Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-09-29

Sd. What is the name of tic Surgeon o. Chap
lain of theehospital2
4sh. Il not IN hospital At presant, b here
Gently been in hospifal2
9Th. Ifso, did be die in hospital, and at shat
date?
9Th If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
Tth II not, what were his orders on leasingl
More specific Information as TO the condition
of any patient in the District of Columbia hos
p tails will be furnished within tweufy-four hours
afseF q request TO do SO Ia received ~ the Wash
lngton Office.
The Office of the Directory will be open daily
from O'Clock A. NJ. to o'clock T. NJ, and 10
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
viii be received at any hour OF the night
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the hpsi-
ness 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,
~ States, counties, regiments or otherwise, Dc
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 its charge for the sick and woun-
ded at points where they are most wanted. IL
operates with equal care and generosity at all
polnts-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
Tore Vicksburg and at vile--its distributions
being governed 10y a 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
aid 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
or responsible and efficient service. The cost
- al
} per centum OF ihc value of the goods distributed.
rne Commission has not been able to obtain aa~
Lhentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations, to the value of one dollar in ter
thousand, of goods which have been once receives
It its shipping depots. The following are the
aames Of these depots, to which auxiliary socle-
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 Once,
% Summer street. Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply Oflce,
10 Third Avenue. New York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
~ south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply ONCE,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply 0fice
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
hicago, illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions Of tbs
public for the means OF sustaining its operations
Contributions to lis Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted-t to GEORGE T. STRoEo, ESQ,
Treasurer, 60 Wall street, New York,
The names OF the following gentlemen, com
missioners Of the President OF the United States,
re pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
,lty, and efficiency with which whatever lie en-
trusted 10 the Sanitary Commission will be ad-
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