New-York tribune., 1870-09-21

rs,o ,.oLo 90, ,,,mad,.te distrbution and IN eaon
package they have appended TO the isoe's u ara
these words: The people OF biri'lnen ,or their
wounded Of both armies IN sntere bs International IA
sunerlnG % ti"t,c Contributions throughout Europe -
The English Society for succor as nd Frencb The
oxnc,t s,,rgeons who speak German uhu ..Lon ~
~ ,edicai officer of the Prtvy C0unci mas M acn -
chel 'rvision of hospital under the Red tross oi
general Confcrence and placed one OF his trt
ossistnnts I'm local charge M blhgen on lne MINI
m and switzerland have promptly sent surgeons aha
@ % Rnssan National Society Of succorone OF the latest
formed I'm Europe-has sent one of tS esI f be
surgery with corps of assistants The Presdent V e
International Committee at Geneva has written TO us
that for the present 1t may not be expedeh 10 %
fake TO send from America any other kind OF ah thah
funds ms the surgical help and the hospital materials
have To he procured near by III Europe.
WORK OF COMMITTEES AND SOCIETIES. .
In accordance with meeting of the delegates OF the
international Societies de Seeos at Berlin last year te
Central international Committee at Geneva Gt ihe hesu
Of which is the honorary President. Gen Duour, I'M
mediately upon the declaration of war undertook 10 e
tablsh depot ana central agency ta mouJ ~ IN the hel
convenient to the hospitals and battle elds OF the oe
gerent armies The city Of Basle sWliSeranu, was
selected for such an agency The batleneds h2wsnor
in the present war, have been so near me beis,a gan
sent through Belgian territory or, IN some Instances,
directly TO Paris and 10 Berlin The English society mas
found eXpedent to establish In LuhemDurg IS Ssn %
tTal point OF departure FOR the German h2sPaaI' & 1
French Soc6f de SeoOurs has done noby It's ned WOk
is directed. under military appointment by pr' leon
dAgbuaHce Mobile were organized and made ready & Tor
the field before the Of defeats reached Paris Inc
Prussan Society, or HnUs Veren win IL. central OFFICES
and stOrehOuseS in Berlin IL reported 10 be doing vast
amount of work Its methods ana Contributions aie
precisely like those of the United States Sanitary Com
mission in It's auXilares are busy in All the
cities and hamets and homes Of Germany, oWltlet-
land, Austria, Russia, Belgium, and England
." The International Association Of Relief" IL now thor
oughy and with the hest understanding between the
belligerents. at work upon the batcheds and III the
hospitals Of Germany and France. ls ambulance corps
labor In the fields nearest TO them fichchhen suScVr
Germans and Germans Frenchmen without regard 10
nationality. Protected by badgethe red cr0s5-lts sur
geOns nurses aud bearers safely and with the respect
officers soldiers Of both Sides into the battlefield
the moment the cannon have left IT, and aid the regular
Medical Departments with the most devoted and Inds
pensabe cooperation. Prussia and France nave Nled
with each other i'll fidelity to the treaty and II - not too
Surgeons nurses and volunteers OF mercy are no oSr
subjects for the military prison Not only need thry not
fly from their own wounded when victorious enemy
advances, hut they hurry into the enemYs own
camp after he is beaten, and minister 10 tho victims Oi
war too numerous for his own care
APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
The American Branch Of the international Association
confidently appeals to the whole American puDc 10
send in promptly generous contributions Of money Tor
the sick and wounded of the war 20 he applied ana s
ribued imparally TO the needy OF both armies ana 10
the sufferers, 10y siege aud famine by cholera ana lever,
in Strasbourg Metz, and other stricken ctespernaps
i'm Paris itself guarantees the American public that
dollar of its contributions shall he wasted or
applied n partisan partial manner. Its correspond
ents abroad are persons of the most unimpeachable
character and discretion; and, II DeCeSsary, III VIII nave
agent, experienced in sanitary work on te
European soil TO that the American contributions
are fairly and efficiently applied. Contributions. IN
money only, may be sent to HOWARD POTTER, treasurer
| OF Brown brothers. No. 50 Wall st, New-York.
HENRY W. BELLOWS, President; CHARLES Il. BRACE
| N D.; J. F. JENKINS NJ D; HOWARD POTTER,
| Treasurer; WN f. DODGE, tr.; CHARLES 7. BoWLEs-
American Association for the Relief of the Misery ot
| Battlefield 4 THEODORE ROOSEVELT The Americln
| blesses."
Tc,c, YORK., Sept. 20, 1870