Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-08-03

I'd. II so, what is his proper address?
sd. " hat Is the name OF the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital?
4th If not in hospital nj Dresant has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9TH II so, did he die in hospital, and at y hat
date?
9th. If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service2
lth II not what were his orders on leaving?
More SPECIFIC information as 10 the- condition
OF any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pltals viii be furnished within twenty -four hours
after request to do is received at the Wash
ington office
The office of the Directory will be open daily
from 0 clock A. NJ. to o clock F. Nj and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
VIII he received at any hour OF the night
Much inconvenience in conductiong the bust
ness OF the Directory having arisen where visitors
nave been given direct access to the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter he dis
eohtlhnedi nor can lists OF wounded in hospitals
by States, counties regiments, or otherwise, he
hereafter furnished from these records
Inc sanitary Commission, under special au-
thorty from the President Of the United States
maintains an extensive system Of agencies for
securing the safe conveyance to and distribution
oil goods put III It's charge for the sick and woun-
ded at points where they are most wanted IL
operates with equal care and generosity at all
polnts-at New Orleans and ut Washington, be-
iotC lCheputS anu FlIIeltS IStflbutlOut
being governed by comparison of the wants OF
the patients in all cases 10 ascertain the reFa-~
tive character OF these wants in trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
and honest use OF 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 pecunary securities
for responsible and efficient service The cost
OF these arrangements have thus far been about
3 per centum OF the value of the goods distributed
The Commission has not been able TO obtain an-
thentic evidence of losses MISCARRIAGE or 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 whchauxiliary socfe-
tics 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 Office,
% Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
10 Third Avenue, New York
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
n south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penna
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply OfRce,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio
Sanitary Commission, Branen 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 its operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE 7. STRONG, ESQ,
Treasurer, IS 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 be adj