The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-13

this Commission have assumed consider
able magnitude, IL has been thought that
it's patSons and friends should be able TO
fiud in the public prints occasional state
menls OF the condition and actual work
ings Of the enterprise, with such abstracts
Of the minutes Of the weekly business
meetings as would be of general inter =
est.
MEMBERS OF =, 8; SANITARY COMMISSION,
KENTUCKY BRANCH.
r. s. Bel, NJ. d., President, Geo d. Prentice,
Rev. J. II Haywood, V. Pres't,R. Howett, d,
Elder d 2. Henderson,, Cor. Sec. FLINT, d d.
/ + A. Civil, Rec Sec. w. B. bslknap,
| Arthur Peter, Treas. Joseph Holt
| j. r. Speed, r. j. Menfce.
In addition to the generally
known direction given TO the labors of
this Commission, it has had the exclusive
care of the "Soldiers' Home" providing
for its weekly expenses, etc; and now,
with the cooperation and assistance Of
DIR. Newberry, the accomplished and Elf
cient official representative in the West,
of the United States Sanitary Commits
sion, it has the pleasure TO announce that
a more suitable building for the Home
will be Immediately constructed, and in
a more eligible location than the present
one, where greatly increased facilities
| will be secured for promoting the COM
fort and well-being of the inmates.
In response 10 request from the Com
mission at Washington City, a female
delegate was sent TO the " Council of La
dies" to confer with officers of that
Commission in reference to securing
needed supplies for our sick and wqun-
ded soldiers, commencing November
%, 1862. Extracts from the printed
report Of that "Council " win probably
be offered 20 you hereafter for publica-
ton.
Major viii. @. Moreau has recently
been employed by this Commission to
canvass for Sanitary supplies. One of
the results of his first trip was cohtri-
button Through the influence of one of
the Committees of the Cincinnati
Branch,) OF twenty-three boxes and three
barrels of Sanitary stores.
You have already published the sum
of 1926, as the proceeds of the concert
recently given by the Anderson Troop,
for the benefit of our treasury. The pro-
mise of other entertainments, for the same
good object, has also been made.
An item of interest at the last meeting,
was the appointment of a committee to
investigate the claims of a superior knit
ting machine---from which great results
are expected.
REPORT OF SOLDIERS HOME"
Soldiers received during three weeks,
ending December l. 1862, 253.
) These men averaged five meals each
, making total number of meals 1885.
In addition to these, Mr.. Maloan re-
ports that three families of Tennessee
refugees, who had been deprived of all
things except their seven children, were
) provided with a supper, lodging and
breakfast, and transportation to the ferry
on their way to Indiana.
Timely aid has been rendered by Mr.
NJ, TO several sick men, in procuring
their pay, and securing transportation
The following is memorandum of San.
itary stores sent by the Kentucky
Branch, United States Sanitary Commits
sion, Louisville, to the sick and wounded
soldiers at PerryVille, Danville, Harrods-
burg and Lebanon, from October 18th Il
November 11th,
D One thousand one hundred and thirty
} two comforts and blankets, 821 bed-ticks
49, pillows, 1852 pillow cases, 20 pillow.
ticks, 2,2I0 sheets, 1882 shirts, 2,34l
pairs drawers, 725 handkerchiefs, ], 46z
towels, 1924 coats, IL vests, 9pairs pants
191 pairs socks, 80 cushions, 6 pairs
J slippers, 1897 lbs bandages, 525 abdom.
inal bandages and pads, ~ pin' cushions
,167 lbs rags and lint,32 dressing gowns
bolts calico, bolt jeans, 20 eye shades
61 pairs crutches, 20 canes, 260 cans
fruit 1923 lbs dried fruit. L. 73 lbs bat.
ter, 40 lbs cheese, 100 lbs crackers, 234
lbs groceries, 1870 lbs farina, 1919 lbl
tea, 575 lbs white sugar, 40 lbs grounC
0 fax seed, 90 lbs rice, az lbs chocolate
Ill lbs dried beef, $50 lbs canvasseC
hams, 675 bottles liquor, wine and cor
Q dials, 16 bushels green apples, 1903 bushels
T Irish potatoes, 81 bushels onions, 2 bush
. els sweet potatoes, 800 loaves bread, 15'
fowls, 4 kegs pickles, kegs syrups,
boxes lemons, 90 lbs chewing tobacco,
bex ink, 298 dozen eggs, kit mackerel,
n hhds ice, 40 sponges, 80 lbs corn starch
8 43 packs envelopes, Acquires paper DO,
!, sardines, 90 lbs Castillo soap, 400 lbs Ger
man soap, 200 lbs candles, 120 cans con
contracted milk, 80 cans beef tea, 287 books
magazines and papers, gross matches
> SO medicine 2 boxes medicines, i
q pairs mittens, 81 combs, "a buckets, 10
: tin plates, 100 tin cups, 81 wash bowl
/. "a spittoons, ~ brooms, 5 coffee. pots,
lanters, 6 cotton-mops, ~ chambers, an
2 boxes Tin ware.
NJ At the rooms on Fifth street, the Com
. mission has a commOdious aud comfort
= able Office, where those having bushes
u with it can find, during business hours
Mr.. John Patterson, the book-keeper, o
some one or more of the members, an
d 90 which the soldiers friend, male O
\ female, whether resident Of, or yisitin
:, the city, is cordially Invited.