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"is true that the man had not but
for received proper care. he was very sorry"
With the attention which this young man is now
receiving she will probably recover, but how
had it been otherwise? Only thus, after that
not far from this time sermon the city papers under caption of Deaths of Soldiers
would have continued this paragraph - Being
called private Camp Nurse -
and this would have been at the end - Who
ever could have mistrusted that this soldier
had he starved to death through want of
proper attendance? Ah me
all soldiers of our poor boys have not a
Sister within nine miles of them -
And still it is said ^{by authority} "We have no need
of nurses" and that "our army is
supplied" - How this can be so I fail to see
still again it is not for me to guess - we can ^beyond our ^authorities must be respected though our
men perish - I only mention such facts as

come under my own observation, and only
a fraction of those - This ^{is not in accordance}
with our ^home style of judging. If all other English
people say men lying in camp uncared for
until the last rather far from them feel with most
people enough about them to take care of them we
should think they needed more nurses, if with
plenty of persons about who failed to care for
them we should think they needed better.
I can only repeat - that I fail to see it clear -
I greatly fear that the few privileged elegantly
dressed ladies who ride over and sit in their
carriages to witness "Splendid reviews" and what
the captain ^{in apt} army of the "Dolomie"
and come away "delighted" learn very little
of what lies there under canvas.

Since receiving your letter I have taken
occasion to converse with a number of
the most intelligent and competent ladies
who are or have been connected with
the Hospitals in this city, and one