New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-03-02
The Ladies' Soldiers AID Society of Rich,
tsift34g mond, Virginia.

| NE have received o call from the Rev. 7. A
| ware OF Virginia, who is now in the city as agen
Of the above society, and who proposes to presen,
its claims to the people of Orleans and solicit
such contributions as they may feel able to give.
Ihe President Of the society is the Rev. DR.. Wood
bridge Of the Monumental Church in Richmond and
one OF the Vice Presidents is the Rev. DIR. Mar
shall Of Mississippi. The objects Of the society
are endorsed by the Governor of Virginia, by Gen.
eral Imboden, General Superintendent Of the
National Express Company, by General Joseph E.
Johnson, BY Gen. Beauregard, Gen. d. H. Maury,
and others. a7esai6- o..fi g5f39
Ihose objects are fully explained in the follow
ing extracts from publication which the society
has made: 9Ss tsss &Ss 6EE&a5si 2s8S2'l a ! =
!. me primary object of the association ia to
pToViue LOT suffering Southern soldiers in hospitals
not only IN Richmond, but everywhere over our
a;., ,anh. ~. IL mas accomplished this object thus far
with most gratifying success, having sent pecuni.
ary aid as far as it was known to be needed Ia
every suffering Southern soldier, in whatever hos.
7pital he may have been. 53a l-'s'
2. Another object Of the society is to furnish
means to these soldiers, when they are able 10
travel, to pay their expenses to their homes
Many OF them were MANNED and limbless. Snmas
had their health shattered and had to be sent
nome on illters. The government gave them trans
portatlon to the nearest points to their homes on
the public highways; but when they reached these
points many of them were hundreds Of miles from
home, in a helpless condition, with no means of.
conveyance. To meet this demand and to enable
them TO procure food on their journey, the asso.t
,iation furnish money to eachas his case seemed I'd
'equire. Hundreds have been thus sent to happy
ZONES that could never have reached them but for
uch assistance as was furnished by this society
- The association supposed at its origin that its
york would long ago have been completed; but
till It finds that there are powerful demands for
. efforts. There are some of our soldiers still in
ospitals, who have never sufficiently recovered to
% to their homes. There are some yet in hospi. |
ais who have no home to go to, and are SO much |
named that they cannot possibly procure, by /
'hysical labor, the means of living. There are F
oMe who have been taken sick since the surren.
,ei M q our armies and who poor and destitute,
.aa away from home and friends, and who will be
INTO hospitals only on condition that their
'osau aa Is paid Such are furnished with hospital
y Nv at the expense of the society
,si,sa y of this assistance they would be COM
I sTba Tho,s y go @ 70 the poorhouse. GrIl
,oa;as aIe many applications presented To the
oe'csy every day for help, by soldiers who have
,reventaa tA y private quarters or who have been
,nvsr yoesrn.ea ny poverty from going home. TbeS
H. furnishes transportation to none. pf In
Us .,a. oiass. Inc society secures free nassaoa
~ onl failroads to their homes and firnisbss
wiIn "a means to meet necessary expenses So
rea.is lne number Of applications Of this cIass
ia' tae soelety could not have met the demand =