mmission, was chosen President, B. Vernor, Esq., Hon. James
V. Campbell, and P. E. Demill, Esq., also Associates of the Commission,
Miss S. A. Sibley, Mrs. H. L. Chipman, and Mrs. N. Adams, were elected
Vice Presidents, and Miss Valeria Campbell, continued in the position of
Recording Secretary, while the venerable Dr. Zina Pitcher, one of the
constituent members of the Sanitary Commission was their counsellor and
adviser.

Of this organization, Miss Campbell was the soul. Untiring in her
efforts, systematic and methodical in her work, a writer of great power
and eloquence, and as patriotic and devoted as any of those who served
in the hospitals, or among the wounded men on the battle-field, she
accomplished an amount of labor which few could have undertaken with
success. The correspondence with all the auxiliaries, the formation of
new Societies, and Alert clubs in the towns and villages of the State,
the constant preparation and distribution of circulars and bulletins to
stimulate the small societies to steady and persistent effort, the
correspondence with the Western Office at Louisville, and the sending
thither invoices of the goods shipped, and of the monthly accounts of
the branch, these together, formed an amount of work which would have
appalled any but the most energetic and systematic of women. In her
labors, Miss Campbell received great and valuable assistance from Mrs.
N. Adams, one of the Vice Presidents, Mrs. Brent, Mrs. Sabine, Mrs.
Luther B. Willard, and Mrs. C. E. Russell. The two last named ladies,
not satisfied with working for the soldiers at home, went to the army
and distributed their supplies in person, and won the regard of the
soldiers by their faithfulness and zeal.

In the year ending November 1st, 1864, one thousand two hundred and
thirty-five boxes, barrels, etc., were sent from this branch to the
Army, besides a large amount supplied to the Military Hospitals in
Detroit, nearly six thousand dollars in money was raised, besides nearly
two thousand dollars toward a Soldiers' Home, which was established
during the year, and furnished forty-two thousand seven hundred and
eighty-five meals, and fourteen thousand three hundred and ninety-nine
lodgings to five thousand five hundred and ninety-nine soldiers from
eight different States. In the organization of this Home, as well as in
providing for the families of the soldiers, Miss Campbell was, as usual,
the leading spirit. In both the Fairs held