New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08
DOGNGs OF THE SANITARY COMmIs-
sHON.
Help to soldier. a, the Railroad staten.

REPORT CONCERNING THE AID AND COMFORT
GIVEN BY THE SANITARY COMMISSION TO sICR
sOLDIERs FOUND AT THE RAILROAD STATION.
La general terms, the aim Of the Commission in this
direction has BEEN lst to supply 10 the sc Of the
regiments arriving here such medicines, food and care
as il impossible for them to receive, in the midst Of
the confusion, from their own ofieels I'd, to fur.
nisb suitable food lodgings sud assistance 10 men
discharged from the hospitals OF from their regiments
but who are often delayed in the city before they can
obtain tbeir necessary papers and Isy Sd, to give
Resistance information and transportation to men who
arrive at the depot in small numbers and want TO find
and Join their regiments; some Of tbese acc
denially left behind; who have been left
BY order for few days al the hospital in Baltimore
The facihiies forcarying ont this aim Of the Commits
sion have been until recently very deficient. There
no FIT place at the reception buildings where sick
tuen could be made comfortable no means near at hand
for providing such food as wat needed. Government
did not recognize the necessity Gtness Of such pro-
vision.
On Aug. G, Gen. 1isusfeld directed the officers in
chaFg' Of the reception buildings TO furnish all fcili-
ties IA their power TO members Of the Sanitary Com
nisson who wished 10 give comfort TO the sick FOL.
deTs. But the facilities ia their power SMALL as
III that time no cooking was allowed tbere-ouly raw
retiOns distributed; and there were no beds allowed
ia the building, as its object sinply ioT reeep-
Lon oi troops.
The most that we could do, therefore was to have
pls assigned us-raIt Of the smaller building Cane
Factory where we put the sick ar they came in,
separate from the crowd Of the other building and
Where ~e had a pile CT blankets from which We made
such beds ~ we could and then brought tea and cof
lee and supplies for the from the regtaursnt In the
Sa,ionuOuse, moae often rom a boar,l;n h,,.e -
FiIst street. ''Vu' ="
When the regiments whose sick nsen we had ,Jor.
o went 10 camp, they usually carried their sict 80
tlcm, unless TIE men seemed 100 feeble. In ,biH
we carried the men 10 general hospital or Lnt
them in charge day or two longer, until H. rs5E
petsi hospital could be put into comfortable con
aiiiOn.
Sometimes the ick Of 4 regiment Just arrived oecp.
pea Iarate passenger car, and remained in tie car
0ntii t0e regiment moved; IN that case we supplied
them wlh Tea Or coffee snd needed refrefhments III The
err Often the surgeons Of tie regiment hid 10 nedi-
cine ~ haYd tor tie sick Il all bcng locked ap il biz
ebe.t, which could not he reached IN the baggage ear;
IN tbet went AID obtained foi him such nedi-
cines immediate needs required.
" len we found men from general or regmenal
sis waiting 70 get their papers filed Out, and for
tbeir pay took them in charge sheltered. and fed
them aud II they needed The help went with them 10
The ersni offices where their papers bad TO be pre-
senied. When we found men who were absolutely
TOO weak 70 bear the fatigue Of going with their
papers, took charge Of the papers ourselves had
then hled up obtained the signatures Of the men 70
blsrs receipts FOX money due to them by Government
AMI taus by sent OF the paynaster received the
moasy, and paid II over 20 the ulen.
Wien Se found men seeking their regiments we
directed theIn from record 81 the location of tie
sssivcS Iesi int ais bindiy furnished us Ny Major VII
hsmsi; y they needed little mones we gsye Il 10
tSen Al 'bey wee weak, obtained sn order Tor no
90. than 70 their co'nnand.
Al many csses xbO were disebaresd lsf, ,bs;,
sosllas sadly ia need OF clean ga1aents especliy '
s.lls, Aitgs, sud drIwels. In such cases be-
s1s' q" is' sens. VIC mads the nsn