, 1866-04-30
HEADQUARTERS REAR GrAHp, /
U. S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.

copies per week Of the NorzIrsssrss Crssisans ID.
rocof', until Cumbcrlnnd Hospital Is closed IN. I
mission. found It necessary. The .tbova are
clsnor7nR for reading uattcr and wonaefip. why
tie Christian Commission cannot etaut II a. lons
aa tbey can. am doing all can Individually, ard
have hired The indies 10 cou'inus in The dtet
Kitchen work I Eha.l mike Eight d,affe on eome.
Icy Icy 10 meet ne expenses Of the Rear Guard.
bad glorious meeting With 1he boJs at The t.Cnm.
befIand Hospital la.t night They begged nj 10
stand r. ey nem md secufs the .' papels;:'
In the Cumberland, Log; IN the wilson, 5s7:
IN The Small 1-Pox. 1gl-total, 1,6tG.
!, Sox, my dear ttr, how much can yoa help met
the Commits ion work. brother smith aud VIE
have gone Of East. The Home Is closed tbe eiore
r closed and :he Rear Gu,1d hare Quarters Ia the
paPcrs. paPcrs.,
FIX iGs Mc f1l an The world the nesh
a Tptae for home, but without money. often
Wounded md sick, gave US work here ia caring fof
them and tendsn: them on their way rejoicing.
dnhdrcde Ct othefa cams eetk1ng employment,
many OF them without dollar, ana nearly all
wsai.ed win Tain attempts to and work
four COMMITTEES 1nit. With the Sanitary Com
Zach contributing F1,000- We have since given
y 90 morr 10 continue inc same work. and. as
~ Dc ssea = m fse ~ wort n another
eseh.
We continued our co o2csstIon With tho 81.
Aouie Distributing Office, In sending delegates.
eson E and publications to our azzny in Texas, and
On thc plains, until December. at which time on.
iands wese 60 nearly exhausted, uos to allow us
cur de!ecatcs. then in The he1d. and We were there
fore compe lied 10 discontinue cut connection With
lhem. We have, since tha. time, continued the
work in Texas through our delegates,
". T.. R. Martin, locsted st Brownsville
Nr. u. .. IoEne Of Aurora. H., who has been
Stationed Iott Of The time At 1nd1suola, and Rev.
been Al brow nsvti'e and BAz0s The work Of ihese
delegates among our remaining volunteer, has but
rrpeated the VOTE in every part Of the land, and
delegates or The Chr1ttian Commission hsye
gone. Sick beds v1Eitcd and made cheerful by
words of 3ovc, tender uussinz, the bestortnent or
ten DoE1e for baud. v htCh could no longer guide
presentation of Utst1c truth, she blessed Rsdesntr
and dying faith, christian burial 10 the martyr
dead, The distribution Of Writing matesia1t weekly
religious nswspspeI,. good books, and The word Of
haIIacks, crowded with eager 1l.lcnsfr, seores
seeking Ctl1s1 and rc}osc1ng In BIS love- and whole
,S's Of I solo1sd ,oops taught 10 .ad
tho reports received nun our delegates in Texas.
Orthese delegates. MT. Mnr1n and Nj. Towne have
expect 10 wclcnmc back the two LAST delegates Of
our heroes, Mbo we1st lorth In Gods name TO pre-
serve liberty for us; and 1t Is remarkable conct
depce thai one OF these two delegates Fhoad be the
nt minister Of the Go>pel ever located In our own
clty-the tm, casnest, deroted se1yaut OF God, and
friend Of olr country and our soldiers, and the low
Ing companion Of his Jouth and old age, who has
BEEN Permitted to ehsrt With him. even to the end
ihc great *crEice he ha. done for the Commission
kew. Jeremiah Porter and wlfo. After c1pcnding
The furd entrusted 10 u, there remained but the
Commission building At calro. and al the urgent
fo1cis slon OF many u The beg. citizen. there, 1,
was dons,ed to The Protestant 0rrh1n Aey.
lum Of that ctiy. ii rcm.ins but iot Us 10
thank those whose a1moatrs We have been,
for what we have enjoyed in distributing their
Is deiesa,es 10 give the teriee Of love- AMI Eeli.
uepy1ug ton; The various telegraph compan1cs
Who bare transmitted free the messages we have
frpt; The railroads who hare paeseh delegates,
agents and s.ores free; the press, without whose
aid ne could not have carried On our work. and
utose continued efforts 10 awaken the sympa hy
of fhoEt who lored tue cau:c has 1t al times been
tally ctrtn tne 1unny who, oy woru OF deed, have
aided us In orr work; ana above ALL to render