| From the Columbus (Ga.) Times |
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| May 24, 1864 |
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| A Want -- Can it not be supplied? |
| Several members of the
Ambulance Corps from this city, have returned from the front, and the
rest are coming, to remain until a general engagement shall summon them
to the field. We learn from them, that if their services had been needed
on their late absence their efficiency would have been greatly impaired,
by the want of a separate car, with which most of the similar committees
were provided. These cars contain the committees with their supplies of
all kind, and are attached to the hospital train, in rear of and close
to the army. It is unnecessary to add that the facility of movement thus
secured, and the fact that the supplies can thus be kept together and
always in reach, add greatly to the efficiency of these indispensable
organizations. Cannot the Muscogee Road furnish the Ambulance Corps from
Columbus, such a car, should their services be at any time demanded? We
know full well that the patriotic managers of that Road have every
disposition to further the objects of so useful and humane an
organization, and will supply the want if it be in their power. We
understand that all the Roads east and north of us leading to Atlanta
have agreed to attach such cars to the first passenger train that may be
en route for the desired destination. |
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