Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-08-31
tate where when last heard Of "a, presen, i'd

the hospitals of -
I'd. If So what is his proper address
3d. What Is the name ot the Surgeon or Chap
lain Of the hospital?
4th. II not in hospital ut presant has LIE re-
Gently been in hospital?
9Th. II so, did he die in hospital, and at hat
date2
9th. Ifrecenty discharged from hospital, WIS
he discharged from service?
It'll II not what were his orders on lcavngY
More specific information as 10 the condition
OF any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty -four hours
utter a request to do so is received at The Wash
ington Office
The office of the Directory will be open daily
from o clock 4. NJ. to 0 clock r. NJ and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
Will he received at any hour OF the night
Much Inconvenience ia conducuong the bust
ness tthe Directory having arisen where visitors
haze been given direct access 10 the record books
Themselves this practice will hereafter lie dis
continued nor can lists Of wounded III hospitals,
by states counties, regiments, or otherwise, bo
hereafter furnished from these records
The Sanitary Commission, under special au.
thortr from the President Of the United States
maintains an extensive system Of agencies for
securing the safe convey ancc to and distribution
! Ut goods put in its charge for the sick and woun-
ded at points where they most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity Mt all
Ponts-at New Orleans and at WASHINGTON be-
lore lckSburg ami at Nashylie-its distributions
BENG governed BY comparison OF the wants Of
the patients in all cases 10 ascertain the rcla-
/ tive character of these wants in a Trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
and honest use Of goods distributed besides
the unpaid services of the members Of the Conn
mission, twenty physicians Of hia' professional
and moral character and more than fifty Law
agents are employed, under pccumary securities
Ior responsible and efficient service. The cost
VI 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-
thentlc evidence Of losses, miscarriage or mis-
appropriations. to the value Of one dollar in ten
thousand, Of goods which have been once received
at lis shipping depots The following are the
names OF these dcpots, TO which auxiliary socie-
lies ana all disposed 10 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,
Y Summer street Boston, Massachusetts
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
10 Third Avenue, New York
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
II south Sixth street Phiadelphia pcnra
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Cincinnati, Ohio,
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio
Sanitary Commissions Branch Supply Office,
Chicago Illinois
SANITARY Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville kel ucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniary aid
whatever from the Government and is wholly
dependant on tie voluntary contributions OF the
public Ton the means Of sustaining It's operations.
Contributions to It's Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE 7. STRONG, ESQ.,,
Treasurer, o8 Wall street, Nov York
The names OF the following Gentlemen. COM
missioncrs Of the President Of The tinted States
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
rity and efficiency with which whatever is en-