Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-05-26
l. Is - Tgiving name and regiment and
state where when last heard OF: ut present IN

I'd. lf so, what IS his proper ADDRESS
3D.. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lan of the hospital?
4th If not in hospital at presant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
5th II so, did he die in hospital, and at what
date?
9th. recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
It'll II not what we're his orders On leaving?
More specific information as 10 the condition
Of any patient in the District Of Columbia hos
pitfalls viii be furnished within twcnty-four hours
after request to do so is received at the Wash
ington Office.
The Office of the Directory will be open daily
from 10 clock A. NJ. to 8 o clock P. NJ, and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received AT any hour of She night.
Much Inconvenience iii eenductiong the bust
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 in hospitals,
by States, counties regiments, or otherwise, be,
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special au-
thority from the President OF tho 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 II
operates with equal care and generosity at NIL
points-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Vicksburg and at Nashvilse-its distributions
being governed by a comparison Of the wants OF
the patients i'll 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 fifty lay
agents are employed, under pecunlary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
of these arrangements have thus far been about
pei centum OF the value OF the goods distributed.
| The Commission has not been able to obtain au~
thcntic evidence Of losses, miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations, to the value of one dollar IN ten
! thousand of goods which have been once recciUed
| at its shipping depots. The following are the
names of these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
ties and all disposed to aid the sick anu 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 Office,
| 10 Third Avenue, New York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
| n 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 Office,
| Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pccuniary aid
| whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions OF the
public for the means of sustaining Interpretations.
| Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEoRaE I. STRONG, Esq,
Treasurer, So Wall street. New York.
The names Of the following gentlemen, CONF
missioners of the President of the United States,
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
ritv. and efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission win be adj
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