Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-08-17


Sd. What is the name Of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital?
4th. If not in hospital ut presant has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9Th II SO, did he die IN hospital, and at What
date?
9Th Ifreccntly discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
It'll If not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information rs TO the condition
Of any patient in the District Of Columbia hos
pitfalls viii be furnished within tweuty-four hours
after request to do so is received AT the Wash
lngton Office
The office of the Directory will be open daily
from 0 clock A. NJ. TO 0 clock p NJ. and in
urgent eases applicants ringing the door bell
viii lie received at amy hour OF the night
Much Inconvenience in Couduciong the bnsl-
ness of the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access to the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter be dis
continues nor can lists ol wounded i'll hospitals,
| by States counties regiments, othcrWllc, 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 Woun-
ded at points where they are most wanted. Is
! operates with equal care and generosity at all
polmls-at New o. cans and nj Washington, be-
being governed by a comparison OF the wants of
the patients in all cases To ascertain the leia-
/ tive character Ui these wants III Il trustworthy
manner, and to secure IN equitable distribution
and honest usu Of goods distributed, besides
| the unpaid services OF the members Of the Conn
mission, twenty ply sicians OF high professional
| and moral character and more than fifty lay
agents employed, under pecunIary securities
| for responsible and efficient service. The cost
Of these arrangements have thus far been about
per centum OF the value OF the goods distributed
! Tie Commission has not been able to obtain au-
| thentic evidence Of losses, miscarriage mis-
| appropriations to the value OF one dollar in ten
| thousand, of goods which have been receieed
| at its shipping dclots The following are the
names of these dcpotS to which auxiliary sociep
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded,
without reference to States 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 Avenue New York
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office
q south Sixth street, Philadelphia Pcnna.
| Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply 0f5ce,
| Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street, Cleveland Ohio.
| Sanitary Commission, Branca Supply Office,
| Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
| Louisville Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniary 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 arc solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, ESQ,
| Treasurer, 60 Wall street, New York
The names of the following gentlemen, COM
! nf tI,n of Tptf
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
rity, and efficiency with which whatever is enc
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be adj
| ministercd