Soldiers' families.
To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch:
Your paper is such a friend to the soldiers that I am sure you will publish a few words in behalf of their wives.
I am a soldier's wife, with five little children and an orphan sister to support.
My husband has been a prisoner for nearly a year, and I have never received money or help of any kind from the Government, the county of Henrico, in which I live, or the city of Richmond.
I have an old father-in-law, who has four families, besides the families of two sons in the army, to aid. He cannot do all this, though he gives us all he has. I write this to suggest that the Government open a store, at which we may buy food, cotton and shoes at Government prices.
We look to it alone.
The rich do not aid us. I have parted with my jewelry and part of my clothing and furniture, and my children often go to bed hungry.
I trust that the Government will open some way to us by which we can obtain the necessaries of life.
A Soldier's Wife.
