Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-30

"a. II so, what Is his proper ADDRESS
3D.. What is the name OF the Surgeon or Chap
lain Of The hospital?
4th. II not in hospital at preS2nt, has he re"
Gently been in hospital?
9th. SO, did he die in hospital, and al y nat
date?
9th. Ifrecently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
9TH. Ii 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 lwenty-fonr hours
after request to do so is received o. the Wash
ington Office
The Office of the Directory will be open daily
from o'clock 4. III. to 0 clock 7. ~, and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour of the night.
Much inconvenience in condnctiong 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 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 the 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 wouR-
ded at points where they arc most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity at all
pointS-at New Orleans and at Washington be-
pelng governed By comparison OF the wants OF
the patients in ali cases. 70 ascertain the rela-
tive character of these wants in trustworthy
/ manner, and to secure equitable distribution
and honest use s0f 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 pecuniary securities
| for responsible and efficient service. The cost
| OF these arrangements have thus far been about
3per centum Of the value of the goods distributed
/ The Commission has not been able to obtain au~
thentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, mis-
appropriations, to the value OF one dollar III ten
thousand, of goods which have been once received
at It's shipping depots The following are the
names of these depots, to which auxiliary socie-
ties and all disposed 10 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 Office,
% Summer street. Boston, Massachusetts,
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
! 10 Third Avenuc, 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, Brancn Supply Office,
| Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky.
| The Commission receives no pecnniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions OF the
public for the means of sustaining It's operations
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, and
| may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRose 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.
rity, and efficiency With which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will he adj