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Vol. I.] To Proni.ote the :ll:ee.lth. Coni.fhrt, and Efficiency of" our Arni.y and Navy. [No. 8.

Published Semi-Monthly by tho } WESTERN DEPARTMENT, U. S SANITARY OOMM.ISSION. SEPTEMBER I. 1863. { ...... ,.1:1.

OFFICE OF THE mon, plenty of onions and cucumbers, tomatoes made Bank street 11.nd the depot the scene of ii ·t 0 · · and apples, coffee and tea. So the well men great deal of benevolent and good-nntured con­ U. S. Saill ary 0ffiffilSS10Il, were abundantly fed. Meantime, the lad,ies car- fusion at all hours of dsy and night. WESTERN DEPARTMENT, ried hand basins and towels into the hospital Monday morning we were occupied in making cars. Each sick man was refreshed by having arrangement.a for sending on the body of poor Ea.et side Fouth street, between Oheetnut and Broadway, his face and hands bathed, and then the tea, cof­ Thayer, of whose death I wrote you. At night LOUISVILLE, KY. fee, warm gruel, bread and jelly, dried beef, it went, and with it we sent some comforting ======!sponge cake, egg and wine and stimulant.a, were words to his wife and friends, which I hope sof­ Special Relief in the Home Field. dispensed with lavish hand. One very badly tened somewhat their great sorrow. All day CLEVELAND, Aug. 15, 1863. wounded man and the surgeon, Dr, Blacker. Tuesday we were torn with rumors about the DR. J. s. NEWBERRY, who was very ill indeed, were carried at once next regiment. The carsbroke down, and vari­ Sec,y West'n Dep't U. 8. Sanwry Oommwwn, into our little hospital and carefully tended. The ous detentions kept the train till 8 o'clock P. M. Louisville: surgeon remained, and Mr. Bingham has taken Then the 28th Connecticut, a small regiment- DEAR SIR: At the close of a busy and weari- him to his own house. Four sick men were l!lent 500 perhaps-arrived; so worn and weary the some day, I have time for only a word before the into.Camp Cleveland-hospital-four also of the men looked, and they straggled so painfully in­ mail closes. We have had our heart.a and our Maine regiment, last night. to the depot that it touched every heart-and you hands full in the last twenty-four hours, and A sad scene, indeed, was the death of one poor may believe our ladies were not slow in offering many of our ladies have had their first sight of fellow, this morning, in our little hospital. He the comfort.a contained in their generous bas­ the dreadful effects of war. was sinking fast when the train came in. Ev- ket.a.

Yesterday afternoon, at4o'clock1 the long ex- erything was done for him that kindness or ex­ The colonel had gone home by sea, sick. The pected regiment (4th Massachusetts) arrived. perience could suggest, but he was too far gone lieutenant colonel, two surgeons, many line of­ There were nearly a hundred sick, and all in a with the exhaustion following a lung fever, and ficers, ward masters, &c., were dead, and the very worn condition. The preparations so long died almost within sight of his home and fa.m­ regiment was in charge of the major. The sick made proved ample, and after two hours' merci- ily. had been bro'!lfP:!t ~ m care of the 2d 1188istant t'ul work among the hospitAl cars, and a full Poor fellow I how hard he tried to apeBk and surgeon, Dr. Henry Rockwell, 11.lli&e boy in ap­ feast set out for the well, the ladies had the sat- to send some word home I He was a splendid pearance, but a miracle of faithfulness, kind­ isfa.ction of sending the brave boys on their way 11oldier, they said, and when the men of his com­ ness and energy. Dr. Rockwell had telegraphed in a much better condition than that in which pany filed sadly in to look at his dead face, and his desire to leave five men in hospital here, and they came to us. some even kissed his forehead and dropped their we had an omuibus ready. The men were v'1ry Another regiment was telegraphed to be here tears upon it, we knew that they felt it hard to unwilling to stop at first---even feigned sleep, in two hours from the departure of the first, and leave their comrade, and harder yet it seemed to and hid themselves under their blanket.a, but at yon may imagine the commotion into which the frame the sad story into word!! that his waiting the persuasions of some of our ladies, accompa­ whole town was thrown; messengerssentevery- friends at home might hear. We have taken nied by a taate and a smell of the appetizing where to notify the housekeepers, and to hasten every care of the body, and it is to be forwarded gruel, broth, blackberry cordial, &c., they began their gifts, and such excitement and hurry of to-morrow by express. to put out their headswistfully,and finallynine­ preparation at the depot!· Cleveland people, you I think that you would be quite satisfied with teen clamored to stay, and were left. The ll¢.ies know, are equal to any good work, and so, at 8 the part our Soldiers' Aid Society has taken in promised to go and. see them in hospital next o'clock, when the 28th Maine came in, there waa the care of the regiment.a, and surely it has been day, and so they did. S. and N. rode over to in.­ an abundant meal spread for them, and a fully a blessed work. It would be well for the Union quire after them; found them as comfortable organized committee of ladies to attend the sick. cause in Cleveland if we had such calls made and happy even as sick men could possibly be, The hospital cars, five in number, were crowded upon our spmpathies and our benevolence every "Oh," said one of them, "when you told of with bad cases. All our ladies were down there week. You have no idea how nobly our ladies your excellent hospital, I expected to see agreaj; and worked like heroines. came out to this duty, nor how richly they were comfortless brick barn or warehouse, fine out­ At 10 o'clock at night we left the depot, only to rewarded by the bright faces of those New Eng­ side with nothing.cheerful within; but when we go home to make fresh arrangement.a to meet a land boys, as they let't the depot, cheered and re­ drove up to this homelike little cottage, and saw third regiment, at 5 o'clock this morning. freshed by the care they had ~ecei ved. This last how neat and pleasant everything is, we knew This last regiment, the47th Massachusetts, has regiment was peculiarly needy. It had passed we were among our friends, and after our occupied us all the morning of this beautiful every important point inthe night, till now, and bath, and the luxury of clean clothes and a goo4 Sabbath, and our hearts have been sorely tried this half day in Cleveland was such a blessing breakfast, we felt like new creatures, and can by the dreadful state in which the men were to the poor fellows! They numbered about 700, realize that we are no longer in Dixie." :µideed, found. We had very good provision for their with 100, at least,·seriously sick, and nearly all, all the men who have been 11ent to Camp Cleve­ reception. Believing cleanliness next to Godli- indeed, ailing somewhat, and just ·from the land this week have given the same willing tet;i. ness, we organized a "new department," and set trenches at Port Hudson. timony to the kind care received there. long tables at the entrance of the depot, and up- Not time for another word. At 10 o'clock (Tuesday night) the reg~eq~ on them put rows of tinwaah basins, withacake had gone on i~ way, and the sick !lad beeq seQt of soap and a towel at eaeh, and had plenty of August 21. over to the hospital. I must not forget to tell fresh water ready. Such a splashing and scrub­ I sent you on Sunday a hurried sketch of our you that the commissary st.ores- three dray loads bing and cheering you never saw I I believe new duties-feeding the passing regiments-and - were presented to our Society. We ca:q. turn this was the most welcome part of the pro­ now can give you only an equally hasty review some of them into our own stock very :q.icely1 gramme. From their bath the soldiers p8880d of what has been done this week-which to us a:q.d for the rest we caQ g~ta good sum of money on to a really bountiful breakfast-soft,,"bread has seemed long and eventful, and has turned -as the Quartermaster here :promised to bu;v and butter, colC:l meat, pickles, herring and sal- quiet little Cleveland Into a busy town, and them of us, 58 THE SANITARY REPORTl~R*

Next day we hstl a littJe breathing tiine, and p]ates to wash, &c., &c.-a small matter to some ceived at Nashville while the .attack on Frank­ then towards night were electrified by the news of our splendidly organized subsistence commit­ lin by Van Dorn was going on, resulting in the that two more large regiments were coming on tees, but a bug-bear indeed to raw hands, as we capture of the town by him, and the recapture from Indianapolis, with still two more on the were. by our forces. We had but one hour's start of way from Cairo, All Thursday the prepara­ It was done, however, and at 10 o'clock the the attacking party, but were able to remove ev­ tions were making, and indeed I cannottell you hungry regiment had reully a sumptuous repast ery sick and wounded man. how generously our citi~ns met this fresh call. spread, while the 30 sick men were attended by To add to our embal'rassments, the regimental It reminded one of those early days of the war, the ladies, who first gave a refreshing draught, hospitals of our main bodywel'!l beginning to be when each merchant seemed to vie with his then the luxury of B dip into the bright tin ba­ broken up, commencing wit.h those of the cav­ neighbor in his lavish gifts of everything his sin, with plenty of soap, and afterwards turned alry. The field hospital at Murfreesboro, al­ store afforded. Indeed, it was almost impossi­ out of the exhaustless tin cauldrons hot broth, ready over-crowded, was the only depot for the ble for us to buy anything here. It seemed a gruel, and all manner of sick diet. Two very constantly uccumulating mass of su1fering hu­ mere farce to offer payment, everything wa.passenger car, one of once, and towards night you would have been big, famished, expectant regiments thundering the former being "condemned," and only fit to amused to see our lawyers, merchants and rail- towards us, like relentless fate-the 53d Massa- be used at a low rate of speed. This and the ~ad men spreadi.ng tables, slicing onions, bot- chusetts saving its appetite, perforce, for break­ passenger coach were left on the Chattanooga. thng wi~e, or cutting sandwiches. We had am- fast here to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock; the Railroad, the other, removed to the Louisville ple _washmg arrangements, too-a long row of 23d Connecticut equally certain of a dinner or '.Railroad. basms twice down the depot, and such a splash- supper sometime later. And they shall not be By request of the Medical Director, Dr. Thurs­ ing, when at 7 °'~lock .the 49th Massachusetts, disappointed, brave fellows! It does the hearts ton, I made application to the Louisville and 717 strong, came m I-tired, dusty, and 80 h~n- of all our people good to give, and to cook, and Nashvllle Railroad for additional means of gry, but there.waa enough for all, and the sick to carve for these returning men. We might al- transportation. Mr. Marshall, the Superintend­ were attended m the cars as before. . ' most wish, for the cause of our cauntry, that we ent, was only able to give me a train of box cars. The surgeon, Dr. Windsor was e~ceedingly had ·had such work to do every week since Those, Dr. Thurston, with his accustomed care careful of his men; knew at once who was to Southern sympathizers began to show their for the sick, declined to use, saying that" cars stay, and we had beds carried out of our' little heads among us I which would be uncomfortable for a well man, room to the side of the car. Seven men were Now, do not think I mean to boast of what we must be injurious to a sick one." But, after ex­ thus brought into the home. The ladies sup- have done in the hurried sketch of our work hausting every other means, on June 6th, when plied them with stimulants, and at 8 o'clock which I have given you. Nothing of the kin'l a general engagement was pOBBible, any day, they were ready to go over Y> the hospital. One is true. I only wish you to know that our citi­ and probably would happen soon, a train of poor fellow fainted befere the omnibus left. He zens hav~ their full share of the patriotism and new freight cars were selected, beds placed in was very, very sick. They brought him back humanity of which other cities nearer the seat them, the patients carefully chosen by the sur­ apparently dying, but thanks to the m«?therly of war have given such beautiful illustrations, geons of the hospital whence they were trans­ care that he recei~d, animation was restored. Yours truly, M. o. R. ferred, and none sent unless they seem~ able to Dr. Cushing was called and pronounced it a bad endure the journey. Of these, the worst cases C88e-partial p~ralJ>Bis ot t?le throat, caused by were placed in the ambulance car, with a few great µba1•sti

A8 no oommun!cation had been intended be- sorry to have to report that it has somewhat in- If we had a hospital train running with cer­ tween these cars, the great objection to their use creased during the pa.'9t month. talnty and regularity, I would ask for ice, for was the difficulty in passing from one to anoth~ The army is now mostly located in the Valley lemons, and other dellcacles, which, like these, er, which could only be aooomplished by a good of the Tennessee, and in the valleys of smaller would perish by the way with the uncertain deal of effort, with some danger. streams emptying into that river, where ma.la- transportation now furnished. · Unless we had cases of unusual severity, I rious influences are said to exist to a very con- The building which we have been using for a came up only to Munfordsville. By this time, siderable extent. Resident physicians inform Home is wanted for other purpoees, and a good the men had dined, their wounds had been me that pernicious fever or oongestive chills, of one, in a pleasant partofthe city, the "Planters' dressed, and but little remained to be done be- the ~ost malignant type, are not uncommon. Hotel," formerly occupied as an officers' hospi­ yond the common services of a nurse. If a As soon as the river is pa88e0, the troops will tal, has been furnished in its stead. Mr. Crane medical officer was with us, the men were left ascend to an elevated plateau, out of reach of is moving to the new quarters to-day. in his charge; if not, with some attendant in these malarious influences. I hasten back to Stevenson on Monday, taking whom confidence could be placed, and I return- The condition of the sick is good in the hQSpi- all the help that can be spared from here. That ed with the down train to Nashville. Here the ta.ls in Nashville. At the front., in the new hos- is to be our base for the present. I am sending necessary arrangements for the next day's trip pita.ls, the wants of the sick are not as well sup- goods forward as fast as possible, and a much was made by 9 P. M.; between which time and plied as they are where the hospitals have been larger supply may soon be wanted. midnight the men were all received,- and all longer established. At Stevenson a field hospi- Yours respectfully A. N. READ, comfortably ca.red for by 3 A. M., our time for tal is being established, where most of the sick Inspector U. S. San. Com. setting out. We thus made dally trips, and re- will have temporary treatment, and as f88t as moved more than twice as many men as at :first. practicable, be sent to Nashville and Louisville. Dr. Fithia.n's R eport. The total number removed in June from Nash- As the army advances, this may become a. more VICKSBURG, Aug. 4, 1863. ville was 2,374. When our army oommenced to permanent hospital. At the present time, most DR. J. s. NEWBERRY, move, and the remainder of the regimental hos- of the recent cases of ljlickness are with their re- Sec'y West'n Dep't U. S. Sanitary Cbmmi8sion, pita.ls were broken up, 1,200 patients were re- spective regiments, the field hospital not being Louisville: ceived at Murfreesboro in one day, and most of ready to receive patients until the 27th. The ac- SIR: I have the honor to report to you that I them forwarded 'to Nashville immediately, the commodations have btlen poor, and the surgeoDB have recently inspected hospitals and localities regular trains being used exciusively for the have gladly availed themselves, to a very con- in Vicksburg and vicinity, and find that the.gen­ transportation of the sick. This required that siderable extent, of the stores furnished them eral sickness, if not abated, is neither on the in­ every effort should be directed to the removal of by the Commission. crease nor partaking of any alarming form of sick from Nash~lle. Several times, the number They ar~ in want of most of the articles of an epidemic character. Such limitation to the of vacant beds m the city hospitals became diet suitable especially for the sick. A few po- sickness of our army in the Southwest was not to frightfully small. ta.toes and onions are occasionally obtained by be expected at this season of the year, particu- Early iri July, you will remember that the foraging parties, but, with this exception, all larly within this city, at present surcharged with trains on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tbily have received has been furnished by us. the foul and Infected influences, incurred and were interrupted by Morgan's raid. It w8'1 not There has bt>en no regular issue of vegetables bred by the rebel garrison and their dysenterlc until the 12th of the month that the hospital by the Commissary during the month, so fur as thousands still lingerlrig-here. This Important train began its trips. The total number of p&- I can ascertain; but the Commission have been iJaCt must be ascribed essentially to tiiein.~ tlents removed during July has been compara• dJatributing them-not as many as would be Bitton of a kind Providence. We are indeed fa:: tively small. gladly received, but sufficient fur the supply o! vored with strangely healthful weather for the • • • • • • the more pressing demands. Besides furi:iliih- 118Uon, particularly during the latter part of Three ea.rs have recently been purchased at ing onions and potatoes, we have given to many Jllly. By frequent thunder sti.owers, accompa­ Cleveland by order of General Rosecrans, which regimental surgeons shirts, drawers, socks, nied with copious rains, the work of cleansing will be :fitted up with all the appliances which comforts, &c., &c. the city hRB been greatly promoted. From the ingenuity can suggest forthecomfort of the sick. Until within ten days, we have had, for the cloudy state of the atmosphere, the earth has They are of proper width to be used on the Chat- first time in this department, great difficulty in not been overheated, and malarial exhalations, tanooga Railroad, which is now open to Steven- obtaining transportation, by reason o( the great probably, have been prevented to a great ex­ son, Ala.. They were selected by Colonel J.P. demand consequent upon the forward move- tent. In general, moreover, the nights have Anderson, who made a journey from Nashville ment. been cool with refreshing breezes. All this is as­ to Cleveland for the purpose. Since the com- This is now obviated, and we have an order tounding and painful beyond account to the old mencement of this work of transporting the pa- from the General commanding for at least half a rebels, but decidedly gratifying to the newly­ tients, no man has manifested a greater care for car a day: and that we shall not be deprived of arrived and appreciating "Yankees." There the sick and wounded soldiers, or extended more thl~ by any general order to ship only specified are, it is true, certain nightly raids, which some­ courtesies to those engaged in the work, than articles. times prove rather sanguinary. The raiders the efficient and humane Military Superintend- Itt case of a battle, I have also a promise that come with sharp lancelj, but they phlebotomize ent of Railroads, Almost daily we are indebted 'teams shall be furnished us at once, to take any as friendly practitioners, rather than wound as also to Mr. F. H. Goodhugh, Department Super- stores to the field we may desire to send; and enemies, bravely and expertly serving in their intendent of the Louisville and Nashville Rail- that, if one of our agents will be where we can Wily to draw off impure blood, incite to generous road. He spares no effort to increase the com- report daily to headquarters, we shall be noti- ablutions, and modify too hard sleeping. Few, fort of our patients. It is a plea.sure, when you fled, If possible, in time to have them on the however, I am bound to say, recognize with are obliged to ask some favor, to ask it of one field as soon as wanted. thankfulness the persistently depletive services who is equally interested in the work with your- We want, most of all, better means of trans- of our musquito staff. self. portation for the sick and wounded. We are I am happy further to state that the authori- Respectfully yours, more than 300 miles from Louisville; the hospi- ties here, well seconded, are urging effective J. p. BARNUM, tai.ca rs are badly 'arranged and badly ventilated, means to co-operate with Providence in purging surgeon in Charge. and, for want of sufficient motive power, are ta-· away all present ·noxious evils, and whatever ken over the road at irregular times, and are may threaten in the ·future. With reason, it is greatly delayed. expected that 4.ugust and September will prove R eport of Dr. ~a.d . From the people we want all the Sanitary extremely trying to the health of our army and NASHVILLE, August 29, 1863. stores usually furnished, including onions and of all Northerners here, that sickness will in­ DR. J. S. NEWBERRY, potatoefl, and in addition, butter and cheese. creast> and assume more malignant and fatal Sec'y West'n Dep't U.S. Sanitary Onnmi&8iG!n, These articles are now sold for 75 cents~ lb. to forms, nnd· that, for this reason, there will be nn .Loui8viUe : those who can say, "in my father's house is increasing demand for Sanitary stores, an.d enough and to spare." The sick cannot obtain grel\ter peril attending Sanitary agents. But, DEAR SIR: The number of sick in this army them at any pn"ce , onl Y those w h o can· go to the cost what it may, let home benevolence duly at the close of July was only 51 per cent. I am sutler's and buy for themselves. send the supplies that are needed, and let ~he 60 THE SANITARY REPORTER. imperiled dispensers stand firm at their posts of' in its present campaign through Manchester, I had a detail of 75 men cleaning up; on Monday vital service, and, amid duties discharged, trust reported to you. Since then scarcely anything we started with 75, increased during the day to to protection from on high. -save the ordinary camp and hospital inspec- about 200, under control of Surgeon McKibben. As a further measure of improvement, let n:le 1 tions-has occurred worthy of note. I have been But with all this force we have scarcely made a say that the rebel hospitals here are being expe- in the neighborhood waiting for intelligence perceptible mark. It is question in my mind ditio\Wly ·removed, and some of the fine build- from the agents at the front. whether Bragg evacuated the place more from ings and grounds defaced by rebel occupation Four days ago I received an order to come for­ fear of General Rosecrans' army than from the are refit_ting for loyal hospitals of a neat andsal- ward with supplies to Tullahoma as soon as the foul mattE>r which he had accumulated at thi,s utary character. railroad is open to that pliwe. To-day I am in- place. • * " • During the last three weeks, thousands of th~ formed by the Quarterml\Bter that the cars will MURFREESBORO, July 19. .. 11ick and wounded, both from our army and t~ run through to-morrow. I have procured and For the last three days I have been issuing ene·my's, have been sent away in special tran.- loaded one car, and to-morrow hope to reach stores from a most uncomfortably crowded little ports, ours up the river, to Northern hospitals, Tullahoma with it. • • • room, and as the whole advanced army has been and theirs down the river, to their own plaoe. Tut.LAHOKA, July 13. looking to that place for its sanitary stores, I Besides, the large hospital steamers, regularly e * • • Having procured trans- have had an exceedingly busy time of it. I running, continue to carry our sick Northward, portation on the 11th inst., I came to this place have, however, succeeded in getting a run now and are expected to, while occruiion lasts. Yet with a car load of assorted stores. Arrived here and then through the camps and hospitals, On the average number of Bick here is but little re­ at two o'clock P. M.; had some difficulty in ob­ the 17th inst. I found, in General Hospital No. 1, ducQd. General Sherman's forces, now taining storage, and was so much delayed in under the excellent manai:ement of Surgeon t·eturned from Jackson, bring with them waiting for detail and transportation from depot McKibben, 66 patients. Everything about the many sick and wounded. But it affords that it took me till in the night to get my stores hospital is neat and clean, and the patients sat­ me great pleasure to testify to their gener­ secured under cover. I was worn out. isfied and cheerful. In convaJ.escent camp 279- al good condition and prospects, although many of whom 54 reported as sick and are excused Sunday, the 12th, I had determined should be have been severely wounded and undergone se­ from duty. • • • a day of rest, but learning early in the morning rious operations. The prevailing diseases are diarrhea, dysente­ that the sick needed the supplies of which I had It is not intended to establish here a perma­ ry and intermittents-the first two largely pre­ plenty, I started on foot on a tour of discovery. nent general hospital for the care of the sick al\d ponderating. In one brigade I found a good This has been made a military post under com­ wounded, but merely to consolidate those al­ deal of pneumonia. I met but few typhoid mand of General Johnson, and within a circuit ready existing into a sort of corps depot hospi­ symptoms any where. A large amount of po­ of about four miles I found thirteen regiments tal, for receiving patients and transporting them licing has been done in the town since the date Qi infantry, several batteries, a small cavalry North. Matters being in a transitional state, i~ of my last report, and with wonderfully good force, one general hospital, preparing beds for is impossible, at present, to determine accurate­ effect. the reception of 200 patients, and a convalescent ly the number and situation of the sick. A cursory inspection of the h ospitals here this camp of 317 invalids. General Headquarters The design of General Grant is understood tD afternoon and evening but confirms the state­ are also here; and Dr. Craig, Medical Purveyor be to retain here for defense an entire corps; ~­ ment of my last report on them. No. 1 is some­ of General McCook's corpa d'armee, was here other corps ill to be placed at ~atchez, and Port what improved in its surroundings, whilst the with teams, ssking for stores. Hudson is also to oo ~ed in considerable same kindness of attendants and cheerfulness force. .T!'oo}Jff are to be sent oat. on various ex- I visited the surgeons and military command­ of patients predominate inside. The field hos· ..JRjaitions,.11o that there will be a call for constant ers, and finding them all. needy, advertised my pital is beautifully policed, and the patients pass­ and e:ii:tensive sanitary services. goods. I was not perrmtted to wait for custo- ably cared for in the cleanliness of person. mers. We were kept constantly and actively • • • Having supplied the h ospitals Soon after the surrender of Port Hudson, be- d . i d · · · d · th d engage m open ng an issmng urmg e ay, (both general and r egimental) about Tullahoma. ing informed that General . Banks had largJl and on Monday, the 13th, there was no abate­ as well as my limited supply would permit, I numbers of sick poorly provided for, I sent W.• t Williamson to ascertain the condition of sani~ men • sent this morning, on the telegraphic requests of · , Our rooms are very small and so crowded as the Medical Directors, a wagon load each to ry matters with .hisarmy. He reported that ~h.t- to make it difficult to accomplish much. We, Thomas' and McCook's corps, and, on the requi­ troops were bemg removed, and that the sick l. i ed . th t d d · all · f"owever, ssu in e wo ays, an in sm sition of Dr. Bache, Assistant Medical Director would be supplied from New .orl~ans. !luantities (includidg issues to Dr. Craig), 670 of the army, a small load to H ospital No. 1, at In response to special application: ~nd und~ lbs. dried apples, 134 lbs. canned fruit, 258 lbs. Wincehster. This so nearly exhausted my stock the approval of General Grant, I V1Blt Natch~ ilk 626 lbs extract beef 16 sacks of small that I secured what little I had remaining and to-day, with the view of making some arrange... ~ ·~ dried .34 bottles bl~ckberry wine and ments for supplying the sick there with need d ' d t bo l thi have come up here to spend the night, prepara­ . . :wpran y, 10 2-12 ozen owes,1 3 xes co ng, tory to a visit to-morrow to Decherd and Win­ sanitary stores. .For several weeks a fall brv- 25 barrels potatoes ! barrel butter Ii barrel vin- gade has been stationed there. The result of my . ' . ' . chester, and then to Manchester and McMinn­ · · ti h. h t be b · f vt egar, 1 barrel pickles, besides smaller articles. tnp and iuspec on, w ic mus ne no , • • • I h th ville, to ascertain wants and where will be a good d ave never seen e location for a depot. I may not get off to-mor­ shall be duly reporte •. • f-gents of the Commission received by all parties row. I am either sick or exceedingly fatigued . As we have been obliged to remove 0~ storOI! with more apparent courtesy and cordiality, and to-night. I hope only the latter. The morning from the wharf-boat to rooms in the city, the with a more hearty welcome, than we have been will tell and enable me to decide whether Ileave extra labor and the sickness of. several em- Qn this visit. • • • • In my walk then or defer it. If able I shall go. • • • ployees, may prevent the preparation of th~ US::" around the camps on Sunday morning, I could Your ob't serv't, ual reports in I shall be 11otoverlook the filthy and unhealthy condition prope~ s~on. obli~O(i ALFREDS. CASTLEMAN, to wait for Dr. Warnner s return before sending of the town recently evacuated by the rebels. Inspector U. S. S. C. the~. . . . . It is the dirtiest, nastiest (no otherword will ex- it 11! JUl3t one month smc~ Vicksburg came m· press it) place I have ever been in. I can scarce· U11R1cKsv1LLE, Tuso.a.R.i\.w.i\.s c~.1 _0.,} to our posse~s~on . :'h~ change wrought is won- ly imagine any kind of filth, or any combina­ July 15, 1!!()3. \ierful, and it is gratifying to know that the con- tion of vile stench, which is not found here. A L. CRANE, ESQ., tributions of the Sanitary Commission hav~ small stream filled with carcasses of mules and • Relief Agent, &c., Na&l1ville, Tenn.: been of great service and are well appreciated. horses, washi:s the town. DEAR SIR: At a musical concert for the aid of Yours respectfully, the soldiers, held in our town a short time since, W. FITHIAN, "The river Rhine, to all 'tis known, $30 was realized; and I enclose the same to you, W a.she.a the city of Cologne ; to be used as your judgment would dictate for Inspector and Agent U. S. San. Com. Bnt who can tell what pow'r divine, Can ever wash the river Rhine?" the benefit of the Soldiers' Home of the Sanita­ Report of Dr. ¢astleman. ry Commission at Nashville, Tenn. MURFREEsnoRo, July 9, 1863. I have presented the importance of thls sub- In May last I was a recipient of your bounty, bn. J. S. NEWBERRY, SEo'Y, &c., ject strongly to the A. A. General, to the Provost and to help other soldiers I send the above sum. On Jll-l return from accompanying the army Marshal, and to the surgeons. On Sunday we Yours, &c., H. A. REDFIELD. THE SANITARY REPORTER. 61

Bazaar of th~ Buffalo Aid ~ocie~. . The Work of the Sanitar y Commission. one wrong, of two others 80 made out as to sub­ The ladies ~~posmg the Ar~y .Aid Soo~et~ of The following list of articles were sent to ject them to a los!I of $25 advance bounty, and Buffalo, auxiliary to the Sawtary Comllll8s10n, Vicksb~g during the present week by the Chi- two months and three days' clothing allowance; have ~ecently ?elda bazaar, which has_proved a cagoSawtary Commission. A.perusalofitscon- but three dollal"B among the~, !lnd regiment mag~ificent success-not only refiec~ng great tents will convince every reader that the assort- left Vicksburg a number of days ago in the ex­ oredit on the lady managers, but spea~g. most ~ent is eminently calculated to cheer the hell.lts pedition (suppOBed) against Mobile; so no chance el~uentl! for the benevolence and ~atriotism of and invigorate the bodies of our worn and of getting papers corrected for weeks; "ot Gov­ the mhabitants of that prosperous ruty. wounded veterans. Another fact is apparent, ernment transportation for them to St. Louis- Thefollowingisthe Official Report of the Aud- that such an arra~ of go0d things costs money. endol"Bed on discharge papers. iting Committee: This shipment involved an outlay of $9,000. ;rwo other discharged men, same regiment, "The undersigned, Auditing Committee of the Thanks to the benevolent and patriotic North- without a cent, papers; so made out that they recent Ladies' Bazaar, given for the benefit of the west, the streams fiow in, the barrel of meal lose $22 advance bounty, and abou t one and one­ Ladies' .Aid Society of Buffalo, respectfully re- wastes not, and the soldiers' blessings on the half months' clothing allowance. Poor fellows port the result of the same, as follows: Commission and its donors still continue. both sick and debilitated, took what wus comin~ The entire receipts from sale of tickets, 200 tons ice, 1,000 bottles lemon syrup, 200 bar- to them and started home. One discharged man lunch, sale of articles from booth, rels soda crackers, 20 barrels dry peaches, 20 bar- from --certificate of discharge not dated and &c., were - $11,574,48 rels dry apples, 5,000 codfish, 50 caddies green statements altered. I sent papers back and he The entire expen

La.rge1!$ nttmber cared for any one da.y • ns At.ate agent from Michigan-who was at Helena ·. Averag!l " " " 67 during the period alluded to. Sh~ says the sup- August 30. No. of deaths 1 plies left by the Dunleith were timely and ex- I wrote you yesterday the results of my in- " defective papers corrected 36 tremely serviceable. She remained to assist in spections here, and the success of efforts in put- The Paymaster will pay to none but the man their disbursement. She spoke with some en- ting to rights various matters connected' with the himself, so that I have no report to make of thusiasm Of the good they did. The expedition agency here-Soldiers' Lodges, &c., &c. Rations money collected. referred to being already under way, and the will now be drawn without further difficulty, Yours respectfully, sick being removed, Helena returns to relative To-day the City of Memphis, hospital steamer, c. W. CHRISTY, unimportance as a hospital point. has arrived from Vicksburg with 400 sick. The Bupt. and Special Relief .Agent. To return to the hospitals in Memphis. I D. A. January is some twelve hours behind from find them all in excellent order, and for the most the same point. But few sick and few troops are part supplied with every essentialcomfort a mil- left at Vicksburg. One division of troops only itary hospital can have. Until recently, the ao- at Natchez. General Stevenson's Corps still re­ cumulated hospital funds-accumulated through mains at the Black river. It is probably re- Letter from Dr. Warriner. . the assistance previously furnished by the Sani- ceiving the greater portion oUhe Sanita.ly boun­ MEHPHIS, Aug. 26, 1863. tary Commission-bad supplied them amply ties now in store at Vicksburg. No wellauthen- DR. J. S. NEWBERRY, with all manner of nutritious diet, such as but. ticated cases of yellow fever have yet appeared. &c'y West'n Dep't U. & Sanitary Oommied in all the hospitals here, save four, a.re exha.wit- after the goods on the South Wester. I am hop­ to another boat, and reached here Sunday evea- ed. The Sanitary Commission is evidently re· ing to see the Dunleith here. before I get off. lng. I am remaining to 8et matters right. The lied upon as a substantial and steady source of · Since writing the above, I have seen an agent need of me was not a little. supply, and of no inconsiderable supply at that. of the Western Sanitary Commission, who comes • • • • • • .And these funds have been bravely exJ,i.a.usted dl:tect from Duvall's Bluff. He is very ill with You will }l;Qt. Qf..much sk1messan.d allon~ in the q!rit of that reliance. Now, therefore, is remittent fever, and I had to a.void crowding "'l!IJ. ·" Helena,-have heard it already, perha.pe. the very nick of time to come to the rescue. The him with questions. But from him and from The Meaieal Director, Dr. Campbell, whose ju- four hospitals alluded to as having funds, had at o:!ll.cers of the boat I learn that there are upwards risdiction extends over that point, assures me the beginning of the month as follows: of 1,000 sick left there, in a very destitute condi­ that every sick man there shall be brought to Union Hospital, '509; Washington Hospital, tion. Tents enough to a.ccommoda.te 300 and this place forthwith, and that the order to that fOOO; Adams Hospital, tl>OO; Jefferson H-0spital, medical stores have already been forwarded, but effect has already gone forward. There need be ft-00. had not arrived when my informant left. No no excitement as to Helena. Mr. Fogle sends This, together with what has accrued since, other dietetic stores than those furnished by the back word to this otlice that he left a fair sup- y161.ds ample resources to these hospitals The Commissary are there. Canned milk, concen­ ply of e.dibles there on his way down. The Dun- oth!lrs are becoming rapidly needy. trated beef, vegetatlles, &c., wouldnowbe agrea.t leith left here last Friday. • • • In two hospitals-the Washington and the relief there. Send on if possible, and send an Gayoso-I have takeu the liberty to advance extra hand with them. MEHPHIS, Aug. 29, 1863. funds for building baking ovens. They cannot A portion of the stores left by the Dunleith at MY DEAR DocTOR: I have completed a ca.re- get appropriations for it, and ·are not allowed to Helena were forwarded by Surgeon Gay a.long ful inspection of the hospitals in this city. The u.ee hospital funds for such a purpose. The with the tent.a, &c. number, as you are a.ware, including the naval a.mount I have given is 550 to each hospitaj. A Yours respectfnlly, hospital, is eleven. Number of beds in all, 4,- joint bakery has been established for all the hos- H. A. WARRINER, 000; number of sick, a trifle over 3,000. This pitals, but it makes atrocious bread a large part Inspector U. S. San. Com. includes 1,200 brought here within the past three of the time, and the correction of the evil is so days from Helena. Some 400 more are hourly slow and remote, if it even be anywise possible, Letter from Surgeon of 58th Illinois expected from the same source. As stated in and so out of the reach of any surgeon in charge Volunteers. my la.st two letters, all the Helena patients will of a given hospital, that I trust you will regard HoSPITAL No. 3, JACKSON, TENN. be brought here. The whole number will not the appropriation as one eminently "fit to be • • • Those whose fears have been exceed what is indicated by the above figures- made." It will anyhow do a vast a.mount of alarmed as to the manner in which. their gifts 1,600. A majority of these a.re convalescents, good at the right time and place. have been used, must recollect that charity is who will not be likely to tarry long in hospital. I think it would be well to make Memphis altogether lovely, but that her fairest attribute · There was a sudden ll;!lCumulation of sick at He- something of a center for Sanitary stores, to ac- ls t)J.at of ~ever being discouraged, because she lena, produced by the massing of troops there cwnulate here for the wholedepartment. Were occasionally happens to miss her aim; they must for an expedition into the interior of Arkansas. stores here in sufficient abundance now, for in- also recollect that war is one of the diseases of Supplies and accommodations at hand were in- stance, it would be a most happy hit to follow society, when disorder of all its functions pre­ a.dequate to the emergency; and the consequence this expedition into Arkansas with an a.ppropri- va.ils, civilization is interrupted, and dishonesty was, a brief period of confusion and more than ate portion oi them. and peculation go hand i'n hand with murder, ordinary suffering. Happily, it was brief. And I shall hope to see you this way soon. I start legalized by what is called the law of nations. the hysterico-sensa.tiona.l reports of the matter, for Vicksburg by the first opportunity. Every- How; then, can they expect that O'lle-ha'f,f of the which will probably soon be fluttering a.round thing is now satisfactorily arranged whereof my articles sent to succor the sick soldiers will ever • the good friends at the North, will ~e too late for former letters ma.de mention. I was extremely reach them; no matter to whom these articles use. I have just conversed with Mrs. Sifile- fortunat.e in meeting Gen. Grant here; a.re confided for distribution 't For my own THE SANITARY ·REPORTER. part, instead of being surprised at the magni- manner; and lo my knowledge, the meW.cal on the night of July let, our men were much tude of the misappropriation of sanitary stores, staff and nurses of the various hospitals and exhausted by the fatiguing march from Man­ I am surprised at the comparatively trifling regiments have, of late, been suffering for the chester, and many reported tome withdiarrhea, amount turned to other uses than those intended want of fresh vegetables, which they procured cholera morbus and debility. The sudden by the donors. There need be no concealment in liberal quantities from the Sanitary Commie- change from soft bread, vegetables, some luxu­ of the fact, that in rare instances officers and eion Agency at this post, and daily served to the ries, and good shelter, with which they were men entrusted with them have embezzled, mis- sick and convalescents, without being able to supplied at Murfreesboro, to hard bread, bacon applied, or even sold some of these goods; but procure for ·themselves a cabbage or potatoe wet clothes and blankets; produced its legiti­ after being in the field since the active com- from the N?rth, or from the arid fieldS of Ten- mate effects. The sick would say to me, "Doc­ mencement of the war, and being in positions ne see. tor, if I had but something my stomach could peculiarly favorable for correct observation in I am, therefore, unwilling to believe that cor- relish, I should soon feel stronger." Nothing of regard to this important inquiry, I must say root representations have been made on the sub- this sort, however, was obtainable. Each day that in my opinion, 95 cents' worth out of the ject. I am unwilling to believe that those ladies the list of sick lengthened without our having dollar went to the objects contemplated by those. and gentlemen who have, with a large-hearted the means of furnishing anything that a sick whose generous hearts and liberal hands be- benevolence unparalleled in the history of hu- man could desire. Our own supply trains had stowed them. I think every surgeon in the manity, sent those articles, would refuse a tea- not arrived, because of the bad roads, and the field, and in the hospitals, will agree with m~ in spoonful of wine, or a pickled cucumber to a railroad bridge would yet require some days for this estimate as being, at least, not too high. sick officer, because he was an officer, and when completion. Now, how are the other five centB to be account- he could not 'get it elsewhere. When the locomotive whistle greeted our ears, for? I cannot multiply. examples, and I will I am told there are traitors in the North, and among the firstarrivalswasDr. Castleman (than give one only. After the battle of Fort Donel- am sorry to be compelled to believe it, but I t\m whom a more energetic and industrious agent son, I was but too glad to avail myself of the not willing to believe that human nature could the Commission cannot boast), bringing with assistance of the Sanitary Commission, in descend so low as to resort to so mean and so in- him a lot of sanitary stores. the shape of quilt.sand other articles of clothing; e:ffablv cruel a trick as to dry up the fountains· of Our excellent brigade surgeon, Dr. T. J. liquors, articles of food, etc., for my sick-al- the heart-to stop the sanitary supplies of our Young, notified me that the Sanitary Rooms most famishing with hunger and perishing with bm1'e and suffering !loldiers. Rather shall I were open, and requested me to send up and get cold-many of them huddled up on the guarda accept the more natural explanation of these ru- some nice things for the sick, which I did. The of the steamer I was placed in charge of. In a.n mors, viz., that certain credulous and weak- Conimission furnished UR with extract of beef, intensely cold and pitchy dark night, I ordered minded individuals, from motives of petty spite concentrated milk, dried fruits, pickles and vin­ about a dozen men to carry the articles from the 'or disappointed personal exaltation, have given egar. It was like finding "quails and manna" Sanitary boat to my boat-about a mile distant. rise to them. However this may be, of one in the wilder ness. · The duty was arduous, if not dangerous. We thing I am certain; that the stories circulated in I take much pleasure in acknowledging the had to wend our way along the slippery bluffs, the North as to the misapplication of Sanitary great benefit to our sick of this timely aseist­ and steep muddy banks of the Cumberland, donations are either gross exaggerations of facts and from.about twelve burdens, despite the "'°' or 1'illful creations of fancy. a.nee. most vigilance, I missed one pair of drawere, . . . Permit me, through you, 111.r, to thank. the seven bottles of whisky and one of Catawb- I cannot close without agam thanking you gentlemanly agents of the CommiSBion for the nine only, the carriers making sure of tu floo:qi the bottom of my heartfor~e late supplies prompt and generous manner in which they freight. This I thought a eucceBBful trip; a . of fresh vegetables, which bountifully saved.my carry out its noble purposes, and tO f •; my the good ladies of Ohio, if they had been present, hOBpital from scurvy, and for yo~r clothmg, humble testimony to the efficiency of the U. S. would have been amply propitiated by the mur- which saved the men from the late mclemency Sanitary CommiSBion, in supplying a want in mur or gratitude on the tongues of all who were or the weather. in the armies that neither the Government nor the recipients of the bounty, and at the gratify- On the part of the patients in hospital, I again any other agency can at present meet. ing spectacle of one hundred men, at least, be- ~ you an.d your aseis~nts f?r your. ~e- Very respect.fully yours, ing saved from freezing to death, if not from mitting aseidwtyand promptit~de m furruehipg death by starvation, as their blankets and over- the supplies, ~nd thoeenobleepiritswho, thro~gh JOHN S. HOSTETTFR, coats were left on the field. good and evil report, are never weary in for- ABBt. Burg. 34th Ills. Vqle. warding them. Of all the battl~e of the war, Donelson killed and disabled the greatest number of our men, Respectfully yours, SANITARY COMMISSION ROOMS, } CINCINNATI, Aug. 17, 1863. the exposure being second only to·Napoleon's H. M. CRAWFORD, memorable Russian campaign. The hospital Surgeon in charge. To the Public: It is not generally known that the hospitals in surgeons are still daily discharging or burying the victims of that b11.ttle field, who lay with a DR. J. s. NEWBERRY, and around Cincinnati are at the present time snowy sheet below and a snowy blanket above Sec'y West'n Dep't u. s. Sanitary Cl:Jmmi&Bion, unusually crowded with sick and wounded sol- them on the night before the battle, and who .Loui8tliUe: diers. Large numbers have recently arrived stood up under the pitll088 pelting or a storm of HEADQ'BS POST COMMANDANT,} from Vicksburg; otherli! are expected, and there LEBANON, KY., July 15, 1863. is more need of sympathy and aid in behalf of rain and sleet the night after. The secesh sut­ DR. J. S. NEWBERRY, these suffering and brave men, than there has fered more still, as witneBB the mortality iii Sec'y West'n Dep't U. S. Sanitalry Oommisllion, been for many months. We appeal now for Camp Douglas. Louisville: thin summer cwthing; especially pantaloons. But it is charged that the surgeons and nurses DEAR SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge such the army regulations do not furnish; and of regiments, and even the officers have used the receipt of the sanitary stores which were it is not difficult, in weather like the present, to these Sanitary stores. · I have known rare in­ consigned to the care of Dr. Maxwell. ;i'he por- imagine the discomfort or thick army clothes stances of this; but I cannot recollect a single tion directed to me has been given in charge of for wounded and sick men. These same arti­ case where these officers were not sick, or una­ ~y surgeons for the use of the wounded. I d~- cles are needed in still larger supplies at Vicks­ ble to procure a supply of any other sort, or from sire to thank your Commission. in b~half of my burg, Memphis, and other hospitals South. any other source; and almost invariably these command for your kindn088 m relieving their Will not all that can possibly spare such articles officers made amends by donations to the men wants. I am, very respectfully, send them at once to the Sanitary Rooms? Oth- when no Sanitary supplies could be had. Beer, Your ob't serv't, er articles of comfort, or luxury, will also be apples, etc., have been thus bought and distrib­ ORLANDO H. MOORE, gladly received at the :Roome. We have very uted. Moreover, these isolated cases occurred Colonel 25th Michigan Infantry. urgent calls for supplies for the armies, particu­ at the commencement of the war more frequent­ larly for vegetables, pickles, &c. ly than now. I do not at present know of a sin­ CAMP READ, Aug. 4, 1863. Very respectfully, gle regiment or hospital in which the Sanitary DR. HENRY PARKER, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. donations are perverted or misapplied in n.ny Sm: When this regiment arrived at this place, 64 THE SANITARY REPORTER.

~tlid ~t partmint. ,Jupply ~tpadmtnt. The Sanitary Commission has made arrange­ Geueral Superintendent, The Sanitary Commission, under special au­ ments for supplying information gratuitously1 Rev. F. N. B:napp, WashingtOn, D. C. thority of the President ot' the United States, with regard to patients in the United States Gen­ Chief Assistant, .r. B. Abbott, " " maintains an extensive system of agencies for eral Hospitals at the following points. Othets Soldiers' Home, near Baltimore Railroad de­ securing the safe conveyance to, and distribution will be added as new hospitals are opened: pot, Washington, D. C. of, goods put in its charge for the sick and EASTERN DEPARTMENT. I..odge No. 3, No. 208 F street, near Treasury wounded at points where they are most wanted. It operates with equal care and geherosity at all For information, address "Office Sanitaty building, WasWngton D. C. points-at New Orleans and at Washington, be­ Commission, Washington, D. C." I..odge No. 4, 17th street, near Pennsylvania fore Vicksburg and at Nashville;-itsdistribu- WaBhington, D. C., Annapolis, Md., avenue, Washington, D. C. tions being governed by a comparison of the Georgetown, D. C., Anna.polls.Junction, Md. I..odge No. 6, Georgetown, D. C. Alexandria, Ya., Cumberland, Md., Nurses' Home, Washington D. C. wants of the patients in all cases. To ascertain the relative character of these wants in a trust­ Baltimore, Md., Point I..ookout, Md., Soldiers' Home, Third street, east of Broad.. worthy manner, and to secure an equitable dis­ Frederick City, Md., Fairfax, Ya., way, Cincinnati, Ohio-Colonel G. W. D. An­ Acqaia Creek, Ya., York, Penn. drews, Bup't. tribution and honest use of the goods distributed, Soldiers' Home, near I..eTee, Cairo, Ill.-Mr, besides -the unpaid services of the members of PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT. Maddy, Sup't. the Commission, twenty physicians of high pro­ For information, address "Office Sanitary Soldiers' Home, near Nashville Railroad de­ fessional and moral .character, and more than Commission, No.1,307 Chestnut street." vat, I..ouisville, B:y.-James Ma.Iona, Sup't. fifty lay agents, are employed, under pecuniary Philadelphia, Penn., Germantown, Penn., James Morton, Special Relief Agent. l!ecurities for responsible and efficient service. Chester, Penn., Chestnut Hill, Penn., Soldiers' Home, near Chattanooga Railroad The cost of these arrangements has thus far been Reading, Penn., Harrisburg, Penn., depot, Nashville, Tenn.-!... Crane, Sup't and about 3 per centum of the value of the goods dis­ NEW YORK DEPARTMENT. Relief .Agent. tributed. The Commission has not been abk For information, address "Office Women'J Soldiers' Home, Columbus, Ohio--, Sup't. to obtain authentic ' llvidence of losses, miscar­ Central Union, No. 10 Cooper Institute." Soldiers' Home, Cleveland, Ohio-Clark War­ riage, or misappropriations, to the value of one New 1'."ork, N. Y., New Haven, Conn., ren, Sup't and Relief .Agent. dollar in ten thousand, of goods which have been once received at its shipping depots. The follow­ .Albany, N . .r., PortamouthGrove, R. I., Soldiers' I..odge, near landing, Memphis, Tenn. ing is a list of these depots, to which auxiliary Newark, N. J.1 Boston, M888., -C. W. Christy, Sup't and Relief Agent. Burlington, Yt., Brattleboro, Yt. Soldiers' I..odge (floating), near Vicksburg, aocieties, and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded, without reference to States or locali- WESTERN DEPARTMENT. Miss.-T. Way, Sup't. ties, but simply to their relative necessity for as­ 1<'or information, address " Office Sanitary AGENCY FOR PENSIONS. Commission, I..ouisville, B:y." William F. Bascom, Pension Agent, Was1:Jr1 llistance, are invited to send their offerings: Columbus, O., B:eokuk, Iowa, lngton, D. C. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 22 Cleveland, O., Davenport, Iowa, HOSPITAL CARS. Summer street, Boston, Mass. Camp Dennison, O., Paducah, Ky., . Between Washington and New York-SoL Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 10 .6..ndrews, M. D., Surgeon in charge. Third avenue, New York. Gallipolis, o., BaJ"dstChicago, Ill. St. I..onis, Mo., Bowling Green, B:y., as constituted by the Secretary of War in Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 2 Rolla, Mo., Memphis, Tenn., .tune, 1861, in accordance with the recommenda- Adam's Block, Buffalo, New York. Springfteld, Mo., Clarksville, Tenn., .tfon of the Burgeon General of the U. S. Army, Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 59 .Jack son, Tenn., Murfreesboro, Tenn., and its appointment and plan of organization Fourth street, Pittsburg, Penn. I.a Grange, Tenn., Gallatin, Tenn., were approved by tile President of the United Nashville, Tenn., Vicksburg, Miss., tat.es, Jt.s pr~.simt ofganization is as follows: Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, Colum­ Corinth, Miss., Helena, .Ark., H, W, Bellows, p, D,, President, New York. bus, 0. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, Fifth Grafton, Va., Point Pleasant, Ya., A, D. Bache, LL. D., Vice Pres~dexit, Wash- Parkel'Sburg, Ya., Clarksburg, Ya,, :ingt,on, D, c. street, I..ouisville,B:y. Charleston, Ya. · Fred, I.aw Olmsted General Secref.!u'y Wash- The Commission receivt.s no pecuniary aid In all cases the name, rank, company and reg- lngton, D, c. ' ·· ' whatever from the Government, and is wholly 1.ment oftbe person enquired for should be given, .r, S, Newberry, M. D., Secretary Westtirn De. dependent on the voluntary contributions of the and where he was when last he!lrd from, If the partment, I..ouisville, B:y. public for the means of sustaining its opera­ application is by lstter, the answer will ba , Geo, T. Strong, Esq., Treasurer, 68Wallstreet, tions. Contributions to the Treasury are solic­ sent by return of mail; if in person, it will be New York. ited, and may .be transmitted to George T. a.nsweredat once; or if l>y telegraph, an answer 'Elisha Harris, M. D., New York. Strong, Esq., Treasurer, 68 Wall ~treet, N. Y. will be :returned immediately at the inquirer's w. H. Yan Buren, M. D., New York. P ROTE CTIVE expense. G. W. Cullom, U.S. A. The office of the Directory will be open daily A. E. Shiras, U.·S, A. A.R CLAIM A.ND PENSION AGENCY in OF THE from 8 o'clook, A. M., to 8 o'clock, P. M., and R. C. Wood,AsllistantSurgeonGeneral U, S, A,. U. S. Se.nite.ry Co:rnmission. urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell will Wolcott Gibbs, M. D., New York. .A,11 the necessary Papers and Correspondence required be received at any hou:r of the night. s. G. Howe, M. D., Boston, Mass. to procure PENSIONS, BOUNTY and BACK PAY, _-.soldiers' Aid Societies, clergymen, editors, c. R. Agnew, M. D., New York. for invalid Soldiers and the relatives of a.ud others, can scarcely serv~ the cause of hu- Rt. Rev. T. M. Clarke, Providence, R, I, Deceased Soldiers, prepared and for- manity more effectually than by frequently and Hon. R. w. Burnett, Cincinnati, o. warded FREE OF CBARGB. widely disseminating a knowledge of the above, Hon. Mark Skinner, Chicago, Ill. WILLIAM M. TILGHMAN, among those who have friends in the army. The Hon. .Joseph Holt, WBBhington, D. c, Chairman Board Direetora. hospital statistics in this department of the Sani- Horace Binney, Jr., Philadelphia, Penn, B. LENOX HODGE, ll. D.1 W. N. ASHMAN, tary Commission are very complete and exact, l'llUJV....,_ ...T H • H eywoo d , .uOUlllT • vill e, K y. Examini11g Surgeon. Solicitor. and daily prove of incalculable value to the sol- .r. Huntington Wolcott, Bost.on, Mass, Oftloe llo. 1,307 Oheatnut Street, Philadelphia. diers, their friends and relatives. Prof. Fairman Rogers, Philadelphia, Penn. L. A. OIVILL, PRINTER, LOUISVILLE.