New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-09

substantial and the very best Of its kind bnt Won a
not want TO put into useless material and snowy yye
what ought to go toward securing additional home
comforts ard other aids TO the disabled soldiers Yet
so surely different States take NJ the work Of esah
fishing Sanitaria unless this point Is most carefully
guarded, your eye viii Dc palueu with ambitious dis
play In rival structures, from which contractors will
grow rich and which politicians will stand make
natterng speeches.
l VI. Whatever il to DO attempted in the direction,
providing this form Of relief shoud be entered mon
once The discharged soldiers viii never again need
tho help as much as they do to-day. If you law ont
plans 81 broad and erect structures so large that It will
AXE year TO finish them, many Of the for whom
these sanitara intended will be dead before Your
welcome Is ready 10 be offered.
The need Of National or Of State Santana has an
along been assumed ana cannot be doubted Precisely
how large provision will have TO be made FOR tbix
lcass OF men, who have been rendered parriallv -.
wholly helpless while in the service and Who lave no
means Of support it is impossible to determine OF
tits, oweyer, we may feel sure. that under institutions
wiser, organized and with nit RESTRICTIONS the demand
for help Of this form will De by ~ a eat ar
] some persons have been led 10 suppose Six months
from now, or even three months from now, VIC can
form better Judgment. Tie United States Sanitary
Commission has for the last year and more been plf
suing series OF Inquiries for the purpose Of having in
hand the material for aDweri1g. approximately least
mat very inquiry And i has thereby collected muca
the men from the Army Of the Potomac who during
given time were discharged account Of dis billy
almost all Of when In the course Of thor Journey hone
have come uoder the Of the Sanitary Commission
ut Lodge" or " H0De) answers carefully obtained
from some 1000 men have been recorded to the follow.
| ing questions, viz:
~ Manner
49, Regiment
"3 Agci
H. Have you any family. and what
-. Are they dependent Oh you for support
90 Have you any property, and what amonnta
80. What were your means OF support before you
enlistedf
80. Are you able now TO work at TIE same trade OF
occnptioni
80 Is there sny other trade or occupation you can
work att
10 How to DO you expect 10 support yourself or
!. to be supported, when you get homei
al Have you any established home and wheTel
D. What is the nature and degree of yoGr disa-
i3 Have you secured pension, and what is tho
AMOUNT
lie answers these questions indicate that about II
per cent Of these men are WHAT called totally Disabled;
about &C per cent are seriously disabled bat IA con-
EDITION Which admits Of gradual but decided improve.
ment while about 10 per cens are Affected Sith yar-
oG degrees OF disability al along ON Tue scale between
,sight and serious but permanent. The other ie per
cent class of men, AL Of whom viii al once Read
lily their living and ehali vi them VIII probably
Dc well AZ The end o the year.
Again tie Sanitt ~ Comm ssOn In order to approach
the subject from another side has obtained answers to
different set OF estons. thereby seeking 10 know
the actual conlitiO OF discharged soldiers fier they
bad been SIX th or 80 ln tic Community 0m Which
they enlisted. Inc &c inquiries have usually Dea ad.
dressed 70 individual hose interest IN ms
led to thorough Investigation. Iqe following are tho
Questions
Il. To what extent do tie disabled discharged SOL
diers in your community fai OF present, to maintain
themselves by -lelr Own iaDcrf
80. " hat Ur, PORTION Oi then have Relatives wholly
Tor in part de penGt NJ upon them
"3. What propoI ion " those, who you'd not IN the
open market OF competition, ~ able permanently 10
earn support for themselves sud ior those dependent
upon them, viii receive al needed asssiance RON tAeH
reG ives
- Eol those who DO not tags receive al needed
assistance RON relatives, what method OF assistance
now prevail.
j. WHAT proportion Of discharged Disabled soldiers
have eyinced disposition o. expectation to receive
chaTitaOe assistance.
40 What proportion OF discharged disabled soldiers
in your vicinity nave come distinctly upon tue puuhe
for support
81 Has any systematic method 10 save TIE soldiers
from this necessity, By finding suitable elpC5 uen Tor
those who are able 70 work. been ld0pJe. walch open
to all who may come INTO yonr community
The result of this investigation caff ed through sone
~ 50 OF the chief cit.es and larger towns ~ he
North. show a far smaller number than the ota'r table
would indicate OF those 10 - YET have Activity come
uoCu tie public for support. Bat IN TINS IqGy we arc
70 weigh the fact that many, six months iron now
viii BE- entirely dependent. present ig 4uC gpon
their bounty money an hack pay collected or elaIge.
Yet too there Is the other modify ing crcumstafeet 10
come in viz that many OF the men, unable az TIE una
OF discharge 10 labor will IN sI months yeg After
ward acque strength enough 10 earn at least part Of
theil own livelihood The results OF the invest cations
now carried on by the Commission VIII furnish aono
valuable facts additional Meantime enough is evlens
u show that such Institutions Sanatara GIe dc.
nanded for cur discharged disabled soldiers
The object OF this article Is 20 draw attention 20 ths
importance Of securing 20 this subject wherever Il IS
taken up wise thought that wnaeyef is done De done
in way that shall nghen aid not weaken what IS
peculiar and excellent IN republican commonwealth,
bound in with the homes Of the pS9pie
supt II Special Relief Y. s Sanitary Commission.
Washington d. C., May 6 ie65.