Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-12-02

I'd. II 50, what is his proper address?
I'd. What is the name OF the Surgeon OF Chap
lain of the hospital?
4ih. Ii not in hospital Mt presant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
18th. If so, did lie die in hospital, and at y hat
date?
9th. If recenuy discharged from hospital, wac
he discharged from service?
18th. If not what were his orders on leaving
More specific information as 10 the condition
of any patient in the District Of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request to do so is received al the Wash
ington office. --.~---r-
The office Of The Directory will be open daily
from o'clock A. NJ. to 5 0 clock p. NJ, and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour of the night.
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the bust
ness ofthe Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access to the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter be dis
continued; nor can lists of wounded in hospitals,
by States, counties regiments, or otherwise, be
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special au-
thority from the President of the United States
maintains extensive system Of agencies for
securing the safe conveyance to and distribution
of goods put in its charge for the sick and wouR-
dcd at points where they are most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity ut all
points-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Ycksburg and ut Nashyille-ts distributions
being governed by comparison OF the vans OF
the patients in all cases. TO ascertain the rela-
tive character of these wants in a trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
and honest use of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services of the members of the COM
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
and moral character and more than fifty lay
agents are employed under pecunlary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
OF these arrangements have thus far been about
per centum of the value fthe goods distributed
The Commission has not been able TO obtain au~
thentc evidence Of losses miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations, to the value of one dollar In ten
thousand, of goods which have been once received
at lis shipping depots. The following are the
names OF these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
ties ana all disposed to aid the sick and wounded,
without reference TO States or Localities, out
simply to their relative necessity for assistance,
are invited to send their offerings:
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply once,
- Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
10 Third Avenue, New FORK
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
27 south Sixth street, Phiiadclf fhia, Penna.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
Bank street Cleveland, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniary ala
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions OF the
public for the means Of sustaining lis operations.
Contributions TO It's Treasury arc solicited, and
may be transmitted 70 GEORGE L. STRONG, Esq,
Treasurer. IS Wall street, New York.
The names OF the following gentlemen COM
missioners of the President of the United States,
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
ritv and efficiency with which whatever is en-
tr1sled 10 The Sanitary Commission will be ad-