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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![264: Articles of Hospital Clothing, &c. Lint, bbls 563 Bandages, bbls 1,063 Old cotton, 4YG Dried fruit, 1,245 Vegetables, 446 Fresb fruit, boxes 233 Fans 10,088 Jel3y, jars 17,93*7 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 8655,337 00, The amount of monej received has been $'36,805 71, alt of which has been expended in purchasing hospital supplies, and in special relief.''' These articles were received from more than twelve hundred towns and villages 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 an 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 ofEce, have for nearly three years past presented scenes of cheerful industry, intelligent care, and j'igidly business-like system that have 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 we 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, em-olling ourselves as workers of the order of the browu-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21973593_0274.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
