The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-19
Report of Disbursing Committee.

Report Of the Disbursing Committees of the fund
for the relief Of soldiers families, and an appeal
for more wood
Report for the month ending January 1st 1864.
FIRST WARD.
Number of families provided for 29
Number loads of wood distributed 50
Orders given for Clothes -four, meat
and other groceries Sl52.OO
SECOND WARD.
Number of families provided for %
Number of loads Of wood so
Orders for clothing, four meat, and
other groceries Sl92.26
THIRD WARD.
Number of loads of wood 81
Number of families Supplied -. q
Orders for clothing, -four, meat, and
other groceries SllT.5S
FOURTH WARD.
Number of families provided for "a
Number loads of wood distributed As
Orders for clothing, meat, -four and
other groceries SS6.2S
From the above report it will be seen that quite
large amount of money has been expended, dur
ing the past month, for the common necessaries of
life, not including wood. The remaining winter
months will require, each, an amount not less than
the past; hence the disbursing cOmpitee feels the
absolute necessity of gain calling upon our friends,
and country people generally, to furnish, each,
other load Of wood.
We seem to be threatened with an extremely
cold winter, and it may be Of long duration. Most
of the soldiers families, that claim our special at
tenion, live in inferior houses, open to everypierc-
ing wind and biting frost; hence to live to any
tent comfortable requires no small amount of fuel
Should the committee be compelled to purchase
wood at present high prices it will require all the
means at their command. This would necessarily
cut of all supplies of clothing, -four, meat, and
other groceries which would reduce some of these
families to a state of absolute suffering, and that
to in the midst Of plenty. We who have the means,
owe it to our soldiers now in the field, to our eoun
try, to ourselves, and to the widows and orphan
children in our midst, made such in preserving to
US the many comforts we now enjoy, to see to it
that all these families are made as comfortable as
their circumstances will admit Of And after we
have done all can do, in this direction we must
necessarily fall far short of cOmpensating for the
absence of an affeedOnate husband, a loving
brother, or deceased father.
The committee then, would fix upon Tuesday
tie 26th of this month as the day upon which they
would invite their friends-the friends of the sol
dier-in the country, to give exhibition of their
regard for the cause of our common country, and
of humanity, by bringing in a load of wood or in
the want Of this, -FOUR meat or anything that will
add to the comforts of q family.
Other towns and cities around rs have had their
second and some their third demonstration of this
kind; hence we feel assured that we shall not be
disappointed in our highest expectations, especi-
ally when take into consideration the liberality
manifested on previous occasion.
/ The committees appointed at that time to inter-
est the people of eirimmediate district will please
exert themselves again, as they did then, and we
| promise them as a reward, many thanks from
grateful people and the smiles Of an approving God
/ and Father Of US all.
PC. PRUGH.
II. II. ANDREW.
/ J. D. C. STARK.