| From the Richmond Enquirer |
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| January 1, 1864 |
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| Richmond, December 30, 1863 |
| To the Editor of the Examiner, |
| We notice in this morning's issue of the
Examiner your comments upon a communication from "Georgia"
requesting you to "pitch into" the "Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association" and "stir up" its agents for
supposed delinquency in not forwarding his boxes as expeditiously as
he wishes. |
| Now, Mr. Editor, thanking you for the
manner in which you disposed of said stirring up request, we beg
leave, as attention has been called to the Association, to make a few
statements relative to the difficulties under which we labour in
transporting boxes from Georgia. |
| The boxes of which "Georgia"
speaks have, no debt, been on the way since the 24th November, but the
blame certainly does not attach to the Association or its agents. With
these boxes were a large number of others, and all were promptly
placed aboard the cars at Augusta, Georgia. But so great was the
demand at the time for locomotive power to transport Government
supplies that they had to lie over until the pressure abated. At
Columbia the same difficulties met our messenger, and, up to this
date, he has not been able to reach Richmond. The transportation given
us by the Government is a favor, and we have no right or power
to demand that our stores should take precedence over those of the
Government. The railroads are taxed to their utmost capacity at all
times, and, as we depend entirely on them, we cannot move faster than
their agents permit us. If there be any blame, it is with the
railroads. If "Georgia" will call at the office of the
Association, 111 Main street, he can see letters that will not only
convince him that every effort has been made to get his boxes through,
but that we feel his disappointment almost as keenly as he does. |
| We have never, Mr. Editor {hole
in copy} ourselves to transport boxes {hole
in paper} Express Company. We {hole
in paper} bring them through safely {hole
in paper} and to use the utmost disp{hole
in paper} power. Even the Express labours
with many of the disadvantages we do. We now hold receipts for boxes
shipped from Georgia on the 24th and 27th November, and these boxes
have not yet arrived. Among the many ills following and attending this
war, slow speed and insufficiency of transportation are among them,
and must be borne. This is the first word of complaint that has ever
reached us, and, as we feel we do not deserve it, we beg you will give
this an insertion in your paper and oblige. |
| Georgia R. & H. Association |
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