to establish stations for sanitary stores in
the camps, wherever it was practicable, to which soldiers might
come for the supply of their wants without the trouble of getting
passes into Washington. Our Field Relief Agents, who have followed
the army from point to point, called on the officers to inform them
of our storehouse for supplies of vegetables and pickles. The
report of the Superintendent of Field Relief will show how great a
work has been done for the army in these respects. How great has
been the need of a full and generous distribution of the articles
of food and clothing may be realized by the fact, that here were
men unpaid for the last six months, and yet to remain so till
mustered out of the service in their respective States; whose
government accounts were closed, with no sutlers in their
regiments, and no credit anywhere. Every market-day, numbers of
these war-worn veterans have been seen asking for some green
vegetable from the tempting piles, which were forbidden fruits to
them.

"In order to make our work in the army as thorough, rapid, and
effective as possible, it was decided to accept the services of the
'Hospital Visitors.' They have been at home in the hospitals ever
since the war began, but never in the camp. But we believed that
even here they would be safe, and the gifts they brought would be
more valued because brought by them.

"Six ladies have been employed by the Sanitary Commission as
Hospital Visitors. These were temporarily transferred from their
hospitals to the field.

"The Second and Fifth Corps were visited by Mrs. Steel and Miss
Abby Francis.

"The Sixth Corps by Mrs. Johnson, Miss Armstrong, and Mrs. Barker;
on in each division.

"The Ninth Corps by Miss Wallace, whose illness afterward obliged
her to yield her place to Mrs. Barker.

"The Fourteenth Corps by Miss Armstrong.

"The Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps by ladies belonging to those
corps--Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Bickerdyke--whose admirable services
rendered other presence superfluous.

"The Twentieth Corps was visited by Mrs. Johnson.

"The articles selected for their distribution were the same for all
the corps; while heavy articles of food and clothing were issued by
orders from the field agents, smaller articles--like