Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-18


3D.. What is the maine CT the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital? r
4th. Ii not in hospital ut pressnt, has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9Th. lfso did he die in hospital, and at hat
date?
9th. Ifrecently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
Ith. If net what we're his orders on aging
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 at the " a6h
lngton office.
The Office of the Directory viii IKE open aaity
from O clock 4, VI. to 8 o clock +, n. and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received ut any hour Of the night
Much inconvenience III ccnluctiong the bust
ness the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access to the record books
themselves, this practice viii 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 tie President Of the United States
maintains an extensive system of agencies for
securing the safe conreyapcc TO and distribution
Of goods put in its charge for the sick and wopn-
ded at points where they arc most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity ut all
points-at New Orleans and ut II ashington, be-
fore Vicksburg and at hville-its distributions
being governed by comparison OF the wants OF
the patients in all cases To ascertain the rcla-
tive character of these wants in trustworthy
manner, and to secure equitable distribution
and honest use ssof goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services of the members Of the Com
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
and moral character and more than hfty lay
agents are employed, under pecuniary 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 oncerece'oed
ut its shipping depots. The following are the
names Of these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
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,
l0 Third Avenue, New \ ork.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply ONCE,
81 south Sixth street, Philadelphia Pcnna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply ONCE
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Chicago Illinois
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply ONCE,
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
may be transmitted to GEORGE I. STRoNG, Esq,
Treasurer, SO Wall street, New York.
The names Of the following gentlemen, COM
missioners Of the President Of the United States,
IRE pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
rity, and efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be ad-