The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-21
The United States Sanitary Commission
- Whpre the MnnnY G0eS.

New YORK, July 12.--The entire expendi-
ture for the whole work Of the United States
Sanitary Commission, East. South and
West was. in May, 1862, 1913, II; in June
1852, 275. ST. Total for two months, 500,
ia. Ga. lsea#
It should be remembered that during a
canonaio-n characterized by the frequency
+, IF lie chance of base the relative cost OF
REORGANIZATION is much increased The sin
ole fem Of charter of vessels, ewing to the
scarcity Of medium sized craft, growing ont
If claims for Government service, neces-
sariIy becomes Of itself very large one.
It may be noticed that the amount OF sup
niles contributed to the Commission in kind,
during June, was but about one-third the
value of similar contributions in May. Hence
the necessity of direct money expenditure
from the treasury.
Owing to the pressing call for anti scor-
butics, the Commission have recently issued
very largely of vegetable food, as is shown
by the following list of supplies forwarded
during June:
Canned toy .toes, 20T156 pounds lover
8 1o3 tobs:) canned fruit, 1000 pounds; can
ned ielIies. 574 pounds; picked cucumbers
az org Gallons: Iabout 200 barrels:) pick
led onions. 1884 gallons; picked tona
toes 4, 719 gallons; curried cabbage, 1,lO6
gallons; sauerkrout, 1928 gallons fresh
onions, 100 barrels; potatoes, 70 barrels;
dried apples, 242 barrels; other dried fruit,
80 barrels; lemons, 301 boxes portable lem
onade, 2, 400 boxes; oranges, % boxes.
This includes the lot distributed on the Sd
inst, which reached the men IN the trench
es in time for Independence Day dinner.
During the ten days of July now past the
prices of vegetables have been proportion
ateIy much larger than hitherto. Three
steamers and barge have already sailed for
the army, with an aggregate cargo OF over
5000 barrels of vegetables and dellcacles.
Every precaution has been taken by the
Commission to ensure an accurate, compre-
hensive and impartial distribution OF their
precious contributions to the dietary OF the
army.
Gen Grant has always highly approved
the work, and has given it his aid ordering
additional transportation 10 enable the Com
mission trains TO 90 out at once to the front
and as near the trenches as possible. The
plan of distribution has been to send the
wagons either to corps or division command
ers in charge of an adequate number of the
relief agents of the Commission The COM
mander of each respective corps or division,
having detailed an officer from his staff to
attend, sends the wagons to the rear of their
trenches, and their contents are given to the
men, either in the works or as they return
after dark to the camps Of the reserves.
The enthusiasm is always great when it
becomes known that such abundant supplies
of acid fruits and vegetables are to be dis
tributed in the trenches
1t is difficult for the inexperienced reader
to form a sufficiently profound appreciation
of thevalue Of this anti sChrobutiC food. 1t
should be remembered that the Army of the
Potomac, having passed through a campaign
of the severest character, having depended
mainly for food on the fightinS ration of
pork, hard bread and coffee, arrived before
Petersburg in a state of great exhaustion.
Every consideration Of humanity, patriotism
and military economy made it the duty Of
the Commission to give at once such aid and
comfort as their experience and means rem
dered possible. They knew that the sick ness
and mortality rates would inevitably increas
unless the exhausted bodies of the soldiers
could be brought rapidly under the influence
of well selected anti scorbutics. They
therefore, sent to the army a sufficient guam
tity and variety to give every man daily
ration of fresh food for at leastten days. The
above lists will show the principle articles
distributed. The quantities stated do not,
however, show the entire issue to date, as al
the returns are not yet in. A complete re-
port of this work will be presented in due
time to the public, whose almoner the Com
mission is.