Letter from the acting Surgeon General to the Secretary of War : advising the institution of a commission, to be styled "A commission of inquiry and advice in respect of the sanitary interests of the United States forces" : together with a draft of the powers asked from the government, and of the objects sought by the proposed commission : also the order for the commission by the Secretary of War, and its approval by the President United States Sanitary Commission. United States Sanitary Commission. Military Hygiene United States Government Agencies -- organization & administration American Civil War [Washington, D.C.? : s.n., 1861?] Text 7 p. nlm:nlmuid-1253702-bk 1253702 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/1253702 English United States The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain : https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/