. Wisconsin women in the War between the States . ut delay, to the secretary, whowas to notify the Sanitary Commission by letter, of the con-signment. Every box or package was to be distinctly ad-dressed and marked on the outside with the name of thetown or the village from which it was sent. Meetings were to be held weekly or fortnightly at theoption of the society. It was considered best to hold themin some regular place of assembly, such as the town-Jiall,court-house, public school-house, or church-vestry, *° Inone of the Wisconsin towns the aid society was sorely tried,for the mayor was a
. Wisconsin women in the War between the States . ut delay, to the secretary, whowas to notify the Sanitary Commission by letter, of the con-signment. Every box or package was to be distinctly ad-dressed and marked on the outside with the name of thetown or the village from which it was sent. Meetings were to be held weekly or fortnightly at theoption of the society. It was considered best to hold themin some regular place of assembly, such as the town-Jiall,court-house, public school-house, or church-vestry, *° Inone of the Wisconsin towns the aid society was sorely tried,for the mayor was a copperhead, and he forced the womento pay rent for the use of a room in the city hall. The plan of organization has been fully describedbecause it illustrates the excellent business sense of its or-iginators,*^ and explains how these aid societies were ableto accomplish such results. In Brodhead, Wisconsin, a most interesting experiment 4B76id, pp. 370, 371. 40 This outline plan was prepared by Louisa Lee Schuyler. [24] ^r ■ rTcJ^r^^ f^^ ^ ^.. In the office of a Soldiers Aid Society From sketch by Thomas Nast, in F. B. Goodrich, Tine TributeBook (N. Y. 1865), p. Ill SOLDIERS AID SOCIETIES was trieil, t}ie formation of a young peoples society calledthe Alert Club. The object of this club was to furnishfunds for the aid society, of which it was an to its plan the village was to be divided into tendistricts with four collectors for each. Twenty cents amonth were to be collected from each woman, and as muchas possible from each man. The collectors were to securethe subscriptions on the first Monday of each month, andto pay over the money to the aid society on the followingMonday. Entertainments of various sorts, such as lawnsociables and strawberry feasts, were also to be given inorder to raise money; and if the young women desired, theycould make garments for the soldiers. This was not anobligatory duty, however, as the main purpose of the clubwas to provide
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