Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-23

Sd. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital2
4th. If not in hospital al presant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
. 5th. lfso, did he die in hospital, and at " hat
date?
9th. Ifrecently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
7th II not, what were his orders on leaving
More specific information Us TO the condition
of any patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after u 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 . clock p. NJ, and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received ut any hour of the night.
Much inconvenience in eonductong the busl-
of the Directory having arisen where visitors
have been given direct access to the record books
themselves this practice will hereafter be dls"
continued; nor can lists OF wounded IN hospitals
by States, counties regiments, or otherwise, Dc
hereafter furnished from these records.
The 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
OF goods put in its charge for the sick and woun"
ded at points where they are most wanted. IL
operates with equal care and generosity at all
points-at New Orleans and ut Washington, be-
fore Vicksburg and at Nash vile-its distributions
being governed by a comparison Of the wants OF
the patients in all cases 70 ascertain the rela"
tive character Of these wants in trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
and honest use sof goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services of the members OF the COM
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
ana moral character and more than nifty lay
agents arc 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 aus
thentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, or mlSs
appropriations to the value of one dollar in ten
thousand OF goods which have been once rcceiUed
at its shipping dcpots 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, 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,
81 south Sixth street Philadelphia Pcnna.
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 pecuniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions OF thu
public for the of sustaining its operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, Esq.
Treasurer, 68 Wall street, New York.
The names of the following gentlemen, conn
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 ad.