ritory occupied by the Woman's
Central Association--Resolutions at the Final Meeting. 527-539

SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN OHIO.

Its organization--At first a Local Society--No Written Constitution or
By-laws--Becomes a branch of the United States Sanitary Commission in
October, 1861--Its territory small and not remarkable for wealth--Five
hundred and twenty auxiliaries--Its disbursement of one million one
hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars in money and supplies--The
Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair--The supplies mostly forwarded to the
Western Depot of the United States Sanitary Commission at Louisville--
"The Soldiers' Home" built under the direction of the Ladies who managed
the affairs of the Society, and supplied and conducted under their
Supervision--The Hospital Directory, Employment Agency, War Claim
Agency--The entire time of the Officers of the Society for five and a
half years voluntarily and freely given to its work from eight in the
morning till six or later in the evening--The President, Mrs. B. Rouse,
and her labors in organizing Aid Societies and attending to the home
work--The labors of the Secretary and Treasurer--Editorial work--The
Society's printing press--Setting up and printing Bulletins--The
Sanitary Fair originated and carried on by the Aid Society--The Ohio
State Soldiers' Home aided by them--Sketch of Mrs. Rouse--Sketch of
Miss Mary Clark Brayton, Secretary of the Society--Sketch of Miss Ellen
F. Terry, Treasurer of the Society--Miss Brayton's "On a Hospital
Train," "Riding on a Rail"--Visit to the Army--The first sight of a
hospital train--The wounded soldiers on board--"Trickling a little
sympathy on the Wounded"--"The Hospital Train a jolly thing"--The dying
soldier--Arrangement of the Hospital Train--The arduous duties of the
Surgeon. 540-552

NEW ENGLAND WOMEN'S AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION.

Its organization and territory--One million five hundred and fifteen
thousand dollars collected in money and supplies by this Association--
Its Sanitary Fair and its results--The chairman of the Executive
Committee Miss Abby W. May--Her retiring and modest disposition--Her
rare executive powers--Sketch of Miss May--Her early zeal in the
Anti-slavery movement--Her remarkable practical talent, and admirable
management of affairs--Her eloquent appeals to the auxiliaries--Her
entire self-abnegation--Extract from one of her letters-