The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army : a succinct narrative of its works and purposes.
- Date:
- 1864
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army : a succinct narrative of its works and purposes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![24:7 Secretary of the Commission issued the following official circular of instructions to the Sanitary Inspectors: Central Office, Sanitary CoiiMissioN,) Washington, Dec. 16th, 1862. \ To EACH Inspector of the Sanitary Coiwmission : 45- ***** * You are instructed, whenever the delegates of the Christian Commission offer to give you their aid for battle-field relief operations, or in other emergencies, to accept it gratefully; and, for the time being, you will deal with them, as far as possible, in the same manner as you would if each individual had been sent to you for special battle-field duty by ofiicers 'of the Com- mission. You are also instructed at all times to give special attention to the representations of the accredited agents of the Christian Commission with regard to the wants of the hospitals, and will meet those wants to the extent of the means at your control as far as possible, consistently with a just prospective regard for the wants of others. (Signed) Fred. Law Olmsted, General Secretarv. The respective objects and methods of the two organizations are and should be so distinct as well as harmonious, as to permit only the most efiective co-working in the same camps and hospitals. The following statements from an esteemed dele^ gate of the Christian Commission, illustrates the happy result of such cordial co-working: U. S. Christian Comiission, Branch Office, ] Nashville, July 23, 1863. j Dr. J. S. Newberry, Sec'y West'n Dep't U. S. Sanitary Commission, Louisvillle: ^ My Dear Sir,—I desire, on behalf of the Christian Commis- sion, to render grateful acknowledgment for the uniform, generous and cordial co-operation of yourself and the agents of your Commission in our work of bringing spiritual comforts and blessings to the soldiers. But for your assistance at the first, and its continuance all along, our work would have been greatly impeded in the army of the Cumberland.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21973593_0257.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
