| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| October 9, 1861 |
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| Clothing for the Army |
| It is absolutely necessary
that something be done immediately by the authorities to cause the
speedy forwarding of clothes, stores, &c., contributed by the
patriotic people to the army, or else there will be suffering in the
ranks this winter. We learn at the passport office that from three to
four hundred car-loads of clothing, &c., have accumulated at
Chattanooga and Knoxville, and that there is a deficiency of
locomotives between Knoxville and Bristol {on
the East Tennessee & Virginia RR}. Could not some be
transferred from the Mississippi Central Railroad,
where we understand there is a super abundance. |
| On the 31st of August,
Congress passed the following act: "That the Secretary of War be
authorized and required to make all necessary arrangements for the
reception and forwarding of clothes, shoes, blankets, and other
articles of necessity that may be sent to the army by private
contribution." |
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