Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-09-22


Sd. What is the name Of the Surgeon or Chap
lain OF the hosptal7
4th. II not IN hospital ut rresant has be re-
Gently benin hospital?
9th. lfso, did he die in hospital, and At hat
date?
9th. If reccntly discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service7
It'll. If not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific Information as TO the condition
OF any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitals will be furnished within twenty-fonr hours
after request to do SO is received 1T tho VAST
ington Office.
The Office Of the Directory will be open daily
from o'clock A. II. to 8 OF clock P. H., and II
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour of the night.
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the busi-
ness OF the Directory having arisen where visitors
have 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, counties, 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 and distribution
Of goods put in it, charge for tho sick and woun-
ded at points where they arc most wanted. IL
operates with equal care and generosity at NIL
polnts-at New Orleans aud at ashington, be-
fore Vicksburg and at silc--its distributions
being governed BY comparison Of the wants OF
the patients in all cases. 10 ascertain the rela-
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 fiity lay
agents are employed, under pecnniary securities
for responsible and efficient service The cost
14n rn4 aw
3per centum OF The value of the goods distributed.
rho Commission ias not been able To obtain au-
thentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, on mis-
appropriations, to the value of one dollar In ten
thousand, of goods which have been once yeceive6
at lis shipping depots. The following are the
names of these depots, to which auxiliary soclc"
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded
without reference 10 States or localities, but
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,
n south Sixth street. Philadelphia, Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply OMce,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Braach Supply Office,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
Louisville Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniafy 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 it's Treasury solicited, and
nay be transmitted to GEoRGE t. STRoSG, ESQ,
treasurer GO Wall street, New York.
The names Of the following gentlemen, cam
missioners of the President of the United States,
ire pledged TO the public for the economy, integ-
rity, and efficiency with which whatever IL en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission viii be adj
ministered II
- W Bellows. D. b. George I. strong. Esq