Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-03-21

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all issues Fourth, Special Relief Agents
engaged in the distribution Of stores, in
discharges and pay, Transports
ton and pensions, and SO far as possible
wants and suffering wherever
they occur. Fifth, Canvassing Agents, ex-
ploring the home field and promoting the |
and forwarding Of supplies. |
Sixth, Office Clerks, keeping up the ac-
counts, records, and correspondence Of the |
Commission and the Hospital Directory in |
its offices at Washington and Louisville
Seventh, Messengers, who accompany ship
ments Of stores to prevent delays or loss.
In the Western Department there are
nearly enc hundred Of these agents con-
stsntly employed in the service Of the Com
mission, to say nothing Of all those who
are engaged in the preparation and for
warding Of stores for our distribution, and
the earnest and indefatigable corps of vol
unteer laborers who are connected with
our Branch Commissions, at Chicago, CleVe-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati, Louisville, SC.
9TH. Soldiers Homes.-These are intend
ed to afford comfortable quarters to dis
charged men, who, weak and disabled
without money or friends, need such rest
ing places on their way to their places Of
residence; to those taken sick in traHsitu,
and to those waiting for their papers or
their pay. All such are here received,
cleansed, fed, clothed cared for kindly AID
well, saved from sharpers and helped on
their way. A number Of homes Of this
kind have been established by the Com
mission in the east and west, and up to
the present time have accommodated over
6O,OOO Of our soldiers. At least half of
these have been entertained at the Santa
ry Commission "Homes in the west, es-
tablished at Cairo, Louisville, Nashville,
Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland.
Measures are now being taken to increase
the number and efficiency Of these institu-
tions, which confessedly represent one Of
the most important branches of our work.
9th. Hospital Directories.-0f these there
are two established by the Sanitary Com
mission, one at Washington and the other
at Louisville. They are intended to be
complete registers of all the inmates Of our
Military General Hospitals. Already they
contain each over $4,000 Soldiers names
Louisville 65,0O0-and are affording
precious information and unspeakable
comfort to those who have friends sick or
wounded in the army. At Louisville we
are sometimes called upon to answer hun
dred or more inquiries in q day, coming
from residents Of all parts Of the west.
We here receive regular reports from Hos
pitals in the following places:
Columbus, Cleveland, Camp Dennison,
Cincinnati, Gallipolis-0hio Clarksburg,
Charlestown, Grafton, Parkersburg, Point
Virginia. Jeffersonville, Evans
Vile, New Albany-Indiana. Quincy,
Cairo, Mound City-Illinois. Bsrdstown,
Bowling Green, Columbus, COvington, Co
lumbia, Danville, Louisville, Lebanon, Lex
ington, Paducah, Perryville-Kentucky.
| srksville-Tennessee Corinth-Miss-
issippi. Gallstin, Jackson, La Grange,
Murfreesboro', Memphis, Nashyille-Tenn-
essee. Keokuk, Dsvenport-Iows. Iron
ton, Rolla, St. Louis, Springheld-MissOu-
ri. Helena-Arkansas Vioksburg-Mis-
sissippi.
7th. Hospital and Supply Stsamsrs-To
| secure the regular transmission of stores
to the depots of the Sanitary Commission,
and transport sick when desirable, the
Sanitary Commission has been compelled
to keep q steamer in its service on our
Western rivers a large part Of the
past year Such a steamer is now char
tered by the Commission, and is on her
way to ViOksburg with more than one
thousand packages of stores. Gen. Grant
has also by special order, given the control
of another steamer to the agents of the
Commission, to be employed by them as q
! floating depot Of sanitary stores, and she
is now in use for that purpose.
9Th. Hospital CdrS.-To provide for the
comfort Of the inmates Of hospitals in the
interior of Kentucky and Tennessee, des-
tined to be removed by rail to Louisville,
a train of hospital cars has been fitted up
and is now running under the supervision
Of agents Of the Commission. These cars
are provided with comfortable beds, with
food, stimulants, medicines, ETC., and are in
! charge of kind and faithful men. One
hundred sick are daily transported in them
with as little danger and suffering aE
though they remained in hospital.
9th. PI5EedtionS-The Sanitary Com
mission has now published, in addition to
all minor circulars, notices, ETC., nearly one
hundred distinct pamphlets, comprising
many millions of pages, all bearing on the
health Of the army.
10th. Special Faeilities.-Through the
liberality of the officers Of railroad and
steamboat lines, free transportation for
stores has been afforded to the Commission
throughout the entire West. Within the
limits of the Military Departments free
| transmission Of stsres is universally grant
ed to the Commission by the various Quar-
termasters, and this privilege has been fur
ther guaranteed by special orders from
Gen. Rosecrans and Gen. Grant-Whieh
orders, however, definitely limit the favor
TO goods forwarded by the United States
Sanitary Commission.
By the courtesy Of their officers the
Commission enjoys the free use Of most Of
the telegraph lines in the country, and a
large part of its correspondence is franked
by members Of Congress or other officers
Of the Government who enjoy this privi-
lege, by all of which favors and facilities
its power of doing good is greatly in
creased.
The United States Sanitary Commission
makes no discrimination between the sick
and suffering Of different regiments or diff
ferent States, reckoning all equally worthy
who have fought under one flag, for one
cause, and have shared a common fate
giving equally Of its bounty and its care
to all, guided only by the rule that the
most needy are the most worthy.
From its system Of inspection and dis
tribution, the authority and favor which it
receives from the Government the privi-
leges granted to it by railroad, steamboat,
and telegraph lines, and, indeed, by the
combination Of great variety of infuen-
ces, the Sanitary Commission is able to
transmit stores for the sick and wounded
with far greater celebrity, certainty, and
economy, and to distribute them with more
justice and effect than any State or local
organization whatever; and would earn
estly dissuade the members Of the honora-
BILE body which you represent from permit
ting the resources Of our State to be en-
ployed to sustain any organization less
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