☞ A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL TO BE LOCATED IN TROY.—We are glad to learn that the offer of the Government to the managers of the Rensselaer County Agricultural and Manufacturers' Society, of $300 per month, for the use of the fair grounds between here and Lansingburgh, as a United States general hospital, has been accepted, and that the grounds will be at once put in order for the reception of sick and wounded. The buildings at present erected will not accommodate beds for more than two or three hundred patients, but additions are to be made by which at least a thousand persons can be well cared for. Kitchens, &c., will also be added, and there is every reason to believe that the hospital will be an institution creditable to this city. Doctors [George H.] Hubbard and Steel will superintend the preparations. On the completion of the arrangements, and when the hospital becomes a fixed fact, its advantages will be apparent. Sick and furloughed soldiers need not go to Annapolis or Elmira to report—while our city will feel the benefit of a steady stream of visitors from abroad.Troy Daily Times. July 19, 1864: 3 col 3.☞ THE UNITED STATES HOSPITAL PROJECT.—It has already been stated that a project was on foot for the establishment of a United States hospital for wounded soldiers, on the Fair grounds of the Rensselaer Agricultural Society, near Batestown. The directors of that society, we learn, will meet to-morrow, to take final action in the matter. It seems that a correspondence has been held between certain officers of the society and the United States medical authorities, and the affair has progressed so far that the Government deemed the bargain settled, and proceeded to act in the premises. Requisitions have been made for medical and hospital stores by Surgeons Steele and [George H.] Hubbard, who have been sent here to establish the hospital, and other arrangements have been made to carry the project into immediate execution. Suddenly these officers find an unexpected opposition to the project, coming from two or three persons residing near the fair grounds, and who also are members of the Society. It is for the purpose of taking final action that the Board of Directors is called to meet to-morrow. The United States authorities propose to pay $300 per month for the use of the grounds for a period of three years or less. They intend to erect five new buildings, each to be two hundred and fifty feet long, and to make other needed arrangements to give hospital accommodations throughout the year for at least one thousand wounded soldiers. It is not designed to admit fever cases into this hospital, and only those who are wounded,—consequently there can be no reasonable objection to its establishment on the score of infection or contagion. The establishment of this hospital would be a great advantage to Troy, to its hotels, railroads and retail dealers, because it would bring hundreds here to look after wounded friends under its care. Its location is pronounced, by those whose experience renders them competent judges in such matters, to be excellent. We do not see that there can or ought to be any objection to the carrying out of this project, except that arising from the personal convenience of some two or three residents near the proposed location. We hope these objections may be withdrawn. Every consideration of patriotism, loyalty and hospitality ought to lead these gentlemen to withdraw all mere personal objections in view of the great and overwhelming duty of all to do whatever lies in their power to provide good hospital accommodations for those who have periled life in their country's defense.Troy Daily Times. July 21, 1864: 3 col 2.☞ THE FAIR-GROUND HOSPITAL, between this city and Lansingburgh, although the lease is as yet, "a deed without a name," is nevertheless to be a fixed fact. At a large meeting of the directors of the Rensselaer County Agricultural and Manufacturers' Society, this morning, the action of the Board of Directors, with Secretary Willard and Treasurer Knickerbocker, in letting the grounds, was unanimously affirmed.—L. E. Gurley offering the resolution. The subject was freely talked over. While it was admitted that the presence of soldiers might give occasional annoyance to neighbors, the benefits to the city and the liberal terms offered by the Government—which will place the Society out of debt—outweighed all objections. Capt. [George H.] Weeks, Quartermaster, and Surgeon Hubbard, Medical Director, pledged themselves that the hospital should be conducted with all the strictness of a military post, and in such a manner as to satisfy the community. The Quartermaster-General has until to-morrow to approve or annul the arrangement. [...]☞ THE Lansingburgh Gazette says of the new military hospital at the fair grounds:"There was some opposition to the leasing. The funny part of the opposition came from the bone-boilers, bull-beef packers, and slaughter house people generally in the neighborhood. After making their own establishments a nuisance to the people for twenty years, they now cooly object to the hospital as something offensive to their delicately toned noses. We shouldn't wonder if the hospital doctors got an equally unfavorable opinion of the slaughter houses, and closed them up as a medical necessity. So mote it be."Troy Daily Times. July 21, 1864: 3 col 5.☞ MILITARY HOSPITAL.—The buildings at the fair-grounds are being fitted up for use as a United States hospital, and beds have arrived for the use of patients. A correspondent suggests that our citizens should see that shade trees are planted in the grounds.Troy Daily Times. July 30, 1864: 3 col 4.☞ FAIR GROUND HOSPITAL.—The contracts for refitting the buildings at the fair ground, to be used as a United States hospital, have been awarded to New Yorkers, as already stated, for about $47,000. We do not see how they can afford to do the work for that sum—as the bifs of four well-known Troy carpenters were as follows:C. P. Hutchins..... $95,000Z. E. Fobes........ 108,000J. Shannahan....... 110,000G. W. Oliver....... 112,000Troy Daily Times. September 13, 1864: 3 col 5.

Proposals.OFFICE ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER,124 State street, Albany, Sept. 16, '64.PROPOSALS will be received at this office for supplying the U. S. Hospital at Troy, commencing the first of October next, with fuel, forage and straw, to be delivered on the grounds as may be required.s17-1w GEO. W. WEEKS, Capt. and A. Q. M.Troy Daily Times. September 23, 1864: 1 col 4.Proposals for Fresh Beef.OFFICE ACTING COMMISARY OF SUBSISTENCE,U.S. GENERAL HOSPITAL,TROY, N. Y., Oct. 7th, 1864.SEALED PROPOSALS (in duplicate) will be received by the undersigned, at this office, until 10 o'clock A. M., on Saturday, the 15th inst. (at which time they will be opened,) for furnishing Fresh Beef for three months from the 17th day of October, 1864, to the United States troops at this Hospital.The Beef is to be of good and marketable quality of fore and hind quarter meat, (necks, shanks and kidney tallow to be excluded,) and to be furnished in such quantities and at such times as may be required.Further information will be given on application at this office. Each bid must have a printed copy of this advertisement posted at its head. Written contracts are to be made, with adequate bonds, within three days after parties are notified of the acceptance of their bid. The names of two sufficient sureties are to be given in the proposals, which are to be endorsed on the envelope, "Proposals for Fresh Beef." GEO. H. HUBBARD,o7td Surgeon U.S.V., and A.C.S.Troy Daily Times. October 16, 1864: 1 col 5.☞ WOUNDED SOLDIERS COMING.—During the present week, a large number of sick and wounded week, a large number of sick and wounded soldiers will arrive in Troy on their way to the new hospital at the Fair Grounds. These men will be landed at one of the city wharves, and will require transportation to the buildings, and also need the assistance of many helping hands. On a similar occasion, about two years ago, when wounded Vermonters passed through Troy, our people turned out almost en masse and tenderly cared for the suffering braves. We have no doubt they will do so again. Indeed, several persons have already expressed to us their readiness and desire to do so. Dr. [George H.] Hubbard, Surgeon in charge, will give notice when the wounded men are expected, and the men and women of Troy will have an opportunity to display their practical benevolence towards the defenders of their country. It is not thought that the men will arrive here before Friday or Saturday.Troy Daily Times. October 19, 1864: 3 col 4.☞ FAIR GROUND HOSPITAL.—A sewer is being constructed from the United States hospital across the Lansingburgh road to the river.Troy Daily Times. October 19, 1864: 3 col 5.☞ Twelve new hospital buildings are in course of construction on the Agricultural Fair Grounds each of which will hold sixty patients, added to which will be an administration office, bakery stable and dead house.Semi-Weekly Chronicle [Lansingburgh, NY]. October 29, 1864: 3 col 2.☞ The soldiers at the Fair Grounds Hospital are to have a grand supper this evening which will be furnished by the ladies of Lansingburgh.Semi-Weekly Chronicle [Lansingburgh, NY]. November 2, 1864: 3 col 1.☞ FIVE hundred applications for position as nurses at the Military Hospital at the Fair Grounds have already been refused and still they come. There are only about twenty-five soldiers left in the Hospital now the remainder having received furloughs and gone to their homes to stay over election. If all the application of nurses had been accepted, each patient now in the Hospital would have twenty nurses. Whether sick soldiers would recover under such treatment is a matter of doubt.Semi-Weekly Chronicle [Lansingburgh, NY]. November 5, 1864: 3 col 2.☞ RELIGIOUS.[...]—There will be preaching at the United States Military Hospital, at 3 1/2 o'clock to-morrow after-noon. The services will be conducted by the Rev. P. R. Day, City Missionary.Troy Daily Whig. November 12, 1864: 3 col 2.☞ THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR THE SOLDIERS AT THE HOSPITAL.—A movement has been on foot for a number of days past to furnish a Thanksgiving dinner for the soldiers in the U. S. Military Hospital at the Fair Grounds, and the matter has now assumed a tangible form, and Mr. E. Waters, No. 303 River-st., has been designated to receive contributions of eatables, &c., for the purpose.—Mr. W.'s well-known enterprise in such matters, and the active part taken by him in the movement of sending provisions to the soldiers in the field for Thanksgiving purposes, show that he is the "right man in the right place" to take charge of the matter of furnishing a similar dinner for the patients in the Hospital. We hope our citizens will take hold of the matter with an energy worthy of the good cause. We have received the following communication from Mr. Waters:—MR. EDITOR:—I have been solicited by several ladies and gentlemen to receive contributions for a Thanksgiving Dinner for our Soldiers at the Hospital, I will, therefore, undertake the pleasant task of receiving and delivering at the Hospital, such articles as may be contributed for that purpose.—With this in view, I have visited the Hospital, and consulted with the proper officers, and find that such an enterprise will be acceptable in the highest degree. It will require about twenty-five turkeys, or their equivalent in other poultry. I would suggest the contributions of cooked and uncooked turkeys, chickens, ducks, spareribs, sausage, tenderloins, roasts of beef or pork, uncooked vegetables of all kinds, (especially onions) home-made bread, pies of all kinds, cranberries, jellys,—in fact every thing that will make a good substantial dinner and enough of it. Those who prefer to contribute money, may be assured it will be used to the best advantage. I will receive articles from this time until 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Ladies who are willing to cook one or more turkeys will please hand in their names immediately.E. WATERS, 303 River-st., up stairs.Troy Daily Whig. November 22, 1864: 3 col 3.GASS, JOHN.—Age, 26 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1862, at Lansingburg, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. K, October 6, 1862; discharged for disability, December 15, 1864, at hospital, Troy, N. Y."One Hundred and Sixty-Ninth Infantry." Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year 1905. Albany, NY: Brandow Printing, 1906. 172.https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/169th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf☞ PETTY MEANNESS.—There is a sewer running from the United States hospital, just above this city, to the river. On several occasions the outlet has been stopped up—blocking up the entire sewer, and causing discomfort in the camp. Surgeon Hubbard, in charge of the hospital, offers a reward of twenty-five dollars for the perpetrator of this new style of crime.Troy Daily Times. June 21, 1865: 3 col 5.☞ In respect to the rejoinder of the Press, yesterday, upon the subject of the management of the United States Hospital, at North Troy, we are requested to say that all who feel any interest or curiosity in the matter, whether individuals, committees or authorities, are invited to visit the Hospital, and examine into the acts, instructions, and everything else connected with the management of the Hospital. The complaints appear to have originated in the well-meaning interference of benevolence outside parties, who assume to know more of what is due from those in charge than they know themselves, or are enabled to derive from their experience or instructions.Troy Daily Times. July 15, 1865: 3 col 4.☞ LANSINGBURGH.—Our contemporary, the Gazette, is decidedly spicy and readable this week. [...] —The Gazette copies our paragraph about the closing of the United States Hospital at North Troy, and Kirk thus "pitches in":"We presume this means the Lansingburgh United States Hospital, if so it will be matter of deep regret to our people. We were hopeful that it would be a permanent affair. Still it may mean some other hospital; but we know of none in Troy or North Troy, and rather suspect that it is a trick to steal part of territory and institutions in order to make Troy equal to Lansingburgh in 'acres or miles,' as well as to prevent a decrease in the census as compared with 1860. How is it, friend Thorn, is this the game of the Troy locals, or if not, what are the facts in the case? Please explain."Troy Daily Times. July 21, 1865: 3 col 4.☞ DEATH OF THE LAST PATIENT AT THE UNITED STATES HOSPITAL.—A few days ago, orders were received to close up the United States General Hospital just above the Northern limits of the city. This direction has been carried into effect. The men have been mustered out of the service as fast as possible, until only three or four remained. Their discharge papers came—all but one. This poor fellow received his final discharge yesterday, and his name was struck from the muster-roll of the living. He was the last soldier in the hospital, and his death leaves the building without a patient. He belonged to a Michigan regiment, and his name was Hill. The officers of the post are settling their accounts, and making the final arrangements for departure. Soon the Troy military hospital will be a thing of the past. It has received about fifteen hundred patients during its continuance, and the deaths have been very few. While we rejoice at the causes which have led to its discontinuance, we think that this well-appointed establishment might have been somewhat longer retained with advantage to the public service.Troy Daily Times. July 29, 1865: 3 col 2.☞ UNITED STATES HOSPITAL.—Surgeon Hubbard, of the United States General Hospital at North Troy, has packed up all his hospital furniture and stores, and made a requisition for transportation. Yesterday, he received directions to remain and await furthers. It is probable that these articles will be sold on the grounds.Troy Daily Times. August 19, 1865: 3 col 4.Government Sale.LARGE SALE of Medical and Hospital Property, in accordance with instructions from the Medical Purveyor of the Department of the East, there will be sold at the U. S. General Hospital near Troy, N. Y., on Thursday, Sept. 7th, 1865, at 9 o'clock, A. M., the following named articles of medical and hospital clothing, furniture, books, instruments, medicines and appliances, of whatever character, now remaining at said hospital.Sale unconditional and without reserve.Terms Cash, in Government funds.The sale will be continued from day to day until all is sold. W. F. EDGAR, Surgeon, U. S. A.H. W. KNICKERBOCKER, Auctioneer. au39-ts9.Troy Daily Times. September 4, 1865: 1 col 3.☞ HON. PRESTON KING, Collector of the port of New York, has performed an eminently proper act in the appointment of Capt. Clark Smith to a clerkship in the Custom House. Capt. Smith entered the One hundred and Sixty-ninth regiment as a private; was badly wounded at Coal Harbor, and finally attained the position of Captain. He was unable to perform active service, but was assigned to the position of Quartermaster in the United States hospital North of this city. On the closing up of that post, his claims were presented to Collector King, and in less than a week this appointment was made. Capt. Smith has a host of friends in Troy. He is a clever fellow, and well qualified for the position.Troy Daily Times. September 7, 1865: 3 col 4.☞ THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AT THE U. S. HOSPITAL.—There was a large crowd of citizens at the United States Hospital Buildings at Batestown, yesterday, attending the auction sale of Government property. The number of people present was much larger than it was on the day before. The stock of blankets, sheets, &c. were all sold yesterday, and persons purchasing them are to call to-day for their property. The buildings are also to be sold at auction.Troy Daily Whig. September 9, 1865: 3 col 3.☞ The amount of the receipts from the recent sale of medical and other stores at the Troy United States Hospital, amounted to some $20,000. The result is stated by the officials to have been satisfactory, although much of the stock, bought when gold was at it higheest quotations, sold under cost by the package. But very many of the articles brought full value at present retail prices. There will be, before long, one other sale—that of the buildings erected by the Government—and then the "United States Hospital, near Troy," will have become a matter of the past. It is reported, however, that "the principal of the institution," Dr. Hubbard, will locate himself in Lansingburgh, and practice as physician and surgeon, a profession in which he has long been eminent.Troy Daily Times. September 13, 1865: 3 col 4.☞ DR. GEORGE H. HUBBARD, recently in charge of the United States Hospital, at North Troy, received an honorable discharge yesterday. Dr. H. entered the service on hearing the first gun of the rebellion, and served for the first year of the struggle with the great armies of the West. There, as here, he proved his efficiency and skill as Hospital Director and Surgeon. He was recently given the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. We are glad to hear that if the service loses a meritorious officer, our community gains a good citizen and a practitioner skilled in his profession. He has permanently located himself at Lansingburgh, where, we have no doubt, he will soon obtain a remunerative practice.Troy Daily Times. October 13, 1865: 3 col 5.☞ MEETING OF THE RENSSELAER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY—DISCUSSION ON THE CHOLERA QUESTION.—The Rensselaer County Medical Society held an important meeting yesterday afternoon, on the subject of the approach of the cholera to our city, and the probable dangers to be apprehended. [...]—Should the cholera visit Troy, there will be a large number of patients suddenly requiring hospital accommodations. We would suggest that the city purchase one of the Wards at the late United States hospital in North Troy, and keep in reserve for use should occasion require. If not needed, the lumber could be sold at its original cost. Some extra accommodation is called for—for the patient could not be safely sent to the Marshall Infirmary or Troy Hospital. Who will second this suggestions?Troy Daily Times. November 9, 1865: 3 col 4.Notice.ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE,NO. 19 STATE STREET, }NEW YORK CITY, May 3, 1866.BY DIRECTION of the Quartermaster General and the Chief Quartermaster of the Department of the East, I will sell at public auction on the 10th day of May, at 11 o'clock A. M., at the premises, the buildings lately constituting the U. S. "Lansingburgh" Hospital, between Troy and Lansingburgh, viz:One administration building, 128 feet long by 48 wide (2 stories high); twelve wards, entire length 11,844 feet long by 20 wide; one kitchen, 104 feet long by 40 wide; one mess room, 144 feet long by 25 wide; one mess room, 182 feet long by 32 wide; one quartermaster and commissary's storehouse, 104 feet long by 32 wide; one laundry, 48 feet long by 32 wide; one bakery, 48 feet long by 32 wide; one dead-house, 48 feet long by 24 wide; quarters for surgeon, 40 feet long by 24 wide; quarters for assistant surgeon, 40 feet long by 24 wide; stable, 80 feet long by 20 wide; and two large and two small privies. Also, the covered walks connecting the different buildings.There will also be sold all of the water-closet fixtures, washing apparatus, one large oven, one pump, and all of the lead and iron pipe used for service, supply and soil pine in the building.The buildings will be sold separately, with the privilege of five where there are that number of the same size.Terms of sale cash. A deposit of 10 per cent, of bid to be made with the auctioneer at the time of sale, and the balance on rendition of account.The building are of wood, and were built in 1864. They must be removed as soon as practicable, at the cost and risk of the purchaser. The covered walks will be sold by the running foot.The water-closet fixtures and washing apparatus will be sold separately, with the privilege of the entire lot in all of the wards.The lead and iron pipe to be sold by the pound as it is buried in the ground, to be dug up at the expense of the purchaser, weighed and delivered by the quartermaster's agent, and paid for on his certificate.Further information in regard to the nature and condition of the property, kind of materials and situation, can be had of Capt. W. A. Van Vliet, Quartermaster's Agent, at No. 467 Broadway, Albany, or of the undersigned, at this office.The government reserves the right of declining all bids, if they are considered unfair or disadvantageous.R. C. MORGAN, BVT. Major and A. Q. M.Troy Daily Times. May 8, 1866: 1 col 3.