Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-28

the hospitals of ----?
ID Ii SO, what is his proper address?
Sd. What is the name of the Surgeon Chap
lain of the hospital?
4th If not in hospital at prcsant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital!
5th If so, did he die inshos!ital AMI at " bat
date?
9TH If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
Ith II not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information az to the condition
of any patient in The District Of Columbia hos-
pitfalls will be furnished within tweuty-fo,.r Tours
after a request to do SO is received at the WASH
ngton Office.
The office of the DIRECTORY will he open daily
from G, clock a. NJ. to 0 clock p. IT.. anu II
urgent cases applicants ringing the door teil
will be received at any hour OF the night
Much Inconvenience in condUctiong the busi-
ness Of the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access to the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter he dis
continued; nor can lists OF wounded in hospitals,
by States, counties regiments, or otherwise, lie
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 are most waated-1 Il
operates with equal care and generosity 1T all
points-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Eic1sburg and al Nashyii!e-its distributions
being governed by Il 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. 6esides
the unpaid services of the members Of tie Com-
mission, twenty physicians OF high professional
and moral character and moro than h.ty lat~
agents arc employed, under pccuniary seeuriuts
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 10 obtain au-
thcntic evidence of losses miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations, to the value Of one dollar in ten
thousand of goods which have been once receteed
at lis shipping depots. The following are the
names of these depots, tn which auxiliary socit-
ties 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 Office,
% Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts,.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
10 Third Avenue New York,
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
27 south Sixth street. Philadelphia Pcnna.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office.
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Sanitary COMMISSION bfanch supply Omcei
Bank street. Cleveland, Ohio
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office,
Louisville Kentucky.
The Commission receives no peeuniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions Of tic
public for the means of sustaining its operations
Contributions to It's Treasury are solicited, aud
NAV be transmitted to GEORGE I. STgoxG, Esq,
Treaearer, SO Wall street, New York.
The names Of the following gentlemen. COM
mi.sioners Of the President Of the United Stats,
are pledged to the public for the economy, intee-
rity and efficiency with which whatever is en-
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