, 1865-05-11

Vith but 1,tte expense. City Point !. eh,ea, sup.
p'ied i Gon. EeT York and Baltimore. aud
fSSs' e., e. POM Point Ct sonS as ssssss
Safeal tut large, stlone, ioar hgtse tssn.,
19,ta.e aa 1 bese wscons we're In Rchm9nd sT H.
c1;y @ Putt Two of them are with each corps 81 q,
| tbe army. and move as part OF the atmy train
ahen that more.:. .1hce: WAGONS do not return.
They are supplied BY others Or by rail, or boat,
and 50 are kept alTa5s IN their places. ready fof
! any eu eTgency. They arc simply storehouses On
| Wheels. Mestergers are continually eornmQnicst.
| ina With the agents IL charge Of these wagons,
| AID in ease there = likely to BE- an unusual de-
ae1se tnpp1y near At hand. A. an ILLUSTRATION OF
! the promptness with which The Sanitary wagons
sts fo5'5 r .b.,ss .ste sU 3oa whst tod
troops entered Richmond, at At in the afterooon
his wagon vas at the Jackson Hospital tn Rich
mond, and by three O'Clock Of the same dsy be
vas aetuail. giving out supplies 10 he sick and
wounded rebels lett on our hands BIZ the re1reat.
tpg army.
WHAT NEED or ao1EY KoT, s1xoz. TIE TROOPS
axe nETuRS1kG9
Bnt you will tell me, perhaps, that these thinge
are largely over nov, that our troops are coming
home. and that however efficient and usefu1 these
thinrs % nay hare been. there Will be comparatively
you Will infer that the Commission has need
hencetorWard, Of bnt small amount OF money to
carry Toward, or. as rome might express 1t, to
Let us address ourselves carefully for Il moment
to the consideration oi this view oi the case.
That The work Of the Sanitary Coumlssion IN
lido not doubt. This Is obyious, for, Il the men
leA:e The aeld, and especially thc service, they
viii reed iees Of the attention of the Commission
IN this way. PIT, mark you, az tae tsoop' aEs not
Numbers will still remain. These must be cared
Tor. And the Sanitary Commission aud other
sgensies, muti not relax exertton 80 fsF as their
II not Occur to you friends. that, while IN the de-
partment Of supplies the demand upon the COM
nes Vii ne e IF ap
ne1f ei1 mouths, and, with reference to sons
branches Of Its work. for the next year.
POPULAR ERnoR IN REGARD TO THE COMMISSION,
And here We come to great practical error.
Many seem to think the Sanitary Com mission
has little else to do beefde dlEtrtbute goodies to
the slckt-thst It y sort OF chcsp Express Com
pa1y and distributing agency between the bene-
csmps and hospitals. Fur be It from me 10 un-
dervaue this most important branch Of beneFo-
lint operations. But this, g'onous as 1ts mission
America, the. Commfesion has wrou9htit It Quits
fur, very fir indeed. from being the whole OF the
SANITARY work bes.ae i1if were hs H. wounded % LED
be Tor long time to come. The matmed are not
to te eneg!ected-those who have no friends to care
for them, muet have friends furnished them, and
thoee who have no homes to shelter them must
hare them provided for then. 1t must not be
said Of the American people that, while the gov
ernnent was tmperiled, they took good care
they left those who renamed in the service. and
among them the mstmed and helpless. to care for
the emselses.. Esy. the very suggestion Is Itself
ts. But to do these things money Is required,
and how will the Commissian obtain ii, except
thrnuch some such orCaolzed tforts a. the ap-
c1A1x AGENCIES.
This essential branch OF The hrosd work f. but
little undefrtood 1t is emphaucslly the soldiers
frltrd: An immense amonnt Of business Is tran:-
lngton. All kinds ofa1mJ and navy claims which
soldier or saltor may have against the Govern
ment are fled by th's agency. persons. boun-
Pc @ ann e1e tnn .p pfoe ~ de
tect his iJshtt, this recognizes During the past
year there were, received ut The Central ot6ee,
FORBES biz nself trained f.r the WORK hy long ser.
vice in he Pension Department Of the Govern
ment u $50 letters. Hntten during that per.o .od,
4 seRsd seaes fR e. q, q a o.
valid pensions, navy DO, widows do, bouatiee,
s5:,. Uf these CLAIMS the Government admitted
tFal sc, oey has now in operation IN v.riou, por-
eies, sna ,Sese Z s 1spay = ssen
hunter q two hundred e. more. Printed Gu u
cu'ars are being sent all over the country calling
public at.en,ion TO the matter. The intention l.
nteo % Se eecsa dee of bis ba1earned a money @ f 81 in
claim agent, It often costs $50 to collect s75 The
ha. reen started By The Commission and Is sup
ported by it. No soldier need pay q cent to any
peIson to have his accounts with the Government
Cla1m Agency viii do the work for him without
| any compensation whntever. 1t oulT asks the
loyal public to gre 1t the means to do what 1t has
Il have called such an asency essential; 1t is iu-
dispensable, If We would deal Justly by our
troops. The papers Of very few Of them are in
tine fer payment: Many have lost the!r papers
| eral regiments, but never ma: tered. Some again
being without paptra are ltnble to arrest as de-
! serte1s. Then there are calms foz bouutlcs, pen
that will etand IN their places must be had for the
men without delay. Fstends at home need the
noney.the soldier need, it. But -: GOV.
ao si9'fRa sime m seEt oal eoapieassd aPd ed
matters. This is precisely what Mr. Forbee'
| Agency IL. and in the course Of a few months the
Of the Sanitary service SO that the soldier
man Gao get bis dues without protracted delay.
But all this costs money. Where Is It t. come
from II not from org 4nized effort Like tae ap-
| preaching Fair?
might also speak Of the etrerts making TO e.
! tablsh permanent homes for disabled soldiers and
! se4men, under the n5me ofSanft1nl. lkfs thought
that lh1B can better be done by q veil tried and
| thoroughly informed ORGANIZATION, than BY sep.
! arate ald conflicting movements IN the various
:; Stales, which movements are liable to be con.
trolled bv political influence. One such SanItar1-
| um Is now IN operation, and others, u the funds
| will permit, vii be started elsewhefe.
We thus see the need Of genereus proceeds IRON
the approaching Fats. There is and will be use
for every dol sf, II the proceeds be million. We
canl Of do too much. Let no pers N relax his ef-
forts. Let the work 70 forward with the
fsme determination that has heretofore
characterized our plans in this splendid
scheme to test the ,uaity Of the patriotism Of the
Northwest Now remember, each one OF You,
| each time you bear any p:Eton sugsest that we
do rot row need ~ large results from the Fair a.
belo,e, that that suggestion IL Ia Itself reason
why the Fair should yield generously. The en-
thu.sa,m connected with the war fs over. 4 re-
action IN our zeal in ths line Of effort is ees:in.
i Is slteady upon us: Money fo1 the soldier.
hereafter. will be hard TO ralse. say this in no
dlsfeept Ct to the people Of the countfy, but as
| fact which applies to human nature everywhere,
| Whateyes We propose to do, therefore, IN urge
scale. for the soldiers Of our a1mfes and for the
sici IN hospitals, and for the permanently d!sa'
bled, We must do now. This Is the day and the
| hour. Let us meet the duty as men and Chris
uaps, and chow to all the world that oar interest
IN the brave boys in blue who haye composed the
army Of the Union, IL not emotional, hutis rooted
! IN the generous purposes and most enduring quail
| n1nt3a nd