Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-16

the hospitals of -?
I'd. Ii so, what is his proper address,
Sd. What is the name OF the Surgeon or Cnap'
lain of the hospital?
4th If net in hospital at presant, has ne re-
Gently been in hospital?
9TH If so, did he die in hospital, and at " nat
date? -
9Th If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
It'll Ii DOT, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information as TO the condition.
Of any patient in the District of Columbia he's.
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request to do so is received at the Wash
ington office.
The Office of the Directory will be open daily
from 0 clock A. NJ to clock 7, d., and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour OF the night.
Much inconvenience i'll conducuong the busI-
ness of the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access 10 the record books
Themselves this practice will hereafter be dis
continued; nor can lists OF wounded Ill hospitals
by States, counties, regiments or otherwise, he
hereafter furnished from these records
The Sanitary Commission, under special an-
thorty from the President Of the United States
maintains extensive system OF agencies Tor
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. IL
operates with equal care and generosity at ali
pontS--at New Orleans and at ashlngton, De
fore Viclsburg and at Nashyile--its distributions
being goxerned hy comparison OF the wants OF
the patients in all cases. To ascertain sh8 FeIa-
tive character Of these wants in trustworthy
manner, and to secure equitable distribution
and honest use sof goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services of the members OF the Com
mission, twenty physicians OF high professional
and moral character and more than nifty lay
agents employed, under pecuniary securities
for responsible and efficient service. Inc COST
OF these arrangements have thus tar been aDopt
per centum of the value of the goods distributed.
The Commission has not been able to obtain au-
thentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, OF mis-
appropriations, TO the value of one dollar IN ten
thousand of goods which have been once received
at its shipping depots. The following are the
names of these depots, to which auxiliary socle-
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and 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,
81 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 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 10 its Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, ESQ,
Treasurer GS Wall street, New York.
The names of the following gentlemen, com
missoncrs of the President OF the United Stattg-
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
ritN and efficiency with Mnich whatever is en-