Neglected soldiers.
--Attention has been frequently called to the fact, that inadequate preparations, if any at all, are made to provide for soldiers who are forced to remain over night in the city. It is painful to pass through the street at night, and see young men, many of them probably having luxurious homes in the South, stretched upon the hard sidewalk, utterly unable to find lodgings in the hotels or even a shelter to cover their heads. Last night, several members of Hampton's Legion arrived in the city at a late hour, and were unable to proceed further without a pass from the Provost Marabel, which could not be obtained until morning. For several hours they went from house to house in search of a bed, but failed to find one, and were forced at last to wonder through the weary hours of night, or else couch themselves upon the pavement. This is but one example of a thousand of daily occurrence. Every night one sees soldiers stretched out at every corner, while the stone front, and even the steps of the larger hotels are crowded with them. It seems strange that those who have so nobly volunteered to fight the battles of our country should be thus neglected, when proper bar racks could be fired up at so little coat. If any eight will touch the heart of the it is that which meets his eye in a mid-night walk down the Main street of our city.
