Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-12-09
/. Is - Tgiving name and regiment, and
state where when last heard of: ut present ia

4th. Ii not in hospital ut prcsant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9Th II so, did he die in hospital, and at what
date?
9th. If recently discharged from hospital was
he discharged from service?
Tth II not, what were his orders on leaylng2
More specific information as to the condition
OF any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after a request to do so is received at the Wash
ington office. ~---
The office of the Directory will be open daily
from o clock A. NJ. to 0 clock r. NJ, and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour Of the night.
Much inconvenience in conductiong the BUSH
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 i'll 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's charge for the sick and Wouh-
ded at points where they are most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity at all
points-at New Orleans and at W ashington, be-
fore Vicksburg and at vlllc-lts distributions
being governed 10y comparison OF the wants OF
the patients in all cases. TO 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 hfty lay
agents are employed, under pecnniary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
Of these arrangements have thus far been about
per eentum of the value ofthe 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 recetUed
at It's shipping depots. The following are the
names OF these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
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 York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
u south Sixth street Philadelphia, Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Otfieel
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 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 are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, Esq,
Treasurer 68 Wall street, New York.
The names Of the following gentlemen conn
mssoners of the 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 ad-
ministered
H. W Bellows, D. D. George T Strong. Esq.