Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-16


the hospitals OF 10y
ID Ii 50, Nhat is his proper address
Sd. What is tho name Of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of tie hospital?
4th. Ii not IN hospital Al presant, has he re-
Gently beenin hospital?
5tl. If 50, did be die in hospital, and at = hal
date?
9Th. II recently discharged from hospital, w4a
he discharged from service
It'll. II not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information as 10 the condition
of any patient in the District Of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty -four hours
after "A request TO TO SO Is received at the N ASH
ington Office
The office of the Directory will be open dailv
from 5 q clock A. H. 20 oTeIock p IT.. gqrd4 lfs
urgent eases applicants ringing the door ee!.
will be received at any hour of the night.
Much inconvenience in eonduetiong the basi
ness ofthe Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access To the record book
themselves, this practice will hereafter lie dis
continues nor can lists OF wounded iii hospitals
by States, counties, regiments or otherwise, be
hereafter furnished from these records
The Sanitary Commission, under special aG-
thority from the President Of the United States,
maintains IN extensive system 81 agencies or
securing the safe conveyance To and distribution
Of goods put in It's charge for the sick and woun-
dcd at points where they arc most WANTED i
operates with equal care and generosity a. All
points-at New Orleans Gid at Washington. be-
fore Nicksburg and at Nashyie-its distributions
being governed by a comparison of The wants o;
the patients in ali cases. To ascertain the rclA-
tive character of these wants in q trustworthy
manner, and III secure 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 aud more than fttY lay
agents are employed, under pecuni1ry securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
of these arrangements have thus far been aboat
per ceutnm of the value of the goods distributed.
The Commission has not been able 10 obtain aa-
thcntic evidence Of losses, miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations, to the value Of one dollar in ten
thousand Of goods which have been once Tccested
Ill lis shipping depots The following are the
names OF these depots, TO which auxiliary socie-
ties and all disposed to aid the sick aud 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 Office,
II south Sixth street, Philadelphia Penna.
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 0llce,
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
NAV lie transmitted to GEORGE 7. STRONG, Esq,
| Treasurer, 68 Wall street, New York
The names of the following gentlemen, COM
missioners Of the President OF the United States,
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
ritv, aud efficiency with which whatever is en-