The Daily Dispatch: September 24, 1861., [Electronic resource]

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Clothing for soldiers.

--Complaints are made that boxes and parcels containing clothing and other articles for our soldiers, do not reach them. We have heard of an instance in which some patriotic Southern ladies made up over a hundred suits of clothing for a company of volunteers in Virginia; the clothing was boxed up and sent on its way to those who were really suffering for it, and the ladies congratulated themselves that the friends and relatives in the field would speedily be relieved. We regret, however, to say that the boxes were broken open at some railway station, and every article of dress taken from them. There are other outrages which we might notice, but this is sufficient to show that there are some sordid wretches in the world, to name whom would be to condemn them to everlasting infamy. The hospitals, we are informed, are annoyed by the delay of their packages of supplies at various points. We are satisfied that the railway companies will do all in their power to remedy any existing evil, and it is only necessary to call their attention to it. The welfare of the soldiers is a paramount consideration.