Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-07-13
/. Is - [giying name and regiment, and
state where when last heard Of: at present in

I'd Ii So what is his proper address,
Sd. What is the name Of the Surgeon or Chap.
lain of the hospitalp
4th. If not in hospital at presant, has he re-
Gently been in hospital2
9Th. ifso, did lie die in hospital, and ut hat
date?
9th. lfrecently discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from seryice2
It'll. If not what were 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 al the Wash
ington office.
The Office of the Directory will be open daily
from clock A. H. to o'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 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
contlnuedi nor can lists OF wounded iii hospitals,
by States, counties, regiments, or otherwise, BIO
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. Ii
operates with equal care and generosity at all
polnts-at New Orleans and at Washington be-
fore Vicksburg and at Nash ville-ts distributions
being governed by q comparison of the wantsOf
the patients in all cases. To ascertain the r@aa~
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 Conn
mission, twenty physicians of high professional
and moral character and more than fifty lay
agents are employed, under pecuniary securities
tor 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 recetUed
at its shipping depots. The following are the
names OF these depots, TO which auxiliary soce-
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 0fice,
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, Branch 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 It's operations.
Contributions to its Treasury are solicited, and
may be transmitted to GEORGE T. STRONG, ESQ.,,
Treasurer, GO Wall street, New York.
The nampg of the following gentlemen
missoners 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 adj