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No. 1907 Chestnut street, May IA, 1864.
To the Editor Of the Enquirer: For the in
formation of the public, especially those hay
ing friends in the army who are reported
wounded, as well as to satisfy contributors
to the funds of the Commission that their
money is properly employed, beg to inclose
an extract from letter received this morn
ing from the Central Office of the Commits
sion at Washington;
"During the quarter, ending March 81,
1864, supplies have been forwarded to the
various stations in this Department to the
value Of $ll2,4l9 81, viz: To Washington,
S7S,527 ~; to New Orleans, S27, 1907 OIL to
Newbern, S5,T2S o.; to Beaufort, S5,857 OF.
"In anticipation of the battles now in pro-
gress the Chief Inspector made q requisition
for such articles as he considered desirable
to have in stock at Washington. They were
Immediately ordered and sent forward. The
estimated value of the goods is $4,000. The
following is list: 1900 bed sacks, 300 bed
pans, 1000 blankets, 200 lanterns, so oil
silks (rolls), 1000 pillows, 5000 sheets, 1000
towels, 1000 tin cups, 300 tin basins, 1000
tin plates, 200 pals, 5000 pairs cotton draw
ers, 10000 pocket handkerchiefs, 300 pounds
chloroform, one pound bottles; 1000 pairs
slippers, $500 wooden socks, 5000 cotton
BOGkS, 10 uIlcu TJOOu uSSA
stock, 500 bottles brandy, 1000 chocolate,
2, 500 cans extract of coffee, 10000 condensed
milk, l25 barrels crackers, 800 bottles ex-
tract Jamaica ginger, 5000 pounds farina,
500 bottles lemon syrup, 1000 pounds corn
starch, 100 pounds mustard, 800 bottles ia
maica rum, 1000 pounds white sugar, 300
gallons tamarinds, 800 pounds black tea, 200
pounds tobacco (chewing,) 1000 pounds to-
bacco (smoking,) 1000 clay pipes, so gross
matches, 800 bottles foreign wine, 500 bottles
whisky, 50 barrels bandages (rollers,) go
bottles bayrum, 250 bottles cologne, 500 pairs
crutches, $50 pounds CASTLE soap, 5000
sponges, 1000 wooden shirts, 1000 cotton
shirts, $50 pounds candles stationary 90
pounds old linen, 1900 pairs shoes, 500
pieces mosquito netting, 800 rolls plaster
(adhesiye,) 1000 combs, 10 barrels dried
fruit; lemons, oranges, etc.
To meet the demands Of the wounded in
the column under command Of Major General
B. +. Butler, some forty tons Of supplies Of
all kinds were sent to Norfolk, Va. n large
stock was also collected at Harper'S Ferry
for General Sigel's forces Additional agents
were sent to this point as well as to Norfolk.
A heavy reserve stock, valued at 100000,
was stored in our warehouses at Washing
ton. Seven four-horse wagons belonging to
the Commission, loaded with supplies most
needed upon the field of battle, moved with
the Army of the Potomac. These are en-
trusted to experienced agents, who have been
long in the field. Some forty young men,
carefully trained for the work, were held in
readiness in Washington to go to the field rs
an Auxiliary Relief Corps, as soon as needed.
A Reserve Corps, one hundred strong, stood
ready to 60 to the front whenever called upon.
Nine wagons and about forty horses were
ready for the transportation Of supplies. On
Tuesday, the steamboat Mary F. Rapley,
loaded with some seventy tons of supplies,
and having on board about sixty agents of
the Commission, the whole under the super
intendence of DR.. Lewis II. Steiner, Chief
Inspector of the Commission for the Army
OF the Potomac, left this city for Belle Plain.
The Rapley lowed down large barge, hav-
ing on baard five wagons, twenty-one horses
and necessary forage. On arriving at Belle
Plain tents we're pitched, portion of the
goods were pushed on to Fredericksburg IN
the wagons, while the remainder was I'M
loaded, and then rapidly sent back to Wash
inston for fresh supply. A feeding station
was Immediately established BY DR.. Steiner,
where thousands of men have already been
fed.
The day after the Rapley left, another
barge, having on board four large wagons and
seventeen horses, went to Belle Plain. Some
twenty more agents went the same day.
DR.. Alexander Mcdonald, Chief Inspector
for the Department OF Norfolk and the PENN
sula, was, when last heard from, at Bermuda
Hundred, on James river, with thirty tons of
ice and forty tons of stores. Another load Is
to go to him in a day or two.
Very respectfully, X. NJ. LEWIS,
General Superintendent.