Supplement to fourth report, (of Dec. 15th, 1862), concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission to sick soldiers passing through Washington / by Frederick N. Knapp.

  • Knapp, Frederick Newman, 1821-1889.
Date:
[1863?]
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Credit: Supplement to fourth report, (of Dec. 15th, 1862), concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission to sick soldiers passing through Washington / by Frederick N. Knapp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Provost Marshal to exclude from this point all sus- picious liangers on. The current expense of maintaining the whole department of Special Relief is at the rate of $1,600 per month, or $53 per diem. This monthly expense of $1,600 is divided thus : Pay of Relief Agents, of Superin-1 Monthly $440 tenclents, and burgeon, j J Pay of working men and women 325 Supplies purchased 470 Transportation of Sick 210 Incidentals 45 Repairs of Buildings and additions 75 Wood, coal, &c 40 $1,600 Some weeks since $250 were placed at my disposal for the purpose of sending to their homes men who had not money enough to carry them there; we were also allowed to us© part of it to send to their homes female nurses who found themselves sick and without means. We call this the War© Fund. It has now all been used, and the detailed record of the relief it has given tells of many grateful hearts. And to-day we have received one thousand dollars for this same purpose from friends in Brookline, Mass., who were informed of the good which might he thus done, and the suffering and anxiety which might be thus relieved. I specify these gifts because they are given for a specified purpose, for which we can hardly use legitimately the funds given to the treasury of the Commission for general relief of the soldier, inasmuch as this is helping the men after they are discharged from the service.