Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-09-15


Sd. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
| lain of the hospital2
4th. If not-in hospital at presant has he re-
| Gently been In hospital2:
9Th. Ifsc, did he die in hospital, and at What
date?
9TH. Ifrecently discharged from hospital, war
he discharged from service?
7th III not, what we're his orders on leaving7
More specific information as to the condition
of any patient in tine District of Columbia hos
pitaIs will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request TO do SO IL received ut the w ash-
lngfon Office. -~.-.~-.~-
The Office Of the Directory will be open daily
from q clock A. II. to o'clock F. NJ, and in
urgent eases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received Ill any hour of the night.
Much Inconvenience in condnctiong 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, DO
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special an
thority from the President of the United States
maintains an extensive sSsiem Of agencies foE
securing the SAL conveyance to and distribution
Of goods put in its charge for the sick and woun-
ded at points where they arc most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity ut all
points-at New Orleans and ut Washington, be-
fore Vicksburg and III ville-its distributions
being governed by comparison OF the wants OF
the patients III all cases To ASCERTAIN the reiaT
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 Conf
mission twenty physicians of high professional
and moral character and more than fifty lay
agents arc employed, under pccaniary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
k4nssxa fRFxaBN
per centum of the value of the goods distributed.
The Commissionahas 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 Tccesred
1T It's shipping dcpots. The following are tile
names of these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
ties and all disposed TO aid the sick and wounded
without reference 10 States or localities, but
simply to their relative necessity for assistance,
arc invited 10 send their offerings.
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply Ohco,
% Summer street, Boston Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
10 Third Avenue New York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office.
u south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penpa.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Ohiee,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pccuniary aid
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 are solicited, and
may be transmitted 10 George L. STRONG, Esq,
Treasurer. SO Wall street, New York.
The names OF the following gentlemen, COM
missioners of the President of the United States,
are u edged to the public for the economy, intee
rity, and efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission viii be ad7
ministered