Hammond gazette. [volume] (Point Lookout, Md.) 1862-1864, 1864-06-01

"a. II so, what IS his proper address
Sd. " hat is the name of the,Surgeon or Chap
lain Of the hospital?
4th, If not in hospital ut presant. has he re-
Gently been in hospital?
9th. II SO, did he die Ia hospital, aud at Hhat
date?
9th. freeenty discharged from hospital, was
he discharged from service?
tth. II not what were his orders on leaving
More specific information us to the condition
OF amy patient IN the district Of COlumbia shUs-
plials will be furnished within tweut e-four hours
alter a request to do 50 is received at the WASH
ington office.
The office Of the Directory will be open daily
from o'clock a. NJ. 10 o clock T NJ and in
urgent eases applicants ringing the door bell
Wlll be received at any hour OF the night.
Much inconvenience ia c0nduetong the bus-
ness OF the Directory having arisen where visitors
nave been given direct access to the record books
themselves, this practice will hereafter he dis
continued: nor can lists OF wounded in hospitals
~ States, counties regiments, or otherwise, hc
hereafter furnished from these records
The Sanitary Commission under special au-
thorlll from the President of the United States
maintains an extensive system Of agencies for
occurring the safe conveyance to and distribution
II goods put in its charge for the sick and woun~
died al points where they are moss wanted. Is
operates with equal care and generosity at all
polnts-at New Orleans and at Washington, be-
Tore Nlcksburg and al Aashyille-its distributiont
1elne governed hy comparison OF the wants OF
the patients III all cases. To ascertain the refa-
ave character Of these wants in trustworthy
manner and TO secure IN equitable distribution
and honest use OF goods distributed, besides
jhe unpaid services OF the members of the Cons
MISSION, twenty ply sielans OF high professional
~bd moral character aud more than fifty lay
agents are employed, under pecunary securities
Tor responsible and efficient service. The cost
OF THESE arrangements haze thus far been about
jpercentam Of the value OF the goods distributed.
The Commission has not been able 10 obtain au~
thentic evidence OF losses miscarriage, OF miss
appropriations, to the value of one dollar in ten
thousand, OF goods which have been once recetred
al lis shipping dehots. The following are the
NAMES OF these depotS, to WhichauXiliary socie-
lies and all disposed to aid the sick and wounded,
without reference to States or localities, but
simply 10 their relative necessity for assistance.
are invited to send their offerings
Sanitary Commission. Branch Supply Office
Y Summer street, Boston, Massachusetts,
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
10 Third Avenue, New v DIRK
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office
: south Sixth street, Philadelphia, Penna
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sanitary Commission, Branch Supply Office.
Bank street. Cleveland Ohio
Sanitary Commission, Brancn SuppI, Office,
Chicago, illinois.
SANITARY Commission, Branch Supply Office,
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Commission receives no pecuniary aid
whatever from the Governments and is wholly
dependant on the voluntary contributions OF tie
public for the means OF sustaining its operations.
Contributions to IFS Treasury are solicited and
may be transmitted To GEORGE T. STRONG ESQ.,.
Treasurer, GS Wall street New York.
The NANTES OF the following gentlemen, CONF
missioncrs OF the President Of the United States
are pledged to the public for the economy, integ-
rity, aud efficiency with which whatever is en-
trusted to the Sanitary Commission will be adj