Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-07-20


I'd. II SO, what 10 his proper address?
ID. What IN the name of the Surgeon or Chap
lain of the hospital7
4th. # not in hospital at prcsant, hiss be 70.
Gently been in hospital?
9Th. Kso, did he die in hospital, and at = hat
date7
9Th. If recently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
7tn. r. NOT, what were hrs 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 al the Wash
ington Office
The Office ofthe Directory will be open daily
from O'Clock A. M. to D cisck r. ~, and ia
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
viii be received al any hour OF the night.
Much inconvenience in conductiong the bust
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, bs
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 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
quilts 4NcW OLiCAuS anu At w sSSMluktOut D6~
fore Vicksburg and yille-its distributiont
being governed by comparison of the wants of
the patients in oil cases. To ascertain the rela-
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 Com
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
and moral character and more than fifty lay
agents are 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 au-
| thentc 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 the
names of these depots to which auxiliary socie-
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded,
without reference to States 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, Penna
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply 0fRce,
Cincinnati Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Bank street, Cleveland, Ohio
Sanitary Commission, BrancA 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, ana
may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, ESQ.,,
Treasurer, 68 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-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be ad-
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