The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-04-20
AspKcIAL NOTICES.
Rclief for rTaine soldiers !.

The Maine Soldiers Relief Association make APP
peal the people of Maine for aid to the soldiers of
our State in the hospitals in Washington. Wooden
Stockings drawers and flannel shirts especially
wanted. In majority of cases the soldiers in the
hospitals without money with which to purchase.
and without help to make known and supply their
wants s
Since the campaign of the Spring Of 1864 opened,
the supplies required and in great part 70
large These supplies now exhausted Since
the battles of the wilderness the wounded and dis
abled soldiers of Maine regiments who have been re-
ported in the hospitals of the District OF Columbia
numberm more than six thousand. OF these majority.
directly through the members, have been supplied
with such articles as their immediate necessities de-
Connected with the Association is the State
Agency; and in order that the people OF the State
NAV form on intelligent notion OF the iabor perform
ed by the united efforts Of the Association and Agen
cy the following summary is made:,
the s yder 2, wal ps
most cases soldiers in seeking furlongh or dis
charge, or who have obtained the necessary papers
emitting them to furlough discharge, are helpless
to accomplish their object without assistance =
Claims for back pay numerous and require strict
compliance with the regulations Of the pay depart
ment before the amount due can be obtained. The
soldier knows very little about these requisites and
necessary consequence is Obliged to secure the
services Of persons acquainted with the business
Every help has rendered these classes 0fsoders
freely and without reward. The number 80 assisted
during the year is between six and seven thousand.
The constant labor two experienced persons Is de-
voted to this branch
The number of packages received for soldiers and
hospital purposes during the year is nine hundred
and sixty-seven. These have been distributed in tho
army in the field and in the hospitals of Washington
and vicinity. hHae. sas
Der and. with the exception of Armory square and
Judiciary Square, are situated from one to three
miles from the city. The hospital at Georgetown is
for officers exclusively At Alexandria there are
three and at Fairfax seminary, two miles west from
Alexandria, one. Camp Distribution, situated three
miles from Washington is the rendezvous for cenya-
lescent soldiers Within these hospitals and this
camp at the present time, nearly seven hundred
sick, wounded and conyalescent. These men have
m ANY wants many errands, many requests, to be
satisfied Their friends and relations at home con-
tinualiy manifest their anxiety and sympathy in
In reoutal Of this generous and noble recognition
of the sacrifice Of our brave soldiers their friends
here will ever be mindful. They therefore, earnest
w. and with confidence ask that the beni6cent con-
tributons heretofore bestowed may now not be with
held while the war seems SO near glorious termi-
nation
through the Agent Of the State at Portland, GEO:
r DAVIS, Esq will be promptly forwarded and
the receipt Immediately acknowledged.
O6rcers of the Maine Soldiers Keller association.
President, L D. Moore Treasurer Horatio King.
Vice President, John W Secretary, Henry A Wor-
Executive Committee, John W. Butteraeld, s.P.
Morrill,, r. y. Smart, B. q. Stickney, N. c.
Washin. ton, D. c., March IL, 1866.
is5 STATE or MAINE, EXECUTIVE Dept,
Augusta, March % 1865.
/ CO nmend this appeal to the citizens of Marie.
sAMUEL CON III, Governor of Maine.
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