Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-07-20
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1865.
The Sanitary Commission.

me- NSHsAtNAN SothhAsasSAs
We published a day or two ago the
last Monthly Report of the New Eng
land women's Auxiliary Association
Of the Sanitary Commission, explain
ing the work which the Commission
still proposed TO perform in behalf
of the soldier. We observe now
that the officers of the Commission
have issued an address to its num-
eross branches and aid societies, an
nouncing that they have sufliciency of
stores for the remaining purposes of the
Commission and that after the supplies
in hand have beeHorwarded, the labor
of collecting them may cease. Thus
ends, with the war which called it
into existence, the supply work of the
noblest the most stupendous charity
the world ever saw-a work carried on
amid the untold sacrifices, trials and
burdens OF gigantic civil war, 1t has
no parallel in history. No other people
would have conceived, much less exc
Cubtu II. ut DOobOh OOuibNl wei
says "The credit which is due to the
Sanitary Commission is yet to be fully
comprehended when its history shall
have been written. But enough for the
most greatful acknowledgment is already
apparent to all. The two great charita-
BILE agencies, the Sanitary and Christian
CommissiOns-alikea and undistinguisha-
BILE in merit-have indeed been the gold
en- threads shot through the whole SOM
bre fabric of the war, binding the suf-
fering soldier with the blessed and
blessing homes of the North, and carry
ing light and comfort into the most dis
NAL necessities OF the conflict. They
have made our people one throughout
the trial-one in sympathy, in sacri-
fees, in communications and in minis
trations. Never, till the great day shall
unroll the secrets Of earth will it be
known how much Of good that would
otherwise never have been done, and
how much of human love that would
otherwise never have appeared, have
been directly evoked, applied and ,ys-
tematized by these Commissions. Not on
" the soldier in the trenches, or wounded
and, perhaps breathing his last in the
hospital, has been the better for their
agency bat the mother at home who
had no children of her own in the dead
.ly struggle and only this way Of doing
for others children, and also the girl
who was thus drawn from mere
frivolities into thoughtful regard for
those who were periling all for her sake
as well as Others
The officers of the Sanitary Commits
sion sum up in one comprehensive and
expressive sentence the tribute due to
the American women who have labored
for the comfort and welfare of the sick
and wounded soldiers during the war.
They well observe: cit is not too much
to say that the army of women at
home has fully matched in patriotism
and in sacrifices the army of men in the
field" Aud while they thus acknowl-
edge the noble work performed by all
the women connected with the branches
or aid societies of the Commission, ID is
our privilege especially to assure those
Of this vicinity, whose eyes our words
may meet, that they have done work
which entities them to be remembered
with the heroic sons of Vermont who
have battled for their country work
which will live forever with the gallant
deeds Of the soldier, identifying and en-
nobling the history Of the war, and
work which has its own sweet reward
in the satisfaction Of knowing that it
has contributed to the alienation of I'M
told suffering and the saving of count
Yoas Gallant nd DatriOtic lives