Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-10-09

The sanitary commission is doinga work OF great
humanity. and of direct practical value to the ma
ton in this time of its trial 1t is entitled TO the
gratitude and confidence of the people, and trGst
it will be generously supported There is no agency
through which Voluntary offerings of patriotism can
Inc moe orccti,o,,,m made A. LINCOLN,
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TREASURY buiLDlN", ASH 20 1ee ioN'
oc'ooGi = iool
C0ufiy'coHaeH = gu are c"'lIu upon u lcip
take care Oh our SICK an" "oui'ueu ''''o
Sailors 1t Is true 'iiaV
thelf care, put all eApeIienc ~ e'ety ''"ei
country as wen as our own SHOWS 'liat gov
eminent alone CANNOT co'nPie'eiy P1'i'e ioi
The humane treatment Oh tiloSe ior who'i' 'hc
duty OF providing, as wen DIS possi"ie' Is ac
khowieuSed. Even III thls periou VI 'le war
ana win a much smaner plopoilon VI sicN
ana wounueu thih Is 10 oe sAPeOteN' ny -
niuch suffering, anu uear liFes Me uanJ ipst
because government canhUt Pu. u'' iiSI'
thng, III the right place. at tie fIs',' ,i'"e' NO
olher government mas ever p'oNiueu as wei,
of n war of this magnitude and yet it remains
true that there is much suffering and That
death unnecessarily occurs from the imperfect.
ness of fine government arrangements. This
is partly owing to the ignorance, partly to the
Incidence, and partly to the inhuuuanty and
| llnavery of various agents of government as
| well as m the orunnic defects of the SYSTEM
| Bpt humanity to the sick must, to certain
extent be sacrificed. under government to the
purpose of securing the utmost possible
| STRENGTH and efficiency TO the military force
| Whatever aid is 10 be given from without
must still he administered Systematically and
| in narG4,t snbor,lination ia the general 81 STEM
of administration by the government To
hold its ayen1s in any degree responsible for
tho duties with which thew are charged. nov
arn,nent p,ust nrotact them from the interfer
.nce of irresnnnsible persons Hence an in
I'm. ri,ta aatncv ha,n,nes necessary Which
withont t,ls,ny auv of the duties of ihe reou
| lor ara,,ts Of rho yovarnn,ent ont of tIteir
! hards con nevartheIass otfar tn Them means
if nin,;'';s,,r,o, ~ tho ,yants of the sc and
,no",rl,,I ,,nb mi what coud ha ohtsinnd
ill; ~. nrl;,rarv Invite Of srnnI, os,al,
T.l,.d ~, 'rcvarnn,ant and in st,;ct arcordanra
Vii ~, r,nlat;nns NJ, .ssarv for n,.intainin,r
,',1,o,. ,,.,,,5,,,,tahil;tv n 4
= IL c;t,,n, Ia,,',,Siior vo,urtoo, and
~ b',.i'' - ,l,f ,.sr ,Io,'.r,,,,ant Of tha
,,;.'2 s,,.i,
| military hospital, from the Atlantic to the
plains, Is regularly visited, its wants ascer-
tanned, ana whenever 1t is right, proper, and
broadly merctui, supplied directly by the com.
mission to the extent of its ability For the
means OF maintaining this organization, and
! OF exercising, through 1t, direct influence
| upon the officers and men favorably to Il prll.
dent guard against the dangers of disease to
which they are subject, which is its first and
| principal object, the commission is wholly de-
! pendent upon voluntary contributions to its
| treasury For the means OF administering to
the needs of the sick and wounded the com
mission relies upon gift offerings OF their own
| handlwork from the loyal women of the land.
IL receives not one dollar from government.
large proportion OF the gifts Of the people
TO the army hitherto have been wasted, or
worse than was.ed, because directed without
knowledge or discrimination. 1t is only
through the commission that such gifts can
reach the army with reasonable assurance
that they VIII be received where they will do
the most Sood ana the least harm.
he sanitary commission has established It's
right 10 claim the confidence Of the nation.
me secretary u war and Mayor General Nc
C'elah nave oota recently acknowledged, in
the "afhest terms, the advantages which have
aiteauy resulted rom us 'abors, and the dreC-
tloh ana SKIN win whlch they nave been di-
| rected. Its advice has been freely taken and
IN several important particulars, acted upon
laVofaDiy 10 the health OF the army, by The
| government. there has scarcely been com
| pahy OF volunteers III Tue held, with regard to
| whlch some special det,ct, error, or negli.
gGhce, endangerlng health, has not been point
ed out ny lis agents, and It's removal or abate.
ment ELECTED. There has not been single
instance IN which lis services or advice offer
ed through all Its various agencies, have been
repuIsed; not single complaint has been re-
ceived OF its embarrassing any officer in his
duty, or OF Its interl, ring with discipline in the
| slightest degree Its labors have 10 this time
| been chiefly directed to induce precautions
against certain class OF diseases which Lave
scour5ed almost every modern European
army, which declmated our army in Mexico,
and which at one time rendered nearly half Of
one OF our armies in the war OF 1872 unfit for
service. 1t is ground for national gratitude,
that cur present armies have passed through
the most trying season OF the year wonderfully
escaping this danger. That there are grander
causes for this than the labors of the commits
sion can not doubted, but that, among human
agencies, a large share of credit tor il should
be given to those labors, it is neither arrogant
nor unreasonable to assert In this assurance
what contribution that has hitherto been made
to the treasury or the store of the commits
sion is not received back again, ten fold in
value
More than sixty thousand articles have been
received by the commission IRON their patri-
otto countrywomen. 1t is not known that one