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U. S. Sanitary Commission. DEPARTMENT OF "SPECIAL RELIEF," No. 889 II Street, Between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Sts., South Side, WASHINGTON CITY, D. C. SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN Can, at the above office, have the necessary papers made out, correspondence attended to, and ALL NEEDED ASSISTANCE FURNISHED IN REGABD TO PEOCURINO PAY, PENSIONS, BOUNTY, PRIZE MONEY, AND ARREARS OP PAY AND BOUNTY WITHOUT CHARGE. This work is done by men of ample experience, pos sessing all needed facilities. Each applicant for a pension should bring with him two persons able to make oath that they believe he is tlie person he represents himself to be. FOOD AND LODGING Are provided for all men on sick leave, and to dis charged soldiers on their way from tlie army to their homes, at " Lodge No. 4," 889 II street, between Thir teenth and Fourteenth streets, " The Home," 374 North Capitol street, (second house from rear of the railroad station, toward the Capitol.) "Alexandria Lodge," near railroad station, Alexandria. J. B. ABBOTT, Chief Assistant, "Special Relief" Department. Directory of Hospitals. Information furnished regarding location md con dition of patients in the United States Army General Hospitals. Address SANITARY COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D. C. Further information concerning the assistance ren dered by the United States Sanitary Commission to Soldiers and Seamen can be obtained at tlie Central Office, 244 F street, between Thirteenth and Four eenth streets. ap27 MsWt*s' fteftrttrg Ut WMMttytoii. ' Lodge No. 4, 389 H street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. The " Home," 374 North Capitol street, one square from Depot. _ __ Paymaster General, 211 F street, near Fifteenth st. Transportation Office, i;O9 G street, above Eighteenth Commutation of Rations, 459 C street, near Balti more and Ohio Railroad Depot." Order for Transportation for Discharged Men at 112 Pennsylvania Avenue, tour doois above Nineteenth Second Auditor, Winder's Building, Seventeenth and F streets. , T Adjutant General's Office, near Depot, corner of I street. DISCHARGE PAY OFFICE, Mo. 389 II St. North, Near 13lh St. West, WASHINGTON, D. C. A T THIS OFFICE ALL ENLISTED VOLUNTEERS A. Discharged from the U. S. Army make a final set tlement of their accounts, whether discharged to ac cept promotion, re-enlist as Veteran Volunteers, or on account of Disability. . All Soldiers having business at this office are ear nestly requested to present their claims personally, and not put them Into the hands of claim agents, as they are attended to promptly and always take prece dence to claims presented by those agents. Maj. D. TAYLOR, March 16,18<M.]_ Paymaster U. 8. A., in Charge. liKIVINE SERVICE \J Is held in the Hospital Dining Room every Sun day at 2 o'clock, P. M. Soldiers in the hospital and «amp!are respectfully invited to attend. NORMAN W CAMP, D. D., Chaplain. #iv m. £. Sanitary (ffommissiott Was constituted by the Secretary of War in June, 1861, in accordance with the recommendation of the Surgeon General of the U. S. Army, and Its appoint ment and plan of organization were approved by the President of the United States. OFFICERS. H. W. Bellows. D. D., President. A. D. Bache, LL. D v Vice President. J. Foster Jenkins, General Secretary, New York. J. 11. Douglas, Associate Secretary, Washington. F. N. Knapp, Associate Secretary, Washington. J. S. Newberry, M. D., Secretary Western Dept. Geo. T. Strong, Treasurer. SPECIAL RELIEF DEPARTMENT. F. N. Knapp, General Sup't, Washington, D. C. J. B. Abbott, Chief Assistant, " " Soldiers' Home, ... Washington, D. C. Lodge No. 4, H street, between 13th and 14th streets* Lodge No. 6, Maryland Avenue, near railroad depot. Nurse's Home, .... Washington, D. C* Soldiers' Home. Third street, Cincinnati, Ohio, Col. G. W. D. Andrews, Superintendent. Soldiers' Home, Louisville, Ky. —James Malona, Sup't., James Morton, Special Relief Agent. Soldiers' Home, Cairo, 111.—C. N. Shipman, Sup't. and Relief Agent. Soldiers' Home, Nashville, Tenn.—Capt. I, Brayton, Supt. Rev. J. Hoblet, Relief Agent. Soldiers' Home, Columbus, Ohio, , Supt. Soldiers' Home, Cleveland, Ohio.—Joseph Jerome, Sup't. and Relief Agent, Soldiers' Lodge, near landing, Memphis, Term.— C. W. Christy, Sup't. and Relief Agent. Soldiers' Lodge, Kelly's Ferry.—W. A. Sutliff, Sup't. Soldiers' Lodge, Bridgeport, Ala.—Rev. O. Kennedy, Sup't. AOENCY FOR PENSIONS. William F. Bascom, Pension Agent, Washington, D. C. HOSPITAL CARS. Bet wen Washington and New York—Sol. Andrews, M. D., Surgeon in charge. HOSPITAL DIRECTORY. The Sanitary Commission has arrangements for supplying information gratuitously with regard to pa tients in tlie Uuited States General Hospital at the following points. Others will be added as new hos pitals, aro opened: EASTERN DEPARTMENT. For information, address " Office Sanitary Commis sion, Washington, D. C." Washington, D. C, Annapolis Junction, Md., Georgetown, I>. C, Cumberland, Md., Alexandria, Va., Point Lookout, Mi Baltimore, Md., Fairfax, Va., Frederick City, Md., York, Perm. Annapolis, Md. PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT. For information, address " Office Sanitary Commis sion, No. 1307 Chestnut street." Philadelphia, Perm., Germantown, Perm., Chester, Perm., Chestnut Hill, Perm., Reading, Perm., Harrisburg, Perm. NEW YORK DEPARTMENT. For information, address " Office Women's Central Union, No. 10 Cooper Institute." New York, N. V., New Haven, Conn., Albany, N. V., Portsmouth Grove. R. 1., Newark, N. J., Boston, Mass., Burlington, Vt., Brattleboro, Vt. WESTERN DEPARTMENT. For information, address " Office Sanitary Commis sion, Louisville, Ky." Columbus, 0., Keokuk, lowa, Cleveland, 0., Davenport, lowa, Camp Chase, 0., Paducah, Ky., Gallipolis, 0., Hickman Bridge, Ky., Cincinnati, 0., Lebanon, Ky., Quincy, 111., Columbus, Ky., Mound City, 111., Louisville, Ky., Jefferson ville, Ind., Covington, Ky., Evansville, Ind., Lexington, Ky., New Albany, Ind., Munfordsville, Ky., Madison, Ind., Bowling Green, Ky., Indianapolis, Ind., Chicago, HI., Miliken f s Bend, La., Lake Providence, La., St. Louis Mo., Leavenworth, Kansas, Rolla, Mo., Memphis. Term., Sprlngneld, Mo., Clarksville, Term., Jefferson Cny, Mo., Murfreesboro, Term., Ironton, Mo., Gallatin, Term., Nashville, Term., Vicksburg, Miss., Corinth, Miss., White River, Ark., Cairo, 111., Point Pleasant, Va., Stevenson, Ala., Chattanooga, Term. In all cases the name, rank, company and regiment of the person enquired for should be given, anu where he was when last heard from. If the application is by letter, the answer will be sent by return o'mall; if in person, it will be answered at onoe; or ii by tele graph, an answer will be returned immediately at the Inquirer's expense. The office of the Directory will be open daily from 8 o'clock, A. M., to 8 o'clock P. M., and in urgent cases applicants ringing the door bell will be received at any hour of the night. Jiff- Soldiers' Aid Societies, clergymen, editors and others, can scarcely serve the cause of humanity more effectually than by freqently and widely dlssemirja ting a knowledge of the above among those who have friends in the army. The hospital statistics in this department of the Sanitary Commission are very complete and exact, and daily prove of incalculable value to the soldiers, their friends and relatives. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT. The Sanitary Commission, under special authority of the President of the United States, man tains an ex tensive system of agencies for securing the safe con veyance to, and distribution of, goods put in its charge for the sick and wounded at points where they are most wanted. It operates with equal care and gen erosity at all points—at New Orleans and at Washing ton • its distributions being governed by a comparison of the wants of the patients In ali cases. To ascertain the relative character of these wants in a trustworthy manner, and to secure an eqnltab.le distribution and honest use of the goods distributed besides the unpaid services of the members of the Commission, twenty physicians of high professional and moral character and more than fifty lay agents, are employed, under pi cuniary securities for responsible and efficient ser v ice. The cost of these arrangements has thus far been about. 3 per centum of the value of the goods dis tributed. The Commission has not been able to obtain authentic evidence of losses, miscarriage, or misap propriations, to the value of one dollar in ten thou sand, of goods which have been once received at its shipping depots. The following is a list of these de pots, to which auxiliary societies, 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 Depot, No. 122 Summer street. Boston, Mass. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 10 Third avenue, New York. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 1307 Chest nut street, Philadelphia. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 46 South Sharp street, Baltimore, Md. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, corner Vine and Sixth streets, Cincinnati, O. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 96 Bank street. Cleveland, O. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 66 Madison street, Chicago, 111. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 2 Adam's Block. Buffalo, New York. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 59 Fourth street, Pittsburg, Perm. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, No. 32 Lamed street. Detroit, Mich. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, Columbus. Ohio. Sanitary Commission, Branch Depot, Fifth street Louisville, Ky. The Commission receives no pecuniary aid whatever from the Government, and is wholly dependent on the voluntary contributions of the public for the means of sustaining its operations. Contributions to the Treasury are solicited, and may be transmitted to T. Strong, Esq., Treasurer, 68 Wall street, N. V, PROTECTIVE WAR CLAIM AND PENSION AGENCI OF THE U. S. Sanitary Commission. O f All the necessary Papers and Correspondence required to procure Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay, for invalid Soldiers and the relatives of Deceased Soldiers, prepared and forwarded free of charge. WILLIAM M. TILGMAN, Chairman Board of Directors. H. LENOX DODGE, M. D., Examinining Surgeon, W. N. ASHMAN, Solicitor. Office No. Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ARE HELD IN THE Chapel of the Christian Commission, AS FOLLOWS: 1. Prayer Meeting every morning, at 9 o'clock. 2. Bible Class every afternoon, at 2 o'clock. 3. Preaching every, evening in the week, at 6 o'clock, with the exception of Wednesday and Saturday even ings ; on the former a Temperance Meeting is held, on the latter a Conference Meeting. SERVICES ON THE SABBATH : 1. Prayer Meeting at 9 o'clock, A. M. 2. Preaching at 1&4 o'clock, A. M. 3. Also, at 6 o'clock, P. M. N. B.—All are cordially invited to attend. CAMP STATIONERY, NEWS AND EX PRESS DEPOT.—At this establishment soldiers will be supplied with all kinds of News and Literary Journals, Stationery, etc., on as reasonable terms as they can be procured in Washington. Connected wi th it is Adams' Express Office, through which all boxes, packages and parcels, including money, can be for warded with the same despatch and safety as from the city depots. Room in the same building with th» Camp Receiving and Post Offices. G. T. CRAWFORD. Stationer and Agent Adams' Express Co,