| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| September 24, 1861 |
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| Clothing for soldiers |
| Complaints are made that boxes and parcels
containing clothing and other articles for our soldiers, do not reach
them. We have heard of an instance in which some patriotic Southern
ladies made up over a hundred suits of clothing for a company of
volunteers in Virginia; the clothing was boxed up and sent on its way
to those who were really suffering for it, and the ladies
congratulated themselves that the friends and relatives in the field
would speedily be relieved. We regret, however, to say that the boxes
were broken open at some railway station,
and every article of dress taken from them. There are other outrages
which we might notice, but this is sufficient to show that there are
some sordid wretches in the world, to name whom would be to condemn
them to everlasting infamy. The hospitals, we are informed, are
annoyed by the delay of their packages of supplies at various points.
We are satisfied that the railway
companies will do all in their power to remedy any existing evil, and
it is only necessary to call their attention to it. The welfare of the
soldiers is a paramount consideration. |
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