Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-09

the hospitals oil -----!
3D. Ii so, what is his proper address,
3d. What is the name OF the Surgeon or Chap
Lain of the hospital2
4th. If not in hospital ut presant has he re-
emily been in hospital?
5th II SO, did be die in hospital and AT " hat
date?
9Th IfrecentIy discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
eth Ii not what were his orders on leaving
More specific information as TO the condition
OF amy patient in the District of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after a request to do 80 is received at the Wash
mgton office.
The office Of the Directory will be open daily
from O'Clock A. NJ. to q clock 7. NJ and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
via be received al any hour OF the night.
Much Inconvenience in conducong the busl~
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, 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 for
securing the safe conveyance 10 and distribution
II goods put in its charge for the sick and wouh-
led at points where the} are most wanted IL
operates with equal care and Generosity at all
3onts-at New Orleans and at ashington, be-
fore ficksburg ahdat Nashville--itSd distributions
5~'tfss goSerncd hl 4 comparison OF the wants o.
,Je patients IN all Casrs. To ascertain the fe5t-
ave character OF these wants in trustworthy
manner and to secure an equitable distribution
md honest use OF goods distributed, besides
,Hc unpaid services OF the members OF the Com
ais>on twenty hysicians OF high professional
tnd moral character and more than fifty lay
t4cnts are employed under pecunary securities
| ,or responsible and efficient service. The cost
II these arrangements have thus Tar been about
pcrccHtum Of the value Of the goods distributed.
lhe Commission has not been able TO obtain au-
,hentlc evidence Of losses, miscarriage, OF mise
appropriations, to the value OF one dollar ia ten
.loG-iud, OF goods which have been once recetUed
IL its shipping depols. The following are the
4dmes OF these dePots, 10 which auxiliary socle~
los and all disposed 10 AID the sick and wounded,
without reference to States or localities, bGt
imply to their relative necessity for assistance,
invited 10 send their offerings:
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Once,
- summer street, Boston, Massachusetts,.
Sanitary Commission, Branch supply Office
20 hird Avenue, New DIRK.
>anilar, Commission, Branch Supply Office,
2 south Sixth street Philadelphia, Pcnna.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
-incinnati. Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
Sank street, Cleveland Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Brancn Supply Office,
'hicago Illinois
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pccuniary aid
whatever from the Government, and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions OF the
uilic for the means of sustaining Its operations.
Contributions ~ It's Treasury arc solicited, and
NAV he transmitted to GEORGE 7. STRONG, Esq,
Treasurer, IS " all street, New York.
The NAMES OF the following gentlemen, com
nissiouers OF the President Of the United States
.rc Pledged to The public for the economy, integ
~tv. and cf cheney with which whatever is en-