Show HOW AND AIND WHEN IT IS DON tile the following extract is taken from a small pamphlet entitled A brief statement of tile the sanitary commissions commission work 11 itis it is not necessary to reiterate the 40 kory of tile the commission here nor to define defile their claims upon those people who share the result of the soldiers C rs sublime devotion without experiencing one pan of liis his heroic sacrifice flee S F flag when the army moves it seeks victory it can think of nothing else victory is its first duty foo food d for the men and powder for the guns its first want the surgeons 0 stores may or may not be sent on food and powder must go first victory is the first duty the movement of the battle may leave surgeons and stores twenty M miles iles awa away y while every team is is busy pouring forward ammunition and food here is where the Sani sanitary fAry commission comes in it has teams ready for this very emergency 0 it waits nob odys motion when i he lic army moves it follows when the battle begins the commission is is on tile the spot its tents tent s are spread its red flag is is hoisted barrels of lemonade milk punch tea and coffee are in made ade ready ice ice is there to cool the fey feverish erish thirst of the wounded splints sponges bandages lint are an on hand midst the whistling of bullets y the fallen heroes are gathered in tile the huge tents are arc soon filled the patient grateful sufferers and thus in the very shadow of the battle cloud the work of mercy goes on |