Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-02

I'd. II So what is his proper address?
3D.. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
ain OF the hospltal7
4th # not in hospital st presant has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9Th II Se, did b. die ia hoslias.al, aad at hat
date?
6th. If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
It'll. II not, What were his orders on having
More specific information as 10 the condition
Of any patient in the District Of Columbia hos-
pitfalls viii be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request to do so is received at the Wash
ington office
The office of tle Directory will lie open dali,
nom 9, clock 4. NJ. TO o'clock p NJ, and IL
argent cases applicants ringing tire eiees bell
will be received at any hour of tie night
Much Inconvenience la oogdletioag the bus-
ness OF the Directory having arisen here 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 ftom tie President Of the United States,
maintains an extensive system OF agencies for
securing the safe conveyance 10 aud distribution
OF goods IN; in It's CHARGE for thessick and woon-
ded at points where they are most vented II
operates With equal care and generosity at all
fore Wick shurg and at Nashviiie-is distributions
bcing governed 10y comparison Of tie 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 rse Of goods Distributed, esldes
the unpaid services u the mcmhers Of the Com
mission twenty iii, sicians Of lily Il professional
and moral character and more than fifty lay
agents are employed, under pecuniary secutia>a
Tor responsible aud efficient service. The cost
of these arrangements have thus far been about
per centuni OF tic value ofthe goods distributed.
The Commission has moi been able 70 obtain au-
thentie evidence of losses. miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations to the value OF one doliar III zen
tlousand Of goods which have been once rec q n
at It's hiopipq depots. fhe following ere the
names at these depots, to which, auxiliary socie-
lies and all disposed 10 aid The sick and wounded,
without reference TO States or Localities, but
simply to tler relative necessity for assistance,
are invited to send their offerings
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply ONCE,
"a Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply 0!Ice,
Il Third Avenue New York.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office
u south Sixth street, Philadelphia Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Cincinnati, Chic.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street Cleveland, Ohio,
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply once,
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 Oh TAG
public Cor tie means Of sustaining its operations.
Contributions to lis Treasury arc solicited. and
NAV be transmitted 70 GEORGE I. SrRoSo, ESQ
Treasurer. eg Wall street, Now York
The names OF the following gentlemen, COM
missioners of the President Of the United States,
are pledged 10 the public for the economy integ-
rty, and efficiency with winch whatever Is en-
trusted 20 the Sanitary Commission will he adj
ministerea