Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-04-27


Cd. Ii so, what is his proper address,
Sd. What is the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital'
GENTLY been in hospital?
5th. II 50, did he die in hospital, and at hat
date?
9th. If reeently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
7th. Ii NOT, what we're his orders on leaving
More specific information as to the condition
of any patient in the District Of Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty-four hours
after request to do SO is received At the Wash
ington office
The Office of the Directory will be open daily
from O. clock A. NJ. 10 8 o clock 2. NJ, ind in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour OF the night.
Much inconvenience in conductiong the busi-
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 fpT
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. Ii
operates with equal care and generosity at all
fore Vicksbnrg and at Nashville -itsdistributions
being governed by n comparison of the wants of
the patients in all cases To ascertain the rela-
tive character of these wants in q trustworthy
manner, and to secure equitable distributions
and honest use of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services of the members of the Com"
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
and moral CHARACTER and more than fifty lay
agents are employed, under pccuniary 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 au-
| thentic evidence of losses, miscarriage or mis-
appropriations to the value Of one dollar in ten
thousand of goods which have been once received
at its shipping depots The following are tie
names of these depots, to which auxiliary socies
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,
a. 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, BRANCH supply ONCE,
Chicago, Illinois.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply OfRce,
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
NAV he transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG Esq,
Treasurer 6s Wall street New York
The names of the following gentlemen, COM
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-
IL L.