Report on the condition of the troops, and the operations of the Sanitary Commission in the Valley of the Mississippi, for the three months ending November 30th, 1861 / by J.S. Newberry.

  • Newberry, J. S. (John Strong), 1822-1892.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Report on the condition of the troops, and the operations of the Sanitary Commission in the Valley of the Mississippi, for the three months ending November 30th, 1861 / by J.S. Newberry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 36. REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF THE TROOPS, AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE SANITARY COMMISSION IN THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 30th, 1801. BY J. S. NEWBERRY, M. D. Associate Secretary. Since the publication of my former Report, the aspects of our field of labor in the Valley of the Mississippi have materially changed. The number of enlisted men in camp and field in that area now reaches the large figure of 250,000. As a natural1 consequence, the investigation into the sanitary condition of this immense force, and the effort to supply the wants from which they have suffered, have drawn largely upon my energies and the- material means at my command. I am happy to be able to state that such drafts have but rarely been protested; no considerable- number of troops, for whose health and comfort I have been in any degree responsible, have been wholly neglected; nor has any appeal for assistance in any case been refused, nor waited long for a full and satisfactory response. To accomplish this task my own labor has; been necessarily somewhat severe; I have been compelled to travel over ten thousand miles in the service of the Commission, and' in my brief intervals of rest have been burdened with a larger