eived in 1864; and one thousand and twenty-seven have been
received since January 1st, 1865. During the present year, three hundred
and ninety-six boxes have been shipped to various points where they were
needed for the Army, and sixteen hundred and ninety-nine were sent to
the central office at Washington City. The last item includes the
transfer of stock upon closing the depot of this Agency. The total
number of boxes shipped from the Women's Pennsylvania Branch, since
April 1st, 1863, is two thousand and ninety-five. This means, of course,
the articles contributed by Societies, and does not include those
purchased by the Commission, excepting the garments made by the Special
Relief Committee.

"At length our work is done. Our army is disbanding, and we too must
follow their lead. No more need of our daily Committee and their
pleasant aids, to unpack and assort supplies for our sick and wounded.
God has given us peace at last. Shall we ever sufficiently thank him for
this crowning happiness? Rather shall we not thank him, by refusing ever
again to be idle spectators when he has work to be done for any form of
suffering humanity? And if our country shall, after its baptism of blood
and of fire, be found to possess a race of better, nobler American
women, with quickened impulses, high thoughts, and capable of heroic
deeds, shall not the praise be chiefly due to the better, nobler aims
set before them by the United States Sanitary Commission?

"The following is a list of the expenses of the Supply Department, from
the time of its organization to January 1st, 1866. These charges were
incurred upon goods purchased in this city, as well as upon those
contributed to the Women's Pennsylvania Branch. Their total value is
five hundred and ninety-six thousand four hundred and sixty-eight
dollars and ninety-seven cents."

Rent of Depository $2,876 66
Wm. Platt, Jr., Superintendent, for expenses incurred by him on
supplies contributed 2,159 73
Salary of Storekeeper and Porter 3,093 50
Freight, express charges, cartage 7,115 22
Boxes and material for packing 261 78
Labor, extra 352 96
Printing and Stationery 928 49
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