The United States Sanitary Commission a Sketch of Its Purposes And Its Work
The United States Sanitary Commission a Sketch of Its Purposes And Its Work
Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
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Ore determined to merit by its deeds the high trust and confidence reposed in it by the country. " But not all the care now given to the Army, not all the appliances now lavished on it for its efficiency and comfort, could keep it from the gloomy influences of that repulse. We look in vain for something cheerful to break the record of that winter, and find only this : " Signs and rumors of another crossing. Pontoon move ments of great obscurity. Ambulance inspec tions. Ammunition supplies. " " ...Marching or ders have come for 8 A. M. To-day. A most dispirited army is moving forward, and drag ging itself along over bad roads, with every prospect of a speedy return. We ride among the soldiers, and look in vain for any trace of hope or cheerfulness. They are all of the same spirit sad and dejected. " This was the dismal mud march from which, thank God, they re turned without a battle. But the Commission followed it on the qui vive, and the report goes on to say how, here and thei e, its sentinels of relief were posted.
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