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4. 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

10. The following statement of the considerations which led to the appointment of this Commission by the War Department, of the purposes to which its funds are applied, and of the work it hopes to accomplish if adequately sustained by the public, is intended for the satisfaction of those who may be invited to aid it by contributions of money or otherwise