Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-13

Sd. What il the name Of the Surgeon or Chap
Jain Of the hospital?
4th. If not in hospital ut presant, has ho re-
Gently been in hospItalg
9Th. Ifso, did he die in hospital, aud a. y bat
date? .'ss
eth. II recently discharged from hospital, Was
ne discharged from service?
Tth. II not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information as to 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 at the WASH
sngton Office: -..-.---
The Office OF the Directory will be open daily
from o'clock A. NJ TO o'clock p. H., and 10
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour of the night.
Much Inconvenience in conducGiong the bust
ness Of the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access TO the record books
themselves this practicewil 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 aG
thority from the President Of the United States
maintains an extensive system OF agencies for
securing the safe conveyance to and distribution
OF goods put in its charge for tho sick and woun-
dcd at points where they are most wanted. II
operates with equal care and generosity at all
points--at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Vicksburg and al villc-its distributions
being governed by comparison of the wants OF
the patients in all cases. To ascertain the rela-
tive character of these wants in 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 pecuniary securities
Tor responsible and efficient service, The cost
Of these arrangements have thus far been about
per centum of the value Of the goods distributed
The Commission has not been able to obtain au-
thentic evidence Of losses, miscarriage Oh mis-
appropriations, to the value of one dollar in ter
thousand of goods WHICH have been oneerccel0s6
1T its shipping depots. The following are the
names OF these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
lies and all disposed TO aid the sick and wounded,
without reference to States or localities, but
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 York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
81 south Sixth street, Philadelphia, penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
Sank street, Cleveland, Ohio,
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply 0fics,
Chicago illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions Of the
public for the means of sustaining its operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited and
nay be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRoso, Esq,
Treasurer, So 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-
tity, and efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be adj
mi