The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-01-31
Soldiers Aid Society.
County Organizations,


of ladies from every Aid Society |
and towns in the county, who are willing |
TO cooperate with us.
Resolved, That the various Aid Societies |
in the county, be requested to continue
their lab rs a. before, with this addition, |
that they send us the names Of three of
their numb er whom they shall choo,e to !
belong to the board of directors mentioned
above, so that We may mutually strengthen
each other.
In those towns where there is no Aid
Society, the ladies are invited to form
suc; a S,ciety, and to send US the names
of three ladies to be members of the board,
with whom the county Society cam CO.
operate in reaching the various towns in
the county.
Resoieed, That the Secretary be request
ed to publish brief address 1" the women
of the county. plainly setting forth TIE
design Of the Socie y and embodying such
facts as she may deem useful aud advan-
taseous to the cause.
To tho Patriotic Women Of Ia Sale Co.
Again the Soldiers Relief Society of Ottawa de-
sires TO speak To the patriotic women Of La Sale
county Our husbands. sons, aud brothers have
gone forth To do battle together for our country,
aud II has been suggested that ~. their wives.
motherc and sisters. should also combine together
IN our endeayors 10 relieve their wants " ~ in the
held In union there - strength IN Organization
l. efficiency. Ladies Of La Saiie county, what
youy lie; II. unite togetiier-sha We not. III tins
noble work, Pre-enIn-ntly the work of woman II
: relieve suffering wiie'ever iouuf how much
more when found among those who ATE battling
Tor aud our child en how much more when
hose whom would succor O,rn-ouK
gone from u. 10 The bgiii!
On lin. point; however we need not urge YOU.
b-.s, At Inn
that eXhor'aiiuus 10 action are ucc.'i''>- t'i We
aspire ~ u>ITLD AcTI"s among The women OF our
county. We aspire to leave behind Us RECORD
ui hat done during this war bv THs OMEN
ur l., SALLs COUNTY, TO 20 down side by side 10
po-teri,y with the record oi what our NOBLE MIS-
have done. Newoud lain write II III ID boOk.
our count, has Its muster roll. Ut volunteers ~
show " hat IL, suns have done. aud cvunty iuOhu-
Ieut raised To- the memory VI our patriot
dead let u, Too, nave nie.orisl 10 >tiu" thai
ti,i " omen vi La sale count, bore their paTi
IlIIs ,trugg iOr cvuutrys iIie. ci>Iei> liza,
Say YOU. shall We too leave 4 record ueinud IL
tor future generations to ponder over,
II Ne would do this, aud We ieel sure the idea
must strike You izvOr.bt, then We must act tVge-
rhrr-Iu cvuceit-unirrdy. DO YOU Ak what That
action should be, DO yvu ask how, what, when
must We do. Let Us discuss The details vi out
plau together.
Ia ,sie nr.t place, wish to obtain. far
possible. records oil what hA, s!ready been done
Tor The soldier, by every AID society and TIE Yhuoi
lists must pccc>,arIl, imperfect, because they
have not teen kept with any REFERENCE 10 cunpIla
ton and printing. But We want YOU to make thein
goa Gun. Siak- out n-t>, heur 80
1,u o4n reln,,hi<r, OF the Ouh-, YOU have sent
" hen They seat, who attended to preparing
thein what they contained, and whom they were
To be acCrcdi ed la. y teIhrr Town AID Society Or
bot hood. Sci Your SECRETARIES 10 work THESE
are busy " uen those list, are ready have
them sil copied. Keep cue copy yourselves; serd
the Other 10
In the next place, in order TO carry cut
eIpri>e, Aid Svcielle, should he ivi med IN every
town county, " here lncTe L. 40 such society
IN eishooi hoods. # n,oie CONVENIENT And
We tee: al. o'd >ocictie, and new ones, ~ do
with your might whai YOU cAb. la forwarding
your bvxe> send them 10 If you like. wa,
with the tri,tmJs gilt IBe >oi,iier,, or. Il
convenient. send thein otherwise. DuI please
observe tao iIpg>. ai~a. send tnrongii the csni-
Commission Al You Wish 10 be sure ,.'ur boxes
"i DO good and 90 right Aiii always >end uS Il list
Of the oi the box. ke,Ii:g yourselves.
r lear CT accGsut. T., mali or otherwise II We
ali d. THIS. work will Ue one of which We shall
uo, feel ashamed depead upon H.
We EUpc IT'S hot NECESSARY TO twe!i on the recil
tude viilG-iic, oi the SahItaT. tuaiu.I,sion-
They n. 10 our own state. they do tG-lr wurA
It,Uui hiIe reward. They are trusted bs
government TO 20 anya her. and e,-ryu here nh
our army lines. where neIiner you nor W., II;
boNc, could 10 Ia, tor tiieuI- Ask GuInuIII
lee hv weui 10 our .uith, they Will tell you That
fathers. mothers. aud friends who went the
cIr3II thai bscy were Certcd aufTis>lNu
within army lines, aud turned weeping ANA,
while they permitted 10 20 aud cemiUrI
our wounded and bury our dead. SIMPLY because
they Esd \ pas. from the SANITARY Commission OIL
Chicago. Surely La Sale couuty ought 10 lie the
! last To- dt>tru,t that Commission.
Another word. Much complaint is made that
the nurses ami surgeons u>. up all the articles
sent. white the SICK ulsn have 10 20 without
Drawers large enough Tor poor. wounded, swollen
limbs shirts unlike any ordinary articles of thr
KIND slipper, DIES gned tor bandageG ieei-all these
are seut by hundreds. aud the r,run> and nurses
could not Use them II they would. And ~ TO the
iOvd sent. Look al this. you have SICK person
III YOUR house and !: You cai' ia watchers TOR Que
uight, YOU think YOU must leave n table loaded
with the U..t hood. And vet you Will expect these
muses. and surgeons TO stay III those hoSii!a!S not
one uigh, but every night, aud week after week,
and ike On army rativns. Fur onr part We always
s.i.d 4 beuedtcilon 10 our nurses and surgeons
" heAeS er We send boX. AID say we hope they
Wi Elahe their share. As Ia the SICK ones gong
without do you never refuse food 10 your sick
people? W hat they want Is not ALWAYS good tor
them. And, on the ether hand those IN the hos
pitais who conval-<cent enough Ia do eat
at the table with their nurses and surgeons THIS
accounts for the food being seen on the surgeons
tables. L. II NOT natural that the eaabie> send
should be pat on the table. Is il NOT natural that
sick bows should ofur 10 their ph, stefan
aud their nurse. We 90 not maintain that all the
surgeons aud nurses are fauitle>s. but we do SAY
lot Le Just hen again, do Rot think that tue
boxes are left at the hospitals unknown to any
but the surgeons etc, aud tia; they get yonr
things that way. The soldiers in all s'nyes
Of con, aleScence. many wa.kiD. about and all
On the ateh Tor tokens from home. II box arrives
Mtg Gno,c a. But if You send box v express
and through the Sanitary Commission. who
will sand an agent with II ALI the way, then very
likely the teainster " no takes your box from the
express. having no one with him To prevent II, will
break open your box on the way. and what i,e cant
use himself he NAV sell in the next town Humid
dreds Of boxes, not sent through the SANITARY
Commission. have Jared thus Hence the stories
of oar ,apds being sold after they get there. And
when you hear stories OF III: :.:.SSanpropration of
what send, think again that It may arise :sus.
The sick soldiers five ten boxes arrive. Their
contents seem TO them endless. But us know.
who provide for families. that when those goods
To- b. distributed among sixty, one hundred
or five hundred men. they will 70 like the dew
Each one gets but \ little, aud wonders where 1t
has all gone to.
And now will You cooperate with IN the for
nation Of County Organization set forth in
our resolutionsy Will YOU connect your Aid So
cieiv with such associeton BY choosing three
ladies' 10 belong to its board Of managers. aud by
sending to II your reports and lists. and if more
COW snlent, YOUR boxes? 1t you have no And So
cieiy will you exert your influence IN forming one.
and associate it requested above? Please an
these interrogatOries BY letter. addressed to
Mira Sarah f. Henshsw, Sec'ry Ottawa Soldiers
Relief Society, Ottawa, Ill.
by order Of the Society.
SARAH E. HESsAAw. Sec'ry.
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