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 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. Not that we d11ny. tiiJ.t ~ Commi11sion. Was that C'hristian1 The circu 'rhe force or this testimony, comir·g from ono case of' misnppropriation ever oocurs-tbat were lar has now been suppreesed in thi11 Ticinityfrom of those thoughtful, earnest men who are the pe absurd in the circumstanC'es-hut that WIJ know very sha"lle. ln view or euch facts the public culiar glory or our volnnteer army, cannot be such im1tances to be infrequent, and not to affect should be cautions in crediting the cbarges or fully felt without the interesting details with the working or the 1;1ystem, ln my visit lo !he insinuRtions made from that quarter against tho which it waii advanced and supported. To the Army or the Potomac, I found that in the great SBnitary Commission. I grieve to be compelled writer, confirmed us it was by his own expe hospital at City Point, the surgeomi hnd no con to SRY these things, yet lesa could not be e:spect rience, it brought full conviction and new heart nection whatever with the dh1tribution, but the ed iu the circumstances. for his work; Rnd when, with regret., he left it, t>atables went into the hands or the ladies, and YouB truly, it wati with the detennination or losing no op fl'om them to the sick, while the clothing WWI WM. W. PA'lTON. portunity of serving it l!llill. Let him then call given out to the me• by the agt>nts of the Com attention to the set'Ond qu011tlon, as the key note mission. Everywhere throu):h the army !!IUr Letter from Rev. J. C. Hoblit. or his ·appeal. "In your opinion, how do the geons are not only requintd to receipt for the ar S.4.VANNAH, GA., Dec. 22, 1864. abuses in the Commission work compore with ticles obtained, but to sign a pledge f~r theii: hon D1·. J. 8. Newber-1-y, Set;. Western Dep. U. S. those In the different departments of umy sup orable u1e. The Commiseion Riso has hospital San. lbm. : plies, such as the quRrterms.~ter's or the com visit.ors, whose duty it is t-0 visit tho men subse Dear 8ir-On looming that Gen. Sherman was n1i&sariat?" To this there was bat one answer, quently, arnl nscortain whether they hRve re· about to make a lx>ld move through the State of that there wa.~ nothing like the los!I in the Com· ceived the supplies en!rnsted to the surgeons. Georgi~ to some point on the sea-coast, it was mission which was to be found fn any of the de- · The thGl'oughness or the 11yslem may be learned deemed important that •ome one of the Com partments named. from the printed report or my visit which I send mission agenis should accompany the expedi Now if we do not hesitate to 11u11tain the gov with this. tion. 'l'hat duty fell to my loi, and I now have ernment in maintaining our armies in the.field, The difficulty or mel'ting the charge arises the honor to report to you the work and obser in spite of the corruption which we know to largely from its want of definiteness and author vations of my mission: exist in every department which is needed to ity. No responsible person makes it, with suita Early in the month or November there contribute to their efficiency_, shall we not con ble reference to time and place, but the nearest was great act.ivity at Atlanta-sendil)g stores itibute to their efficiency, shall we not continue approach to J his is, as in your article, a reference and non-com uatants to the rear, and prepar to sustain that auxiliary 111 m of the service, to nameless "parties who ought to know." But ing the troops with clothing and rations for whose object is to save the helpless, and whose do they know? Will tbey make specific charges, the prospective compalgn. By the middle of thorough org1mi2ation and flexibility of manage and locate them? Can they provo what they the month this work was accomplished, amt ment enable it, at least in the judgment of those affirm? We have seldom failed to prove the on the 15th day of Kovember, 1864, the Army whom it serves, to do a work which nothing else falsity of every such rumor, where we could of Georgia broke up camp and commenced Its can or will do? There are many distrustful and trace it to a responeible penon. I am aorry to long and unpllralleled march toward lhe land of faint hearted, who are beginning to regret the say that lately these reports are represented to the P~lmetto. Officers and men were in excel generous confidence which has hitherto strength us RB made by the agents of the Christihn Com lent spirits, and even jubilant over the prospec . ened the hands of the Commission; and who are miasion, in order to divert supplies from us to tive movement. Each division had its hospital now willing to see it fall, In the hope or finding ihemselves. It would be easy for us to retaliate, department well organized before •tarting, and some more worthy almoners of their bounty. by charging on that Commission occa11ional acts had beside11 the hospital wagons a corps of aboui Will they not inquire more closely Ink> claims its of its dele1ates to the ~rm y. I heud in the Army forty ambulances. All the sick and wounded and necessities, and help to show, by rent.wed of the Tennessee, of en11 who opened cans ef were to report, or to be reported, to the chief sur· confidence In It, that our sympBthy with our sol peaches, and with a spoon weni through a regi geon in charge or the hospital for transportation diers in the field has not abatoo, in the midst of ment of well men, preparing the way probably and treatment. The surgeons of regimentlil were «)Ur own Christmas joy r SUTTON. to preach the Gospel, by feeding them with deli furub1hed with cards admiUing the bearer to a place in an ambulance. Thelle cards were given New York, December 22, 186-f. caciee. Another filled his arms with clothing, and sallied forth among a crowd of soldiers, in out at the surgeon's call in the morning to such l'"'.. I.be CoogN1atlonallet.} q uirlng who wanted a shirt or n pair of stockin1s. as could not march. The bearer perhaps would The Banitary Commission. Of course he found recipients for his wholt> stock start on with the troops, 1md when his strength in a few minutes. But I should be sorry to failed rested by the wny side untll the ambu· Our object in calling attention to char,es in quote these instances as indicatiTe of the method' lances came up. For the first few days many circulation against the Sanitary Commisl!lion will of the Christian Commission, tho~hits plan of could not walk on account of foot-eoreness; bui be answered in the clearing up w])lch its friends temporary, inexperienced, volunteer delegate11, they soon got well, and even cases of fever and give to those rumors to which we referred. We makes it liable io many such injudicious distri men with wounds recovered in thei When li t,.kes a barrel of dried fl'uit for one On the 17th of September I we1.t down to At packed, and ferwarded through its agency, for meal, and other things in proportion, to satisfy lanta, and on the followinii day went out to distribution to our soldilm!I in the hospital1', ar the aeeds of one hmipital, it can be seen what a Eust Point, to visit the Tennessee Army. I mies, and on the battle·fields, JJiny-eight thou Taet amount of supplies are needed, for tbe -visited the <'amps of the 15th, lSth, 11th, 16th sand eight hundred and three packagu of Sanita worst cases alone. I cannot forbeaJ' the nllJ'ra· 25th, 26th, 30th, 9t.h, and remnant of the 3d. I ry and Hoapital &pplie,." tion of one incident that came under my obser found the ranks sndly thinned from the sum "The apprail!led citsh valuiation of tbest> sup Tation. One of the 11urgeons came to me, and mer campaign, but those who were left were in plies, at the respootive dates of tl1eir reception asked that I would see .. specially nfter the diet good health, ba-ve a fine location, good water, by the Commill8ion, amounts to the iotal sum of one of the men, as his cure depended on his re and were in the best of spirits, and anllioui. tn of S964,057 71." cehfog proper food. After sanding him hi1 follow the retreating enemy. The Commi98lon These packages were oo11ected from Illinois, meals prepared by my own directions, for three at .Atlanta wae short of si9res, owing to a break Wisconsin, lol'Ja, nnd Michigan . chiefty, and weeks, be inquired of me one day when I was in in the rnilroad, but at the time of my leaving some were obtained from Indiana, Minnesota, the ward "why don't we eTer &Qt any Sanil.ary goods had commenced arriving. Perhaps noth and Ohio. aiores T" I told him his entire food ha.I been ing In the ann.als of this war will more aRton 'Ve must likewise notiCP the ••Semi-annual drawn from the Sanitary CommiMion for a ish the thinking mind than the statiRtics show Report of the Wisconsin Soldiers' Aid Society," ing thl' railroad tonnage of the CommiKslon month. "Why," said be "I thought they fur which bas just been received. This :report says: from NashvUle to our army. · It was with the nished nice things, preserves and jellies ; I have "\Ve have iient to the front, in money and sup utmost exertion and perseverance that Sanitary never seen any of them." The truth wa11, snch plies, more than J~'>,000 in fiv.i months, and supplies could he forwarded, so much was the \ articles offood would have caused bis death, and more than fll,000 worth or pickles alone. In . railroad used by the Government, and many I told him ao. I computed the cost to the Com the whole year, about '50,700, and or that Jl9,400 miS11ion of this man's food dnrin·g the four times it was impoesible to keep i;ip a foll nsBOrt· was in pickles." weeks he was fed exclusively hy us. The very mentofgoods. Itwill be gratifyingto the peo There is.one peculiar and pmill'ewortby feature lowest average was sixty cents a meal, making ple of Iowa, whose Sanitary contributions main in the work of the Wisconsin A.id Society, ·which the •um total for the four weeks of ~,40, be ly flow Into the United St.tea Sanitary Com is lx>st understood from the account given in tl1e eidem his clothing, bed-clothing, fan, bandker mission, .to know that my requisitions on 'bis report. 'rhe story of its origin and resulf.s will great organization were at all promptly calefs, and so on. How many of our local 10- times be found very interesUng, and mRy perl;laps fur filled, although I was every where known as cletles are there that do not giye more than that n ish some excollcnt suggestions for like organi the Iowa agent, and It was understood that I amount yearly, and yet, if they hear of one sol zations· e ls~where . We therefore copy entire the dier who has failed to receive of the Sanitary was mainly JeToted to Iowa troops. The con part of the report relating to tho "Industrial Aid Commission what he has asked for, are ready to fidence of the peopJe of Iowa in tbe S1rnitary Department:" denounce this grand organization, .and to pro Commission is not misplaced. It looks after t.Be " Brought much into contact with eoldiers' nounce it a humbug. welfare of all soldiers, and Iowa troops can familie&, tho ladies of the Soldiers' Aid Society If it is asked why these hospital• do not use always look to it for aid. could not resist the conviction that proper con their fund for tho purchMe of Sanitary stores, I sideration for their own sex called upon them to re11ly, a hospital cannot make a fund until the · devise some m eans whereby they might ben11fil first monthly estimate is made, and many of those who have ghen their busbnndf and sons these near the front are not permanent, and con - to fight tho battles of our country. They felt, 1 I · A d "f h had LOUI8VlLLE, KY., : JANUARY 15, 18&~. too, that by doing this they wou Id most· etfectu sequent y can never c 1um one. n 1 t ey ======ever 80 large R fund, the country is so bare they all)' encourage and comfort the hearts of the sol can buy notlling nearer thnn NMhv. ille, which Beports of Branches of the U. S. Sanitary diers tbemselve". Commission. is the nearest market. Then they have to wait •• Believing that the wisest charity wonld bt> to weeks for transportation, and when they buy, The "Financial Report of the Cincinnati furnish work, presenin1ithose whom tht>y would with butter $1,00 per pound and potatoes $3,00 a Branch" is reprinted elsewhere in this issue of the aid as much as possible from the humiliation bushel, a large fund would furnish but a meaire Rerorter, and it will be very gratifying to all in- or recei..,.ing alms, and feeling that we were not. Bupply. terested iD supplying the wants l'f the army to authorized to trench upon the funds placed in e • • • e e • • see with what skill and devotion the Queen City our hands for men in hospital and on battle On the 7th of lhi11 month I again saw the Iowa hW! responded to the large demands made upon field, it wus determined that mar Corresponding Brigade of the 17th Corps, on their transit front. her during the past three years. Tho work of SOOretary should procood to Washil1gton and so Arrangements bad been made to furnish them relief which the Cincinnati Branch has pt'!rform licit from the Heads of Departmt>nts a iihare of sucb supplies as they needed or could use, which ed has been immeuse, and worthy of the cbl\rac ar~y work. Successful in her appeal, the work the men eeemed to enjoy very much, none of us ter and resources or the city. A careful estimate was commt>nced six weeks ago, immediately on imagininir bow soon many of these brave fellows or the value · of articles distributed by this the arrival of the material. We have on our ~ere to be numbered amoni the wounded and Branch, at prices far below what thev would books two hundred and thirty women, nod the dead. About the first of July the hospital for bavo cost, gives the following result, viz: number is constantly increasing; and though the department_of the Tennessee was opened at Value of Contributions (estimated •..... 3856,500 00 with our .grant of twelve thousand garments we Rome, and as most of the men from Iowa are in " P~rchases ·· ········· ······•·· ········· 181,500 00 cannot give them all the work they wish, yet we that department, I went over to look after them. Total ...... •.•...... • ~l,038,000 oo hope by its judicious distribution materially to I found the town which had once been beautiful We have likewise received from the Treasurer aid them through the severity of the approaching now a vnst hospital. Every suitable house was at Chicago the "FinanciRl Report of the North se~on. in use for aick and wounded. They were in ~estern Branch of the U . S. Sanitary Commis "The object of this depart.ment is to aid those need or supplies, but this was soon obviated by sion," 1..-overingthe entire period of its e:xistence who are most needy and d esening-thoee who aliberal supply of&nitary goods arriving from thre9 years and two months. This report, too, cart not do or obtain much other work- and those the bead-q•arters of the Commis..ion• . I Yisited j 1ike that or the Cin pinnati Branch, is a splendid wlio have the least assistance from other source!!', ihe whole town very thoroughly, m:iktng full re- proof at once or the liberality of the people of the With all the noble liberality of the General and porta orthe sick and wounded. From this time Northwest and of the self-denying labor of their Staie Governments, as well as that of the count.y, for a few weeks, I diTided my time between agents, eager to make the best use ot all stores toore are still many cases of hardship which ap Marietta, Kingiiton, and Rome. At Mar- and funds entrusted to them. No one not fsmil pe&l strongly to every feeling heart; such are iefta, I found the bo~pitals in a11 good con- iar with the difficulties and annoyances ine&pa-: the sick and infirm; those who, with large fam dition as possible con1idering the extreme front, rable from the office can have any adequate iaea ilies, have been written widows by this cruel and the amount of men to be taken Mre of. Dr. of the work which the almoners of such exten w8' and have not yet obtained pensions- those' Miller, or the 11th Iowa, In charge of the 17th •tve charities are obliged to perform, ofien under wbl:>se husbnnds are in the regular army or navy, Hospital Corps, told me that they were draw- the most perplexing circumstances. · or ti"om othercausesdo not receive Stateorcoun. tng a very good supt>ly or aanirury stores, The report flays th.at "during the three years ty pay; and tboae who, we are grieTed to say it, which greatly helped thto men to recoTer. and two months' existence of the Commisiiion getnpthlng from their husbands. e • • e • • • • there have ix,-en donated, collected, purchMed, ·~The more eff11Ctually tu carry out their object, 1 THE SANITARY REPORTER. 133 the managere ha~e formed themselvel!I into com busines11 that prevented my geUing facts for a find me;_ in need, and they cordially accepted mittees for visiting every applicant, l\l!lcertaining report. When Mr. Le.ndfear returned and took the o1fer, and rendered great assistance in seeins as far as possible their situation and clrcnin the above mentioned labor off my hands, the that our stores were faithfully distributed. A l!tances, manifesting a friendly lntereet in them, second week in December, the excitement and large addition of Sanitary goods came Dec. 21st, and endeavoring by nil the means in their power duties incident to a campaign l'IO near us left me among which were 10 bbls. ale, and several box1111 to promote their comfort and well-being. no opportunity to write. of whiskey. A good share of the ale was dis "Were the aim simply to get the work well On the arriTal of our forces at Franklin, I was tributed by the Christian Commission, and also done it might eM!ly be accomplished without sent to that post with st.ores for our wounded, much of the whiskey, which the ladies put in the a tenth of the lahor now expended upon it. who had been in the hands of the enemy, and form of milk punch and egg noga;. There are many younger eoldiers' wives with others who might be left there. I succeeded after The wants of our own men somPwhat relieved l!ewing-machines, and few, lfnny, incumbrances, three day's efforts in g£'ttlng through two teams -those of the Con federateR were not forgotten. wbo understand the work, and would gladl:J un loaded with Sanitaries, Dec. 20t)l, and remained There were some fourteen hundred of them in dertake it; but the ladies prefer to give their at that post till January 2d; therefore my report this place, and in accordance with the -i11h of time and trouble that th£'y may furnish facilities will be confined to m.v experience there. 1 found Dr. Hewitt, and advice of Dr. Woods, who had and lmproTe in neatnese and ability to support the place full of wounded men-many of them taken charge of all t.he wounded the day of my their families those who, haTlng young children suffPrlngextremely, p~rtlcularly our own men arrlv!!-1, I issued to the Confederate surgeon11 a• depending upon them, really need the as.'llst and Int once commenced to issue goods for their many goods ns we could• spare. They seemed ance. What t.hat labor is can scarcely be imag relief. Of our own wounded, there were left in most thankful for all goods given them, which, ined by those who have not vb1ited our rooms. the hands of the Confederates after the battle of without a doubt, saved many lives, besides From half-pnst nine o'clock in the morning till Franklin, twe hundred aud twenty-three mtn, softening the bitter feelings which they had dark every da.v the cutting and folding are g9'" according to their account, with J. I.slerton, cherished in their hearts for years. Ass't Snrg. 129th Ind., in charge. • 121 of these tng on. We employ a very_ efficient soldier's The necessitie11 of the case required the issues were placed in the Presbyterian church, 70 were wife as cutter, wl1ilo one set of ladles is occupied of stores to be 'tery lrregull\r. Ladles were at the Commins Ho~se, 32 were at a small In assisting her, or in folding and properly pre cooking-at their own houses for both Federals and hou1e with two rooms called Parks' Hospital, paring the work, all the morning, and another Confederates, therefore sanitary goods were given from a citizen surgeon who took charge of them. set in the arternoon, thus ca,lling into req uii!ltion them, M they reached the eoldiers ea11ler than by the services of about sixty ladies a week. The Besides these enumerated· above, there were any. oth11r method. managers gratefully acknowledge the' k indness quite a number in private hou1es whom the Con The day before Christmas the wounded began of many ladle!! who have rendered them valua federates in their haste were compelled to over to be removed to NashTille, and from that time able aid in this work. The managers of the Sol look. Many died while they were prisoners, till I left tbe labors and nece~sities grew grad diers' Aid Society likewise give nll their ser reducing the number when I arrived to less than ually less, till there were only some two hun vices to this depArtment which are not required 185 men. Among the deaths were twenty-three dred Confederates and thirty of our wounded for their other operat.ions. whose names or regiments could not be ascer len. These were the worst caseB, and many "Notonly the 11&bor, but the responsibilities are tained. The listl! of both living and dead, so far probably will not recover. great. Among these IH the heavy bond required as it were possible to get tht>m, were copied and Having issued nil that was needed to eupply by Government for the fulfillment of our con forwnrded to Nashville by Mr. Tone the day pre present wants, I turned over the remal11ing san tract, 1&nd the serious loss which would be the vious to my arrival. Tile hospitals were in a itaries to E. A. Koeper, Burg. 75th Pa., who re result of want of exactIWss in cutting or care deplorable con di tlon e~en after our men had held lieved Dr. Woods th" 1st of January, and who lessness in the women. possession two days. The wounded were mostly will care for the wounded till they recover o.r are "Labor and responsibility, however, consti lying on the floor with a little straw beneath removed. tute the burden of this undertaking, for the ex them, and such thing!! as they could get for cov I should mention here the uniform kindnesa of pense!! are small. Government gives 18 centll for ering- most of them with the same clothes on Dr. Woods, 911th O. V •.I., who had charge of all the shirts and 13 cents for drawers, to which we add that they wore the day of the battle, Nov. 30. hospitals while IwM at F. On the arrival ofsani seven cents, paying the women 25 cents for The Confederates had taken from them many tary stores he provided a st<'re room adjacent to the 11hirts and 20 cents for drawers. The proceed!! or blankets, boots, and shoes, and in some cnses church, and rendered every asaistance in their the readings so generously given by Mr. Mur their money. The Confederates surely were in distribution. He labored, too, incessantly among dock, and which_he kindly expres11ed the wish need of such things, for they robbed the dead of the wounded, anrl one day, under his authority, might be appropriated to soldiers' families, will all clothes not spoiled by wounds : and I am changed the appearance of the hospitals wonder told by many witnesses that they stripped the more than cover all our expenses for some time fully. He provided at once bunks filled with bodies of their own geuerals, six of whom· h1y to come, without trenching in the least on t.he straw, and supplied blankets as soon as they dead on the battlefield the dey after the fight. Treasury of the Soldiers' Aid Society, except by could be procured frcim Nashville. The boys ap way of 10&n, which will be refunded by .Govern When I first looked into the church where preciated hia klndne11s, and were sorry to have ment as soon es the work in the first four thou most of our wounded were, I found Mrs. Court him leave them. Dr. W. F. King, 124t-h Ind., and sand le completed. When this fund is exhaust ney and her daua;hter, Mis11 Fannie, endeavC>ring Dr. A. J. Mills, Ass't Surg. 42d Ill., deserve a ed, we have every confidence that a community to give the men breakfast with what coffee, bis great deal of credit. They. were pre11ent with which has never manifested a disposition to for cuit, and boiled beet they were able to get. Two their wounded men nearly all the time, day and get the poor, or the soldier, will so approve our barrels of our butter crackers added gre.i.tly to night; after they were assigned to duty, Dec. 19th. work a.'I to enable us to carry it on till the rigor their repast, and I am imre the pleasant~st work More faithf•1l surgeons could not be found. Sev of tbe approaching season shall have passed I ever performed, was t-0 give every man crack eral citl7.en surgeon11, residents of that place, ren ·away. Respectfully submitted, ers till he said "enough." Every Federal hospital dered valuable assistance, and foremost amoni' "MRS. WM. JACKSO~, President. WM supplied as fully. And then came the them is Dr. Reny, who labored for our wounded "MRs. V. CHAS. KELLY, Vice President." clothing; ahirQ!, drnwers, and socks. How both before and after the return of our forces. many blessings were pronounced on our dear Too much cannot be said in regard to the un mothers, wives and si11ters ulf1.n "God's coun tiring exertions of the ladies of Franklin-near: T he Wounded a.t Franklin-Report o f try." Every man got a change, who needed it, Mr. C. B. Ruggles. ly every family have labored as their Inclina so for as the cases could be learned. The box of tions led them, either for Union men or Confed NASHVILLE, TENN., Jan. 4, 1865. quilts, too, (twenty-seven in uumber) were soon erates. I wish to mention those whom I know Dr. J. 8. NewlJ~, Sec'y Wut'n Dep't., U. s. distributed to the most suffering, and I heartily to have done all in their power for our own men: San. C\n".- wish Miss Lizzy Woodham, Sec'y Mich. Soldier11' Mrs. Hoffman (a widow lady with two or throe Dear Bir ~ I owe an explanation to you for my Aid Socie•y, whos~ name was in the box, could children, and dt>pendent on her own exertions long.silence. During the month of November the convey to the donors half the thank!! our woun for support) and Mrs. Priest, aided by Mr. Eel duties of office clerk fell to my lot, which, with ded boys exprel!sed. beck, were the first to visit our wounded. Th1>y the inquirles"connected with the Hospital Direc- The Christian Commission were in the field carried every day pails of soup and coffee, and tory, kept me very busy. This work made my with several noble working men. I offered them also biscuit prepared by their own hand11, to ihe villits to the llospitals very short, and alway• on , the free uae or any stores of which they mi&"ht battle field, and fed our boy11 till they were re- 134 THE SANITARY REPORTER. moved to hoRpitals, which was not a.ccomplished also Mrs. Dr. Cliff, who is so well known that it dicating an efficient administration for the fu ror four days. , is usele!!!s to mention her deeds. ture. Mrs. Holfman took three Federals and one Con There are alim many "ho hav• le.bored hard Rev. Mr. Chamberlain has arrived as 1mccessor federate to her own house, placed t.hem on sep for the Con federate wounded, using their bedding to the late Dr. Woods, as Post Chaplain. Mr. arate beds, and nursed them herself through the and provision!! freely for their comfort. The twe Chamberlain is an energetic, Christian man, and full month of December, still laboring at the armies going through the place twice have taken enters fully into the various enterprise'! of the hospital11 all she Wal!! al.Jle to till our forces C'ame nearly all the provision, and unless aid and com amp for the amelioration and advancement of back. Mrs. Priest cooked for fifty or our woun fort come to these people from our oyertlowlng refuiees and soldiers, without reference to color. ded all the while the Confederates held the place; Northern homes, much sntfering must occur be Mr. Chamberlain readily aceP.pted the post or never once giving a morsel to a Confederate s;1. fore harvest. Surely those ought to be supplied religious duiy, vacated by the death of Dr. dier, al though they ca.me to her house repe!!-tedly whobave so ho?roica.Jly stood by our forces in Woods, and bas arranged to afford us regular and attempted to force her to do so. Her reply captivity. services. Mr. Chamberlain is a cousin, by mar was, "go to your friends, there are plenty ot The seaso11. of the year prevented my doing riage, to Chief Justice Chase. them here who are able to feed yon." anything with the bodies or our boys buried by Camp Nelson has been thronged with soldiers Th• Confederates searched her house twice for the ConfederatP.s. I trust o.t some future day nearly the ·entire month, and appears likely to atores which they supposed aome Federal Quar they may be disintnred and decently buried, serve another year of important uaefulness, un termaster had left!n her possession. The Colonel when, without. a doubt, many may. be recoc less sooner discharged by the advent of peace. who came on this mission asked her if she was a nized and their bodies forwarded to such as may Such, however, are the indications now prevail Yankee woman; her reply was, "ye!! sir, I am, desire it. ing. and I am rai11ing recruits for the Yankee army," The need for an agent at Frankli11. having ceased With the close of the year we close our labors pointing to her three boys who clung to her with the removal of so many or the wounded, I for ten months in the management- of the dress. . return to this place to awe.it further orders. ''Home." One incident in re~rd to Mrs. Hoffman will Yours respectfully, The "Soldiers' Home," by universal consent., show her spirit: A year ago last June Forrest C. B. RUGGLES, has performed a good work, by providing com dashed into Franklin, and held the pl1'Ce for sev Relief AAtent U.S. ~an. Com. fortable quarters and well cooked meals for eral days. Mrs. H. kept the stars and stripes quite an army of needy soldiers, as the follow fiying from her window all the ti me. Forrest Letter from llfr. Butler. ing ste.teruents will explain : rode by her house soon aft~r his entrance to the BoLDJERs' Holll:E, For past ten months, No. of men rec'd ...... 79,883 place, and seeing the flap;, sent an aid to get it. CAMP NELMON, KY., Dec. 31, 1864. " " " Lodgings furnished 86,1129 Mrs. H. stepped to the window and said she de- Di·. J. 8. Newberi·y, Secretary Western Depart- '! " " Meals furnisbed .....247,349 fended that flag, and he (Forrest) could not ha-..e ment u. s. Sanitary Oommi811ion: Number of soldiers from Ohio, 17,980; Maine, it. He again bid his aid to brh1i it. Mrs. H. Dear Bir-It will be evident, from the reports 76; Kentucky, 27,'10; Vermont, 35; Indiana, warned him not to enter hn yard, as she was made to you during the present month, that we armed and would defend the flag to the last; and have been exceedingly busy. 10,540; Minnesota, 12; Michigan, 16,380; Iowa, then she said she would tear the flag in shreds The raid of Breckinridge through East Tenn 15; Illinois, 6,566; Tennessee, 77 ; North Caroline., before he 11hould have it. Mrs. H. had an old essee has drawn through thi11 district a large 3; Wisconsin, 13; New York, 263; Weste.rn Vir pistol, hut no ammunition. She also had brick number o! troops to resist him. Detachments ginie., 1; Rhode Island, 7; Co;mecticut, 1 ; Penn be.ts and clubs to defend hl'lrself the best she and regiments from Knoxville, and sundry s.vlvania, 59; Maryland, 1: New Hampshire, 74; U.S. Navy, 2; Massachusetts, 62; discharged, <'.OUld. Firtdinghersodeterndned, Forrest called other places, he.Te come into camp !or various 2,812; furloughed, 14,640; in transit, 62,431. his aid back, and remarking that Mrs. H. WM snpplies, llnd have all combined to fill up the With the invaluable services of Mr. Radcliff, too fine a l&dy to defend such a flag, bid ber good measure of vur work for the month. we have to enter on the New Year with increased morning and rode away. For the month, we have furnished mee.11, -W,- facilities, and to secure still greater success in The flag wo.s sent to her by friend11 In Chicago, 333; lodgings, 14,722. our work, a.nd she .still preserves it with as strong a deter- The status of disease and mortality in the re- Very resp'y, your11, miuation to defend it. ·spective hospitals is pretty much n.s in past THOMAS BUTLER. Mrs. Eliza Courtney, & widow lady, and her months; accommodations for the sick are very fair daui:hter, Miss Fannie, have not dene less much Improved, and valuable extensions pro than those mentioned above. They have stood vided. Letter from Mr. Tone. fast by the "old flag" through evil report and. The two large gardens for the hospitals proved NASHVILLE, TBNN., Dec. 31, '64. good report, and when our boys were in want decidedlysucces.sful; greaterresultsareexpected Immediately after the grand charie which re they were ready to sacrifice their all for their for the coming season. sulted in the total rout of Hood's army, and be comfort. Aided by one or two servants, these, The refugee women and children from the fore the wounded bad been removed, I passed two ladies cooked for and distributed food among South still 'come into camp for protection and over that part of the field occupied by the Six near one hundred men for twenty days, much assistance, post Headquarters affording us teenth Corps. under Gen. A. J. Smith. They of the time furnishi1ig provision from their own · every facility for their benefit. Occasionally we had charged across a corn-field, a distance or larder. At all hours of th& day, till late in forward a family Northward, gen1rally to Cin perhaps sixty rods, and it was a noticeable fea the evening, they were in theho11pital, either dis- cinne.ti, while several families have gone for ture, remarked by many an old soldier who tributing food or ministering to the wants of the months through a series of diseases, and still re witnessed the charge, that after the column once men. Mrs. C. had her beds brought up to tho me.in on our hllnds. started not a man turned back. Every man church for some of the worst cases, and also fur- The prison, which, when we commenced reached the rebel works or fell upon the way. nished all the beddiug she had not actually in· our labors in the Spring in behalf of the incar The mud was deep and sticky, but there was no use. Both these ladies used linen from their cerutt>dsoldiers, contained several hundred, now time to choose a place to step, or even where to own wardrobes for rag!! and bandages. Misli only contains forty, and these .principally old fall. Their only se.f11ty was in reaching the rebel. Fannie, when the linen . gave out, took her and sentenced offenders. 'l'he present Provost works, and that hi the shortest possible ~ime; dresaes. Marshal, Capt. V. H. Smith, performs effective for behind ihose, in double line, were hostile Nor did their efforts cease when our forces re- 11ervlce in this direction. men pouring upon them a continuous fire of turned; bQt during my stay they were every ' Extensive and very superior quarters are being mm1ketry. If a man slipped and dropped his day among the wounded. In tact, Mrs. C's. kitch- 1n:acted, to afford uylun1 to colored refugee wo gun, he went on without it1 for every second of e11. WM U!!IPd all the time for cooking the rations inen and children; when the plan of the organi delay took so much from hi11 chances of escape. ror all in the Presbyterian church. Mauy a zation itt more fully developed, I will report it to The rain was pouring down in torre11.ts,and by man who recovers from his wound11 at tbi11 place you. the time I reached the spot the wounded men will owe his life to the exertions of this untiring Dr. Meeker, U. S. V., ha'! been superseded by had COTered themselves with their rubber blan Union family. Dr. Burnett, U. S. V., in the chief charge of the kets, and were quietly awaiting the relief which Mr. and Mrs. Abner Moss, always known as medical bm1iness here. Dr. Burnett has com they knew would soon be -at band.. There was an abolition fe.inily, did much for our wounded; m ericed hiR work with very marked energy, in- not a i:roan or a complaint to be heard, and as I TIIE SANITARY REPORTER. saw men looki•g l!O uncomplainingly from un aouses were first rendered untenable by being lying in the trenches where they fought and der their covering I could hardly realize t.hat brought between the two lines of fire, and when identified 41uite a number. They were b~ried they were wounded, many of them eycn unto vacated were very soon de•olated. Doors and without so much as a blanket around them and death. window-binds wero torn oft' and carried to the their depth of covering was reckoned by i~ches Close upon the track of the army followed a t.renches to afford shelter for the shivering chiv instead of feet. The rebel dead were treated with long line of ambulances. The relief corps was alry, furniture was CIW'ried away or broken more consideration. I wail told by one who had soon at work, aud by midnight every man hRd choice shade-trees were cut down, outbuilding~ counted the graves that 973 rebel:! were buried been removed and cared for. and fences bnmed, crops gathered and used, and on the field. Early the following mornini: I passed up and stock butchered or driven away. The ruined On the 24th I wont to Columbia. Here we re down the whole line of captured works, and al owners receive very little sympathy from our captured 65 of our tdightly wounded, whom the though tho liviug had been taken away, the gen soldien, for in most cases they had not a spark rebels were jul!t marching off under a very small eral appE"arance of the ground was more horri of loyalty. guard. All but 13 of them have returned to their ble than on the "vening previous. Th11 min bad On the 18th I went to Franklin, which place regiments, nnd the name:J of these have been for continued during nearly the entire night, and WllB only a vast hospital. Almost every house warded to the Hospital Directory. the dead having been left where they fell, were had its little red flait, and yet the Federal wound Very respectfully, H.TONE. many of them nearly covered with water. I ed were all in three buildings. About 200 fell counted upwards of fifty rebel dead, many of Into the rebel hands after the battle, of which Letter from Mr. J. G. Brown. them horribly muUlated, not less than five hav numb9r 50 have since died. A number· were ing tbeir heads shot away by cannon balls. At found in hospital here who had been reported VICKSBURG, Mu1s., Dec. 2, 1864. one place I saw fifteen dead horses, killed from killed. The few attendants who were left with Dr. J. S. Newberry, Sec'y Weat'n Dep't., U. S. a single rebel battery by one of ours, which had them were unmolested, although given no as- San. Com.: been brought to bear upen it. A caisson had ex 11istance. Dear Sir-I mailed my report for the month of ploded here, and so great was the force of the ex l<'or eight days no rations were ftirnishlld by November yesterday morning. Our disb1.1r&e pl01!1lon that not a piece was leCt within fifteen the rebel authorities, and hnd it not beeu for the ments were not so large in amount o.s in October. feet of the place. A blue overcoat which was on kindness and prompt action of a few Union.la- One reason is, that we have issued less to· the it at the time hung half burned in the top of a dies the wounded would certainly have stiuved. 1 well men In the regiments; another i11, that the neighborinc tree. They were robbed of all their blankets and what- j Western Sanitary Commis•ion sent their agent Although the charge was upon a line of works ever clothing happened to be good enough to be here .abo~1t the first of the month, and ~e has two and a half miles in length, at only one point, an object envy to the rebel ragamnffins and been 1ssumg freely. and for a abort distance, was it unsuccessful. ot I even after being ga~hered Into the hollpitals'tbey Yesterday. I received from Capt.~· 1!'· Thomp This was at the left ef the Franklin pike, ant underwent several mspections to see if there was son, Commissary Sergeant 4th D1v1slon, 16th here the dead lay thick upon the ground, show anything further of which they could be despoil- Army Corps, the following Sanitary stores, viz: ing th~t it had not been ~Yen up without a des ed. Fortunately the church and other buildings 31 lbs. krout, 11 bbls. and 13 kegs pickles, 71 perate ~ffort. On le:'s than an acre of ground lay In whleh they were placed had excellent facili- sacks onions, and one case cordial and wine the bodies of 100 Umon soldiers, white and black ties for warming. Notwithstanding the ditli- which had been shipped to him by Capt. J. w'. together, although those nearest the works were cultle11 under which they labored; these ladles Davis, Commissary Sergeant 2d Division, 19th - black. I mention this to make no invidious dis provided for our boyl!I so well that they fared Army Corps, from White River, as a part of the tinction, for comparisons are odious among men better .than the rebels, who were among their stores taken from the wreck of the steamer who all lost their lives. A man who falls with own friends. On the morning of the 19th I was •• Dunleith " and turned over to him. his race to the foe is equally brave, whether it be at the hospital while they breakfasted, and the To-day the steamer" Na~igator" left ninety at the distance of ten or a b undred yards from bill of fare consisted of boiled milk coffee, boiled five packages of vegetables, krout, &c. Dr. the enemy's works. rice, biscuit, and corn bread. Thi11 was at a Woodward, who was going to New Orleans on Hundreds and thousands of guns were 11cat time, too, of great scarcity, being after thl- rebels the "Navigator," called and save me orders te tered over the ground, even where the rebels had ha~ gone, and before our Co111misl!ary stores had supply the regiments, as far as possible, with fled and not been taken prisoners. Here and arrived. There was.not then, and hlld not been, vegetables, pickles, &c. there were cartridge-boxes an ~ht •· $. Janttary Qtommis.sioa ~o~pital ~trectory. Jupply ~tpartmtnt. Was constituted by the Secretary of War bl The Sanitary Commission has madtl arrange The Sanitary Commisaion, under special au June, 1861, in accordance with the recommenW,. ments for supplying information gratuitously, thority of the President of the United States, tion of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, with regard to patients in the United States Gen maintains an extensive sy8teru of Agencies for and its appointment and plan of organizatioi:i eral Hospitals at the following points. Others securing the safe conveyance to, and distribution were approved by the President of the Un.ited will be added as new hospitals are opened : of, goods put in its. charge for the sick and States. Its present organization is as follows.: EASTERN DEPABTMFNT, wounded at points where they are most wanted. H. W. Bellows, D. D., New York. It operates with equal care and generosity at all For information, addr~s " Office Sanitary A. D. Bache, LL. D., Washington, D. C. points-at New Orleans and at Washingtton, he Fred. Law Olmsted, California. Commission, Washington, D. C.'' · fore Vicksburg and at Nashville ;-its distribu Goo. T. Strong, Esq., New York. Washington, D. Annapolis, Md., c.. tions being governed by a comparison of the Elisha Harris, M. D., New York. Georgetown, D. C., Annapolis Junction, Md. W. H. Van Buren, M. D., New York. wants of the patients in all cases. To ascertain Wolcott GibbR, M. D., New York. Alexandria, Va., Cumberland, Md., the relative character of these wants in a trust Baltimore, Md., Point Lookout, Md., ·s. G. Howe, M. D., Boston, Mass. worthy manner, and to secure an equitable dis C. R. Agnew, M. D., New York. Frederick City, Md., Ee.irfax, Va., J. S. Newberry, M. D., Cleveland, Ohio. tribution and honest use of the goods distributed, Rt. Rev. T. M. Clark, Providence, R. I. Acquia Creek, Va., York, Penn. besides the unpaid services of the members of Hon. R. W. Burnet, Cincinnati, Ohio. the Commission, twenty physicians of high pro Hon. Mark Skinn!'r, Chicago, Ill. PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT. Hon. Joseph Holt, Washington, D. C. For information, address "Office Sanitary fessional and moral character, and more than Horace Binney, Jr., Philadelphia, Penn. Commission, No. 1,307 Chestnut street.'' fifty lay agents, are employed, under pecuniary Rev. J. H. Heywood, Louisville, Ky. Philadelphia, Penn., Germantown, Penn., securities for responsible and efficient service. J. Huntington Wolcott, Boston, Mass. Charles J. Stille, Philadelphia, Penn. Chester, Penn., Chestnut Hill, Penn., The cost of these arran~ments has thus far been E. B. McCagg, Chicago, Ill. Reading, Penn., Harrisburg, Penn. about 3 per centum of the value of the goods dis tributed. The Commission has not been able STANDING COMMITTEE, NEW YORK DEPARTMENT. to obtain authen..ic evidence of losses mises - H. W. Bellows, D. D., President. For information, address "Office Women's riage or misappropriations to the val~e of •>:e George T. Strong; Central Union, No. 10, Cooper Institute." I dolla~ in ten thousand of g~ds which have been W. H. Van Buren, M. D. New York, N. Y., New Haven, Conn., once received at its shi~ping depots. The follow- Wolcott Gibbs, M. D. C. R. Agnew, M. D. Albany, N. J., Portsmouth Grove, R. I. ing is a list of these depots to which auxiliary Newark, N. J., Boston, Mass., , societies, and all disposed 'to aid the sick and OFFICERS, :Uurlington, Vt., Brattleboro, Vt. wounded, without reference to States or locaJ.itiee H. W. Bellows, D. D., President. 1 A. D. Bache, LL. D. Vice President. WESTERN DEPARTMENT. but simply to their relative necessity for assiet- J. Foster Jpnkius, 1\£. D., Gen'l Sec'~ N. Y. For information, ·address "Office Sanitary ance, are invited to send their offerings: J. S. Newberry, M. D., Asso. Sec., Louisville COmmission, Louisville Ky." Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 22 Office. n...1 Summer street, Boston, Mass. Geo. T. Strong, Tre8.8urer, New York. ~ umbus, O., Louisville, Ky., Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 10 Cleveland, 0., ' Covinton, Ky., Third Avenue, New York. Cll.mp Chase, O., Columbus, Ky., Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No.1,307 ~did ~tpnrtmtnt. Cincinnati., O., Lexington, Ky., Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 46 F. N. Knapp, Gen:Sup't, Washington, D. C. Madison, Ind., Mnnfordsville, Ky., South Sharp street Baltimore, Md. 1 J, B. Abbott, Chief Assistant, " " Indianapolis, Ind., Paducah, Ky., Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, New Ha- .Jeffersonville, Ind., Camp Nelson, Ky., ven, Conn. Relief Rooms, 76 Kingston street, Boston. New Albany, Ind., Nashville, T~nn., v~:~~J~i~~i!11s~:::~~b~::r~!tibD0:°t, corner Soldiers' Home, - - Washington, D. C. Ewnsville, Ina., Memphis, Tenn., Sanitary Commission, Branch epot, No. 95 Lodge No. 3, No. 208 F st., " " Mound City, Ill., Murfreesboro, Tenn., Bank street, Cleveland, 0. Lodge No. 4, 17th st.rvet, " " Cairo, Ill., Tullahoma, Tenn., Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 66 Lodge No. 5, -- Georgetown, D. C. fJ. i Ill Ch II' Madison street, Chicago, Ill. • Soldiers' Home, No. 81 Jefferson A.venue, De- u ncy, ., attanooga, enn., Sanitary Commission~-Branch Depot, No. 2 troit Michigan. Chicago, Ill. Knoxville, Tenn., Adam's .Block, Buffalo, .New York. Soldiers' Home, Third st., Cincinnati, OhiO; St. LouiR, Mo., Clarksville, Tenn., Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 59 Col. G. W. D. Andrews, Sup't. . Bolla, Mo., Bridgeport, Ala., Fourth street, Pittsburg, Penn. Soldiers' Home, Louisville, Ky.-James Mir Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 32 lonai Sup't, .Tames Morton, Special Relief Ag't., opringflcld,6 Mo., Corinth, Miss., Larned street, Detroit, Mich. , So diers' Home, New Albany, Corner of Maiit- .Teft'erson City, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, Colnm- and State Streets. ,. Soldiers' Home, Jeffersonville, Indiana, New> Kansas Citv, Mo., Natchez, Miss., bus, O. Leavenworth City, Ks., Little Rock, Ark., Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, Fifth Market St., near the Depot. H A k street, Louisville, Ky. · Soldiers' Home, Cairo, IU.-C. N. Shipman; l>rt Scott, Ks., e 1~na, r ·• The Commission receives no pecunla.ry aid Sup't and Relief Agen~. Soldiers' Home, Paducah, Ky., E. D. Way, ·Davenport, Iowa.., . White River, Ark. whatever from the Government, and is wholly Superintendent. . I'n all cases the name, rank, company, and reg- dependent on the voluntary contributions of the Soldiers' Home.:. Nashville, Tenn.-Captain I. iment of the person enquired for should be given, public for the means of sustaining its opera Brayton, Sup't. .ttev. J. Hoblit, Relief Agent. 1 Soldiers' Home, Columbus, Ohio, Col. Isano IUld where he }Vas when last heard from. If the tions. Contributions to the Treasury are sollc Dalton, Sup't. application Js by l~tte~, the answe~ wi!l be ited, and may be transmitted to George T. Strong, Soldiers' Home, Cleveland, Ohio-Joseph Je 11ent by return of mail; if In person, it will be Esq., Treasurer, 68 Wall street, N. Y. rome, Sup't and ReliE'f Agent. answered at once ; or if by telegraph, an answer ,. • • Soldiers' Rest, Buffalo, Exchange street, o}Jpo- site the Railroad Depot. . will be returned immediately at the inquirer's PROTECTIV"E Soldiers' Lodge, near landing, Memphis, Tenn. -C. W. Christy, Sup't and Relief Agent. ex.:::~mce ot the Direr.t0ry will be open daily WA.R CLA.IM A.Nl> PENSION !GENC::J Soldiers' Home, Camp Nelson, Ky.-Thomas from 8 o'clock, A. M., to 8 o'clock, P. M., and in ESTABLISHED BY THE Butler, Sup't. Soldiers' Home, New Orlean11. .urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell will U. S. SANITARY COH:M.I8SION, Soldiers' Lodge, Brashear City. be received at any hour of the night. SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ASSIS- Jlll"'So!diers' Aid Societies, clergymen, editors, TED IN THE COLLECTION OF PEN- AGENCY FOR PENSIONS, and others, can scarcely serve the cause of hu- SIONS, PAY, AND BOUNTY, WilliJl.m F. Bascom, Pension Agent, Washing manity more effectually than by frequently and WITHOUT CHARGE TO ton, D. C. HOSPITAL CABS, widely disseminating a knowledge of the above THE CLAIMANTS. Between New York and Boston-Dr. --in among those who have friends in the army. The Office-In the second story, front room, over th& charge. · hospital statistics in this department of the San!- I 'Varehouse of the Commission on Fifth street, Between Washington and New York-Sol. tary Commission are very complete and ex~t, between Main and Market streets. Andrews, M. D., Surgeon in charge. Between Louisville and Naahvill&-Dr. J. P. and daily prove of incalculable value to the 1101- Buo.vm, Sur~ ill •hlV18• cllen, ~eh:- '-'1'11ui.11, and rel~tlvea. •ltA.JILET A CHL:8E'IW', PRTlfTll:M, LOUl8VILLli:,