Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-03
CITY AND COUNTY.
Worcester Soldiers Relief Committee.
The Soldiers Relief Committee acknowI

NOrcester SOldterS' keller committee
The Soldiers Relief Committee acknowl
edge the following contributions received since
December 2lst:-
From Ladies of Holden-6 wooden blankets,
comforter, leather pillows pillows for hospital
use, old Sheets old pillow cases, II shirts. cot
ton towels, handkefc,ieis, bundle pieces cotton
and linen "a rolls bandages, bundle lint, 10 pairs
socks, pair slippers.
From Ladies OF Unitarian Society of Hubbard
ston-4 pairs socks, 10 pairs 5miitens.
From a Lady OF West Boy lston-l pair socks
From Lady OF Auburn-1 comforter, pairs
socks.
From a Lady of AIillbury-l vest.
From Young Ladies' Social and Benevolent So
ciety of First Baptist Church-l2 pairs slippers,
pairs socks, pairs miitens, pairs drawers Shirts
pair sheets, pairs pillow cases, 10 rolls baudages
bundle pieces cotton and linen, bundles spiints
80 ring pads 81 pin balls, comorters, bed quilts
From Ladies tthe Catholic Churches of Woices'
ter-2 boxes; box containing 10 pairs cotton Ham
mel drawers Is shirts. 10 pairs sheets, 20 pair pillow
yards bandages, box lint, bundles OF COTTON ana
linen pieces, pairs slippers; I'd box containing A
pairs mittens q pairs socks pairs flannel drawers
flannel shirt 3 wooden mutfieIs.
Donations from Ladies OF Worcester comfort
ers pairs socks, pairs mttensi feather pillows,
linen pieces.
Dec 25. forwarded from the Enjoyment Room to
members of the the fifteenth eglment, now prison.
ers at Richmond, Va, boxes, 3 OF which were
packed by the Soldiers Relief Committee, contain,
ing packages from friends of the prisoneis also. 10
blankets, quilts 10 shirts, rs pairs socks, 10 hand
kerchies, 30 bags sewing materials, contributed by
committee. together with donations of clothing,
chequer boards, combs stationery, towels, soap,
handkerchief from different individuals l box
from lunatc hospital containing TO pairs mittene,
43 WOODEN shirts, So pairs drawers; l box from
Leominster; l box from New Norcesteri boxes
from individuals.
and barrels; box packed by committee contain
ing dozen new sheets, dozen old sheets. dozen
new pillow cases, dozen old pillow cases, COM
forters. pillows, II towels, 81 pairs socks pairs
cotton flannel drawers, bandages, pairs slippers,
dozen hospital shirts pieces flannel and linen, INT
gallons cherry wine; box containing bedquilts,
pillows, 10 sheets, old sheets, pairs pillow cases
70 towels II hospital shirts, u pairs hospital draw
ers pairs cotton flannel dIaMers' Is pairs SOCKS,
pairs slippers, dressing gowns old shirts band
ages, Init barrel containing comiorlers, ~ pairs
socks, sheets, shirts, pair pillow cases musk
pillow feather pillows with cases. hospital snft,
towel; I'd barrel containing comtoIters, pairs
pairs drawers, hospital shirts sheet, PAR pilow
cases pairs shilts, feather pillows husK pillow
with case, 5 pairs socks, bandages, old pieces
Dec. 26 forwarded TO Louisville. kentucky,
boxes; box No containing dozen crash towels,
II linen towels, dozen linen handkerchies, color;
ed handkcrchiefs, u comioIters pairs drawers,
pairs slippers. dozen shirts, old shirts rolls OF
linen and cotton, = dozen banGages pounhs cas-
tile soap I'd box containing quilts IL comioIters,
pairs leeting. pairs mlttehs. SHIRT, par draw
erS, towels. handkeIchies.
Jan. 2, forwarded to Capt. O'Neil, company u,
25th regiment, Annapolis, box containing Al pairs
mittens Is pairs socks, pairs flannel drawers Han
nel shirt, WOODEN mutiers.
The committee have received during the
last three months from individuals in this city
500 IL from soldiers relief fund, sos 0O;
from box at Employment Room, SIG 50; from
ladies in Princeton 50 90. This money has
been expended in forwarding hospital and
army supplies, in purchasing blankets, yarn,
towels, and handkerchieis, and The committee
could have spent more money, and yet not
have answered all the demands made upon
them. NJ person accustomeds to forwarding
by express need be told that it is no small
amount that will pay the transportation OF all
the supplies which have heen forwarded by the
committee. AS our fund is not an accuniula
tive one, but is spent as fast as received, the
committee will continue to call for contrlGu
tiohs of money while the demand Tor supplies
continues
Since the call for mittens the committee
have forwarded 873 pairs $50 pairs to The
fifteenth regiment at Pooesvie, 81 pairs tc
the recruits who have lett this city lOr Pooles
| vile, 306 pairs to the twenty fifth regiment
! 81 pairs to the twenty first regiment at An
napois, 60 pairs to the prisoners at Richmond
"A pairs in box TO the west. Six hundred and
eighty seven pairs OF these, together with nine
| pairs Of socks, were knit from yarn furnished
by the clerks Of the dry goods stores OF thi'
city. These clerks, by. their generous dona
--~ -aidnKs OF the committee
alone, but the hearlier thanks of many a
soldier whose hands are made comfortable by
them while in performance of duty in these
rigorous days and nights of midwnter.