Show OUR WOUNDED BRAVES at C A the aar aap jady correspondent of the f springfield he publican who ia is now devoting 1 her ber time to the wounder Aoun deu dea in washington emes wt luek ltee j passing out foai fourteenth benth street the trees by the he roadside dro p beneath the be heavy garniture of may many leafed as tte foila coitan e of a northern june sunshine arid and shadow gleam and nicker flicker over the deep emerald 1 of ibe the toft softly ly swelling bills wile which environ the a suburbs the ichards are raining down fragrance Ira lra grance jn in of snowy blossoms cotta colta cottage e and villa and yonder OB od that c owning knoll the pale stone tower of the soldiers home homor peering above the embowering bowering em treesa trees arid and here on the chegren th gren egren slope of 11 urt pleasant ibe cattle grazing how bow peaceful all look I 1 I 1 yet through all this beauty far along the to toyd royd road toad ad creeps the ion lon long iong line or of abulence abu lance lances packed fill fal of wounded men ren here nere protrudes the stumps of an arm liere here a bare and arid bandaged toot foot here again against these bars where tb th may alay air may kis kiss it r rests ats a paie patient face and tbt tb crimson blot biot and the A hite patch upon the cheek tell where the bulet bullet smote the yard of columbia college Il hospital is filled with ambulances emptying their precious pie cious clous freight passing further on we come to the tle long low buildings of carver hospital into which is being poured adother another installment of sufferers many are carried immediately into bells belis many more inore are able to help themselves and arid each other they crowd into the wards and i on the steps stepa outside washing their faces I 1 combing their hain hair and shaking from their torn garments the grime of or thi th march antl anil 0 or r the battle field one is pouring 7 cooling water upon the swollen arm of a comrade and another sitting bitting upon the ground gro lind liDd is trying to dress the wound of a companion 0 in the d hilte haye c 10 do dot tt he 1 says haggard worn suffering buffering and yet these boys are not only but positively gay id rather be wounded than not y j says baya cde cue as long ions as the boys are bishing on but its mighty hard to be bit and alid know that we are running back the toe army has had bad a hard week I 1 am ain glad giad hat bat you can rest I 1 say cay to one pale and ana buffering man iving lying on his bis bed be yes but the anny army of the potomac ia is used to hard bard times I 1 would rather be with the bo bova boia s than here ill be with my ray regiment again in two week driving the johnnies 1 passing from ane ine ne or of the wards warda I 1 met a I 1 strange face above a well known jacket the 4 zouave jacket of the ellsworth avengers Av engers the I 1 j of new york the tha mm min is wounded wounded in ift the tice face has lost some bome of bis his fingers and one hand band is swollen to ta t tice A ice its natu al at size hib his face lights with recognition as be says you anu are as a sister ye 96 is 9 all right I 1 left him likic in the line of battle after I 1 was wounded the second I 1 time I 1 crawled back to try and find my knapsack all I 1 wanted from it ws ws the picture of my wife and child I 1 bear to lose it but I 1 find it then I 1 looked t f r there he was in the front line with his rifle ready I 1 love all the boys love him i be he will give us bis big lat la t morsel and do iio wi without t hout himself heg hes a lucky boy always fighting fight ingin in i the front and never had a scratch sacred praise treasured already as if it spoken of one oae passed within the eternal gate You boB beem seem devoted to each other yes ryes is the answer we are like brothers was killed last frida friday y and jt it was ivaa bard pard to leave them behind and tears roll aown the iut fut ui rowed face edid 1 idid I did not think i that pat mat any of us would ever reach washington ton aj lle lie he continues go ibe fhe rhe guerrillas fired on onus us and wounded onner some of us over again then they took three hundred hund reit of ua tie poor fell how hungry and weak steak they were Iha I 1 had doDly only tb three ee crackers to eat for three thre euans when I 1 tried to swim the river I 1 was so weak I 1 thought pd pit drown but I 1 did not and vm all right now still they come through all the day and night I 1 bear the mournful roll of ambulances tinder under my window they are tiow now bringing in the extreme cases of the ibe wounded through all the heavy thunder storm of last ight they were passin passing As I 1 look own at midnight a flaak flash of lightning revealed a ghastly sight as an ambulance vanished in fit the darkness dear old oid ld campbel lir ill 1 its lawns have grown green its flowers are blossoming bloss oming its gardens ripening rip ning for summer rummer harvest ic it looks smil cig without and with n with every ward and couch foll full of bugg buff aers it presents a more cheerful aspect than any other hospital the long airy ward warde tha the gay paper hangings hannings hang ings the white curt cutt curtains ains the plants the moss rimmed aquariums the ettnia covered with books all acid berd to give to each ward the looks of a pleasant sick room toe tie reading room and the lon ion ball where the invalids u ed to assemble lasi jast winter to witness theatrical entertainments are now filled with the severely wounded I 1 never stand bland in the door ward looking down on the long iona row of white beds and pale faces which line it on either side without a sense of can I 1 give live e to each one though ever eo 0 little atle something of that which be he needs shail I 1 give he the meet word to the one who wants it 11 the fit silence to the one cannot speak shall I 1 lay by any pillow the thing longed for most are my doubting questions questions yet it seems not difficult to tell the agonized face past all speech and avid the eager asking eyes say speak to me 2 the eyes of the new england toys say more they say ask me mer about mi m self pelf isk me where I 1 I 1 was bount wounded led whre wh re I 1 came from ask me about my folks 11 were Vere you ever in huntington huntinton Huntin ton too thaus thais my home said a massachusetts boy today to day from hia bis bed bej gil III 1 I have been through huntington many times was waa the answer the fact tact was to make us friends immediately medial tely how are you today to day asked another mas was massachusetts boy belo beio belonging neing to the 29 ah regiment gay was the reply the ghe tirs was displaying lisp laving a talent for being jolly under un favorable circumstances which threw the genius of mark into the shade this man was terribly wounded utterly helpless I 1 3 et the face which showed above the coverlet was as r idlene as me if rever cor cot cov wilh with a I 1 pang I 1 could only say bas baa the world ever S reen seen en am an thing BO morally grand as the manhood which abia this war has developed in ameri can men |