Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-05-25

Tie hospitals OF ---t
"a. II So what is his proper address?
81. What IS the name Of the Surgeon OF Chap
lain Of the hospital2
4th. If not in'hospital ut present. has As re
eenfl3 been in hospital?
9th. Il 50, did he die IN hospital and al y a.
date?
9th. Il recently discharged from hospital, Wa
he discharged from service
N. II not, what we're his orders ON leaving
More specific information ms to- tAe-e condition
OF any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty -four hours
after request 70 do SO is received at the Wash
ington Office
The Office of Tie Directory viii nc open daiiy
from . clock 4. II. to 1 clock + NJ, ANA
urgent cases applicants ringing the door ben
viii be received at any hour Of The night
Much inconvenience IN condactione the hGsl-
ness OF the Directory having arisen whero visitors
nave been given direct access TO the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter lac 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 aa-
thorty from the President u the United States
maintains an extensive system Of agencies for
securing the safe conveyance 10 and distribution
OF goods put III It's charge for the sick and WouB-
dcd al points where they are most wanted Is
operates with equal care and generosity at I'LL
points-at New Orleans and al Washington. be-
fore tlcksburg and al Nashylic--its stributiont
BENG governed ~ comparison OF tho wants Of
the patients in all casts To ascertain The rela-
tive character of these wants in trustworthy
manner, and 70 secure i'm equitable distribution
and honest use of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services vi the members OF the Com
mission, twenty ply sicians 81 high professional
and moral character and more than fifty la3-
agents are employed, under pccuns,ry securities
Tor responsible and efficient service. The cost
OF these arrangements have thus far been about
3 per eentum Of the value Of the goods distributed
The Commission has not been ahC to obtain att
thentic evidence of lo>se. miscarriage or mis-
appropriations, to the value 0i one dollar in ten
thousand Of goods which have been once recett,d
III its shipping depots The following are Me
names of these depots TO which auxiliary socle-
ties and all disposed 10 ala tho sick and wounded
without reference to States or localities M
simply TO their relative necessity for assistance,
arc 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
81 south Sixth street Philadelphia, penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Ofce,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street Cleveland, Ohio
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecaniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
DEFENDANT on the voluntary contributions Of II .
public for the means Of >ustainingits operations.
Contributions 10 lis Treasury are solicited m 4
ma, Ht transmitted to 6EoRGE f. STRONG ESQ.,,
Treasurer 6s Wall street New York.
The NAMES Of the following gentlemen, COM
missioners OF the President Of the United States
are pledge 10 the public for the economy, intel-
rity and efficiency Nith which whatever is err
tru.;ed To the Sanitary Commits siou will be- "a de