Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-06-02

cles, as follows: 200 flannel shirts
2i09 flannel drawers, $500 cotton draw
ers, 1898 wooden socks, lG5 sheets, 400
quilts, 100 blankets, 100 pillows, 329
cushions, Sal towels, 6lS slippers, 1922
handkerchiefs, 4SS pillow cases, 100 bed
sacks, l73 pillow sacks, IL dozen brandy,
10 dozen whisky, 10 dozen bay rum, rs
dozen sherry, s dozen alcohol farina
1000 pounds, condensed milk 1000 lbs,
gelatine IL dozen, condensed coffee $50
pounds, besides an assortment of jelly,
preserves, shrub, old cotton and linen,
&C., &c. tIIIJQ dULg
OF these about $4,000 worth were
bought with money laid by from the
Fair for just such an emergency. The
other $4,000 represents what the people
of New England have DONE through the
Sanitary Commission, for the first suffer-
ers in this desperate fight. A splendid
gift 1t was though the needs OF $4,000
wounded men must, of course, make 1t
seem but drop to the sea. We said
"the first sufferers" because, as Is well
known, only what was ready In advance
| of the battle could be on the field In time
for those early falling in the fight. The
public has been already partially inform
ed of the preparations made by the SAM
tary Commissioned the steamer and
boats chartered beforehand for transpor-
tation of supplies, wagons, horses, and
all the incidental requirements Of field
service; of the trained and experienced
agents in readiness to start at mo.
ment's notice, ALI waiting only the word
"Forward y May we not be glad that OF
those supplies, New England sent cost
i ly share But our storeroOms, were en-
tirely emptied on those two DAYS. and
now the word oo,nes ior US W sehu W
Washington, as fast as accumulated /;
and to meet the demand, we have only
what you, our fellow-workers, may
please to send us day by day, o,,or-
You know, as well as we, what the
requirements of the present battles must
be, and we would not, If we could, offer
YOU a sensation paragraphpcto rouse
you to your utmost exertion. /, The con-
slant and calm dispatches OF Secretary
Stanton afford sensation enough OF the
true kind; and appealing to the hearts
and minds of our people must set all
willing hands at work to Keep up the
supply for which we are urgently asked
But the foresight and energy OF the
Sanitary Commission on the Virginia
field, in the present distress, is only a
part of the cause of gratitude for all who
| are supporting it. Let us remind our
selves and each other of another cause
for thankfulness. 1t is, that while the
Commission has been so active in this
part of the field, it has not relaxed it'
energies in any other place; but wher
ever our soldiers are, there its work Il
! going on, unobserved, perhaps for al
: ewes are turned toward, Richmond to
: day,-but the West and Southwest hav
t their share of thought and Care. Ker
a lucky, Tennessee and Georgia are nc
: forgotten. The agents in the Depart
| ment of the South are all alive to tn
D interests of the men under theiI charg,
' and so no part of the field suffers nee
4 that Virginia may abound. The Santa
! ry Commission covers the whole groun
: of the war, for Army and Navy, for blac
f and white, for all sects and divisions @
: men, whether religious, political or civil
b for all who need, SO long and to sue
extent as the men and women of tn
df land furnish them, supplies. II we Civ
v enough, every man shall receive enough
there is no other eff" Can we realize
Il what power we are thus allied? Wa
r. there ever in the world so broad, so higl
4 SO true, so pure an organization as this
y The Sanitary Commission may safel
+ challenge all past and present time t
I furnish parallel to its great and Godl
q work.
!, Shall we close our report without on
4 word of thankfulness for the victorie
= we have gained land yet words ar
,s9t poor, when our hearts are full of graft
If tude to God, and our brave defenders
Memories of uncounted dead, sympathie
l. with the thousands of suffering and dy
y ing, hopes, fears, prayers for the hur
. dretis Of thousands offering their live
= for us, for truth, and for freedom
Al Please God, if we cannot speak of thes'
re- we will prove by fresh zeal and pure
q patriotism that we know them, an
4, mean to do our part in the great caus
wv that has called them forth. ga
tS Respectfully submitted by the Excel
4 tive Committee. 8ef % b4nd
=. ABBY w. MAY, Chairman,
70 10 West STREET, My 16. 1864.