down-cast and dejected I think they will say—
"We once thought it would, but now we all
sigh
"For peace to return, and in future we'll try
"If surrounded with blessings, to value their
cost.
"That they may not by rashness, forever be lost.
"Oh! give us the flag for which we once fought,
"The flag which our fathers own life blood hath
bought
"And in future we'll strive its value to prize!
"Then march from our homes each armies vile
tread
"And again let our fields with rich harvests be
spread,
"With our mansions in ashes, our hamlets all
burned
"We will recommence life, and the flag that we
spurned,
"Our protection shall be with our hearts to it
turned.
H. H. DAVIS.
OUR POLITICS
We believe in the honesty of Lincoln—the
ability of Chase—the firmness of Stanton—the
hopefulness of Seward—the bravery of our Army
and Navy—the downfall of the Rebellion—in the
pluck and patriotism of the Yankees and the
holiness of our mission in establishing universal
freedom in America.
AN INCIDENT.
It seemed strange to be accosted in the streets by
a strong, manly looking soldier asking for alms.—
He showed regular discharge papers, and said that
weak eyes prevented him from serving as a soldier
or getting work. We thought it possible that in
this crowded city where every one seems so busy
in taking care of themselves, that even one of 
Uncle Sam's soldiers might need charity, so we
went with him to the Sanitary, where his case was
enquired into, and, alas! that fruitful cause of beggary,
rum! told the story, and explained how a
man's self respect, may be so far lost that he will
hold out his hand for a pittance to "a poor soldier"
that he may indulge again in his fatal dram! We
suppose that every one will be glad to know, if
they do not already, that the Sanitary gives nothing
more than a meal and a nights lodging, without
investigating the claims, of even a "poor soldier."
Louisiana received its name in 1682 from
M. La Salle, a Frenchman, in honor of Louis
XIV.
1729Hospital Gazette.
Hospital Gazette.
Edited by "H. C. I."
TERMS—50 cts. per Year, invariably in advance.
WASHINGTON D. C. FEBRUARY 3, 1864.
The Surgeon in charge is responsible for all
articles published in the "GAZETTE."
We have received some very nice Hospital papers
this week, one from Anapolis, and one from
Carver—"THE CRUTCH," and "THE REVEILLE."
Must we blush to own that they are larger and
better looking than our own? we think we wont, for
our paper is a soldiers paper, and though small, it
is all our own and our contributors, only one selected
article ever having appeared in it, the first piece
of poetry which the printers set up before the paper
possessed an Editor. It was a most unnecessary
proceedure to select poetry of all things, for
beside being assured by one of the printers that we
need not trouble ourselves about copy when it was
not convenient to attend to it, for his partner could
write a piece of poetry any time; we seriously affirm
that we have received from the soldiers three
pieces of poetry to one of prose, ever since our paper
began to live, and hereafter we shall ever declare
that in the American Army, the Sword and
the Lyre go hand in hand, or side by side. Our
especial belief just now is, that
"The minstrel boy, to the War hath gone!"
VISIT TO ARMORY.
On Thursday evening the patients of Ward H.
received a visit from a party of Ladies and Gentleman
residing in the city, which helped them to
pass a very pleasant hour. Our friends gave us
music and singing, and the tones of the violin and
guitar, were so exhilerating that some of the patients
were involuntarily drawn into a Cotillion and
Waltz. At Taps, the members of the Ward were
invited ou into the dining room, where they found
a nice lunch which was provided through the
kindness of the lady visitors. But the most interesting
feature of the entertainment to the men was
a young Miss 81 years of age, who sang and
played for their edification. She is a firm friend and
lover of our Soldiers; spending most of her time
in the Hospitals. Having been a fine Musician,
she still retains her love for song. On being asked
if she would play for the men, she went quickly to
the organ and played a beautiful march and an air,
after which, with clear, sweet, feeble voice, she
sang, "Just as I am, without one plea," entirely
through. It was an interesting and truly novel
sight, and one which will long be remembered by
the large number of men who saw AUNT MARY.
E. D. S.
A FEW PLAIN TRUTHS.
We have heard men who make great pretensions
of sanity, remark, and even argue that the
Government is waging an unjust war against the
"rights" of the Southern rebels. Is a combination
of traitors entitled to any other than the right
to a fair trial? When they arose in arms they
forfeited all right to property and Government protection.
In endeavoring to substantiate their doctrine,
they offer the miserable plea that we have no
right to interfere in the subject of slavery, because
it is a local institution. Now let me endeavor to
convince them of the justice and lenity of our Government.
Before the war broke out, the Supreme
Court of the United States decided that slaves
were property. This all will admit. Alexander
H. Stevens, Vice-President of the clap-trap, slave-holders
Government, in a speech delivered at
Montgomery, Alabama, declared that "Slavery is
the corner-stone of the Southern Confederacy!"
A very important and honest admission. Now,
negroes being property, and that property the foundation
upon which the rebellion rests, is it not
proper to strike at its vitals? Most assuredly, you
say. That is what the Government is doing to
deprive the enemy of their strength; by confiscating
whatever is property at hand. Our Government 
has had a great amount of forbearance for
her enemies, which is characteristic of this great
Nation. The originators of the horrible, Sepoy
insurrection, were chained to the mouths of cannon
and blown to atoms, by order of "Her Majesty,
"Queen Vic." The Polish insurgents, were hung,
or beheaded, and in most every instance where a
revolt has occured the leaders suffered an extreme
penalty. But our Government magnanimously
proffers pardon to those who shall return to their
allegiance. History furnishes no such parallel of
lenity to traitors, as that which our Governmen
has exhibited. W. S. H.
Our new Chapel will be appropriately dedicated
to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon. Exercises
to commence at precisely two o'clock. It is
expected that there will be distinguished speakers
present.

Hospital Gazette.
J. L. KIDWELL,
No. 367 D Street, near Ninth St.,
Dealer in PAPER HANGINGS
and WINDOW SHADES.
Having on hand an extensive assortment they are offered
at the lowest cash prices. Paper neatly and expeditiously
hung, by experience[? ?]orkmen either in the city or country.
REPORT OF THE U. S. GENERAL HOSpital
Armory Square, for the week ending
January 30, 1864.
ADMITTED.
Jesse Coulter private G 111 N Y V
Joseph Safford sergt A 123 "
Henry Gavaise priv F 1 Vt
Ivory Pray private F 9 I C
H A Smith private A 6 I C
James Wells priv A 1 I C
Q S Williams priv F 101 N Y V
Thomas Donahoe private B 1 I C
Augustus Sorg priv A "
William Hargraves priv B "
A Yauchler priv D 118 Pa
RETURNED FROM FURLOUGH.
H. H. Williams priv E 1 R I C
C W Curtis priv H 5 Mich
G E Roalnsen priv I 111 N Y
S W Aldrich corp A 1 R I [?]
J D Miller priv F 37 Mass
W H McFarland B 5 Wis
E H Miller priv H 9 N Y C 
A Comstock priv I 44 N Y
J W Holmes priv C 17 Conn
D L C Colburn Ast Surg 5 Vert
Abram Lent priv A 77 N Y
Fergus Hotter priv K 6 Me
RETURNED TO DUTY.
J Pendergast priv B 6 I C
Charles Owens priv C 7 Pa Re Cav
J T Alexaneer priv E 199 N Y
Otto Horn priv B 1 I C
Cornelius Doyle serg E 6 I C
James Douherty priv E 43 N Y
Sealy Kester priv K 150 Pa
Robt Hanna priv " " "
D L C Colburn Ast Surg 5. Vt
Jno Herold priv I 3 I C
E Cornwell priv 88 [?] B I C
Daniel Thompson priv D 6 Me
Daniel Simmons corp A 1 B 1 C
Charles Jimmo priv C 8 Me
E M Wallace priv F 40 Mass
W Winterstern priv K 6 O Cav
FURLOUGHED.
E N Marker Corp G 11[?] Pa
Thomas Weaver priv E 86 N Y
J M D Drane corp G 3 Mich
Philip Ryan sergt G 5 N Y Cav
W M Wells priv K 155 Pa
Geo Bicking priv D 13 N Y Cav
Thomas B Warren priv F [?? ????]
Edgar Barnes priv H 111 N Y
S L Buxton priv H 1 Vt Cav
A M Filkins priv I 26 Mich
Reuben Farnell priv H 1 Mich Cav
Frederick Kor[?]lman priv I 3 I C
Luke S Mann priv B 149 N Y
A C Stephens priv 20 Conn
James H Grant E 8 Md
Thomas Fenton priv L 6 Pa Cav
Wm Sayre priv A 12 N J
James Farrell corp B 43 N Y
John Coppin priv A [???] N Y
H A Cummings corp D 6 I C
Wm Sinclair priv E 1?1 Pa
M W Cassiday Serg G 8 Ill Cav
P J Crowell priv B 1[?] Me
R P Buttrick priv A 178 N Y
Geo F Wixon priv I 3 I C
TRANSFERRED TO LINCOLN HOSPITAL.
Gordon W Hanna (Rebel) private C 6 La
ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.
H G Spaulding private B 4 Vt
C H Groves priv K 18 Mass
CENTRAL GUARD HOUSE.
Wm. Crosby priv B 13 N Y Cav
TO BOSTON
S S Carleton priv D 13 Mass
CARLISLE.
Francis Cawley priv G 6 N Y Cav
Nathan Wood priv A 1 N Y Cav.
DISCHARGED.
Lysander Borile priv I 77 N Y
Charles T Ingalls priv A 2 Mass
Moses B Cole priv E 143 N Y
Nathaniel Cotton priv 3 Mich
WILL A. SHORT,
Register clerk
A Union meeting of the Armory Square
Division of Sons of Temperance, will be held on
Monday evening next, at half-past six o'clock.
Members of other Divisions, and the public generally
are cordially invited to attend.
To H. C. I.—As presentations are the order of
the day, allow me to bring the following one to
your notice. Last Friday evening, Commisary
Wilson stepped into the officer's kitchen and in 
the name of Uncle Sam, and all concerned, presented
the cook with two very handsome, long
handled spoons, and a pair of pan-cake turners.
The recipient was taken completely by surprise
(and as is usual on such occasions) words failed
him, and murmuring "I thank you, sir!" he turned
back to his table to finish stirring up the mush required
for the Ladies next morning's breakfast.
A LOOKER ON.
1730Hospital Gazette.
Ward A was agreeably surprised, last week, 
by the reception of a donation of sixty dollars,
[???]n the young ladies of the Wheeling Female
[??]minary, Va., for the purchase of rocking-chairs,
[???]t-stools, and other comforts for convalescent
[????]iers. It was accompanied by the following
[????]er, which possesses an added interest from the
[??]ct that two of the fair signers to it, Miss Arnold,
[???] Miss Belle Jackson, are near relatives of the
[???] rebel Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson. One of
[???]n has a father, and the other a brother, now
[???]el prisoners in our hands. In opposition to the
[??]inciples of their families, these young ladies are
[??]yal and true to the "Old Flag."
WHEELING FEMALE SEMINARY,
February 10th, 1884. }
To the Soldiers of Ward A, in Armory Square
Hospital:—
We, who are living where only the faintest
echoes of the strife are borne to our ears, and
where the red hand of war has made but few ravages,
can scarcely realize the horrors through
which you have passed. To us, who have not
suffered the abridgement of one comfort, these
bloody scenes seem more like a dim, distant pageant,
than a stern reality. We have heard of
your sufferings, and of the fortitude with which
you bear your pains. And with hearts filled with
gratitude for the blessings we enjoy, through your
self-sacrifice, we present this offering, which
though small, may, like the widows mite, be as
acceptable in your sight, as was hers in the sight
of God.
If there is aught else that can be done for you
who have left cheerful firesides, loving friends and
society, here are willing hearts, and ready hands
to respond to your calls. And soon may the time
come, "when peace, like the dove that returned
from the flood, shall find an ark of abode under
our mild Constitution."
Miss Arnold Miss Echols
" Armstrong " Fortney
" Atkinson " Gibson
" Bates " Greer
" Burt " Holliday
" Brinton " Hamilton
" Boreman " Heiskill
" Barnes " A. Hubbard
" A. Barnes " Handlan
" Bickle " G. Harbour
" Battelle " Kate Harbour
" Brown " B. Jackson
" Burley " D. Jackson
" T. Caldwell " Johnson
" J. Caldwell " Le Bosquet
" M. Crangle " Metcalf
" L. Crangle " Morris
" Clark " Morrison
" Dorsey " McElhenney
" Dodge " Nicoll
" Donlon " Nichols
And fifty-six others.
"Copy, Madam! I want copy very much,—
have been suffering two hours for want of it."
"Well, take that—or that extract from"—
"Oh don't, Madam, we set up the piece about
— and the other one about — and now
we need some poetry, or something that will hit
somebody,—We haven't got any life in anything
yet," said one of our printers with a most despairing
shrug of the shoulders, and a doleful fall of the
corners of his mouth.
"We must have a piece of poetry, about so
ong,"—measuring with his fingers,—"If we can't
get something off that will hit somebody," and
here he doubled up his fist, with such an air of
being ready to deal with some enemy that refused
to step forward and take his due, that a burst of 
laughter, was inevitable on our part.
"Truly, now, I wish I could accommodate you,
but did you not know that it is not our business to
hit any body, except rebels. We are under military
rule, and a free press, hitting right and left
would make pretty work for ourselves, and pretty
work for our friends! Why, my good sir, I have
rejccted some of the most brilliant and excellent
communications possible, (the world will never
know how brilliant,) merely because they "hit
somebody," and I have learned that this is all
proper, and all our hitting propensities must be
bottled up for the foe not poured out upon those
who are engaged with us in whipping them. But
your new demand of writing poetry, "about so
long"—and to night! does alarm me. I did not
suppose, when I undertook to edit your paper,
that you would insist upon such extremes as this.
Really this is more than I bargained for.
Exhaust Omnes—printers in despair, and editor
forlorn.
J. L. KIDWELL,
No. 367 D Street, near Ninth St.,
Dealer in PAPER HANGING
and WINDOW SHADES.
Having on hand an extensive assortment they are offered
at the lowest cash prices. Paper neatly and expeditiously
hung, by experience orkmen either in the city or country.

ARMORY SQUARE
Hospital Gazette.
Ask nothing of Society but the liberty to do it good.—F. H. HEDGE.
Vol. I. WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1864. No. 8.
Soldiers Column.
MODERN HEROISM.
Ancient History presents a record of heroic acts
of self-immolation to gratify ambition. Of the struggles 
of mailed Gladiators for an award of honor
and to satiate the appetites of blood-thirsty monarchs.
But in all these exhibitions of fortitude,
the grand purpose was to gain popularity and favor.]
There is no higher picture or nobler illustration
of fidelity and heroism, than that presented
by the men of the United States.
We have read of the "Boy that stood on the
burning deck, but his exhibition of duty sinks into
comparative insignificance when contrasted with
the "Cumberlands Crew," who as the angry waves
were lashing their noble craft, and the port-holes
were filling, fired their last broadside, a glorious
though solemn requiem, for the brave spirits, who
went down to a watery grave, with their "colors
flying." Did they sacrifice precious life for honor
and fame? No, their country's honor had been
entrusted to their keeping, and how well they executed
their trust. If we had an individual history,
we could present deeds of heroism to the world at
which they would be startled and amazed. Suffice 
it, however, to speak of a portion that come
under our observation. At the battle of Chickamauga,
the enemy were making a desperate charge
on "Loomises" celebrated battery. The Lieutenant
commanding, saw his brave comrades falling, like
Autumn leaves. The last man had fallen in the
embrace of death when the yelling pack of demons
were upon him, there was no thought of escape,
but obeying his nobler impulse he determined to
die fearlessly. As the enemy were about seizing
his guns, his manly voice was heard, "Hands off,
touch not those guns!" Those were his last words.
For the savages inhumanly killed him, and with
his comrads the body was buried on the ground
that they had so braveley contended for. There
is another illustration of bravery, fidelity and patriotism.
If we had space to enumerate the glorious
deeds of our Color-bearers, who have carried
through the hall of bullets, the proud emblem of
the free—the glorious Stars and Stripes—we should
like to do so. Napoleons' "Veterans" and Wellington's
"Light Guards," were brave but not as
brave and gallant as the "Old Guards" of America.
W. S. H.
OUR FLAG.
One of the prettiest gifts to our Hospital is a flag
quilt made of red and white stripes, with the blue
square and white stars in one corner. It was made
in Portland Maine, and upon many of the white
stripes there are copied patriotic sentences, and
lines of poetry, which make the whole a very interesting
study to the sick soldier, who has the
good fortune to lie under ii. We say good fortune
for we believe when a soldier is thought by his attendants
to be particularly patriotic and meritorious,
the quilt is called for and spread upon his bed!
Last evening we found it upon a soldier in Ward
F, who we are sure bears his sufferings with a
cheerful, merry heart at any rate, "putting the
best foot forward" as they say, in all cases. He
was wounded at Rappahannock Station, but possessing
in common with many other brave soldiers
a great share of modesty, we could not win from
his the especial titles to valor and patriotism,
which had procured him the quilt. We doubt if
one quilt of this kind is enough to go the rounds
of all the beds where the brave ones lie. We think
many of the friends at home who are stitching and
sewing for the soldiers in the Hospital, could repeat
this idea with advantage, and if their selections
of patriotic sentiment are as good as those
which bear the name of "Fox" and "Jewett"
from Portland, we are sure there taste and industry
will be appreciated.
The Soldier, a hero, patriot, and martyr
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Hospital Gazette.
Edited by "H. C. I."
WILL S. HINELINE. } Publishers.
ALBERT B. PINE. }
TERMS—50 cts. per Year, invariably in advance.
WASHINGTON D. C. FEBRUARY 17, 1864.

The Surgeon in charge is responsible for all
articles published in the "GAZETTE."

On Sunday morning our soldiers were invited
to a rare treat, in their chapel, to listen to
sacred readings, by Mr. Murdock, whose earnest
interest in the cause for which our soldiers are
fighting, seemed to make his pleasure in reading
as great as theirs in listening to him.

A Surgeon said, "I have heard sermons preached
upon the story of Joseph and his brethren, but
Mr. Murdock's rendition of it was better than all
the sermons."

The beautiful story of the "Sentinel," who fell
asleep on picket, having been exhausted with long
marching, was condemned to die, but reprieved
by the President, and afterwards fell in battle,
with his last breath, saying, "God bless the President!" 
—drew tears from all eyes.  Mr. Murdock's
readings will not soon be forgotten by those who
had the pleasure of listening to him.  With the
memory of his own soldier son, whose life has
been laid upon the altar of his country, so fresh in 
his heart, we are sure that it must be gratifying to
him to be able to give so much pleasure to the
soldiers of the Hospital.

Last week, when one of the most effective and
elegant orators in America, George W. Curtis, addressed
our soldiers, upon "The Way of Peace,"
we could see that even more than his other audiences,
though they are large and crowded, did our
soldier listeners inspire the orator with fire and
fervor.

These few gifts to the Hospital, of Poets, Orators, 
and Elecutionists, do not fall upon ungrateful
hearts.  Of that the givers may be well assured.

The Flag quilt we find upon enquiring is
not a gift to Armory, but only loaned to us by
Mrs. Fogg, of Maine, a lady who takes a deep interest
in soldiers.  After we have enjoyed it a while
it must pass on to other Hospitals.  Who speaks
for the privilege of sending another to us, brim
full on the white stripes, of noble sentiments in
prose and verse!

Jacob W. Shultz Co. G. 138 Pa. aged 23
years died in Ward A. Feb. 12th of dropsy.  He
was brought from the Regimental Hospital only
ten days previous, too much diseased, to hope for
recovery.

Lefavor C. Perkins was one of the unfortunate
men who were thrown into the river by the train
running into the open draw some time since.  He
was a member of the 2nd Vermont, had a family,
had reinlisted, and in his pocket was found a furlow
which expired the very day of his death.  He
was a private, a fine looking man, and in the words
of my informant, an "eminent" looking one.  At
first it was thought he might survive, but his injuries
were internal, and he died.

Ludwig Reisterer private Co. F. 6 Regt. Invalid
Corps, a German by birth was admitted in this
Hospital on the 28th of December with Chronic
Diarrhœa.  He was convalescent for some time
and a furlough had been forwarded for him to
visit his home and friends; just before he was
ready to start he was taken suddenly ill and died
within a few hours.  He leaves a wife and family
to mourn his loss.

Philip Roarts was a private in Co. K. 148 Penn.
Vol., was an inmate of the Hospital but a short
time, he was brought here from the Front very low
with the Chronic Diarrhœa, he was 46 years of 
age; he also leaves a wife and family.

REPORT OF THE U. S. GENERAL HOSPITAL
Armory Square, for the week ending
February 7. 1864.
ADMITTED.
Edward Cassidy priv B 4 Ohio
Henry Urban priv F 20 Ms
Jas Shephard priv A 15 "
Wm Lanrer priv H 1 N J Cav
Sam Wicks priv I 39 N Y
Emil Devevanx priv E 39 N Y
James N Barker priv B 4 Ohio
Joel Stanb priv H          "      "
W H Buckner                 "     "
Wm Remmington, Sergt    "
Thos Murphy Priv H 19 Me
Jacob Savage E              "
Asa V Stowell                 "
Wood, private D 1 I C
J E Colly priv          "
M S Cotter priv L 16 Pa Cav
Geo Worden private        "
J A White private G 20 Wis
Chas Forrest priv A 13 Pa Cav
James P Burns priv K 150 N Y
Danl Lambert priv H 1 Me
E R Reith priv H 152 N Y
E Pickens corp "   "    "  "
J B Strout priv F 10 N Y Cav
J Tiffany priv R 148 Pa
H C Wyant priv A 152 N Y
A Vincent      "             "


Hospital Gazette.

H P Luce        "             "
D J Quimian private K 145
P Boarts F 148
T. Allen priv G 43 N Y
M King priv          "
A Cummings        "
J C Brown priv H 19 Me
R D Martin            "
H Lessions            "
Edward Weird private 152 N Y
m Bixby private E 39 Me
E H Hinds private K 64 N Y
Mont Platt private E 152 N Y
C Patrick priv B 26 Mich
John Troy private C I0 N Y Cav
G W Miller priv E 140 Pa
Orsin Butts priv L 13 Pa Cav
H R Lewis corp F 15 N J
J Stockman priv C 73 N Y
W McJunior private H 152 N Y
Wm Mullen private G 39 N Y
J Anderson priv F 140 Pa
G White prie K 28 N Y
A Douglass corp I 148 Pa
Ed. Mould priv H 72 Pa
D Van Allen Sergt E 152 N Y
T Clancy priv A 145 Pa
W McKee priv C 16 Pa
John Mahone priv 88 N Y
A Fletcher priv A 26 Mich
T J Hays corp B 22 Mich
H E McCabe priv I 26 Mich
O H Tailor priv F Baker's Cal
G W Jones C               "
E H Starkey courier E 10 N Y
F Pribble priv C 1 Minn
P Hunt priv K 20 Mass
J B Davis priv M 3 Pa
B Kinnon priv F 39 N Y
J Fitzgerald priv I 152 N Y
J Hines priv I 26 Mich
P Michell priv I 1 N Y cav
H Kilpatrick priv I 26 Mich
James London priv D 152 N Y
H J Winslow priv            "
J W Shultz G 138 P V
J W Atchinson E 122 O
Isaac Minch F 9 I C
E Fogg A 1 I C
W Hirvebant C 3 Me
F Garnette Sergt B 3 Me
L Sinsebeth F 9 Reg
C Emington B 18 Conn
R P Storminger K 153 Penn
R B Ainlin D 1 Vt Cav
D R Fulton priv G 13 Pa cav
Peter Stone priv D 1 N Y cav
Cookson F. Greene C 16 Pa cav
Sam R Armostrong D 109 Penn
Geo Gillsworth A 13 Penn cav
R A Labrer priv G 19 Me
Peter Ulib sergt 13 Penn cav
Jacob Wernd priv H 5 U S
S C Porter K 16 Penn cav
Lemons Borton D 6 I C
Noah Kinson G 25 O
N L Newberry A 4 U S A
W B Grandon         "
John Hoover F 2 Penn R C
Daniel Heale E 2 Berd S S
H Kockfellow C 63 N Y
John L Fees C 90 P V

E H Vorhees priv 1 I52 N Y
H H Higgins priv E 6 O
S G Meyers priv D 1 Mass
Geo Block priv P 13 Penn cav
H K Perkens priv 20 Mass
Jas Eldridge priv 20 Mrss
S W Russell priv
Adolph Mahinity priv I9 Mass
James Sullivan priv 20 Mass
Wm Osborne priv 1 N J cav
H Harris priv 1 Me
Daniel Richmond priv D 12 N J V
Seth Roberts priv 1 Me cav
Aaron Bartlett priv 1 Me cav
John Bible Blacksmith 1 Mass
B Worthington priv 1          "
Jas Confrer priv 1 Mass
O Rice priv 148 Penn
J B Iron Sergt I Mass
Laf Leland priv 16 Penn
John Lawrenee corp
T A Simpson priv 145 Penn
Hiram Shafer 111 N Y
Wm Phillips sergt 7 Mich
H Demars priv 3 Pa C
J Craner 1 Minn
R R Keys 6 Ohio cav
E Vlon priv 26 Mich
Johnson McClean priv 14 Ind
A H Stiles priv 1 Me Cav
H Martin 8 Pa Cav
Joshua Ray priv 13 "
F Lay 13 Penn cav
W H Fratts priv 14 Ind
Aug Ray priv 14 Ind
H S Wheelock priv 14 Ind
W Andre 14 Ind
P D Rogers 13 Penn cav
D McInnis
H Kanter 20 Mass
John Adams 15 O
Geo Whitecomb
John Hoyle priv F I Del
James Fourlay D priv Mass
Sam T Btamble priv K 12 N J
J P Sherman sergt        "
G S Donnell private D 19 maine
J Coppleton priv 1 maine
H Fling D 8 Ohio
Abs Zeddaker G Ohio
John Edick priv K 157 N Y

What is it that most obstructs an early restoration
of Peace on the solid, enduring basis of
universal Freedom!

We answer, Fernando Wood and the Copperheads
who sustain him.  His speech on Tuesday
was a palpable exhortation to the Rebels not to
succumb, not return to loyality, but to hold out till
next Fall, if possible, and take the chances of a
Copperhead triumph in the Presidential Election,
which he thinks will give them Peace on their own
terms.

JOB PRINTING, neatly executed.

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