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 FROM ITS ORGANIZATIOX 
 
 DECEMBER 18TH, 1862, TO SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1863. 
 
 AND ALSO OP THE 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION, 
 
 SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1863, TO JANUARY 1ST, 1864. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD ; 
 
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 1864. 
 

 OrnOEES AND MEMBEES. 
 
 CHIEF OF STATE SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 Col. JOHK WILLIAMS, State Commissary General. 
 
 MEMBHRS OF ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 EICHARD YATES, Governor. 
 
 ALLEN C. FULLER, AdjH, Gen. c& Cor. Sec. 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
 
 JOHN P. REYNOLDS, President. 
 JOHN WILLIAMS, Treasurer. 
 WILLIAM H. BUTLER. 
 ELIPHALET B. HAWLEY. 
 ROBERT IRWIN. 
 
 JOHN R. WOODS, Recording Secretary. 
 
TABLE OF C0:N TENTS. 
 
 1 — Report of Col. John Williams, Commissary General and Chief of Illinois State 
 Sanitary Bureau, 
 
 2 — Reports of Agents, John R. Woods and Edward J. Eno. 
 
 3 — Schedule of cash receipts prior to September 12, 1863. 
 
 4. — Schedule of cash disbursements prior to Sept. 12, 1863. 
 
 5 — Schedule of receipts of supplies " " " " '' 
 
 6 — Schedule of disbursements of supplies prior to Sept. 12, 1863. 
 
 7 — Report of Recording Secretary, embracing the Order of Governor organizing 
 Illinois State Sanitary Commission, and Circular of Adjutant Gen. Fuller. 
 
 8 — Schedule of cash receipts from organization to January 1, 1864. 
 
 9 — Schedule of cash disbursements from " " " *' 
 
 10 — Schedule of receipts of supplies from " " " " 
 
 11 — Schedule of disbursements of supplies from organization to Jan. 1 18'34. 
 12— Appendix, embodying Reports and Letters from Agents. 
 13 — List of Supplies most needed for Camp and Hospital. 
 
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 REPORT. 
 
 STATE SANITARY BUREAU, 
 
 Springfield, Septembei" 1st, 1863. 
 
 To His Excellency Richard Yates, Governor : 
 
 A year has just elapsed since 3'ou issued your first appeal to the people of the 
 State for voluntary contributions of sanitary goods in behalf of our brave volun- 
 teers, in camp and hospital, and I, at your request, undertook the discharge of the 
 duties growing out of the establishment of a State Sanitary Bureau. 
 
 At that time the Chicago branch of the United States Sanitary Commission, and 
 the Western Sanitary Commission, were in successful course of operation, and 
 receiving liberal support, in contributions of money and stores from our citizens. 
 
 It has been m^ constant endeavor to increase the amount of sanitary contributions 
 b,v every means in my power, leaving to the donors the selection of the agency 
 which should be the almoner of their bounties. During this period the donations to 
 these Commissions have largely increased, while at the same time the people have 
 generally seconded every eflbrt put forth b}'' this Department, and seem to have 
 given it their fullest confidence. Commencing its operations without friends, and 
 relying entirely upon the free gifts of a loyal people for the material of its work, 
 it could not have attained its present position for extended usefulness, had there 
 not existed in the circumstances of the times through which we were passing a real 
 necessity for the creation of those offices which this agency has volunteered to 
 perform. 
 
 During the first eight months of its existence, assistance was rendered in procur- 
 ing free transportation for contributions direct to the particular regiments or com- 
 panies for whom they were intended. Of these operations no definite accounts have 
 been kept; but the aggregate of supplies thus forwarded was large. 
 
 On the change of policy of disbursements from that of especial to general, a new 
 system of raising supplies became necessary. The old spasmodic mode gave place 
 to the organized efforts of Soldiers' Aid Societies and Leagues of loyal citizens, 
 who labor with a zeal as disinterested as their gifts are bountiful and magnani- 
 mous. 
 
 The accompanying tables present a business view of the operations of the De- 
 partment from its organization to Sept. 1st, 1868. 
 
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 Schedule A shows the receipts of Sanitary Stores. 
 «' B " the issues. 
 " C " the cash receipts. 
 " D " the cash expenditures. 
 " E " the liabilities. 
 " F " the Reports of Col, John R. Woods and Edward J. Eno. 
 
 Soon after the battles of Corinth and the Hatchie I visited the hospitals at Boli- 
 ver, Jackson and Corinth, accompanied by Hon. Jesse K. Dubois, and a number of 
 other volunteer citizens, and rendered the sufferers every assistance in our power. 
 The government officers had used every endeavor for the welfare of the men. 
 Agents of the different Sanitary Commissions were already on the ground, doing 
 excellent service — among whom was your agent, Maj. Robb, rendering aid with all 
 the means at his command. 
 
 Again, after the battle of Perry ville, I proceeded on a similar mi:ssiou, accompa- 
 nied by H. W. Butler, Esq. We visited the sufferers wherever we could find them, 
 and attended to their wants. We were joined by Dr. Coe and Capt. Sampson, of 
 Whiteside county. After making arrangements for getting up and running a hospi- 
 tal car, attached to the passenger trains, for the conveyance of the wounded, I re- 
 turned, leaving the work in the hands of Dr. Coe and Capt. Sampson, who contin- 
 ued in charge of it for a month, and turned it over to the U. S. Sanitary Commis- 
 sion. The car was provided with refreshments, and Dr. Coe acted as Surgeon in 
 charge. Dr. JS'ewberry, the Agent of the Commission at Louisville, gave every as- 
 sistance in his power, and has, I believe, not only continued the running of similar 
 cars since, but has recentl}^ taken measures for affording greater comfort to the 
 sick, and speedier transportation of supplies along the railroad between the army 
 and Louisville. 
 
 Discharged and furloughed men suffer much after coming North from the army 
 lines, on account of defective provision for them on our roads. Could not the dif- 
 ferent railroad companies be induced to remedy this by putting one more hospital 
 car each on their respective roads, and hold them in readiness for use at points 
 where they are likely to be wanted '? 
 
 The accompanying report of Col. J. R. Woods, presents an interesting statement 
 of his extensive labors in visiting hospitals. 
 
 As soon as the condition of the Treasury would warrant, I engaged the services 
 of Edward J. Eno, Esq., of Jacksonville, to act as Sanitary and Relief Agent for the 
 Army of the Cumberland. He had previously visited our army near Vicksburg, 
 on sanitary business, and manifested a capacity for the work. His report shows 
 the character of the duties he is called on to perform, and the nature of the opera- 
 tions of the Sanitary Commission in that Department. 
 
 E. C. Sackett, Esq., of Beardstown, has been dispatched on a similar mission to 
 the Army of the Tennessee, at Vicksburg and below. He has suffered from ill 
 health a portion of the time, and has not furnished us as yet a full report of his 
 labors. 
 
 I have recently visited the hospitals at St. Louis in company with Col. J, R. 
 Woods, who is still looking after the interests of our Hlinois soldiers there. He 
 finds great demand among them for his kindly offices. 
 
 It is worthy of notice that the army hospitals are generally in an improving con- 
 dition. Experience has qualified both Surgeons and nurses to more intelligently 
 discharge their duties than heretofore. The system is more thorough, the supplies 
 more ample, and all the appointments are being made with higher regard to the 
 welfare of the patients. 
 
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 There still remain inadequate accomniodations within the limits of our own State 
 for our returning volunteers. Should not substantial efforts be made to bring the 
 sick and disabled near their own homes for treatment ? 
 
 The experiment of furnishing milch cows for hospitals has been undertaken at 
 the instance of Mrs. Buckerdyke, Matron of theGayoso Hospital, Memphis. Seven 
 were contributed by the citizens in and near Mechanicsburg, eight from Brush 
 Creek neighborhood, in this county, and eighteen from Jacksonville and vicinity. 
 The}'" have been forwarded, and arrived in good condition, and are being well 
 tended on Presidents Island, near Memphis. Applications for others have been 
 received from Corinth, Mississippi. As many more can be raised as may be expe- 
 dient to send. From present information the enterprise has proved successful, and 
 should receive further attention. 
 
 The circumstances of many disabled men arriving at Cairo, discharged or on fur- 
 lough, are such as should receive at our hands some prompt steps for relief. The 
 accommodations which are well adapted for the purpose in ordinary times, have of 
 late proved entirely inadequate, I have instituted measures for their temporary 
 assistance, but something more complete and permanent is required. 
 
 The Hospital demands will probably continue much as heretofore, although the 
 Government supply table is fuller — theoretically there is no lack of either clothing 
 or bedding — yet the articles are either not placed in the purveyor's hands, or the 
 Surgeons fail to draw for them in season, and I can see no good reason why this 
 should not be made practically true. Much attention must still be paid to that class 
 of goods. 
 
 The chief want is and will be for appetizing articles of diet, such as vegetables 
 and fruit — fresh, pickled, green and dried. Jellies and preserves are not wanted. 
 Canned fruits and domestic wine are good, when well made, properly sealed and 
 securely packed ; but nine-tenths of the loss accruing to sanitary stores are tracea- 
 ble to this class of articles. It is strongly recommended to make the chief efforts 
 in procui'ing an adequate supply of the substantials, so that not only the men in 
 hospitals may have an abundance, but also those in camp, when the government 
 supply is deficient. 
 
 In addition to the articles above named, krout, butter, eggs, chickens, and dried 
 beef, are needed in the hospitals and convalescent camps. 
 
 Good reading matter is wanted by all our intelligent soldiery, both in camp and 
 hospitals, and should be furnished much more liberally than heretofore. 
 
 There can be no doubt of the necessity of the intervention of agents in behalf of 
 our disabled men in and near the army, and I deem it wiser and more benificent to 
 use a portion of the cash contributions in defraying their expenses, than in devoting 
 the whole to the purchase of sanitary stores. 
 
 The Railroad and Telegraph lines within the State and beyond its limits, have, so 
 far as called on, rendered all needful assistance, free of charge. They are hereby 
 tendered the most cordial thanks of the Bureau. 
 
 I cannot close this communication without alluding again to the lively interest 
 which pervades all ranks of our loyal citizens in this cause, and the well directed 
 energy with which they prosecute it. This is especially true of the old established 
 Soldiers' Aid Societies, and their later co-workers, the Loyal Leagues of either sex. 
 In many townships every house is being visited to solicit contributions of farm 
 products, and other suppUes, for the soldiers. Fealty to our free institutions, and 
 devotion to those who defend them, live together in the breast of every true patriot. 
 To such, labor is sweet, and no sacrifice too dear. 
 
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 A correspondent remarked : — "My only son fell at Champion Hills; all that I 
 have left is my country's and my God's." This is the spirit which animates the 
 great mass of our people, and sanctities the gifts which they have so lavishly be- 
 stowed. The responsibility is not a light one, although it has been a pleasure to 
 bear the burden until now, when the field of labor has become much larger than 
 was at first contemplated. 
 
 I would recommend to your consideration the reorganization of the Department 
 by the appointment of several gentlemen to act as a Board of Directors. 
 
 JOHN WILLIAMS, 
 Chiff of III. Sanitary Bureau. 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 REPORT 
 
 ox THE CONDITION OF 
 
 SICK AND WOUNDED ILLINOIS SOLDIERS, 
 
 IN 
 
 UNITED STATES MILITAEY HOSPITALS 
 
 AT CHICAGO, KEOKUK, QUINCY AND ST. LOUIS. 
 
 Col. John Williams, 
 
 Com. Gen. and Cliief of Illinois State Sanitary Bureau : 
 
 Sir: Having been requested and commissioned in August last, oj his Excellency 
 Governor Yates, to visit the United States hospitals, containing sick and wounded 
 Illinois soldiers, inquire into their sanitary condition, make a list of their names 
 and post office address, and ascertain, by personal observation, the character of the 
 treatment those noble and suflfering men receive at the hands of those to whose care 
 and supervision our government has committed them, I now beg leave to submit, in 
 addition to the several communications upon the subject, which I have heretofore 
 transmitted to you, the following sketch of my proceedings as agent of your de- 
 partment. 
 
 It may not be improper to remark, in the first place, that the call upon me by the 
 Executive, to enter upon this new field of labor, was sudden and unexpected ; and 
 that, although at the time, I indulged a very limited view of the extent and nature 
 of the duties assigned me, I was led to doubt my fitness for the position, and my 
 ability to accomplish, to the advantage and benefit of our invalid soldiers, and in a 
 manner creditable to my State, and satisfactory to myself, the objects of the mis- 
 sion. And it was onl}-- after I had entered upon those duties, and come in contact 
 with scenes of suffering and of death, that abound in our hospitals, that I could 
 form any adequate conception of the magnitude and importance of the work before 
 me, or realize the fact that, to perform that work aright, there was but one course 
 to pursue, namely, to render myself as accessible to every soldier in the hospitals 
 as I could possibly do, and to show, by a close and familiar intercourse with each, 
 that I was his personal and sympathizing friend, and the representative of thous- 
 ands of his fellow-citizens, who stood ready, with hearts, and hands, and purses, to 
 respond to his calls for sympathy and relief. Proceeding to Chicago, and arriving 
 in that wonderful city at an early period of the day, I availed myself of the first 
 business hour, to wait upon His Honor Judge Skinner, the well known and most 
 excellent President of the Chicago Sanitary Commission — the first in the field, of 
 our sanitary organizations, and whose zeal, efficiency, and impartiality, in convey- 
 ing and distributing the contributions of the loyal families of the great Northwest, 
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 to the camps and the hospitals of our vast army, have earned for it the admiration 
 and confidence of every patriotic heart in the land. 
 
 The Judge gave me a very pleasant reception — spoke approvingly of the purpo- 
 ses of my visit— introduced me to several of his co-laborers — all of whom are noble- 
 hearted philanthropists— and proffered all the aid at his command to facilitate my 
 labors. With Surgeon Isham, of the United States Marine Hospital, I visited that 
 estalishment, and found upon its books the names of 195 Illinois soldiers, 138 of 
 whom had been discharged, returned to their regiments, deserted, or died. Of this 
 number, but eleven had died at the hospital. This small proportion of deaths 
 speaks well for the physician in Chicago, whose scientific treatment of the sick and 
 wounded, is evidently under the control of the higher feelings of humanity, and 
 the principles of common sense. I am warranted in making this statement, from 
 the absence of all complaint on the part of his patients, their frequent expressions 
 of thankfulness for the care and kindness extended to them, and the clean condition 
 of the floors, closets, furniture, bedding, clothing, and cook-room, and utensils, and 
 the air of neatness and comfort which pervaded the entire establishment. In short, 
 everything about it was in such good order that I could but congratulate those of 
 our brave fellows, who had been so fortunate as to become its inmates in their 
 affliction. 
 
 My next visit was paid to Camp Douglas, situated some five miles from the Ma- 
 rine Hospital. Having letters to its commandant, Col. Tucker, I soon found myself 
 in his presence, and had the satisfaction of meeting in him an officer who appeared 
 to appreciate at once the importance of the work I had undertaken. The Colonel 
 lost no time in securing for me the permission of the Post Surgeon, Dr. McVickers, 
 to enter all the hospitals under his care, at whatever hour I might find it convenient 
 to do so. The principal hospital of this place, was simply two or three tents, occu- 
 pying nearly a central position in the fine parade ground of the camp, and standing 
 very near each other. The condition of the sick in these tents, was truly a sad and 
 painful one. The cots upon which they lay, were slightly elevated above the bare 
 earth, and were crowded so closely together that, to pass betw-een them required 
 considerable effort and patience. Here I saw many brave men seemingly in the last 
 stage of disease, while others, who had just closed their eyes forever, were about 
 beino- carried away to their final resting place. I could not but regard these tents 
 and their locality as being very unsuitable for men who had nobly come forward in 
 obedience to their country's call, and periled their health, life, and cherished hopes, 
 in defense of that country's glory, and the dearest righisof their countrymen. But 
 all honor to the great-hearted, open-handed women of Chicago. Their presence 
 and kind offices at the bed-side of the suffering inmates, kept these hospitals from 
 being the most dismal of places. Being assured by the Surgeon in charge, that he 
 was doing all that the means in his power would enable him to do, to make the con- 
 dition of his patients as comfortable as possible, and that arrangements were being 
 rapidly made for their early removal to better quarters, and learning since that he 
 has happily succeeded in his efforts to effect a change so desirable, I deem it unnec- 
 essary to advert to any other particulars connected with the post. From the ample 
 stores of the Chicago Sanitary Commission, and through other channels of benevo- 
 lence, those hospitals were generously supplied with whatever articles of food or 
 clothing the soldiers were found to need. 
 
 KEOKUK. 
 
 The capacious and well appointed hospitals at this city, are under the control of 
 Surgeon Taylor, of Galesburg, 111., and contained, at the time of my visit, in Sep- 
 
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 tember, about 1,400 invalid soldiers ; 549 of whom were from this State. Dr. Tay- 
 lor received me very courteously, expressed his gratification at my arrival, and his 
 admiration of the deep interest which our patriotic Executive has so constantly 
 manifested in the welfare of his Illinois troops, in camp and hospital, on march or 
 battle-field. The Doctor issued an order to all his subordinates, requiring them to 
 admit me to any of the wards at such hours as it might suit my convenience to 
 visit them, and also to aid me in getting whatever information I might desire to 
 obtain, respecting the government and condition of the hospitals, and the situation 
 of their inmates. 
 
 Three or four of the buildings used for the purpose, are among the largest and 
 most commodious structures in the city. The "Estis House" was designed for a 
 hotel, and in size, ranks among the most capacious and best arranged in the coun- 
 try. It is divided into six wards, in each of which there are several well ventilated 
 and finely situated rooms, from the windows of which a good view may be had of 
 the city and its environs. As this building is the most extensive and central, the 
 headquarters of the Surgeon-in-Chief are located in it ; also the general dispensa- 
 tory, sanitary stores, and the soldiers baggage. What I have to say in relation to 
 the condition of the sick and wounded in the ''Estis House," equally applies tothat 
 of each of the other hospitals at Keokuk. 
 
 Good order, cleanliness, and comfort, are observable throughout the establish- 
 ments. Beds, floors, walls, and windows, have a homelike neatness and freshness 
 about them ; and the atmosphere of all the apartments seemed to be free of all 
 ofiensiveness. No observant visitor can pass through the wards of these hospitals 
 without becoming impressed with the fact that they are under the supervision of a 
 watchful, intelligent, and humane officer ; and that the chances for a sick or wound- 
 ed soldier to regain his health in the hospitals at Keokuk are fully equal to those in 
 any part of the country. It is my carefully formed opinion that a majority of the 
 patients who manifest and feel, no doubt, an earnest desire to go home, have a 
 fairer prospect of being thoroughly restored under the kind attention and skillful 
 treatment they receive here than in most cases they could possibly have at their 
 homes. 
 
 Well appointed, however, and ably conducted as these hospitals evidently are, 
 some of the soldiers grievously complained of neglect — that their wants were dis- 
 regarded — that a system of favoritism prevailed among the ward-masters — that they 
 hear of societies sending stores for the sick, but that no delicacy or good thing ever 
 reached them ; and that they rarely get anything fit for a sick man to eat, etc. 
 Inquiring particularly into the truth of these complaints, I was obliged to conclude 
 that, while, in some cases, they were partially true, they had no foundation, in fact, 
 in other cases. All the patients, however, seemed to agree in saying that under the 
 administration of the present Post Surgeon, a very marked improvement in the 
 management of the hospitals, has been effected. To an establishment conducted on 
 so large a scale as are the United States hospitals in many places, there must neces- 
 sarily be a large subordinate force attached, and the chief who succeeds in procur- 
 ing assistants adapted to the positions he may assign them, is exceedingly fortu- 
 nate. In this matter, Surgeon Taylor has been peculiarly so ; and I cheerfully bear 
 witness to the eminent fitness of each one of his numerous assistants, with whom 
 I had frequent intercourse, for the duties of his station. I forbear to mention 
 names ; but, as it so happened that I found it convenient to apply more frequently 
 to oneof his assistant surgeons, and one of the assistant stewards than I did to any 
 others for the information I wished, I deem it but an act of justice to those gentle- 
 men, to allude to them especially, in this part of my report. Of the medical attain- 
 
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 ments or surgical abilities of Dr. , have no knowledge ; but, as a man and a 
 
 gentleman, I found him inferior to none of the several agreeable officials with whom 
 I have met. I rarely saw or heard of him outside the sphere in which his duties 
 required him to move. Those placed under his care uniformly spoke of him as a 
 humane, considerate, and attentive physician, and that his treatment and demeanor 
 towards them were invariably kind and sympathizing. This gentleman is entitled 
 to promotion ; and were he in a position whose duties would give scope to his at- 
 tainments, and which his character and habits are calculated to adorn, the country 
 and the cause of humanity would be the gainers. 
 
 The stewardship of a hospital is a position of the very first importance, and he 
 who occupies it should be equal to all its momentous duties. Too often, if rumor 
 tells the truth, have its incumbents been hard-hearted, cold-blooded, grasping 
 thieves and villains. Such characters are as much out of place here as they would 
 be at the head of an orphan asylum. 
 
 In reference to the Steward before alluded to, I feel bound to say that he is emi- 
 nently worthy of a position as Principal. Intelligent, active, and diligent — seldom 
 absent from his post, and evidently appreciating the relation which he sustains to 
 the sick and wounded of his fellow-soldiers, he takes pains to render himself acces- 
 sible to them all. In him they all find a friend — one whom they know sympathizes 
 with them. He treats them as men, and when they approach him, they do it with 
 a confidence in his integrity and willingness to administer to their wants, which his 
 frequent unavoidable refusal to grant their requests, does not in the least 
 weaken. 
 
 When I left Keokuk, one of the hospitals was about being vacated and its tenants 
 transferred to another, and, had no battle taken place since, the "Estis House" by 
 this time, would have contained all the sick ; but the terrible conflict at Corinth, 
 has subsequently furnished for its ample accommodation, tenants enough to fill up 
 its fourteen wards, and occupy all the spare ones of its 1,750 beds. 
 
 The sanitary stores on hand were not abundant at the time of my visit. The 
 stock of shirts was so nearly exhausted that it was with some difficulty I secured a 
 few for those of our Illinois boys, who had worn theirs upwards of three weeks 
 without washing. The aid society of the city had been a large contributor of all 
 needed articles, and had its representatives daily in the several wards among the 
 sick, tenderly and kindly administering to their various wants. 
 
 The women of Keokuk are behind none in the land in the devotion of their time 
 and the application of their means to promote the spiritual and temporal welfare of 
 the unfortunate men whom the fortues of war have placed at their very doors; and 
 to him, or her, whose eye may glance upon this mention of those noble ladies, the 
 assurance is here given, that all articles sent them, for the benefit of the soldiers, 
 are faithfully appropriated. 
 
 QUINCY. 
 
 In this beautiful city I found two hospitals, containing Sll beds, and 268 patients. 
 The Post Surgeon, Dr. Nicol, invited me to make just such an examination of the 
 condition of those under his charge, as I might think proper, and directed his as- 
 sistants to give me free access to all the apartments. The buildings occupied by 
 the sick and wounded are most admirably suited to the purposes for which they are 
 used. In one of them there are large hatchways, and a hoisting apparatus, by 
 which the badly wounded can be taken from one ward to another with ease and 
 safety, and without being removed from the cot. The sick in each hospital appear- 
 
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 ed to receive all needed attention from the surgeons and nurses, and in most cases 
 were convalescing finely. I noticed with great pleasure, an attempt on the part of 
 the Matron of one of these hospitals, to give to the sick-rooms a pleasant and 
 cheerful aspect, by arranging them on shelves, that she had erected for the pur- 
 pose, several elegant boquets of beautiful flowers, and I was happy to learn that the 
 ladies of Quincy were very liberal in their floral contributions. On the same 
 shelves she had her small libraries of well selected books, which all who were dis- 
 posed to read were at liberty to use. The matrons of both these hospitals are not 
 sparing in their efforts to palliate the suffering, and render endurable, the severe 
 ordeal which so many of their brave countrymen have been call to experience. 
 
 Death has made sad havoc among the soldiers sent to these hospitals, though not 
 to a greater extent than in others. I did not visit the spot of ground set apart for 
 their burial place, but saw in a room of one of the hospitals, some one hundred 
 monumental head and foot boards, well painted and handsomely lettered with the 
 soldier's name, regiment, company and State, and intended to mark the resting 
 place of the noble dead. These befitting tributes to the memory of their fellow- 
 comrades were the work of J. L. Morell, of the 43d, and H. W. Burmeester, of the 
 9th Illinois volunteers. They are justly entitled to great praise, and the gratitude 
 of surviving friends, for the labor they have so freely bestowed upon these simple 
 memorials. 
 
 The city of Quincy can point with patriotic pride to her efficient and prosperous 
 Aid and Sanitary Associations. Her Needle Pickets are ever on their guard, and 
 stand ready to lend a helping hand in all cases of emergency. One and another of 
 the numerous members may be daily met with in the different hospitals of the 
 place, engaged in the good work of relieving the wants, soothing the sorrows, and 
 cheering the desponding spirits of the wounded or diseased soldier. How grateful 
 and refreshing must be the gentle ministrations of these angels of mercy to him 
 whose hospital life is made up of a weary succession of painful days and sleepless 
 nights, and who, held in the strong grasp of an incurable disorder, far from his 
 kindred and his home, has nothing in prospect but a few more weeks or months of 
 suffering, the termination of his earthly career, and a grave among strangers ! 
 Persevere, brave ones ! in your benevolent enterprise ! Heaven smiles upon your 
 noble endeavors, and will, ere long, reward you and your co-laborers all over the 
 land, with a glorious peace, and an unparalleled prosperity, 
 
 ST. LOUIS. 
 
 On my way homeward from Quincy, I was seized with an illness that occasioned a 
 serious interruption, of some four weeks, to my labors, and consequently, much to 
 my regret, I have been unable to complete my visits to the military hospitals at St. 
 Louis. In those, however, located at Camp Benton, I spent several days in attend- 
 ing to the duties assigned me. From these hospitals very grave complaints of ill- 
 usage, scanty rations, and unsuitable food, had gone up to Gov. Yates, and his ex- 
 cellency was desirous to learn, through a reliable channel, to what extent those 
 complaints were entitled to his attention. Having conversed with a large majority 
 of their 700 patients, and made particular enquiries respecting the truth of those 
 complaints, I was pleased to find that they were applicable only to the former ad- 
 ministration of these hospitals. Post Surgeon McGugin, now in charge, a gentle- 
 man of fine reputation and great experience, was using his best endeavors, and 
 applying all the means in his power, to remedy the evils complained of; and I was 
 glad to hear the patients bear testimony to the persevering and well-applied efforts 
 of their Medical Chief, to improve their condition; and they all, with few exceptions* 
 
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 united in saying that the main causes of complaints were being gradually removed. 
 During my stay at this place I endeavored to acquaint myself with all the phases of 
 hospital life — observing the bearing and conduct of the hospital surgeons towards 
 their patients — watching closely the manner in which the nurses and ward-masters 
 performed their respective duties — frequently going into to the cook-rooms and no- 
 ticing the quality of the provisions and the process of preparing them for the table, 
 often examining, at meal times, the tables of the convalescents, frequently dining 
 with the stewards, matrons, ward-masters, nurses and cooks — closely inspecting 
 the store-rooms, and directing my attention to the uses made of the delicacies sent 
 in for the sick. In short, striving to let nothing escape my notice that it was my 
 duty to see. I did this, not for the purpose of gratifying my curiosity, or indulging 
 a propensity to criticise or find fault, but with a view to qualifying myself by ob- 
 servation and experience, to confirm, or refute, the thousand and one reports that 
 are circulating in every community, respecting the conditions of soldiers in the 
 military hospitals, and the misuse of the various articles of comfort, prepared and 
 sent for their succor and enjoyment, by loved ones at home. I believe the course I 
 pursued, as above indicated, was attended with beneficial results. It served, at 
 least, to convince all concerned, that my visit to them was intended for something 
 more than the mere "entering in at one door and going out at another." 
 
 The "Good Samaritan," a building erected by a christian association in St. Louis, 
 especially for a hospital, is now in the occupancy of the Government, and is so 
 complete in all its arrangements, that upon my first entering it I was impressed with 
 the idea that if it was not a model hospital it was capable of being easily made one. 
 The affable and experienced surgeon, together with his employees, were highly 
 spoken of by all their patients, and I was pleased to find some of our Illinois boys 
 in such good quarters, and I most earnestly wished that all of them, whom the 
 rigor of camp life, and the mishaps of the battle-field have driven from active serv- 
 ice, could be made equally comfortable. 
 
 Of the condition and treatment of the few sick and wounded at Spruce Street 
 Hospital, I can speak in similar terms. They were all comfortably situated ; and, 
 to satisfy you that they were well cared for, I need only to say that their nurses 
 were the well-known devoted Sisters of Charity. 
 
 The "New House of Refuge," distant some five miles from the court house, is 
 now used by the government as a military hospital, and contained at the time of my 
 visit to it nearly 800 patients, some 266 of whom were Illinoisaus. I could spend 
 but a short time in this extensive and well-appointed hospital. 
 
 In passing through its wards I was struck with the remarkable cleanliness that 
 was everywhere apparent. No filth, no disorder, no unpleasant odor, was any- 
 where discernable. The inmates had a contented and cheerful look, and those with 
 whom I conversed seemed to regard their situation about as comfortable as they 
 could expect it to be in a hospital. I promised and expected to repeat my visit to 
 this hospital, and remain until I had given it a thorough examination, but circum- 
 stances compelled tny attendance elsewhere. £Hef visits to hospitals, and hurried 
 interviews with their inmates, do no good, but on the contrary are productive of 
 disappointed feelings and unpleasant reflections among the sick, and should never 
 be made by a State agent. 
 
 At Jefferson Barracks I found 666 patients. Of this number 199 were Illinois sol- 
 diers. I had taken the names, and had conversed with about 100 of these when I 
 was obliged to suspend my labors for a season. Here my attention was called, by 
 the soldiers, to the miserable quality of the bread served out to them, and which 
 they had been using for some time. It was the worst bread I had met with. It was 
 
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 dark, heavy and sour, and it required all the skill and ingenuity of the kind-hearted 
 Matrons to prepare it in any way that could make it palatable to the capricous tastes 
 of the sick. In speaking to the surgeon about it, and expressing my surprise at its 
 use, I was informed by that officer, who, (from the evidences of his administrative 
 ability, that were to be seen on every hand in and about the premises,) I could not 
 but regard, as being in many respects, well qualified for the position he occupies, 
 that when he took charge of the post, there was a very considerable debt against it, 
 which, by a moderate economy, he had been able to liqudate, and that he would 
 now be able to improve both in quality and quantity the diet of his patients. The 
 baker of the Barracks denounced the flour as being musty and of the meanest qual- 
 ity, and defied any one to make decent bread out of it. It is a mistaken, if not a 
 criminal economy, to feed men on sour and musty bread, and it is to be hoped that 
 the cases are rare in which it is observed. The instance now referred to is the only 
 one of the kind I have heard of as occurring at Jefferson Barracks, and I have very 
 much overestimated the surgeon in charge if he suffers a repetition of it. In other 
 respects, I saw nothing that led me to believe that the sick and wounded at Jeffer- 
 son Barracks were treated less favorably than those of other hospitals. 
 
 The Western Sanitary Commission, of St. Louis, one of the most efficient organi- 
 zations, of a purely benevolent character, which the present war has called into 
 existence, has become so well and widely known for the timely aid which it has so 
 liberally furnished to the sick and wounded of our gallant army, that a bare allusion 
 to it and its noble charities, never fails to awaken in the bosom of every true friend 
 of the soldier the livliest emotions of gratitude toward those wise and faithful gen- 
 tlemen who so generously direct its operations and maintain its eminent usefulness. 
 But I must be allowed to acknowledge my obligations to its indefatigable and gen- 
 tlemanly president, the Hon. James E. Yeatman, for the cordial reception he gave 
 me, and the unvarying interest he always manifested for the success of my mission. 
 Human praise, or earthly favors, no matter how exalted the one or inestimable the 
 other, are but empty rewards for such a devotion to the cause as that which char- 
 acterises his superintendence of the interests of this great Commission. 
 
 "Whenever I met with cases of destitution, and the sufferers being too diffident to 
 make their wants known to the authorities of the hospitals, I have usually met those 
 wants at my own expense, and have considered myself amply remunerated bj' the 
 warm expressions of gratitude which every act of the kind elicited. 
 
 The articles of clothing, which the sick and wounded are now in most need of, 
 are flannel shirts and socks. I was told by a surgeon of one of the largest hospi- 
 tals, that if the good contributors to the stores of the Sanitary Bureau would pre- 
 pare a supply of woolen neek-cloths or comforters and have them sent to the hospi- 
 tals, it would be doing the men a great favor. A great many of them, are totally 
 destitute of anything of the kind. 
 
 I have noticed in the course of my visits, that the supply of certain articles for 
 sanitary purposes has, for some time past, been gradually diminishing. I refer 
 more particularly to such articles as eggs, chickens, butter, turnips, apples and po- 
 tatoes. Also dried apples and dried peaches, which the sick always find palatable. 
 Dried pumpkins would be an excellent substitute, where apples and peaches are 
 not to be had. And as the crop of pumpkins was an abundant one in our State this 
 fall, I hope the benevolent wives of loyal farmers may be induced to slice up and 
 dry a liberal quantity and send them along. The process is a simple one and they 
 all imderstand it 
 
 Were I to close my report at this point, you would probably infer, from what I 
 have said, that there are but few grievances to be met with in Military Hospitals, as 
 now conducted, demanding redress, and but few abuses existing, that require the 
 
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 interference at the hand of authority for their correction. You may, however, come 
 to a different conclusion after you shall have run your eye over the following state- 
 ments. And first, it appears to me that if each of our loyal States had at the first 
 outbreak of the rebellion set about the erection of hospitals for the reception of 
 those of their respective soldiers who might become sick or wounded in the cam- 
 paign, and secured their immediate transfer to those establishments, a large amount 
 of suffering would have been avoided, and many valuable lives, perhaps, saved. All 
 the Illinois soldiers, with whom I conversed upon the subject, seemed very anxious 
 to be taken to their own State, believing that to be confined in a hospital in Illinois 
 would be the next thing to being at home, and that if they died it would be among 
 their own people, and where they would be sure of a burial beneath the sod of a 
 State they loved so well, and to whose glory and fame they had contributed, by 
 their prowess on the field of battle. It is a matter of wonder to many of them that 
 our great and powerful State has so few hospitals, and not even a Soldier's Home ! 
 But they cherish the hope that Gov. Yates, who has already, by his timely and ear- 
 nest exertions in their behalf, won their undying esteem, and whose praise is upon 
 every soldier's lips— will, in his message to the next legislature, urge upon that 
 body the duty of making ample provision for the early location and erection of a 
 suitable edifice for the purpose. 
 
 I have often heard soldiers of our own and other States remark, that the Gover- 
 nor of Illinois, by his personal sacrifices and burning words, seems to have infused 
 into the hearts of his people a spirit of more earnest solicitude respecting the con- 
 dition and necessities of their sick and wounded, than the citizens of any other State 
 have, as yet, exhibited. The idea prevails among the soldiers to a very great ex- 
 tent, that their recovery would be much more rapid and certain could they be 
 attended to by their own people. Now, this idea, though quite natural, may be a 
 mere fancy, growing out of that restlessness and impatience, which long confine- 
 ment to a sick room, and the continued, and perhaps unavoidable absence of kin- 
 dred and familiar faces, seldom fails to produce. But whether it be fancy or fact, I 
 am very sure that if the Illinois soldiers, now in hospitals in other States, had the 
 ability and the privilege of doing so, they would flock by thousands to the military 
 hospitals of their own State, and submit to many privations, for the sake of being 
 where they think they can be more accessible to their friends. 
 
 You will have noticed, I presume, on the numerous statistical reports which I 
 have heretofore forwarded to your Bureau, the names of a large number of our Illi- 
 nois soldiers in hospitals, who cannot receive their pay, because they have been 
 unable to obtain their descriptive rolls. This is a grievance that calls loudly for 
 redress. It is an evil which the hand of power should pluck up by the roots. It is 
 a sin, which lies at the tent doors of certain officers. It is a crime, which, if not 
 speedily arrested, and its perpetrators punished, will have a disastrous influence 
 upon the patriotism and valor of our brave men in the field. I should most signally 
 fail were I to undertake to tell you of the trouble, anxiety, the vexatious delay to 
 which many of the poor fellows are subjected, in their attempts to obtain this most 
 important of documents to a moneyless soldier. Without it no greenbacks are 
 ever handed over from the plethoric box of the careful paymaster, and with it of- 
 tentimes its hopeful possessor is doomed to disappointment, in consequence of some 
 informality in or about the paper. Hundreds of instances might be cited, and to 
 which my especial attention was called, in which, after a great many fruitless at- 
 tempts had been made to procure descriptive rolls for those who had been sent 
 from their regiments without them, the disheartened soldiers, desponding and des- 
 pairing, would express their feelings in terms not very complimentary to their 
 company of&cers ; asserting their conviction, that those officers had conspired to 
 
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 swindle them out of their well-earned dues. Whether there is any foundation for 
 charges of this nature, I know not, but it must be admitted that many officers have 
 been guilty, in this matter, of the most shameful and reprehensible neglect. Pain- 
 ful scenes have I witnessed when the long looked for paymaster, whose visits of late 
 have been like those of angels, " few and far between," would make his welcome 
 appearance in a hospital. How buoyant the spirits ! How sprightly the faces of 
 those who could hand him their descriptive rolls, so exactly correct as to stand the 
 test of his scrutiny, and receive from him the full amount of their impatiently wait- 
 ed for stipend. But, on the other hand, what a shade of sadness and disappoint- 
 ment would spread itself over the countenances of those who were not in possession 
 of those indispensable vouchers. The big tears would start from many an eye, and 
 more than one would exclaim, " Are we never to get our descriptive rolls ? why are 
 we kept out of our pay so long? Six months, seven months, yes eight months have 
 passed since we have had a dime ! Often and often have we written to our captains, 
 and our surgeons say they have written, and yet nothing comes — not an answer 
 even. "We need a number of little things that only money will get us, and some of 
 our families we know are suffering for want of money. What are we to do ? Mr. 
 Agent, can't you help us to get our pay ? Tell your Governor what a bad fix we are 
 in. One word of censure from the State Governors would make our careless officers 
 tremble for their shoulder-straps." One of these luckless ones drew me aside, and 
 said, " Mr. Agent, you are my last hope. If you can't help me. I may as well give 
 it up. I am not from your State ; I wish I was. I am fifty-three years old. I have 
 fought for my country in Mexico and Tennessee. I am broken down by hard ser- 
 vice and sicKness. I shall never be fit for duty again. I have been in the hospitals 
 for many months — have not had a dollar of my pay for a long time— have written a 
 dozen letters to the officers of my company for my descriptive roll, but it has not 
 come. I ought to be discharged — my family is very poor — we have five children, 
 and my wife is stone blind ! Now, God bless you ! will you, can you do anything for 
 me?" Pages could be filled with statements of a similar kind. Frequently would 
 the men gather around me, and insist upon it, that it was only necessary for me to 
 let their condition be known to the authorities of their respective States, in order 
 to have their grievances redressed. Poor fellows ! they did not seem to realize that 
 the officers were responsible to neither Governors nor Legislatures. 
 
 There is another evil connected with the management of military hospitals, upon 
 which the strong hand of Government should be laid, with a view to its utter ex- 
 tinction. 
 
 I allude to the unaccountable, and seemingly unnecessary delay, which almost 
 invariably attends the process of discharging the disabled. Go to any Military 
 Hospital you may select, and you will find men who have spent from six to nine 
 months in it, and others, under medical treatment, who will tell you that they are 
 "not as well as when first taken sick." 
 
 There are some diseases, I believe, that are generally understood to be incurable, 
 after they assume the chronic form, and it would seem to be but an act of justice to 
 the men themselves, and to the Government, to dismiss all suffering from such dis- 
 eases from the service, just as soon as the nature of their maladies could be known; 
 and surely to the qualified hospital surgeon, but a few days are requisite to enable 
 him to determine the exact condition of his patients. If this be so, the question 
 arises, and it is continually forcing itself upon the minds of the sick, why keep 
 them in the hospital from week to week and month to month, at the Government's 
 expense, when there is not the least shadow of a prospect that they will ever be 
 able to resume their place in the ranks ? I admit, as I have often been told, that 
 when a soldier has lost health in the military service of his country, his government 
 
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 should secure to him, if possible, its restoration ; but when that soldier's strength 
 and life are slowly but surely wasting away under the influence of a chronic disease 
 and oft recurring attacks of home-sickness, the sooner he is sent home the better 
 for all concerned. 
 
 I have met with several permanently disabled men, w^ho had long been praying 
 to be discharged, who assured me that they were really ashamed to be seen loafing 
 about the hospital, at the Government's expense, when they could no longer be of 
 service to it. 
 
 But ao-ain, when, after days of procrastination an assistant surgeon makes out 
 the diagnosis of a given case with a view to its discharge, other days may pass and 
 often do, before the Post Surgeon honors it with his inspection and approval, and, 
 even then, a week or more may transpire before the necessary papers are prepared 
 and sent up for ratification to headquarters; and I have been told that in some in- 
 stances, discharge papers have not been returned from headquarters until some four 
 or five days after those for whom they had been made out had died and been bur- 
 ied ! A Post Surgeon of one of the hospitals informed me that of the discharge pa- 
 pers sent up by him for approval, some had never been returned, and that when 
 application was made for them they could not be found, and their disappearance 
 was pronounced mysterious and unaccountable. 
 
 Now, here are abuses and grievances that are hard to be borne. Their existence 
 should be no longer tolerated. A pokey, provoking, dilly-dallying way of doing 
 what ought to be done with dispatch, is not simply ridiculous, but criminal. Let 
 justice be done promptly to our soldiers, in camp and hospital, and the fires of patri- 
 otism will burn with proportionate brilliancy in all their hearts. 
 
 The Army Surgeons who have sole control of this matter, are not ignorant of the 
 fact that the soldiers freely criticise and bitterly denounce this protracted and use- 
 less routine as a wrong done to themselves and the public interests. The surgeons 
 ought to know, too, that their patients are not idle in divining reasons for this de- 
 tention. 
 
 Many of this class have declared to me that it is the settled belief, that those par- 
 ties who furnish hospital stores, by contract, frequently induce the surgeons, by 
 making them sharers in the profits, to keep up the number of the sick as long as 
 possible, and I rarely succeeded in my effbrts to show that such an assumption must 
 be merely imaginary. 
 
 Dissenting from the views I advanced, they would usually terminate the discus- 
 sion by saying that " ^omehody must find it to their advaiitaqc to l-eej) us here else it 
 would not be done.'''' 
 
 It is due to myself and to a few surgeons, to say that my applications for dischar- 
 ges, in the cases of many of our sick and disabled boys, were respectfully consid- 
 ered and granted, as letters now on file in your office from some of those surgeons 
 to me will attest. I may also remark, that I think I have been of service to a num- 
 ber of the sick, in assisting them to get their descriptive rolls. For this purpose I 
 have addressed communications to Captains, Colonels and Major Generals, setting 
 forth in pointed but respectful language, the injustice which these men in hospitals 
 were suffering, who had been unable to procure their requisite papers. 
 
 As it was not my province to inquire into the spiritual condition of our sick and 
 wounded, I have not had occasion to speak of the manner in which Hospital Chap- 
 lains appeared to be attending to their duties. But as those gentlemen have sel- 
 dom been mentioned in the reports of the State Agents, and because I esteem the 
 duties assigned them as of the very first importance, an allusion to them may not 
 be out of plBoe in this report. 
 I regret that I rarely had the pleasure of meeting with any one of those persona- 
 
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 gQ&. True, I may have happened to be where it was not convenient for them to be 
 at the same time. But it is reasonable to suppose, that, in the space of four or five 
 days spent in the inspection of all the departments of a large hospital, and in con- 
 versation with hvindreds of its inmates, one would come in contact more than once, 
 with its Chaplain — an officer whose presence and sacred ministrations are hourly 
 needed in one ward or another. 
 
 Hospital Chaplains occupy a most eminently important relation. They appear to 
 have an abundance of time and could greatly facilitate the labors of Sanitary Agents. 
 They receive a liberal salary, and should endeavor to earn it. They have constant 
 access to the sphere assigned them, and they can maintain an intimate and confi- 
 dential intercourse with each soldier. What a power and opportunity for doing 
 good to bodies and souls have been placed in their hands ! Do they rightly estimate 
 the value — the advantages — the privileges of their position? It is feared that the 
 major part of them do not very diligently or faithfully devote themselves to the 
 proper cultivation of those new fields of labor which the Divine Master has called 
 upon them to occupy. 
 
 In conclusion I beg leave to remark that the present plan of visiting hospitals, 
 although doubtless productive of a great deal of good, does not secure the accom- 
 plishment of all that was anticipated. To obtain the names and postoffice address 
 of all our sick and wounded in the Military Hospitals, and place them upon record 
 in your office, is an object worthy of the efforts of the Government, entitled to, and 
 does receive the cordial approbation of the soldiers, and certainly would be, when 
 completed, of great service to their friends. No one agent can do this work effec- 
 tually and satisfactorily. 
 
 Suppose the names of all the patients in a given hospital were taken by an agent 
 to-day, it is more than probable that many new names would be admitted to the 
 same hospital to-morrow. Or while he is engaged in taking the names, some of the 
 sick, from wards he had not reached, might be removed to wards that he had visi- 
 ted. Convalescents are often absent for a day from their hospital, and there seems 
 to be such a continued changing from one hospital or ward to another, that it is 
 very difficult to secure the names of all the men. 
 
 But desirable and valuable as it most evinently would be to have on file at your 
 office a complete record of the names of all our Illinois soldiers who have been, are 
 now, or may hereafter be confined by sickness or wounds in the military hospitals, 
 there are other matters of equal, if not paramount importance, and in which every 
 soldier is deeply interested, that require the constant oversight and unceasing vig- 
 ilance of State Agents. Many of these have already been specified. And now the 
 question to be determined is, how shall such a great work be most successfully ac- 
 complished? 
 
 To you. Colonel, who have been from the first closely identified with the benevo- 
 lent enterprise, and to whom the necessities, the difficulties anddistresses which be- 
 set the sick and wounded in camps and hospitals, are all familiar, many plans have 
 doubtless suggested themselves. We all know, from the active steps you have tak- 
 en to advance and render effective any movement that has been made by your fel- 
 low-citizens for the welfare of our volunteers, that your heart is in the work and 
 that you would hail with joy the adoption of any measure or system that would in- 
 sure its satisfactory completion. 
 
 The experience which I have had in this field of labor, though considerable, is 
 not sufficient to warrant me in'urging upon you the favorable consideration of an 
 arrangement which has suggested itself to my mind, as being about as good a one 
 as could be adopted to secure the object in view. I herewith present it in brief. 
 
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 Let all the loyal States, having sick and wounded soldiers in United States Hos- 
 pitals, unite in the selection of a sufficient number of well qualified agents to repre- 
 sent them in these hospitals, respeutivelj. These agents should be located, one at 
 each point where several hospitals are established, such as St. Louis, Chicago and 
 Keokuk — those at Quincy could be attended to by the same agent connected with 
 the Keokuk hospitals. Each of these agents should be commissioned by all the 
 States, and required to look after the welfare, and attend to the wants and necessi- 
 ties of all the sick and wounded of each, promptly and impartially. 
 
 Agents, those located, recognized by the war department, and clothed with au- 
 thority by the States, would be always accessible to the invalids who might need 
 their aid or advice. They could assist in getting the descriptive rolls and pay of 
 those who were without them. Into the hands of these agents, the discharge papers, 
 made out at the hospitals, could be placed ; and it should be made their duty to 
 convey these papers to headquarters, secure their speedy execution, and their 
 prompt deliverance to those for whom they were intended. It should also be re- 
 quired of them to see the discharged men safely embarked on boats, cars, or what- 
 ever means of conveyance might be selected to transport them to their homes. 
 
 A correct list of names, postoffice addresses, and many items of interest and value 
 could be taken, by the agents, and in their reports to the States, which they should 
 be required to send up every month, they could present such accurate descriptions 
 of hospital life, as would serve to keep the people fully apprised of the situation of 
 the brave defenders of our glorious institutions, whom disease and the casualties 
 incident to warfare, have arrested in their triumphant career. 
 
 If such a plan as the one here suggested, should be matured and put into opera 
 tion, it will in my judgment be found to work well, and the expense attending it be 
 comparatively small. 
 
 The fear of extending this report to an unreasonable length has deterred me from 
 interspersing it with numerous incidents of a humorous, and also, of a melancholy 
 character, which I met with in the several hospitals I visited. Hundreds of cheer- 
 ful faces and hearty laughs, as well as doleful visages and heavy groans may be 
 seen and heard in hospitals ; and if, to convalescents, hospital life proves to be but 
 a dull round of irksomeness, impatience and ennui, it must be owing to their own 
 indisposition to make it otherwise. They can have various recreations. I have seen 
 pianos, violins, flutes and other instruments of music placed within their reach, 
 and in every hospital there is always an abundance of books, and facilities for wri- 
 ting. The organization of debating clubs, has been frequently suggested by me, 
 and in some instances my recommendations have not been fruitless. I have also 
 proposed gentle exercises of a gymnastic character. In short, I have made free in 
 all cases to remonstrate against that do-nothing, listless, moping, lazy way of 
 spending day after day, which prevails to such an alarming and injurious extent in 
 our military hospitals. 
 
 I am, sir, your very obedient servant, 
 
 JOHN R. WOODS, 
 
 State Sanitary Agent, 
 
 WOODWILD, NEAR AlTON, DcC. 1, 1862. 
 
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 REPORT OF EDWARD J. ENO, 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY AGENT, 
 
 Illinois State Sanitary Relief Agency, 
 Department of the Cumberlani , 
 Nashville, Tennessee. 
 
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 NNESSEE. ) 
 
 Col, John Williams, Commissar]/ General : 
 
 Sir In reply to your request for a summary of the work of this Agency, I have 
 the honor to submit the following : 
 
 The first work done was at Louisville, Kentucky, when on ray way to Nashville. 
 I telegraphed you that potatoes could be purchased in Cleveland at thii'ty cents per 
 bushel ; to which I received reply— buy 1,000 bushels. This proved a timely pur- 
 chase—the stock of the U. S. Sanitary Commission was reduced very low and its 
 agents were unable to fill pressing requisitions from hospitals and Regiments, All 
 through the month of July many a sick soldier had occasion to thank your commis- 
 sion for potatoes that we could not have obtained but for this purchase ; and here I 
 may say, that your recent order to Dr. Newberrv to purchase 250 barrels fresh veg- 
 itables per week for the Dpartment of the Cumberland, filled a very important 
 vacuum — and is now supplying the sick with fresh vegetables in a country made des- 
 olate by the successive occupation of the two armies. Were it not for this supply 
 now being received and distributed, they must do without or buy of the sutler at 
 his exorbitant prices, on the following scale : 5 cents a piece for tomatoes, 10 to 15 
 cents per lb. for potatoes, 50 cents per head for cabbage, cheese 50 to 75 cents per 
 lb., pickles $1 for a pint bottle. No hospital could supply the wants of the sick at 
 such prices, consequently they would have nothing but army fare, had not the kind 
 friends of soldier given so freely of their abundance. The donors may rest assured 
 that the soldier appreciates their kindness. 
 
 The U. S, Sanitary Commission for the Department of the Cumberland, has its 
 headquarters at Nashville, On arriving there I made the acquaintance of Dr. A. 
 N. Read, Medical Sanitary Inspector in charge. The work of the Commission is 
 varied and important. Dr. Henry Parker is Assistant Inspector. These gentlemen 
 are constantly engaged in inspecting the sanitary condition of hospitals and regi- 
 ments. Mr. L. Crane is Superintendent of the Soldiers' Home, at which about 90 
 per day of furloughed and discharged soldiers are fed and lodged, free of charge. 
 He also acts as Special Relief Agent, in obtaining transportation, and correcting 
 defective papers, and other kindly ofl&ces, which are a great service to the sick men. 
 
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 Rev, Mr. Hoblit and McRead, act as Special Relief Agents and hospital visitors. 
 They interest themselves in any way for the benefit of the sick and wounded, and 
 when feeble men are leaving for home they attend to getting their pay, secure their 
 transportation, assist them to the train, and in case of emergency pay their passage 
 out of the funds of the commission. 
 
 C. Robinson is Store Keeper, assisted by Mr. Hopkins. Mr. Robinson is a thor- 
 ough business man, and keeps an exact account of all receipts and disbursements ; 
 by referring to which we can at any time know exactly what each hospital and regi- 
 ment have had. This account forms a basis for tracing up any cases of misappro- 
 priation that may arise. 
 
 W. Butler and R. F. Crary act as Disbursing agents at advanced posts, near the 
 army, and remove their depots as the army changes position. 
 
 Wm. Ratcliffe, Clerk, makes himself generally useful in any capacity in the ofSce 
 or on the field. 
 
 This is a zealous corps of workers, and unwearying in their labors for the best 
 good of all the men, whom their great facilities for usefulness enable them to reach. 
 
 There is another name I ought here to mention, Lt. Col. Frank H. Hamilton, Med- 
 ical Inspector, U. S. A., in whom the commission and soldier have a fast friend, and 
 an able adviser. 
 
 These are my co-workers. They have shown me every attention that could facil- 
 itate my labors. We have worked together harmoniously and pleasantly. By ope- 
 rating with them it enables me to know all that is being done by the commission, 
 and the wants and condition of the whole army, much better than I could if I were 
 doing business as a State Agent, acting independently. 
 
 Drs. Hamilton, Read and Parker are now inspecting the regiments and in a few 
 days I shall be able to give you a detailed report of the condition of every Hlinois 
 regiment in this Department. 
 
 From June 21st to July 5th, I was at Murfreesboro, and with the army then mov- 
 ing against Gen. Bragg. The march from Murfreesboro was accomplished under 
 great difficulties. It rained more than half the time, and when not raining, the sun 
 poured down his hottest rays — the men had to contend with heat, mud and rain — 
 and Bragg may thank the elements for his escape. 
 
 The march and fighting at Liberty Gap, Hoover's Gap and Shelbyville soon filled 
 the Hospitals with wounded and sick ; and although the medical department had 
 supplied themselves for the occasion, yet the helping hand of the Sanitary Commis- 
 sion was needed— freely given and appreciated, not only by the sick and wounded 
 but by the officers. 
 
 The 3d of July I returned to Nashville and opened an office in the U. S. Sanitary 
 Commission rooms — distributed cards and circulars and soon learned how great was 
 the necessity there for some person to whom the Illinois soldier could go with his 
 numerous complaints and defective papers. The work of correcting discharge pa- 
 pers is an important one for the soldier, and not a small one for the agent. The 
 amount saved and secured to the soldier without the delay of sending papers to 
 Washington and paying charges of Pension Agents, in the last two weeks amounts 
 to $627. 
 
 The following are instances of common occurrence, in which soldiers were secured 
 their bounty of $100, each: Gideon Matteson, Co. H, 44th 111.; Wm. H. Butler, 
 Co. D, 35th 111. ; Geo. G. Moore, Co. H, 35th 111. In the case of Eugene Brewer, 
 Co. D, 24th 111., I had to send his discharge papers to his captain to have inserted 
 "Entitled to bounty on account of wounds received in battle," and the date "when 
 his clothing account was settled." This will save him more than $100. 
 
 Another class of cases is instanced in that of Andrew A. Brown, Co. H, 123d III. 
 
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 He was discharged from Hospital No. 9 ; had been paid $25 bounty, which was de- 
 ducted by the paymaster because the captain had not made the proper entxy on his 
 descriptive list. He being very feeble I chose to loan the $25 rather than wait to 
 have his papers sent to the front for correction. 
 
 Delay in furnishing papers is another evil sorely felt by many a sick soldier. The 
 usual time for discharge papers to go the round of the several officers to be perfec- 
 ted, is about six days, but by carelessness and error on the part of some they are of- 
 ten two to four weeks. For instance, the order for the discharge of Patrick Caugh- 
 lin, Co. E, 19th HI., was entered on the books at Gen. Rosecrans' headquarters 25th 
 March last. By some inexcusable neglect they were not received at Gen. Granger's 
 office until about the 19th of Aug., when they were finished. During all this time 
 the soldier, broken down in health, lay needlessly in Convalescent camp. This is 
 one of the most difficult cases which an agent is called upon to relieve, and one of 
 quite too frequent occurrence. 
 
 There are also many now in hospitals and convalescent camps whose descriptive 
 lists are lost, and the officers neglect to make out new ones; consequently they can- 
 not under present practices, draw pay or clothing. One instance : Herman Smith, 
 Co, E, 59th HI., in Convalescent camp, was wounded at Stone river, has had no pay 
 for eight months. In all cases of this kind I apply for their descriptive lists. 
 
 It is my practice in visiting hospitals and regiments to ascertain what the wants 
 of the sick are, and to charge the surgeon and steward to draw on the commission 
 for all they need to make their men comfortable ; or I give the surgeon an order on 
 the commission for what they require. These orders and applications are always 
 filled if the articles are on hand. Special cases sometimes claim my attention — thus: 
 In Hospital 19 were two men in one ward, that had no appetite for the accustomed 
 diet, but thought they could eat something sour, like cherries or currants. I sent 
 them a small bag of each. Also at No. 3, the nurse, Miss Chase, wanted a bottle of 
 wine for some that were feeble ; it was furnished and at my next visit found the 
 men benefitted and grateful. I have found but one case when the men did not re- 
 ceive the goods sent to them ; the delinquent in this instance has been dismissed. 
 
 On the 2d of July, the 85th, the 86th and 125th 111. and 52d Ohio, forming Dan. 
 McCook's brigade, arrived in Murfreesboro. They had been without vegetables 
 for some weeks. I gave each regiment five barrels potatoes, three barrels dried 
 fruit and an outfit of bed sacks, sheets and pillows for a hospital tent, — they had 
 brought their tents but were obliged to leave mattrasses, &c., behind. 
 
 On the 24:th of August the sanitary stores that were at Murfreesboro and Tullaho- 
 ma were removed to Stevenson, Alabama, near the field hospital and Gen. Rose- 
 crans's headquarters. From this point the main part of the army can be easily 
 reached. 
 
 There has been great difficulty in obtaining transportation below Nashville, in 
 consequence of insufficiency of rolling stock and bad condition of the roads. When 
 the army began to move from Murfreesboro they had to repair the railroad and 
 build bridges as they advanced, and it was found almost impossible to transport 
 sufficient rations and forage for the men and teams. The sick had to be sent north 
 in freigld cars, with nothing but their blankets to lie on ; and frequently delayed 
 at stations, exposed to the heat of a southern summer's sun for half a day, waiting 
 the slow motions of the freight trains. 
 
 The Sanitary Commission and Medical Department are co-operating in an endea- 
 vor to remedy this evil. The Government has already ordered hospital cars of the 
 most approved pattern ; and Col. Innes, the Military Railroad Superintendent, has 
 proposed to the Commission to furnish the locomotive, he agreeing on the part of 
 the Government to furnish men, fuel, &c., to run it and to keep it in repair, and 
 
9 . 
 
 24 EEPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 when the Commission wish to dispose of it, to purchase it at an appraisement; the 
 train to be run by telegraph so as to avoid delay. By the Commission owning the 
 locomotive, the train will be held separate from Government stock, and not liable 
 to be used by the quartermaster for other purposes, thus insuring promptness and 
 comfort in conveying the sick north, and, returning, can be loaded with sanitary 
 stores, and convey direct to the army any required amount without delay. I should 
 remark in passing, that although the supply of many articles furnished by the 
 Commission has been ample, there has always been, and still is, a great want of the 
 few substantials of diet, such as potatoes, onions, pickles, dried fruits ; also chick- 
 ens, butter and eggs. These have not been supplied in sufficient quantities for 
 the sick, while, at the same time, there has been a lamentable want for the men in 
 camp. Undoubtedly the Government should furnish these, but when that supply 
 fails there should be some provision for supplying them through the Commission, 
 as the kindest office it can perform for the men. 
 
 A very valuable sanitary work can be accomplished by the use of a small sum in 
 aiding the hospitals to economize their funds. Every hospital with 100 patients 
 can have a fund of $150 per month with which to purchase delicacies for the sick. 
 This fund is not in money, but a credit with the commissary, and is only paid by 
 him on vouchers from surgeons in charge, for articles actually furnished ; so they 
 cannot avail themselves of the cheap markets of the north. As an instance : The 
 surgeon of No. 3, Dr. Harlow, came to me and stated that he wanted chicKens for 
 some of his sick, but he could not buy them in the market with his vouchers, and 
 asked if I could not arrange to cash the vouchers and wait for my pay till the com- 
 missary was in funds. I went to see the commissary and ascertained that there 
 would be but little delay, and agreed with the market man to cash Dr. Harlow's 
 vouchers for chickens, and have done so for six weeks. The commissary has paid 
 me, and the hospital has been kept in chickens from its own means. In view of 
 what may be done in that way, I would recommend that a small sum be set apart 
 for that purpose. It would enable the agent to supply the sick with a delicacy 
 which they cannot obtain without ; and the farther south the army advances the 
 more difficult to obtain anything. 
 
 I cannot close this report without alluding to an evil connected with the army and 
 sanctioned by law, of a magnitude that very few conceive of— I mean the sutler sys- 
 tem. I have not found a single officer but would gladly dispense with them if the 
 commissaries were allowed to furnish the men a few real necessaries. All agree that 
 the loss to the soldier and the friends at liome is not less than nine-tenths of the 
 whole amount that is now paid the sutler. 
 
 I herewith hand you reports of the Soldier's Home at Nashville, and of the dis- 
 tribution of sanitary stores there and at Murfreesboro and TuUahoma. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 
 EDWARD I. ENO, 
 Illinois Sanitary and Relief Agent, 
 Nashville. Tenn. 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 35 
 
 "-n.»> 
 
 SCHEDULES C" AND D 
 
 REFERRED TO IN REPORT OF COL. JOHN WILLIAMS, SEPT. 1, 1863. 
 
 [Q] 
 
 STATE SAOTTAEY COMIIISSIOJS', 
 
 111 Account with JoJin William?, Cb. 
 
 1862. 
 
 1863 
 
 
 January 
 
 1 
 9 
 
 " 
 
 10 
 
 " 
 
 12 
 
 « 
 
 29 
 
 March . 
 
 .13 
 
 " 
 
 16 
 
 " 
 
 20 
 
 April... 
 
 . 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 '( 
 
 11 
 
 << 
 
 29 
 
 May.... 
 
 .25 
 
 
 26 
 
 " 
 
 29 
 
 June . . . 
 
 . 1 
 
 OP WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 1862. 
 From citizens of Springfield, names previously published 
 
 Of Levi Tomlin and Jesse Balcomb 
 
 Of Russell Hinckley, Belleville 
 
 Of Hamilton B. Bogue, Chicago 
 
 Of L. C. Hopkins, Cincinnati, Ohio 
 
 Of Gen. John Wood, Quincy 
 
 Of Gov. Hoffman, Chicago 
 
 Of Col. Moses Winchester 
 
 Amount for cans not used 
 
 1863. 
 
 Returned by Rev. Mr. Kellogg 
 
 Collected on Springfield subscription list 
 
 Of J. A. Hawley, Springfield 
 
 Of 0. Clark, '' 
 
 Of T. W. S. Kidd, " 
 
 Of Soldiers' Aid Societv, Springfield 
 
 Of Rev. E. S. P., from Christian Church, Springfield 
 
 Of Chesnut & Nabors, from citizens of Carlinville . . 
 
 Of Wm. Troxell, Springfield 
 
 Of Capt. Job Fletcher and neighbors, Sangamon Co 
 
 Of Mr. Hosea, from Soldiers' Aid Society, Virden 
 
 Of S. F. Goodwin, Auburn • 
 
 Of Union Leagne, Springfield 
 
 Of C. H. Canterbury, Athens, Menard Co 
 
 Of Union League, Lemont 
 
 Of 1st Presbyterian Church, Springfield 
 
 Of Geo. Passfield, " 
 
 Of F. A. Weber, " 
 
 Of Miss White, " 
 
 Of 3d Presbyterian Church, . . " 
 
 Of Union League, Marseilles 
 
 Of Chesnut & Dubois, from ladies of Carlinville 
 
 " " citizens " 
 
 Of Union League, Fidelity 
 
 " " Jerseyville 
 
 Of Geo. S. Stebbins, Ottawa 
 
 $2,652 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 15 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 26 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 3 13 
 
 9 10 
 
 95 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 1 00 
 22 70 
 67 00 
 
 5 00 
 35 00 
 34 00 
 
 5 00 
 221 00 
 
 2 00 
 105 00 
 646 55 
 
 10 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 126 25 
 
 25 00 
 
 70 50 
 
 104 -35 
 
 20 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 5 00 
 
26 
 
 REPORT OF SANITARY BTJREAU. 
 
 Schedule "C" — Contixued. 
 
 1863. 
 June 3 
 
 OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Of Union League, Jacksonville 
 
 Citizens of Champaign 
 
 Citizens of Elkhart 
 
 Ladies of Elkhart 
 
 Ladies of Morrison 
 
 Citizens of Morrison 
 
 Union League, Xokomis, Ills 
 
 " " Godfrev 
 
 Otter Creek 
 
 " " Fostersburg, Madison Co 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Abingdon 
 
 Union League, Upper Alton, Lyon Council 52., 
 
 A. B. Torakins, Avon 
 
 Citizens at Cook's Hall, Springfield , 
 
 James L. Hill " , 
 
 Union League, Piano 
 
 M. E. Church, near Bardolphe , 
 
 Union League, Stonington 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Como 
 
 Citizens of Davis, Stephenson Co , 
 
 Tableaux Society, Edwardville < 
 
 Citizens of Edwardsville , 
 
 Union League, Earlville 
 
 Citizens of Mandebona , 
 
 " of Elmira 
 
 " of Pittsfield 
 
 Union League, Trumbull 
 
 " " Alton , 
 
 Citizens of Bunker Hill 
 
 *' of Niantic, Macon Co 
 
 W. Elkin, Springfield , 
 
 Presbyterian Church, JS^ashville 
 
 Anna, Union Co., Union League , 
 
 Citizens of Abingdon , 
 
 " of Havana 
 
 Board Supervisors, Rock Island Co , 
 
 Port Byron Union League t 
 
 Citizens of Sterling 
 
 " of Shipman 
 
 M. E. Church, near Bardolphe , 
 
 Union League, Ashley, Washington Co 
 
 Citizens of Tolono 
 
 Presbyterian Church, Litchfield 
 
 St. Clair County Court 
 
 Citizens of Belleville 
 
 Sanitary Commission, Vermilion Co 
 
 Remembrance No. 77 I. 0. 0. F., Bloomington, 
 
 Citizens of Prairieville, Lee Co 
 
 Union League, Oakland 
 
 *' " York Centre 
 
 " " Osceola , 
 
 Ladies' Aid Society, Osceola 
 
 Union League, Hebron, I 
 
 Prairie Lodge Good Templer, Hebron 
 
 Union Le&gue, Albion 
 
 . Citizens of Tamaroa 
 
 Union League, Freeburg 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Bloomington 
 
 Union League, New Milford 
 
 Mrs. John L. Poorman, Sangamon Co 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 ■7S 
 
 27 
 
 Schedule 
 
 -Continued. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 AMOUNT. 
 
 IS 63 
 
 *..8 
 '9 
 
 16 
 
 ii 
 12 
 
 1S63. 
 Of Poplar Grove, bv E. Havvley 
 
 
 Jnue .. . 
 
 $ 13 50 
 185 55 
 
 
 Union League, Monmouth 
 
 
 
 60 00 
 
 «< 
 
 " " Mt. Palatine 
 
 22 50 
 
 
 Rev. W. F. Bennett, collection at Fancy Creek Chapel 
 
 " '* " *' at Young's School Ho. 
 
 Union Leauge, Guard 
 
 21 00 
 
 30 00 
 
 8 00 
 
 
 " " Upper Alton 
 
 30 00 
 
 
 Rockford 
 
 29 50 
 
 
 " " Laomi 
 
 19 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Marseilles 
 
 151 40 
 
 
 Union League, McLean 
 
 415 00 
 
 
 " " Carljle 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Mahomet 
 
 134 50 
 
 
 Union League, Piasa 
 
 11 70 
 
 
 St. Paul's Church, Springfield 
 
 34 85 
 
 
 Citizens of Plum River 
 
 6 00 
 
 
 Union League, McLean 
 
 72 05 
 
 
 Citizens of Collinsville, Madison Co 
 
 358 60 
 
 
 " of Lanark, Carroll Co 
 
 120 00 
 
 
 Ladies of Winchester, Scott Co 
 
 135 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Charleston, Coles Co 
 
 400 00 
 
 
 " of Sandoval 
 
 106 65 
 
 
 " of Chesterfield 
 
 68 00 
 
 
 ' ' of Horse Prairie 
 
 38 00 
 
 
 " of Grand Prairie 
 
 60 80 
 
 
 " of Knob Prairie 
 
 14 75 
 
 
 of Cedar Point 
 
 40 00 
 
 
 Union League of Kingston 
 
 115 10 
 
 
 Citizens of Decatur 
 
 1318 15 
 
 
 Ladies' Hospital Aid Society of Decatur 
 
 133 50 
 
 
 Baptist Church, " 
 
 10 ee 
 
 
 Christian Church *' 
 
 Cordwainers' Society " , . 
 
 Sulphur Spring's M. E. Church, near Decatur 
 
 Whitmore '* " " " 
 
 Union Leauge of Lament 
 
 7 70 
 
 10 00 
 
 12 65 
 
 8 00 
 113 05 
 
 
 Citizens of Rio 
 
 15 00 
 
 
 of Atlanta 
 
 180 05 
 
 
 Union League, Alton 
 
 111 50 
 
 
 " " Augusta 
 
 10 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Sandoval 
 
 6 75 
 
 
 " of Nashville 
 
 36 00 
 
 
 Union League, Hale Ogle Co 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 " " Huntley's Grove 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 '• " Oakland, Coles Co 
 
 103 00 
 
 
 " " Monmouth, Warren Co 
 
 24 05 
 
 
 Citizens of Mason, Effiingham Co 
 
 293 50 
 
 
 " " New Rutland 
 
 56 25 
 
 
 " " Palatine, Cook Co 
 
 94 00 
 
 
 Union League, Cottonwood Grove, Bond Co 
 
 '^ 95 Godfrey 
 
 15 00 
 
 37 00 
 
 
 Ladies' Aid Societv, Bunker Hill 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 Ladies' Loyal League, *' " 
 
 Citizens of Bunker Hill 
 
 30 00 
 37 25 
 
 
 Union Lea^^ue, Princeton, Bureau Co 
 
 73 00 
 
 
 Union League, Kingston Mines 
 
 25 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Chamahon 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 '* of Havana 
 
 189 00 
 
 
 " of Cass 
 
 100 00 
 
28 
 
 REPORT OF SANITARY BrREAU. 
 
 Schedule "C" — Continued. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 AMOUNT. 
 
 1863 
 
 .12 
 
 is 
 
 15 
 
 ie 
 
 18 
 
 .. 
 
 20 
 
 1863. 
 
 Of Union League, Chebanse 
 
 Citizens of Hebron, McHenry Co 
 
 
 June . . . 
 
 $ 32 00 
 221 30 
 
 
 " of Dement, Ogle Co 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 Union League, Roscoe, Winnebago Co... 
 
 11 00 
 
 
 " " Highland, Madison Co 
 
 120 00 
 
 
 "■ " Aledo, Mercer Co .... 
 
 62 50 
 
 
 " " Young America 
 
 26 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Carey Station 
 
 91 50 
 
 
 Union League, Vienna 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 " " Shirland 
 
 11 30 
 
 
 Ladies of Carlyle 
 
 101 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Paw Paw.. 
 
 33 65 
 
 
 " of Havana 
 
 75 00 
 
 
 " of Kinmundy 
 
 160 00 
 
 
 " of Trumbull 
 
 5 60 
 
 
 Union League, South Fork, Christian Co 
 
 69 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Brighton, His 
 
 161 25 
 
 
 Jacob Strawn, Jacksonville, Morgan Co 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 Union League, Albion, Edwards Co 
 
 2 00 
 
 
 - Niles.: . 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 " ** Wenona 
 
 52 00 
 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Societv, Little Mackinaw. . . 
 
 42 40 
 
 
 Citizens of Chesterfield 
 
 15 25 
 
 
 Union League, Hamilton, Hancock Co 
 
 36 70 
 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Rushville, Ills 
 
 20 00 
 
 
 Ladies League, Six Mile Bend 
 
 158 05 
 
 
 Union League, Ashmore 
 
 19 00 
 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Mt. Palatine 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 Union League, New Milford, Winnebago Co 
 
 Afton, DeKalb Co 
 
 Citizens of Squaw Grove, DeKalb Co 
 
 25 00 
 87 90 
 63 25 
 
 
 " of Niantic, Macon Co 
 
 12 00 
 
 
 Union League, Attila, Williamson Co 
 
 50 00 
 
 
 Flora 
 
 19 95 
 
 
 " " Elizabethtown, Hardin Co 
 
 62 25 
 
 
 " " Nillwood, Macoupin Co 
 
 16 00 
 
 
 '* " Cordon. 
 
 7 50 
 
 
 " " Kewauee 
 
 100 80 
 
 
 Bloomingdale 
 
 33 00 
 
 
 '• " South Pass. Union Co 
 
 SO 50 
 
 
 " " Spanish Xeedle Prairie, Macoupin Co 
 Citizens of Mt. Auburn, Christian Co 
 
 do 
 
 51 00 
 59 00 
 15 00 
 
 
 Herr Lodge No. 265 I. 0. 0. F., Bloomington 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Princeville 
 
 56 00 
 11 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Bement, Piatt Co 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 of Rockford 
 
 14 15 
 
 
 Union League of Greenwood 
 
 31 50 
 
 
 Citizens of Joliet 
 
 140 40 
 
 
 Union League, Long Point 
 
 14 15 
 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Societv, Coply and Victoria 
 
 16 55 
 
 
 Union League, Cottonwood" Grove, Bond Co 
 
 " " Fostersburg, Madison Co 
 
 14 50 
 7 95 
 
 
 " " Dayton, Clinton Co 
 
 31 25 
 
 
 " " Kingston Mines 
 
 17 00 
 
 
 " " Pleasant Prairie, Bond Co 
 
 17 65 
 
 
 " " Hampshire 
 
 40 00 
 
 
 Citizens of Lawrence, McHenry Co 
 
 25 30 
 
 
 Aledo, Mercer Co 
 
 85 00 
 
 
 Union League, Courtland 
 
 56 65 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 •v^ 
 
 ScHEDrLE "C" — Continued. 
 
 1863. 
 June ....20 
 22 
 
 ;: 
 
 
 
 a 
 (I 
 
 "23" 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 it 
 
 "24" 
 
 i( 
 
 
 
 
 (I 
 
 "25" 
 
 .( 
 
 
 
 it 
 
 
 i< 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 .t 
 
 « 
 
 "26* 
 
 (I 
 
 
 It 
 
 
 a 
 
 
 ii 
 
 .... 
 
 '; 
 
 
 
 "27" 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 
 t( 
 
 
 
 i( 
 
 
 le 
 
 
 i( 
 
 3C 
 
 i( 
 
 
 July... 
 
 ..'.' 1" 
 
 a 
 
 
 (( 
 
 
 " 
 
 
 OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Of Citizens of Florid, Putnam Co 
 
 Collin's Station 
 
 Ladies of Trenton 
 
 Baptist Church, Beswick 
 
 Collections in Menard Co., near Athens. 
 
 Citizens of Odell, Livingston Co 
 
 Union League of Waltham 
 
 Ladies' Union League of Monmouth 
 
 Victory Union League, Van Buren 
 
 Citizens of Collinsville 
 
 Collection at Fancy Creek Chapel 
 
 Uuiou League, Saline Mines 
 
 " *' Kiswaukee 
 
 " " Mulberry Grove 
 
 " " Huntsville 
 
 Citizens of NeAvark, Kendall Co 
 
 " of West Salem, Edwards Co 
 
 " of Piasa 
 
 Congregational Church, Princeton 
 
 Citizens of Aurora 
 
 Union League of Biggsville, Henderson Co 
 
 '* " of Chesterfield 
 
 " " of Shabbonais' Grove 
 
 An unconditional Union man of Sangamon Co 
 
 Citizens of Elm Point, Bond Co 
 
 " of Brighton 
 
 " of Anna, Union Co 
 
 Union League, Ogle Station 
 
 " " Beaver Giove 
 
 " " Raccoon, Marion Co 
 
 M. E. Church, Jerseyvilie 
 
 Union League, Okaw 
 
 German Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge Madison co 
 Citizens of South Macon, Macon Co 
 
 " of Florid, Putnam Co 
 
 " of Dover, Bureau Co 
 
 Union League, Cedar Fork, Knox Co 
 
 Citizens of Malugin's Grove, Lee Co 
 
 G. W. Walker 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Elm Point, Bond Co 
 
 Union League 
 
 Citizens of Ashkum 
 
 " of Virden , 
 
 " of Salem , 
 
 Union League, Princeton 
 
 " " Roseville 
 
 Citizens of Grayville , 
 
 Union League, La Prairie , 
 
 Ladies of Shawneetown 
 
 Citizens of Ophir 
 
 Union League, Ingraham, Clay Co 
 
 Citizens of Blue Ridge, Piatt Co 
 
 " of Monticello, " " 
 
 " of Kingston, DeKalb Co 
 
 " of Sublette 
 
 of Bunker Hill 
 
 AMOUNT. 
 
 'i"i'i 
 
 00 
 
 150 
 
 50 
 
 152 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 00 
 
 75 
 
 25 
 
 39 
 
 05 
 
 44 
 
 50 
 
 37 
 
 00 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 27 
 
 25 
 
 89 
 
 25 
 
 2 
 
 00 
 
 68 
 
 00 
 
 22 
 
 30 
 
 23 
 
 75 
 
 9 
 
 00 
 
 200 
 
 00 
 
 87 45 
 
 10 
 
 30 
 
 27 
 
 00 
 
 56 
 
 00 
 
 21 
 
 00 
 
 11 
 
 00 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 32 
 
 75 
 
 4 60 
 
 12 
 
 00 
 
 19 
 
 75 
 
 15 
 
 75 
 
 19 
 
 00 
 
 18 
 
 10 
 
 43 
 
 00 
 
 11 
 
 00 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 2 
 
 75 
 
 91 
 
 40 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 43 
 
 00 
 
 31 
 
 00 
 
 2 
 
 90 
 
 95 
 
 00 
 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 178 25 
 
 89 
 
 25 
 
 18 
 
 10 
 
 27 
 
 85 
 
 68 
 
 80 
 
 7 
 
 00 
 
 250 00 
 
 108 
 
 00 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 53 
 
 50 
 
 66 
 
 10 
 
 141 
 
 61 
 
 101 
 
 95 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
30 
 
 REPOET OF SANITAUY BUEEAU. 
 
 Schedule "C" — Continued. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 1863. 
 
 July 1 
 
 2 
 
 (C 
 
 
 
 "3" 
 
 u 
 
 6 
 
 (( 
 
 
 it 
 
 
 tt 
 
 8 
 
 " 
 
 ' 9 
 
 
 10 
 
 <( 
 
 .... 
 
 <( 
 
 U 
 
 (I 
 (I 
 
 
 
 (I 
 i( 
 
 13 
 
 (( 
 
 
 t( 
 
 
 (I 
 
 14 
 
 a 
 ii 
 <( 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 
 <i 
 
 
 
 
 *15" 
 
 
 
 << 
 '( 
 a 
 
 'le* 
 
 17 
 
 a 
 
 "is" 
 
 
 20" 
 21 
 
 (I 
 
 "22" 
 
 i( 
 
 
 a 
 
 23 
 
 OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 1S63. 
 
 Of Citizens of Atlanta 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Ellington, Adams Co. .. 
 
 Citizens of Marshall, Clark Co 
 
 Union League, McLeansboro 
 
 First Presbyterian Church, Princeton 
 
 M. E. Church, Island Grove, Sangamon Co.... 
 
 Citizens of Mechanicsburg 
 
 Union League, Chrystal Lake 
 
 Citizens of Grand Cote Prairie, Perr,,i Co 
 
 Pisgah Church, Morgan Co 
 
 Fourth of July collection at Tonawanda 
 
 Ladies Aid Society, Cedar Point 
 
 Citizens of Cane, Franklin Co 
 
 Union League, Utica, LaSalle Co 
 
 Citizens of Wolf Creek 
 
 '' of Mound Township, McDonough Co 
 
 of Ullin, Pulaski Co 
 
 Ladies of Yandalia 
 
 Citizens of Jefiersonville, Wayne Co 
 
 " of Sparta 
 
 Westminster Church, Jacksonville , 
 
 Citizens of Nashville 
 
 " of Shabbouais , , 
 
 Union League, Frankfort 
 
 " '' Jones' Prairie , 
 
 " '' Quincy , 
 
 Ladies' Aid Society, Sparta 
 
 Union League, Goose Creek 
 
 " '' Mt. Morris 
 
 Citizens of Chamaham , 
 
 Returned by Mr, Emerick, loaned by Mr. Eno 
 Union League, Galesburg 
 
 " " Palo, Ogle Co 
 
 Citizens of Rockford , 
 
 Ladies of AUdu 
 
 Union League, Camden Mills 
 
 '* " Makanda 
 
 Citizens of Annawan and Alba, Henry Co 
 
 " of Scales' Mound .. 
 
 Union League, Milledgeville 
 
 *' " Manlius, LaSalle Co.... 
 
 Friendship Church, Dongola, Johnson Co 
 
 Ladies' Union League, Abingdon 
 
 A friend in Springfield 
 
 Union League, Guilford 
 
 Citizens of Millersburg, Mercer Co 
 
 Ladies' Loyal League, Piasa , 
 
 Union League, Rosehill 
 
 Ladies' Aid Society, Grand Cote Prairie 
 
 P. G. Rice, Jersey Prairie, Cass Co 
 
 Union League, Mt. Vernon 
 
 " Grand Chain 
 
 '' " Milford 
 
 " " Menden 
 
 Citizens of Jasper Township 
 
 Union League, Whitefield Township 
 
 Citizens of Lena 
 
 AMOUNT. 
 
 "i"i 
 
 55 
 
 40 
 
 00 
 
 30 
 
 00 
 
 30 
 
 00 
 
 45 
 
 80 
 
 54 
 
 50 
 
 30 
 
 40 
 
 45 
 
 00 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 37 
 
 00 
 
 105 
 
 10 
 
 125 
 
 00 
 
 44 
 
 00 
 
 17 
 
 00 
 
 77 
 
 50 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 205 
 
 00 
 
 205 
 
 00 
 
 16 
 
 25 
 
 129 
 
 75 
 
 220 
 
 00 
 
 4 
 
 20 
 
 28 
 
 60 
 
 31 
 
 50 
 
 35 
 
 25 
 
 576 
 
 30 
 
 209 
 
 75 
 
 40 
 
 50 
 
 7 
 
 25 
 
 3 
 
 40 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 150 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 400 
 
 00 
 
 IS 
 
 00 
 
 90 
 
 00 
 
 221 
 
 00 
 
 22 
 
 50 
 
 42 
 
 80 
 
 23 
 
 00 
 
 55 
 
 00 
 
 150 
 
 00 
 
 1 
 
 00 
 
 6 
 
 75 
 
 31 
 
 30 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 47 
 
 00 
 
 90 
 
 00 
 
 1 
 
 00 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 11 
 
 00 
 
 78 
 
 00 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 23 
 
 00 
 
 8 
 
 50 
 
 65 
 
 00 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAIT. 
 
 31 
 
 Schedule •'€" — Continued. 
 
 1862 
 
 
 July 
 
 ..23 
 
 <• 
 
 24 
 
 K 
 
 
 (( 
 
 25 
 
 (( 
 
 27 
 
 il 
 
 
 il 
 
 28 
 
 « 
 
 29' 
 
 •< 
 
 30 
 
 " 
 
 
 August. 
 
 ...1 
 
 3 
 
 <( 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 « 
 
 8 
 
 « 
 
 
 « 
 
 9 
 
 « 
 
 11 
 
 " 
 
 12 
 
 <f 
 
 13 
 
 «< 
 
 15 
 
 « 
 
 
 « 
 
 IS 
 
 « 
 
 
 « 
 
 
 « 
 
 24 
 
 (f 
 
 25 
 
 (I 
 
 29 
 
 t< 
 
 29 
 
 (( 
 
 31 
 
 « 
 
 
 OF "WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Of Union League, Jeffersonville 
 
 " " ZauesviUe 
 
 Ladies' Loyal League, Salem 
 
 Union League, Plato 
 
 '* " Chebanse 
 
 '< " Tiskilwa 
 
 '^ " South Grove, DeKalb Co , 
 
 " '* North Otter Creek, Macoupin Co.., 
 
 *■' '* Manchester 
 
 " " Hebron 
 
 Six Mile, Perry Co 
 
 " " St. Clair Co 
 
 " " Sandwich 
 
 " " Grafton 
 
 Collection 1st Bap. Church Spriufield Thanksgiving 
 
 Union League, Oskaloosa 
 
 Thanksgiving col. at Centre Church, Farmington,., 
 " " Universalist Church, Springfield 
 
 " " at Camp Butler of portions of | 
 
 113th Inf. k 16th Cav. Reg's, by Chap. Ford J 
 
 Miss J. Puffer, proceeds of concert at Bosemond 
 
 Soldiers' Aid Society, Snachwine 
 
 Thanksgiving collection at Nashville 
 
 Union League, Laoma 
 
 " " Burr Oak Grove 
 
 Thanksgiving collection at New Berlin 
 
 Ladies of Abingdon, Knox Co , 
 
 Ladies' Loyal League, Long Point 
 
 Baptist Church, Troy, Ills 
 
 Dyon Council, IF. L. A., Troy 
 
 Thanksgiving col. at St. Paul's Church, Springfield 
 
 A. Noble, Bloomington 
 
 Oxford loaned U. L. A. No. 779 
 
 S. F. Goodwin, Auburn, Sangamon Co 
 
 Grand View Church 
 
 Citizens of Summerfield, deposited with J. E. Yeat- 1 
 
 man, Esq., St. Louis ] 
 
 Citizens of Beardstown, deposited with J. C. Leon- ] 
 
 ard & Co., to buy pickle barrels J 
 
 Thanksgiving col. in M. E. Church at Carlinville... 
 
 Received in exchange for vegetables on board of ] 
 
 steamer "City of Dalton," J 
 
 Total amount of Receipts 
 
 Amount of Expenditures 
 
 Balance on hand 
 
 AMOUNT 
 
 — 
 
 $'22*45 
 
 6 
 
 00 
 
 12 
 
 00 
 
 13 
 
 00 
 
 3 
 
 50 
 
 5 
 
 00 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 80 
 
 00 
 
 40 
 
 30 
 
 19 
 
 25 
 
 11 
 
 25 
 
 500 
 
 00 
 
 75 
 
 00 
 
 27 
 
 00 
 
 77 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 50 
 
 39 
 
 30 
 
 36 25 
 
 54 35 
 
 60 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 12 
 
 30 
 
 9 
 
 00 
 
 12 
 
 90 
 
 38 00 
 
 49 
 
 60 
 
 5 
 
 00 
 
 30 
 
 00 
 
 40 
 
 .■>n 
 
 9 05 
 
 S5 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 00 
 
 2 
 
 00 
 
 21 
 
 00 
 
 700 
 
 00 
 
 300 
 
 00 
 
 22 
 
 40 
 
 9 
 
 00 
 
 $28,746 
 
 00 
 
 20,366 
 
 76 
 
 5,379 24 
 
 Springfield, III., Sept. 1, 1863. 
 
.• • 
 
 32 
 
 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 SCHEDULE "D." 
 
 STATE SANITARY COMMISSION, 
 
 In Account with, JoTin Williams, Treasurer, Dr. 
 
 1862. 
 August.., 
 
 September. 
 
 October , 
 
 November. 
 
 December . 
 
 FOR WHAT EXPENDED. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Amount paid Postage. 
 Drayage. 
 
 W. S. FyflFe on ac't of expenses at Cairo. 
 
 W. S.Broadwell for Potatoes 
 
 D. Richter for Potatoes 
 
 Labor 
 
 Express charges 
 
 " DrayagG 
 
 " For packages 
 
 " Express charges 
 
 " Postage 
 
 " Freights and Drayage 
 
 '* Telegrams. 
 
 " For Packages 
 
 " Lamp for office 
 
 " Stencil Brush 
 
 Broken bank bill in contribution 
 
 Paid J. W.'s expenses on sanitary trip to Corinth, Jack- ) 
 
 son and Boliver | 
 
 Paid expenses of Commission at Louisville, Perryville 
 
 and Lebanon, Ivy 
 
 Less am't returned by Capt. Sampson. 
 Amount paid liadies' Soldiers' Aid Society at Spring. 
 
 field for hospital clothing 
 
 Amount paid freights and drayage 
 
 Express charges 
 
 ) 
 
 Perryville ^ 
 
 ...$777 95 [ 
 ... 132 45 j 
 
 Ink for office 
 
 24 doz. cans 
 
 Postage 
 
 Mr. Folsom, ag't at Cairo to pay freight 
 
 II. H. Kellogg, ag't, to visit Nashville 
 
 Mr. Folsom, to pay back charges and freig't 
 
 J. R. Woods on ac't salary and expenses 
 
 Wm. Ford, ''disabled soldier" 
 
 Fright and drayage 
 
 Express charges 
 
 Postage 
 
 Dried Apples to fill box 
 
 Telegrams 
 
 Labor 
 
 Stationary 
 
 $ 5 
 
 00 
 
 20 
 
 20 00 
 
 54 25 
 
 8 00 
 
 50 
 
 3 25 
 
 10 00 
 
 20 
 
 2 00 
 
 14 00 
 
 35 00 
 
 645 50 
 
 100 00 
 
 9 51 
 
 25 
 
 75 
 
 30 00 
 
 10 30 
 
 9 30 
 
 50 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 152 75 
 
 50 
 
 6 70 
 
 2 65 
 
 5 25 
 1 50 
 
 6 85 
 1 25 
 4 21 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 33 
 
 Schedule "D" — Continued. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 1863. 
 Jauuary.. 
 
 February . 
 
 March , 
 
 April 
 
 May. 
 
 OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Amount paid Soldiers' Aid Society of Springfield for "I 
 
 hospital clothing J 
 
 " VonPhul, Waters & Co. for potatoes 
 
 '* Mrs. Bickerdyke to buy butter, eggs, &c. ) 
 
 for hospital at Memphis J 
 
 '• H. & E. Little's traveling expenses 
 
 " Mr. Folsom to pay supplies at Cairo 
 
 " For meals for disabled soldiers 
 
 " Mr. Folsom to pay freight and back ch'rges 
 
 " Postage 
 
 " Freight and dfayage 
 
 •' Packages 
 
 " Stationary 
 
 " Dried Apples to fill box, 
 
 " Bailhache & Baker for printing 
 
 " Express charges 
 
 " Paid for fuel for ofiSce 
 
 " Dr. Coe's services and expenses at Louisv'e 
 
 " J. R. Woods' salary and '' at Nashville 
 
 " Meals for disabled soldiers 
 
 " Postage 
 
 '* Packages 
 
 " Freight? and Drayage 
 
 " Express charges 
 
 " Postage 
 
 " For 1 bbl. Vinegar for pickling onions 
 
 « Freights and drayages 
 
 '' J. AVilliams & Co's bill supplies 
 
 " Packages 
 
 ** Stationary 
 
 '* Express charges 
 
 " Mr, Hinckley on supplies furnished by him 
 
 " C. T. Chase on account of expenses 
 
 '' 15 lbs nails 
 
 " E.J. Eno's first trip to Memphis, expenses.. 
 
 " J. Johnson, lumber for shelves in wareroom 
 
 '• Mrs. Winters, board of disabled soldier.. 
 
 " Postage , 
 
 " Freights and drayages 
 
 '" Packages 
 
 " Stationary , 
 
 *' Telegram? 
 
 " Express charges 
 
 '' Labor 
 
 '* Joel Johnson, 1 mo's rent for wareroom.. 
 
 " C. T. Chase for services 
 
 " do for traveling expenses 
 
 " J. Grifiith, wounded soldier, to help him on 
 
 on his way home 
 
 " Mr. Richardson, under same circumstances 
 
 " J. S. & M. B. Condell for sanitary supplies 
 
 " Matheny <fe Co " do do 
 
 " A. B. Nicholson, St. Louis, do do 
 
 •' J.T.Stuart for do do 
 
 " Ivimber & Bagsdale... " do do 
 
 " 1346 lbs Codfish, at St. Louis, at 7 1-4 
 
 " Agent's expenses at St. Louis, (J. Black). 
 
 $300 00 
 192 20 
 
 100 00 
 
 7 00 
 
 36 93 
 
 50 
 
 13 28 
 
 6 40 
 
 4 51 
 1 75 
 3 75 
 
 1 50 
 19 50 
 
 2 60 
 
 7 05 
 75 00 
 50 00 
 
 2 00 
 63 
 25 
 
 2 00 
 
 5 10 
 
 8 00 
 5 25 
 
 12 55 
 
 7 65 
 
 3 95 
 1 50 
 
 50 
 
 11 70 
 
 57 35 
 
 1 05 
 
 16 00 
 
 7 50 
 
 16 75 
 
 00 
 09 
 30 
 44 
 60 
 25 
 9 00 
 
 16 65 
 112 50 
 
 12 60 
 
 5 00 
 
 2 25 
 
 5 00 
 
 9 75 
 
 377 73 
 
 29 00 
 
 10 13 
 
 97 58 
 
 21 84 
 
34 
 
 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 Schedule "D" — Continued. 
 
 1863. 
 
 May. 
 
 June. 
 
 July. 
 
 FOR WHAT EXPENDED. 
 
 IS 63. 
 
 Amount paid Postage. 
 
 " Nails .... 
 
 Freights and diayages 
 
 Packages 
 
 Stationary 
 
 Telegrams 
 
 Express charges 
 
 Labor 
 
 T. B. Smith for sanitary supplies. 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 " J. Q. Van Ness 
 " J. VV. Salter... 
 " S. H. Melvin.. 
 " H. LeClaire... 
 " L. George & Son' 
 
 " B. F. Fox 
 
 ** B. F. Hoopes 
 
 " H. M. Thijmpson, Chicago, sanitary supplies 
 
 " N.A.White do do 
 
 " J. McCreery do do 
 
 " J. W. B. Saltrr .. do do 
 
 " J. W. B. Salter do do 
 
 " Joel Johnson, 1 month warproum rent..., 
 " Balance on car load potatoes bought by 
 
 E. J. Eno 
 
 " Expenses on trip to Vicksburg 
 
 " Maj T. P. Robb for use of sick and wound- ) 
 
 ed soldiers at M' raphis j 
 
 " E. J. Eno on acc't of salary and expenses ) 
 
 as agent at Nashville J 
 
 " Dr. Newberry for 1000 bus. potatoes pir- "j 
 
 chased at Cleaviland, for Army of the > 
 
 Cumberland J 
 
 " Perley & Parker, Chicago, for sanitary 
 
 supplies 
 
 " Baker & Phillips for printing 
 
 " J. Williams & Co. fir sanitary supplies 
 
 " " for do do 
 
 " Perley & Parker for do do 
 
 " Lewis & Bro., for do do 
 
 " Kendall & Sons for do do 
 
 Counterfeit and broken b'k bills rec'd in contributions.... 
 
 Amount paid for freight imd drayages 
 
 " Postage 
 
 " Stationary 
 
 " Labor 
 
 " Packages 
 
 " Express charges on money packages 
 
 " M. F. Folsom for services as State Agent | 
 
 at Cairo f'm Oct. 9, '62, to July I, '63 J 
 
 " Perley & Parker for sanitary supplies 
 
 " Tallula Sold. Aid Soc'y for hosp'l clothing 
 " E. C. Sackett, agent at Vicksburg, on ac't ) 
 
 of salary and expenses J 
 
 " Perley & Parker for sanitary supplies 
 
 " Express <m chickens to Cairo 
 
 " J. Williams & Co for supplies 
 
 " VonPhul, Waters & Co. do 
 
 AMOUNT 
 
 — 
 
 'iTe'so 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 45 
 
 1 
 
 00 
 
 3 
 
 35 
 
 2 
 
 85 
 
 1 
 
 85 
 
 3 
 
 65 
 
 19 
 
 45 
 
 7 
 
 50 
 
 78 89 
 
 121 
 
 75 
 
 9 
 
 60 
 
 12 
 
 00 
 
 45 
 
 75 
 
 67 
 
 62 
 
 427 
 
 38 
 
 6 
 
 00 
 
 55 
 
 80 
 
 9 
 
 95 
 
 155 47 
 
 16 
 
 67 
 
 57 
 
 00 
 
 244 
 
 «3 
 
 100 
 
 00 
 
 200 
 
 00 
 
 300 00 
 
 161 
 
 47 
 
 118 
 
 81 
 
 25 
 
 00 
 
 898 
 
 48 
 
 123 
 
 88 
 
 339 
 
 20 
 
 30 
 
 71 
 
 76 
 
 00 
 
 53 
 
 52 
 
 17 
 
 00 
 
 30 
 
 50 
 
 23 
 
 70 
 
 3 
 
 63 
 
 46 
 
 17 
 
 420 
 
 00 
 
 126 
 
 00 
 
 230 
 
 32 
 
 200 
 
 00 
 
 51 
 
 99 
 
 41 
 
 30 
 
 356 
 
 62 
 
 493 41 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 Schedule -'C" — Coxtinued. 
 
 36 
 
 1863. 
 
 July 
 
 August. 
 
 FOR WHAT EXPENDED. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Amount paid -J. Williams k Co., for supplies 
 
 Briggs, Guild & Co., Chicago, for supplies.. 
 
 " Perley k Parker for do 
 
 " VonPhui, Waters k Co lor do 
 
 "■ 0. Kend.ill, Sons k Co for do 
 
 " Rock Creek Soldiers' \id Society for hos- 
 pital clothing 
 
 " Officer & Co. for lumber 
 
 " Express charges ■ 
 
 •* Postage 
 
 '< Labor 
 
 " Stationary 
 
 " Kreiirht and dray;iges 
 
 Counterfeit and broken bank bills in contributions 
 
 Amount paid iallula Soldiers Aid Society for hospital i 
 
 el-thing J 
 
 " J. W. B. Salter for sanitary supplies 
 
 " Brighton Soldiers' Aid Society f r hospi- I 
 
 tal clothing j 
 
 " Baker k Phillip* for printing 
 
 <* Mr. Talcott's expenses in charge of cows ) 
 
 for Mrs. Bickerdyke j 
 
 '' 0. Kendall. Sons & Co. for sanitary sup- ( 
 
 plies ' 
 
 " Quincy Needle Pickets for Blackberry ) 
 
 Cordial S 
 
 " Mrs. Zimmerman for do do 
 
 '< J. W. B. Salter for sanitary supplies 
 
 " McCulloch & Co, for do do 
 
 " J. R. Wood.<, balance salary and expenses | 
 
 vi-siring ho.>;pitals ) 
 
 " Baker & Philliiis for printing 
 
 " E. J. Evio on icc't salary and expenses as ) 
 
 agent at Nashville ) 
 
 '« A. A. Gen. Lomis' expenses incurred on \ 
 
 Sanitary trip of Str. City of Alton f 
 
 '< ChandUrville Soldiers' Aid Society for \ 
 
 hospital clothing j 
 
 '<■ J. Williams k C».. for goods furnished to] 
 
 Springfield L. S. A. S. to be distrib'd to i 
 
 other So'et's as well as their own, tr. be ( 
 
 made in hosp'i clotii'g free of charge... J 
 
 " Mr. Eno balance on acc't salary and ex- I 
 
 penses to Sept. 1, 1863 I 
 
 " J Johnson 1 mo's wareroom rent 
 
 ExrieiiS' s incurred by surgeons and nurses ) 
 
 on sanitary trip of str. City of Alton.... \ 
 
 " E. S. Sargeant on acc't salary and expen- I 
 
 ses as agent at Louisville ) 
 
 " Exp>es.- charges 
 
 " Postage 
 
 Labor 
 
 " Sta'ionary 
 
 " Freight and Drayages 
 
 " For onion 
 
 " For printing 
 
 " Packages 
 
 $93 
 
 75 
 
 454 
 
 73 
 
 42 
 
 53 
 
 123 
 
 07 
 
 86 
 
 23 
 
 226 75 
 
 5 
 
 41 
 
 23 
 
 60 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 44 
 
 75 
 
 10 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 267 
 
 44 
 
 62 
 
 10 
 
 364 12 
 
 38 
 
 65 
 
 21 
 
 00 
 
 50 
 
 35 
 
 50 
 
 00 
 
 68 
 
 90 
 
 5 
 
 53 
 
 11 
 
 65 
 
 151 
 
 20 
 
 32 
 
 85 
 
 200 
 
 00 
 
 44 45 
 
 90 
 
 88 
 
 ,032 14 
 
 124 45 
 16 65 
 
 450 75 
 
 100 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 34 
 
 80 
 
 128 
 
 57 
 
 26 
 
 65 
 
 45 
 
 22 
 
 18 
 
 48 
 
 13 
 
 (iO 
 
 36 
 
 19 
 
36 
 
 KEPORT OF SAOTTARY BUREAU. 
 
 Schedule "D" — Continued. 
 
 1863. 
 August ., 
 
 FOR WHAT EXPENDED. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Amount paid C. T. Chase balance on salary and expen 
 
 ses to Sept. 1, '63 
 
 Uncurrent money received in contribution 
 
 Total amount of expenditures 
 
 $267 45 
 1 00 
 
 $14,751 26 
 
 STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE ILLINOIS STATE 
 SANITARY COMMISSION, CONDENSED FROM THE ANNEXED AC- 
 COUNT CURRENT. 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 $2,870 
 
 13 
 
 124 
 
 10 
 
 90 
 
 70 
 
 79 
 
 00 
 
 308 
 
 00 
 
 18,387 
 
 81 
 
 5,176 
 
 11 
 
 1,710 
 
 15 
 
 $28,746 
 
 00 
 
 Amount cash received previous to Jan. 1st, 1863 
 
 « '< " during January, 1863 
 
 " " " " March, " 
 
 " " " " April " , 
 
 " " " '< May " 
 
 " " " " June " 
 
 " " " " July " 
 
 " " " " August " 
 
 Total amount receipts 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Cash paid for sanitary supplies . 
 
 " expenses of trip of steamer City of Alton 
 
 '' Salaries and expenses of agents, in which is included all 
 moneys disbursed by them for relief of sick soldiers, at 
 
 their several stations 
 
 Cash paid for printing 
 
 ** for labor in handling supplies 
 
 " forfreight and drayages 
 
 *' for postage 
 
 " for express charges on money, &c 
 
 " for packages 
 
 " for stationary ^ 
 
 ** for rent of wareroom and oflQce expenses 
 
 " for relief of disabled soldies at Springfield 
 
 Cash placed in hands of Major Robb for relief of disabled soldiers... 
 
 Counterfeit and broken bank bills received in contributions 
 
 Cash paid for telegrams 
 
 Total amount expenditures 
 
 $9,639 26 
 
 740 
 
 03 
 
 2,939 
 
 64 
 
 222 
 
 81 
 
 211 
 
 42 
 
 262 
 
 79 
 
 143 
 
 06 
 
 114 
 
 42 
 
 88 
 
 12 
 
 81 
 
 75 
 
 . 73 63 
 
 27 
 
 00 
 
 100 
 
 00 
 
 95 
 
 00 
 
 12 
 
 33 
 
 $14,751 
 
 26 
 
 Springfield, III., Sept. 1, 1863. 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 37 
 
 LIST OF HOSPITAL SUPPLIES 
 
 CONTRIBUTED TO 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY BUREAU FROM DECEMBER 19, 1862 TC 
 SEPTEMBER 12, 1863. 
 
 ATLANTA— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 32 shirts, 5 prs. drawers, 4 prs. socks, 19 hdkfs., 4 dressing gowns, 2 pillows, 24 
 pillow cases, 3 sheets, 1 blanket, 20 towels, 4 rolls bandages, 9 lbs. dried fruit, 2 
 packs pins, 2 books, 10 pamphlets, 1 can canned fruit, 1 pack sage. 
 
 ATLANTA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 93 shirts, 38 prs. drawers, 16 prs. socks, 76 hdkfs., 8 dressing gowns, 7 coats, 5 
 pillows, 22 pillow cases, 2 comforts, 14 sheets, 68 towels, 1 lot napkins, 1 package 
 cloth and lint, SO rolls of bandages, 6 bushels potatoes, 4 sacks and 22 packages 
 dried fruit, 8 cans canned fruit, 2 packages pins, 2 books, 4 magazines, 6 papers. 
 
 ABINGDON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 20 shirts, 10 prs. drawers, 11 pillows, 21 pillow cases, 21 sheets, 3 towels, 168 Ibs^ 
 dried fruit, 29 qts. canned fruit, 10 bottles pickles, 2 demijohns and 1 bottle of wine. 
 
 ARCADIA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 19 bushels potatoes, 56 lbs. dried fruit, 31 qts. canned fruit, 1 bbl. butter, 1 bbl. 
 eggs, 1 box sundries, 1 pack. sage. 
 
 ALTON— LADIES' LOYAL LEAGUE. 
 
 20 shirts, 4 prs. drawers, 10 prs socks, 5 coats, 3 vests, 4 bed sacks, 2 pillows, 2 
 pads, 13 pillow cases, 2 comforts, 3 towels, 1 pack, lint, 1 pack, bandages, 1 lb. 
 dried fruit, 17 cans and 1 bottle canned fruit, 10 qts. pickles, 7 qts. jelly, 50 lbs. 
 beef, 4 cans oysters, 1 case mustard, 3 cases herring, 1 bar soap, 1 lot tracts and 
 magazines, 14 bottles wine, 2 bottles cordial, 3 fans. 
 
 ANNA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 40 shirts, 10 collars, 25 prs. drawers, 4 undershirts, 23 prs. socks, 11 pillows, 24 
 pillow cases, 25 towels, 45 yds. bandages, 14 lbs. farina, 2 lbs. arrow root, 28 hot 
 wine. 
 
 ARMINGTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 129 shirts, 93 prs. drawers, 6 dressing gowns, 1 pr. pants, 25 pillows, 10 pads, 42 
 pillow cases, 9 sheets, 7 towels, 10 packages and 2 rolls cloth, 23 rolls bandages, 121 
 lbs. dried fruit, 2 sacks and 3 packages dried fruit, 9 lbs. cheese, 36 lemons. 
 
38 REPORT OF SANITARY BIJREAr. 
 
 ATHENS— MRS. FARLEY AND MISS PEARSON. 
 
 A large quantit}^ of clothing, quilts, bandages, lint &c. 
 
 ASHLAND— R. M. LAWRENCE AND MISS MOLLIS WRIGHT. 
 
 3 shirts, 12 prs. socks, 9)^ lbs dried fruit. 
 
 ATTILLA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 bushel onions, 46 qts. canned fruit. 
 
 AUBURN— S. F. GOODWIN. 
 
 18 bushels potatoes. 
 
 BERLIN— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 1 sack cloths and lint. 
 
 BEARDSTOWN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 32 shirts, 32 prs. drawers, 119 hdkfs., 9 dressing gowns, 19 prs. slippers, 3 coats, 
 32 pillows, 13 pillow cases, 14 comforts, 12 sheets, 50 towels, 10 lbs. lint, 4 bushels 
 potatoes, 1 keg onions, 3 bushels, 1 bbl. and 2 boxes dried fruit, 10 qts. canned 
 fruit, 8 kegs pickles, 6 qts. jelly, catsup and preserves, 1 bbl. eggs, 18 qts. cordial 
 and sundries. 
 
 BETHEL— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 7 shirts, 6 prs. drawers, 88 hdkfs., 7 pillows, 1 sheet, 13 towels, napkins, 1 lb, 
 lint, 46 lbs. dried fruit, 6 cans pickles, 6 lbs beef, 1 lot books, 5 rolls tape. 
 
 BUTLER— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 13 shirts, 6 prs. drawers, 1 pr. socks, 54 hdkfs., 22 pillows, 18 pads, 22 pillow ca- 
 ses, 1 comfort, 9 sheets, 20 towels, 1 package cloths, 1 package bandages, 35 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 10 cans and 2 jars canned fruit, 10 galls, pickles, 3 papers needles, 12 
 sheets paper and envelopes, 6 papers ginger. 
 
 BLOOMINGTON— SOLDIERS^ AID SOCIETY. 
 
 185 shirts, 128 prs. drawers, 24 hdkfs., 12 dressing gowns, 29 pillows, 191 pillow 
 cases, 4 comforts, 66 sheets, 114 towels, 17 napkins, 1 package cloths, 1 bag banda- 
 ges, 1 bushel potatoes, 1 bushel onions, 50 lbs. dried fruit, 9 cans canned fruit, 1 lot 
 papers and magazine, 15 galls, wine. 
 
 BRUSH CREEK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY 
 
 55 shirts, 35 prs. drawers, 48 prs. socks, 55 hdkfs. 22 pillows, 52 pillow cases, 6 
 comforts, 33 sheets, 38 towels, 2 lbs. lint, 70 rolls bandages. 42 papers. 
 
 BRUSH CREEK— CITIZENS THROUGH AGENCY OF P. B. FLETCHER. 
 
 8 cows and calves, delivered July 31st, (one cow failed in driving,) $213. 
 
 BENWICK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 17 shirts, 1 pr. drawers, 18 hdkfs., 1 pr. pants, 5 pillows, 58 pads, 24 pillow cases, 
 2 comforts, 8 towels, 3 boxes lint, 58 rolls bandages, 100 lbs. dried truit, 75 com- 
 presses. 
 
 BLUE MOUND— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 22 shirts,20 prs. drawers, 26 prs. socks, 4 dressing gowns. 7 pillows, 16 pillow 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BIJREATJ. 39 
 
 cases, 15 sheets, 36 towels, 5 cloths, 4)^ lbs. lint, 93 rolls bandages, i^ bushel pota- 
 toes. 158 lbs. dried fruit, 40 bottles and 90 qts. canned fruit, 1 pint catsup, 70 lbs, 
 butter, 12 pin cushions, 3 needle books. 
 
 BURNS— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 45 shirts, 2 prs. drawers, 11 hdkfs., 6 pillows, 6 pads, 18 pillow cases, 15 towels, 
 package cloths, 140 yds. baadagos, 19 lbs. dried fruit, 2 lbs. dried beef. 
 
 BRIGHTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 shirts, 2 prs. drawers, 13 hdkfs., 1 coat, 13 pillows, 18 pads, 1 quilt, 7 lbs. cloth, 
 4 lbs. lint, 343 yds. bandages, 52 small bandages, 12 bush, potatoes, 14)^ lbs. dried 
 fruit, }4, bbl. pickles, 75 lbs. butter, 2 bbls. eggs, 2 lbs. dried beef, J^ lb. sago. 
 
 BELLEVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY— HIGH SCHOOL. 
 
 1 package cloths, one package bandages. 
 
 CHANDLERVILLE— NO CONTRIBUTOR NAMED. 
 
 7 shirts, 12 prs. drawers, 30 prs. socks, 12 hdkfs., 7 dressing gowns, 1 coat, 4 pil- 
 lows, 1 pillow case, 3 comforts, 3 towels, 72 lbs. dried fruit, 1 bbl. pickels, 1 pack, 
 reading matter, 6 prs. mittens. 
 
 CHANDLERVILLE— SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY. 
 
 82 shirts, 14 prs. drawers, 7 prs. socks, 43 hdkfs., 5 dressing gowns, 37 prs. slip- 
 pers, 4 coats, 2 vests, 1 pr. pants, 29 pillows, 14 pads, 14 pillow cases, 2 comforts. 
 20 sheets, 39 towels, 1 roll bandages, 6 palm leaf fans, 5 rests. 
 
 CHATHAM- NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 30 shirts, 18 prs. drawers, 3 prs. socks, 9 hdkfs., 11 sheets. 
 
 CLAYTON— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 1 box cloths and lint. 
 
 CARLINVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 20 shirts, 8 prs. drawers, 2 prs. socks, 23 hdkfs., 2 prs. slippers, 5 pillows, 6 tow- 
 els, 1 package lint, 25 rolls bandages, 9 rolls assorted rags, 2 cans canned fruit, 4 
 bot. wine, 2 bot. blackberry cordial. 
 
 CASS, DU PAGE CO.— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 17 shirts, 14 prs. drawers, 12 prs. socks, 2 bed sacks, 11 pillows, 2 pads, 38 pil- 
 low cases, 1 comfort, 11 sheets, 19 towels, 7 rolls cloths, 1 package lint, 9 rolls ban- 
 dages, 723^ lbs. dried fruit, 1 jar canned fruit, 12 lbs. corn starch, 6 lbs. sugar, 2 
 lbs. rice, 12 nutmegs, 23 combs, 17 needle cushions, 4 lbs. soap, 5 quires paper, 5 
 packs envelopes, 1 package papers and magazines, 10 sponges. 
 
 CHARLESTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 7 dressing gowns, 7 comforts, 25 towels, 13^ bbls. dried fruit, 103 cans canned 
 fruit, 1 package butter. 
 
 COMO— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 8 shirts, 24 prs. drawers, 16 hdkfs., 6 pillows, 30 pillow cases, 12 towels, 8 packa- 
 ges cloths, 3 lbs. soap, 1 lot magazines. 
 
9 
 40 KEPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 CLAY CITY— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 24: shirts, 23 prs. drawers, 2 prs. socks, 29 pillow cases, 11 sheets, 35 towels, 185 
 yds. bandages, 87 bottles blackberry cordial. 
 
 CONCORD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY, 
 
 89 shirts, 58 prs. drawers, 36 prs. socks, 4 hdkfs., 3 prs. linen pants, 12 pillows, 
 18 pillow cases, 2 comforts, 2 bushels vegetables, 1 package compresses. 
 
 DANVERS— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 63 shirts, 38 prs. drawers, 8 bed sacks, 11 pillows, 7 pillow cases, 2 rolls cloths, 2 
 packages dried fruit, 2 packages pins. 
 
 DANVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 16 shirts, 7 prs. drawers, 18 prs. socks, 54 hdkfs., 5 dressing gowns, 7 prs. slip- 
 pers, 19 pillows, 6 pads, 14 pillow cases, 3 comforts, 10 sheets, 3 blankets, 17 towels, 
 65 yds. bandages, 4 bbls. and 27 lbs, dried fruit, 3 qts., 1 can, 6 jars canned fruit, 2 
 lbs. coffee, o}^ lbs. tea, 5 lbs sugar, 4 packs pins, 1 book, 52 magazines, 35 papers, 
 1 bot. wine, 1 bot. blackberry cordial, 57 lemons, 4 boxes mustard, 200 compresses, 
 4 barrels sundries. 
 
 DECATUR (TOWNSHIP)— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 56 shirts, 1 pr. socks, 6 hdkfs., 22 p-s. pants, 39 pillows, 3 pads, 22 pillow cases, 
 4 comforts, 103 towels, 1 package cloth, 1 package bandages, 9 bushels potatoes, 1 
 package onions, 95 lbs. and }{ bushel dried fruit, 25 qts, 2 glasses and 60 cans can- 
 ned fruit, 5}{ galls, pickles, 3)^ galls, catsup. [&}{ galls, preserves, 44 lbs. butter, 
 1 package butter, 25 lbs. beef, 1 lot beef, 1 hallibut, 1 sack dried corn, 1 package 
 hard soap, 1 lot reading matter, 12 bushels apples, 12 bot. wine, 2 bot. blackberry 
 cordial, 1 peck salt, 1}^ qts. horse radish. 
 
 DEER CREEK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 29 shirts, 7 prs. drawers, 48 hdkfs., 3 dressing gowns, 13 body wrappers, 2 prs. 
 slippers, 3 bed sacks, 36 pillows, 54 pads, 61 pillow cases, 3 comforts, 8 sheets, 8 
 towels, 15 rolls cloth, 2 rolls lint, 214 bandages, 7 sacks, 1 package and 1 bush, dried 
 fruit, 5 lbs, cheese, 1 beef tongue, 2 sacks corn meal, 3 pin cushions, 1 book, 8 fans, 
 1 box salve, 2 rolls flannel, 2 sacks bran 27 sacks sage and hops, 3 sacks hops. 
 
 DWIGHT, LIVINGSTON CO.— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 prs. drawers, 1 hdkf., 4 dressing gowns, 7 pillows, 1 pad, 8 pillow cases, 18 
 sheets, 2 towels, 6 rolls cloth, 2 packages liut, 22 lbs. and 4 bags dried fruit, 130 lbs. 
 butter, 1 lot reading matter, 35 hens. 
 
 DONELSON, MONTGOMERY CO,— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 15 shirts, 15 prs. drawers, 12 prs. socks, 42 hdkfs., 15 pillows, 44 pillow cases, 19 
 sheets, 19 towels, 30 lbs. cloth, 1 package lint, 1 package bandages, 24 sheets paper, 
 24 envelopes. 
 
 DU QUOIN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 30 shirts, 17 prs. drawers, 4 hdkfs., 4 prs. slippers, 4 pillow cases, 1 comfort, 8 
 towels, 2 rolls cloth, 40 rolls bandages, 9. bush, vegetables, 1}^ box 4)^ lbs. dried 
 fruit, 1}{ box. 6 qts canned fruit, 7 bot. catsup, 6 bars soap, 2 packs pins, 21 galls, 
 wine, 3 bot. blackberry cordial, 1 bbl. crackers, 3 box. lemons, 1 box oranges. 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 41 
 
 EAST BEND— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 42 shirts, 23 prs, drawers. 
 
 ELM POINT— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 17 shirts, 7 prs. drawers, 12 prs. socks, 30 hdkfs., 1 pr. pants, 6 bed sacks, 85 pil- 
 lows, 42 pads, 16 sheets, 30 towels, 1 package thread, needles, buttons and tape, 21 
 fans. 
 
 ELM WOOD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 27 shirts, 6 prs. drawers, 10 prs. socks, 6 pillows, 12 pillow cases, 7 sheets, 8 nap- 
 kins, 27 bushels potatoes, 1 box onions, 90 lbs. dried fruit, 2 jars preserves, 2 lbs. 
 tea, 6 lbs rice, 1 barrel beans, 1 package pamphlets, 350 magazines, 250 papers. 
 
 FAIR MOUNT— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 77 shirts, 42 prs, drawers, 8 prs. hose, 62 hdkfs., 4 pillows, 16 pads, 20 pillow ca- 
 ses, 9 sheets, 22 towels., 1 package, 68 rolls bandages, 6 rolls flannel bandages, 8 
 lbs., 20 sacks, 13 packages dried fruit, 13 lbs. corn starch, 2 papers pins, 40 pin 
 cushions, 12 fans, 2 packages sage, 2 packages hops. 
 
 FARMINGTON— DR. LYMAN, SANGAMON CO. 
 
 12 shirts, 19 prs. drawers, 1 can canned fruit. 
 
 FORRESTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 box containing dried fruit, butter, clothing, &c., valued at $100, 2 bot. pre- 
 serves, 14 bushels and one box berries, 2 firkins butter, 5)^ bushels eggs, 1 box 
 castile soap, 1 box mustard and pepper. 
 
 FAIRMOUNT— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 33 shirts, 21 prs. drawers, 11 towels, 1 package cloth, 21 rolls bandages, 36 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 1 box hospital clothing. 
 
 GALESBURG— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 12 prs. socks, 46 lbs. and 2^4 bushels dried fruit, 2 cans, 20 qts. canned fruit, 4 Ibs^ 
 cloves, 42 galls, pickles, 1 bot. horse radish, 4 bot. pepper sauce, 22 lbs. cheese, 51 
 lbs. beef, 25 lbs barley, 8 lbs. corn starch, 5 lbs. sago, 10 lbs. tapioca, 8 lbs. farina, 
 15 lbs. tea, 31 lbs. sugar, 1 bot. wine, 1 gallon blackberry cordial, 2 cans condensed 
 milk. 
 
 GARDNER— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 I coop of chickens. 
 
 GIRARD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 15 shirts, 8 prs. drawers, 6 hdkfs., 10 pillows, 10 pillow cases, 2 comforts, 4 
 sheets, 1 lot bandages, 33 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 GRUNDY— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 30 shirts, 53 prs. drawers, 35 hdkfs., 4 dressing gowns, 11 pillows,. 24 pads, 68 
 pillow cases, 17 sheets, 34 towels, 2^ lbs. bandages, 1 can canned fruit, 2 kegs 
 pickles, 8 lbs. soap, 1 package magazines and tracts, 8 bot. wine. 
 
 HAMILTON— SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY. 
 187 qts. dried fruit, 25 qts. pickles. 
 
42 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 HARRISON'S SETTLEMENT— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 32 shirts, 16 prs. drawers, 12 prs. socks, 4 pillows, 12 sheets, 2 rolls cloth. 
 HILLSBORO— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY, 
 
 86 shirts, 9 prs. drawers, 14 pillows, 9 pads, 18 pillow cases, 20 sheets, 5 towels, 
 
 I package lint and cloths, 37 qts. canned fruit, 5 hot. catsup, 1 jug pickles, 1 jug 
 jelly, 1 ejallon apple butter, 2 bot. wine, 4 hot. cordial, 1 box wafers. 
 
 HOPEDALE— SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY. 
 
 22 shirts, 17 prs. drawers, 80 pillow cases, 11 sheets, 28 towels, 1 lot cloths, 10 
 rolls bandages. 
 
 HUNTLEY'S STATION— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 13 shirts, 1 pr. drawers, 2 prs. socks, 4 pillows, 12 towels, 20 lbs. dried fruit, 1 
 paper cinnamon, 1 paper mustard, 1 lb. corn starch, 5 combs, 4 lbs. soap- 
 
 HUNTLEY'S GROVE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 20 shirts, 3 prs. drawers. 4 prs. socks, 6 dressing gowns, 10 pillows, 22 pillow ca- 
 ses, 4 sheets, 1 quilt, 1 package lint, 10 rolls bandages, 25 lbs. and 2 packages dried 
 fruit, 1 lb. mustard and pepper, 2 lbs. starch, 6 lbs. soap. 
 
 HEBRON— NO CONTRIBUTOR NAMED. 
 
 17 shirts, 11 prs. drawers, 2 prs. socks, 15 pads, 9 pillows, 6 pillow cases, 2 com- 
 forts, 1 sheet, 1 blanket, 9 towels, 1 package cloths, 83 rolls baudages, 12 compres" 
 ses. 
 
 HEBRON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY- CAMP POINT. 
 
 13 shirts. 7 prs. drawers, 2 prs. socks, 3 bdkfs., 16 pillows, 10 pads, 12 pillow ca- 
 ses, 1 comfort, 6 towels, 2 sacks lint, 71 yds. bandages, 1 sack dried fruit, 3 lbs. soap, 
 24 magazines, 1 package herbs. 
 
 ILLIOPOLIS TOWNSHIP— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY— LANESVILLE, BY AID 
 OF LIZZIE McBEEDE. 
 
 58 shirts, 18 prs. drawers, 34 hdkfs., 2 coats, 1 pr. pants, 2 bed sacks, 12 pillows, 
 6 pads, 2 pillow cases, 2 sheets, 21 towels, 8 napkins, 2)^ lbs. lint. 5u rolls bauda- 
 ges, 1 box potatoes, 7 lbs. dried fruit, 10 galls, pickles, 6 bars soap, 4 papers pins, 
 
 II combs, 1 package books and papers. 
 
 JACKSONVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 335 shirts, 281 prs. drawers, 107 prs. socks, 4 hdkfs., 9 body wrappers, 13 prs. 
 slippers, 6 coats, 5 prs. pants, 2 pillows, 1 cushion, 59 pillow cases, 11 sheets, 121 
 towels, 56 napkins, 5 rolls cloth, 95 rolls bandages, 15 bush, parsnips, 374 bush, po- 
 tatoes, 3 bush, onions, 66 bush., 8 packages and Kij^ lbs. dried fruit, 43 cans and 
 28 jugs canned fruit, 20 galls, vinegar, 3 jugs horse radish, 2 lbs. tomato preserves, 
 1 bot. catsup, 1 bot. jelly, 393)^ lbs. butter, 2 kegs butter, 5 bbls. eggs, 4 lbs. tea, 
 31 lbs. farina, 6 cakes soap, 2 lbs. castile soap, 1 box reading matter, 76 bot. wine, 
 99 bot. blackberry cordial, 117 compresses, 18 cows and calves, 1 box sundries. 
 
 JACKSONVILLE— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. • 
 8 boxes, contents unknown. >, 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 43 
 
 JASPAR TOWNSHIP— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 12 shirts, 9 prs. drawers, 7 pillows, 15 pads, 16 pillow cases, 12 towels, 57 lbs, 
 dried fruit, 17 bot. blackberry cordial. 
 
 JEFFERSOXVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 pillows, 4 pillow cases, 4 packages cloths and lint, 3 bushels onions. 
 
 JERSEY PRAIRIE, CASS CO.— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 8 shirts, 5 pillows, 1 sheet, 3 blankets, 6 napkins, 9 bush, potatoes, 213 lbs. dried 
 fruit, 1 jar pickles, 1 keg cucumbers, 1 bot. pepper sauce, 2 bot. preserves, 1 gallon 
 apple butter, 35 lbs. butter, 10 doz. eggs, cash in box, $1. 
 
 JOLIET— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 jars canned fruit, 6 jars pickles, 4 bot. catsup, 1 bot. wine. 
 
 KINGSTON, DE KALB CO.-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY^ 
 
 41 shirts, 4 prs. drawers, 11 prs. socks, 23 hdkfs., 16 pillows, 17 pillow cases, 2 
 comforts, 20 sheets, 2 table cloths, 23 towels, 6 packages and 23 lbs. dried fruit, 1 
 bot. jelly, 1 lot newspapers, 1 lot old clothes, 1 bag sage. 
 
 KINMONDAY^— FROM W. R. HUFFANT. 
 
 82 shirts, 29 prs. drawers, 7 coats, 4 pillows, 72 pillow cases, 5 comforts, 51 
 sheets, 21 towels, 3 bush, potatoes, 6 bags and 1 box dried fruit, 8 cans canned 
 fruit, 3 bot. pickles, 80 lbs. butter, 1 jug wine. 
 
 KNOXVILLE, KNOX CO.— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 59 shirts, 16 prs. drawers, 51 hdk'fs, 12 pillows, 27 pads, 20 pillowcases, 10 sheets, 
 65 towels, 120 rolls bandages, 73 lbs dried fruit, 1 bundle clothes. 
 
 LOGAN COUNTY^— CITIZENS. 
 
 8 bxs. sanitary stores, for the benefit of the regiment hospital of 106th Illinois 
 volunteers. 
 
 LASALLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 bushels potatoes, 2 bushels onions, 1 tierce and half barrel pickles. 
 
 LINCOLN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 39 shirts, 12 prs. drawers, 24 prs. socks, 24 hdk'fs, 12 bed sacks, 12 pillows, 32 
 pads, 24 pillow cases, 2 comforts, 20 sheets, 2 packages cloths and lint, 1 package 
 and 12 rolls bandages, $8.70 worth of dried fruit, $1 worth soap, $1 worth sponges, 
 $1.80 worth sundries. 
 
 LITCHFIELD— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 84 shirts, 61 prs. drawers, 3 prs. socks, 68 hdk'fs, 14 coats, 4 prs. pants, 4 vests. 
 1 pillow, 10 pads, 12 pillow cases. 13 sheets, 24 towels, 1 pck'ge cloths, 56 lbs dried 
 fruit, 16 cans canned fruit, 1 keg and 3 bottles pickles, 4 bot. jelly, 1 bot. tapioca, 1 
 lot reading matter, 1 sack sage. 
 
 LONG CREEK— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 62 lbs onions, 2 lbs dried fruit, 10 qts pickles, 24 lbs cheese, 3 1-3 lbs beefl 
 
44 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 MAHOMET— XO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 23 shirts, 7 prs. drawers, 3 dressing gowns, 15 pillows, 32 pillow cases, 12 lbs. 
 soap. 
 
 MANCHESTER— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 12 shirts, 13 prs. drawers, 9 prs. socks, 83 hdk'fs, 4 dressing gowns, 111 pillow 
 cases, 25 sheets, 7 rolls cloth, 1,200 yds. and 246 rolls bandages, 1 bbl. vegetables, 
 100 lbs. dried apples, 1-2 gal. cherries, 1-2 gal. and 15 jars pickles, 20 lbs butter, 18 
 lbs rice, 1 1-2 lbs arrow root, 1 lot magazines and papers, 13 qts blackberry cordial, 
 1-2 lb slippery elm, 3 1-2 lbs sage, 76 compresses. 
 
 MAZON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 110 pounds butter. 
 
 MARROW BONE— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 17 shirts, 20 prs. drawers, 3 prs. socks, 1 box contents unknown, 2 lbs lint, 14 lbs. 
 bandages, 15 lbs. dried fruit, 35 shirts, 14 prs. drawers, 4 prs socks, 1 hdk'f, 7 pil- 
 lows, 17 pillow cases, 1 comfort, 15 sheets, 1 blanket, 1 towel, 9 3-4 lbs, cloth, 47 lbs. 
 bandages. 
 
 MECHANICSBURG— NO CONTRIBUTOR NAMED. 
 
 16 shirts, 8 prs. drawers, 11 prs. socks, 1 coat, 1 pr. pants, 1 comfort, 2 napkins, 
 4 lbs. cloth, 84 lbs. bandages, 1 jar pickles, 13 cans canned fruit, 2 gals, apple but- 
 ter, 1 box sundries. 
 
 MECHANICSBURG SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 111 shirts, 153 prs, drawers, 5 prs. socks, 98 hdk'fs, 5 coats, 2 prs. pants, 1 vest, 
 6 pillows, 23 pads, 22 pillow cases, 103 towels, 20 lbs. lint, 20 rolls cloth, 285 banda- 
 ges, 64 rollers, 17 1-2 bush, potatoes, 6 bush, onions, 88 lbs. dried fruit, 15 cans and 
 4 jars canned fruit, 9 cans and 1 barrel pickles, 5 lbs. dried beef, 1 doz. combs, 3 
 lbs. soap, 1 lot magazines and papers, 1-2 bush, dried apples, lot cloths and com- 
 presses, 7 cows, 7 calves. 
 
 McLEAN— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 1 lot of clothes. 
 
 MARTIN'S PRAIRIE -NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 19 shirts, 12 hdk'fs, 350 rolls bandages, 2 bush, potatoes, 1 bush, beets, 1 bush, 
 onions, 10 gals, pickles. 
 
 MELROSE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 9 shirts, 6 prs. drawers, 72 hdk'fs. 9 prs. slippers, 1 bed sack, 3 pillow cases, 15 
 napkins, 1 bush, dried fruit, 1 lot horse raddish. 
 
 MILES' STATION— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 shirt, 1 pr, drawers, 60 hdk'fs, 4 pillows, 13 pads, 1 comfort, 1 lot lint, 6 rolls 
 bandages, 20 finger bandages, 3 bush, potatoes, 79 lbs. dried fruit, 1-2 bbl. eggs, 20 
 lbs. butter, 12 fine combs, 1 lot magazines. 
 
KEPOET OF SAl^ITAKY BUEEATJ. 45 
 
 MOLINE-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 12 shirts, 33 prs. drawers, 12 prs. socks, 12 hdk'fs, 2 dressing gowns, 6 pairs slip- 
 pers, 1 bed sack, 4 pillows, 21 pillow cases, 5 comforts, 13 sheets, 41 towels, 3 rolls 
 cloth, 1 lot bandages, 2 bags dried fruit, 2 cans canned fruit, 4 jars pickles, 1 lb. 
 mustard, 3 cups jelly, 1 halibut, $4 worth dried beef, 14 lbs. corn starch, 1-2 lb. tea, 
 12 combs, 15 cases pins and needles, 1 lot soap, 6 books. 
 
 MONMOUTH— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 50 shirts, 13 prs. drawers, 50 hdk'fs, 26 coats, 6 pants, 5 pillow cases, 1 sheet, 11 
 towels, 1 lot lint, 9 bushels potatoes, 370 lbs. dried fruit, 14 cans canned fruit, 1 keg 
 and 2-3 barrel pickles, 1 bible, 5 testaments, 1 lot magazines and papers, 7 fans, %o 
 worth sponges. 
 
 MONTICELLO— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 6 packages dried fruit, 116 gallons canned fruit, 6 bottles wine. 
 MOUNT ZION AND SULPHUR SPRINGS— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 45 shirts, 10 pr. socks, 44 hdk'fs, 38 pads, 15 sheets, 1 lot cloth, 400 yds. banda- 
 ges, 3 bush, beans. S2 qts. and 1 bbl. dried fruit. 
 
 MANYSVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 30 shirts, 10 prs. drawers, 7 pillows, 18 pads, 3 comforts, 6 pillow cases. 
 
 MYERSVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 12 shirts, 6 prs. drawers, 105 hdk'fs,'4 prs. slippers, 22 pillows, 38 pads.ll sheets, 
 21 towels, 9 napkins, 1 package dried fruit, 1 bbl. pickles, 1 bbl. eggs, 3 packs pins. 
 
 NEWMANSVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 shirts, 1 pr. socks, 2 dressing gowns, 22 pillows, 2i pillow cases. 
 
 y. NAPLES- SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 28 shirts, 16 prs. drawers, 8 pillows, 6 pads, 36 towels, 15 lbs. cloths, 918 yards 
 bandages, 2 sacks dried fruit, 2 cakes chocolate, 14 fans. 
 
 NEW MILFORD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 36 shirts, 38 prs. drawers, 117 hdk'fs, 5 dressing gowns, 9 prs. slippers, 18 bed 
 sacks, 50 pillows, 20 pads, 69 pillow cases, 11 comforts, 38 sheets, 74 towels, 132 
 napkins, 31 lbs. cloth, 4 lbs. lint, 31 bandages, 3 lbs. bandages, 124 lbs. dried fruit, 
 35 lbs. dried fruit, 6 books, 40 papers and magazines, 27 fans. 
 
 NEW HARTFORD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 42 shirts, 26 prs. drawers, 4 prs. socks, 10 prs. slippers, 7 pillow cases, 7 sheets, 
 40 towels, 11 lbs. cloth, 30 lbs. bandages, 1 sack dried fruit, 1 sack corn starch. 
 
 NORTH HENDERSON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 51 shirts, 43 prs. drawers, 4 prs. socks, 21 hdk'fs, 20 dressing gowns, 4 body 
 wrappers, 8 bed sacks, 90 pillows, 6 fever pillows, 6 pads, 160 pillow cases, 6 com- 
 forts, 29 sheets, 39 towels, 14 lbs. cloths, 6 lbs. lint, 23 rolls bandages. 24 lbs. and 1 
 sack dried fruit, 100 lbs. butter. 
 
46 EEPOET OF SANITARY BUREATJ. 
 
 NORTH SAiXGAMON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 shirts, 4 prs. drawers, 42 prs. socks, 7 pillows, 22 pillow cases, 4 sheets, 1 lot 
 lint and bandages, 6 bush, potatoes, 5 bush, dried fruit, 211 cans canned fruit, 1 1-2 
 gals, canned fruit, 27 gals, pickles, 7 bottles pepper sauce, 75 doz. eggs, 8 testa- 
 ments, 1 bottle cordial, 124 chickens. 
 
 NORTH SANGAMON— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 72 lbs dried fruit, 4 jars pickles, 4 jars butter, 2 bush, apples, 8 cans canned fruit, 
 11 jars fruit, 1 jar honey. 
 
 KEWTON— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 55 shirts, 18 prs. drawers, 21 prs. socks, 100 hdk'fs, 30 pillows, 26 pillow cases, 2 
 sheets, 2 blankets, 16 towels, 1 lot bandages, 1 bushel, onions, 48 lbs. dried fruit, 
 23 magazines, half bush, apples, 38 cans canned fruit, 3 1-2 gals, honey, 2 quarts 
 
 jelly. 
 
 OAKLAND— UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 36 pillows, 1 lot old sheets, 3 bush, potatoes, 30 qts. dried fruit, '3 jars and 1 bbl. 
 canned fruit, 10 gals, pickles, 6 jars butter, 2 cheese. )^ lb. tea. 
 
 OKAW STATION— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 28 shirts, 5 prs drawers, 3 bed sacks, 8 pillows, 9 pillow cases, 11 sheets, 4 towels, 
 1 lot cloths and bandages, 20 lbs. cheese. 
 
 ORANGE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 pr. drawers, 15 pillows, 20 pads, 20 pillow cases, 1 comfort, 5 sheets, 3 towels, 
 6 3-4 bush, dried fruit, 1 jar canned fruit, 1 jar tomatoes, 3 jars, preserves, 2 hams, 
 1 lot beef. 
 
 OTTER CREEK— LADIES' LOYAL LAGUE. 
 
 14 shirts, 13 prs. drawers, 2 pillows, 1 lot bandages. 
 
 OLD MAIDS— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 20 shirts, 1 pr. drawers, 4 prs. socks, 145 hdk'fs, 17 pillow cases, 5 sheets, 12 tow- 
 els, 14 napkins, 26 rolls cloth, 113 rolls bandages. 
 
 PALATINE— CITIZENS OF COOK CO. 
 
 6 boxes and 5 barrels vegetables sent to Cairo. 
 
 PANA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 27 shirtsf 16 prs. drawers, 4 prs. socks, 61, hdk'fs, 5 dressing gowns, 19 pillows, 
 
 19 pillow cases, 4 sheets, 6 towels, 1 lot cloths and bandages, 6 cans canned fruit, 
 
 20 qts. pickles, 1 lot books and papers, 
 
 PALMYRA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 95 shirts, 21 prs. drawers, 6 prs. socks 124 hdk's, 4 coats, 86 pillows, 118 pads, 13 
 comforts, 12 quilts, 68 towels, 44 rolls cloth, 2 lots rags, 1 lot lint, 25 rolls bandages, 
 4 packages dried fruit, 1 package peppers, 2 sacks hops. 
 
r5 
 
 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 47 
 
 PEKIN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 shirts, 1 pr. drawers, 4 pillows, 10 pads, 4 pillow cases, 90 lbs. dried fruit, 3 bot. 
 catsup, 1 bot. pickles, 1 bot. horse raddish, Hot soap, 1 box reading matter, 3 qts. 
 wine, 2 kettles, 24 boxes yeast powder. 
 
 PITTSFIELD— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 7 pillows, 7 pillow cases, 1 lot bandages. 
 
 PITTSFIELD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 123 shirts, 3 prs. drawers, 79 prs. socks, 301 hdk's, 2 coats, 13 prs. pants, 12 pil- 
 lows, 2 pads, 46 pillow cases, 3 comforts, 22 sheets, 22 towels, 1 lot cloths and rags, 
 37 bandages, 12 bush, potatoes, 465 lbs. dried fruit, 145 qts., 84 cans and 4 bot. can- 
 ned fruit, G bot. catsup, 1 keg pickles, 95 doz. eggs, 2 hams, 1 lot beef, 1 lot papers 
 and magazines, 38 bot. wine, 1 pack, hops and sage, 1 pack, green gooseberries. 
 
 PLATT CENTER— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 11 shirts, 6 prs. drawers, 4 hdk'fs, 8 pads, 7 pillow cases, 1 sheet, 9 towels, 1 pack, 
 bandages, 15 1-4 lbs. dried fruit, 2 pin cushions, 2 books, 1 lot magazines, 1 sack 
 sage, 1 sack hops. 
 
 PLEASANT YALLEY— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 15 shirts, 16 prs. drawers, 9 pr. socks, 12 hdk'fs, 12 sheets, 1 table cloth, 11 tow- 
 els, 40 yds. bandages, 4'lbs. soap, 28 shirts, 8 prs. drawers, 7 prs. socks, 22 hdk'fs, 
 1 lot cloths, 1 lot bandages, 1 lot soap, 2 packs pins, X bush, apples. 
 
 PULASKI— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 20 shirts, 4 prs. drawers, 10 pillow cases, 12 sheets, 21 towels, 4 rolls cloth, 5 rolls 
 bandages, 51 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 QUINCY— NEEDLE PICKETS. 
 
 62 shirts, 34 p-s. drawers, 2 pads, 10 pillow cases, 12 sheets, 21 towels, 2^^ rolls 
 rags, 6 rolls doth, 1 roll lint, 2)^ rolls bandages, 6 bush, potatoes, 9 bush, onions, 
 185 lbs. and 12 bush, dried fruit, 3 bot. & 4 qts. catsup, 4 kegs pickles, 12 qts pepper 
 sauce, 2 bbls. onion pickles, 3 lbs. pepper, 6 glasses jelly, 32 qts. preserves, 19 lbs. 
 cheese, 250 lbs. lish, 4 bxs. herring, 22 halibut, 221)^ lbs. beef, 1 leg beef, 3^ bbl. 
 mackerel, 115 lbs ginger, 1 lb tea, 137 lbs. barley, 67, lbs, corn starch, 45 lbs. homi- 
 ny, 1 lb. cinnamon, 1 lb. and 5 boxes mustard, Z}^ doz. soap, 20 lbs. bar soap, 2 
 doz. combs, 6 papers nedles, 4 papers pins, 16 skeins thread, 200 magazines, 11 gals_ 
 wine, 4 bot. wine, 12 qts. blackberry cordial, 1 bot. best brandy, 1 lb. slippery elm, 
 4:}4 lbs. sage, 1 doz. lemons, bag hops, 4 bags salt, 20 lbs. crackers. 
 
 QUINCY— GOOD SAMARITANS. 
 
 42 shirts, 24 prs. drawers, 24 prs. socks, 21 hdk'fs, 2 dressing gowns, 6 prs. slip- 
 pers, 2 pr. pants, 4 pillows, 6 pads, 2 night caps, 24 towels, 12 napkins, 10 lbs, 1}^ 
 bbls, and 6 packs, dried fruit, 9 cans canned fruit, 1 bot. horse radish, 2 bot. lemon 
 syrup, 8 lbs. corn staf^ch, 7 lbs. farina, 2 lbs. cocoa, 3 spools thread, 2 rolls tape, ;i^ 
 box buttons, 1 lot magazines and tracts, 8 bot. wine. 
 
 QUINCY— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 72 shirts, 72 prs. drawers, 5 pillows, 5 pillow cases, 11 bundles cloth, 1 bundle 
 
48 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 bandages, 12 busb. onions, 3 kegs pickles, 2 large boxes containg all kinds spices, 
 1 ream letter paper, 500 envelopes, 12 doz. pens, $2 in stamps, 1 barrel Bourbon 
 wbisky, marked "cider vinegar." 
 
 RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP— XO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 1 roll bandages, 1 lot onions, 129 lbs dried fruit, 4 jars canned fruit, 36 lbs butter. 
 ROCK CREEK— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 36 shirts, 17 prs. drawers, 8 pillows, 36 pads, 14 pillow cases, 19 blankets, 1 roll 
 cloth, 8 rolls bandages. 
 
 RUSHVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 box sanitary supplies. 
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 96 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 150 shirts, 130 prs. drawers, 42 lbs dried fruit, 197 shirts, 150 prs. drawers, 45 
 prs. socks, 2 coats, 3 prs. pants, SB bed sacks, 14 pillows, 3 pads, 76 pillow cases, 8 
 comforts, 12 sheets, 3 blankets, 46 towels, 1 box lint, 1 package cloth, 2 rolls band- 
 ages, 2)4 bush, onions from Mrs. John McConnell, 2 sacks dried fruit, 1 lot prunes, 
 12 cans canned fruit, 22 hot. pickles, 4 bot. horse raddish, 2 cups jelly, 1 hot. jelly, 
 
 1 bot. preserves, 2 bot. lemon syrup, 25 bot. preserves. 9 lbs. loaf sugar, 4 lbs. tea, 
 
 2 pack, soap, 100 newspapers, 1 bot. wine, 6 bot. cordial, 1 bbl. crackers, 1 lot lem- 
 ons and oranges, 1 lot packing boxes, 1 bbl. soda, 140 shirts, 60 prs. drawers, made 
 from cloth furnished by commission. 
 
 SADORUS— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 81 shirts, 22 prs. drawers, 9 pillows, 28 pillow cases, 75 towels, 28 lbs. carrots, 24 
 lbs. cheese, 4 lbs. rice, 9 3-4 lbs. castile soap. 
 
 SAYANA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 boxes contents unknown, 1 box potatoes. 
 
 SNACHWINE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 20 shirts, 6 prs. drawers, 10 pillows, 12 pillow cases, 6 sheets, 3 rolls cloth, 1 bar- 
 rel beets, 18 bush, potatoes, 1 bos and 6 bush, onions, 139 lbs. and 3 boxes dried 
 fruit, 2 barrels pickles, 2 jars and 1 keg butter, 8 lbs. rice, 7^ lbs. tea, 12 lbs. dried 
 corn, 4 books, 12 magazines. 
 
 SPARTA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 92 shirts, 30 prs. drawers, 2 pr. socks, 10 pillow cases, 51 bushels potatoes, 6 bush 
 onions, 58 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 SPRING CREEK— CITIZENS. 
 
 42 shirts, 36 prs. drawers, 40 prs. socks, 5 pillows, 35 pillow cases, 20 sheets, 40 
 towels, 1 package rags and bandages. 
 
KEPOKT OF SANITARY BUEEAU. ^^ 
 
 STOUT'S GROVE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 133 shirts. 74 prs. drawers, 60 prs. socks. 44 hdk'f«, 2 coats, 1 pr. pants, 11 bed 
 sa 1 37 p lows! 32 pads, 82 pillow cases, 1 comfort, 72 sheets, 165 towels, pack- 
 :t;:gsandbandajs,h^ packages and 1 hag dried fruit, 3 galls, and 
 
 15 cans apple batter, 1 package tea, 1 bag corn, 2 boxes soap. 
 
 SQUAW GROVE-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 20 .hirts 4 prs. socks, 10 pillows, 16 pads, 20 pillow cases, 11 comforts, 3 sheets, 
 2 towels, 5 napkins, 55i doz. eggs, half paper pins, 18 envelopes. 
 
 SUMMER HILL-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 8 prs. socks, 47 h.lk'fs, 5 pillow cases, 1 quilt 10 towels 1 roll ^-^^S-' ^ P^^" 
 age ra.s, 21 lbs. peaches, Hot dried apples, 3 cans and 4 jars canned fruxt, 3 lbs. 
 Lusta;d, 2 tumblers jelly, 1 hot. wine, 1 bag hops, 39 shirts, 8 prs. drawers. 
 SUGAR CREEK-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 2 prs. socks, 2 hdk'fs, 2 pillow cases, 1 quilt, 1 sheet, 3 towels, 3 bush, potatoes, 
 li bush, onions, 1 keg pickles. 
 
 SUNBEAM-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 20 shirts, 18 prs. drawers, 20 pillows, 10 pads, 5 pillow cases, 6 sheets, 1 towel, 
 12 sponges. 
 
 SWEET WATER-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 14 shirts, 1 pr. drawers, 12 hdk'fs, 2 pillows, 42 pillow cases, 10 sheets, 15 towels. 
 TOLLULA-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 263 shirts 199 prs. drawers, 10 prs. slippers, 51 pads, 15 cushions, 24 pillow 
 eaes 26 M;L 27' towels, 1 package lint, 78 rolls bandages, 1 bush potatoes, 4 
 lbs, 1 box and 4 qts. dried fruit, 9 cans canned fruit, 2 cans p.ckles, 1 box soap, 2 
 books Endpapers, 21 eye shades. 
 
 TUSCOLA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 8 shirts, 9 prs. drawers, 10 pillow cases, 12 towels, 1 package lint, 80 yds. band- 
 ages. 
 
 TRIUMPH-NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 30 shirts, 9 prs drawers, 40 hdk'fs, 1 dressing gown, 15 pillows, 6 pads 20 pillow 
 cases, 7 comforts. 39 tcwels, 112 rolls bandages, 12 sponges. 
 
 URSA— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 13 shirts, 1 pr. drawers, 3 prs. socks, 12 hdk'fs, 6 pillows 4 pillow cases 2 blan- 
 kets, 2 lbs. lint, 10 bundles cloth, 36 rolls bandages, 1 package dned fruit, 11 lbs. 
 butter,8 magazines, 4 cravats. 
 
 VIRGINIA-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 49 shirts, 18 prs. drawers, 45 prs. socks, 60 hdk'fs, 6 prs. slippers, 35 pillows, 15 
 —7 
 
50 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 pads, 52 pillow cases, 1 comfort, 2 quilts, 3 sheets, 60 towels, 1 box lint, 1 package 
 bandages, 1 barrel vegetables, 53 1-2 galls, 54 lbs, 2 barrels and 1 box dried fruit 
 5 1-2 galls, and 3 cans canned fruit, 10 galls., and 7 jars pickles, $1,00 worth cheese, 
 
 1 package beef, $1,00 worth tapioca, 4 lbs, tea, $1.50 worth soap, 1 lot books and 
 magazines, 3 qts. wine, 36 eye shades, 2 lbs. sage, $1,00 worth crackers. 
 
 VERMILLION— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 58 dozen eggs. 
 
 VIRDEN— SOJiDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 45 shirts, 12 prs. drawers, 13 prs. socks, 39 hdk'fs, I dressing gown, 1 pr. pants 
 
 2 pillows, 4 pillow cases, 47 sheets, 2 table cloths, 16 towels, 8 napkins, 1 package 
 lint, 1 package bandages, 2 bushels parsnips, 58 bushels potatoes, 6 bushels onions 
 57 lbs. (iried fruit, 13 qts., 22 cans, 11 jars canned fruit, 1 jar pickles, 2 qts., tomatoes 
 49 qts jelly, 15 s. beef, 5 lbs. barle^', 5 lbs. corn starch, 15 books, 1 bush, beans, 2 
 gallons Lima beans, 2 boxes troches. 
 
 VANDALIA— OTEGO SOCIETY. 
 
 9 cans apple citron, half gallon can preserves. Hot sundries. 
 
 WARELAND— LADIES' LOYAL LEAGUE, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 
 MONTGOMERY CO. 
 
 24 shirts, 19 prs. drawers, 27 prs. socks, 24 hdk'fs, 16 pillows, 6 pads, 35 pillow 
 cases, 3 comforts, 26 sheets, 24 barrels vegetables, 6 papers pins, 2 spools thread, 20 
 quires paper, 150 envelopes, 33 stamps, 1 box pins, 70 volumes books and magazines. 
 
 WAYNESVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 73 shirts, 65 prs drawers, 20 pillow cases, 2 rolls cloth, 1 sack dried fruit, 1 pin 
 cushion, 1 paper sage, 2 boxes sundries. 
 
 WAYNESVILLE— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 5 shirts, 7 prs. drawers, 8 hdk'fs, 5 pads, 23 pillow cases, 7 rolls cloth, 1 box dried 
 fruit, 3 boxes hospital clothing, 37 neckties, 2 sacks sage and pepper. 
 
 WASHINGTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 boxes containing dried fruit, canned fruit, butter, wine, soap, sago, hops, sheets, 
 shirts drawers, pillows, pillow cases, towels, lint, bandages, pins, socks, pads. No 
 quantity given. 
 
 WAVERLY— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 67 shirts, 38 prs. drawers, 14 prs. socks, 33 hdk'fs, 3 dressing gowns, 1 pr slippers 
 1 coat, 14 pillows, 5 pillow cases, 1 sheet, 42 towels, 1 lot lint, 3 rolls cloths, 62 
 rolls bandages, 168 bushels potatoes, 2 packages dried fiuit, 4 gallons canned fruit, 
 1 1-2 qts. catsup, 4 galls, pickles, 4 1-2 galls, horseradish, 1 glass jelly. Hot reading 
 matter, 210 stalks pie plant. 
 
 WAVERLY— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 64 shirts, 21 prs. drawers, 36 prs socks, 1 lot hdk'fs, 4 dressing gowns, 27 pillows, 
 
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 REPORT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 51 
 
 30 pillow cases, 13 comforts, 15 towels, 1 package cloths, 1 package bandages, 1 
 bushel vegetables, 3 bushels potatoes, 8 neck ties, 2 tin cups, 1 lot compresses. 
 
 WINCHESTER— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 48 shirts, 24 prs. drawers, 11 prs socks, 8 hdk'fs, 2 pillows, 20 pillow cases, 24 
 sheets, 1 blanket, 24 towels; 1 package cloths, 1 package bandages, 8 bags dried 
 fruit, 10 pm cushions, 2 cans canned fruit. 
 
 WINCHESTER— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 27 shirts, 19 prs, drawers, 10 prs socks, 5G hdk'fs, 2 pillows, 13 pillow cases, 12 
 sheets, 16 towels, 6 sacks dried fiuit, 4 cans canned fruit. 
 
 WEST JERSEY— LOYAL WOMEN, STARK CO. 
 
 1 box potatoes, 1 large box butter, 1 barrel eggs, 1 coop chickens. 
 
 WHITE HALL— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 51 shirts, 29 prs. socks, 25 hdk'fs, 6 dressing gowns, 10 towels, 1 roll lint, 29 rolls 
 bandages. 
 
 WOLF CREEK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 12 cans canned fruit. 
 
 YORK NECK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 7 prs. drawers, 7 prs. socks, 2 hdk'fs, 1 sack lint, 1 roll cloth, IS bush, potatoes, 
 1 barrel dried fruit, 1 keg pickles. 
 
 YORK NECK— NO CONTRIBUTORS NAMED. 
 
 17 shirts, 4 prs. drawers, 10 pads, 1 package cloths, 8 rolls bandages, 80 lbs. dried 
 fruit, 30 lbs. butter, 1 bunch sage. 
 
 ZENIA— UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 96 shirts, 27 prs drawers, 1 pr. socks, 31 pillows, 13 pads, 65pillow cases, 15 sheets, 
 I towel, I 1-2 bush, potatoes, 16 lbs, dried fruit, 1 keg pickles, 2 lbs mustard, 2 kegs 
 butter, 12 lbs. beef. 
 
 MISCELLAJSTEOUS 
 
 UNKNOWN CONTRIBUTORS. 
 
 3 boxes hospital clothing and canned fruits, 71 shirts, 53 prs. drawers, 33 prs. 
 socks, 56 hdk'fs, 5 dressing gowns, 36 prs. slippers, 2 coats, 1 pr. pants, 2 vests, 43 
 pillows, 38 pillow cases, 2 comforts, 9 quilts, 27 sheets, 89 towels and napkins, three- 
 fourths bushel dried fruit, 2 rolls cloth, 15 jars, 6 cans, 82 qts, canned fruit, 1 jar 
 
52 KEPOIiT OF SANITAKY BUREAU. 
 
 krout, 10 lbs. cheese, 2 lbs, farina, 4 lbs. corn starch, 1 pin cushion, 1 lot magazines 
 and papers, 4 bottles wine, 3 lbs. crackers and cakes, 1 large lot of compresses, 12 
 cans canned fruit. 
 
 MRS. ARMSTRONG. 
 
 1 bottle wine. 
 
 BUSBY'S SCHOOL HOUSE. 
 15 shirts, Gprs. drawers, 1 coat, 1 pillow, 1 pillow case, 3 sheets. 
 MRS. W. F. ELKIN, SPRINGFIELD. 
 
 1 quilt, 6 cans canned fruit, 8 bottles and 12 quarts pickles. 
 
 MRS. FARR. 
 S quarts dried fruit, 4 cans canned fruit, 8 lbs. dried beef. 
 MRS. E. G. JOHNS. 
 
 2 bottles jelly, 1 bottle wine, 
 
 MRS. D. GREENE, FLORA. 
 
 5 shirts, 6 cans dried fruit. 
 
 H. W. HINKLEY. 
 
 10 galls, molasses, 100 doz. eggs, 5 barrels corn meal, 44 galls, wine, 1 barrel crack- 
 ers—valued $51 50. 
 
 THOMAS MOFFIT. 
 
 1 sack dried corn, 26 pamphlets, 1 bottle wine, 1 lot of beets. 
 
 MRS. I. D. STEELE. 
 
 2 pillow cases, 1 sheet, 1 towel. 
 
 MRS. WILLIAM YATES. 
 Half barrel pickles, 2 jugs tomato catsup, 1 jar apple butter. 
 MRS. H. HATHAWAY, CALEDONIA. 
 18 bushels potatoes, 2 sacks dried fruit. 
 
 MRS. D. F. PARKER, 
 
 37 shirts, 4 prs. drawers, 1 dressing gown, 2 prs. slippers, 5 pillows, 2 sheets, 2 
 bundles rags. 
 
 MRS. H. H. KOORE, SECY OF SOLDIERS' A. SOCIETY, ATLANTA. 
 1 can and 4 qts. canned fruit, 3 qts. catsup, 1 tub butter, 4 bottles jelly. 
 
REPORT OF SANITARY BUREATJ. 
 
 SCHEDULE OF SANITARY SUPPLIES 
 
 FORWARDED BY ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY BUREAU, AT SPRING. 
 FIELD, FROM DEC. IS, 1862, TO SEPT. 1, 1863. 
 
 TO STATE AGENT AT CAIRO. 
 
 1 231 doz eo-c^s, 44 gals, wine, 5 bbls. corn meal, 3 bbls. crackers, 1 gall, molasses, 
 1798 shirts, 1^288 prs. drawers, 649 prs. socks, 1,310 Mk'fs, 109 dressing gowns, 
 188 prs. slippers, 20 coats, 31 prs. pants, 1 vest, 117 bedsacks, 443 pads, 666 pil- 
 lows 542 pillow cases, 63 comforts, 75 sheets, 6 blankets, 1,121 towels, 25 napkins, 
 6 boxes bandages and lint, 22 abdominal bandages, 1 box cloths, 35 barrels, 32 
 sacks and 1 box potatoes. 3 barrels and 6 sacks onions, 3,352 lbs. dried fruit, 1 keg 
 and 258 gallons pickles, 4 qts. horseradish, 5 galls, catsup, 841 lbs. butter, 1,000 
 lbs codfish 8 lbs. hallibut, 71 lbs. corn starch, 100 lbs. pearl barley, 4 papers pms, 
 12 combs 8 pin cushions, 30 lbs. castile soap, 18 cakes toilet soap, 7 quires paper, 
 125 envelops, 5 boxes reading matter, 28 vols, books, 16 qts. whisky, 5 bottles cor- 
 dial 47 bottles wine, 363 qts. canned fruit, 309 fans, 1 box herbs, 150 crutche. 
 35 sponges, 5 lbs tea, 5 lbs. sugar, 95 tin cups, 4 dippers, 10 wash basins, 1 sack and 
 2 boxes unopened clothing, 393 boxes, 55 barrels, 23 kegs and 5 sacks unopened 
 sanitary stores and supplies, 1 lot hens, 17 boxes sanitary stores, 3 boxes clothing^ 
 and canned fruit, 1 barrel cider vinegar. 
 
 TO MRS. BICKERDYKE. 
 200 bush, potatoes, 100 dollars worth of butter and eggs. 
 
 116TII REGT. ILLS. VOLS. 
 3 boxes sanitary stores from Decatur Hospital Aid Soc iety. 
 STATE AGENT AT MEMPHIS, TENN. 
 
 900 shirts, 562 prs. drawers, 50 prs. socks, 145 pads, 250 pillows, 435 pillow cases, 
 19 comforts, 210 sheets, 240 hdk'fs,U dressing gowns, 3 prs. slippers, 230 towels, 
 20i) napkins, 2 boxes bandages and lint, 4 boxes cloths and bandages, 2 barrels and 
 12 sacks onions, 2 barrels potatoes, 1,354 lbs. dried fruit, 34 bottles pepper sauce 1 
 box catsup, 70 galls, pickles, 108 lbs. butter, 10 lbs. cheese, 400 herring, 100 bs. 
 beef 53 lbs. and 2 papers farina. 130 lbs. castile soap, 59 lbs. pearl barley, .i lbs. 
 sago, 1 barrel cracked wheat, 125 combs, 7 papers pins, 27 lbs. soap, 16 papers need- 
 les 18 pin cushions, 38 needle books, 7i quires paper, 146 envelops, 2 papers cocoa> 
 20\bs.cheese,l halibut, 2 ps. tape, 1 box buttons, 2 boxes reading matter, 4 qts. 
 brandy, 44 bottles and 16 qts. wine, 2 doz. lemons, 1 lot magazines, 654 qts. canned 
 fruits, 29 lbs. groceries, 2 cans oysters, 12 skeins and 12 spools thread, 1 bag, 1 pa- 
 
54 EEPOKT OF SANITARY BUREAU. 
 
 per and 1 box hops, 3 boxes hospital supplies, 4 lbs. cloves, 24 cups and 12 lbs. mus- 
 tard, 1 paper broma, 1 lb. ginger, 145 lbs. crushed sugar, 50 lbs. sugar, 1 box spices 
 4 crutches, 1 lb. sage, 9 fowls. 
 
 STATE AGENT AT LOUISVILLE, KY. 
 
 917 shirts, 412 prs. drawers, 107 pads, J 94 pillows, 438 pillow cases, 24 comforts, 
 171 sheets, 2 blankets, 380 towels, 2 boxes bandages and lint, 3 boxes cloths, 3 
 boxes roll bandages. 5 barrels potatoes, 7^ bushels onions, 2,007 lbs. dried fruit, 150 
 lbs blackberries, 2 boxes prunes, 90 galls, pickles, 140 doz. eggs, 265 lbs. butter, 80 
 lbs. dried beef, 800 lbs herring, 908 lbs. codfish, 500 pearl barley, 195 lbs. tea, 65 
 lbs. castile soap, 10 galls, wine, 3 boxes reading matter, 1 box herbs, 90 lbs. sugar, 
 15 lbs. pepper, 95 tin cups, 4 dippers, 10 wash basins, 27 eye shades, 50 sponges. 
 
 HELENA, ARK. 
 
 100 lbs. codfish, 62 lbs. dried beef, 1,133 fans, 2 lbs. sage, 8 lbs. hulled corn, 65 
 musquito bars, 4 cans oysters, 2 barrels crackers, 2 sacks salt, 5 boxes mustard, 1 
 box herbs, 12 lbs. pepper, 320 boxes, 55 barrels, 23 kegs and 4 sac]<s sanitary goods 
 unopened, 2 boxes groceries and delicacies sent from Springfield Ladies' Aid So- 
 ciety. 
 
 CORINTH, MISS. 
 
 1 lot bandages, 114 lbs. dried beef, 4 lbs. corn starch, 4 lbs. farina, 20 lbs. hom- 
 iny, 1 lb. ginger, 20 lbs. crackers, 10 lbs sugar, 4 papers pepper, 1 sack salt, 33 qts. 
 canned fruit. 
 
 VICKSBURG, MISS. 
 
 1 regimental chest. 
 
 84TH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 103 shirts, 58 prs. drawers, 20 prs. socks, 5 dressing gowns, 7 bed sacks, 30 pads, 
 60 pillowcases, 250 towels and napkins, 11 barrels, 13 sacks and 1 box potatoes, 3 
 barrels onions, 1 barrel and 162 lbs. dried fruit, 2 jugs tomato jelly, 147 gallons and 
 12 qts. pickles, 5 lbs. cheese, 20 doz. eggs, 40 lbs. dried beef, half bushel apples, 
 150 magazines, 202 qts. canned fruit, 20 lbs. cakes, 11 oil silk pads, 1 barrel beets, 
 half bush, beans, 100 fowls, 1 jar and 4 boxes honey. 
 
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 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
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 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 General Head Quarters State of Illinois, 
 Adjutant General's Office— Sanitary Department, 
 
 Springfield, January 1, 1864 
 
 TO HIS EXCELLENCY, RICHARD YATES, 
 
 Governor :] 
 
 Sir— The organization of the Illinois 
 
 State Sanitary Commission was consummated by you on the 12th day of September, 
 1863. 
 
 Up to that date, and from the 20th day of August 1862, the beneficent, but ardu- 
 ous task of supervising the collection and distribution of sanitary supplies had been 
 committed to Col. John Williams of this city, under whose able management the 
 STATE SANITARY BUREAU became a most cflacient and popular agency in the 
 widely extended department of sanitary labor. 
 
 On the 18th day of December, 1862, the report of CoL Williams, covering the 
 operations of his Bureau from its commencement, was submitted to you, and issued 
 to the public in pamphlet form. Its plain statements, its eloquent appeals, and suc- 
 cinct array of facts appear to have given a fresh impetus to the sympathy of our 
 loyal citizens. Soldiers' Aid Societies, and associations for sanitary purposes, were 
 formed with great rapidity in almost every portion of the State. Contributions of 
 money were sent in daily, and the supply of sanitary stores accumulated to such a 
 degree, that it became necessary to open a special department for their reception 
 and storage, and also to employ an assistant, whose duty it should be to receive, 
 assort, pack, repack and forward to whatever hospital or camp might be needing 
 them, these generous benefactions of the friends of our brave troops. 
 
 To take charge of this depot, and superintend the home work, thus growing in 
 size and importance, the services of Mr. C T. Chase, of Chicago, were obtained, and 
 it is due to him and to Col. Williams, to remark, that the prominence which the 
 Bureau acquired in the estimation of the public was owing to the close attention, 
 and untiring diligence which these gentlemen bestowed upon its interests. 
 
 As an evidenc30f their activity and faithfulness, and their success in securing the 
 confidence of our people, it is sufficient to remark, that, within a very brief period 
 after the opening of the sanitary depot in this city, receipts of packages became so 
 numerous that extra assistance was required at times, to handle them. The cor- 
 ref^pondence of the Bureau had also proportionately increased. 
 
 It would seem to be not improper to notice in this connection, a few of the in- 
 strumentalities employed in stimulating this earnest and liberal action on the part 
 of our community. The first, and probably among the most influential, were your 
 own urgent and impressive appeals to the patriotism and philanthropy of a people, 
 whose unbought suffrages placed you in the high position you occupy. A people 
 over whose varied interests, it is an honor to preside, and whose highest welfare, it 
 is believed, you have faithfully endeavored to promote. 
 
56 ILLINOIS STATE SANITAKY COMMISSION. 
 
 The cannon shots of Fort Sumter had scarcely rolled their electrifying reverbera- 
 tions over the peaceful prairies of the north, thrilling the heart of every dweller in 
 those quiet and prosperous homes with emotions of the most startling character, 
 ere you came before us with warning voice, and prophetic words, announcing the 
 approach of the most gigantic struggle for its own existence, in which any nation 
 had ever been engaged. 
 
 Th". people of the Prairie State, were not indifferent listeners, to the inspiring 
 and far reaching admonitions of their vigilant Executive, nor were they slow to 
 comprehend their whole duty in the coming conflict. The great fact stood out be- 
 fore them in all its striking proportions, that the first duty of a free people in such a 
 crisis is to encourage and sustain, by their sympathy and benefactions, those heroes 
 who step forth at their country's call, in defence of those priceless immunities, which 
 a true patriot cherishes as the most invaluable of his blessi ngs. 
 
 To the public press are the thanks of the commission due for the influence it has 
 exerted in behalf of our cause. 
 
 Its columns have been freely opened for information and facts pertaining to the 
 sanitary work, and its editorials have pleaded most eloquently fer the sick and 
 helpless soldier. 
 
 At intervals through the spring and summer months, most forcible "appeals" were 
 issued by Col. Williams; also, " Statements of Facts" — "Calls for Contributions" — 
 '■'Bulletins of Sanitary Information," and sundry "Instructions," as to the best 
 mode of organizing sanitary associations. 
 
 These documents bore a most important part in influencing the public mind — im- 
 pressing upon it the importance of the work, and producing among the people, not a 
 spasmodic effort, but a steady, intelligent and systematic action in support of the 
 enterprise. 
 
 Admirable, however, and successful as the arrangement for the home work had 
 thus been made, it soon became apparent to yourself, and the patrons of the cause 
 that the establishment of agencies and the appointment of Agents, near the scene 
 of army operations, and at the points where the principal U. S. Gen. Hospitals were 
 located in the West and South, were indispensable to the safe and regular trans- 
 mission of sanitary articles to those for whose use they had been prepared and were 
 forwarded. 
 
 It was also ascertained that well qualified State Agents, could make themselves 
 exceedingly serviceable to the sick and wounded inmates of a military hospital, not 
 only by distributing among them those artie'es of camfort which the hands of affec- 
 tion had sent, but by attending to their other wants, such as recovering their lost, 
 and correcting their defective papers — procuring discharges for the incurable, ob- 
 taining for them transportation, and aiding them to reach the public conveyances; 
 securing furloughs for the deserving, and collecting their pay — warning the unsus- 
 pecting of the danger that lurks in the pathway of every soldier in his walks through 
 the temptations that abound in every city. In short, these agents have it in their 
 power to make the sick and wounded, the weary and distressed, in camp and hospi- 
 tal feel that they are the soldiers' friends and faithful counsellors — the representa- 
 tives of those at home, who will not forget to care for him nud provide for him, and 
 who are ever ready to contribute whatever they can, to i remote his comfort, and 
 render less rigorous the hardships and deprivations of military life. 
 
 That the visits of such men, and the performance of the duties indicated, were 
 greatly needed during the period alluded to, are facts, universally admitted. Should 
 they need confirmation, it would only be necessary to refer to the numerous letters 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 57 
 
 on file in this department, from hundreds of disabled soldiers, urging an inquiry 
 into their grievances, and beseeching the St.ate authorities to interfere, and rescue 
 them from the consequences of neglect. 
 
 It became then a matter of great moment and responsibility, as well as duty, on 
 the part of the Chief of the Sanitary Bureau, to make a selection of such men 
 for these positions, as were xnown to be competent to fill them. 
 
 And here it may be well enough to remark, that for a faithful and efficient per- 
 formance of the various duties devolving upon a sanitary agent, rare abilities and a 
 peculiar fitness, as well as inclination for the work are eminently requisite. 
 
 To be fully equal to those duties, an agent should possess robust health, power of 
 endurance, a cheerfulness and elasticity of spirit, fair address, great discrimination, 
 prudence, firmness, intelligence, a proper respect for superiors in office, a judgment 
 not easily biased, an honest courage that cannot be emboldened by a bribe nor in- 
 timidated by a frown — correct moral habits, and withal, a clear appreciation of the 
 nature and purposes of the mission entrusted to him. 
 
 The services of men, distinguished by the qualifications here indicated, are always 
 valuable in every department of human enterprise, but in none are they so pre-emi- 
 nently desirable as in the great work of ministering to the diverse necessities of dis- 
 abled and suffering humanity, with which our U. S. hospitals are generally filled. 
 
 It is manifest that in conducting the sanitary interests of the State, the chief 
 danger of mistake, was in the sele 'tion of agents ; and it is not among the improb- 
 abilities that Col. Williams, notwithstanding his experience, and the great care he 
 rarely fails to exercise, may have been obliged, by the exigencies of the occasions, 
 to employ individuals as hospital visitants, who were quite unsuited to the duties 
 required. It is, however, a source of gratification to all interested, to know that in 
 a majority of his appointments, he was quite fortunate; and the statement is here 
 made with pleasure, that many of the gentlemen were retained until very recently, 
 in the service of the commission — that, with one exception, all of those in our em- 
 ployment were among the first he had called to the work — that none of those whose 
 agencies have been suspended, were discharged in consequence of incompetency or 
 unfaithfulness, and that all of them are highly respected citizens of the State. 
 
 This somewhat extended allusion to the several agencies of this commission, and 
 the views here given respecting the requisite qualifications of those we would have 
 in these positions, have been made for the purpose of assuring our numerous contrib- 
 utors, that the fruits of their labor — the tokens of their generosity and patriotism 
 have not been entrusted to the control and disposal of men who were unmindful of 
 the sacredness of the trust, or indifferent to the manner of its distribution. 
 
 The State Sanitary Bureau was eminently a successful agency for the accom- 
 plishment of that sanitary work, which the condition of our brave men, who had 
 suffered in the hot strife of battle, required at your hands. 
 
 But the sphere of its operations had become so enlarged, embracing the contribu- 
 tions of over one hundred contributing societies, and the donations of a great num- 
 ber of indiviu. als, together with the application and disbursement of these benefac- 
 tions in camp and hospital, that the labor of conducting it was far more than should 
 be exacted from any one individual, however patriotic he might be. 
 
 Accordingly, at the request of Col. Williams, Your Excellency, on the 12th day of 
 September, 1S63, issued an order, of which the following is a copy, for the organiza- 
 tion of the Illinois State Sanitary Commission. 
 
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56 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 GOVERNOR'S ORDER FOR ORGANIZATION. 
 
 I. Colonel John "Williams having, on the 20th day of August, 1862, been re- 
 quested by the Governor of the State to take charge of the receipts and disburse- 
 ment of sanitary stores and money contributed by citizens of the State for that 
 purpose ; and having accepted such trust, and made his annual report of the trans- 
 actions of the State Sanitary Commission, the same is referred to the Board of Di- 
 rectors hereb}' appointed for adjustment. The thanks of Illinois sick and wounded 
 in the field, and their friends at home, are due Col. Williams for the gratuitous 
 labor he has performed, and the humane and faithful manner in which his services 
 have been at all times rendered. 
 
 II. For the information of the public the following regulations for conducting 
 the business of the State Sanitary Commission for the ensuing year, are an- 
 nounced : 
 
 1. The headquarters of sanitary supplies will be immediately removed from 
 Springfield to Cairo, and a competent agent selected to act at that place. Applica- 
 tion will be made to the proper military authorities to furnish a suitable building 
 for such agency, and in case of failure of such application, such building or build- 
 ings, will be rented at the expense of the Commission. 
 
 2. All donations of sanittwy stores to such Commission will, after October 1st, 
 be forwarded to Cairo, marked "Illinois Sanitary Agent," "Cairo, 111." And all 
 correspondence relating to forwarding sanitary supplies to such Commission, will 
 be addressed to such Agent at Cairo. 
 
 III. A Board of Directors, consisting of— 
 
 CoL. JOHN WILLIAMS, 
 Hox. WILLIAM BUTLER, 
 
 JOHN P. REYNOLDS, Esq. 
 ROBERT IRWIN, Esq., 
 ELIFHALET B. HAWLEY, Esq., 
 are hereby appointed, whose duties it shall be generally to supervise the transac- 
 tions of the Commission, and to hear and determine all applications for the appro- 
 priation of money for sanitary puposes ; and no money, whether for the payment 
 of Agents, or affording relief to sick and wounded Illinois soldiers, will be paid 
 without the concurrence of a majority of said Board, and approval of the Gov- 
 ernor. 
 
 IV. Col. John Williams, of Springfield, will continue to act as Treasurer of said 
 Commission, and to whom all remittances of money should be addressed. He will 
 acknowledge the receipt of all sums donated, and report the same, with the names 
 and residence of the donors, to the Board of Directors, each week, or oftener, if 
 requested, and pay the same out on warrants drawn on him by direction of said 
 Board of Directors, and approval of the Governor. 
 
 V. A Bureau will be established in the Adjutant General's office, for the record 
 of all transactions of said Commission. All general corres^pondence (except as 
 above provided) concerning the interests or operations of said Commission will be 
 addressed to the Adjutant General, for the consideration of the Governor and 
 Board of Directors. He will attend to the payment of such debts, disbursement of 
 such money, and appointment of, and correspondence with, agents, as shall from 
 time to time be recommended by the Board, and approved by the Governor. 
 
 VI. The gentlemen above named having approved of the foregoing regulations, 
 and accepted the trusts, without compensation, it is earnestly desired that the 
 
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 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COJ^LMISSION. 59 
 
 people of the State will eheerfulh' co-operate with the Governor and them in giving 
 increased efliciency to the humane and benevolent objects of supplying the wants 
 of the thousands of sick and wounded Illinoisans who claim their protection and 
 aid. 
 
 RICHARD YATES, Governor. 
 
 This order organizing the Illinois Sanitary Commission was immediately followed 
 by the publication of the following circular from Adjutant General Fuller : 
 
 CIRCULAR 
 
 Gexeral Headquarters, State of Illinois, 
 Office, Sanitary Departmen 
 Springfield, September 17, 1863. 
 
 Adjutant General's Office, Sanitary Department, >- 
 
 53. \ 
 
 To the People of Illinois : 
 
 I am instructed by Governor Yates to submit to you a statement of the present 
 condition of the Illinois Sanitary Commission, and invite your aid and co-operation. 
 
 On the 20th of August, 186"3, Governor Yates appointed Col. John "Williams, of 
 Springfield, General Sanitary Agent for the State, and requested him to take charge 
 of the receipts and disbursement of such money and sanitary supplies as should be 
 contributed for the relief of the sick and wounded Illinois soldiers. For the past 
 year. Col. Williams has spent much of his time in the discharge of his duties, and 
 has recently made his report to the Governor of the operations of the Commission 
 during the past year. 
 
 In addition to a very large amount of sanitary stores which have been received 
 and distributed, about twenty-eight thousand dollars have been realized, and about 
 twenty thousand dollars expended, leaving in the treasury on the first instant about 
 eight thousand dollars. 
 
 On account of the large increase in business, the Commission has just been reor- 
 ganized by the appointment of a Board of Directors, consisting of Col. John Wil- 
 liams, Hon. William Butler, formerly State Treasurer; John P. Reynolds, Esq., 
 Secretary of State Agricultural Society; Robert Irwin, Esq., Banker, and Eliphalet 
 B. Hawley, Esq., Merchant, all of Springfield, with Mr. Reynolds as President, and 
 Mr. Williams as Treasurer of the Board. 
 
 These gentlemen are well known as responsible and highly respectable citizens 
 and have agreed to give, without compensation, all necessary time to the work of a 
 general supervision at the State Capital of the transactions of the Commission. 
 
 All agents are to be appointed and all appropriations of money to be made by 
 resolution of the Board, approved by the Governor. 
 
 The following agents have been continued and assigned to duty : C. T. Chase, 
 Cairo ; E. I. Eno, Nashville ; W. L. Sargent, Chattanooga ; T. C. Sackett, Vicks- 
 burg. 
 
 Other agents will be appointed at Cincinnati, Louisville, Keokuk, St. Louis, Mem- 
 phis, Helena, New Orleans, and such other places as may be necessary. 
 
 The head-quarters of sanitary supplies will be immediately removed from Spring- 
 field to Cairo. All sanitary stores after the first of next month should be forwarded, 
 and all correspondence in relation to such supplies sent to the agent at that point. 
 All requisitions for such supplies will be made upon that office. 
 
 All communications of money should be ?ent to the Treasurer, Col. John Williams, 
 at Springfield. That officer will promptly acknowledge the receipt thereof, and re- 
 port once each week to the Board for publication, the names of contributors and 
 sums contributed. 
 
60 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 All supplies and money are conveyed free of charge by railroads and express 
 companies ; and I am directed to return the thanks of the people of the State to rail- 
 road, express and telegraph companies for their liberalitj' and gratuitous services, 
 at all times promptly and cheerfully rendered. 
 
 A Sanitary Bureau has been established in this office for the record of the trans- 
 actions and general correspondence of the Commission. All communications, (ex- 
 cept as above stated) should be addressed to this Department for the consideration 
 of the Governor and Board of Directors. Envelopes enclosing such correspond- 
 ence should be indorsed "Sanitary Business." 
 
 Vigorous measures are being adopted to increase the contributions of money and 
 supplies. The Directors have resolved to hold a meeting on Wednesday evening, 
 the 30th instant, at Decatur, during the State Fair, and all friends are invited to 
 meet"\vith them, and by their advice and contributions to lend a helping hand to 
 the good cause. 
 
 A recommendation is also made to contributors at County Fairs to donate, for im- 
 mediate shipment, vegetables on exhibition, such as potatoes, onions, beets and 
 turnips, and to raise a fund by a sale at auction of such other articles as may be do- 
 nated for that purpose. 
 
 This is a general outline of the policy of the Commission as at present organized, 
 and it commends itself to the contidence and generous support of all good citizens. 
 It acts in friendly and harmonious relation with other similar organizations. "While 
 not withholding its aid to the sick and wounded soldiers of other States, it seeks, 
 through the personal attention of its agents, to specially render its friendly offices 
 to those from our own State. 
 
 I have been instructed, if desired, to visit as many County Fairs the present fall 
 as I may be able to do, for the purpose of laying before the people of the State, 
 the wants of our absent ones, and the claims which they have upon us for their 
 relief. 
 
 Citizens of Illinois ! will j'ou continue to lend to these societies your generous 
 support? The State which has so lavishly poured out its blood and treasure to 
 maintain the Government established by our Fathers, we feel sure will not now, 
 when its granaries are overflowing and our homes are free from the presence of a 
 hostile soldiery, hesitate to deal promptly and generoush' with those who now call 
 for our aid and sympathy in their hour of greatest need. 
 
 The hearts often thousand Illinois soldiers may be gladdened by your bounties, 
 or chilled by your neglect. Autumnal rains, wintry winds and perhaps an active 
 campaign will increase that number. Personal attention in field and garrison hos- 
 pital, cheering words of kindness and substantial tokens of your remembrance are 
 yours to give. 
 
 Our soldiers are all volunteers. The alacritj" and unanimity with which they en- 
 tered the service and now proudly represent our State in the armies of the Repub- 
 lic, have protected you from being compelled by a draft to bear arms against your 
 will. When they left home and loved ones they bore with them our solemn prom- 
 ises that nothing necessary for their comfort should be withheld. 
 
 In appealing, therefore, to you, their fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, 
 in their behalf, you need not be reminded that those promises are not forgotten ; 
 nor that for every comfort given — for every kindness bestowed — for every token of 
 your remembrance and love, the consciousness of faith kept and duty done will be 
 in all your joys and sorrows more precious than earthly treasures. 
 
 ALLEN C. FULLER, 
 
 Adjutant General. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 61 
 
 The effect of this eloquent and truthful call upon the people of the State was soon 
 exhibited in such a way as to convince yourself and all who felt any solicitude for 
 the welfare of our troops, that the hearts of our loyal citizens were ever ready to 
 throb responsive to patriotic appeals. 
 
 General Fuller soon found that the field of sanitary operations, was one of very 
 extended dimensions, requiring more time, and a more constant attention to its 
 several duties than he could possibly bestow. 
 
 In the military department of this office, the labor has been immense, and the 
 consequent pressure upon his time incessant; he therefore could give to the sani- 
 tary branch but the benefit of his supervision and counsel. These, however, have 
 been of great practical advantage. 
 
 The relation he sustains to the vast army of Illinois soldiers, his familiarity with 
 the various ramifications of the service, eminently qualify him to give direction to 
 our benevolent enterprize, audit is due to him to say, that the success with which 
 the sanitarj' labors of this Commission have been crowned, and the degree of vigor, 
 efficiency and popularity which it has reached, are, to a very considerable extent, 
 attributable to the wisdom of his timely, judicious, and appropriate suggestions. 
 
 That a great and good work has been done through the instrumentality of the 
 Illinois Sanitary Commission and its several agencies — in saving the lives of num- 
 bers of our heroic soldiery, by meeting them, returning wasted and bleeding from 
 the victorious battle-fields, with food and refreshment — by conveying to them in 
 the cheerless hospitals the means of comfort and relief— by procuring furloughs for 
 many a deserving and gallant fellow, whose bravery, and deportment as a soldier, 
 entitled him to a respite from the rough routine and exposure of camp life, and by 
 obtaining discharges from the service for a large number of badly wounded, or in- 
 curably sick, thus restoring them to their families and their homes, where num- 
 bers of them had the satisfaction of enjoying for the last time on earth, the tender 
 offices, and heartfelt sympathies of their loved ones, is matter of record and of his- 
 tory, to which we point with sincere gratification. 
 
 But notwithstanding all these, and thousands of facts that might be detailed to 
 illustrate, (and they would do so most vividly and convincingly,) the indispensable 
 necessity and eminent utility of sanitary organizations, it cannot be 
 denied that there are many individuals in community who hesitate not 
 to oppose their progress and weaken their efficiency by endeavoring to attach to 
 them the odium of dishonesty, and low partisan motives. These grumblers are 
 not slow in discouraging contributions of supplies for our noble and needy soldiers, 
 by asserting that all the choice supplies collected and prepared through much per- 
 sonal effort and self-denial by the devoted and philanthropic women of our State, 
 and sent forward to camps and hospitals by the Sanitary Commission, are consumed 
 by nurses, matrons, stewards, and surgeons of the hospitals, and the officers of 
 camps and military posts. 
 
 A sufficient refutation of this slander is the simple statement that all the sanitary 
 stores contributed by the loyal and generous people of Illinois, are of the very best 
 quality, and of such an amount that one-tenth of the aggregate would be more than 
 sufficient to satisfy the appetites of all the officials connected with all the hospitals 
 to which oar supplies are sent, were those officials the most inordinate gormandizers 
 in the land. 
 
 But another charge equally slandrous, and more false, is the one which ascribes to 
 the managers or officers of these benevolent associations, a wasteful expenditure of 
 the money received from a confiding and unsuspecting people, from time to time, 
 and contributed for the express purpose of relieving the wants of the helpless and 
 destitute soldier. Included in this wasteful expenditure, as it is called, are the 
 
62 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 enormous salaries said to be paid to the presidents, secretaries, clerks, and agents, 
 special and general, of the Sanitary Commissions. If this accusation was not en- 
 tirely groundless, those making it could readily substantiate it by published reports, 
 and by the records and accounts of the Sanitary Boards. These documents are ac- 
 cessible to every interested applicant, and an examination thereof is invited. But 
 no one need be told that the authors of such ungenerous vilifications would gladly 
 parade all the proofs they could lay hands on to estalish their malevolent insinua- 
 tions, and accomplish their vile purposes, if such proofs could be had. 
 
 The fact is that all the members of the Sanitary Commissions, the secretaries 
 alone excepted, give their services gratuitously, and to some of these gentlemen, 
 many of whom are actively engaged in very extensive business, the sanitary inter- 
 ests demanding so frequently their personal attention, have proved to be a hravy 
 tax upon their time. Take, for instance, as an illustration of this remark, the 
 Treasurer of this Commission. 
 
 Within the last sixteen months sums of money, of various amounts, from indi- 
 viduals, and societies, from soldiers in the front, and from soldiers in this city, 
 reaching, in the aggregate, to over $300,000, have passed through the hands of 
 Treasurer Williams. The postage alone on letters containing drafts and money 
 sent by him to soldiers' families amounted in one week to upwards of $60. This is 
 mentioned to show that a great deal of work is done by the Illinois Sanitary Com- 
 mission, through its Director}', for our soldiers and their families, without cost to 
 them or their friends, and not only so, but as a result of this voluntary kindness of 
 Col. Williams, involving, as it necessarily did, much time and labor, and responsi- 
 bility, on his part, not less than $700 that would have been expended in fees, postage 
 and expressage, have been saved to those of our brave men, their wives and their 
 children, who have thus manifested their confidence in the integrity and efiiciency 
 of our Commission. 
 
 It is proper to allude in this place to the valuable aid the commission receives in 
 the services of J. J. Taylor, Esq., chief military Store Keeper of the Quartermas- 
 ters Department. This efficient gentleman kindly volunteered to receive, pay 
 charges on, and forward to their respective destinations, the sanitary supplies sent 
 to this city for distribution, as the Board might direct. The able manner in which 
 he has performed this labor, which has steadily increased, and his declining to ac- 
 cept any compensation, merit not only the thanks of the commission, but the pro- 
 found gratitude of every contributor. 
 
 The large number of new recruits arriving, and expected to arrive at this post, 
 in response to the call of the President of the United States, induces the apprehen- 
 sion that the hospitals at Camps Yates and Butler, in this vicinity, will soon be filled 
 with sick men, thus increasing the home demand for sanitary labor and supplies. 
 Should this fear be realized, our numerous contributors will be apprised of the fact, 
 and requested to send a portion of their supplies to this place, and application will 
 be made from this department to the military commandant of the post, for services 
 of an intelligent and trustworthy soldier, to relieve Mr. Taylor in the work of hand- 
 ling packages, destined for those and other hospitals. 
 
 The winter in this section of the country being regarded as unfavorable for the 
 collection of sanitary stores, our home agencies established for this purpose, have 
 recently been suspended, and the gentlemen employed as agents, notified to report 
 accordingly, which will leave in the employ of the commission, at the date hereof, 
 the following Agents : 
 
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 C. T. Chase, Esq Cairo, Illinois. 
 
 J. C. McCoy, Esq Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Maj. T. P. RoBB Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 Edward J. Eno, Esq Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 Dr. J. F. Weeks, Esq Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 Hon. M. E. Worrall Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 These Agents have all discharged the duties of their respective fields of labor in 
 a creditable and satisfactory manner, and have been the dispensers of relief to 
 thousands of our noble soldiers. 
 
 Their letters and reports, setting forth in detail the work they have done, are nu- 
 merous, interesting and valuable, but too voluminous to be given in this report. 
 Extracts from these documents may be found in the Appendix. 
 
 The Hon. M. E. Worrall having been appointed U. S. Allotment Commissioner, 
 and assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, was solicited by the Board to devote 
 a portion of his time to visiting the sick and wounded of our Hlinois troops, in the 
 camps and hospitols at Chattanooga, and it is gratifyingto know that in his sanitary 
 ministrations, as in his allotment labors, he most ably and successfully represented 
 the Government and the Commission. 
 
 In October last at the suggestion of your Excellency, the sum of $200 was for- 
 warded to Col. J. C. Todd, of Keokuk, Iowa, to be used by him in relieving the 
 immediate wants of Illinois soldiers in the U. S. General Hospitals in ti.at city. 
 From the letters of this gentleman it is believed that this sum of money will be the 
 means of saving to the sick, the furloughed and discharged men, who are entirely 
 without the means of getting home, double the amount. To large numbers of these 
 unfortunate soldiers the Government is indebted for pay, long due, and when they 
 are discharged, were it not for the timely aid furnished them by the Sanitary Com- 
 mission, they would be obliged to submit to an exorbitant discount upon their 
 claims at the hands of human cormorants who are ever ready to gobble up the hard 
 earned pittance of the soldier. The discharged soldier places his papers in posses- 
 sion of the Agent, with the authority to collect what may be due, from the paymas- 
 ter. The Agent then advances from five to twenty dollars, as the case may require. 
 The soldier departs for his home. The Agent applies at the pay department for the 
 amount due; it is received, the amount advanced retained, and the balance without 
 any deduction whatever, is sent to the soldier. 
 
 Nut less than $50,000 00 have been collected in this way, for Illinois soldiers who 
 have left the hospitals at Keokuk. Col. Todd is performing those acts of kindness, 
 from a desire to promote the comfwrt and welfare of men who, like the heroes of his 
 own State, have in every battlefield won for themselves imperishable renown. They 
 will not forget his practical friendship, nor will the commission cease to remember, 
 with gratitude, that his services are bestowed almost gratuitously. 
 
 It is also due to Geo. W. Sturges, Esq., the widely known and very efiicicnt Mili- 
 tary Agent of Wisconsin, to say, that while he represented that Stale among the U. 
 S. Hospitals at Keokuk, he proved himself, by the gratuitous service he rendered o)ir 
 sick and wounded men, to bean active and genuine fiiend of the soldier. The 
 thanks of the Coramission have already been tendered to Mr. Sturges, but it is hoped 
 that a more substantial reward awaits his kindness. 
 
 The compensation paid to our agents, is less, by a large per cent., than that paid 
 by other States to their agents. And it is a source of regret, that the apprehended 
 increase in the den\ands upon our treasury, together with the fact, that our means 
 for meeting these demands are restricted to the voluntary offerings of our loyal citi- 
 zens, will not admit of an addition to the salaries of those gentlemen. 
 
64 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 The sanitary organizations of other Stiites, are fortunate in having secured legis- 
 lative appropriations, which, with the private contributions that are constantly pour- 
 ing in to their treasuries, place them in a position to employ, at all localities where 
 sanitary aid is needed, the services of men, in all respects adapted to the work ; 
 while the Illinois Sanitary Commission, by a refusal of its State Lescislature to re- 
 cognize its existence, or confide in its ability or integrity, is reduced to the painful 
 necessity of withhaldiug from the suffering soldiers in many a hospitals that succor, 
 and those kind offices, which can be communicated to them only by well qualified 
 Agents. 
 
 All points where sick and wounded soldiers, are placed by our military regula- 
 tions, are points of importance, in the estimation of Sanitary Boards — because there 
 human sufferers are to be met with, and there human sympathy is needed, and in 
 every one of those localities, the war worn, battle bruised patient should be made to 
 feel by the presence of a State Agent that he is not forgotten by those for whose 
 most highly prized blessings he had fought and bled. 
 
 But this, for the reason stated, the Commission has been unable to effect, and has 
 been obliged to limit its operations to those places where the greatest number of 
 Illinois sick and wounded are congregated. And yet, notwithstanding the earnest 
 desire and constant effort of the Board to use the means committed to their man- 
 agement, in the most economical and judicious manner, it must be admitted, that, 
 to prosecute the work successfully, a large expenditure of cash has been unavoidable. 
 
 The generous and confiding people who send their money to the treasury, know 
 that out of it, the men who have been chosen to distribute their benefactions must 
 be paid. They know, too, that men qualified to execute so important a trust, are not 
 to be found at will, and selected indiscriminately out of a promiscuous crowd of 
 place seekers, and it is a well known fact, that the most liberal patrons of benevo- 
 lent enterprises, are the last to complain of good salaries being paid to men who are 
 equal to the duties belonging to important and responsible positions. 
 
 It will gratify your Excellency to perceive from the several exhibits of its receipts 
 accompanying, and constituting a part of this Report, that the Board of Directors 
 selected and organized by you, have been so generally accepted by the patriotic cit- 
 izens of Illinois, as the trustees of their contributions. 
 
 Howthe benerolcnce of this generous people has been represented by the Com- 
 mission and its Agents, in the camp, the hospital, on the battlefield amid the dying 
 and the dead, cannot be told in all its minute and memoi able details. 
 
 Thehearts that have been gladdened— the sorrows that have been soothed, the 
 tears that have been wiped away, the anguish that has been assuaged, the sad and 
 desolate firesides to which joy and comfort have been restored by the return of fath- 
 ers, brothers and sons to the arms of their loved ones, through the instrumentality 
 of this Commission are matters of record, not upon our books, but upon the immor- 
 tal page, where the deeds of men stand side by side with the motives that promp- 
 ted them. 
 
 It is supposed that your Excellency is aware of the fact, that in public ])rints, and 
 private circles the idea has been advanced that sanitary commissions bear a political 
 complexion, and are more or less influenced by partisan views, or controlled by party 
 leaders. No insinuation could be more completely devoid of truth, or excuse for its 
 utterance, than this, and so far as the management of the Illinois Sanitary Commis- 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 65 
 
 sion is concerned, tho insinuation is in every respect inapplicable, groundless and 
 slanderous. 
 
 To enter the political arena and inquire with recriminative purpose into the causes 
 of our unhappy national conllict, and waste time and energy in the fruitless task of 
 " jQnding out who is to blame," while thousands of its victims lie bleeding at our 
 feet, is plainly not the province of sanitary organii,ations. 
 
 One great, awful fact stares all of us in the face. The lurid cloud of war bursting 
 upon our land, has left, and is still leaving in its broad and gory pathway, be- 
 reaved and darkened homes, distressed and desponding hearts — noble lives sacrificed 
 — manly frames marred, crushed and wasted, and those concomitants of martial 
 strife that neither tongue nor pen can depict. 
 
 This is enough for the philanthropic patriot to know. He does not stand over the 
 bruised form of a fellow citizen, who fell in defending what is equally dear to all 
 asking who did it? and why it was done? and whether blood had been shed con. 
 stitutionally or unconstitutionally ? No ! The claims that go up to the heart for 
 sympathy, and to the hands for work, nourishing, encouraging, sustaining Avork, 
 meet with a prompt, practical, unquestioning response. 
 
 But to show that we have duly appreciated the importance of keeping aloof from 
 the entanglements of party and the overtures of politicians, tho following extracts 
 from letters to agents are given : 
 
 On the 6th of last December, an incident occurred in one of the central counties 
 which served to render necessary explicit instructions upon this subject, and the 
 Agent was advised that, " While the Board of Directors are ever ready to regard 
 with favor, and highly commend the zeal and assiduity manifested by the agents of 
 
 this Commission in their well meant efforts to guard its well established reputation 
 
 promote its prosperity and usefulness, and secure for it the continued confidence of 
 a generous public, yet it is deemed as being of the utmost moment and importance 
 that every step taken by those agents for that purpose should be of the most unex- 
 ceptionable character. 
 
 "Every agent of this Commission should clearly understand, and constantly bear 
 in mind the nature of the relation they sustain to the authority under which they 
 act, and never lose sight of the fact, that they are, while acknowledging this au- 
 thority by continuing in service, subordinates. 
 
 " These views, respecting the relative position which yourself and our corps of 
 employees, occupy, you cannot but regard as correct — they are approved by the 
 Board, and I expect to conduct the affairs of the Commission in strict conformity 
 therewith. 
 
 "All addresses, therefore, Andappeals, bulletins, cards or publications, pertaining 
 to our Sanitary work, emanating from any of our agents, and intended for publica- 
 tion, must be submitted to this department, or the Governor, for approval, before 
 they reach the public press." " This organization in its very nature, purposes, 
 aims and relations, is purely and essentially benevolent, and must stand totally 
 separate from party, sect, and creed, and it behooves all in any way connected with 
 its management, to carefully avoid the doing or saying anything calculated to 
 bring upon the Commission the displeasure, enmity, distrust, prejudice, or opposi- 
 tion of any person, or set of persons. From these remarks you will readily infer 
 that the terms, 'Democrats,' 'Republicans,' 'Abolitionists,' 'War-Democrats,' 'Con- 
 servatives,' 'Peace Men,' 'Vallandighamites,' 'Copperheads' and similar slang 
 
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66 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 phrases, must not be used by the agents of this Commission in their official commu- 
 nications to the people." 
 
 When it is considered that all of us, who are enjoying the peace and comfort of 
 our homes, are under equal obligations to encourage and sustain those brave citi- 
 zens who have gone forth to defend and protect them, and that nothing should be 
 suflfered to interrupt our harmonious action, the propriety of the above admonition 
 to our agents, must be apparent. 
 
 The statement is here made with pleasure, that the prospect of soon having a Sol- 
 diers' Rest erected in this city is quite flattering.* 
 
 The great necessity for such an institution has been represented to the Board, and 
 is now under consideration. 
 
 If the citizens of Springfield would but look at this matter in its true light — if 
 they could be led to appreciate the advantage it would be to the city — to the soldiers 
 and the Government, all parties here would unite in urging and securing its estab- 
 lishment at an early day. 
 
 A building suitable for this purpose, is needed for the complimentary reception 
 of returning regiments — it is needed as a depot for sanitary supplies — it is needed as 
 a place for holding sanitary fairs, but more than all is it needed as a place of retreat 
 and rest for the weary soldier, who, coming fiom or returning to the camp and bat- 
 tlefield a stranger, exposed to the ruinous temptations thtit abound in a large city, 
 seeks a quiet and protected retirement, free from the noise, the fumes, and the dan- 
 gers of the grogshop and gambling saloon, and where substantial refreshment and 
 healthful repose await him. 
 
 To close this report without awarding that meed of praise to which they are so 
 richly entitled, would be doing gross injustice to the noble, the generous the patri- 
 otic, the large-hearted and willing handed women of Illinois. Their sincere devo- 
 tion to the cause — their energetic and persevering co-operation in every measure 
 that contemplated the improvement of the condition of sick and suffering soldiers — 
 their encouraging and hopeful letters, their prompt responses to all our calls for sup- 
 plies — have enabled our Commission to prosecute its great mission of benevolence, 
 with a vigor and efficiency wholly unanticipated at the outset. 
 
 The works of these women — the mothers, the wives, the sisters, the daughters of 
 our victorious citizen soldiery — their brilliant and sublime example of industry, 
 self-denial and high-toned loyalty, speak louder and more eloquently than words 
 can do, and have reared, for those free and fair ones, a monume/.t of moral gran- 
 deur, upon which the present and coming generations will gaze with admiration and 
 delight. 
 
 Facilities for the speedy transportation of sanitary stores have continued to be 
 most generously extended to the Commission and its contributing auxiiiaiias, by the 
 various railroads of the State, but while we are under obligaiions to all for the gra- 
 tuitous favors they have granted us, it is due to the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis^, 
 the Great Western, and the Illinois Central, to make special mention of their 
 uniform liberality. In no one instance has a respectful application from this depart- 
 ment to either of these eminently useful and accommodating corporations, for aid^ 
 
 ♦A building of ample dimensions for this purpose, has been erected on the Government lot. 
 corner 5th and Monroe sts., and proves to be of more utility than was anticipated. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 6T 
 
 been rofused, and the statement is generously made that this generous course will 
 not be abated. 
 
 The submission of the foregoing report to your Excellency, is attended with an 
 apprehension of its many imperfections, and with the regret that its preparation had 
 not been committed to abler hands. It is believed, however, that among the many 
 deficiencies, will not be found the aggravating one of untruthfulness. 
 I have the honor to be, very respectfully, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 JOHN R. WOODS, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
68 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 CASH RECEIPTS 
 
 OF JOHN WILLIAMS, TREASURER OF ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COM- 
 MISSION. FROM SEPTEMBER 1, TO DECExMBER 31, 1863. 
 
 STATE SANITAEY COMMISSIOE", 
 
 In Account with Jolm William,'!:, Ck. 
 
 1863. 
 Sept 1 
 
 12 
 
 '' 
 
 19 
 21 
 
 " 
 
 22 
 
 21: 
 
 t( 
 
 28 
 29 
 30 
 
 October. 
 
 ..1 
 
 << 
 
 "2 
 5 
 7 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 OF "WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 1863. 
 Balance in Treasurer's hands passed over to Illinois [ 
 
 State Sanitary Commission ) 
 
 Amount of Thanksgiving collection in Presbyterian j 
 
 Church of Berlin, by James Steele f 
 
 Received of Ladies' Loyal League, Edwardsville, by) 
 
 John H. Weir : \ 
 
 " Of iM. Bailey, York Township, Carroll Co., ( 
 
 for sale of cow [ 
 
 " Of citizens of Mahomet, by E. C. Baker 
 
 " Of Union League, Springfield 
 
 " For uncurrent money sold 
 
 " Of Harvard Union League, by A. J. Kingman. 
 Of Clinton " " by G. H. Harlow. . . 
 
 " Of Snachwiue '' " by L. H. Condet 
 
 "■ Of Soldiers' Aid Societv, Berlin, by J. Foutch. 
 
 Of Pleasant Plains U. L., by W. H. Reding. . . 
 
 Amount of Thanksgiving col. in Grand Cole Church | 
 
 of Coulterfille, by Rev. W. S. Bratton. . . [ 
 
 Recieved of Rochester U. League, by L. H. Sinclair 
 
 Of Macomb Sold. Aid Society, by Mrs. M. A. ) 
 
 Bartteson f 
 
 " Of Ellington Relief Society, by E. Penrose 
 
 " Of Aurora U. L. by C. P. Johnson 
 
 " Of Florid U. L. by A. G. Meacham 
 
 " Of citizens of Zanesville Precinct, Montgome- ] 
 
 rv Co., by T. J. Frarv f 
 
 Of Chatham U. L. bv h. Ledbrook 
 
 " Of M. Phelps & Son, Lewiston, 111 
 
 Amount returned by John Williams on trip to Nashville. 
 Received of Soldiers' Aid Society, Mason, Effingham ) 
 
 Co., bv A. M. Stephenson f 
 
 " Of Granville Sol. A. So. bv G. D. Henderson.. 
 " Barnett U. L. DuWitt Co., 'by H. C. Lanterman 
 " Austin Lines, col. in church, Monroe, Ogle Co. 
 Amount returned by G. C. Spears on trip to Chattanooga 
 Received of Peoria'Co. U. L. Elmwood, by J. L. Eno. . . 
 Balance of col. in Island Grove Church, by J. N. Brown. 
 Proceeds of dinner at Oregon, Ogle Co., by J. M. Sanford 
 Received of La Prairie U. L. byJ. J. Graham. 
 
 AMOUNT 
 
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 "' $13^994 
 
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 164 00 
 
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 63 75 
 
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 15 
 
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 19 
 
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 9 
 
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 25 
 
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 25 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 47 
 
 00 
 
 2 
 
 60 
 
 51 
 
 50 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 100 
 
 00 
 
 232 
 
 90 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 79 
 
 50 
 
 8 
 
 00 
 
 27 
 
 90 
 
 54 
 
 75 
 
 36 
 
 31 
 
 1 
 
 50 
 
 123 30 
 
 7 50 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 '^. 
 
 Cash Receipts. — Continued. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 OF WHOM RECEIVED. 
 
 AMOUNT. 
 
 1863. 
 
 1863. 
 Received of Yermilion Co. San. Com. by J. J. English. . 
 
 " of Union man, Cottage Hill, DiiPage Co . 
 
 Chesterfield Sol. Aid So'ty, by E. P. Burton. . . 
 " Grand Cote Aid Society, by Mrs. Swauwick. . . 
 
 " Ladies' Loyal League, Aledo, by S. Macy 
 
 " Harrisburg Union League, by D. B. Matts 
 
 " Elniira Aid So. Stark Co., by Mrs. Turnbull. . . 
 " Ladies' L. League, Wanda, by J, H. Meldrum. 
 " Austin Lines, Killbuck, 111 
 
 
 Octobr...lO 
 " 12 
 
 i9 
 
 " 20 
 
 " 21 
 
 23 
 
 28 
 
 $139 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 2 00 
 50 00 
 99 50 
 
 1 35 
 
 20 00 
 
 112 10 
 
 13 35 
 
 Nov 4 
 
 " J. S. Brown, Iroquois Co 
 
 14 50 
 
 5 
 6 
 
 '' 10 
 
 i7 
 
 " Coral Council, Union, 111., by A. G. Carman.. 
 
 " Sol. Aid So'ty Delavan, by Miss Dicsay 
 
 " Mt. Palatine Sol. Aid So'ty, by Julia Laughlin. 
 " Beaver Grove Union League, by A. Y. Gard. . 
 " J. L. Morrison, Jacksonville 
 
 24 00 
 
 58 75 
 
 29 25 
 
 5 25 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 " H. D. Osgood, Morgan City 
 
 2 00 
 
 19 
 
 " Rev. S. J. Ward, Bio- Spring 
 
 1 00 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 " 27 
 
 O'Fallon Council U. L. A 
 
 " Bethda Ladies' Loyal League 
 
 *' Antioch Council U L A . . 
 
 19 25 
 
 11 40 
 
 6 25 
 
 28 
 
 30 
 December 2 
 
 " Citizens of Assumption, by L. A. Hart 
 
 " Citizens of Grundview, III, by C. P. Spining. . 
 
 " St. Clair Co., Council, by Chas. Palmer 
 
 '• Ohio Grove Union League, Mercer Co 
 
 100 20 
 
 52 25 
 
 362 80 
 
 6 30 
 
 
 " Citizens of Berlin, by 'W". P. Hughes 
 
 25 00 
 
 • < 
 
 " For sale of 65 pork barrels 
 
 103 35 
 
 5 
 
 ' ' Mrs. Kenner, Flora, 111 
 
 20 00 
 
 
 " Salem M. E. Church, by D. Pawling 
 
 19 10 
 
 8 
 
 " C. T. Chase 
 
 107 OS 
 
 " 9 
 
 " Barry, Pike Co., bv B. D. Brown 
 
 71 00 
 
 10 
 
 " Baptist Church, Decatur 
 
 23 80 
 
 11 
 
 i2 
 
 " Citizens of Carlinville, by Chesnut & Dubois.. 
 " Citizens of Plainview, by " & " ., 
 " Jesse Pickerel, Sangamon Co 
 
 31 05 
 59 05 
 14 84 
 
 is 
 
 " Citizens of Richview, by G. W. Walker 
 
 " Citizens of Dudley, bv C. P. Spiuino- 
 
 24 50 
 
 58 50 
 
 " ie 
 
 " Jersey ville. 111., Ladies' Loyal League 
 
 " Citizens of Kansas Edo-ar Co... . 
 
 75 00 
 125 00 
 
 " 19 
 
 " Centre Presbyterian Church 
 
 8 10 
 
 23 
 
 " Citizens of Cornwall, by S. Shearer 
 
 34 00 
 
 << 
 
 " Ladies of Chester by G. Jones 
 
 460 00 
 
 (( 
 
 " Soldiers' Aid Society, Shipman, 111.. 
 
 20 00 
 
 24 
 
 " Wm. L. Sargeant Jacksonville. 
 
 12 50 
 
 29 
 
 " Congregations of Farmington, Coles Co 
 
 " Soldiers' Aid Society Rosemond 
 
 20 00 
 13 80 
 
 
 " " " " Granville 
 
 61 08 
 
 31 
 
 " Ladies' Loyal League Troy 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 " Wm. L. Sargeant, Esq., donation 
 
 45 70 
 
 
 Total Receipts 
 
 
 
 $17,966 20 
 
70 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 CASH PAID OUT 
 
 BY JOHN WILLIAMS, TREASURER OF ILL. STATE SANITARY COMMIS- 
 SION, AS PER WARRANTS DRAWN BY ORDERS OP THE BOARD FOR 
 PURCHASE OF SANITARY STORES, SALARIES OF AGENTS, DISBURS- 
 MENTS TO SOLDIERS, RENTS, LABOR, &C. 
 
 STATE SANITAKY COMMISSIOIS', 
 
 In, Account with Jolin Williams, Treasurer, Di 
 
 1863. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 19 
 
 October , .3 
 
 12 
 
 FOR WHAT EXPENDED. 
 
 AMOUNT. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Paid traveling expenses of surgeons, nurses and assist- 
 ants, sent by the Commission to assist in taking 
 care of the wounded at the battle of Chattanooga. 
 
 Paid C. T. Chase, Cairo Agency and disbursements 
 
 Paid Geo. C. Spears for E. J. Eno, State Sanitary Agent 
 at Nashville, for relief of sick and wounded sol- 
 diers, salary and expenses of Ao"ency 
 
 
 
 
 $127 10 
 352 92 
 
 640 00 
 
 Paid C. T. Chase, State Sanitary Agent at Cairo, salary 
 and disbursements 
 
 210 70 
 
 
 16 65 
 
 
 4 90 
 
 " Wm. Billington... " " " 
 
 23 00 
 
 " H. P. Cone, taking care of cows for hospitals at 
 ]\Iemphis 
 
 20 00 
 
 " J. C. Todd for relief of soldiers at Keokuk hospitals 
 " J. C. McCoy for salary and disbursements at Lou- 
 isville Ky 
 
 200 00 
 100 00 
 
 " John Armstrong for postao-e stamps 
 
 25 00 
 
 " Joel Johnson rent ol room for depot 
 
 8 S3 
 
 " W. Barrett for keeping cows for the hospitals at 
 Memphis . . 
 
 8 25 
 
 " J. J. Tuvlor freio-ht bills 
 
 12 90 
 
 
 40 50 
 
 " E. C. Sackett, agent, disbursements to 111. soldiers 
 at Vicksburg 
 
 89 07 
 
 " Maj. T. P. Robb, agent, salary and disbursements 
 
 400 00 
 
 " Dr. D. Anderson expenses to Chattanoosra . . 
 
 18 40 
 
 •' C. T. Chase, salary and expenses of agency 
 
 " John C. McCoy " " " 
 
 200 00 
 100 00 
 
 " Mrs. Swan wick, for soldiers home at Centralia 
 
 " M. E. Worral, Allotment Com 
 
 50 00 
 100 00 
 
 " Rev. W F. Boyakin, salary and expenses visiting 
 hospitals south 
 
 " Dr. J. F. Weeks, visiting hospitals in Missouri, In- 
 diana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tenn 
 
 100 00 
 100 00 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 Cash Expenditures. — Continued. 
 
 DATE. 
 
 FOR WHAT EXPENDED. 
 
 AMOUNT. 
 
 18G3. 
 October. 17 
 
 1863. 
 Paid M. F. Folsom, Agent at Cairo, salary and expenses 
 
 $i5i"65 
 
 " 30 
 
 " Dr. D. K. Green, expenses at Chattanooga 
 
 " W T Bennett expenses to Chattanooo'a 
 
 23 50 
 25 50 
 
 Dec 4 
 
 " David Ferke 1 bbl Kroiit 
 
 8 00 
 
 " John R. Woods, State Agent, salary and expenses 
 A''isitino" hosnitals in Au'J" and Sept 
 
 GO 30 
 
 <( 
 
 " J C McCov Ills Agent at Louisville. 
 
 100 00 
 
 ti 
 
 *' Enoch Paine priutino" for Cairo Agency 
 
 77 25 
 
 << 
 
 " J. R. Woods' expenses at Springfield iu Nov 
 
 " G R Weber printing blanks for Agency 
 
 11 50 
 43 50 
 
 i< 
 
 " Dr J F Weeks visiting hospitals 
 
 100 00 
 
 <( 
 
 " Dr D W Younff " " 
 
 79 65 
 
 <( 
 
 " Dr. J. S. Newbury, for 1000 bbls. onions and pota- 
 toes for Arniv of Cumberland . . .... 
 
 2,249 00 
 
 ;; 
 
 " J. J. Taylor, freight bills on sanitary stores 
 
 " Capt. James Steele, expenses to Chattanooga 
 
 " Wm. L. Sargent, sanitary supplies, &c 
 
 " .Tnhn WillintTi>; " "' 
 
 17 50 
 
 10 45 
 
 100 00 
 
 19 60 
 
 t( 
 
 
 3 25 
 
 (( 
 
 
 6 45 
 
 <( 
 
 " Rev W F Boyakin Agent 
 
 60 00 
 
 i( 
 
 " C T Chase Agent at Cairo 
 
 177 49 
 
 ;; .. 
 
 " Geo. R. Weber, printing blanks for allotments 
 
 6 00 
 100 00 
 
 
 " E. C. Sackett, balance salary and expenses 
 
 " A. B. Morean, freight and" dray age on sanitary, 
 St f .niiis A 0pnpv 
 
 57 65 
 
 48 70 
 
 i( 
 << 
 
 " W. L. Sargent, Agent, salary and expenses 
 
 " John Williams, postage and stationary on allot- 
 
 95 70 
 119 19 
 
 <. 
 
 " E J Eno A^ent balance due him 
 
 8 45 
 
 << 
 
 " G. t". Chase, 1)al. 'his acc't. to Dec. 31, salary and 
 PTrnprisspn nf A crpTifv at Cairo 
 
 68 87 
 
 i( 
 
 " J C McCoy Agent at Louisville 
 
 200 00 
 
 • < 
 
 " C. C. Phelps', for Agency at Cairo 
 
 " J. R. Woods, salary and expenses to Dec, 31 
 
 " M. E. Worrall, Allotment Com. balance salary and 
 
 10 00 
 83 35 
 
 88 65 
 
 " 
 
 " J. C. McCoy, bal. salary and expenses to Dec. 31.. 
 
 " TJpTT W TT l-5nvnlrin nn aornnnt 
 
 130 18 
 10 00 
 
 " 
 
 " T. P. Robb, Agent at Memphis, Tenn., baL his ac- 
 
 89 75 
 
 << 
 
 " Rev. W. F. Boyakin, balance of his account, salary 
 
 35 16 
 
 
 Tn+nl pYnpnrlitnrpS 
 
 
 
 $7,423 86 
 
 
 
72 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITAFwT COMMISSION. 
 
 CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE FOREGOING ACCOUNTS. 
 
 RECEIPTS 
 
 Sept. 1863. Balance in the Treasurer's hands 
 
 Cash received in September 
 
 " *' in October 
 
 " "■ in November 
 
 <* " in December 
 
 Total receipts 
 
 $13,994 74 
 
 730 35 
 
 777 06 
 
 691 90 
 
 1,539 ii5 
 
 $17,733 30 
 
 EXPENDITURES 
 
 Paid salaries and necessary expenses of Sanitary Agents, including 
 disbursements of money by them for the relief of destitute 
 
 Illinois soldiers 
 
 Paid for sanitary stores, including the purchase of 1,000 bbls onions 
 and potatoes for the Army of the Cumberland, freight and 
 
 drayage 
 
 Paid Postage and Stationary 
 
 " Printing 
 
 " Rents 
 
 ' ' Transfer of soldiers 
 
 " Surgeons and nurses to Chattanooga 
 
 Donated Soldiers' Home, Centralia 
 
 Labor and sundry expenses 
 
 Total expenditures 
 
 Balance in hands of Treasurer 
 
 
 $3,697 55 
 
 2,587 13 
 
 284 65 
 
 226 
 
 63 
 
 17 
 
 66 
 
 97 
 
 43 
 
 127 
 
 10 
 
 50 
 
 00 
 
 395 
 
 71 
 
 $7,423 
 
 86 
 
 $10,309 
 
 44 
 
 V 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 73 
 
 LIST OF HOSPITAL SUPPLIES 
 
 COXTRIBUTED TO THE ILLIXOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION". 
 FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1863, TO DECEMBER 31, 1863, AT CAIRO. 
 
 / ATTILLA— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 1S7 qts. canned fruits, 1}^ bash, onions, 4)^ galls, pickles, 252 lbs. dried fruit — 
 a lot of stationery. 
 
 ARMINGTON SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 pillows, 38 prs. drawers, 60 shirts, 1 sheet, 1 dressing gown, 7 lbs. bandages, 
 5 lbs. cloths, 20 lbs. dried fruit, 
 
 ARMINGTON UNION LEAGUE AND AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 bush, onions, 10 bush, assorted vegetables, lot of cloths. 
 
 ATLANTA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 34 bush, onions, 3 bush, potatoes, 2 prs. drawers, 30 prs. mittens, 15 lbs. dried 
 ^ruit. 
 
 ABINGDON— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 16 pillows, 28 pillow cases, 17 towels, 16 prs. drawers, 12 hdkfs,, 10 shirts, 20 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 9 lbs. bandages. 
 
 ARISPA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 8 qts. canned fruits. 
 
 ALBION— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 135 lbs. dried fruit, 2)^ bush, onions, 25 bush, potatoes. 
 ANNA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 9 qts. canned fruit, 1 box herring. 
 
 BANCROFT— MRS. T. E. 
 
 5 lbs. dried fruit, 10 galls, pickles. 
 
 BUTLER— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 comfort, 16 pads, 10 pillows, 8 pillow cases, 18 prs. drawers, 45 hdkfs., 29 
 shirts, 3 prs. slippers, 1 pr. socks, 7 lbs corn starch, 2 qts. canned fruit, 462 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 4 lbs. herbs, l}^ lbs. spices, 10 galls, pickles, 2 lots wound dressings, 1 
 lot magazines, 6 combs, 1 bbl. krout, 4 lbs. rice. 
 
 BE OWN. ARTHUR-BRIGHTON. 
 
 3^ bush, onions. 
 
 —10 
 
74 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 BLUE MOUND— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 32 qts. canned fn;it. 
 
 BRUCE— M. G. ELMIRA. 
 12 bushels vegetables, 4 box. vegetables. 
 
 BELYIDERE— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 15 bush, onions. 
 
 BRISTOL— UNION LEAGUE ASSSOCIATION. 
 5 bush, onions, 5 bush, potatoes. 
 
 BLOOMINGTON— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 1 box canned fruit, 10 bush, onions, 5 bush, potatoes, 1 box hospital stores. 
 
 BURBON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 comforts, 7 pillows, 16 pillow cases, 7 towels, 11 prs. drawers, 13 shirts, pack- 
 age "little usefuls," 3 sheets, 6 pounds bandages. 
 
 BROADWELL— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 8 pillow cases, 22 towels, 12 prs. drawers, 6 hdkfs., 11 shirts, 6 sheets, lot of 
 crutches, lot of lint. 
 
 BOUGHTON— SOLDIERS' MITE SOCIETY. 
 
 16 prs. drawers, 12 hdkfs., 40 shirts, 3 lbs. dressing bandages and lint. 
 
 BLACKBERRY STATION— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 bush, potatoes, 3 bush, other vegetables. 
 
 BURNS— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 16 pillows, 17 pillow cases, 6 towels, 4 prs. drawers, 8 hdkfs., 15 shirts, 8 sheets, 
 5 lbs. bandage roller. 
 
 CREWS, MR. THOMAS M. 
 1^ bush, vegetables. 
 
 COBB, MR. FLETCHER 
 
 1 bush, assorted vegetables. 
 
 COLOMO— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 18 bush, apples, 1 box dried fruit, 5 bush, potatoes, 1 chicken. 
 
 COMO— YOUNG LADIES' AID ASSOCIATION. 
 
 1 towel, 12 prs. drawers, 61 hdkfs., 30 shirts, 3 prs. socks, 8 lbs. dried fruit, lot 
 books and stationery, roll bandages. 
 
 CEDAR POINT— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY 
 22 prs. drawers, 44 shirts, 18 sheets. 
 
 CALADONIA— CITIZENS. 
 28 bush, potatoes. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 75 
 
 CLAYTON— LOrAL U. LEAGUE. 
 
 2 bush, onions, 52 galls, pickles, 6)^ bush, potatoes, 14 pillow cases, 11 prs. draw- 
 ers, 24 hdkfs., 11 shirts, 3 prs. socks, 4 dressing gowns, lot of stationery. 
 
 CONCORD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY, 
 
 7 pillows, 50 prs. drawers, 12 hdkls. 50 shirts, 6 prs. socks, 40 lbs. dried fruit, lot 
 stationer)', 15 dressing cloths, box sundries. 
 
 COTTONWOOD— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 270 lbs. dried fruit, 8>^ bush, onions, 12)-^ bush, potatoes, 1 box clothing and 
 dried apples. 
 
 CORNWALL— SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2. 
 
 1^ bush, onions, 70 bush, potatoes. 
 
 COLD SPRINGS— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 pillows, 4 prs. drawers, 3 hdkfs., 5 prs. socks, 2 lbs. butter, 14 qts. canned fruit, 
 100 lbs. dried fruit, 10 lbs. dressing cloths, 5 lbs. lint. 
 
 COLLINS' STATION— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 bush, onions, 14 bush, potatoes. 
 
 CHESTER— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY 
 
 17 comforts, 2 prs. socks, 2 sheets, 27 qts. canned fruit, 45 lbs. dried fruit, 4 galls, 
 pickles, 1 bottle cordial, 1 bottle wine, 6 lbs. dressing cloths. 
 
 CHAMPAIGN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY 
 
 14 pillows, 32 prs. drawers, 5 hdkfs., 39 shirts, 2 lbs. pearl barley, 16 lbs. dried 
 fruit, 1 bush, potatoes, 1 lot magazines, 1 lb. bandage rollers. 
 
 CHANDLERVILLE— SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 pad, 10 towels, 30 prs. drawers, 3 hdkfs., 15 shirts, 10 prs. slippers, 1 pr. socks, 
 24 lbs. dried fruit, 10 galls, pickles. 
 
 COLLINSVILLE— LADIES' LOYAL LEAGUE. 
 
 6 pads, 55 bundles bandages, 6 prs. wool socks, 30 prs. domestic drawers, 21 cot- 
 ton shirts, X bush, dried apples. 
 
 DU PAGE CO.— CITIZENS. * 
 
 111 bush, onions. 
 
 DEER PARK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 6 shirts, 6 prs. socks, 35 lbs. butter, 10 lbs. cheese, 13 qts. canned fruit, 90 lbs- 
 dried fruit, 2 lbs. soap, 2 lbs. spices, 1 lb. tea, lot envelopes, lot writing paper. 
 
 DANVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 7 bed sacks, 4S pads, 44 pillows, 5S pillow cases, 84 towels, 22 prs. drawers, 177 
 hdkfs., 93 shirts, 7 prs. slippers, 16 prs. socks, 27 lbs. corn starch, 150 lbs. pearl 
 barley, 4 pin cushions, 29 sheets, 1 dressing gown, 41 lbs. butter. 10 lbs. cheese, 79 
 
76 ILLIX^^S STATE SANITAKY CO' MISSION. 
 
 qts. canned Iruit, 320 lbs. dried fruit, 5 lbs. herbs, 2 bush, onions, 17 galls, pickles 
 3 bush, po.atoijs, 8}4 lbs. soap, 15 lbs. spices, 100 lbs. sugar, lo lbs. tea, 5 bottles 
 wine, 500 envelopes, lot newspapers, 10 quires writing paper, 34 lbs. bandages, 35 
 pens, 130 papers, 10 lbs. tobacco, 50 lbs. salt, 2 box. lint, 20 lbs. caudles. 
 
 DWIGHT, LIVINGSTON CO.— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 25 chickens. 
 
 EIGHT MILE PRAIIIIE— LOYAL UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 1 qt. canned fruit, 66 lbs. dried fruit, i^ gal. pickles, 2)^ bush, potatoes. 
 
 ELMIRA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 pad, 3 pillow cases, 1 towel, 2 prs. drawers, 3 shirts, 2 pr. socks, 1 sheet, 190 
 lbs. butter, 4 qts. canned fruit, 20 lbs. and 6 boxes dried fruit, 13 bush, potatoes, 2 
 bbls. kraut, lot magazines, lot dressing cloths. 
 
 FAIRMOUNT— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 16 pads, 5 pillows. 28 towels, 23 prs. drawers, 29 hdkfs., 27 shirts, 12 prs. socks, 
 1 paper pins, 1 sheet, 3 lbs. herbs. 
 
 FELIX AND BRANCEVILLE-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 comforts, 9 pillows, 16 pillow cases, 42 towels, 4 shirts, 10 lbs. bandage roller, 3 
 lbs. lint, 
 
 FRANCIS, J. AND SONS. 
 
 63 lbs. dried fruit, }{ bush, onions. 
 
 FAIRFIELD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 I box clothing, 1 box fruit and wine. 
 
 FOUNTAIN GREEN. 
 
 23^ bush, apples, 1 box canned fruit, 150 lbs. dried fruit, 7 bush, onions, 15^^ 
 bush, potatoes. 
 
 FANCY CREEK— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 27 lbs. dried fruit, 3 ^ bush, onions. 
 
 FIDELITY— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 II pads, 12 prs. drawers, 17 shirts, 3 lbs. bandages and lint. 
 
 GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY— QUINCY. 
 
 Blackberry sirup, valued at fifty dollars. 
 
 GALESBURG— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 12 coops fowls, 16 cows, 2 calves, 96 galls, pickles, 50 bottles hospital stores, 8 
 pillow cases, 60 prs. drawers, 82 sheets, 7 prs. slippers, 17 prs. socks, 3 sheets, lot 
 books and stationery, 5 lbs. bandage cloths. 
 
 GENOA-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 135 lbs. dried fruit, 9 bush onions, 60 bush, potatoes. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COJ^miSSION. 77 
 
 GREENVILLE— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 4 pillows, 2J: pillow cases, 25 prs. drawers, 35 hdkfs., 21 shirts, 1 pr. socks, 5 
 sheets, 33 bush, apples, 72 lbs. dried fruit, 3 boxes hospital stores, lot books. 
 
 GRANT— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 2}4 bush, onions, 12)^ bush, potatoes. 
 
 GIRARD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2X bush, onions. 
 
 IIUMBOLT— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 14 shirts. 
 
 HOWARD, MRS. LUCLNDA 
 
 2 feather beds, 4 pillows, 4 pillow cases, 3 shirts, 8 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 HIGULAND— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 bush, apples, 1 qt. canned fruit, 135 lbs. dried fruit, 5 bush, onions, 15 bush po- 
 tatoes, 1 box assorted vegetables, 8 lbs. lint. 
 
 HALE. REV. MR. 
 
 3^ bush, peaches. 
 
 HOMER— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 13 bush, onions, 10 lbs. butter, 30 qts. canned fruit. 
 
 HAV ANNA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 18 towels, 2G shirts, 11 sheets, 100 lbs. dried fruit, lu lbs. oandages, 5 lbs. lint. 
 
 HILLSBORO-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY, 
 
 3 comforts, 4 pillows, 8 pillow cases, 37 prs. drawers, 5 hdkfs., 21 shirts, 21 bush 
 apples, 46 galls, pickles, lot bandages. 
 
 HUNTER-SOLDIER'S AID SOCIETY. 
 
 11 lbs. butter, 14 qts. canned fruit, 200 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 HAMILTON— SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY. 
 40 galls, pickles. 
 
 HARRISSON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 200 lbs. dried fruit, 19)^ bush, onions, 81 bush, potatoes. 
 
 nORRISSON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 31 bush, potatoes. 
 
 ILLINOIS INSANE ASYLUM. 
 400 qts. canned fruit. 
 
78 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 JONES' CREEK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 y^ bush, onions, 21 bush, potatoes, 24 galls, apple butter, 2 box. hospital stores. 
 
 JOXES' CREEK— LADIES' UXION LEAGUE. 
 
 20 pillows. 
 
 JACKSONVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 pillows, IG pillow cases, 10 towels, 72 prs. drawers, 1 pr. mittens, 14G shirts, 8 
 prs. slippers, 1 pr. socks, 3 sheets, 3 dressing gowns, 37 qts. canned fruit, 48 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 18 bottles wine, 1 lb. herbs, 3 bush, onions, 9 hot, cordial, 1 box books 
 and stationery, 1 box reading, 25 lbs. bandages and dressing cloths, 1 box sundries, 
 3 collars. 
 
 JUNCTION. 
 
 100 lbs. dried fruit, 3 galls, pickles. 
 
 KISHWAUKIE— UNION LOYAL LEAGUE. 
 
 25 bush, onions, 65 bush, potatoes. 
 
 • KELLY TOWNSHIP-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 11 pillows, 11 pillow cases, 2 towels, 18 prs. drawers, 2 hdkfs., 3 sheets, 270 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 6 bush, potatoes, 12 lbs. newspapers, 3 lbs. bandages, 2 lbs. dressing 
 cloths, 23^ bbls. krout. 
 
 LEWISTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 bbls. apple butter, 128 galls, pickles. 
 
 LAKE FORK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIELY. 
 
 1 box clothing. 
 
 LASALLE-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 bush, onions, 9 bush, potatoes. 
 
 LYONS. MRS. MARY 
 
 24 qts. canned fruit. 
 
 LONG CREEK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 comfort, 21 pillows, 1 towel, 10 prs. drawers, 6 hdkfs., 24 shirts, 6 sheets, 109 
 lbs. dried fruit, 24 magazines, &y^ bandages, lint, &c. 
 
 LYON— UNION LOYAL LEAGUE. 
 
 6 bush, apples, }.{ bush, onions, 18 bush, potatoes. 
 
 LITTLE ROCK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 box dried fruit, 12)^ bush, onions, 53 bush, potatoes, 1 bundle sundries. 
 
 LAONA-UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 40 bush, potatoes. 
 
Of 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY CONMIS&ION. ^9 
 
 LAKE, MRS. H. 
 
 18 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 LANE CITY, OGLE CO. 
 
 7 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
 MONMOUTH— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 31 1 2 galls, pickles. 
 
 MORGAN. JAMKS S. 
 
 2 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
 MAHOMET— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 37 pillows, 27 pillow cases, 31 towels, 17 prs. drawers, 17 hdkfs., 21 shirts, gener- 
 al assortment needles, pins, thread, &c., &c., 9 dressing gowns, 4 1-2 lbs. soap 5 
 lbs. spices, 3 lbs. bandages and lint, 2 rolls cotton batting. 
 
 MILES' STxVTION— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 7 pads, 13 pillows, 100 hdkfs., 1 lb. cornstarch, 18 qts. canned fruit, 15 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 3 galls, pickles, 1 box codfish, 6 bot. wine, 1 roll bandages. 
 
 MYERSVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 6 qts. canned fruit, 72 lbs. dried fruit, 2 1-2 bush onions, 40 pillows, 12 pillow 
 cases, 60 towels, IS prs. drawers, 36 hdkfs., 22 shirts, 5 pin cushions and needle 
 books, 7 sheets, 24 lbs. dried fruit, 4 lbs. soap, 25 envelopes, 1 quire writing paper, 
 15 lbs. dressing bandages and cloths, 33 postage stamps. 
 
 MANCHESTER— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 50 lbs. dried fruit, 15 galls, pickles, lot books and stationery, 
 
 , MOSQUITO GROVE— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 13 bush, onions, 20 bush, potatoes. 
 
 MAQUON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 pillows, 22 pillow^ cases, 47 towels, 24 prs. drawers, 50 hdkfs., 23 shirts, 24 
 combs, 18 sheets, 31 lbs. dried fruit, 10 galls, pickles, 50 bot. cordial. 
 
 MARTINSVILLE— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 2 1-2 bush, onions, 17 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
 MORRISSON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 108 bush, onions. 
 
 MASON— LADIES' UNION LAGUE. 
 
 2 comforts, 1 box stationery. 
 
 MASON CITY— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 48 lbs. dried fruit, 13 1-2 bush, onions, 30 bush, potatoes. 
 
so ILLINOIS STATE SANITAKT COMMISSION. 
 
 MAKAXDA— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 5 bushels onions, 18 bushels potatoes, 2 bushels assorted vegetables. 
 MECHANICSBURG— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 pillows, 57 prs. drawers, 10 hdkfs., 55 shirts, 19 sheets, 4 prs. slippers, 1 dress- 
 ing gown, 11 prs. socks, 60 lbs. dried fruit, 17lJ galls, pickles, lot magazines, 2 lots 
 dressing cloths, 2 lbs. liut. 
 
 MOLINE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 240 galls, pickles, 8 box. .sundries. 
 
 MOUNT PALxiTINE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 pads, 14 pillow-^, 15 pillow cases, 31 towels, 5 shirts, 1 pr. socks, 4 sheets, 1 lb. 
 herbs, 1 lb. soap, 5 lbs. wound bandages, 2 lbs. lint. 
 
 MONMOUTH— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 3 bush, apples, 135 lbs. dried fruit, 6 bush, onions, 105 bush, potatoes, 54 bush. 
 assorted vegetables. 
 
 NOCOMIS— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 7 bush, apples, 8 qts. canned fruit, 12 lbs. dried fruit, 3 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
 NORTH PRAIRIE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 pillows, 18 pillow cases, G towels, 2r> prs. drawers, 3 hdkfs., 28 sheets, 4 dress- 
 ing gowns, lot stationery, 10 lbs. wound dressing. 
 
 XO. 684— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 17 bush, onions, 17 bush, potatoes, 1 1-2 yds oil cloth. 
 
 KO. 636— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 270 lbs. dried fruit. 15 bush, onions, 39 1-2 galls, pickles, 98 bush, potatoes, 1 keg 
 cabbage. 
 
 XO. 945— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 5 1-2 bush, onions. 
 
 NEW MILEORD-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 bed sacks, 6 comforts, 10 pads, 22 pillows, 21 pillow cases, 43 towels, 10 prs. 
 drawers, 39 hdkfs., 12 shirts, 4 prs. slippers, 4 needle books, 3 sheets, 3 dressing 
 gowns, 21 qts. canned fruit, 2 1-2 bush, onions, lot books and stationery, 43% lbs. 
 b-iudages and lint, 2 1-2 bush, dried corn. 
 
 NORTH HENDERSON-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY^ 
 35 prs. drawers, 85 hdkfs., 39 shirts, 3 rolls bandages. 
 
 NORTHVILLE— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 10 bush, onions, 30 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
 NASHVILLE-LOYAL UNION LEAGUE. 
 120 qts. canned fruit, 42 lbs. dried fruit, 9 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 81 
 
 NASHVILLE LOYAL LEAGUE. 
 
 120 qts. 240 lbs, dried fiuit, 1^ bush, onions, 9 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
 ORANGEVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 bot. wine, lot dried fruit, pepper, bandages and biscuit, 13 bush, onions, 76 
 bush, potatoes. 
 
 OPOSSUMDEN PRAIRIE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 12 prs. drawers, 3 hdkfs., 33 sheets, 38 prs. socks, 3 pin cushions, 15 yds. muslin. 
 
 OAKLAND— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 8 comforts, 8 pads, in pillows, 31 pillow cases, 19 towels, 5 prs. drawers, 5 hdkfs., 
 13 shirts, 16 prs. slippers, 2 prs. socks, 24 pin cushions, 2 sheets 10 lbs. dried fruit, 
 8 lbs. wound bandages, 20 eye shades, 1-2 lb. lint. 
 
 ORANGE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 comforts, 11 pillow cases, 24 towels, 20 prs. drawers, 32 hdkfs., 27 shirts, 12 
 prs. socks, 6 sheets, 12 wound banda;;e rolls. 
 
 OPHIR— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 comforts, 13 pillows, 27 pillowcases, 8 towels, 13 prs. drawers, 8 hdkfs., 22 
 shirts, 10 sheets, 3 sponges. 
 
 OAK RIDGE— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 10 pads, 70 lbs. dried fruit, 1-2 bush, onions, 10 lbs. dried corn. 
 
 OAKLEY— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 6 qts. canned fruit, 15 lbs. dried fruit, 4 1-2 bush, onions, 10 galls, pickles, 4 1-2 
 bush, potatoes. 
 
 PROPHETSTOWN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 5 bush, onions, 68 lbs. dried fruit, 66 bush, potatoes. 
 
 PLANO— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 270 lbs. dried fruit, 15 bush, onions^ 64 galls, pickles, 98 bush, potatoes, 1 keg 
 vegetables, 3 lbs. spices. 
 
 PAW PAW-CITIZENS. 
 
 42 1-2 bush, potatoes. 
 
 PALMYRA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 comforts, 22 pads, 2 pillows, 4 towels, 5 prs. drawers, 6 hdkfs., 15 shirts, 2 prs. 
 socks, 1 sheet, 5 lbs. bandages, 1 lb. lini. 
 
 PLEASANT PLAINS -LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 13 pillows, 22 pillow cases, 15 prs. drawers, 15 hdkfs., 17 shirts, 10 prs. socks, 
 general assortment little usefuls, 5 sheets, 12 books, pens, holders and paper, 3 
 rolls dressing cloth^;, 4 qts. canned fruit, 84 lbs. dried fruit, 5% bush, onions, b gals 
 pickles, 8u bush, potatoes. 
 
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82 ILLINOIS STATE SANITAKY COMMISSIO:??. 
 
 PEORIA— YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 
 
 2 box. butter and cheese, 1 box canned fruit, 205 lbs. dried fruit, 9 bush, onions, 
 9 bush, potatoes, 5 box. sundries. 
 
 PEKIN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 15 prs. drawers, 51 hdkfs., 28 shirts, 10 lbs. corn starch, 12 lbs. dried fruit, 2 lbs. 
 soap, 2 lbs. .spices, 1 lb. tea, lot envelopes and writing paper. 
 
 PARIS, GRANT CO., WISCONSIN. 
 
 10 box. slippery elm bark. 
 
 PHELPS, MRS. C. C. 
 
 7 qts. canned fruit. 
 
 PITTSFIELD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 17 pillows, 11 pillow cases, 23 hdkfs., 47 shirts, 2 pr.s. slippers, 6 prs. socks, 7 
 sheets, bundle stationery, 8 lbs. wound bandages. 
 
 POST, MRS. R. C. 
 
 6 qts. canned fruits, 10 lbs. dried fruit, 10 gals, pickles, 5 lbs. dried corn. 
 
 PLEASANT GROVE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 27 qts. canned fruit, 45 lbs. dried fruit. 
 
 PEORIA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 pads, 16 toweis, 7 prs. drawers, 12 hdkfs., 25 shirts, 20 prs. socks, 2 sheets, 135 
 lbs. dried fruit, 3 bush, onions, 25 gals, pickles, 63 bush, potatoes, 4 boxes sundries, 
 5 lbs. dressing cloths, 5 lbs. lint. 
 
 PROSPECT— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 pillows, 2 pillow cases, 5 prs. drawers, 12 shirts, 45 qts. canned fruit, 78 lbs. 
 dried fruit, lot magazines. 
 
 PRESTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 18 pillow cases, 26 prs. drawers, 10 shirts, 63 prs. socks, 9 sheets, 24 volumes 
 books, lot dressing cloths, 7 yds. flannel, 23 yds. towelling. 
 
 QUINCy S. G. SAMARITANS. 
 
 48 bush, apples, 10 gals, pickles, 116 bottles cordial. 
 
 QUINCY— NEEDLE PICKETS. 
 
 243 lbs. dried fruit, 22 bush, onions, 35 bottles cordial, 1 blanket, 1 comfort, 3 
 pads, 4 pillows, 18 pillow cases, 5 napkins, 8 prs. drawers, 56 hdkfs., 20 shirts, 1 pr. 
 socks, 4 sheets, 9 dressing gowns, 1 box dried fruit, 7 lbs. roller and lint, 10 lbs. 
 corn starch, 2 lbs. pearl barley, 90 1-2 bush, apples, 97 qts. canned fruit, 1 lb. broma, 
 1 lb. cocoa, 1 box nutmegs, 44 gals, apple butter, 2 qts. oysters, 10 bush, onions, 
 42 bush, potatoes, 12 bush, assorted vegetables, 10 gals, pickles, 25 bottles cordial. 
 
 ROCK CREEK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 comfort, 4 pads. 8 pillows, 26 pillow cases, 95 prs. drawers, 42 shirts, 11 sheets, 
 10 gals, pickles, 4 lbs. bandages and lint. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 83 
 
 ROCHESTER— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 10 bush, onions, 7 bush, potatoes. 
 
 RIO— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 9 towels, 36 prs. drawei-s, 55 hdkfs., 55 shirts, 110 lbs. dried fruit, 24 gals, pickles 
 ROCK RUNN— REV. KROCHNKES' CHURCH. 
 
 5 bush, onions, 100 bush, potatoes, 80 bush, assorted ve,:^etables. 
 
 SHELBYVILLE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 blankets, 3 comforts, 17 pillows, 38 towels, 3 prs. drawers, 2 hdkfs., 42 shirts, 
 7 prs. socks, 10 qts. canned fruit, 60 lbs. dried fruit, 3 bot. cordial, lot bandages. 
 
 SHABBONA GROVE— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 6 bush, potatoes. 
 
 SCALES' MOUND— U. L. & S. A. S. 
 4 bush, onions, 104 bush, potatoes, 2 box. sundries. 
 
 SULLIVAN— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 6 pillows, 18 pillow cases, 12 hdkfs., 18 shirts, 1 pr. socks, 4 sheets, 18 qts. canned 
 fruit. 
 
 ST. JOSEPH— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 9 prs. drawers, 9 prs. socks, 2 sheets, 25 qts. canned fruit. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 230 prs. drawers, 180 shirts, 119 gals, pickles, 2 box. books, 30 gals, apple sauce, 
 
 SUMMERVILLE— UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 56 pads, 7 pillows, 9 pillow cases, 5 towels, 13 prs. drawers, 1 hdkf., 17 shirts, 2 
 prs. slippers, 1 pr. socks, 2 needle books, 127 lbs. dried fruit, 1 2 lb. spice, 9 bot. 
 hospital stores, 8 books, lot newspapers, 27 lbs. bandages and lint. 
 
 SNACHWINE-LADIES' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 40 gals, pickles. 
 
 SPRING— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 15 bush, onions, 18 bush, potatoes. 
 
 SHELBY STATION— CITIZENS. 
 
 8 qts. canned fruit, 29 lbs. dried fruit, 2 bush, potatoes, lot bandages. 
 
 SIDNEY— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 11 pillows, 8 pillow cases, 15 towels, 9 prs. drawers, 17 shirts, 13 sheets, 8 lbs. 
 cheese, 40 lbs. dried fruit, roll bandages. 
 
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 8i ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION- 
 
 SAND RIDGE— UNION LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 9 1-2 bush, onions, 16 gals, pickles, 15 bush, potatoes, 1 box vegetables, 150 lbs. 
 dried fruit. 
 
 SUMMER HILL— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 pillow, 2 pillow cases, 15 towels, 22 prs. drawers, 53 hdkfs.. 6G shirts, 4 prs. 
 slippers, 18 prs. socks, 16 lbs. dried fruit, 1 package groceries, 8 lbs. wound dress- 
 ing cloths, 5 neck ties. 
 
 SANGAMON— NORTH UNION LEAGUE A.SSOCIATION. 
 
 1 comfort, 5 pillow cases, 4 towels, 8 prs. drawers, 17 shirts, three sheets, 15 Ibs^ 
 dried fruit, 1-2 bush, onions, 3 bush, potatoes, 5 lbs. lint. 
 
 SPRING TOWNSHIP— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 8 bush onions, 5 bush, potatoes. 
 
 SUGAR CREEK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 bed sack, 24 pillow cases, 12 prs. drawers, 18 shirts, ten sheets, bundle wound 
 bandages. 
 
 TULLULA-SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 2 pillows, 49 pilow cases, 29 prs. drawers, 84 shirts, 2 prs. slippers, 4 prs. socks, 
 62 sheets, 270 lbs. dried fruit, 1 can fruit, 9S gals, pickles, 5 hot. hospital stores, lot 
 stationery. 
 
 TRENTON— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 6 lbs. dried fruit, 13% bush, onions, 15 1-2 bush, potatoes, 1 package beans. 
 
 UNKNOWN— PACKAGES WITHOUT ADDRESS OF CONTRIBUTOR. 
 
 1 comfort, 26 pillows, 7 pillow cases, 67 towels, 13 pads, 7 prs. drawers, 48 shirts, 
 2 prs. socks, 14 sheets, 242 lbs. butter, 5 lbs. (lie(S(, 69 qts. canned fruit, 200 lbs. 
 dried fruit, ii bush, potatoes, 2 b.i vvine, lot of cloths for wound dressino:, 9 bot. cor- 
 dial, 1 lb. bandage rollers, 2 bush, onions, 10 gals, pickles. 3 bush, potatoes. 
 
 VIRDEN— LADIES' UNION LEAGUE. 
 
 1 pillow, 2 pillow cases, 51 prs. drawers, 44 hdkfs., 66 shirts, 6 prs. slippers, 3 
 sheets, 5 lbs. bandages, 150 lbs. dried fruit, 9 bush, vegetables, 10 gals, apple butter 
 
 VANDALIA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 1 con\fort, 4 pnds, 19 prs. drawers, 29 shirts, 12 prs. socks, 3 sheets, 1 roll banda- 
 ges, 2 boxes sundries. 
 
 WARELAND U. L. AND P. CHURCH. 
 
 3 comforts, 6 pads, 16 pillows, 36 pill w c; ses, 19 prs. drawers, 24 hdkfs., 18 shirts, 
 27 prs. socks, 6 pin cushions and pins, 24 combs, 26 sheets, 90 books, 144 envelo^jcs, 
 6 magazines, 20 quires writing paper, box sundries. 
 
 WASHINGTON SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 135 lbs. dried fruit, 5 bush, onions, 30 galls, pickles, 13 bush, i otatoas, 5 bush. 
 assorted vegetables, 16 gals, apple butter. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 85 
 
 WASHINGTON SANITARY COMMISSION, IOWA. 
 
 16 pads, 10 pillow cases, 6 towels, 12 pr5. drawers, 39 shirts, 9 prs. slippers, 12 
 prs. socks, 130 qts. canned fruit, 20 gals, picklcj, 12 bot. wine, 1 box books, 1 lb* 
 bandage rollers, 6 lbs. lint, 5 prs. boots, 1 pr. gaiters, 4 lbs. tobacco. 
 
 WINONA— L/ DIES' A. L. 
 
 25 qts. canned fruit, 15 lbs. dried, 20 lbs. dried corn. 
 
 WAVEKLY— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 3 towels, 5 prs.'drawers, 23hdkfs., 29 shirts,] pr. socks, 1 sack herbs, 5 lbs. bandage 
 rollers, 5 lbs. lint, 15 bush, onions. 
 
 WINDSOR— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 pillows, 23 shirts, 4 prs. socks, 1 sheet, lot bandage rollers, lot cloths, 5 lbs. lint. 
 
 XENIA— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 4 pillows, 2 pillow cases. 20 towels, 8 prs. drawers, IS shirts, 2 sheets, 1 dressing 
 gown, I lb herbs, 5 lbs. spices. 
 
 YORK— CITIZENS. 
 
 32 bush, onions, 222 bush, potatoes, 30 bot. wine. 
 
 YORK NECK— SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. 
 
 10 pillows, 8 prs drawers, 3 hdk%, 19 shirts, 2 lbs bandage rollers, 1 lb cloths, 1 lb lint. 
 
 UPPER ALTON— MISS MARY C. WOODS, 
 
 2 sacks dried apples, 2 cans preserves. 
 
86 ILLINOIS STATE SAXITART COMMISSION. 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS 
 
 OP THE ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION AT CAIRO, ILLS. 
 DURING THE MONTH ENDING OCT. 30, 1863. 
 
 42 bed sacks, 2 blankets, 45 comforts, 200 pads, 244 pillows, 578 pillow cases, 7 
 pillow sacks, 493 towels and napkins, 715 prs. drawers, 308 hdk'fs, 1272 shirts, 43 
 prs. slippers, 83 prs. socks, geileral assortment pins, needles, combs, &c.. 171 lbs. 
 butter, 16 galls, apple butter, 28 lbs. cheese, 1033 qts. canned fruit, 4221 lbs. dried 
 fruit, 1 box condensed beef, 435i bush, onions 911 1-2 cans pickles, 123 1-2 bush, 
 potatoes, lU bush, other vegetables, 446 bot. cordial, SO envelopes, 50 lbs. bandages, 
 18 eye-shades, 2 boxes books, 2 boxes wound dressings, 15 lbs. horseradish, 100 lbs. 
 slippery elm, 2 bed pans, 2 basins, 25 three ct. envelopes, 4 tea spoonss, 4 table 
 spoons, 20 tin cups, 2 boxes vegetables. 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS FOR MONTH ENDING NOV. 30, 1863. 
 
 10 boxes and 14 barrels sundries, 1 box books, general assortment of pins, needles, 
 combs, &c., 25 comforts. 36 pillows, 70 pillow cases, 69 towels and napkins, 546 prs. 
 drawers, 81 handkerchiefs, 2 prs. mittens, 20 lbs. corn starch, 482 shins, 15 pairs 
 slippers, 91 pairs socks, 3 cans condensed milk, 25 pounds pearl b.irley, 10 dress- 
 ing gowns, 12 1-4 bush, apples, 10 lbs. butter, 276 qts. canned fruit, 3044 lbs- dried 
 fruit, 140 bush, onions, 472 galls, pickles, 1015 bush, potatoes, 80 bush, other vege- 
 tables, 2 lbs. soap, 10 lbs. sugar, 2 lbs. tea, 40 bot. cordial, 14 bot. wine, 340 envel. 
 opes, 13 quires writing paper, 10 lbs. bandages, 20 lbs. cloths. 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS FOR MONTH ENDING DEC. 31, 1863. 
 
 69 barrels, 40 boxes, 7 kegs sundries, 71 comforts, 211 pads, 229 pillows, 436 pil- 
 low cases, 20 pillow sacks, 415 towels and napkins, 559 prs. drawers, 949 hdk'fs, 
 1398 shirts, 41 prs. slippers, 277pr3. socks, 5 cans condensed beef, 471bs. cornstarch, 
 12 combs, 153 bush, apples, 499 lbs. butter, 70 lbs. cheese, 688 qts. canned fruit, 
 7608 lbs. dried fruit, 10 lbs. herbs, 512 galls, krout, 120 1-2 bush, onions, 1413 cans 
 pickles, 403 bush, potatoes, 67 bush, other vegetables, 31 lbs. soap, 1 13 lbs. sugar 
 110 bot. cordial, 21 bot! liquors, 100 vols, books, 200 envelopes, 10 quires writing 
 paper, 152 lbs. bandages, 507 lbs. cloths, 13 eye-shades, 82 lbs. lint, 347 sheets, 11 
 dressing gowns, 900 lbs. slippery elm, 4 boxes sundries, 7 lbs. mustard seed, 50 night 
 caps, 2 bu^h. beans, 12 mackerel, 56 galls, apple butter, 108 galls, apple butte r, 4 bot. 
 balsam, 20 bot. catsup, 22 bot. ague medicine, 551bs. suasages, 25,lbs cakes. 
 
'""T 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITAKY COMMISSION. 87 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS OF THE ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION 
 AT MEMPinS, TENN., DURING THE MONTH ENDING AUG. 31, 1863. 
 
 33 bed sacks, 495 sheets, 115 pillows, 198 pillow cases, 72 fans, 641 towels and 
 napkins, 445 prs. drawers, 630 hdk'fs, 42 dressing gowns, 660 shirts, 11 prs. slip- 
 pers, 98 prs. socks, 43 prs. pants, 1 can condensed beef, 11 cans condensed milk, 6 
 cans condensed vegetables, 13 lbs. corn starch, 18 lbs. farina, 3 papers pins, 5 pa- 
 pers needles, 50 buttons, 7 leads cabbage, 373 lbs. butter, 15 lbs. cheese, 205 qts. 
 canned fruit, 1161 lbs. dried fruit, 102 lbs, dried beef, 157 doz. eggs, 314 lbs. herbs, 
 70 galls, krout, 30 bushels onions, 94 1-2 galls, pickles, 285 bush, potatoes, 8 boxes 
 pie plant, 7 lbs. codfish, 37 lbs. soap, 5 lbs. spices, 3 bot. horseradish, 19 lbs. tea, 4 
 coops chickens, 44 bot. wines, 29 lbs. dried berries, 145 magazines. 78 doz. newspa- 
 pers, 5 rolls bandages, 32 doz. baudagis, 98 lbs. cloths, 3S lbs. cake, 30 lbs. tapioca, 
 6 calves, 25 lbs. arrow root, 6 quilts. 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS FOR MONTH ENDING SEPT. 30, 1863. 
 
 5 back supports, 4 comforts, 73 bedticks, 100 pillows, 548 pillow cases, 124 sheets 
 632 shirts, 589 prs. drawers, 30 dressing gowns, 541 towels and hdk'fs, 161 prs. 
 socks. 18 prs. slippers, 32 spittoons, 53 jars apple jelly, 5 bags bandages and pads 
 14 calves, 7 cans lemon syrup, 2 lbs. chocolate, 218 cans fruit, 43 lbs. concentrated 
 beef, 1333 lbs. soda crackers, 686 lbs. dried fruit, 44 1-4 lbs. groceries, 67 lbs ham 
 olO lbs. butter, 29 doz. eggs, 212 bottles wine and spirits, 2 lbs. concentrated milk. 
 132 bush, apples, 22 galls, ale and cider, 44 articles hos^pital furniture, 4i) prs. 
 crutches, 9 packages books <fec., 8 kit mackerel, 46 papers corn s'arch, 42 tin cups, 
 614 heads cabbage, 18 lbs. rags, 89 papers farina, 835 lbs. c;>dfish. 34 papers mus- 
 tard and pepper, 191 lbs. dried beef, 85 bot. blackberry cordial, 52 cans tomatoes, 
 9 1-2 bbls. toasted bread, 37 vials essences ext., 10 coops chickens, 108 gals, pickles, 
 707 bush, potatoes, 200 1-2 bush, onions. 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS FOR MONTH ENDING OCT. 31, 1863. 
 
 102 bed sacks, 56 pads. 241 pillows, 374 pillow cases, 132 sheets, 241 towels and 
 napkins, 490 prs drawers, 88 hdk'fs, 566 shirts, 15 prs. slippers, 273 prs. socks, 84 
 lbs. corned beef. 111 lbs. condensed milk, 48 lbs. cora starch, 76 lbs. farina, 5 cans 
 cocoa paste, 69 bush, apples, 525 1-2 lbs. butter, 307 cans canned fruit, 1857 lbs. 
 dried fruit, 224 lbs. dried beef, 623 heads cabbage, 15 lbs. herbs, 35 galls, krout, 100 J 
 bush, onions, 59 1-2 galls, pickles, 905 bush, potatoes, 2 lbs. tea, 697 lbs. codfish, 52 
 cans sugar of lemons, 1813 lbs. soda crackers, 1 13 bot. cordial, 185 hot. wine, 32 bot. 
 liquor, 23 volumes books, 64 magazines, 46 lbs. sago, 78 doz. bandages, 81 lbs. cloths 
 5 prs crutches, 30 lbs. lint, 3 calves, 79 jars preserves and jellies, 15 lbs. tapioca* 
 71 tin cups. 
 
 USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS FURNISHED BY ILLS. STATE SAN- 
 ITARY COMMISSION TO SPRINGFIELD SOL. AID SOCIETY. 
 
 Sent to Auburn, Ills., 4 bolts domestic, 10 spools thread, 15 do/,, buttons. 
 Sent to Brush Creek, Ills., 5 bolts domestic, 12 spools thread, 27 doz. buttons. 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITAliY COMMISSION". 
 
 Sent to Chatham, 111., 10 bolts dooiestic, 30 spools thread, G6 doz, button?. 
 Sent to Huiubolt Aid Soc, 111.. 10 bolts dom., 24 spools thread, 66 duz. buttons- 
 Sent to North Otter Creek, 111., 5 bolts dom., 12 spools thread, 27 doz. buttons. 
 Sent to Menard Co. Ill , 2 bolts dom., 6 spools thread, 19 doz. butts., 6 ps. tape. 
 Sent to Petersburg, 111., 5 bolts dom., 13 spools thread, 30 doz. buttons. 
 Sent to Wulf Creek, 111., 4 b^dts dom., 14 .spools thread, 26 doz. bulns , 4 ps. tape. 
 Sent to Waverly, 111., 4 bolts dom., 14 spools thread, 26 doz. butns., 12 ps. tape. 
 
 WORK RETURNED TO AID SOCIETY. 
 
 Chatham 70 shirts; Wolf Creek 13 shirts. 26 prs. drawers. 
 
 Returned to Sanitary Commission from Humbolt Sol. Aid Society, 38 shirts. 
 
 Returned by S[)ringfield Aid Society, 230 shirts, 170 prs. drawers. 
 
 Finished work on hand, 38 shirts, 64 prs. drawers. 
 
 Unfinished work on hand, 82 shirts, 45 prs. drawers. 
 
 GOODS ON HAND. 
 
 24 bolts domestic— 42, 43, 38 3 4. 39, 41. 38 1-4, 38, 38 1-2, 38 1-2, 38, 38 3-4, 
 38 3-4, 38 1-4, 39. 38 3-4, 40 1-2, 38, 42 1-4, 40 3-4, 44, 43 3-4, 42 3-4, 50, 44 1-4, 
 part of bolt '^1 1 2 yds — in all 1,006 14 — part of bolt (number of yds. unknown) sent 
 away to be washed. 
 
 45 unbroken spools thread. 13 broken spools thread. 
 
 25 doz. bone buttons. 222 doz. agate buttons. 
 25 unbroken p-eces tape. 2 broken pieces tape. 
 
 0.jt 3, 1863. Mrs. L. Tilton, Sec'y, 
 
ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 89 
 
 EXTIUCTS FROM REPORT OF J. C. M^COY, 
 
 AGENT AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUKCY. 
 
 Since my last report I have written for, and obtained descriptive rolls and dis- 
 charge papers of William R. Claspill, of Co. C, 2lst Reg. 111. volunteers, and collec- 
 ted his pay, amounting to $179, and sent him on his way rejoicing. This old man 
 had heart disease and diarrhea, and was completely broken down, and so disheart- 
 ened that he remarlcd to me that he came to me for help, but had often asked those 
 in authority over him to give him his rights, and had as often been treated as if he 
 were but a slave, by giving him no satisfaction whatever. 
 
 I called the attention of the Surgeon in charge of hospital No. 3, New Albany, to 
 the case of Aleck Whitlock, of Co. G, 101st regiment Illinois volunteers, and the Sur- 
 geon promised to have him brought before the Board of Examiners for discharge ; 
 the Board was to meet the next day. I called the next day after the Board met, and 
 found that they had passed Mr. Whitlock for discharge. I wrote to Mr. Whitlock's 
 father to come for him, which he did, and took his son home. Mr. Whitlock had 
 been sick seven or eight months, and was unable to get home without assistance, 
 and I have since learned that he was fast recovering. I think if Mr. AVhitlock had 
 remained much longer in hospital he would have died. 
 
 I received a letter from Elisha Bosley, of Co. K, 34th regiment Illinois volunteers, 
 asking me to try and get him discharged. I visited Mr. Bosley at Park Barracks. 
 The Surgeon was not in ; I wrote to him calling his attention to this case. The 
 Surgeon said there was nothing in his case that would cause the Board to discharge 
 him. Yet Mr. Bosley had been in hospital and barracks 18 or 20 months. I have 
 tried to get this man discharged ; he is now at hospital No. 7 ; he had to be sent to 
 hospital before he could be discharged. He has suffered a great deal, and in my 
 opinion will never be able for the field. I think he will yet be discharged. Dr. 
 Van Hook told me he would be,but there is one trouble in such cases. Surgeons, at 
 least some of them, think if they give a certificate of disability to a soldier, and the 
 Board of Examiners refuse to pass him for discharge, that it is a decision against 
 their skill as a physician, and some Surgeons will not bring a deserving patient be- 
 fore the Board, for fear he will not be passed j yet they know he ought to be dis- 
 charged. Such men should not fill such important positions \ they ought to do their 
 duty, and throw the responsibility on the Board of Examiners. 
 
 Jjse] h H. Dickson, of Co. I, 38ih regiment Illinois volunteers, in hospital No. 1, 
 was very Inw with chronic diarrhea. I felt satisfied he would die in hospital if he 
 remained there long. I spoke to his Surgeon about discharging him, he promised 
 to have it done. He was discharged. I took him to my boarding house, where he 
 was tenderly oared for, and soon began to recover. I wrote to his brother to come 
 
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^ 90 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMIMISSION. 
 
 for bim, for lie was unable to get borne without assistance. I collected bis money 
 for him, amounting to $200. His brother and aunt came for him, and they took him 
 home. He was improving fast, and was very thankful for what I had done for bim, 
 and says if be had remained in hospital ten days longer he would have died. 
 
 James C. Badgley of Co. E, 123d Illinois volunteers, was discharged in the last 
 of October, and returned home without bis pay. He wrote to me from Rose Hill, 
 Jasper county, 111., asking me to collect his money for bim. I did collect bis money 
 for him, all that was due bim from the U. S., amounting to $42 50, and expressed it 
 to him according to his directions. 
 
 I have obtained two descriptive rolls in the last month ; one for P. P. Telle, of 
 the 115tb regiment Illinois volunteers, and one for Thompson Cole, of Co. F, 125th 
 regiment Illinois volunteers. Mr. Cole passed the Board for discbarge some weeks 
 ago, but has been detained on account of not having bis descriptive roll, and when 
 it did come, it was imperfect, and bad to be sent back to his company to be perfect- 
 ed. This is hard on Mr. Cole — he has suffered much. I have aided many of our 
 boys who were out of funds by giving them postage stamps, paper, &c. 
 
 Djvid I. King, of Co. G, 78tb regiment Illinois volunteers, has been in hospital 
 for the last eight months, afflicted with rheumatism, I tried to get bim furloughed 
 while in hospital, but failed, he is a good man and soldier ; be was sent to barracks 
 to be sent to his regiment, but why it was I cannot tell, for the poor man could hardly 
 walk. I called on Capt. Armstrong, in charge of barracKs No. 1, stated to bim Mr. 
 King's situation, obtained for Mr. King a general pass, with leave to remain in my 
 oflfice. I got Capt. Armstrong to recommend bim for furlough, and when I left Lou- 
 isville bis furlough bad been sent to Department's headquarters for approval. On 
 Monday last I returned Mr. King to Barracks, and Capt. Armstrong said be should 
 be well taken care of until his furlough came to band. 
 
 I would most respectfully suggest (if it can be done) that all our soldiers that are 
 sent to hospitals, be sent to our own State, and those that belong to the Army of the 
 Cumberland, when transferred from Nashville, should not be sent through Louis- 
 ville, for this is a different Department, and under different orders. Gen. Rosecrans 
 gave orders to furlough all wounded men in his Department, able to go home, and 
 this was being done in that Department. But on the arrival of soldiers in hospitals 
 at Louisville, they bad to take their chances for furlough with many hundreds al- 
 ready in hospitals, when but five per cent, of enlisted men in hospital could be absent 
 atone time. This per cent is too small ; for clerks, cooks, and nurses often received 
 furloughs when those that were sick or wounded bad to remain, when they were the 
 first that ought to have been sent home to recruit their health, and revive their 
 drooping spirits. 
 
 There are many soldiers of our State now in hospitals in Louisville and vicinity, 
 that were wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, that have been in hospital for the 
 last four months, and think very hard, indeed, t) have to remain in hospitals, when 
 they are not fit for service, and want to be with their families while they are in- 
 valids. 
 
 I wrote to bis Excellency, Gov. Yates, asking him to make application to the Sec- 
 retary of War, for the transfer of our soldiers to our State ; and be answered by 
 stating be bad done so. The order came to transfer our boys to our State, all that 
 were able to come ,• but this was only partially carried out. Some 250 were sent, so I 
 was informed by Dr. Shumard, Medical Director. None were sent from hospitals 
 Nos. 9, 16, 18, 19 and 20. One reason for this is that some Surgeons, in charge of 
 hospitals, dislike very much to furlough, or transfer, those in their hospitals, for fear 
 
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 the number will get below what is required to keep open a hospital. For, in that 
 case, the hospital would be broken up, and the Surgeon put to the inconvenience of 
 being sent front, or sent to some more unpleasant position. 
 
 On one occasion I had gone to Maj. Camp's oflfico to collect the pay of a discharged 
 soldier, and there found Order No. 2, issued by the Secretary of War, changing 
 previous Order in regard tofurloughing enlisted men in hospitals, making it twenty 
 per cent, in place of five per cent. I felt rejoiced at this, knowing that this would 
 send many of our men home on furlough that had been in hospital many months. 
 I copied the order, knowing at the time Surgeons in Louisville were not acting under 
 this order. I then called on the Medical Director, asked him if there was any change 
 in regard to furloughing. He said be had heard there was, but had not received 
 any order changing it. I showed him a copy of the order. He remarked that if he 
 had the order he would give orders to his Surgeons to act accordingly. I borrowed 
 the order and took it to him. He had it copied, and said he would issue the neces- 
 sary orders. But on the 28th and 29th I visited two hospitals, and they had not 
 such an order from the Medical Director. 
 
 I informed Dr. Weeks of the dissatisfaction of our soldiers, and the difficulty of 
 obtaining furloughs, or transfers, and asked him to use his influence to have our 
 men sent to our own State, without sending them through Louisville. I had a sim- 
 ilar conversation with Mr. Eno, our State Agent, as he returned from Springfield to 
 Nashville, and said to him if it could be done, I would willingly give up my posi- 
 tion as Agent at Louisville, believing it would be best for our men to have them sent 
 a different route. 
 
 I have learned much at this Agency, and any Agent that will do his duty, will al I 
 the time be aiding and doing some good to our soldiers, in need of assistance, in 
 Louisville and vicinity. 
 
 The monthly account currant of expenses for the month of Jan., I have left in the 
 hands of Col. Woods, Secretary. 
 
 With the best wishes for the success of the Illinois Sanitary Commission, and all 
 those connected with said Commission, I remain 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 Your obd't serv,t, 
 
 J. C. McCOY. 
 
92 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM KEPOIITS OF C. T. CHASE, 
 
 STATE AGENT AT CAIRO. 
 
 RELIEF WORK. | 
 
 Come to Cairo — stroll up and down the levee — visit the -vvharf-boats, railroad 
 depot, and especially that beneficent institution, the Soldiers' Home, if you would 
 know the full measure of this work atone single p-.nnt. Men are landed at all hours 
 of the night and day, anxious to press forward to spend all the time possible among 
 their friends, which their fast expiring furloughs will allow. A few words of timely 
 information then is invaluable to them, after that they can do for themselves. How 
 glad the well men are to touch once more the soil of their own proud State ! The 
 cripled veteran hobbles up the levee, his comrade carrying his knapsack. The 
 fever-was ed boy lies waiting on the boiler deck fur some friend to come, with kind- 
 ly hand, and pass him forward to that Bethcsda of all a soldiers' troubles — his 
 family and home. 
 
 A true soldier never complains, and if this be taken as a standard, our army is 
 full of them. He regards a maimed limb the more honorable of the two ; and there 
 are thousands who would accept of ruined health — even death itself — to a ruined 
 country. One said he enlisted "because he thought it his duty." Another, ''to- save 
 the Union and the Constitution." A third, "that our children might enjoy the priv- 
 ileges which we enjoy, and more abundantly." Gray haired men tell us with quiv- 
 ering lip, they "didn't want to live when this nation is destroyed." Even the boys 
 have striven "to do what they could." Such are the unstudied expressions of our 
 enlisted soldiers. 
 
 In mingling with these men, many incidents arise worthy a place among memen- 
 toes of the war. They tell us quite plainly that all human sympathy has not depart- 
 ed from the army, and that the hopes of a brighter life, in fairer climes, lives after 
 the smoke of battle and the deadly conflict are over. A few of these may be permit- 
 ted, perhaps, in a business report: — 
 
 One dark, stormy night there was lying on the floor of the passenger room at the 
 depot, a bald old man. He, with forty others, were returning from their term of 
 service, in the Department of the Gulf . Five of their comrades were left to sleep 
 on the banks of the Mississippi as they came up. The old man was too weak to 
 stand alone, yet was very anxious "to get back to Peggy (his wife) who didn't know 
 he was coming off." The Post Surgeon soon came, and took him in his arms, and 
 carried him off to the ambulance. His mates saw it with surprise, and on enquiry, 
 learned the Surgeon's name. "Dr. Taggart," said one, "shall be remembered wher- 
 
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 ever we go." "No wonder," all said, "that your western men fight so well if that's 
 the care they get." 
 
 On Thanksgiving morning a father came with his sick son from Little Rock, Ark., 
 and was anxious to go straight home with him to his mother and sisters. But he was 
 manifestly so weak that he ought not risk the effort. He would die on the tr.iin. 
 A note informed the Surgeon that there was "a sick boy at the depot, who was well 
 nigh spending his Thanksgiving in Heaven." A dispatch to his friends at Paris, 
 Edgar county, informed them that ''Geo. Wellman is here with his son, resting in 
 hospital." The next morning, he had been restless through the night, but "seemed 
 smarter than when they started." In the afternoon a second dispatch told the 
 friends that "William Wellman is no more; his remains will come by the 2 1-2 
 train." 
 
 In hospital, strong men sometimes take useful lessons in life. A dying soldier 
 boy whispered in the Surgeon's ear, "Tell my father to be faithful to the end." "Yes. 
 What word have you for your mother and sisters ?" "Not any — they are christians j 
 but tell my father that, when he comes." The father came the next day. After ar- 
 ranging some business matters, enquired if "his son left no word ?" "Yes — he left 
 word for you. He told me tj tell his father that it was his dying request that he 
 should be "faithful to the end." The strong man bowed his head and received the 
 dying words of his son with profound seriousness. 
 
 Our post hospital, by the way, is a gem of its kind ; neat, airy, comfortable, and 
 well attended. The general hospital, at Mound City, holds a first rank, worthily. 
 
 One evening a crippled soldier, who had received some attentions during the day, 
 was found at the passenger depot in search of his comrades, who had his transpor- 
 tation with theirs. He was very thin and weak, and irritable from the afiiiction of 
 his wound; so he was taken to a hotel, and placed in .i comfortable bed. In the 
 morning a thick heavy flannel shirt was handed him to put on, while arrangements 
 were making to secure him free transportation home. When he came out with his 
 comfortable shirt on, he looked almost bewildered — "Look here/' said he, nervously 
 "tell me what name that is ? I'm afraid I didn't reail it right." The name, in indel- 
 ible ink, was read to him. "It is, it is my name! — I thought so, but couldn't believe 
 my own eyes." 
 
 In extending relief to sufi'erers, we find that personal care is often of greater 
 value than an expenditure of money. There is no place from Chicago to New Or- 
 leans where so much call is presented for assistance in every way. To one whose 
 soul is wedded to the hope of doing good, it is a spot full of precious opportunities. 
 Adding our mite to the much that has otherwise been done, we feel assured that this 
 field of labor has been well attended to. To be a laborer, it has been a privilege. 
 
 My outside work is light this month. Supplies do not come forward — have tele- 
 graphed to Sup't. Jacobs to hurry them up — and think he will do so. 
 
 I found four motherless children in the R. R. depot to-night — ages 7, 3, 1 1-2 
 years, and 2 months. Their father was away — so I did nothing — but went on to my 
 supper at the St. Charles, where I am stopping now, for want of any other place. 
 While eating, I was called away — a "very urgent call," the waiter said. It was the 
 father of the orphans — with a letter to me from the President of the Ladies' Loyal 
 League, of Anna, interceding for the family. There was no place where they could 
 go, among the refugees, without being exposed to the measles. I went to ihe Sol- 
 diers, Home, and found them preparing to take a case of ih^ small pox to the hospi- 
 tal — one of their attendants. What could be done ? Nothing, but take them to the 
 
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 St. Charles. I did so — got them a room — tlie children some bread and milk. Tho 
 father was trying to get back to his mother with the children, to Clifton, Tennessee, 
 anl would not be dissuaded. He will go on to-morrow. I told him of the Chicago 
 Orphan Asylum, and offered to send them all there. He had ''never heard of such 
 a. place," and could not comprehend its object or mission. He had been a guide and 
 scout to the Union forces in Tennessee — his home. 
 
 I wish you had come in on the train, and gone with me to see the three year old 
 girl trotting about the depot, singing — the next younger lying on a bench by itself, 
 and the eldest, only seven years, tending the infant like a loving mother. What 
 could you have done? tell me. 
 
 At the Pvefugees' Hospital— under the charge and expense of the local Relief As- 
 sociation — is a Union soldier, watching over his only child. He came in time to find 
 his wife alive, but dying, and has waited and watched, with all dutifulness, by the 
 death beds of his wife and three children. 
 
 These are only instances of frequent occurrence. May God stay the rebels' hands, 
 that peace may come again! 
 
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 COMPLAmTS BY A LADY. 
 
 THE SECRETARY'S REPLY TO THEM. 
 
 General Head Quarters, State of Illinois, '\ 
 
 Adjutant General's Office, I 
 
 Sanitary Departjient, Springfield, Jan. 1864. J 
 
 2Ir8. Doct. Scott, Cor. Secretary Soldiers' Aid Societij, Danville, III.: 
 
 Madam — His Excellency, Governor Yates, has very kindly referred your letter 
 of the 30th ult., to this Department. It was received by him on the 8th inst., and 
 placed in my hands yesterday. 
 
 The Governor would most willingly respond to your communication had he the 
 particular information regarding the topics alluded to by you, which those imme- 
 diately connected with the sanitary work are supposed to possess. 
 
 The Board of Directors of the Illinois State Sanitary Commission has its head 
 quarters in this city, employs a Recording Secretary, holds its meetings every week 
 regularly, and frequently has called meetings, and all its operations are under the 
 vigilant superintendence of Adjutant General Fuller. 
 
 Replying to your inquiry concerning free papers for one or two ladies who desire 
 to visit Chattanooga as nurses, I very pspectfuUy inform you that our State author- 
 ities have no power to pass nurses or sanitary agents free of expense, over any of 
 our railroads, and the most we can do in that way, is to furnish each loyal citizen, 
 who may apply for it, a letter to the commanding officer of th'3 department in which 
 they may wish to visit, vouching for the loyalty and respectability of the bearer 
 and requesting for them a safe conveyance through the lines. 
 
 Favors and facilities of this character, this Department is ever ready and most 
 happy to confer. 
 
 Sanitary stores can be sent forward free of cost by railrdad to the agent of the Illi- 
 nois Sanitary Commission, Mr. C. T. Chase, at Cairo, and by him forwarded to any 
 U. S. hospital or regiment in any of the Western departments. 
 
 Parties visiting hospitals or regiments cannot take with them any packages of 
 supplies free of charge for transportation, unless the same are marked and consio-ned 
 to an accredited sanitary agent. 
 
 State authorities have no power to appoint hospital nurses, and no one is permitted 
 to act in that capacity, unless commissioned by the War Department at Washing- 
 ton ; and to procure a commission for that purpose, a recommendation from Miss D. 
 L. Dix, of Washington, is indispensable. 
 
 The objects you have in view in wishing to visit the hospitals and troops at Chat- 
 tanooga, are eminently praiseworthy and patriotic, but I think you would fail in 
 
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 your attempts to accomplish them, even should you succeed in reaching the place; 
 at any rat<^,it would be literally impracticable for you to superintend the distribution 
 anil appropriation of the supplies you might be furnished with. 
 
 The sick and disabled men in hospitals are necessarily under the control of sur- 
 geons in charge, and their respective subordinates, and I am safe in imagining that 
 were the Governor of the State, or President Lincoln himself, to enter a United States 
 hospital, and with that spirit of kindness and good feeling which those eminent 
 gentlemen are known to possess, should present a patient with the choicest and rarest 
 dish which the skillful and tasteful hands of your society could prepare, the article 
 would be immediately taken possession of by the officer of the ward, and the con- 
 tributor politely told that the act was "in violation of rules, and that the patient 
 could not be permitted to touch th-^ delicacy without the order of the surgeon." 
 
 The contributions from your society have been numerous and valuable, and I re- 
 gret to perceive from your letter that its members seem to entertain the app-ehen- 
 sion that alarge proportion of their donations have been lost, wasted or misappro- 
 priated. The impression prevails to some extent in other communities, and I do not 
 suppose that it will ever ba entirely removed. You are but in the performance of a 
 duty in calling our attent'on to the matter, and I trust that what I may say in re- 
 ply, will serve to convince you that your conclusions are predicated on reports that 
 are, in many respects, erroneous. 
 
 The percentage of loss that happens to goods sent through this Commission is very 
 small. 
 
 An occasional package may be lost in transportation, and cases of misappropria- 
 tion may still occur in hospitals, but from the very nature of the system under which 
 disbursements are made, and the stores used, there can be but little opportunity for 
 embezzling any of them. Packages sent to individuals or regiments by common 
 carriers, without any one having special charge of them, arc, no doubt lost, or a 
 good while reaching their destination, and these, or some of these, when so fortunate 
 as to arrive at their destination, may find that the parties to whom sent have re- 
 moved quite beyond their reach. They then are liable to, and at times, doubtless, 
 do fall into the hands of unprincipled men, who lose no time in appropriating them 
 to their own use, or sell them under the false title of sanitary stores. Now, when 
 this happens, sick men, left behind by their commanders, in hospitals, may, audit 
 is presumed often do, jiurchase such articles unawares, and in this way a sick lad 
 may have found upon the case containing some delicacy, the dear name of a beloved 
 mother or sister. 
 
 Often have sutlers' goods been smuggled through under the mark of ''sanitary," 
 the owners, for the occasion, claiming to be sanitary agents. By such management 
 on the part of scoundrels could sanitary supplies, so called, only be obtained by pur- 
 chase. They are never sold by accredited agents. 
 
 I have found it to be true that complaints of misappropriation apply almost exclu- 
 sively to delicacies. 
 
 How exceedingly rare it is to hear of any one accused of stealing or misappropri- 
 ating substantials, or bedding or clothing. But if we consider how very small a pro- 
 portion the delicaciesbear to the whole amount of the contril-'utions, and when we 
 take into the account the great losses (hat happen to the delicacies, such as canned 
 fruits, cordials, etc., in consequence of the bad packing by original parties or con- 
 tributors, amounting sometimes to over fifty per cent., it will a}ipear manifest to all 
 that not one in a hundred of the men in hospitals could even receive a single can, or 
 bottle of wine, even if more were appropriated. 
 
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 ILLINOIS STATE SANITARY COMMISSION. 97 
 
 That some of those who return to their homes do aver that they never received a 
 particle of sanitary stores, is doubtless true, but how many thousands are there of 
 our brave men who stand roady to t'^stify to the frequent and timely relief they have 
 received from our commission, and many there are who attribute the saving of their 
 lives to the same benevolent agency. 
 
 I have dw- It upon the subject of your communication, Madame, much more briefly 
 . than its importance demands, but I trust that I have said enough to show you that 
 it is possible, if not probable, that your fears with regard to the fate of the many 
 generous benefactions of your society, are in great measure, groundless. 
 
 Before closing this letter I beg leave to submit arem-irk or two in reference to our 
 Stale Sanitary Commission of a general chara-ter. Its objects, the essential purposes 
 of its organization, are well known. It has been ste.idilv growing in power, influ- 
 ence and in the confidence of a patriotic people; but to carry out these purposes and 
 muintain this position, it must have the hearty co-operation of every true friend 
 of ihe soldier, and the Commission must see to it that the instrumentalities and agen- 
 cies selected by it to accomplish its mission are of the most eflScient and unexcep- 
 tionable character. 
 
 Its Boar<l of Directors I know have have no disposition whatever to employ in its 
 home field, in the hospitals, or among the camps, any person or persons against 
 whrse reputation fur honesty, anl high moral principle, there exists the slightest 
 suspicion. 
 
 In injunction with the Adjutant General the Directors never lose sight of the 
 fact, in all tht^ir deliberations, in ail their appropriations, in all their appointments, 
 and in all their instructions to their agents, that the means placed in their hands, 
 consisting of money and property by which they are enabled to prosecute this great 
 sanitary enterprise, are the voluntary contributions of a confiding and generous 
 community ; and they regard this trust as being of the most sacred character; and 
 they watch it, and dispense it with a carefulness and solicitude equal in every respect 
 to that which they bestow upon their own private aflfairs. 
 
 I think it due to myself to remark that I did not seek the responsible pos'tion I 
 occupy, but I do assure you and the numerous patrons of this beneficent work, that 
 in yielding to the solicitations cf Gov. Yates, Gen. Fuller, and the Board of Direct- 
 ors, to assume the duties of Recording Secretary, I have fully appreciated, and 
 have endeavored to press upon a 1 the importance and necessity of such a course of 
 action in the discharge of our respective duties as will secure to us and the Com- 
 mission the ultimate confidence and undivided support of just such ever active and 
 philanthropic ladies as yourself, and those associated with you, in your noble efi'orts 
 to lessen and relieve the sufferings of our bravo soldiers. 
 
 In all our correspondence with our agents we plainly insist upon the observance of 
 the strictest economy in their official expenses, unceasing vigilance and care and ju- 
 dicious discrimination in their distribution of sanitary supplie.-», and in all respects 
 to so represent this Commission as to give no cause for any complaint of unfaithful- 
 ness or extravagance. It would seem almost superfluous to remark that in this 
 C'>ur.-e we have the hearty approval and co-operation of his Kxcellency, Governor 
 Yates, and Adjutant General Fuller, and I know that these gentleman most carnc.'.tly 
 desire this Commission to become the most efTn'iiTt, economical and expeditious 
 agency throutrh which the benefactions of our liberal and loyal people can reach 
 
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 Ihose h(;r )ic man who have b.ittlel fjr, and are defending our most precious 
 blessings. 
 
 We thntik you f-T your letter. And we are happy toi<now tiiat the true friends of 
 the !?<>ldi.'r — he ladies — :ire w.itehini,' us cdosely, and s.re disposed to criticise our 
 ju-tion sharp'y. We invite this walchfulr.ess from every quarier, and will endeavor 
 t . prfit l«y it. 
 
 Y ry respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 JOUX R. WOODS, 
 7?t'c. Sec. III. Slate Sun'ilurij Commission. 
 
 KIND OF SUPPLIES MOST NEEDED IN HOSPITALS. 
 
 As a great many persons desire to know what articles are mostly wanted at the 
 U. S. Military Hospitals, the information is here given. The list, it will be noticed, 
 is confined to such articles as are regarded indispensable to the health of a family. 
 Eggs, Chickens, Butter, Canned and Dried Fruit, Pickles and Vegetables. 
 
 With these might be named. Farina, Concentrated Milk, Tapioca, Irish Moss, 
 Corn Starch, Blackberry Cordial, and Slippery Elm. — These are not furnished by 
 the Government. In some Hospitals — and especially in those that are under the 
 management of honest, humane, skillful and provident Surgeons and Stewards, the 
 savings in the Soldiers rations are abundantly sufficient to create a fund for the pur- 
 chase of every thing needed, that is not supplied by the Commissary. The present 
 scarcity and high prices of provisions, however, renders it diflficult for the stewards 
 to keep up a supply of the relishable articles of food, and hence urgent calls must 
 be made upon our people for contributions. 
 
 Flannel Shirts are ver}-^ much needed for Rhumatic patients and those afflicted 
 with chronic diarrhea. In every package put up for our suffering boys in the 
 Hospitals, Cloths, bandages, eye shades, needle books, soap and combs should not 
 be omitted. — Their kind friends should also provide for the mental wants of the sol- 
 diers, and send him good books and instructive reading matter. 
 
 The Government supplies Clothing and Bedding in nearly sufficient quantities 
 except in cafes of emergency, it also provides meats, bread, coffee, sugar, salt and 
 rice in abundance. 
 
 In the disbursement of the stores committed to our care, great caution and dis- 
 crimination are exercised. Our Agents make frequent visits to hospitals, inspecting 
 the wards, the tables, and the beds. We know^ from actual observation that soldiers 
 get a very large proportion of what we disburse. A wearied exhausted nurse, an 
 earnest sympathising fatigued night watcher does, and ought to, get a sip of wine, 
 the wing of a Chicken, a boiled egg, occasionally; who will say they are not entitled 
 to it. ? 
 
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