E 63/ IVou. 4 0«c. I^«^ follows : T1]E HOSPITAL nniECTOSV. The work performed at the office of the Hospital Directory was a mat- ter of great interest to me, and I lingered in it with a sad and melan- choly pleasure. Persons w'ere almost constantly coming and going; and I could but notice the changes of feeling that would involuntarily mani- fest themselves on the part of the anxious inquirers. Here was a father w'ho had come from northern Indiana, hoping to liud his onlj^ boy in hos- pital in Louisville, and take him home, where he could have a mother's care. But he is not here. For a moment his sturdy frame shakes as with convulsions, and the big tears chase each other rapidly downh's fur- rowed cheeks, as the agent communicates this sad intelligence. Thecon- fiict is brief, for in another moment the Directory is consulted, and it is announced that his bo^^ is in hospital in Nashville, slightly wounded and doing well. The tears still fall, but they tell of joy rather than grief, and as he parses tow^ards the door I hear him, with trembling voice, utter the ejaculation, "Thank God ! " Next comes a lady, with'palc sad counte- nance, to inquire for her husband. She knew that he had been wounded, perhaps fatally, at the battle of Franklin, and she had hastened, hoping at least, to reach him before he d"ed. Oh ! the silent, tearless despair that pictured itself upon the face of that frail, gi'ief-stricken, widowed one, as the terrible truth pierced her soul. She was too late, lie was dead and in his grave. The struggle was l)rief but severe. A few minutes, and she had gained the victory. Rising to leave the office, with a heroism worthy the heroic ages, she said, " 1 consented that he should goto serve his country — I would do the same again." Tens of thousands of inquiries, by letter and personal application, are made by friends for their loved ones in the army ; to most of which sat- isfactory ansv/ers are given. There are over 550,000 names on the books of the office. Separate books arc kept for each State and each regiment; and every removal from one hospital to anolher, olM;hange in the condi- tion of each patient in all the hospitals in the country, is immediately communicated and entered upon the books? The labor in\H)lved is im- mense; but no person who spends an hour in the office will (juestion its benevolence or propriety. The Pension and Back Pay Office is another inter .'sting feature of the Commission at Louisv.ille ; and its business is conducted with enei'gy and fidefity. An immen>e amount of back pay is collected, and a vast num- ber of pensions are obtained for those wliose friends have fallen in the service; and its whole w( vk is gnituifous. Sl'ECIAL i'itlVU.KGlS GHANTLD^'O TUiO SASIIWllV COMMISSION. Wli'le at Louisville, 1 had a striking ikustration of the superior facili ties afforded by our commanding General-! to the Sanitary Commission, for carrying on its benevolent operation-;. -An orderhad just been issued l)y General Thomas, prohibiting all civilians from going below Louisville. The prospect for my getting to the front was rather dubious ; but in- structions inunediatc'ly followed, directing the commanding officer at Louisville, to pass and supply transportation to all agents of the United States Sanitary Commission, fur whom Dr. Newberry might make appli- cation. Thus, while I saw otiicrs excluded, f, as an agent of the Sanitary Commission, was welcome. SUKGEOX WOUHW OUTlTs OMINKJN, Dr. WoodwcrtI), of the U.S. Army, in charge of the hospital train from Louisville, kindly invited me to a seat in the train, the cars of which are unoccupied on the way to the front. This was a great favor, as the other train was crowded with soldiers, al.so hastening to the front. The Surgeon has been engaged in similar service during most of the past summer and fall, and I am sure that a man better suited to that severe and trying service, could hardly have been selected. I took occa- .sion to inquire of him if the Sanitary Commission rendered him any>id in his work. His reply was very emphatic. Said he, " dining the last season I have brought back from the front over 21,000 patients, mostly wounded, and could not have made them at all comfortable hut for the help rendered me by the Commission. Their agents seem to be always present, and present with what is most needed. The Surj^eon was equally explicit in expressing his disapprobation of all State and loc;d organizations, only as th\y were auxiliaiy to the one great National organization. A little circumstance occurred on tlie way down, showing what the boys who come in contact with the Connnission think of it. The men run- ning the hospital train, all board on the train. After their supper was over, the Steward learned that 1 was on board, and came the whole length of ths train to the rear car, to invite me to go and get my supper. "We are too much indebted to the Sanitary Commission," said he, " not to take o'ood care of its acrents whenever we can sict a chaiic." mSliUltSli.MENTS OF VEGKTA lj;.K; ;K\. TlKiM.VS AH.MV. When I reached Nashville, but little was doing in the way of distribu- tion of supplies, except to the hospita's. The lines of communication to all points below had been severed. The field agents and the arm}^ had concentrated, and were preparing for the great conflict in front of Nashville. Just before my arrival, General Thomas had rec]Ucsted the agent of the Commission at Nashville, Judge Root, if in his power, to supply his army in the field with a given number of rations of vegeta- bles, as they had had comparatively few for a long time. Tn response to this request the Commission issued from l)eceml>er '2nd to December Gth inclusive, to G3,800 of General Thomas' )iien, as follows : CO 10 ~ 2 777 757 329 329 120 120 30 30 421 413 84 63 151 155 59 55 36 35 38 37 2045 1994 5B,S To the 4th Army Corps . " 10th •' " . " 17tli " " . " 20th " •' . " 23d '' " . Provisional Division Cavalry Artillery Miscellaneous Colored Brigade 2861' 1542; 462' 126' 1366' 243' 524' 228; 143' 168' Total 2045 1994 7663! Thirteen car loads more were sent to out-points for like distribution, besides what was sent to the hospitals. All this was only theVork of live days. The number of men in each Division was furnished tlie Commission, and the vegetables receipted for by the Division Comman- ders. The distribution ^vas in the ratio of three barrels of vcf^etables to every hundred men, nnd a"barrel of kraut to]every regiment. now 1 ITTl.K THE liOVS K\KW AliOtT rf. In passing along the lines for some four or five miles just after this vast distribution, I took frequent occasion to in^juirc of the l)oys if they had received anything recently from the Sanitary Conuuission. I sup- pose I made this inquiry in more than a dozen different places. The universal reply was, " we have not." I inquired of them if they had not been having rations of vegetables during the past week. "Yes," they invariably i-eplied, " but they -wei-e furnished by the Commissary^ When I explained to them how the Commissary came by them, and that nearly the wliolo army had been supplied, they were quite surprised. Two thousand Ixarrcis of vegetables had then been distributed in five days, and though the boys were enjoying the hixmy hugely, not one in a thousand of them, probably ever dreamed that they wore indeV)ti-d fcr them to the Sanitary Commission. Numerous incidents were given mc illustrating the fact that the boys, either in the field or hospital, know but very little of their in- debtedness to the Commission. I give Init a single instance, related by Mr. Tone, one of the laborious field agents of the Commission. Mr. Tone said that he visited a hospital, (I think at Murfreesboro), a few days after having sent there a load of supplies, consisting of condensed milk, potatoes, onions and kraut. He inc[uired of the boys how they were pleased with the Sanitary supplies that he had sent them. They uni- tedly denied having received any. He told them that on such a day he had sent them a four mule wagon load. They still declared that^they liad not received any, and that if any had come there, the steward and nurses had used them. Mr. Tone questioned them in regard to their diet; inquired if they had used any milk lately; "yes, they had it in their ccffee every da3^" Tf they had onions or kraut; " yes, they had both, and they were Up-top.'''' Tliese were the four articles that Mr. Tone had sent them, but it had never entered tlieir thoughts that they came from the Sanitarj'' Commission. In the month of November, ]\Ir. Tone and Mr. Brundagc had distril)- uted at Stevenson, Pulaski, Johnsonville and Duck River, 19,081 gallons of kraut, 3,520 bushels of onions, and large (|uan titles of potatoes, ])icklcs, etc. H.U'TLE FIELD StPPLIES AT NASIIVILLK. Large ciuantities of battle field supplies had been accumulating at Nashville, in anticipation of heavy demands in that vicinity. The field agents were on Imnd anxiously awaiting the movement of Gen. Thomas, which was to open the blootly drama in fi'ont of Nashville, when with their corps of assistants, they would for the hundredth time renew their work of mercy, amid the terrible scenes of slaughter and blood, and I have no doubt that relief was carried to many hundreds on that battle field. When I left, three days before the battle, clothing, such as would be I'equired by the wounded, had been distributed largely among the sui'geonsin charge of the division field hospitals, so that there might be no delay when the emergency should occur. WASTE AND MlSAI'Pl ICATTON 01' SUriM.II^S. T tool-: particular pains to inquire if any considerable amount of vege- t ibles had bx-ome spoiled before distribution, and learned that a few that were shipped late last summer, were unfit for use when they reached the field; 111' qumlit}' was very trifling, and as to waste, ir misapplication of supplies, 1 am sitisfied that there is as little as can bj under tlie cir- cumstances. 'Die general clinrgc that the officers, surgeons and nurses get the sanitary stores, is a gross wrong d)ne to these noble, self-sacrifi- cing men. Th3rc are bad men in the arnij', and among surgeons, it is admitted, and there will be cases of misapplication of supplies, but these ar.i tha exceptions, and not the rule. Tlie men and officers in the army will compare favorably, as to ]ion.> remarked, that in the larger portion of the operations of the Sanitaiy Commission it is clearly impossible to cmplo}' a gratuitous agency. The work is such as to demand permanent paid laborers in order to be done at all. And here it is necessary to correct the common misapprehension, that the distribution of hospital supplies is the whole, or principal work of the Sanitary Commission. It consti- tutes but one of several departments. There, for instance, is the Back Pay and Pension Department, for assisting discharged soldiers or their friends to obtain their claims upon the government ; with reference to which the idea of using a mere gratuitous, volunteer agency is as absurd as to expect to carry on the Treasury Department of the Government in like manner. The business must be done with care, method and intelli- gence, and with a sense of responsibility also, which result only from long experience and official training. There is the Hospital Directory Department, recording the names of all soldiers who enter the army liospitals, with their transfers from point to point, and their death or discharge. To this department application is made by thousands monthly to discover the life, death or condition of those from whom they have heard nothing. It requires a numerous and careful set of agents to (jbtain the hospital returns, keep the corresponding books, and answer inquiries orally or by letter. And these agents cannot be changed every few weeks, without defeating the whole object. Their experience is worth more than gold. They nnist be retained permanently, and there- fore receive a salary for support. There is the Department of Army Inspection, employing a large nvunber of able physicians, who spend their entire tinio in going from camp to camp throughout the seat of war, inspecting the condition of the men and the situation of the camps, infjuiring into diet, clothing, personal habits, and the regimen of the array in respect to hygiene, making suggestions to officers and men, and obtaining numerous and minute statistics for future publication. These latter (some of which have recently been submitted to scientilic Ijodies n luirope, and ehcitod great surprise and commendation), are of the utmost value and could not be obtained and recorded by any but profes- sional and experienced persons, who must be employed for long periods 20 and be paid for their services. Take, again, the Kehef Depaituient, witli its Hospital Cars and its numerous Soldiers' Homes scattered through the land at all the principal points reached by the soldiers on their way to or from the army, where the hungry are fed, the naked are clothed, and the houseless are sheltered and lodged ; and how is it possible to entrust their management to volunteer, gratuitous agents, changing evei^" month or six weeks ? As well undertake to conduct a city hotel on that principle. Then there is the work of publishing and circulating the series of documents issued by the Sanitary Commission, many of them of a medical nature, giving the latest results of medical science and surgical art with reference to camp diseases and injuries received in battle. These must be prepared with care by competent men at the head of their profession, and must be published and widely distributed with ungrudging outlay. Consider, then, the Distribution of Supplies. There must surely be permanent agents at almost every military post, to receive and handle the goods at the storehouses, to see to arrangements with railroads, steamboats, quartermasters and teamsters, to keep account of stock, and make delivery to the distributing agencies in the field, and to make stated reports to the Commission. But few men liave the business knowledge and tact to fill these places ; and to obtain and retain them, they must have proper compensation. Wo agency for aiding the army fretends to employ gratuitous labor in this part of the worlc. But yet, again, over the multitude of distributors of supplies there must be per- manent superintendents to direct them where to labor, to instruct them in the details of their work, and to be responsible to the Central Commis- sion for the proper organization and efficiency of the force sent to the field. These must be wise, capable, experienced men, permanentl}'' engaged in the cause, and of course supported by the funds of the Com- mission. And such jxiid agency every Commission employs that lahors for the good of the army. Now two things may be here observed : first, that no Agency but that of the Sanitary Commission even pretends to do anything in the various departments named, with the exception of the last; so that if, in order to avoid paid agencies, the public should desert the Sanitary Commission, it would necessitate the utter abandoning of work as neces- sary and important as that of hospital supplies ; and secondly, that the respects in which it has already been proved that a paid agency is indis- pensable, and is actually used by all Commissions, are so numerous that very little is left about which to dispute. These cover perhaps three- fourths of the expense incurred by the Sanitary Commission in the remuneration of those whom it employs. But that no evasion may seem to be practised, the case will be still Au'ther examined with reference to the small part of the work which 21. rulattis to the final distribution of supplies to the soldiers. It will naturally be asked, Whether good, benevolent men, could not be secured to act gratuitously for brief periods of a month or six weeks, in convey- ing the supplies from the storehouses to the hospitals, and in making distribution among sick and wounded? If laymen cannot lea^e their business, can not the pastors of churches be sent on short visits to the army for this purpose ? It may be answered, that if the Sanitary Com. mission were to do this, the agency could hardly be called gratuitous; for the churches would still support the pastors and their families by the continuance of their salaries, and would also supply the vacant pulpits at considerable cost, while the Commission would pay the traveling expenses and the board in the army. Instead of being properly a gra- tuitous operation, it would be borrowing and supporting a paid agency at not a small incidental expense. In every department of work somebody must support the workmen. It were better to add, if necessary a few dollars more, call it a compensated labor, and secure the obvious advan- tages of the latter plan. These advantages may be summed up in per- manence, efficiency and economy. 1. A paid agency will le fermancnt. All who need the labor of others value permanence of arrangement. No housewife likes to change her cook or chambermaid every month. No charitable asylum for or- phans or the blind, for the insane or for the deaf and dumb, would choose a gratuitous monthly service from friends rather than a paid per- manent service. If a business man finds a good clerk, he wants to keep him. Suppose, now, a company of volunteer agents visit the army, and two or three of them prove to be admirably qualified for the work, would it not be good policy to secure their services permanently by offer- ing such a salary as would enable them to remain ? Could money be better expended '? Why send them away to let inferior men come in their place, even if the latter will serve for nothing ? 2. A paid agency is the most efficient. Under the idea of efficiency we may include as elements, selection, order, responsibility and experi- ence. To work to the best advantage in extended operations, selected men must work under strict discipline and for long periods. Those to be employed must be carefully chosen, not merely for general good character, nor even for special piety and usefulness in other fields, but for adaptation to the particular work. But if the Sanitary Commission were to depend upon volunteer agency, they could not use the same par- ticularity of selection as at present. Ten times as many agents would be needed during the year, and these must often be hastily accepted as they might offer, especially as the temptation would be strong to avoid giving offence by their rejection, in case they were persons of influ- ence in the community. Consequently with the good men would be 22 sent uiany utterly unqualitied for the work. The present plan gives op- portunity for careful selection in the case of every individual, and thus secures an efficient corps of laborers from the outset. In the held, moreover, each laborer mu,st be rigidly held to his proper place and the prescribed method, and be made responsible for his portion of the work. This can be very partially done under a gratuitous, volunteer system, in which men come of their own accord, stay for a brief term, have their curiosity to gratifj^ work for nothing, and feel correspondingly indepen- dent. It is useless here to say that good men, Christians and clergymen at that, will be free from irregularity and insubordination. Human na- ture is human nature even in such worthy representatives, and agents will generally take improper liberty, and feel a degree of irresponsi- bility, who are here to-day and gone to-morrow, and whose labors ai'e a gratuity. The vast extent and great importance of the operations of the Sanitary Commission, involving the distribution of supplies to the value of millions of dollars, require, on simple business principles, that it should have agents perfectly under its control, and of whom it stands in no fear. It is essential, on the one hand, that the agents be dependent upon it for their employment and support, and subject continually to orders of a superior authorit}", which they must obey ; and, on the other hand, that the Commission be independent of their good will, and not necessitated to use them for subsequent appeals to the people. It must not be in bondage to gratuitous laborer?, nor under temptation from them. And then the necessity of long and varied experience to efficient la- bor need scarcely be argued with an intelligent public. An experienced man can not only do twice the work of a novice in the same time, but can do it twice as well. He knows where to go, what to do, how to do it, whom to see. He learns the peculiarities of men with whom he has to deal. He becomes familiar with plans, methods, and localities. He acquires tact as well as knowledge. He is worth twice as much the second month as he was the first, and as much more still the third. Would it be wisdom, then, for the Sanitary Commission to abandon a plan which gives them the advantage of disciplined, responsible, and experienced agents, and to adopt one which would make them dependent upon a succession of raw, undisciplined, irresponsible and inexperienced hands, coming fresh from the people every month or six weeks'? Let common sense return the answer. o. A paid agency is the most economical. This afliniiation is made advisedly, as the result of observation and experience, and thoughtful men will see nothing strange in it. It would not surprise a merchant to tell him that paid clerks would be more economical than tlie volunteer, gratuitous and inexperienced friends who might offer to assist him, or even that well-paid clerks were more economical than those i>oorly paid. 23 To judge of economy in a particular case, we must consider more than the money laid out in expenses. The true test is the relation of expense to results. A high rent is sometimes cheaper than a low rent, provided the locality be superior, llou^ekecpevs imderstand that a cook at ten dollars a month might cost a family less than anotlier at five, or even at nothing. Indeed, not a few assistants in every line of liusiness are dear iit nothing. The economy of sanitary operations depends on the amount they cost the public and the government as well as the treasury of the Oom- mission, the proportion the expenses bear to the business done, and the saving as well as the disbursement attending the plan adopted. If the Sanitary Commission should send a new set of clerical Bristol Station 1 ^Cottage Hill 8 C'aiiton 4 Chanahon 1 Clarion . I ( Jlear Creek 2 V'ast Oswego 1 East Paw Paw 1 East Wheatland 1 Elgin 2 Elmira 8 EiPaso 2 Elizabeth 1 Eureka 1 Evanston 'J Fair Haven - . 2 Farmers' i Franklin :> Freeland 1 Frceport 3U Fremont J Fulton 7 Garden Plain 2 Geneseo _ . 22 Green Garden (j Hammond 1 Hampshire 1 Hardin^!;, through Ottawa, i Harvard 4 Hennepin 5 Henry 1 Hermon ,1 Jefferson 471 " 47 wagon loads vegetables. Joliet o Kane Station 8 Kaneville — - - pkgs. I ivanlvakee 1 Kew.Tiiee 2!) L,a Fayetio I lianark 20 Lake Forest 1 1 Lamoille — 1 La Salle Co. Fair IIH Lea Center 11 Leland 7 Leiaont - o Lena -2 Lewiston _ . 5 Lisle Lockport. Lostant.. 1 J 1 Macomb 2 Maiden 1 Malta 16 Manteno .- 1 McHenry 1 Mendota 1 Meriden 2 Meriden, through Ottawa o Millersburg 1 Minooka . 1 Mission 1 Momence 1 Moline 15 Monroe Center 1 Morris, 1 Neponset — 12 New Boston 8 Niles 1 Norman 4 North Princeton -i Ogle County 38 Oswego ■-> Ottawa -- --8 Paris 1 Palatine 3 Pavilion and Long Grove Pleasant G rove Jl Point Pleasant 2 Polo ....'. 135 Pontiac 2 Portland 1 *Anfl one Package, credited in Sept. as unknown. ^^ Prairie pl?gs. 1 Princeton _ 2 Richmond 1 Ridott 10 Rio .. 8 Rockfoid 7 Rock Island 11 Rockton _ 3 Sandwich 1 Saratoga 1 Scales Mound 4 Shannon 1 Solon Mills 2 Somonauk , 1 South Grove 3 Squaw Grove _ 3 Specie Grove 4 St. Charles.. 2 Sterling pkgs. 3 Stockton 3 Sublette 8 Sycamore Texas Township Tiskilwa .- Victor Ward's Grove : Warren 2 Warsaw 1 Washington .-.. 1 Watseka - 1 Waukegan ..17 West A urora 53 Wheatland 2 Wheaton .2 Winslow 2 Woodstock 30 WISCONSIN A Ibion , pkgs, 2 Appleton 15 Argyle 1 Beaver Dam 2 Bellevue 5 Reloit ..6 Blooming Prairie 1 Brick School House 2 Clinton 2 Cypress 1 Dakota _ . 6. Darlington and Center 1 Darien 1 East Delavan 2 East Troy 4 Elkhorn _ 1 Fond du Lac 72 Janesville 10 Kenosha pkgs. 1 La Crosse ..4 Milwaukee 3ti3 Monroe 2 Newark 8 Omro - 1 Oshkosh 11 Platteville 4 Pleasant Prairie 1 Racin6 2 Rosendale 2 South Bristol 2 South Turtle _ 1 Trempeieau 1 Trenton (i Vinland J Whitewater 17 I () AV A Adel pkgs. 1 Afton 1 Birmingham 1 Brush Creek 18 Burlington 101 Cedar Falls. 28 Cedar Rapids 8 Centre Point 1 Centreville 2 Clear Creek 10 Columbus 4 Crawfordsville pla Crescent pHg"'- I | Wmona - pkgs. S F'];)iiivicw 3 N E AY YORK. Niagara Falls pkgs. 1 o | SkcneatvLis . . pkgs. Unknown . . . P^^g^- The Cominisss'on has r.ccivecl donations of various kinds of valuable supplies from the following parties in Chiai'];o: Mrs. Trumbull. I Miss Maiy M. Corie, j Master Eddie liutchins, S^t. Paul DcVincent Soc. I Stair, j Miss Rachel Booth, Society of Ch. (Jhuich, | Master Hervey Booth, I Grace M. E. Church. 11 E A P I T U L A T ION. llliniMs packages 1586 Wisconsin . . 56") Iowa 915 Michigan -. — — 211 Indiana '1* Ohio - - - 7 M innesota — T New Y^ork 1 '' Unknown 11 Total Eeceipts -3362 Acconnl of Treasurer oftlie Nortli-festeru Sanitary Commission, FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEBIBER AND DECEMBER. 1804. Dr. for the following Receipts in Cash : Xov. 2. Soldiers' Aid Society, Waukegan, III., per Mrs. F. E. Clark, Sec 154 70 2. Soldiers' Aid Society, Bristol and Yorkville, 111., per Mrs. L. M. Sherwin, 200 00 2. Employees of Richard's Manufacturing Co., Chica- go, per F. B. Pierce, Casdier 18 35 2. C. B. Brown it Co.'s Manufacturing Co., Chicago. 124 75 2. Collection at Athens, Mo., per A. M. Thorme..^._ ;3 20 4. Collection at Bay City, Mich., per Chas. M. Averill, Chairman of Committee 177 1!* ."J. Soldiers' Aid Soc, Dixon, III, per Mrs. E. Wood, President _. 800 00 5. Collection at County Fair, per A. C. Cowles, Hen- nepin, Illinois 8 00 7. Soldiers' Aid Society, Eock Island, 111., per Mrs. J. W. Spencer, President 150 00 8. Mrs. Wilbur, per C. N. Shipman 10 00 14. Mercer Co., Agricultural Fair, Millersburg, 111., per Mrs. C. F. Thornton, Treas. Soldiers' Aid Soc'y 100 00 14. Proceeds of Young Misse.s' Fair, Evanston, 111., per Ella Bannister, Lizzie White, | R. B. Hoag, I M. C. Bragdon, ! ^ ^„,. „,, /1 r^ T. J r Com. 280 50 (j. E. Bragdon, f James Ra3fmond, j Otis Tiffany. | 15. .John B. Ideson & Co., Chicago 25 00 15. Sanitary Society, Grundy County, 111., per L. B. Claypool, Morris, 111 1.000 00 16. Employees of 111. Central R. R. Car Works, Chi- cago 111., per Charles F. Scoville - . 762 10 17. Soldiers' Aid Society, Malta, 111., per Mrs. E. II. Clark, Treasurer 12 00 17. Proceeds in part of Carroll Co., Fair, per Nelson Fletcher, Treasurer, Mt. Carroll, III 510 00 Amount carried forward $4,230 79 32 Nov. 18. 18. ]R. 18. 25. 20. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. Nov. 28. " 29. " 29. " 29. '• 29. Amount brought forward $4,2^0 7!) M. N. Kimball, Jefferson, 111., Monthly Subscrip. ' 10 00 Soldiers' Aid Societ}'', Sycamore, 111., per Mrs. J. H. Bcveridge, Treasurer _. 1 00 00 Additional from Soldiers' Aid Society, Dixon, HI., per Mrs. E. Wood, President 5(5 oi! Soldiers' Home, Cairo, being Savings to Nov. J, 1864 .-.- 1,278 87 Soldiers' Aid Soc'y, Elizabeth, 111., per II. Green, 40 70 Employees of Eagle Works' Manufacturing Co., P. W. Gates, President - .' 42R do Contribution equally of Young Ladies' Loyal League and Soldiers' Aid Soc., Lansing, Mich., per Mrs. D. L. Case, Cor. Sec, S. A. S 114 42 Henry Booth, Chicago ,.-. .j 00 Collection in M. E. Church, Mt. Morris; III., per W. A. Smith, Pastor 1 7 80 One Sunday's income Grace Episcopal Church, Chicago, per Rev. C. Loclcc, Rector 110 Ot i Robert Hastings, Jefferson. Ill ] 00 Employees Cook County Poor House 4 00 B. Chase, Jclfurson, 111 10 00 U. L., Neoga, 111., per Mrs. S. T. Ailing 7 00 Joseph Bickerdike, Jefferson, 111 10 00 M. N. Kimball, " ' • _ _ 10 0( » Soldiers' Aid Society, Spring V"alle3% 111., per K. L. Chitty .." . ". 8 6.") D. Bogle, Chicago, 111 25 00 Dist. No. 4, Leo Centre, 111., per C. H. Clark :i5 00 Monthly Subscription, Gage's Lake, 111., per Miss Jane Jones ^ 1 05 John Nixon, Delta, Mich. _ 5 00 Employees of Holt & Calkins, Chicago GO 7o Mrs. C, Chicago T 1 00 Collection M. E. (Jhurch, Crete, 111., per J. G. Cross, Pastor " 4 00 Proceeds of sales of Boquets by Robbie Patton, Chicago ;> 30 Collections of Chaplain Day in Mich., Flint 11251 68 Saginaw City... 40 35 E. Saginaw 110 57 Bay Citv -.42 05 Owasso.'.-. 30 97 481 02 Citizens of Dunton, 111, per J. N. Olmsted 100 00 Davis, Wade & Co. and employees, Chicago, 111.- 50 00 A Friend, per Rev. N. Colver / 5 00 Balance of proceeds of Carroll Co. Sanit;iry Fair, per Nelson Fletcher, Trcas., Mt. Carroll, 111... 40 00 Citizens of Dover, 111., per S. P. Bingham 37 20 Amount carried forward $7,310 00 33 Amount brought forward $7,:110 06 Nov. 22. Coll. nt Buckeye Courthouse, Effingham co., III., per Samuel Ward, Big Spring, 111. _ ] (j oo " 29. Coll. by Sol. Aid Society, per Mrs. D. H. Knowl- tO!i. Garden Plain, III _. J(i o<.) " 80. "Little Girls' Fair," at Clinton, DcWitt co., 111., per M. M. DeLewis _ 01 ,'55 " oil. Sol. Aid Society, Green Garden, 111., per George B. "Wooil, 'J')cas - - _ :',S !)J " 8(1. Proceeds of Concert given at Sandwich, 1!!., by Mrs. Maria M. Gooding _ 1 y 0(> • " 80. Union Thanksgiving Service, one iialf coll. in Bap- tist I 'h., Moiine. 111., per W. 11. I'attison, Paster, IG 50 •' 80 S. S. Cinldren, East Paw Paw, Mich 1 50 Dec. 2. Dunlop, Scsvell & Spalding, Chicago, 111 lOO 00 " 2. Sol. Aid Society, Port Iluron, Mich., per A. E. Wastcll, Sec - 50 00 '■ 2. Coll. by John Bates, Neponset, III 88 00 " 8. Thanksgiving Service, vSheffield, III per A. Lyman __ 27 05 " 3. Sol. Aid Society, Rock Island, 111., per Mrs. J. G. Devoe, St c 1 yo oo " 3. Tiibutc of gratitude by a father in pursuit of his sick son, for assistanci' to pass tbrouizh the ar- my lines, John Willett, West C.-issto, Mich. - . 2 0(J " 5. Contributions of Masters and Ov/ners ol steam- boats and vessels clearinjr at ( iist(.m-Hou 28 Dec. lu. Thanksgiving Coll. Union Park Cong. Church, Chicago, per C. N. Stoughton 4-(i 00 " 10. Thankf'giving Coll. 1st and 2d Cong. Church, Rockford, 111., per S. Rising 7 00 10. Thanksgiving Coil. Universahst Soc, Eau Claire, Wis., per Rev. J. 0. Barrett 7 30 " 10. Thanksgiving Coli. Cong. Church, Olivet, Mich., per I' . P. Woodberry '21 00 ■" 10. Monthly Cont'n M. N Kimball, Jefferson, 111 10 00 " 10. Sol. Aid Society, Big Rock, Iowa, per R. H. Ran- dall, Pre s 26 00 '' 10. Coll. in Pres. Church, Richland, Mich., per Rev. Milton Bradley 20 00 " 10. Coll. Moline, 111., per Mrs. P. R. Reed, Pres. Sol. Aid Society 03 15 " ] 0. Loyal Ladies of Spring township. 111., per E. R. F. Randolph, Belvidere, 111 76 00 " 12. Proceeds sale of Hay donated by Jefferson Farmers, _ 30 70 ■' 12. " B. P." Chicago, 111 2 00 " 12. Thanksgiving Coll., Juda, Green co. Wis., per B. L. Jackson 12 00 " 12. Employees of Steam Forge Works of Pyiichon, Willard & Co., Chicago 18 00 " 12. Mush and Milk Festival, Omro, Wis., per Mrs. M. G.Bradt.Sec. 25 00 " 12. Mrs. Jones, Mineral Point, Wis 100 " 12. Sociable of Sol. Aid Society, Solon Mills, 111., per R. R. Crosby, Sec 21 00 " 12. Col!, in part Calvary Church, Farmington, 111 12 50 " 12. I. P. Farnum, Chicago, 111 _ 5 00 " 12. Friends in Lewiston, 111., per Rev. Glen Wood--_ 100 00 " ]2. Ladies' Union League, Harrisburg, HI., per Char- lotte A. Baker 50 00 " 12. R. T. Crane & Bro. and employees, Chicago, IlL. 304 22 " 2-4-. Prospect Soldiers' Aid Society, Southampton, III., per Mrs. E. J. Bouslough, President 30 00 " 24. Barclay Society, Polo 111., per N. B. Webster... 7 35 " 24. Collection, Gage's Lake, 111,, per Miss Jane Jones 1 75 " 24. Collection Granville Township, Putnam Co., per John I. Delatour, Granville, 111. 188 40 " 24. First U. P. Church, Monmouth, 111., per Thomas Johnston, Jr 10 00 " 20. Collection made on Christmas Eve by Eddie Prin- dle, per Mrs. C. C. Prindle, Dowagiac, Mich... 12 50 " 20. German M. E. Church, Bremen, 111., per Rev. F. Klunkhorn, Pastor 5 00 •' 29. Moses Cook, Crete, 111., $1. Mrs. Hagner, Crete, 111., $1; both per Rev. Geo. Cross, Pastor M. E. Church .._ 2 00 " 29. Samuel Ward, Big Spring, 111.— Neoga P. 0..-- 2 00 Amount carried forward, . - - $9,890 75 36 Amount brought forward, . $9,890 75 Dec. 29. Edgingtoii HoUlicrs' Aid Society, Hazlitt, ill, per Mrs. C. (}. Taylor 125 00 " 20. Ladies of Universalist Cliuroh, Dowagiac, Mich , per Mrs. C. C. Prindle 10 00 2!), M. Strauss, Chicago, i day's protits 30 00 2U. 0. W. Town, Geiseva, 111 2 00 29. (citizens of Washburn, Wis. per Nelson Newman, 27 00 2!). Employes C. & R. I. K. R. Machine Shops, per F.W.Pullen 70 15 29. Soldiers' Aid Society, Svyede Point, Iowa, per Mrs. S. K. Hii rlow" 1 7 (Ki 29. Ladies of Penn. Township, Stark County, III, per Nelson N. West Chicago 40 00 21). Albert Wclton, Cambridge, 111 5 Ot i y] . Proceeds of Private entertainment at the house of Mrs. 11. II. Fo-;s, Chicago, per Mrs. E,. H. Foss, Mrs. A. D. Lamb, Mrs." Bissell 200 Od ;ri . Soldiers' Aid Society, Moline, 111., per Mrs. P. R. Reed, - 50 00 :n. Christmas Eve Celebration of young people of Hiahiand, Iowa, per J. Stebbins i) Oo :J1. Walter L. Newberry, Chicago, III 200 0(i ;U. Soldiers' Aid Society, composed of liulc girls of Mukwanago, Waukesha Co. Wis., per Lillian Payne IS 00 :y[. New England Jeweirj'^ Company, Chicago, 111 200 00 31. E. D. Smith, Menasha, Wi.s 33 00 31. Collection at Paoli Circuit, Paoli, Wis. per Z. S. Hurd 20 00 31. Collection at Ptotone, 111., by Milton 11. Smith, Milton Smith, I $5 00 J. P. Dean, 2 00 William Smith,... ..- 25 Daniel Smith, 25 Milton K. Smith, 1 00 A. J.Baird, 2 00 James A. Eahs, 1 00 Thomas Urie, 1 00 William Croxon, 50 E. B. Cowin, 1 00 Robert B. Riddle, 25 James Yeomans, 50 John Baird, 25 R.Crawford,.- 2 00 S. Goodspeed, 1 00 IS 00 31. Soldiers' Home, Cairo, — Savings for month of December - - - 570 00 31 . Geo. H. Gushing, Chieago, 111. 25 00 31. Soldiers' Aid Society, Moiine, 111., raised atan Entertainment given for the " Mammoth Fair," perMrs. P. R.Reed 100 00 Amount carried forward, $11,649 90 3« Amount brought forward $11,649 90 Dec. 31. The gift of the youno; people of Aurora, III., to the " Mammoth Fair," meney raisud by them at a Fair, per Misses Hoi ton and Howell 500 00 " 31. Collection at Thanksgiving Service in Church of the " Holy Communion," Chicago, per Rev. Mr. Hagar 11 25 TotaL.. .. $12,161 15 In the Report for September and October, J. Roemheld, Chicago, should have been credited with $25, instead of $10, and T. W. V. P. Mercereau, Chicago, with $15, and H. Bronold, Chicago, with $1(». Cr. by following Expenses : HOSPITAL SUPPLIES. Apple Butter .gails. 092-;^ $736 50 Ayers' Pectoral - . .bot's (1 fi 00 Blackberry Cordial ---" ■>') 20 82 Brandy " 2 4 00 Chickoi) 35 Crackers lbs. ;),y74. Agent's salary and traveling expenses $755 06 Nurses '' " " -^35 25 Drayage, Freight and Express 569 75 Printing Circulars, Reports & Headings, Stationery 701 35 Postage - - - - 143 40 Mucilage, 15c. ; Matches, 35c 50 Lamps" aud Fixtures, >i;10 'JO; Tacks, 40c 11 30 Tr&,ve]jng Expenses of Sick Soldiers 18 80 Amount carried forward §2,734 41 $5,870 96 38 Amount brought forward $2,734 41 $5,870 96 Prepariiic? Pickles, $7; Stove and Fixtures, $13 40 20 40 Needles, oOc; Baskets, $9 ; Marking Material, 3 70 13 29 Expenses of Murdock's Lecture 40 25 Saw, 75c.; Keys, 1 75; Hinges, oOc 3 00 Uottling and Casing Wine 44 50 Rent -" 100 00 Clerk Hire _ . 395 00 Labor at Rooms and at R. R. Stations 244 50 Fuel _ - 120 00 Subscription to Newspaper for Hospital, Madison, Indiana . 3 00 $3718 35 EXPENSES. OF CAIRO AGENCY I Oil NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 18(;i: Expense fur Agency at (^airo. 111., (or November and December, 1SG4 Salary of Agent 87 32 WhaifBoat .. 33 80 Printin'j; and Stationery 46 60 167 72 FXFENSES OF SOLDIEiJS' HOME, (JAIKO, ILL., FOR NOV. AND DEC, isU : Butter. _ lbs. 2.571 l.OOS 25 Syrup gails. -Id 4S 12 Bran ! :] 50 Wheaten Grits 10 00 Eggs 80 Rferosene Oil galls. 40 39 13 Stoves and Kitchen Furniture 159 55 Plates.... doz. 4 10 30 Stationery 23 00 Nails and Tacks, 1 40; Cords and Pulleys, 1 00. 2 40 Tongs, 75 cts.; Locks. 1 85; Wire, 30 cts 2 90 Twine, 50 cts.; Pail, 80 cts.; Meat Pans, I 75-_. 3 05 A xc Handle, 70 cts ; Coal Hods, 00 70 Stove Pipe and Elbows, 25 08; Bowls, $25 50 OS Pitchers, 4 50; Lamps and Oil 2t) K) . 24 60 Brooms, 5 10; Lamp Wick, 2 35 7 45 Packages, 1 00 ; Postage, 5 Ou ij 00 launch and Stamps, 2 75; Hinges, 2 00 4 75 Lanterns, 8 00; Saws, 2 50; Mattresses, 5 50. Hi 00 Spring Bed 20 00 Bed Steads 2 14 00 Labor of Cooks, Nurses, Baggagemen, Watch- man, etc., for the two months, 726 75 Drayage . :! 00 $2,200- 33 Amount carried forwai-d ... $11 ,957 36 39 Amount brought forward $11,957 3t> EXPENSES CF SANITARY COMMISSION SEWING ROOM FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1864. Flannel - yds. 9,175 $,5585 27 Delaine for eye-shades " 1?. 8 94 Sewing Cotton doz. 87 113 70 Sheeting yds. 330 109 52 Handkerchiefs 210 27 00 Yarn lbs. 25 46 25 Tape doz.l6 11 40 Buttons - gross, 101 10 92 Making 199 shirts 73 87 " 45 pairs drawers 11 25 " 132 eye-shades 16 50 Knitting 116 prs, socks 39 46 Hemming 168 hdkfs 10 50 Labor ...- _ -.. 89 75 Rent, 66.66 ; machineoil, .25 ; needles, .80 ; screw- driver, .25 ; scrub-brush, .35 ; soap, .80 ; pitch- erl,00 70 11. $6224 44 EXPENSE OF VEGETABLE PROCESSION. Printing, $12.80; flags, $12.00; band wagon, 10.00; cheese, 4.90 39 70 EXPENSES OF PROPOSED " GREAT SANITARY COMMISSION AND SOLDIERS' HOME FAIR." Express, $1.25 ; printing, 9.00 ; newspapers, .55 ; Minutes of Gen. A.ssembly, 1.50; ag'ts, 824.53; carpenter work, 66.50 ; stove, 91 ; table, 7 501 33 Total, $ 18/r22 83 E. W. BLATCHFORD, Treasurer of K. W. San. Com. RRANCn OF TriE U. S. SAfsJITARY COMMISSION, Rooms. No. 66 Madisou St., ChicagOj 111 FINANCIAL li E F OR T, PROM THE DATE OF TUT. ORGAXIZATIOX Ol'' THE COMMISSION, OCTOBER 17tli. 1861, -10- DECEMBER 31st, 1864. 1. SUPPLIES COLLECTED. During the three years and two months' existence of tlie Commission, there have been donated, collected, purchased, packed, and forwarded through its agency, for distribution to our soldiers in the Hospitals, armies and on the battle-fields, sixty-eight thousand eight hundred and three packages of Sani- tary and Hospital Supplies. Of this number there were sent directly by tlie people, from their homes, to the soldiers, 27,081 The remainder contained supplies, purchased as stated below, 41,122 Total, 08,803 41 2. OF WHAT THESE SUPPLIES CONSISTED. These supplies consisted of Articles of Diet, Medical Supplies, Clothing, Bedding, Bandages, Hospital Furniture, Ales and Liquors, prominent among which "vvere the folloAving : ARTICLES OF DIET. Dried Fruit Ihs. 288,950 Crackers, Soda and Boston, lbs. 229,643 Pickles galls. 121,170 Codfish lbs. 113,153 Condensed Beef. . . " 5,854 Pickled Cabbage and Onions, galls. 18,080 Pearl Barley lbs. 14,122 Butter " 56,521 Crushed Sugar ..." 46,249 Saner Kraut galls. 28,100 Assorted Vegeta's, lbs. 25,706 Green Tea " 10,954 Potatoes bus. 42,836 Onions " 30,653 Condensed Milk . .lbs. 18,577 Canned Fruit . . .cans, 22,069 Corn Meal lbs. 17,865 Eggs, doz. 14,394 Tapioca lbs. 1,330 Lemon Syrup bot. 3,028 Oysters cans, 1,354 Oat Meal lbs. 1,483 Graham Flour ... . " 1,000 Arrow Root " 3,261 Raspberry Vinegar, bot. 1,248 Cracked AVhen t . . . lbs. 1 ,486 Pepper Sauce. . . .bot. 1,718 Farina lbs. 9,424 Corn Starch " 3,928 Cheese " 4,618 Dried Beef " 6,736 Rice " 1,686 Prunes 50 kegs. Ground Pepper. . .lbs. 2,201 Mustard '- 1,043 Syrup gal. 271 Apple Butter " 900 Lemons boxes, 110 Green Apples . . .bbls. 609 CLOTHING. Shirts 77,124 Drawers pairs, 42,611 Socks " 20,129 Dressing Gowns 5,728 Slippers pairs, 4,769 Body Wrappers 1,130 BEDDING. Pillow^ Cases 46,634 Pillows 36,354 Sheets 28,609 Comforts, and Blankets 14,217 Bed Sacks 5,106 42 HOSPITAL PUKN^ITURE. BandagX'S, and Com- presses lbs. 265,194 Towels and Haiidkfs. . 57,224 Pads, and Cushions. . . 16,877 Arra Slings 1,401 STIMULANTS. Ale galls. 19,088 I Brandy Domestic Wine . . .bot. 6,501 Catawba Bitters Whisky " 3,377 Assorted Liquors . . "■ 1,288 Porter " 1,008 " 224 G54 Cliloroform lbs. 100 Ginger Wuie bot. 493 Blackberry Cordial, bot. 218 SUNDRIES. Envelopes 32,750 Herbs lbs. 1,198 Soap " 1,2501 Kerosene Oil .... galls. 280 Crutches pairs, 427 Refldina: Matter. boxes. 358 Musquito Bars 512 Lime lbs. 15 Washing Machines and Wringers 10 Writing Paper, .reams, GO Pens ffross 8 3. THEIR APPRAISED CASH VALUATION. The appraised cash valuation of these supplies at the respec- tive dates of their receipt by the Commission amounts to the total sum of 8964,059 71 distributed as follows : Articles of Diet and Medical Supplies, $337,871 14 Clothing, Bedding, Bandages, &c.,.. 558,023 83 Hospital Furniture, Cots, Mattresses, Stoves and fixtures. Washing Ma- chines and Wringers, Table Furni- ture, &c 1 G,800 44 Ale and Liquors, 8,974 30 1443 Boxes received without accom- panying Invoices, appraised cash , value, 42,390 00 $9.64,059 7] 43 4. FROM WHERE SUPrHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. The 27,681 packages above mentioned, received directly from donors, came from the following sources : Illinois, packages, Wisconsin, loAva, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Various places, through Chicago Board of Trade, Unknown, 9,598 6,909 4,085 5,264 369 22 266 8V 4 855 167 27,681 5. TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS ANDIEXPENDITURES. The total amount of cash received by the Commission since its organization amoimts to $307,390 55 Total amount expended, 287,479 76 Balance, in the hands of the Treasurer, as per Auditors' Certificate, dated Dec. 31, 1864, , . . $19,910 79 G. FROM WHERE CASH HAS BEEN RECEIVED. The above amount of cash collected — $307,390.55, was re- ceived from the following sources : Citizens of Chicago, $40,331 13 State of Illinois, outside of Chicago, 55,541 68 Iowa, of which $48,348 were proceeds of aSTorth- ern Iowa Sanitary Fair at Dubuque, 50,229 4(.t Carried forward, 146,102 21 44 Amount brought forward, 146,102 21 Wisconsin, 8,597 86 3iichigan, 7,901 28 New York, 1 ,054 75 Connecticut, '. 650 78 Minnesota, ^ 565 02 Tennessee, — Pi'oceeds of Ladies' Fair, held in Memphis, 898 31 Indiana, 220 53 California, 203 45 Pennsylvania, 100 00 Nebraska, 11 60 Utah, 5 00 Missouri, 3 40 Berlin, 10 00 Bavaria, ^ -. 8 00 Soldiers in Army, 20 05 Proceeds of sale of Cottoi], donated by Maj. Gen'l IT. S. C4rant 1 ,752 20 Nett Cash Proceeds of N. W. Sanitary Fair, held in Chicago, Oct., 1863, * 75,100 27 U. S. Sanitary Commission, expended in pur- chase of Potatoes and Onions foi- the army in Tennessee and Georgia, 47,168 58 U. S. Sanitary Commission, expended in salaries of Agents and Nurses, 3,526 55 Amount received from "Hospital Fund" of sun- dry Hospitals, and expended in yjurchase of sup- plies, as requested by Surgeons in charge,. . . . 8,654 69 Amount specially contributed for the relief of Union Refugees, 1 ,829 52 Amount contributed by friends in Huntsville, _ Ala., for relief of prisoners at Camp Duuglas, and paid to officer in command, 108 00 Soldiers' Home, Cairo, 111., amomit received for " savings," up to Dec. 1, 1864, 6,398 50 Total Cash Keceipts, 307,390 55 * This does not include Real Estate and Af,'HCultural Irnplementg still on hand, and Hospital Supplies received duiiug the Fair. The latter are included in the estimate previously made of " Supplies Received," and, with the former, swell the nett proceeds to over .$83,000. 45 7. ACCOUNT OF J] XPEN D ITU RES . The tot.'il amount of cash disburseiaeiits, us above stated, — 8287,4V9.7t), durinc; three years and two months, was expended as follows : Supplies, Hospital and Sanitary, including Articles of Diet, Medical Supplies, Clothing, Bedding, Hospital Furniture, Ale and Liquors, pm-chased and forwarded to the Hospitals, Army, Battle- fields, and Soldiers' Homes at Chicago, Cairo, Columbus, Paducah and Memphis $230,645 02 Material for Hospital C-irarments made at Sewing Rooms $9,162 20 Cost of making up into Shirts, Drawers, Socks, and Eye-Shades. 758 79 9,920 99 Appropriated to Soldiers' Home, Chi- cago 6,000 00 Appropriated to Soldiers' Home, Du- buque 1,000 00 7,000 00 Salaries of Agents and Nurses in the Field and Post Hospitals, and then- Traveling Expenses 8,965 79 Clerk Hire, at Rooms of the Commission 6,178 52 Labor for handling, nnpacking, distribnting, mark- ing, and packing goods at Rooms ; loading cars at R. R. Stations, cleaning, painting, and fitting up office, and warehouse at Chicago, and labor at Soldiers' Home, Cairo 4,562 27 Drayage, Express and Freiglit, inclnding drayage on goods to and from R. R. Stations, Express Company's charges on money and goods, and Freight charges 6,383 9] Stationery, including Paper, Envelopes, Wrap- pers, Pens, Ink, and Blank Books 180 29 Amount carried forward, $273,836 79 46 Amount brought forward, $2'73,S86 79 Printing Circulars, advising of supplies needed, &c., Keports of Army Inspection, Keports of Receipts, Shipments, and Disbursements, Di- rection Cards, Letter and Envelope Headings, Labels, Blank Receipts, and Advertisements. . 4,290 21 Postage on letters and docmnents 1,229 15 Telegraphing 203 98 Warehouse and Office Furniture and Fixtures, including Signs, Locks and Keys, Chisel, Water- ing Pot, Pails, Maps, Chairs, Oil Cloth, Desks, Saws, Hatchets, Skids, Matches, and Carpenter Avork 205 91 Rent of Office, Warehouse and Sewing Room . . 1,306 64 Fuel 285 72 Sewing Room Expenses, — Brushes, Tables, Shears and Scissors, Pails, Brooms, Pitchers, Dust- pan, Wash-bowl, Chairs, Stationery, iSTeedles, Oil, Soap, Screw-driver, Carpenter work, and Repairing Sev/ing Machine 14151 Amount advanced for proposed " ISTorth-Western Sanitary Commission and Soldiers' Home Fair" 505 3:5 Agents and Niu-ses of the U. S. Sanitary Com- mission, paid with funds received from U. S. Sanitary Commission for this purpose 3,526 55 Union Refugees, at Cairo, being amount specially contributed for this object 1,840 00 Camp Douglas, amount specially contributed by friends in Hunts ville, Ala., for wants of prison- ers, and paid over to Commandant of Camp- Douglas, 108 00 Total Expenditures 287,479 76 S.— SEWING ROOMS. The Sewing-Rooms were fitted up by the Commission in June, 1864. During the six months from June 29th to December 31st, 47 ] 864, there were made up the following articles of Hospital- Clothing : 3,077 Pairs of Drawers. 1,786 Shirts, 62 Pairs of Socks, 216 Handkerchiefs, 132 Eye Shades. 1). SUMMARY OF TOTAL EXPENSES. Of the above sum of total expenditures, viz., 287,479.70, the following items are charged to " Expense Account," for carry- ing on the work of the Commission, in its .various departments, viz : — Salaries of Agents and Nurses, $8,965 79 Less amount paid for actual care and nursing of sick and woimded, 1,779 84 ^7,185 95 Clerk-Hire, 6,178 52 Labor, 4,562 27 Drayage, Express and Freight, 6,383 91 Stationery, 180 29 Printing, 4,290 21 Postage, 1,229 15 Telegraphing, 203 93 Warehouse and Office, — sundries stated above,. 205 91 Rent, ^ 1,306 64 Fuel, 285 72 Sewing-Room Expenses, as above, 141 51 Total " Expense Account," $32,154 01 Apply this sum — 132, 154.01, to the total value of the supplies distributed, as above stated, viz., $964,059.71, and it will be found that the actual cost of receiving and distributing the sup- plies, during the three years and two months the Commission has been in operation, has been three and one-third (3^) per centimi of the value of the supplies distributed. E. W. Blatchfokd, Treasurer N. W. Sanitary Commission. LIBRfiRY OF CONGRESS 013 744 438 \, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 013 744 438