, 1864-12-30
THE U. S. SANITARY CON.
MISSION,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF ITS
AFFAIRS,


| A statement has been cird6!ated 10 the North.
pert tbe sseretary Of tie Western m Depsrmeni :e
q the United States Sanitary Commission, to the
@ G. that has !aa SIT 6 the some soo
Commission deems 1t appropriate to depart nom
o t sS5s Rsa seS7e r s to dam s
I mission. for their refutation, and to notica
E.crs,nl1 s111oFIta,ise' y E T9s zsp0ff of ths
6e period Of "esesn ti@e betSeen Rtspeit"fa ahe
f1et day Of September, A. b 1851, md thc drst
uay ~ o. July. A. D. 1871; nearly three years. con
disbursement Of saa, 900, for supplies pafchased
following such general summary, and paft Of Il
DE- detailed account Of al tha supplies Distributed BY
.Nlell;0l. This summary has been extracted
rom ne report no mention being made Of there
oetpg any more Of the report than tse part thus
these figures, which 80 kar ~ cfycn, aro his own.
The dednsttonis is made that It cost al tho money
o9h n IN his q to distribute $4,000
see m atonee how Incorrect sueh deduction is. But
port may in some cases las, misied q aG tsfs
branch Of tho Commission Will, as succiutiy ns
It ean, ezPla,n i teomeTbat in dstal. sndas In It
work.
With greatcaze the Secretary has divided 1t into
ennee s ac aat The reader mght
nles1on has cost for the period Of time covered
hy the report, to Wit: from September i, ISL. to
mind all the time, that the mers dietribution Of Of
e!npplies, u 1s not the whole work Of the Commits
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT..
This Department covers all the expenditures for
me purchase. transportation and disbursement Of
supplies, the Sum total Of expenditure for these:
according d the summary. ... $50 o.. o
Dedrcting thcrefrom amount paid for
supplies pnrcoased'........... 93,59a.5G
A. A. the cxpepse account Of he Supply Department
The calculation is easy to be made; the cot Of
transportation and distribution-las been fraction
appears, tst ali The contributions made III r. 'ta te
Western Suites TO the Sanitary Com1nission to
NY ls6i, hare been distributed at cost Of but
naeuon over thfee per cent. on their value.
EEL1EF DEPARTMENT..
One purpose OF this department has been to les !
zen the hardshlps to which sick volunteers. men
detached from their regiments, and soldiers With
eetad nsa r., aF tis @ n te 70 tms temporarily sub
partment referred to in the Western secsctarY's
i5eporI !ts whole pntRosc and end IL vastly more
this purpose, scattered over the whole l.ld NJ
war, the Commission supports, or helps support /
f1me lone tweats o. moEe genera managing tic
ntshlngE supplles. Eight or more Of these Homes
a1e within the department OF the Western Secre:
hfar{ aa aud ap t9 ths rst of September 1861 thcra
the West. isl, ,o9o soldiers. The Home st cincin-
natl had furnished food, rest and other needed a..
ttstance thst t9 2c73; th3t At Cleveland 10 1lwi;
@ Dat S.sh9e u1us 1h1t 1e 1t sa,ss nSaiBsllIs
s,6ls; and the Lodge at Memphis, during two
@9nt4s mo- to @ soldisrs aot otherMso provided
late. We have no Inter detailed reports, excent
rom the Lodge at Cairo, with which this Comnss.
for the last three months Of the year 1tS9
Is so soldiers were lodged and 81 $50 meals riycn:
nd i TOR The n.st eleven months Of The year.
AVE been furnished, 191, III meals givcn, Thsse
ioncs and Lodges arc managed with ali the sys-
en- en-, and regularity Of well ordered business
md absolute Want.
IN The same department the Secretary has 1nclu- |
'shad 'ed de G9henss o. hospital cars and boats iur
}! sick and wounded men. The whole cTnansa |
'lased to The debit Of this departmcnt foF two
rom this statement that over IG. 900 mcn bsSa !
een admitted at Cairo alone, and furnished On IN
veIags e. e. more than two meals each, and that near
ioaEteen nontEs. 4a' Is H'no probaS1 %1asn
afe j, to estimate that incladtnc tie tb'gap5 nnm. !
er r, transported .g in hoapital cars and boats,
report neatly e66oo men y have III been sdGFs nS.d
: thts department tn the West On this cstf.
late the cost including construction and furnish
g 9 o. me Homes, the employment Of hospital {
,e Commission less than nine cents man. AM I
theT, mother, brother or sister, to whose Wound
Or sick son or brother comfortable nights !
st, and one ormore meals has been furnished at I
extreme; certainly not if to Ills las ben e sa e9as
his transportation on = bed prepared expressly S
the purpose, and With every possible attention Q
bis comfort from the field Of battle, OF the o
ugeu1ent and systematic Infringement Of the !.
enefa1 Hospltn1. Z
TIE HOSPITAL DIRECTORY.
The special bureau Of hospital records was Co. =
umsaed @ "a during me autumn Of 1867, aud Ia de- L
neernins every patient IN tia military hospitals.
Is complete directory or bureau Of informa
III daliy revised. and wholly In the interest Of -
! nlaF{ ha {p's patients 'san and n theis friends.
, Commission has on hand. =,
1ne number or names recorded In the books of -
Hospital 1e Directory from june 9th to October
!, 1stA have been a. fO11ows:
inc Washington otI1ce .frs
the New York Office .1aTI I
tae Fatiadelphia office ,13al3 l.
tue louisville Office, from May 9th 433~ nc
se4n ~ SetTa1agy nen a. oGtGbsr year the
ef AZ questions as 10 the Whereabouts, condition |
Weilare Of Y, s1} sick and wounded soldiers; ~
M .ell IN what hospital each one was, md to at 70
e ascerta1n ard report in answer to any witt +
!, telegraph1c or oral application for in}orma- =
T. the prccise information required, This work T
gone steadily on. More than one million and 1
= rty thonsand Gag 900 nsmes arc now register
he Commission, OF this service in the Western =.
partment to collect these names. arraura thcrn {
proper form 90 that they be readily referred