Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-27

3D. What is the name of the Surgeon or CHAP
Lain of the hospiial7
4th. If not in hospital ut presant, has he re-
Gently bean in hospitalg
9TH. If SO, did be die in hospital, and ut v hat
date?
9th. Ifraeeatly discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
Ith. If not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information as TO the condition
Of any patient IN the DISTRICT of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twcnty-four hours
after request to do w il received at the Wash
ington office.
TRe once of rho Directory will lac omen daily
from O'Clock 4. II, 10 clock 7. ~. and III
urgent eases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour of tho night.
Much inconvenience in condnctiong 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, lie
hereafter furnished from these rccOrds,
The Sanitary Commission, under special au-
thority from the President of the United States
maintains pin EXTENSIVE system Of agencies fo'
securing the safe conveyance toand distribution
of goods pnt in its charge for the sick and wOun-
ded at points where they are most wanted, 1t
operates with equal care anh generosity ut all
points-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Vieksburgan at Nashvlc-itsd distributions
being governed by comparison Of the wants OF
the patients In all cases. 10 ASCERTAIN the rela-
tive character of these wants in a trustworthy
manner and to secure IN equitable distribution
and honest use ssof 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 arc employed, under pecuniary securities
for responsible and efficient service, The cost
of these arrangements have thus far been about
3per centum Of the value at the goods distributed
The Commission has not been able to obtain an-
tlscntie evidence Of losses, miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations, to the value 0f one dollar ia ten
thousand, of goods which have been once receirtd
ut its shipping depots The following arc the
names of these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
ties and all disposed TO aid the sick and wounded,
without reference 10 States or localities, but
simply to their relative necessity for assistance,
are invited to send their oiteriagsl
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 Once,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, branch Supply Office,
Bank street Cleveland, Ohio,
SANITARY commission, lNauch supply OiuSSi
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pccnniary 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 bc transmitted to George I. STRosG Esq,
Treasurer, 60 Wall street, New York.
The names of the following gentlemen, COM
missoners Of the President of the United Stateg
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-
ministcred
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