The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army : a succinct narrative of its works and purposes / Sanitary Commission.
- United States Sanitary Commission
- Date:
- 1864
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army : a succinct narrative of its works and purposes / Sanitary Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![Articles of Hospital Clothing, &c. Lint, bbls 563 Bandages, bbls 1,053 Old cotton, 476 Dried fruit, 1,245 Vegetables, 446 Fresh fruit, boxes 233 Fans 10,088 Je%, jars 17,937 Wine, bottles 13,247 Condensed milk, lbs 11,491 Beef-stock, lbs 7,15 Groceries.. 17,676 Pickles, gals 7,781 Lemonade, lbs 3,072 The total estimated value [at wholesale and cost prices] is $655,337 00. The amount of money received has been $36,805 71, all of which has been expended in purchasing hospital supplies, and in special relief:^ articles were received from more than twelve hundred towns and with whose Aid Societies the Central Association had established correspondence. At page 59 in this volume, the origin and purpose of this Association have been mentioned, and no higher praise could be awarded to its management than to state the fact that the original purpose of aiding in the organization, methodizing, and most effectual application of woman's help in this war, has been steadily pursued and successfully car- ried out in every particular. The abstract of receipts and shipments and the catalogue of auxiliary Aid Societies, on the preceding page, present but ao imperfect idea of the arduous labor that has been performed in this Asso- ciation. The correspondence, and the hard work of re-packing, assorting and forwarding, which constitute the daily duties of its lady managers, at their central office, have for nearly three years past presented scenes of cheerful industry, intelligent care, and jigidly business-like system that Lave won universal admiration and respect. The Association has made but little effort to contribute pecuniary aid, as the Sanitary Commission treasury is kept in New York. It has chosen rather to become a direct and reliable channel and main artery to the Commission's department of Eelief. Its services have been of untold value to that department. The spirit in which its labors are pursued may be judged by the following extract from the last published report of its Ex- ecutive Committee: When the time comes that v/e may rightfully lay aside the needle and the pen, we shall be told it, and not until then bring this work to a close, which it is our privilege as well as our duty to be engaged in. There is one result of the work of the Commission, not to be found in any of the reports, not to be counted, nor weighed, nor measured, nor seen. For two and a half years, while we have been filling the boxes and forwarding them, enrolling ourselves as workers of the order of the brown-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21459460_0274.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
