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LEST WE FORGET

"There is at each of the camps near the City, a Receiving Hospital, under the immediate care of Dr. Jameson (except Camp Morton) where the sick of each regiment are reported every morning, and each severe case is at once sent to the General Hospital; but very many cases are entirely treated at these receiving hospitals.

"At Noble Barracks there are about five hundred artillerymen. At the Camp Hospital an average of twenty are reported sick each morning, but few of whom are sent to the General Hospital for the reason above given,

"The hospital register shows one hundred and fifteen sick received since November 22, 1862.

"At Camp Carrington there are about seven hundred men, and for several days the morning report of the sick shows an average of four, which indicates that at

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