Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-04-20


the hospitals of --?
I'd. II so, what is his proper address?
Sd. What is the name of the Surgeon OF Chap
lain of the hospital2
4th. If not in hospital Mt presant has he re
Gently been in hospital?
9Th If so, did he die in hospital, and at Whai
date?
9th Ifrecently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
18th. Ii 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 twenty-four hours
after request to do SO is received nj the Wash
ington office.
The office Of the Directory will be open daily
from o'clock A. n. to O'Clock p. H., and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour OF the night.
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the busi-
ness OF the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access TO the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter be dis
| continued; nor can lists OF wounded in hospitals
by States, counties, regiments, or otherwise, De
| 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 Tor
! securing the safe conveyance TO and distribution
of goods put in its charge for the sick and woun-
ded at points where they most wanted. II
| operates with equal and generosity at all
| p0lntS-at New Orleans and at ashington, be-
! fore Yicksburg and at Nash vle-its distributions
being governed by a comparison OF the wGntsof
the patients III all cases. To ascertain the rela-
| 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 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.
The Commission has not been able to obtain au"
thentc evidence of losses, miscarriage, or miss
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 Office,
% Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Ofrce,
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, Brancn 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 solicited and
may be transmitted to GEORGE T STRONG ESQ,
Treasurer. 68 Wall street New York
The names Of the following gentlemen COM
missoners OF the President of the United Stattc-
are pledged to the public for The economy, integ-
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