Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-02-03

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3D.. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lain Of the hospital?
4th. If not in hospital ut presant, has ne re-
Gently been In hospital?
5th. so, did he die in hospital, and at hat
dale?
9th. lfrecently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
7th. If not, what were his orders on leaving?
More specific information as to the condition
of aHy patient in the District OF Columbia hos
pitfalls will lie furnished within twenty-four hours
after q request to do so is received at the Wash
ngton office.
The office of the Directory will be open. daily
from O clock A. II. to 8 D 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 bust
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, be
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 wouR-
ded at points where they are most wanted. 1t
operates with equal care and generosity at all
points-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Vicksburg and at yille-its distributions
being governed by comparison OF the wants OF
ghe patients in all cases To ascertain the feia-
i've character of these wants in trustworthy
manner, and to secure an equitable distribution
md honest use of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services OF the members OF the COM
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
md moral character and more than fifty lay
agents are employed, under pecunlary securities
Tor responsible and efficient service. The cost
Of these arrangements have thus far been about
3per centum of the value of the goods distributed
The Commission has not been able to obtain au-
thentc evidence of losses, miscarriage or mis-
appropriations, to the value OF one dollar IN ten
thousand, of goods which have been oncerece'ued
ut its shipping depots. The following are the
names of these depots, to which auxiliary sociev
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,
q south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply Office,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Drancn 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 the
public for the means Of sustaining its operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE I. STRONG, Esq,
Treasurer, IS Wall street, New DIRK.
The names Of the following gentlemen, COM
mssioners Of the President Of the United States
are Piled led to the public for the economy, integ-
ritz and efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be adj