Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-03
SOLDTERSl AID SOCIETY,
GENERAL BUSINESS REpoRT. nov. 1862.

GENERAL BUSINESS REPORT, NOV. 1862.
Our Treasurer's books show that from
date Of organization April, 1861, to Nov.
1862, there have been received at the rooms
of this Society nearly 224, 600 articles of
bedding and clothing, $4,000 pounds and
$1,000 articles of Surgeons supplies and
hospital furnishings, 196, 600 pounds fruit
and groceries, 10000 cans and bottles
of wine and jellies, nearly 1000 dozen
eggs, 500 bushels vegetables, 300 kegs
pickles, and 10000 unclassi6ed articles for
hospital use
The very small amount of stock on hand
proves that disbursements have kept close
pace with receipts. The stores of this
Society have been sent to points in Mary
land, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, besides
comparatively small supply to the District
of Columbia, for the Army of the Potomac.
This distribution has reached 81 camps,
Regimental hospitals and recruiting sta
tiOns, 40 General and Post Hospitals, Is
established or temporary depOts of the
United States Sanitary Commission, and
also embraces large supplies furnished to
floating hospitals and depOts of the Com
mission.
The disbursements Of stores have in all
cases been submitted 10 the. Commission
for approval, and nine-tenths of the ship
ments have been made upon direct requi-
sitions of its agents in the field.
The number of packages shipped is
nearly 5000, which is exclusive of large
quantity of unpacked articles, distributed
directly from rUUmsI VI Furnished to
city hospitals.
The local business of this Society hasr
ceived prompt and thorough attention.
The city camps and hospitals have been
generously supplied; returned soldiers
and stragglers have had their share Of aid
and comfort; missing soldiers have been
looked up; inquiries made for benefit of
friends; and in our Soldiers Home, estab-
lished in April last, nearly $50 men have
been fed, lodged, clothed and attended at
an expense to the Society of about seventy
five dollars per month.
The total cash receipts Of the Society
are only $4,000, and its current expenses
are now $500 per month. The treasury
has mainly been supplied by the vOlunta-
ry contributions of our citizens, and by
the process of concerts, lectures, and va
rious entertainments. One-twentieth,
only, of the whole amount has been col
lected as membership fees from the ladies
of the Society.
The resources Of the Society in hospital
supplies are drawn from IS counties in the
northwestern part of our State, and from
few Societies in western Pennsylvania,
and Southern Michigan. Nearly 45O or
ganized Societies have reported to us as
Branches, and so of these have Joined US
since July last. These new auxiliaries
have entered upon their work with the ut
most vigor, and it is our great pleasure to
report steadfast earnestness on the part
of our Oldest established Branches which
shows them to be one with us in the work,
and makes us confident of their unabated
interest and cooperation so long as their
efforts are required.
Throughout the summer when the mac
tivity of our western armies and the pres
sing home duties of our farming eommu-
nifty led us to fear decrease of exertions
in behalf of our hospitals, we were favor
ed with far larger receipts than we dared
expect. The donations of edibles have
latterly greatly exceeded the receipts of
clothing and bedding, and with the greatly
advanced price of cotton and wOOlen
goods, we cannot hope for a supply of gar
ments that will equal the demand, unless
the most vigorous efforts are made by each
Society, in raising funds for the purchase
of material.
We have not to record a single instance
Of secession from the ranks of our co-wOrk-
ers, except the few cases where the good
of the cause plainly pointed out another
depot as more direct medium of commu-
nication.
We attribute this steady interest on the
part of our Branches to our care in keep
ing them supplied with full directions for
their work, varied from month to month
to meet the changes in demand; to
our publishing weekly statements Of the
action of the Society; and to the reports
which have been obtained from the San
itary agents in the field, and which have
satisfied our contributors that their bounty
is well dispensed, have aroused their
sympathies and stimulated their efforts.
Nine circulars have been issued by this
Society; newspapers containing printed
matter of interest have been sent out
weekly, and we have faithfully distributed
such documents of the-C Commission as have
been sent to our rooms for that purpose.
The correspondence and the papers Of the
Society now reach about 500 post Offices in
this and adjoining States.
REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS SOLDIERS
AID SOCIETY, FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1862.
Cash report for November, 1862:
RrcE1Prs
By balance on hand Nov lst,........-.......s65 10
By .contrlb buttons. 70
By membership -
BY payment Of %
BY sale Of ducks, 40