Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-05-11

I'd. If so, what is his proper address?
3D. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital?
4th. If not in hospital at presant, has he re"
Gently been in hospital?
5th, If so, did he die in hospital, and at " hat
date?
9th. If recently discharged from hospital, as
he discharged from service?
18th. If not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information ms to the condition
Of any patient IN the District Of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request to do so is received at the W ash
ington Office.
The office of the Directory will be open daily
from o clock A. NJ. to o clock p NJ, 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, he
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
| points-at New Orleans and at Washington be-
fore Vicksburg and at Nash yille-its distributont
| being governed by a comparison of the wants Of
the patients in all cases. To ascertain the rela-
| tive character of these wants in trustworthy
manner, and to secure equitable distribution
and honest use of goods distributed, besides
| the unpaid services OF the members of the Com
mission, twenty ply sicans 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
3pcr centum OF the value of the goods distributed.
The Commission IL 81 been able to obtain aus
thentic evidenceof Ipsses, miscarriage, or mis-.
appropriations, 10 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 socie-
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded,
without reference to States or localities hut
simply to their relative necessity for assistance,
are invited to send their offerings:
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
22 Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts,
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
10 Third Avenue New York.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
27 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 pecuniarv ait
whatever from the Government, and is who'll,
dependant on the voluntary contributions of th
public for the means OF sustaining its operations
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, ant
may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, ESQ.
Treasurer, 6o 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
rty, and efficiency with which whatever is en-
| trncfed IN tho Sanitary ~; l..