Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-03-24
More AS"ut the Salaries of the ".
y. sanitary Com nal .sion. ff

We have noticed the unsalarled BOARD
OF the Sanitary Commission, consisting
OF twenty-one persons, the President
vice President, Treasurer, and Standing
Committee, whose daily services are OF
an exhaustlng nature and interfere d.
rectly with the prosecution of their or
binary business and engagements-re.
ceiving nothing at all in compensation
but the confidence and approba-
ton of all who understand Re grandeur
OF their efforts, and the thankful bene-
dictions suffering humanity.
But in the summary from the N. Y.
Evening POST says some persistent
seeker after the very truth of the matter
there IS an admission that salaries are
paid to the Western Secretary, and to
two hundred employees,-how is that 2"
Such is the fact, as has always been
clearly stated by the Commission, and
thus, we believe, is insured to the Com
mission, especial efficiency. ..r..
Let us examine the matter, first re-
calling the fact that the Sanitary Com
mission has already continued nearly
three years, and must have an extensive
work yet to do, and must employ its
agents upon such principles as will Sc
cure the best men and the best service.
Among the requisites essential to a
good agent are,
l. Experience, which is the result of
continued labor and cannot be gained
otherwise.
2, Systematic Effort 5-. ."
2 8. Submission to Authority. .
4. II la5orons effort to perform erery
yeqaiSitioa
Beyond this, the Commission must
exercise the right to reasope persons who
are incompetent or ill-suited to the
work.
These essentials can only be secured
by employing persons especially fitted
for the work by nature, with compensa-
ting pay. .................... .....a..
Every woman knows the difference be-
tween good well-paid servant, and the
neighbours daughter who "just comes
in to help" She wants the permanent
working spirit and independence of the
well-paid servant on the same principle
the Sanitary Commission chooses this
independence Of relations towards its
agents and regards it the best way to
get good service, well-appled
1t must, from the nature of the case,
be impossible for any man to work
well among soldiers, sick or well, WHO'S
not experienced in military requirements
and discipline. As no man can become |
q nurse at will, so a thorough training for |
all work in the camps and hospitals is
most necessary.
1t is the practical question, known to |
the head of every household and the su-
perintendent of every system of labor,
of the comparative merits and eheapness
of skilled and unskilled labor" And |
actual investigation proves that the
amount of the wages of the employees of !
the Commission is covered and more |
than covered by the employment of |
suitable men under the restrictions and !
of paid agents as it would be |
in ones kitchen or counting house, or on
ones farm. .aN
But" says one of the articles in the |
Com. Bulletin touching on this subject, |
lit is to be borne in mind, that this sYs- |
TEN of paid agents does not exclude the
advantage of having in the work disin-
and religious earnestness. |
On the contrary, many men of just those
characteristics, and who, because of the I
spirit that was in them, entered into the
work, are now retained among the paid |
agents; they were men who could give
a few months to the cause, but were not i
justified in giving years. And in select |
ing persons additional to be employed, |
the aim Of the commission is always to |
get men whose hearts are there before their
hands are called to take hold" /
Ia L.. .