Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-14

the hospitals Of ---?
I'd. Ii so, what is his proper address?
3D. What is the name OF the Surgeon or Chap
hin of the hospital?
4th. If not in hospital at presant, has b. rte
Gently been in hospital?
9Th. So did he lie in hospital, and at what
date2
9Th. II recently discharged from hospital, vas
he discharged from service?
It'll. If not what were his orders on leaving
More specific information as to the condition
of any patient in the District of Columbia los
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-tour hours
after request to do SO Is received at the Wash
ington Office.
The efsee Of the Directory will be open daily
from o clock 4 II. to 8 0 clock p. IT,, 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 OF the 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, he
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special au-
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 the sick and Woun~
ded at points where they arc most wanted. Ii
operates with equal care and generosity Mt all
poiuts--at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Vicksburg aud at Nashylle--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 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 hlty 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 Of the goods distributed.
The Commission has not been able to obtain an-
thentic evidence Of losses, miscarriage, or MIS-
appropriations, to the value OF one dollar in ten
thousand, Of goods which have been once rece're@
at It's SHIPPING depots. The following arc the
names Of these depots, to Which auxiliary soee-
ties and all disposed 10 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 Ohicc,
% Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts,.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office.
10 Third Avenue, New York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
q south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Ott1eer
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Ofhcei
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office,
Chicago Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky
The Commission receives no peeaniary ala
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions Of the
public for the means Of sustaining It's operations
Contributions to its Treasury ore solicited, AMI
may he transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, ESq.y
Treasurer, CO 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, intog-
rity, and efficiency with which whatever is en-