Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-04-13

the hospitals of -?
I'd. II so, what is his proper address?
3D. What is the name of the Surgeon OF Chap"
lain OF the hospital?
4th. II not in hospital Mt presant, has ne re-
Gently been in hospital?
9Th. If so, did he die in hospital, and at What
date?
9th. If recently discharged from hospital, Was
he discharged from service?
18th. Ii not what were his orders on leaving
More specific information ns 10 the condition
of any patient in the District OF Columbia hos
pitfalls will be furnished within twenty -iour hours
after request to do so is received ri the Wash
lngton office.
The Office of the Directory will he open daily
from o clock A. NJ. to o. clock Z. NJ, and in
urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell
will be received at any hour OF the night,
Much Inconvenience in conductiong the hHsi-
ness of the Directory having arisen here visitors
have been given direct access 10 the record looks
themselves, this practice will hereafter be dis
continued; nor can lists OF wounded in hospitals,
by States, counties, regiments, or otherwise, he
hereafter furnished from these records.
The Sanitary Commission, under special an-
thority from the President OF the United States
maintains an extensive system Of agencies Tor
securing the safe conveyance 10 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
ponts-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
fore Vicksburg and at -itsdlstrihutionS
being governed by a comparison OF the wants 81
the patients in oil cases. To ascertain the rela-
tive character Of these wants in trustworthy
manner and TO secure an equitable distribution
and honest use of goods distributed, besides
the unpaid services of the members OF the lonl-
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
3per centum of the value ofthe 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 soeie-
ties and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded,
without reference TO States or localities, hut
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 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 the
public for the means of sustaining its operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited aud
NAV be Transmitted to GEORGE T STRONG, ESQ.,,
Treasurer G8 Wall street, New York.
The names oil the following gentlemen, com
missoncrs of the President of the United Stale,
are pledged to the public for the economy, iutce-
rity and efficiency with which whatever is en-
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