Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-07
state where when last heard Of at present in

Sd. Mat IS the name OF the Surgeon or Chap
lain of tie hospitl2
9TH. Il moi in hospital at presaai, has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9th. II so, did he dix in hospital, and III hat
date?
9th II recently discharged Ecu hospital was
he discharged from seryictl
7th. II not. what We're his orders on leaving +?
More specific information as to the condition
Of any patient III the District of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-tour hours
after request 70 40 50 il reecil cd at tho NASH
ington Office
The office Of the Directory will be open daily
from 0 clock A. VI. to 0 clock p NJ. and il
urgent cases applicants ringing the door boA
will be received at any hour Of The might.
Much Inconvenience in condGctione the busi-
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 eanlists Of wounded in hospitals
by States counties. regiments, or otherwise, lie
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special au-
thorty from the President OF the United States,
maintains an extensive system Of agencies for
securing the safe conveyance to and distribution
Of goods pnt in It's charge for the sick and woun-
ded az points where they arc most wanted It
operates with equal care and generosity at all
points--at New Orleans and ut WASHING tore @he-
fore Ticksburg and at shvillc-its distributions
being governed by n comparison Of the wants Of
the patients in all cases. To ascertain the rela-
tive character Of these wants in q trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distributions
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 fifty law
agents are employed under peculiarly 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 au-
thentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations to the value Of one dollar IN ten
thousand of goods which have been once reccited
at its shipping depots. The following are the
names Of these depots to which auxiliary soeieg
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and wouaded.
without reference to States or localities, bnt
simply to their relative necessity for assistance,
| are invited to send their offerings:
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Once
| - Summer street, Boston Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
10 Third Avenue, New York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
y south Sixth street, Philadelphia Penna.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Oihce,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office,
Bank street Cleveland, Ohio.
SANITARY COMMISSION hrahch supply o'"e''
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 of the
public for the means of sustaining its operations.
| Contributions to its Treasury arc solicited, and
NAV be transgnitted to GEORGE 7. STRONG, Esq.
| Treasurer, 68 Wall street, New 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-
rity. and efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted TO the Sanitary Commission will be ad
ministered:
| ~ x4r n N Hanrna GtrnuC