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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
We must have system and assignment of duties. We must have contributions far beyond the means of the small number of Michi-fiitizens then here. These" urgent demands so pressed upon us that the citizens of Michigan then in the District assembled for consultation, and the as the organization of the Michigan Soldiers' Belief Association, then composed of a set of officers and an executive committee. It claimed as its all citizens of the State, residents of the District, and the Michigan
delegation in Congress. The association commenced by levying a tax upon its members, which was frequently repeated during the first few months of its existence, and has been resorted to for emergencies from that time to the present.
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