Excerpt from Report on the Operations of the U. S. Sanitary Commission in the Valley of the Mississippi: For the Quarter Ending Oct. 1st, 1864 The Freight Account, too, amounting to 12 - since it was altogether incurred in the transportation of stores to the water bases of the different armies, Louisville, Cairo, Mem phis, &c., conferred at least an equivalent value on the stores transported, and should therefore be reckoned with donated transportation, as an addition to the valuation of stores as before given. The distribution of stores of the value of 01 in the home market has been accomplished at a cost of less than 2 per cent. Upon their valuation. Adding the cost of transportation to the value of the stores, and the cost of distribution would be 1% per cent. Of that value. Giving the stores distributed their cash value at the water bases of the ar mies supplied, and the cost of distribution would be 13 per cent. Of their value; and the whole expense account of the Supply Department would equal less than 3 per cent. Of such valuation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.