Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-06-15

he hospitals Of ?
I'd. Il So what is his proper addrSss7
Sd. hat is The name OF the Surgeon OK hap
lain OF the hospital?
4!th If not IN hospital Mt prcsant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9th Il so, did he die in hospital, and at y hat
date?
9Th If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
9Th lEnot, 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
lttel request to do 80 is received at the Was b"
ington Office
The office OF the Directory will be open daily
from O'Clock A. NJ. to o clock 7. NJ. and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door Tell
will he received AT any hour Of the night.
Much inconvenience III conducting the bnsi-
ness OF the Directory having arisen here visitors
nave been given direct access 10 the record books
themselves this practice will hereafter he 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 an~
thority from the President OF the United States
maintains extensive system of agencies for
securing the safe conveyance to and distribution
of goods put in its charge for the sick and woun-
led at points where they are most wanted. Is
lonts--at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
ore Nicksburg and al Nash vile-itS distribution
icing governed by comparison Of the wants Of
the patients in all cases To ascertain the rela-
i've character OF these wants in Il trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
md honest use of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services OF the momt ers Of the Conn
mission, twenty physicians OF high professional
md moral character and more than fifty lay
gents are employed, under pecuniary securities
for responsible and efficient service. The cost
II these arrangements have thus for heen about
per centum of the value of the goods distributed
fhe Commission has not been able TO obtain au-
thentic evidence OF losses, miscarriage, or mis-
appropriations, TO the value OF one dollar in ten
thousand, of goods which have been once recetred
1t It's shipping depots. The following are the
names of these dcpots, to which auxiliary soce~
ties and all disposed to aid the sick aud wounded,
without reference TO States or localities, tuS
simply to their relative necessity for assistance
IRE invited to send their offerings;
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
- Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts,.
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply &c,
10 Third Avenue. New FORK.
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.
Sanitary Commission Brancn Supply Ohee,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant en- the voluntary contributions of tl-s
public for the means Of sustaining IFS operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, ard
may be transmitted to GEORGE I. STRONG, Esq.s
Treasurer, IS Wall street, New ork.
The names of the following gentlemen com"
missioners of the President OF the United States
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
rIty, and efficiency with which whatever is en-