, 1865-07-31
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p.esent distribution w11, In round numbers,
Esve the Soldiers Home CSC, ,0oo. the Chsls,lan
Conmsss'on SsE e $4,000, and the Sanitary Com.
Again. you .epresent nv associate, and nv.
SELF 10 The pubic % holding On to the show
or Should have ceased. That in Ills i yon
a. mistaken tb'nk little inquiry would
have satisfied you. "A
The Sanitary Commission has. dn,fop the
var, sustained large plumber Of " Hores y
scuc twenty-five IN a1, Of which the one 1t
this Branch. During the month ending Juns
3otb last, the latest da:e to whi:h We have =
report, this Hsme entertained i. SCI sold,srs
{uTn:ahed ! ,45o lodgings, 1851 meais, med,s
cal treatment 10 9as5men, dressed 40 wounds.
sent msn bone IN care Of special at1e end.
ants hessp:s tsey ~ Ws!s TO- SICK to go alone,
The service Or Just discharged, and We ara nd.
Tisld that about the same measnr,. n raiis
has been given lhls month, S
A. cur rooms u Chicago the daily average
Of discharged soldiers applying for transp3r-
tauon nome u y one-ioutth Of these are
n.cnt transppr tation, the remainder having
been discharged from hospitals without thelf
descriptive Lists, without money, sick, wound
ed snd disabled.
There is an average Of forty a day who
want AID Of other K.nds, and using ill the
discrimination and Judgment of which we
expense In providing Tor such cases as Gre
strictly within our line Of relief.
AT the War Claim Agency of the Commits
slop, In this city, maintained at its expense
10 obtain Tor discharged soldiers bounty,
nack pay, pension and prise money without
each working day Of the week.
From "Yandotte, Kansas, no have letters
begging rs not to stop, for tho present, the
b: spital supplies for the troops now on the
PLAINS; and read to the Executive COM
mittee letter from Leayenworth, that five
tbat post, and earnestly asking for supplies
for then, and letter Of thanks from Louis.
Vile ior hs spital supplies 8 mt by rs during
this month to tha. point, which your reporter
esem. d to think only worthy OF 1idicule and
Im'ght multiply these statements to m
indefinite length. Enough has been shown
10 make 1t apparent that our WORK is not
done.
We heartily w'sh 1t was. Personally, each
one OF us would have been very glad 10 have
acquiesced in the judgment Of the Journals
Of tie city, ard let our share Of the proceeds
Of tic Fair, 70 into the treasury Of the Sol
d3e1s' Home. 1t would have relcased us
from what has been, and is, a labotious duty,
aud from going counter to what ron state Is
the coz y!ction Of the majority ef those who
worked With us in collecting the fund. In
this ne think you are mistaken the Execu-
tire Committee, when advised of all the
facts, voted almost tmy recollection Is qutte)
unanimously againsI Judge BradWells
resolution, and at any nate
from Chicago alone. We had asked ons
friends in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New
York, Boston and Ph1isdeiphia to aid us In
the Fair far the benefit Of the Sanitary Com
mission, and to carry on It's work. This
work was not get done, aud we should have
been faithless to our trust II We had acqut-
esced in diversion Of our share Of the funds
from It's legitimate purpose to the support Of
what Is necessarily local institution.
Z. B. n. CAaa, President.
Jt1v ~ 1875