Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-11


I'd. 1t so, what is bis proper address?
I'd. What is the name OF the Surgeon or Chap
lain OF the hospital7
4tl If not in hospital nj presant, has he re
Gently been in hospitai2
5th. ESQ, did he die In hospital, and at What
date?
9Th. Ifrecently discharged from hospital wis
he discharged from service?
It'll. II not, what were his orders OH lcaviagf
More specific information as to the condition
of any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitals will befurnished within twentv-iouf hours
after request to do &c is received at the Wash
ington office.
The Office of the Directory will be open dais
from d clock A. ". to 8 O'Clock r. d. and IN
urgent cases applicants ringing the door. hell
will be received at any hour OF the night.
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the bus
ness of the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access to the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter be dlS-
continued; nor can lists OF wounded in hospitals,
by States, counties, regiments, or Otherwise, DC
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission under sle,ial au-
thority from the President Of the United States
maintains an extensive system OF agencies tor
securing the safe conveyance to aud distributor
of goods put in its charge for the sick and woun-
ded at points where ti.ev are most wanted. It
operates with equal care ami generosity ut all
points-at New Orleans and al " ashinG ton, be-
fore Vicksburg and at Nashvilleits distributions
being governed By a comparison OF the wants OF
the patients in all cases 10 ascertain the rca-
tive character of these wants in q trustworthy
| manner, and to secnr0 an equitable distributor
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 pecunary securities
| for responsible and efficient service. The cost
| of these arrangements have thus far been ABOUT
per centum of the value of the goods distributed
| The Commission has not been able to obtain an-
| thentc evidence of losses, miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations to the value of one dollar In ten
| thousand, of goods which have been once recesee@
at its 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, out
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,
II south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Pcnna.
| Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
| Cincinnati, Ohio.
| Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio. on
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Ofhec,
| Chicago, Illinois
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply olhce,
Louisville Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecunary aid
whatever from the Government, and Is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions OF tne
public for the means of sustaining Its operations
| contributions to its Treasury are solicited, ana
NAV be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, ESQ
| Treasurer 68 Wall street, New York.
The names of the following gentlemen, com
| missioncrs of the President of the United States
are pledged to the public for the economy intc@
rity, and efficiency with which whatever is Ell
| 5000 "a The Sanitary Commission will be adj