Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-09

the hospitals Of -?
ID. Il so, what is his proper address
Sd. What Is the name OF the Surgeon o. Chap
/ lain OF the hospital?
4th II not in hospital nj presant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital
9Th If 50, did he die in hospital, and at hat
date?
9th Il recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
It'll If not what were his orders ON leaving
More specific information "a 10 the condition
of any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request TO do SO is received at the Wash
ington Office.
The office Of the Directory will he open daily
fFo4a~ X "a, shock H. NJ. Ia clock r NJ, and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door beli
will be received at any hour Of the night.
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the bust
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, be
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special au-
thoritv from the President Of the United States,
maintains extensive system OF agencies Tor
securing the safe conveyance to and distribution
OF goods put in its charge for the sick and woun-
del at points where they are most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity at all
ponts--at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Eicksburg aud III Nashville-its distributions
being governed by a comparison OF the wants of
the patients in all cases To ascertain the rela-
tive character OF these wants in trustworthy
manner, and to secure IN equitable distribution
and honest use of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services OF the members oil the Com
mission, twenty physicians OF high professional
and moral character and more than nifty lay
agents are employed, under pecuniary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
Of these arrangements have thus far been about
per cenHm OF the value of the goods distributed.
The Commission has not been able to obtain au-
thcntic evidence Of losses, miscarriage, or msr
appropriations, TO the value Of one dollar in ten
thousand Of goods which have been once reccue6
at lis shipping dcpots. The following are the
names Of these depos, To which auxiliary soeie-
ties and all disposed TO aid the sick and wounded,
without reference to States or localities, but
simply TO their relative necessity for assistance,
are invited to send their offerings;
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
% Summer street. Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
10 Third Avenue, New DIRK.
Sanitary Commission. Branch Supply Office,
81 south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Pcnna.
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 pecunafy ad
! whatever from the Government and IL wholly
! dependant ON the voluntary contributions Of the
! public for the means Of sustaining its operations.
! Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, aud
/ NAV be transmitted to GEORGE I. SrRoEC, Esq,
4 fs.3 all street &eW ark
The names Of the following gentlemen, COM
missoncrs of the President Of the United States,
ne pledged to the public Tor the economy, intes-
rity, and efficiency with which whatever Is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission viii be al