United States Christian Commission, for the Army and Navy, for the Year 1865

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Excerpt from United States Christian Commission, for the Army and Navy, for the Year 1865: Fourth Annual Report, Philadelphia, March, 1866During the first year of the Commission, 356 delegates were commissioned, the year following, the third year, In the four months of the present year, preceding the close of the war, delegates were sent out, which rate continued through the year, would have given us Thus reckoning the delegates by the hundred, for more ready comparison, they show an annual growth in the ratio of 3, 12, 22, 30.In the first year our receipts amounted to in the second year they reached in the third year we had From January to May, one-third of a year of active campaign, which rate, continued twelve months, would have given, for this last year, The donations, counted by the hundred thousand, make an increase in the ratio of 2, 9, 28, 66.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.