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<tht ~anitar!! ltpnrttr. Vol. II.] To Pll"Ornote the Health. Co111.foi-t •nd Eflicienc.y of A..r1n.,. d N o ..- r .. an : a~. ' • tt'. Pabllllllll 8eilli-Jloa1hly b:r tk } U. B. SANITARY COMMISSION. JANUARY 15, 1865. OFFIUE OF THE Iprocur ing proper food nnd accommodations for men who came forward promptly when volun r(l. J. Janiti\'U ~(ltUtni:J~iott · the Sqnirrel Htoatera aud others who caine by teers were Clllled for to go as surgeons and nunes :J t I thouilllnds to defend our city in times of thr«a-· on the hOl!pital steamers. WESTERN DEPARTMENT, ened invaaion; the efforts to procure a suitable In clo!ling thi1t report, wo would, in simple East aide Fourth 1met, between Ohestaut a.nd Broadway, rosting place for the honored remains of the justice to ihe members of the Cincinnati Branch, LOUISVILLE, KY. brave men who had returned sick or wounded sav that iu all the arduous. labors performed by from the battle-field to die, and which, with the t.hem, involvina fatigue and l!xposure, and oft.en Ji'.inancia.l Report of Cincinnati Branch generous assistance of the Slara Legisl1tture and days o.nd weeks of absence from their homes and U.S. Sanitary CcmmiBBion, tbe Directors of Spring Grove C~metery, resulted. bwiine!ls, they have neither 11011ght nor received in the appropriation for that purpose of one or From Dec~mber l , 1861, to December 1, 1864. the slightest pecuniary compensation; and now, the most ooautiful portions of our beautiful at tho close of the third year, they are working --· "City of the _Dead ;" and other impor\ant Ja ';I'he Executive Committee of the Cincinnati cordially and harmonioualy with all other agen bon1, however ple>tsant it may be for us to dwell Branch of tho United States Sanitary Commis ~ies which" are endeavoring in any way·to serve upon them, cannot be noticed at length here. sion, to whom was &-'lsigned the duty .of prepar i!te soldier!! of the Union. ing for publication a st.atenten~ of its financial A careful eslimllte of the value of articles dl•• R. W. BURNET, eondition, respectfully submit the following re trib11ted by this Branch, at priceti far belo'\" 'l'HOS. G. ODIORNJC, port: what they would now cost, gives the following CHAS. F. WILSTACH, TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS AllD EXPE!fDITURES, result, viz: Executil'e CommiUee. Doo., 1861, to Dec., 1864 (received), ...... $320.221 QS Value of Contributions (e1tim.;ted) ....,1856, 600 00 The Tables rererred to"'* 011ilte4. " " " _" (expCJnded,) ..... 223,975IO " Purchases................ ............ 181,500 00 The Sanitary Commission in the Army. The work involving the expenditure of the · Total....................... .................... fl,038,000 00 sum 11t.ated above will be {'IXhibited in d\!tail hi To the Editors of the Evtlft.ing Poat : Those who feel a desire to know the relation the accompanying tables. Your correspond~nt has noticed with regret the which the above sum bears to the cost of getting It may be described as consisting mainly jq discredit which is thrown by a portion of our the chartering and. titting out of hoapit&ls.steam., that which it represents to the soldiers can grat- · Press upon the United States Sanitary Commi.Ba- eril and cars for the purpose of conveying relief tfy that desire by comparing with it the sum of 1.0n. Having spent last sum mer ln its aervice u to the wounded and sick at various camps and 'Ille items in table "A,'' which embrace what le a relief agent, he desires to call attention to facta battle-field>1, as J!~ort Donelson, Pittsburg Lan~ properly 09,lied the expenses of the Branch, viz:- which came under hi11 immediate notice. Bein& ing, Nllllhville, Chattanooga., Memphis, Vick.a. Salarie1, etc ................................13,962 57 desirous of ascertaining the true state of feeling burg, etc., and assi&ting in transporting them Freights, etc............................... 4,978 36 in the arm7 itself, he frequently put the follow Printing, etc.............................. 987 2S ing questions officers and men, in hospital and eomfortably to the nearest hospitale; in the pur Drayage, etc .............................. 2,723 78 to chase of medicines and other articles aot fur Sundries .................................... 1,678 86 in ihe ranks, and often on ocCMions when his nished by the Aid Societies, or not furnished by WMhing, etc.............................. 816 56 own counectlon with it waR unknown. "We at them in quantities commemmrate with the de-. the N ortb sometime• hear that the Sanitary Com., $18,147 36 mand; in maintaining a central depot-, with the mission is badly managed. What do you think requisite clerks, porters, and laborers for receiv The percentage will be found to be a little be of it t" The anawers were l'arlou1, and not al ing, assorting, repacking, and forwarding sani• low one and three-quarters per cent. ways encouraging to one who had hoped In-, 0 tary stores ; and in the maintenance of a Sol- A statement of the" disbursemeats on account variably to find warm and grateful confidence< diers' Home. of the Soldiers' Home" will be exhibited in table but the discrepancies were so wel.\ har m~iaed by The details of thi> cash receiptll and 41.iaburse "C." The cost of m&int11.ini11g this valuable in the answer of an impartial witn°01111-& corpora\ ments will be exhibited in table ".A.'' stitution, the first orits kind, as your committee who wa!I on his way home at th,e close of his The total amount of sanitary atores dl1tributed believe, in our land, became, very soon aft~r iU! term of senice-thllt it. will be glnn as tar. by the Branch will be exhibited in table" B," el!l tablishment., too Kreat for our then restricted as possible in his own words; " While a 1oldie11 means. Application v. as mllde to the Govern which Includes all art~cles purchased, as w<>ll a.e Is able to keep his place i1' the ranks gQvern. those contributed by the Aid Sgcieti\!s. We have ment for help, which was granted with a liberal ment takes care of him, or he can take care ot to exclude from this exhibit & great many pack ity which is shown in the amounts credited to himseli, and any little lielp which the Commies• ages sent to us to be forwarded to particular reg the-Quartermaster's and Commlssary's Depart ion can give \n the way of extra comfort is wel iments, oomp"nies, and individuals designated msnU! in the statement. It has been, fer a greater come, but makes very little real dlfferehce to by the donors, the contents of which w~re not or less time, the comfortable home of 9-l,557 sol him. As soon, however, &!ii he is disabled and known, as also a lariie amount or miscellaneoua dien1, furnishing tliem 442,3i5 meals, and, with separated from his command, he is thrown upon articles of which no record has been kept, such its doors open at Ill! hours to all soldiers, It the Sanitary Commis!lion. He owe» to it alm011t as Bibles, Testaments, book~ and pamphlet!!, stands this day in our midst a monument of tb.e every comfort which he enjoys, and without it pendls, pens and pen-holdol'll, letter paper, en solicitude of a benir;n Government, and the love his chances for life would be very •mall indeed. 'Velopes, etc. of a generous people for their brave def1J11.ders. But as the ilUpplies arff generally furnished to 'l'he conciseness of a financial report will not The value ofthe work accomplished iwould be the men through the surgeons or their own permit u!I to enlarge upon that par~ of the Com ·greatly enhanced could we estimate the ~rvices officers, they often fail to give the Commi1Sion mission's "·ork usually denominated "Special r-enderecl gratuitoa11ly by the Q,uartermaster'a credit for them ; unhiss they are cut off from Relief.'' A few items in this department are Department in tran!lportatio11, by the Western t.hem altogethor, whon they soon find the differ given, viz: the amounts expended upon "Hos Union Telegraph Company, tlte Express Compa ence. The general impression among those who pital Steamers and Cars,'' upon the "Home," nies, steaf\\b.oats and railroads, by the Board of do not inquire Into it is that the Commission and for ''Transportation of Destitute Soldiers to Trrusie~ ·at' our public schools, wh'l have fur might do more for them· than it does; but there their Hotnffs." The aid furnished in fitting up nished ttie rooms occupied since our organiza is scarcely one who, when he goes out to fight, hospitals 11,nd providing nnrsas and ooaks; iu, ~H<m ~ 1\1\ Q~ae a.nd depilt, <&nd by those Jtoble doos not feel stronliCer at tho thonght of it. Ae a 130 TJIE SANITARY REPORTER. rule, we think that tht>re is nothing which could aati11factorily met hundreds of ti111.e9, but which. and a hnlf millions remainder followed imme· supply its pla~ . to us, aml. feel that relining of ·rPappears, like llllY slander once afloat, w4en 11-n diately after, printed the garbled sta.tement in a effort in its support on tho part of our friends at enemy or rivRl wiehes to tnjnr~ its infhaence. circular, and scattered thousands of copies home will sh°'v that their interest in us is fail We know it to be false, becau!le our mmna of throughout the land to the injury of the Sanitary inir.'' knowledge are ample.