The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-01
The Sanitary Commission.

The address Of W. II. liadley, the special
agent uc the United States Sanitary Commis-
siou, Sunday cyening.a, Mr.. Lords church, was
vary Instructive. and we think, canro: fail to
NV :t&en renewed interest in the So hcct OF sul
plying yur sick and We lnded soldiers with nee
essary hospital suppire, without relying to any
great extent ON the aid furnished by the general
government. 1t is r2netignes sid, aud with
&pDsr>at p!ar8i5il.ty, that thr government
.~stt to furnish th>s2 supplies This is possibly
true. BIZ, Mr.. Hades Tcry concusirey proved
that the government docs not meet promptly
;bls needed want, leaving the appeal to urge il
,elf UPON US with its full force, whether We will
permi cur soldiers who are fighting our battles
for ue, to suffer and die for want of the aid
which the government does not promptly fu.
nlsh, CT will by aiding the Sanitary Commission
in It's work OF mercy, send relief to these brave
pua suffering men.
Many OF the facts presented by M7, nadey
snow the value and absolute necessity OF labor
and voluntary expenditure OF means through
soAe eucA commission as nc represents, The
nmeEsc proportions Of the war which tho gov
srnc,snt is wasing against treason, and the un-
,renAred condition III which it found The c0uC-
try, hive madejt next to impossible that every
agency wnich humanity and mercy woul sec at
wy.t 90 mitigate the h4rdSh.ps and ;3rvo:s Of
the contest could be safely entrusted to chose
Eao have II charge die management OF The WI
1t s asGju. 90 much Of them, imposing too
gteAt q labor Gpon those already burdened be
yo1d what ever fell to the lot Of any govern
-aent before, and 100 far ha2arding the success
e an enterprise Of unneasured value to The hu-
,uanit:es q yhe cuntyst. to leave it 10 the off
vial action rf th3.e in authority NJ. lia4ley
sa.d, .har 4ltc- the hu!t!e Of Fair OAKS th- COM
mission relieved aud assisted 1000 uGn; and thi3
% addition 10 al! that the government was d.
my through the medical and hospital depart
ments Of the array. After The last dlSaSuoue
sngag .lnents near Manassas many thousand
moro Nero aided by the commission, while many
lied Of starvation aud exposure because the
Sanitary C}nmlsslon, and the government ar
rangements together. were not adequate to sup
plying the wants Of our wounded and exhausted
soldiers. After the battle Of Antietam the asen
Of the c0nnjsHion with TIER surgeons, thel
'in, band4,es, s:inulanIs, and all their oihce
Of mercy, were on the ground jorty cigjt hour
IN advance OF any Iesullr supply from tie gov
srnment sturc houses; aud who can estimate tn
number OF lives saved and the suffering an
paln aleyiatcd by these two days minlstratons
The first relief that reached the sufferers aite
the terrible ba,clc at Pittsburgh Landing VA
the boat sent with Lutscs, surgeons, assstan
bad every healing and taviog agency, dMpatche
nv the commission from Cncrnnatti in f'
hours alter the teIegron was received amour
eng the fearful engagement.
Ynsss occasions wAerj j. hos done 50 muc
good ale cnoug u prove i:s incaicuiable SaIu
and its imperative necessity Aad the Comml
ELL dsyytes itself to this work alone, enanl
l,Dg itself Los at all With the other BRANCHES
the rylce, but only minIstering with Its heave
" otess OK cyn sJlati n cJm ort and relief to Il
wants of those brave men who have peril'
bssith and lie, that those of ue who are liyir
quietly at home may have country that '
can yct call our own. Thousands b I've alread
bs on blessed with he and wine OF It's hei il
minis,rations, an thousands more may yet ov