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It is impossible says the Ceneral Security
after Commission in a letter written funn the
Peninular in June 1862 "if is importible
to give in small compass an
adequate idea of the difficulties of the duty
which the Commission had taken upon itself ;
difficulties which, though seeming small in
themselves, were terrible, because the lives of
men frequently hung on their being overcome,
and that instantly. To present a full picture, in
true and living colors, we must be qualified to
throw over the whole the atmosphere of sympa-
thy and enthusiasm which animated every heart
in presence of our suffering soldiers. On a
fixed and recognized basis we can do almost
anything ; grooves are soon formed, in which
affairs run smoothly. But to build with infinite
toil on shifting sands ; to be called upon to fill
leaky cisterns and keep them full ; to give our
best strength to labors, the results of which
often fade while we work, - these things re-
quire a great and good cause, and a certainty of
being sustained. 11
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x
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All our vessels are, from the nature of
engag ment and intentions of those on board, in
a constant state of pre-organization and disor-
ganization. Our relations to the crews (seamen,
firemen, &c.), upon whom we are dependent,
differ bith Each tenses in Every ressel.
andare carrying on a very large business by the
favor of a multitude of agents, whose favor in
each case hangs upon a separate string. Every
hour brings its own difficulty, which must be
met by itself.
Except in the results ac-
complished, I need not say that the whole duty
is exceedingly unpleasant, from the amount of
dependence without rights, and of command
without authority. "
11.
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