| From the Savannah Morning News |
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| August 27, 1863 |
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| Supplies for the Georgia Troops Engaged in
the Defense of Charleston |
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| We were not aware until our
recent visit to Charleston, of the good which is being accomplished
through the instrumentality of the Savannah Distributing Committee. Not
only are the rations furnished by the Government to our brave troops,
now occupying the Island batteries below the city, necessarily limited
to the bare necessaries of procuring extra supplies, and the great
inconvenience of properly preparing their food in the camps and within
our works, amid the crashing of cannon balls and the explosion of
bomb-shells, renders their bill of fare neither satisfying nor
appetisant. Under these circumstances the supplies that have been
sent forward by the Committee, and distributed among Georgia troops,
have been very acceptable, and while they have contributed to the
comfort and refreshment of our brave boys, they have furnished to them a
most substantial and gratifying proof that they are not forgotten by
hose for whose homes and liberties they are fighting. We feel confident
that there is not a contributor to the fund of the committee who would
not, if he had seen our soldiers as we saw them on James Island last
Sunday, and had hear their expressions of gratitude for the aid already
sent them, cheerfully double his subscription. Officers and men
expressed to us their grateful appreciation of the liberality of their
friends at home, and of the kind officers of the committee, through whom
their supplies of provisions, comforts and refreshments had been
forwarded to the camps and distributed amongst he various corps. |
| As a representative of the
committee in the distribution of last week's supply, we take pleasure in
acknowledging the prompt and zealous co-operation of Gen. Taliaferro,
and Capt. T. A. Burke, of the 54th Regiment Georgia Volunteers -- to the
former for affording every facility for conveying the supplies from the
railroad depot to the islands, and to the latter for his personal
attention to their prompt transmission and distribution. |
| The liberality of the officers
of the Charleston & Savannah Railroad in furnishing a special car for
the transportation of the articles sent to our troops, is deserving of
commendation. |
| The committee will send
forward another shipment of supplies on Saturday. Contributions of
provisions and refreshments should send their articles to the committee
before Friday noon, in order that they may be ready for the train in the
morning. |
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