and twenty was attained.
None of these ever seceded or became disaffected, but throughout the war
the utmost cordiality prevailed between them and the central office.

In the five years from its organization to April, 1866, this society had
collected and disbursed one hundred and thirty thousand four hundred and
five dollars and nine cents in cash, and one million and three thousand
dollars in stores, making a grand total of one million one hundred and
thirty-three thousand four hundred and five dollars and nine cents. This
amount was received mainly from contributions, though the excess over
one million dollars, was mostly received from the proceeds of
exhibitions, concerts, and the Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair held in
February and March, 1864. The net proceeds of this fair were about
seventy-nine thousand dollars.

The supplies thus contributed, as well as so much of the money as was
not required for the other objects of the society, of which we shall say
more presently, were forwarded to the Western Depot of the Sanitary
Commission at Louisville, except in a few instances where they were
required for the Eastern armies. The reception, re-packing and
forwarding of this vast quantity of stores, as well as all the
correspondence required with the auxiliaries and with the Western office
of the Sanitary Commission, and the book-keeping which was necessary in
consequence, involved a great amount of labor, but was performed with
the utmost cheerfulness by the ladies whom we have named as the active
officers of the society.

Among the additional institutions or operations of this society
connected with, yet outside of its general work of receiving and
disbursing supplies, the most important was the "Soldiers' Home,"
established first on the 17th of April, 1861, as a lodging-room for
disabled soldiers in transit, and having connected with it a system of
meal tickets, which were given to deserving soldiers of this class,
entitling the holder to a meal at the depot dining hall, the tickets
being redeemed monthly by the society. In October, 1863, the "Soldiers'
Home," a building two hundred and thirty-five feet long and twenty-five
feet wide, erected and furnished by funds contributed by citizens of
Cleveland at the personal solicitation of the ladies, was opened, and
was maintained until June 1, 1866, affording special relief to fifty-six
thousand five hundred and twenty registered inmates, to whom were given
one hundred and