New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-27
THE SANITARY COMMISSION.
Yeport Of its Operations.
SANITARY CONFUSION NEg-Y0HK AaEycY.
No. s93 Broadway, Sept. "a. Loo.


No. s93 Broadway, Sept. "a. lSb2.
The Sanitary Commission is daily answering the
requirements Of eighty general military hospitals, not to speak
Of r-menta snd other hospitals OF these fortyve hosP
, containing 20 900 sek wounded mon, are IN the DIS
tc Of Columbia Whatever tie want which theJ
cannot procore according to regulations from the United
PuIyeyor trey get from and they want enough to
keep our vat sorehoaes conCnay on tho drain Joined
{, bs tho recent successive weeks Of bse-is. before
Richmond adding 900 wounded, Bull Run 5000 wounded
and now IA May Wand from 700 TO 1000 wounded to the
,tthro,s. a. immense strain Our hide
p,naent means OF tran,porson enables 70 reach the
wounded with Ia advance Of all Governmental or other
sup hes Is Lfst two days are more impoTsn IMAM the
next ten % .syiI. Of life and misery At the recent bat
Soutd sbe be present. ia advance two day' OF
al supplies (beyond the small amount In the nearly empty
.orehon,e q the Army II. PuIssyor with twenty-five
ytg3nosd Of nu4nt condensed food medicines. coHve'
nicuces
Within week we dispatched successfully by teams to the
scene OF be from Wssnins ton alone land ~ Haser'
town and by tbs Relay Holie, which Ike the Government.
sorss could not arrive tins account OF the obicons
Of he raoees by commsay aud stores which,
lightly alvey have the pfeierence p oJ pieces dry goods
.nrt. towels bedaick, pillows &c 30 barrels bandges, Old
men, 1873 pounds fsrna tc 300 pounds conden'e'
milk $3.50 pound. beef stock and canned meats 1900 bottles
vine aDd corda sad ,eyeTal lemons aud other ruis
vearsces Great ard constant therefore the supplies Of
cor Central AuI.y Association are aud Of the towns and
which they depend they osh, not to be surprised
10 lean thu, Washington sorehoase, are bare Of Shirts
drawers slipper. bed sacks blankets and old c!shing
n at ceaseles and nceled activity aud human
ty Of our women DO depended to NEE. the new
demaud
To cee. having 100 a. command and engaging to
supply promptly with article. to order will until
II IL. rar hire nd
drawers and octins, at discretion Application must
be nsds Tor the material, by sssn. from the societies
,oa at No aga Broadway, NowYors or course ti' ia 10.
Te,ef support want Patriotism should irsIe com
muuties suppy their materials rs well a. TIER eva
work There danger that tns work will be overdone
Away. checked by that fear bot our exp ence
perfectly proved that tho demand IL greater than the
supply Let the Of the land sbaudon the preparation
q comforts and packages for taddsaI soldiers They only
Iced down .nd embA.s him. II they contain estsbes they
commonly spoil, II they do not spoil they eueIv4e the
soldier II made up Of clothing they crush hn on the
march AL th, tindnsss hills and helps al the hospitals.
The benevoence country be eIcss'eiy con-
censt.d the capitals snd tue sct and wounded these
c.nao, be taken much care o. nor nuf'ei 700 well
Ssrpi, oaa po.v,y be made 70 reach e'ei they sinnf
reach with any certainty soldier, in the Geld And the i'll
name suffered BY those Who Ike ourselves are mui''ein'
20 the ho,ps FOR ron-deVry Of the goods sen! u.s. IL
wboy due to ounains ure OF ies parties
TO deliver thus kindly but mscheyou'y iaended foE re
en- h las does not occui) our alleged failure 70 Trans
nit everything seut us to the hospitals where they ae
needed OF articles cent dety sny serutioy
10 grove hundred lost The TepoTts OF tie men returning
on the Ged, yn. that they lave bought ous stores if''
dwers &C. are based on the fact that alter these 'nfpes
haze d,s hey sr they In css-s Do sold by the
,oiers 10 whom they gyen snd Who cannot Is con
,cen,. carry them No .cE soldier bought single
article fon any asent Of ours
Ills impos,ible - stem and 10 utterly false Base
m en- may e. h. Of sgentsbut We havo no base
inca IN ca poy.
Tie AGENT, IL employ have proved he "ofi9 by 'y
ing down t.ir health almost thou ton In some cases
their lives. ia our exactin; and exposed service.
Our ok u.th5ds returns. s@ay. open TO the I'M
shscked spec, OF tie public ard we have no eefe'o
trone az pairing .nd moIc.ss eAAair Axiom oil ou
work
Our expenses bob In money ard standardization are rece'
ury very l,ss and Always Increasing. California has sent
"A, ussr hcent donsiiJp bu, IL would be proii:ou mis-
,he to withhold the money berty Of Older cities on
Ina, account Ii our usual Income from tie wealth Of The
sorh were cat Oh by this great wind.a, san Fsoeico
oud prove la thee months ruin instead OF oar support
Send in then steadily supplies snd money Only srest &C
cumu sou both tbs confidence TO act with ,-
energy aud hb,rsy which he conditions o. our humane
success Ia behalf Of the Executive Board,
| HENRY ". BELLOWS, President.
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