Letter from the acting surgeon general to the secretary of war, advising the institution of a commission
Subtitle: to be styled "A Commission of Inquiry and Advice in Respect of the Sanitary Interests of the United States Forces" : together with a Draft of the powers asked from the government and of the objects sought by the proposed commission : also, the Order for the commission by the secretary of war, and its approval by the president
Series: Document / Sanitary Commission -- no. 2
Publisher: Sanitary Commission
Published: 1862
Place of publication: New York?
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Health aspects; United States Sanitary Commission
Table of contents: title: 1. Letter from the acting surgeon general to the secretary of war : Surgeon General's Office, May 22, 1861 / R.C. Wood; title: 2. Draft of powers asked from the government by sanitary delegation to the president and the secretary of war : Washington, D.C., May 23, 1861 / Henry W. Bellows ... [et al.]; title: 3. Sanitary Commission ordered by secretary of war, and approved by the president : War Department, Washington, June 9, 1861 / Simon Cameron.