Philadelphia--Their numerous organizations for the
relief of the Soldier--The organization of the Women's Pennsylvania
Branch--Its officers--Sketch of Mrs. Grier--Her parentage--Her residence
in Wilmington, N. C.--Persecution for loyalty--Escape--She enters
immediately upon Hospital Work--Her appointment to the Presidency of
the Women's Branch--Her remarkable tact and skill--Her extraordinary
executive talent--Mrs. Clara J. Moore--Sketch of her labors--Other
ladies of the Association--Testimonials to Mrs. Grier's ability and
admirable management from officers of the Sanitary Commission and
others--The final report of this Branch--The condition of the state
and country at its inception--The Associate Managers--The work
accomplished--Peace at last--The details of Expenses of the Supply
Department--The work of the Relief Committee--Eight hundred and thirty
women employed--Widows of Soldiers aided--Total expenditures of Relief
Committee. 596-606

THE WISCONSIN SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY. _By Rev. J. G. Forman._

The Milwaukie Ladies Soldiers' Aid Society--Labors of Mrs. Jackson, Mrs.
Delafield and others--Enlargement and re-organization as the Wisconsin
Soldiers' Aid Society--Mrs. Henrietta L. Colt, chosen Corresponding
Secretary--Her visits to the front, and her subsequent labors among the
Aid Societies of the State--Efficiency of the Society--The Wisconsin
Soldiers' Home--Its extent and what it accomplished--It forms the
Nucleus of one of the National Soldiers' Homes--Sketch of Mrs. Colt--
Death of her husband--Her deep and overwhelming grief--She enters upon
the Sanitary Work, to relieve herself from the crushing weight of her
great sorrow--Her labors on a Hospital Steamer--Her frequent subsequent
visits to the front--Her own account of these visits--"The beardless
boys, all heroes"--Sketch of Mrs. Governor Salomon--Her labors in behalf
of the German and other soldiers of Wisconsin. 607-614

PITTSBURG BRANCH UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION.

The Pittsburg Sanitary Committee and Pittsburg Subsistence Committee--
Organization of the Branch--Its Corresponding Secretary, Miss Rachael W.
McFadden--Her executive ability zeal and patriotism--Her colleagues in
her labors--The Pittsburg Sanitary Fair--Its remarkable success--Miss
Murdock's labors at Nashville. 615, 616

MRS. ELIZABETH S. MENDENHALL.

Mrs. Mendenhall's