Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-25

lain OF the hospital?
4th II not in hospital at present, has he re-
Gently been hospital?
5th lfso, did he die in hospital, and at hat
date?
9th. Ifrccendy discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
It'll II not, what were his orders on leaN ing?
More specific information as to the condition
of any patient III the District Of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request to do 80 IL received at the Wash
lngton Office.
The office of the Directory will be open daily
from 0 clock 4. II. to s clock +. NJ, and In
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received AT any hour of the night.
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the busl-
ness Of the Directory having arisen where visitors
haze been given direct access 10 the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter be dis
continued; nor can lists of wounded in hospitals,
by States, countless regiments or otherwise be
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 aud distribution
OF goods put in its charge for the sick and Woun-
ded 1T points where they are most wanted. 1T
operates With equal care and generosity at all
points-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Ficksburg and lat vile--its distributions
the patients in all cases To ascertain the rea-
tive character OF these wants in a trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
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 lay
agents are employed, under pecuniary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
OF these arrangements have thus far been about
y ~ .Iata
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 once receiced
at lis shipping depots. The following are the
names OF these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
ties and all disposed TO aid the sick and W onndcd,
without reference to States or localities, but
simply to their relative necessity for asslstapce,
are invited TO send their offerings
Sanitary Commission. Branch Supply Office,
% Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
10 Third Avenue. New \ ork
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
81 south Sixth street, Philadelphia Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
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 its operations.
Contributions to its Treasury solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEoRGE L. STRONG, Esq,
Treasurer, IS Wall street, New York
The names of the following gentleman, COM
n,iseionars of tho President OF the United States.
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
rity, and efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be adj
ministered;
II. w Bellows, d. D. George !. Strong. Esq.
u Bache. IL. y Horace Kinney, Jr., Esq.