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 A RECORD 
 
 OF THE 
 
 RED CROSS WORK 
 
 ON THE 
 
 PACIFIC SLOPE 
 
 Including California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho 
 
 with their Auxiliaries; also Reports from Nebraska, 
 
 Tennessee, and far-away Japan. 
 
 Compiled and edited by a Committee appointed by the Executive 
 Board of the California State Red Cross 
 
 MRS. J. G. LEMMON, Chairman 
 MRS. S. A. O NEILL MRS. G. S. ABBOTT 
 
 MRS. L. L. DUNBAR MRS. F. H. GRAY 
 
 MR. J. G. LEMMON 
 
 PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 
 1902 
 
HENRY MORSE STEPHCHS 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 THE late Spanish-American War gave occasion first for the active philanthropic 
 
 attention of the Eastern and Southern states, for the reason that the seat of war was 
 near at hand, in the Caribbean Archipelago. In a few months there were mobilized 
 over 274,000 troops on the Atlantic Coast, but so soon was the conflict ended that 
 only 60,000 troops were called into action. 
 
 The inevitable results of war at once began to appear, weary and hungry 
 recruits on the inarch, sick and wounded soldiers on the battle-field, bereaved and 
 sorrowing friends at home. 
 
 The principal emergency relief work was done by the Red Cross, aided largely 
 by the Cuban Relief Committee of New York, which raised over $215,000. 
 
 The surrender of the Spanish Army at Santiago speedily closed the military 
 operations there, and the theater of war was transferred to the Philippine Archi 
 pelago, the troops for this campaign being mobilized on the Pacific slope, with head 
 quarters at San Francisco. 
 
 The war was prolonged for over three years. The relief work of the Western 
 auxiliaries was expanded correspondingly r . jQalifbrnia, from her location, of course 
 leading in the work, promptly followed by Oregon, Washington, and Nevada, while 
 the farther outlying but neighboring states of Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, and even 
 Tennessee have contributed generous amounts of money, the total estimate exceeding 
 S150,000. The vast total of supplies can not be estimated. In July, 1890, the 
 American colony in far-away Yokohama, Japan, contributed great relief to home- 
 going volunteers, as may be seen in their report. It will be noted that these estimates 
 compare favorably witli those of the Eastern division. 
 
 All told, the number of officers and men going out and returning in the govern 
 ment transports through the Golden Gate amounted to over 185,000 from June, 1898, 
 to July, 1902. 
 
 How the money and supplies were raised, what labor and sacrifice were involved, 
 what important results and signal triumphs were achieved, it is the purpose of this 
 publication to permanently record. As the president of the National Red Cross, 
 Clara Barton has well said: "In these days of awakened sympathies, when the 
 charities of the world are stirring to keep pace with its misfortunes, it is properly 
 expected that those to whom falls the privilege of personally administering the results 
 of these charities, should endeavor to make known the methods employed, and the 
 measure of success attending their efforts." So, in placing into permanent form this 
 record of some of the work that was accomplished on the coast during the great 
 emergency period of the war, particularly relating to the Philippine insurrection, it 
 properly becomes a part of the history expressive of the development along the higher 
 lines of life upon the Pacific slope. 
 
 Miss Barton, the national president of the American Red Cross, writes: "I am 
 rejoiced to know of the good work that the Pacific slope societies will do in the 
 
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 records whirl) will perpetuate their glorious work. I am all the more glad of this 
 because the late, hastv volume, which I was literally compelled to issue, is so imper 
 fect and leaves out so much pertaining to the Pacific slope which ought to he said. 
 I wish vou would make this known to the good workers on your side of the conti 
 nent. Tell them how much I regret that I had not more space to give them, more- 
 time to do it, and more material then at hand." 
 
 The decision to make this record was brought about by the writer, who, in con 
 versation with members of the state executive board, spoke of the life regret 
 expressed to her by Dr. Henrv W. Bellows, president of the United States Sanitary 
 Commission, that some detailed and available word was not made of the immense 
 work of that commission, in which the Pacific slope shared so largely. The execu 
 tive board, with its careful business methods, readily appreciated the suggestion, and 
 resolved to set about collecting data to that end. 
 
 Earlv in 18911 a committee of two was appointed, Mrs. ,J. G. Lemmon, of 
 Oakland, and Mrs. S. A. O Neill, of Alameda. 
 
 The committee at once entered upon its duties of collecting needed information 
 from all auxiliary societies. In the meantime the war continued, and calls for service 
 in relief work were constantly made. 
 
 The early plan anticipated, that of issuing the book within a year, was twice 
 deferred bv action of the executive board, for while the relief work was going on and 
 its history forming, it was argued that the record could not be brought to a finish. 
 The committee, however, held itself in readiness for the gratuitous labor of love. 
 
 In 1900 the committee was enlarged by the appointment of Mrs. G. 8. Abbott, 
 president of the Oakland Auxiliary Society, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar, secretary of the 
 state association, and Mr. -I. G. Lemmon, member of the Oakland Red Cross and 
 charter member of the recently reincorporated National Red Cross, Washington, D. C. 
 
 All societies were invited to send to the chairman as complete reports as possible, 
 that their final summing up might appear about as each local society should desire. 
 
 Mrs. S. A. O Neill consented to collect the needed illustrations, and, as the work 
 expanded, she was assisted by Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. (Tray, and the Chairman, while Mr. 
 Lemmon was invited to write up the general history of the Red Cross and the recent 
 reincorporation of the American National Red Cross. 
 
 There were four state organizations, all auxiliary to the American National Red 
 Cross. The state societies included their respective auxiliary societies, each sys 
 tematically officered for efficient work. It will be shown by the reports the credit 
 able results such service gave. 
 
 General Merritt and start* expressed their deep appreciation in behalf of the 
 military just before sailing for Manila, in these words: "God bless the women of the 
 Red Cross. We shall never forget the splendid kindness and hospitality accorded 
 us. Tell all the world for us that every officer and man in the service blesses the 
 noble women of the Red Cross. Their work is priceless." 
 
 Such remarkable and unique developments, consequent upon the military move 
 ments in San Francisco, resulted in the singularly varied and useful activity of the 
 Red Cross. In the heat and bustle of hurried preparations for an unexpected and 
 prolonged war, the overtaxed government had never reckoned to do for the soldier 
 
what the mother might consider for her boy s well-being. Here is where the Red 
 Cross, in one of many ways supplemented the good, well-meaning government. She 
 just "mothered" the boys, and, while speeding them to the front, her patriotic heart 
 ached in tender sympathy as she helped bridge oyer the rough places, by carefully 
 tending the sick and adding many comforts to all within reach of her bounty, thus 
 doing away with much needless suffering and proving to every American soldier that 
 the American woman loves every man of them as the mother cherishes her son. 
 
 In compiling, editing, and issuing this record, and closing its work, the com 
 mittee reports itself as having labored under great difficulties, through many unlooked- 
 for detentions, such as resubmitting reports, often at long distances, for certain need- 
 fid corrections And, notwithstanding scrupulous care and never-ending patience of 
 the committee, errors and omissions may be discovered, that lie only in the province 
 of some local society to have corrected at the opportune time. 
 
 Special thanks are here expressed for volunteer service rendered by a member of 
 the executive state board, Mrs. John (J. ( 1 lark, who caused to be printed and per 
 sonally sent out one thousand folders to prominent historical societies and libraries 
 announcing the publication of this book. 
 
 All that now remains for me is to exchange greetings and parting congratulations 
 that the end for which the book was designed is accomplished, and express deepest 
 appreciation for the willing, painstaking, and efficient assistance of my close associates 
 on the Publishing Committee. 
 
 MKS. J. (T. LKMMOX, 
 
 Chairman. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 California II 
 
 San Francisco 73 
 
 Oakland 161 
 
 Other State Auxiliaries 213 
 
 Oregon 333 
 
 Washington .... 35 1 
 
 Nevada 4O5 
 
 Idaho -412 
 
 Nebraska . 41.5 
 
 Yokohama 432 
 
 Appendix 434 
 
.1//-N. Willfn-,1 /, . Jlrirrhif/f 
 President California Red Cross Stat<> 
 
 Association. 
 
To the People of the Pacific Coast 
 
 Historical records of the time show that the sum pi von for relief work 
 for our army ami navy by the citizens of California during the Civil Wai- 
 was almost as great as that of any of the larger states of the Union. The 
 generous response to the appeal of the California State Red Cross Asso 
 ciation and the San Francisco Keel Cross Society, as reported in this book, 
 proves that the patriotic traditions of the fathers are cherished in full 
 vigor by their children and successors. These large and spontaneous gifts 
 were confined to no class, to no section of the state. Rich and poor, old 
 and voting, in the larger cities, the small towns, and in rural hamlets, wen/ 
 equally enthusiastic in giving the money and supplies which made it pos 
 sible to render most important aid to our soldiers in camp and hospital, at 
 o period in the Spanish-American War when the government service was 
 quite inadequate to perform the service. This aid, beginning at the 
 Presidio at San Francisco, was continued on every transport leaving this 
 port for Manila, covered the battle-fields and hospitals in the Philippines, 
 and did not cease until the War Department was able to fully cope with 
 the situation. The work of the Red Cross was fully recognized by all who 
 received assistance and by officers of the government who were familiar with 
 its operations. From the highest to the lowest official, our labors were aided 
 and encouraged. Our late honored President, during his recent visit to 
 San Francisco, gave most graceful expression to his personal appreciation 
 of the service rendered, and extended the thanks of the government for 
 the invaluable aid rendered. 
 
 The funds intrusted to our charge were carefully expended, and the 
 vast quantity of supplies received was distributed with discretion. The 
 work thus entailed was done at small cost, considering its magnitude, the 
 sum paid for salaries and wages being comparatively insignificant. Al 
 though important assistance was rendered by men in the way of financial 
 supervision and wise counsel, the details of management of Red Cross affairs 
 in nearly all departments fell largely upon the women of California, and 
 the history of their unselfish labors, as recounted in this volume, will remain 
 a lasting tribute to their ability and patriotic spirit. It must not be under 
 stood that Red Cross work is ended, or that our state organization, with 
 its numerous local societies, is to abandon the field. The experience of 
 Great Britain in South Africa, and of our country in the Philippines, shows 
 that, despite the growing inclination to arbitrate differences, the nations 
 of the world are by no means ready to substitute the plowshare for the sword, 
 and a recurrence of calamities as fatal as the flood at Galveston may be 
 expected at any time. For such emergencies we should keep alive our 
 various branches. We may be confident that, should their services be 
 required, support will not be lacking from the public-spirited citizens of 
 California. MT?S. WILLAHD B. HAKRIXGTOX, 
 
 President California Shite Association. 
 
Mrs. L. Jj. Dunbar, 
 
 Secretary California State Red Cross Association. 
 
SECRETARY S REPORT. 
 
 CALIFORNIA RED CROSS STATE ASSOCIATION. 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 
 THE beginning of Red Cross organization and work in California can 
 best be told in the reports of the San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, 
 and a few other societies, which sprang into existence with the 
 order for the National Guard, as the 1st California Volunteers, to go to 
 Manila. 
 
 The regiment was very imperfectly equipped, and the first work done 
 was to supply its needs. Later the mobilization in San Francisco of troops 
 from all parts of the country, en route to the Philippines, developed the 
 need of actual Eed Cross work. Red Cross societies were formed iu all 
 the towns surrounding the hay, and soon the enthusiasm spread to all parts 
 of the state. In less than one month after the first Red Cross society was 
 formed, the need of a state organization was recognized. 
 
 Letters were received from all parts of the state asking for informa 
 tion in regard to the formation of societies and telling of work being done. 
 It was apparent that much labor and energy were being wasted for want 
 of concentrated action, and the necessity of a central organization, through 
 which all could work intelligently, was forced upon us. 
 
 On May 16, 1898, an advisory council, consisting of delegates from 
 societies already formed, met at the Occidental Hotel, through the courtesy 
 of Majoi W. B. Hooper, and the formation of a state society was thoroughly 
 discusssed. On May 25 a second meeting was held, at which were present 
 Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Mrs. J. F. Merrill, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, Mrs. W. 
 R. Smedberg, Colonel W. R. Parnell, Mr. Adolph Mack, Rabbi Voorsanger, 
 Rev. Dr. Stebbins, Mayor James D. Phelan, of San Francisco; Mrs. J. G. 
 Lemmon, Mrs. John Bakcwell, and Mr. F. B. Ginn, of Oakland; Mrs. 
 Wake field Baker, of Sausalito; Mrs. J. M. Griffith, of Los Angeles, and 
 many others. Through Mrs. J. G. Lemmon, who acted as secretary at this 
 meeting, and who had been a warm personal friend of Miss Clara Barton, 
 explanations were made as to what must be done to organize California 
 Red Cross in harmony with the American National Red Cross, and with 
 these preliminary explanations final steps were taken towards the organi 
 zation of California Red Cross State Association. It was decided that the 
 governing body of the association should be an executive board of fifteen 
 members, six of whom should be appointed from San Francisco Red Cross, 
 four from Alameda County societies, two from Oakland, one from Alameda, 
 and one from Berkeley, and five from the state at large. In accordance 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 3//-N. S. A. O Neill, 
 
 Chairman of Executive Board, Alameda Red 
 
 Cross, and First Vice-Prosident and 
 
 Member of Book Committee, 
 
 State Association. 
 
 s 1 . Oscar F. Long, 
 Second Vice-President, Building Committee 
 Convalescent Home, State Association. 
 
 -1/V.S. E. R. DiKtd, of Sdti 
 
 Assistant Treasurer, State Association. 
 
 .1//-.S. T. It. McGiint, 
 
 Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer of 
 
 Alameda Ked Cross, and Assistant 
 
 Treasurer of State Association. 
 
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 with this resolution, Me*dumes \V. U. Harrington, W. II. Smedberg. E. R. 
 Dimond, L. L. Punhar, J. F. Merrill, and Col. W. It. Parnell, of San 
 Francisco Red Cross; Mr*. Granville Abbott, Mrs. S. A. O Xeill, Mr. F. 
 B. Ginn, and .Mrs. G. W. llaight, of Alaineda Comity; Mrs. Wakefield 
 Baker, of Marin Comity; Mrs. Albert Klkus, of Sacramento Comity; and 
 Mrs. J. M. Griffith, of Los Angeles, were elected an executive hoard, with 
 rhe following officers; President, Mrs. W. B. "Harrington; vice-presidents, 
 Mrs. J. M. Griffith, Mrs. Albert Klkiis, and Mrs. Granville Abbott; secre 
 tary, Mrs. L. L. Dmibar; treasurer, Mr. Win. E. Brown; assistant treas 
 urer, Mrs. E. R. Dimond. Mrs. Louis Weinmann was later appointed 
 corresponding secretary. 
 
 Later Mrs. Maddox, of Santa Clara County, and Mrs. I). II. Webster, 
 of Fresno County, were elected to fill the quota. The following changes 
 took place shortly after the formation of the state society : Mrs. J. F. Merrill, 
 finding that her duties as president of San Francisco Red Cross required 
 all of her time and attention, resigned from the state board, and Mr. Adolph 
 Mack was elected to fill the vacancy. Mrs. Granville Abbott, president 
 of Oakland Red Cross, for the same reason, also resigned, and Mrs. O. F. 
 Long was elected in her stead. Upon the resignation of Mr. F. B. Ginn, 
 of the Oakland Red Cross, Mrs. J. G. Lemmon was elected, and Mrs. Warring 
 Wilkinson took the place made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. G. W. 
 Haight, Mrs. A. Marquand later succeeding Mrs. Wilkinson. Mrs. Mad 
 dox, representing Santa Clara County, was succeeded by Mrs. S. F. Leib. 
 
 Mrs. Diinond held her position until September, 1898, when, the strain 
 proving too great, she was compelled to resign, greatly to the regret of IKT 
 <>oworkers, both as a member of the board and as assistant treasurer. Mrs. 
 Louis Weinmann, the corresponding secretary, resigned her position, and 
 was elected to fill both vacancies, Miss Miriam TV. Wallis being elected cor 
 responding secretary. 
 
 Later the following named persons have been added to the working 
 force; Mrs. S. A. O Xeil, first vice-president; Mrs. Mary F. McGurn, 
 treasurer ; Mrs. John IL Dickinson, assistant treasurer ; Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. 
 Annette Clark, Mrs. I. Loweuberg, Mrs. F. O. Smith, Mrs. John Bakewell, 
 Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa, Mrs. A. W. Scott, Mrs. Wendell Easton, Airs. 
 F. M. Angelotti, Col. Charles Sonntagg, George W. Mastiek, diaries C. 
 Gardner, John F. Merrill, William Alvord, Judge M. C. Sloss, consulting 
 counsel. 
 
 The first meeting of the executive board was held in the Occidental 
 Hotel, but immediately following, through the kindness of Mrs. Phoebe A. 
 Hearst, two rooms were given to the state society in the Hearst Building. 
 These rooms were occupied by the society, rent free, for five months, when 
 other rooms were taken in the same building, at a nominal rental, and 
 continued to be the headquarters of the society until July, 1001. The rooms 
 were fitted up at a small expense, most of the furnishings being donated 
 by kind friends. The telephone company generously placed a telephone 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 3//-.S. (V. W. // ///////, <>f Berkeley, 
 Executive Board, State Association. 
 
 3/r.s. Annette Clark, 
 Executive Board, State Association. 
 
 Colonel W. R. 
 Executive Board, State Association. 
 
 Mr. A</ol/>/i Mock, of San Fr<nn-i *<<>, 
 Executive Board, State Association. 
 
California Report. 15 
 
 in the office and allowed the use of it absolutely free of charge for eight 
 months. There were no salaried officers, but for six months, from nine 
 o clock in the morning until five and six o clock in the evening, busy women 
 sat at their desks, giving of their time and strength, anxious to save every 
 dollar, so that it might be expended for the benefit only of those for whom 
 the Red Cross was organized. At the end of six months the close confine 
 ment and the arduous work so told upon those in the office that it was found 
 necessary to employ a clerk. This clerk, and a man to do the heavy lifting 
 and errands, are the only persons connected with the State Red Cross Society 
 who have ever received any salary whatsoever. 
 
 It being the desire of California Red Cross to ally itself with the 
 American National Red Cross, in order that, if necessary, it might be able, 
 under its flag, with its motto, "Humanity, Neutrality," to carry on work 
 in the Philippines, one of the first steps taken by the executive board after 
 its organization was to open a correspondence with the American Xational 
 Red Cross, with a view to becoming an auxiliary to the parent organization, 
 and also to secure official information in regard to its work. 
 
 There was much to be done, however, and so, while awaiting a reply 
 to our communication, a constitution was framed, as nearly as we could 
 learn, along the lines of the national society, and adopted : a circular letter 
 \vas prepared, advising in regard to the formation of auxiliary societies, the 
 conditions of membership in the state association, and other matters of detail. 
 This circular letter, the constitution of the state association and of the San 
 Francisco Red Cross, and a form of constitution for auxiliary societies, were 
 printed in pamphlet form and sent to all Red Cross societies throughout 
 the state, also upon application to societies in Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, 
 Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and ToAva. Applications for membership were 
 rapidly received, and at this date one hundred and seven societies have been 
 enrolled. These societies were Almo (Idaho), Alameda, Auburn, Arroyo 
 Grande, Berkeley, Benicia, Belvedere, Bakersfield and Kern City, Boone- 
 ville, Beatrice (Nebraska), Byron, Cloverdale, Corvallis (Oregon), Colusa, 
 Centerville, Cayucos, Calistoga, Colfax, Camp Meeker, Cupertino, Con 
 cord, Castroville, Danville, Dixon, Downieville, Elko (Nevada), Eureka, 
 Fresno, Felton, Ferndale, Fowler, Gilroy, Grass Valley, Gait, Hopland, 
 Hollister, Hanford, Tone, Jackson, Korbel, Kelseyville, Los Angeles, Lin 
 coln, Lompoc, Lake County, Martinez, Monterey and Pacific Grove, Mill 
 Valley, Marysville, Mendocino, Maxwell, Nevada City, Napa, Nipomo, 
 Newcastle, New Almaden, Oakland, Oroville, "Overall Brigade" (West 
 Berkeley), Palo Alto, Petaluma, Point Arena, Pleasanton, Pasadena, 
 Pescadero, Paso Robles, Pocatello (Idaho), Rohnerville, Riverside, Red 
 wood City, Redlands, Rocklin, San Francisco, San Rafael, Sausalito, Salinas, 
 San Mateo, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, San Leandro, Suisun, Stockton, 
 (San Joaqiiin County Red Cross), Sacramento, St. Helena, Santa Cruz, 
 Sutter Creek, San Diego, Sonoma, Santa Barbara, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa, 
 Shasta (children s auxiliary), Santa Paula, Truckee, Tulare, Tracy, Ukiah, 
 
1C. 
 
 Pacific Coast Eed Cross Society. 
 
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 Rer. H. If. Sfrbbhix, 
 
 Pastor First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, 
 Advisory Council, State Association. 
 
 Rabbi Voor ganger, 
 
 Advisory Council, State Association. 
 
 Will uim J/ro/v/, 
 Advisory Council, State Association. 
 
 James D. Phelan, 
 Advisory Council, State Association. 
 
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 Visalia, Vacaville, Valley Ford, Vallejo. Ventura, Woodland. Willow (Jim 
 (San Jose), \Vhiiticr Stale School, Weaverville, Walnut Creek. Besides 
 these then- were societies in Antioch, San Ardo, Pinole, Dutch Flat, Fort 
 Bragg, Arcata, Guadaloupe, Red Blufl , Ross Valley, Magnolia (Butte 
 County), Cotton wood, Fort Bidwell, Brentwood, Lemoore, Placerville, 
 Haywards, not enrolled as members, which aided liberally with both money 
 and supplies. 
 
 We have not had a complete list of the members of our various auxili 
 aries, but know that our little badges of membership, adopted early in the 
 work, have been worn by more than, twenty thousand of the people of 
 California. 
 
 A copy of the pamphlet, together with a detailed statement of the 
 work of the Red Cross of California, was sent to Mr. Stephen E. Barton, 
 vice-president of the American National Red Cross, with the request, also, 
 that a delegate be sent to aid us in organizing. Soon after a response was 
 received, expressing pleasure at what had been done, and stating that a 
 delegate from the Xational Society would be sent to inspect our work and 
 advise in organizing. 
 
 In July Judge Joseph Sheldon, a member of the American National 
 Association, the promised delegate, arrived. He informed himself fully 
 as to what had been done and of the constitution that had been adopted, 
 and expressed his surprise that without definite knowledge of the consti 
 tution of the American Xational Red Cross, we had planned our work so 
 closely on its lines. 
 
 Thoroughly approving of the work as reported to him in detail, and 
 expressing satisfaction with the results of his own investigation, Judge 
 Sheldon recognized "California Red Cross, State Association, 7 as auxili 
 ary to the American National Red Cross. The parent organization has 
 shown its appreciation of our work and its confidence in us by delegating 
 to us the work in the Philippines, and societies formed in the west have 
 been referred to us for information, and have been advised to work through 
 California Red Cross. 
 
 In all our work we have endeavored not to transgress or conflict with 
 army regulations, and to this end many conferences have been held with 
 Generals Merritt, Merriam, and Shafter, as well as with the surgeons in 
 charge. They have aided us courteously and kindly, and have granted all 
 the privileges possible, for which we have been most grateful. 
 
 About $180,000 have been raised in the state of California for the 
 Red Cross, San Francisco alone contributing nearly $100,000. 
 
 While figures tell much, they fail to tell of the patriotic enthusiasm 
 aroused in all parts of the state. It was only natural that in San Fran 
 cisco, in the midst of the excitement, all should be full of enthusiasm and 
 interest, but it was surprising to learn how much of it there was in remote 
 and interior towns. An enthusiastic worker in Ukiah told us how the money 
 was raised in her county by the children of contributions received from 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 .Judy* .}f. C. .SVo.s.s, <>f San Francisco^ 
 Consulting Council, State Association. 
 
 Executive Board, Chairman on Testimonials. 
 
 Chairman Book Committee, State 
 
 Association. 
 
 .1/j-x. Wnkrjield Raker, <>f H 
 Executive Board, State Association. 
 
 Ma}nr W. B. Hnnpc,-, 
 Advisory Council, State Association. 
 
California Report. H> 
 
 Indians as well as whites, and of the dear old lady who rode twenty miles 
 over rough mountain roads to bring her donations of comfort bags, bandages, 
 etc., as well as some nice little delicacies for the "sick boys." From Duns- 
 muir came a letter from a good little German woman, which told of the. 
 feather bed she had brought from the "Fatherland," and which had been 
 made into pillows and ^ent for use in the hospital. Many an aching head 
 has no doubt rested more easily for the sacrifice. 
 
 A peculiar feature of our work as compared with that of the Red Cross 
 in the east is that our contributions have not been received from a few 
 wealthy people only. But from rich and poor, old and young, and from 
 all nationalities, have come the contributions which have made up the grand 
 total. The children of our state did their share of the work nobly, many 
 of them making regular monthly contributions. 
 
 In Shasta, Valley Ford, and Booneville we had auxiliaries of young 
 girls, and in West Berkeley we had the "Overall Brigade." composed of 
 fifteen boys and one girl, the "daughter of the regiment," no doubt. -. A letter 
 from the brigade informed us that they had given an entertainment at "Fort 
 Dewey/ otherwise known as "Baronidas Barn," and enclosed a copy of a 
 poem recited at the entertainment, breathing the fiercest sentiments against 
 the Spanish. The sum of thirty-two dollars, realized at the entertainment, 
 was proudly brought into the office by a small member of the brigade. 
 
 Of the original one hundred and seven societies, eighty-nine still remain 
 in our organization. Thirteen societies have disbanded, and one, that of 
 Elko, Xevada, withdrew to unite with the Xevada State Red dross upon its 
 formation. It has been a satisfaction that so few of the auxiliaries have dis 
 banded and we hope that in the coming years the number will not bo decreased 
 but that new societies will spring up. It has been found necessary to make 
 but few calls on the auxiliaries for assistance during the past year, but we have 
 always felt that when necessity required it there would be a prompt response 
 to any appeal. 
 
 All the troops coming to our state were accorded a hearty welcome and 
 were well cared for. At Coif ax, Sacramento, and down the line to San Fran 
 cisco, they were met by hospitality committees and given a substantial meal 
 and a profusion of flowers. In San Francisco thousands of men were thus 
 welcomed in the first year of our existence by San Francisco, Oakland, Ala- 
 meda, San Rafael, Sausalito, and Belvedere Red Cross Societies ; besides 
 which, lunches were furnished to all outgoing troops. A detailed report of 
 this work will be given in the reports of the societies mentioned. 
 
 The knowledge of the long list of unknown dead of the Civil War was 
 the inspiration for the little "Identification Medals," which in the beginning 
 were furnished by San Francisco Red Cross to the troops of the first expedi 
 tion. Later the state association assumed this work, and the medals were 
 supplied to every volunteer regiment going to Manila, irrespective of the 
 states from which they came. Through the efforts of Mrs. O. F. Long* the 
 soldiers of the regular army going to Manila were also supplied with the 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society 
 
 Jnhn H. Merrill, 
 Advisory Council, State Association. 
 
 Gf or(/f H. Mtt stick, of Ahunedii, 
 Advisory Council, State Association, 
 
 Advisory Council, State Association. 
 
 Mr. C. C. Gardner i <>f Alaineda, 
 Advisor} Council, State Association. 
 
California Report. 
 
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 badges. A few of the stales have reimburse*! our society tor ihis outlay. 
 We helieve tliat the idea <>f the " Ident ilieai ion Medals originated liere and 
 that no such means of identification were taken in the east. The badges 
 were made of aluminum, about the size of a half dollar, and were inscribed 
 with the company, regiment, and number of each soldier. Many a mother in 
 the east, whose boy had enlisted, wrote, asking for a medal for her boy, 
 and it was always gladly sent, bringing, we have been assured, comfort and 
 relief to the mother s heart. 
 
 -I//-*. A . IT. M, Kinsti )i, 
 Chief of State Supply Department, State Association. 
 
 Shortly after the organization of the state society, it was found neces 
 sary, owing to the large quantities of supplies that were pouring in from all 
 parts of our state, to open a supply department and appoint a committee to 
 rake charge of these supplies. Mrs. E. McKinstry was appointed chairman 
 of the committee, and with her assistants did most excellent work. San 
 Francisco Red Cross kindly offered quarters in their room at 1 6 Post Street, 
 a portion of which was partitioned off and the state committee was soon bus 
 ily engaged in receiving and distributing supplies. The following report, 
 presented by Mrs. McKinstry, will show the disposition made of the supplies. 
 
 IJTCPOUT OF THE STATE SUPPLY DEPAKTMEXT. 
 
 Before presenting this report for your consideration, it may be well 
 to say a few words in regard to the particular work of this department. 
 About the first of June, 1M>S, our worthy president decided that, in order to 
 facilitate the distribution of the donations so lavishly pouring in, not only 
 
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 from San Francisco and its immediate vicinity, but from all quarters of the 
 >tate, it would he expedient to organize a department where all donations 
 from any place other than the city of San Francisco, might be received. 
 
 Accordingly, a portion of the city department was partitioned off, and 
 on the 6th of .June I he state supply department was ready for duty. From 
 Shasta to San Diego came packages of all shapes, sizes, and varieties. Let 
 ters poured in, all asking the same question, "What do you need, and how 
 much ? The great heart of the jx ople was beating in sympathy, and sought 
 expression for its deep fending in an ardent desire to help the brave men, who, 
 for our common country, had left home and friends and were ready and 
 willing to die if need be to uphold the honor of the nation. This is no time 
 ro speak of the poetic side of a seemingly most practical subject, but each 
 donation speaks eloquently, and the message is the same loyalty to country, 
 love for humanity, and tenderest sympathy for the sick and suffering. 
 Beautiful, indeed, have been the lessons taught during these weeks of con 
 stant labor, and one and all have esteemed it a privilege to give the most 
 willing service of mind and body to send upon their mission for relief your 
 loyal gifts. The report following will give some idea of what has been 
 accomplished, as far as mere figures can, but there is much more in this 
 great work than facts or figures can portray. 
 
 Everything sent us has been distributed as we thought the sender would 
 desire, and whenever a wish has been expressed to have anything sent to 
 a particular person or place, it has been done whenever possible. The fol 
 lowing list comprises but a small part of the donations received by the 
 state department 1rom June (> to August 6: 
 
 21,784 abdominal bandages, 5,322 esinarch bandages, 2,628 rolled band 
 ages, 10,308 comfort bags, 2,41>2 sheets, 5,685 denim pillow ticks, 239 hospital 
 and surgical shirts, 13 Aral) tents, 388 packages of literature, 307 boxes of 
 fresh fruit, 103 sacks of dried fruit, 200 plaster-of-Paris bandages, 4,307 
 pillow cases. 
 
 Also large quantities of groceries, preserves, vegetables, drugs, and 
 thousands of useful articles, the mention of which would consume too much 
 time now. Special donations have been sent to the California, Iowa, South 
 Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, Washington, and Tennessee regiments, also ;i 
 large case sent by the " Gold Leaf Charity Clnb" (colored) to the hospital 
 in Manila. 
 
 Among the things sent to "Manila for hospital use may be mentioned: 
 
 1,777 abdominal bands, 337 surgical and hospital shirts, 81 sets pajamas, 
 2,020 sheets, 3,713 pillow cases, 722 handkerchiefs, 13 tents, besides towels, 
 nightshirts, socks, medicines, stationery, and delicacies. 
 
 Our grateful thanks are cordially extended to each and every one of the 
 generous contributors, and they are not alone in California; Washington, 
 Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, and Arizona have all done nobly. Our one 
 regret has been that time did not permit us to write a letter of thanks instead 
 of a brief acknowledgment to each generous donor. This report can not 
 
California Report 23 
 
 close without a few words of thanks to the ladies who have given so cheer- 
 hilly and faithfully their time and labor, particularly to Mrs. Breyfogle. 
 Mrs. Clark, Misses Melliss, Jordan, Kussell, Gertrude P,urnett, Harring 
 ton, and ("oilier: last, but certainly not. least, to Miss Augusta Weber, who 
 lias done much in every way, particularly in acting as secretary. To the 
 ladies of the executive board thanks are due for their unfailing courtesy 
 and consideration. To "Mrs. Willard B. Harrington, our worthy state 
 president, it would be impossible to express what we feel. Always courteous 
 and untiring where any good can be done, patient to a fault, to her is entirely 
 due any good which the state department may have accomplished. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 ANNIE L. McKrasTRY, 
 Chief of State Supply Department. 
 
 DONATIONS RKCKTF.VD BY STATK SUPPLY DEPARTMENT FROM JUNE 6 
 
 TO AUGUST 6, 1898. 
 
 ows 
 
 21,784 abdominal bandages, 2,492 sheets, 6,458 caps, 137 pill 
 10,308 comfort bags, 1,317 handkerchiefs, 337 suits pajamas, 104 flannel 
 shirts, 165 surgical shirts, 16 underdrawers, 127 surgical bandages, 190 
 wash cloths, 9 pincushions, 22 tent pockets, 185 throat bandages, 2,628 
 lolled bandages, 25 fans, 5,322 esmarch bandages, 4,307 pillow cases, 5,696 
 pillow ticks, 974 towels, 590 pairs socks, 13 pairs hospital slippers, 140 
 nightshirts, 73 hospital shirts, 148 undershirts, 614 arm slings, 1,OS7 dis 
 infectant bags, 15 denim packing bags, 40 tents, 1 blanket, 158 chest pro- 
 lectors, 3 pairs suspenders, 34 mosquito nets. 
 
 DRt GS. 
 
 3 boxes plaster-of-Paris bandages, 1 box iodoform gauze, 1 package 
 flaxseed, 6 bottles "Florida water, 18 tubes vaselin, 12 papers court plaster, 
 1 comb, 57 boxes salve, 200 plaster-of-Paris bandages, 12 yards bobbinet, 
 1 piece oil silk, 1 pound camphor, 2 bottles vaselin, 24 sponges, 8 rubber 
 pillows, 620 packages foot powder, 2 cases foot powder, 6 bars soap, 77 
 cakes soap, 6 boxes soap. 
 
 GROCERIES, ETC. 
 
 25 pounds coffee, 1 sack flour, 10 cans condensed milk, 1 can malted 
 milk, 1 can malt extract, 7 cans condensed milk, cocoa, and deviled ham, 1 
 barrel olives, 11 rolls butter, 2 packages chocolate, 4 bottles catsup, 2 cases 
 wine, 20 cases eggs, 72 chickens, 388 packages literature, 1 box stationery, 
 games, and playing cards, 307 boxes fresh fruit, 7 boxes dried fruit, 62 
 glasses jc-llv, 3S sacks vegetables, 3 cards buttons, 100 cartons needles, 12 
 pieces tape, 16 pincushions, 2 bolts flannelette, 50 pounds sugar, 4 cases 
 
24 7V///V Coast Rc<l Cross Society. 
 
 canned com and tomatoes, 2 cases evaporated cream, 4 cases salmon, 1 ham, 
 1 sack nuts, 1 box butter, 6 bottles Chile sauce, 2 bottles cordial, 10 bottles 
 wiue, 1 package tea, 63 Testaments, 78 postage stamps, 18 lead pencils, 103 
 sacks dried fruit, 192 jars preserves, 78 cases preserves, 3 boxes buttons, 
 16 spools cotton, 1 package thread and needles, 2 bolts muslin, several yards 
 cheesecloth, 24 spoons, large quantities of old linen, muslin, lint, 1 large 
 case playing cards, 20 shoe laces. 
 
 LIST OF ARTICLES SENT TO MAN IT, A. 
 
 1,777 abdominal bands, 1,587 esmarch bandages, 2,020 sheets, 5,021 
 pillow cases, 434 dcuini ticks, 1SS surgical shirts, US nightshirts., 193 
 hospital shirts, 118 pajamas, 2 pajama jackets, 447 and 2 sacks rolled 
 bands, 93 pillows, 13 tents, 241 arm slings, 347 towels, 140 cakes soap, 
 298 pairs socks, 41 throat bands, 962 handkerchiefs, 82 nurses aprons, 22 
 tent pockets, 36 nurses gowns, 5 packages absorbent cotton, 1 pound cam 
 phor, 6 bottles .Florida water, 11 clothes bags, packages of letter paper, 2 
 pongee shirts, 1 case brandy, 3 packages dried fruit, 1 box antiphlogistine, 
 1 case port wine, 1 bag lint, 36 Manila caps, 190 comfort bags (128 con 
 tained towel, soap, handkerchief, band, and housewife), 4 whisk brooms. 
 
 .Mrs. McKinstry continued her work as chairman of the department 
 until October, after which Miss Weber, and later the clerk in the office, car- 
 vied it on, until the necessity for its continuance no longer existed. All thn 
 transports leaving for the Philippines were supplied with medicines, boxes 
 of fruits, and delicacies for the sick en route. Such supplies as could not 
 be furnished from the supply department were purchased by Mrs. W. R. 
 Smedberg and Mrs. M. F. McGurn, of the purchasing committee, and her 
 good judgment was a guarantee that the boxes contained all that might be 
 needed. The supplies not used were turned over to Red Cross representa 
 tives in Manila for use there. 
 
 Early in May, 1808, the great amount of sickness in the camps being 
 reported at a meeting of the San "Francisco Red Cross, it was decided to 
 erect a Red Cross hospital tent at the Presidio. Permission being readily 
 granted, the tent was erected and fitted out with all conveniences for tin 1 
 care of the sick. A committee on nurses, with Mrs. Wendell Easton as 
 chairman, was appointed, which secured the services of trained nurses, and 
 everything possible Avas done for the comfort and care of the sick men. 
 The nurses volunteered their services, receiving no compensation, but only 
 their maintenance. 
 
 Among the first to volunteer were A. Parker Lewis and C. M. Waage, 
 graduate nurses, skilled in their profession, who gave up lucrative positions 
 to offer their services to the Red Cross. The story of their work at the 
 Presidio Avill be found in the records of San Francisco Red Cross. 
 
 When, about the middle of May, the first expedition, consisting of the 
 1st California Volunteers, AY.IS ordered to Manila on the City of Pekin</, 
 an earnest and finallv successful effort Avas made to send these tAvo nurses 
 
California. /Vy>o/7. 2-> 
 
 with the expedition, to care for the sick boys en route, and to look after theiv 
 needs when they readied their destination. It was not, however, until 
 within a few hours of the actual sailing hour, on May 25, 1808, that per 
 mission was received from Mai or-Gcneral Otis, the commanding officer, 
 
 C. 3/. Waaye, 
 First Nurse Sent to Manila. 
 
 for the two men to go. They were hurriedly fitted out with everything 
 necessary that could be thought of for their own use, as well as with supplies 
 such as drug s, delicacies, etc., for the sick, and a quantity of literature for 
 the use of the men in general. They carried with them the following letter 
 of authorization : 
 
 " Headquarters Ked Cross Society of California, 
 
 "San Francisco, Cal., May 24, 1808. 
 
 "This will certify that Christian M. Waage and A. Parker Lewis are 
 nurses from the Red Cross Society of California, and are authorized to 
 supply from their goods anything that will aid the surgeons in the care 
 of the sick and wounded of any and all that shall come under their super 
 vision. (Signed) MRS. WILLARD B. HARRINGTON, 
 
 President Red Cross of California/ 
 
 The nurses were not accorded a very Avarm welcome at first by the sur 
 geons and hospital corps, but by exercising great tact, and doing nothing 
 to antagonize these officials, as well as by their cordial desire to be of use 
 and their evident knowledge of what to do, they soon won recognition, and 
 were able to accomplish a great deal of good. The fact was no doubt largely 
 due to the efforts of these two men that the Pektnfj arrived at Cavite, their 
 first point of destination in the Philippines, without having had a death, 
 and with only a very few men who could not go ashore without the aid 
 of others. Whenever any of the men became ill, they were promptly and 
 conscientiously looked after, and the Ked Cross supplies judiciously admin 
 istered did much to keep down serious illness. Among the most seriously 
 ill when Cavite was reached was Mr. Lewis, whose unceasing care for the 
 
20 1*11 rife Coast Red CVox.s Society. 
 
 welfare of others during 1 the voyage had undermined his <>\vn health. He 
 was carefully attended by Mr. Waage, and hy the time the hospital, which 
 had at once heen established, had been put in fairly good condition, he was 
 able to he around and take up his work. We quote the following from 
 Mr. Waagc s very interesting report : 
 
 Ami so, when Mr. Lewis was able to be round again, the hospital was 
 in a fairlv good condition, hut at the same time well tilled with patients, 
 for now we had men from different organizations to take care of, and thus 
 our responsibility had been considerably increased. Xor, indeed, were we 
 now dealing with our own surgeons merely, but the surgeons of other regi 
 ments took charge in turn, and thus we came in contact with all of them. 
 There appears all along the line to have been a kind of tacit understand 
 ing as to our position in regard to the hospital service, for at no time was 
 our authority in the hospital infringed upon by any of the surgeons, but 
 ratlu ] emphasized by them, no matter what organization they belonged to, 
 and we were at all times looked to as the responsible parties in charge of 
 the hospital work proper. This was probably caused by the good opinion 
 that our own surgeons had of us, and which they communicated to others 
 as they arrived; but the staunch friendship of Captain- Surgeon McYay, 
 of the 14th Infantry, U. $. A., who was really in charge of the hospital 
 at the time, had much to do with it. This excellent officer, who laid down 
 his life in the service of his country in the Philippines at a somewhat later 
 period, had a keen appreciation of the work of the Red Cross, and gave us 
 much moral support. 
 
 "Now, too, Major Tilden came to the front once more, and not only 
 saw to it that we obtained comfortable quarters, but also invited us to 
 join his mess, an offer which we most gladly accepted, and from which 
 we received a great deal of relief and pleasure, when, for a few moments 
 at a time, we were able to lay aside our more arduous duties at the hospital. 
 For indeed the work there grew with amazing rapidity. Other transports 
 had followed our own fleet, and most of the later vessels brought many 
 sick with them and a hospital corps, which in most instances proved of little 
 value as hospital assistants, as they had not had the advantage of the con 
 stant association at their work with trained nurses, and in a general wax- 
 were absolutely unfit for the service they had entered. 
 
 "There are many phases of our stay in Cavite which are of marked 
 interest from a Tied Cross point of view. The new arrivals, as soon as 
 they saw us and realized that we were from California, would never fail 
 to express their delight; and then AVC would be told of kindness shown them 
 in San Francisco by the society, and they would never weary of telling us 
 of some one or other, bearing the well-known badge, who had helped or 
 soothed or done something not to be forgotten, when the narrator had been 
 in need of some token of kindness, far away from his own home. 
 
 "And here in Cavite we first learned the excellency of one man, who 
 had accompanied us to the seat of war in the office of a priest, Father 
 
California 
 
 ATcKinnon. On the voyage out there had been but little call for his serv 
 ices, Imt now he loomed up as a true and most valuable friend of every 
 body who was in distress, and, no matter what might have been the denomi 
 nation of him who needed words of comfort or cheer, Father McKinnon 
 was ever ready to visit the sick-bed, and was ewer a welcome visitor. 
 
 FathiT McKinnon, 
 Chaplain First California. 
 
 "Another man whose name T remember with a sense of admiration 
 and gratitude, was Captain-Surgeon Whiting, of the 2d Oregon F. S. V. 
 The manner in which T came to know him more intimately was over some 
 Spanish prisoners whom I had found on an expedition into one of their 
 dungeons, whither I had bought my way by bribing the corporal of the 
 guard I mean the Filipino guard, for in those days Aguinaldo was an 
 amigo, and his men held imprisoned in vhe unseemly dungeons of Cavite 
 ; ; number of Spanish prisoners that had surrendered to them on the ^ 1st, 
 of May, when Dewey demolished their fort from the sea, and the Filipinos 
 forced their way into the old city from the narrow slip of land which con 
 nects Cavite with the town of San Roque. on that part of the mainland 
 known as the Istmo de l)a]achian. In this particular dungeon T had found 
 a young Spanish soldier in a condition so terrible that it had batfied my 
 very limited knowledge of the healing art. and so I appealed to Captain 
 
2<S Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Whiting. Nor was my appeal in vain, for he promptly came to my assist 
 ance and prescribed the treatment for the sufferer, which I carried out, until 
 one morning I missed my man. and was told by his comrades that during 
 the night he had been taken away bv the guard and shot. This was indeed 
 the practise of Aguinaldo s officers. When any locality became too well 
 filled witli Spanish prisoners, or any of them appeared so sick that they 
 became a burden, the Filipinos would take them out and shoot them. 
 Doctor Whiting and I became fast friends ever after, and he had many 
 opportunities to render me similar services, which lie always gladly did. 
 He afterwards distinguished himself at the smallpox hospital in Manila, 
 where he succeeded our own Doctor A. P. O Brien, who was the first to 
 offer liis services and take charge of that dreary asylum for a most loathsome 
 disease. 
 
 "On the Ifith of July the transport Cliina arrived, and we received 
 important letters from headquarters, telling us that California Red Cross 
 had appropriated $1,000 for our use. The sum of $700 had been deposited 
 to our credit in Hongkong, and an officer of General Greene s staff on the 
 transport had been commissioned to deliver to us personally the sum of $800. 
 ; We held frequent consultations as to Avhat to do in regard to the 
 money in the Hongkong bank. First we thought we would send lists of 
 articles needed to the late Rounseville Wildman, who Avas then consul- 
 general at Hongkong, and in whose charge the money was, but we finally 
 concluded that the best thing would be for me to obtain permission to go 
 to Hongkong and personally make the necessary purchases. To this end 
 I now approached Major-Surgeon Cardwell, who was then chief surgeon, 
 arid who had always shown us much kindness. The result of our conver 
 sation was the following letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Lippencott, who had 
 just then arrived with General Merritt, both of them staying on board the 
 X civ port, which was anchored in the bay at a distance of about two miles 
 from Cavite : 
 
 ^HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY FORCES TO THE PHILIPPINES, 
 
 Office Chief Surgeon of 1st Brigade, 
 Cavite Arsenal, P. I., August 1, 1898. 
 
 1 T/r.-CoL. HEXRY LIPPENCOTT, Chief Surgeon Dept. of the Pacific 
 and Stli Army Corps, S. S. Newport, Manila Bay Sir: This will introduce 
 ro you .Mr. ( 1 . M. Waage, a duly-accredited representative of the California 
 lied Cross Society. 
 
 He and his associate. Mr. Lewis, have been nursing in the general 
 hospital at this point, and furnishing extra diet for patients and many 
 surgical conveniences out of moneys in their hands. They have our con 
 fidence and our thanks. 
 
 Mr. \\nage now desires to go to Hongkong to purchase further sup 
 plies. This, I understand, he will be allowed to do by the major-general 
 commanding, if he conies properly vouched for and his mission approved 
 by the medical department. 
 
California Report. 29 
 
 " I therefore send him to ymi, ami ask your further approval of his 
 request for transportation and pass to Hongkong- and return. 
 
 Very respectfully, HKKBKKT W. CARDWELL, 
 Major and Chief Surgeon, U. 8. V. 
 
 "To this document Lieutenant-! olonel Lippencott attached his endorse 
 ment, and then I interviewed General Merritt, who spoke most kindly to me 
 <>f the Red Cross work and promised me every assistance, and finally attached 
 his signature over the following endorsement : 
 
 " The request contained herein is approved by me and the matter 
 referred to Admiral Dewey. 
 
 "When I finally saw the admiral, he at once granted the request, and 
 told me I should go by the first dispatch boat which he might send to Hong 
 kong; but when I asked him for his signature, he gave me the characteristic 
 answer that whatever boat or ship was ordered to take me to Hongkong 
 by him would take me, signature or no signature/ And thus I got the 
 permission to go." 
 
 The llth of August found Mr. Waage still in Cavite, distressed and 
 worried, as the following quotation from his diary will show : 
 
 "I am in despair about the hospital supplies. They are absolutely 
 inadequate to the demand, and, doing our best to help along, I find that our 
 purse is not long enough. I intend, when I reach Hongkong, to cable 
 to San Francisco for more funds, to be at once transmitted, as I can not 
 see any other way of meeting the emergency. 
 
 "Besides being short of appliances and dietary articles, we are short 
 of nurses. The few in the hospital are overworked. Lewis has enough 
 to do in the operating room and attending to surgical dressing, and I, per 
 sonally, am busy all day, going from patients in quarters to patients in 
 hospitals to find the places where there is most need for comforts. I move 
 all day among typhoid fever and measles patients ; I do the best I can under 
 the circumstances, but any personal nursing I can not find time to do. 
 
 "The fact is that now we have so many to attend to all I can do is to 
 supervise the whole thing." 
 
 He had not long to wait, however, for preparations w T ere now being 
 made for the attack on Manila. Feeling assured that, with the surrender 
 of that city, a dispatch boat would be sent to Hongkong, Mr. Waage attached 
 himself to Colonel Somers command, which had been ordered to proceed 
 on the Kwong Hoi to Manila on the 13th of August. Mr. Waage con 
 tinues : 
 
 "Colonel Lippencott, who was on the Kwong Hoi, became apprehensive 
 that his supplies would not suffice to meet an emergency, and he began to 
 calculate what he would need. So he urged upon me to be sure not to miss 
 the dispatch boat. I don t know how you can make sure of catching it, 
 he would say again and again. And then, k Xow, be sure you don t miss it. 
 And then he impressed upon me to buy for the army. 
 
30 Pacific I. 1 odd litd Cross Society. 
 
 "I copy from a small hook I carried on me that day the order he gave 
 me. The page is headed: Manila Hay, K>th August, OS. For (liief- 
 Surgeon Lippencott. Absorbent cotton (sterilized), ^00 pounds; absorbent 
 gauze (sterilized), :>00 yards: iodoform gau/e, 100 yards/ lie said he had 
 no money with him, but to pay for it, and he would refund it. When I told 
 him that 1 might run out of funds and need credit, and then asked him to 
 give me a written assurance that the order was for the United States Govern 
 ment, he consented, and later in the day, at the Palacio Ayuntamiento, he 
 gave me a written order. I took this precaution in case 1 should find my 
 self short of money, but told him at the same time that, if I found that I 
 had enough. I would present my purchase to the Tinted States Army with- 
 ont-any compensation." 
 
 Mr. \Vaage was among those who in the halls of the palace witnessed 
 the actual surrender, and heard (ieneral Merritt, in behalf of his govern 
 ment, declare himself military governor of the Philippine Islands, when 
 the Spanish colors were lowered and the American flag floated from the top 
 of the flagpole. As ^Mr. AY a age had surmised, the following day the dispatch 
 boat Zaphiro was sent to Hongkong, and he was told that, if he so desired, 
 he could go. So eager was he to go that he lost no time getting aboard, not 
 even waiting to get his baggage. Air. \Yaage tells of his experience in Hong 
 kong, and his return, as follows: 
 
 "Arriving in Hongkong, my first undertaking was to find the consulate, 
 for I could not even get a change of clothing before T saw the consul and 
 got some money from him. 
 
 We in the Tinted States, and perhaps more in particular we in San 
 Francisco, who have yet vividly in our mind the sad fate that overtook tins 
 gentleman, can not think back upon the calamity without feeling a sense 
 of deepest regret, and perhaps a moisture about the eye; but to me, who 
 had met with the greatest kindness at his hand under such singular cir 
 cumstances, his tragic death and the memory thereof brings a sense of ineffa 
 ble sadness. I soon made myself known to him and established my identitv, 
 and he gave me a cheek for the money. Then 1 told him that I wanted 
 $500 more, and with a smile he asked me how T expected to get it. 
 
 a By asking for it, 1 T replied. 
 
 " Asking whom ? 
 
 " The Americans in Hongkong; surely T can raise that amount here. 
 
 "Mi 1 . AYildman shook his head doubtfully, but, perceiving a shade of 
 disappointment on my face, he made haste to dispel my fears, and said: I 
 have here $500, forwarded me from some Philadelphia ladies for the benefit 
 of the soldiers. T think now I can not do better than give it to von/ 
 
 "I was overjoyed at this kind offer, and thanked him with all my heart. 
 13ut he did not stop there. He reminded me of the difficulties I would 
 have in making my purchases in a city strange to me in the short space 
 of time at my disposal, for T was determined to return with the Zaphiro, 
 which had to leave within forty-eight hours: and he therefore offered to bin", 
 
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 31 
 
 according to my lists of requisition, all kinds of dietary articles, and thus 
 I would only have to Imy the hospital supplies proper. This was a grear 
 help to me, and reduced my own lahor considerablv : so again I thankfully 
 
 accepted. 
 
 "llomrkong was nearly as well drained as I had found Manila, 
 some lines I bought so much that they refused to sell me any more, and 
 had to take resort to strategem, and there were things that T could not get 
 at all, because they were not in the market of Hongkong. But, withal, when, 
 on Friday, the li>th of August, I had all my goods shipped, and had said 
 0od-by to Mr. Wildman, once more being on board the Zajihim. with its bow 
 steering for Manila, I was satisfied that I had done the best I could under the 
 circumstances, and found that I was able to make ( olonel Lippencott a pres 
 ent of the goods [ had bought for him, still having enough of my own, and 
 bringing with me quite a stock of supplies and some ready money in the 
 bargain, enough to last till I should receive more from borne. 
 
 "On Sunday, the iMst of July, just one week, almost to the hour, sin<-e 
 we left Manila Bay, we came to anchor again in those waters. I at once 
 reported to the admiral, and thanked him for his kindness, and then went 
 ashore, to the great surprise of Mr. Lewis, who had not expected me for 
 some time, and who bad wondered much at the arrival of my valise, minus 
 myself, only a few hours after my departure from Cavite. The next day T 
 lost no time in setting to work to have my goods landed, and then went to call 
 upon Colonel Lippencott and made my report to him. And after that I 
 turned my steps towards the quarters of the Californians, who had now been 
 properly installed in barracks, and whom T longed to see again. And then 
 Colonel Smith asked that we both take up our quarters with the officers 
 of that regiment and stay with them in the future. This we decided to 
 do. taking the special detail of nursing the Californians in quarters. 
 
 -The fall of Manila ushered in a long period of intense suspense and 
 irksome inactivity on the part of the troops, while it may be said that during 
 that same period" the Red Cross service, in some respects, was more in evi 
 dence than during any other portion of their stay in the islands. 
 
 "The sudden cessation of hostilities had brought about a condition of 
 reaction. The troops, who had spent many weary weeks in Camp Dewey 
 under the most unfavorable circumstances, exposed all the time to the ter 
 rible hardships of a tropical wet season and the night attacks of a well- 
 ensconced enemy, with never a dry stitch of clothing on their bodies, and 
 almost insufferable vigils in the trenches, now suddenly found themselves 
 minus the excitement which had for so long stimulated them, and the result 
 proved to some extent disastrous. It is true that they had now a shelter 
 over their heads and lived in barracks, but, in the first place, these build 
 ings were far from healthy, and whatever \\]< and ailments had been con 
 tracted during their stay in the cam]) now began to show themselves, with 
 the result that there was more sickness in the garrison than the change 
 would at first thought have led one to anticipate. One plague, that caused 
 
32 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 considerable annoyance, was the breaking out of sores upon the bodies of 
 the men. The country is known as one in which skin diseases of all kinds 
 are prevalent, and we had a fair chance to make ourselves familiar with 
 some of these eruptions and the sorry conditions in which they placed so 
 many of our friends. Then, too, typhoid fever and dysentery began to 
 make themselves known among us, and affections of the lungs were not 
 uncommon. 
 
 "With a view to follow up our theory in a practical manner, we there 
 fore paid particular attention to the men in quarters, and devoted our exer 
 tions entirely to sick calls at our rooms and to visiting them. 2sTor, indeed, 
 was this a very easy task, for the barracks were in three different parts of 
 the city, the weather was getting very hot, and our day s work often exceed 
 ingly laborious. 
 
 "But I was destined to suffer a great loss, and when it came, I felt its 
 burden very heavily. My two best friends, Major Tilden and Mr. Lewis, 
 were both constantly ailing, and did not appear to* rally from their experi 
 ences in Cavite. Lewis was doing his best to shake it off, but lie showed 
 daily more and more how much he suffered, and as I could not persuade 
 him to go home, which I really thought he ought to do, I spoke to Major 
 Tilden about him, with the result that the Major, who had received per 
 mission to proceed to the United States, eventually persuaded Lewis to 
 accompany him, and on the 22d of September they both departed. But at 
 the parting the kind major, than whom none other more appreciated our 
 work, placed at my disposal a sum of money, from which I could draw 
 monthly for the benefit of the California soldiers and my own personal 
 comforts, for which he was especially solicitous. And thus, for all he did 
 for us as representatives of the Red Cross, Major Tilden is entitled to a 
 recognition which I much fear he has not as yet received." 
 
 The splendid work of Mr. Waage and Mr. Lewis was told over and 
 over again in letters received from both officers and privates, and by the 
 soldiers themselves on their return home. Loyal to the society they repre 
 sented,, and inspired by the highest sense of duty, their work reflected the 
 greatest credit upon themselves, as well as upon the Red Cross of California. 
 
 After the formation of the state association, it was thought best that 
 it should take charge of the nurses, and Mrs. Easton transferred her work 
 to the state society. Through her efforts, aided by the late Dr. Beverly 
 Cole, a course of lectures was arranged for applicants desiring to become 
 Red Cross nurses. The services of Drs. Cole, Kugeler, McCone, Rixford, 
 Stafford, Somers, and Weill were generously given, and a large class of 
 enthusiastic men and women were in daily attendance on the lectures. 
 
 It was not until the fourth expedition that an opportunity was again 
 given us to send more nurses to the Philippines. Permission was then 
 received to send a nurse and supplies on each of the four transports engaged 
 for the expedition, the City of Pueblo, Peru, Pennsylvania, and Rio dc 
 Janeiro. Mrs. Easton reported four men available. 
 
California Report. 33 
 
 At this time it was deemed advisable and was strongly urged by the 
 army surgeons that we establish, on the arrival of this expedition in Manila, 
 a Red Cross field hospital. For many months ours had been the only relief 
 work done in the islands, and, in fact, the work had been entirely delegated 
 to California lied Cross by the American National Red Cross. With this 
 opportunity to increase our corps of nurses, it was decided to establish the 
 field hospital. A financial agent and steward, who would take charge of 
 the bulk of supplies for such a hospital and of such funds as the Red Cross 
 should see fit to place at his disposal, became a necessity, and Mr. O. H. J. 
 Schlott was selected for the position, his recommendations being of a high 
 character. In Mr. Schlott s care was sent on the Rio de Janeiro the greater 
 portion of an equipment for a field hospital of one hundred and twenty-five 
 beds and supplies sufficient for five or six months 7 use. The balance of the 
 equipment was sent on the Scandia, as there was not sufficient room on the 
 Rio. Five hundred dollars were placed in the Hongkong Bank, in Hong 
 kong, to be drawn upon by Mr. Schlott for immediate necessities. Xurses 
 were assigned to each of the other transports, with medicines and delicacies 
 for the use of the sick men en route. 
 
 In the early stages of our work it had been decided to take initiatory 
 steps tow r ard securing a hospital ship for the Pacific Coast, the other states 
 from which troops had come being asked to aid in so doing ; but in response 
 to telegrams sent to the President and Secretaries of War and Xavy, we 
 were assured that such a ship would be furnished by the government, and 
 the matter was dropped. In August, 1898, the ships S candid and Arizona 
 were purchased by the government, to be used for transporting troops to the 
 Philippines, and to return as hospital ships, bringing back the sick and 
 wounded. We were notified that we could send nurses on these ships, and 
 before the date of sailing the announcement was received from General 
 Merriam that a limited number of them might be women nurses. This had 
 been our greatest desire, and from a long list eight were selected, who if 
 was considered would do good work ; eight male nurses were also selected. 
 With the arrival of these nurses in Manila, our society had sent twenty-one 
 nurses, besides the financial manager, to the front. 
 
 Upon arriving in Manila, our representatives found some difficulty 
 in securing a location ; finally a number of the tents were set up and equipped, 
 but the heavy rains rendered them almost useless. A large building was 
 then secured at Xo. 13 Concepcion. It was made ready as quickly as pos 
 sible for the reception of the sick men, and actual work was soon begun. 
 At this time, also, a building was secured at Errnita, was thoroughly fitted 
 up, and then turned over to Dr. McCarthy for the special use of the Cali 
 fornia \ r olunteers. Mr. Waage reports as follows regarding this institu 
 tion: 
 
 "But of all that was done by the society for the Californians, in particu 
 lar, the establishment of the Ermita hospital was the most important event. 
 Much credit for this was due to Dr. McCarthy. Like myself, the doctor 
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 /V///e Coast Red Crow Society. 
 
 wished as much as possible to keep our sick under his own ]>ersoiial super 
 vision, and this hospital was for the purpose of helping- those along who 
 would otherwise he sick in quarters. It rid the barracks of those who 
 were ailing, and gave them a place where they could at once he taken proper 
 care of, thus in many cases eradicating an illness at its very inception ; and 
 the question of proper diet, which could not he attended to at the barracks, 
 was here made a special study, under the supervision of Miss Annie (la Hick, 
 me of the Red Cross nurses, while I was placed in charge to act in con 
 junction with Dr. Painter, the hospital steward, who at a later date 
 received his commission, a due reward for most excellent ami faithful 
 service. 
 
 "I do not think that any other feature introduced by the lied Cross 
 for the relief of soldiers did as much practical good as was done through 
 the medium of the Ermita hospital, and it is my opinion that, had each 
 
 Ertnita Hospital^ ^Iditila. 
 
 state had the same arrangement for their own soldiers, much sorrow would 
 have been averted. While we were not, strictly speaking, allowed to keep 
 our patients when any ailment developed into more serious sickness, we 
 nevertheless overlooked the rule, and I do not recall more than a very few 
 cases where it became necessary to transfer them to a military hospital I 
 think invariably because an operation of some kind was needed, for which 
 we did not have the proper provision." 
 
 Of the twenty-one nurses sent to Manila, six proved absolutely worth 
 less; three of these, we regret to state, were women. In offering their serv 
 ices to the Red ("ross, it was simply to further their own evil ends. Three 
 never reported for duty; the other three were ordered back home. Ft was 
 unfortunate that such creatures should have crept into our ranks. All wen- 
 well recommended, and two did such excellent work while at the Presidio 
 that the boys were more than anxious that they should be sent to Manila. 
 Of the others, Dr. Mary A. Palm, Misses Daisy Smythe, J. II. Laswell, 
 Anna J. Ciarlick, Minnie L. Ralph, Messrs. C. M. Waage, A. Parker Lewis, 
 Drs. Fenn Hart, Wilder 1 hvight, and Chester T. Cadwell, and Messrs. Leon 
 
California Report. 
 
 R. Crowther, Henry Tanner, Rudolph Kibble, and Robert Durst, all did 
 most excellent work. 
 
 Kngrossed testimonials, drafted by a committee, consisting of Mrs. J. G. 
 Lemmon and Mrs. Louis Weinmann, were presented by California Red 
 Cross to each of these volunteer Red Cross nurses upon their return, in 
 recognition of faithful, untiring, and efficient work. 
 
 We were greatly disappointed in our financial agent, (). H. J. Schlott, 
 from whom we had expected much, in view of the recommendations pre 
 sented by him. 
 
 He proved inefficient, lacking in business qualifications and the tact 
 so necessary for the position he occupied. After having established 
 hospitals in Manila and Krmita, he so antagonized the army officials, nurses, 
 and others with whom he came in contact, that, had it not been for the 
 
 Francis A. Jifakc. 
 Red Cross Representative to Philippine Islands. 
 
 loyalty of the nurses to the Ked Cross, and their determination to uphold 
 its honor, the work w T ould have been a failure. The failure of Mr. Schlott 
 to send reports, and accounts from reliable sources of his inefficiency, con 
 vinced the executive board that he was not the man for the place and was 
 hampering the work. Just at this time the opportunity presented itself 
 of securing the services of Mr. Francis A. Blake, a gentleman well and 
 favorably known to our president. He was about leaving for Hongkong, and 
 at the request of Mrs. Harrington consented to go on to Manila, investigate 
 our affairs there, and arrange matters so that the good work might go on 
 as intended. Mr. Blake left for Manila on the Rio de Janeiro on the 10th 
 of November, 1898, arriving, owing to delays, on December 25. In the 
 meantime, on November 13, Mr. Schlott cabled his resignation as financial 
 agent, but consented, however, to remain until the arrival of his successor. 
 On December 24 he finally severed his connection with the Red Cross, 
 though practically since the establishment of the hospital lie had done little 
 or nothing towards making it a success. 
 
 When Mr. Blake took charge, lie found affairs in rather a complicated 
 
3fi Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 condition. The hospital, however, was in charge of Dr. ( ahell and tlr, 
 lied Cross nurses, and splendid work was being done. We quote from 
 Mr. Hlake s report, as follows: Upon arriving in Manila, I repaired imme 
 diately to the lied Cross Ward Hospital, at Xo. 1:5 Conception, and found 
 a centrally-located and well-regulated institution, comprising one large ward 
 of nineteen beds, and three smaller ones, in all containing thirty-five beds, 
 each one occupied. The situation of the building, general surroundings, 
 equipment, attendance, and excellent discipline of all in authority, with a 
 most, efficient and popular army surgeon, Dr. Cabell, in charge, combined 
 with the splendid corps of trained nurses, gave the hospital an air of sta 
 bility seldom excelled anywhere. Dr. Mary A. Palm was officiating as 
 matron, Dr. Dwight as pharmacist, and Xurses Smythe, Laswell, Ralph, 
 Garlick, and Tanner were attending to the wants of the patients. One 
 hundred and four patients were treated in the hospital, principally typhoid 
 fever and dysentery cases; but notwithstanding the seriousness of their 
 complaints in the treacherous climate of Manila, the loss was only five, and 
 of these three 1 were just about breathing their last when admitted. The 
 little institution enjoyed the reputation of being the best-conducted hospital 
 on the island." 
 
 We quote again from Mr. Blake s report his tribute to the faithful men 
 and women whose loyalty made the work of the Tied Cross a success: 
 
 "I refer to Xurses Smythe, Garlick, Laswell, and Ralph, as true and 
 conscientious a body of women as ever graced a sick-room, ever willing to 
 work night and clay, were a single life in jeopardy and requiring the gentle 
 command and efficient presence of a woman, self-sacrificing and generous 
 to a fault, kind and gentle to the lowest private, and I can truly say many 
 a soldier boy owes his life to the watchful and untiring care of these women. 
 
 Too much praise can not be given our motherly matron, Dr. Mary A. 
 Palm. Hers was a position of great responsibility, and the grand reputa 
 tion the Red Cross Hospital enjoys is in a great measure due to her efficient 
 management. Our pharmacist, Dr. Wilder Dwight, is entitled to unstinted 
 praise for the efficiency and punctuality he has always maintained in the 
 performance of his responsible duties, arduous at best, yet never a murmur 
 if things did not always run smoothly. Gentlemanly and courteous to all, it 
 makes it a pleasure to look back on his incumbency and feel benefited for the 
 connection. Then must be remembered Xurses Tanner and Crowther, both 
 very retiring but very energetic men, always ready to give their services 
 at any hour of the night. Whenever sound and reliable judgment was 
 required, these men were asked to serve, and it was the unanimous opinion 
 that they had but few equals. Lastly I come to Dr. Fcnn J. Hart, a man 
 absolutely without fear, for when volunteers were called to nurse in the 
 smallpox ward, he put aside all scruples a.s to nursing being unprofessional 
 and was one of the first to tender his services, which were gladly accepted, 
 winning for himself the full confidence and esteem of all his superior officers. 
 "Such attaches as these made the name of the Red Cross rimr out in 
 such glorious praise as will Take many, many years to forget." 
 
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 As requested, Mr. IJlake investigated the advisability of continuing 
 the hospital work in Manila, and, after going over the ground carefully, 
 and finding that the emergency for which it was founded had passed, and 
 that the government was now ahle to care for its sick and wounded, with its 
 hotter accommodations and large corps of nurses, hoth male and female, 
 advised the closing of the hospital as soon as all its inmates had recovered ; 
 there being two serious typhoid fever cases, this was not done until February, 
 1S9J>. Mr. Blake, who was requested by California Red Cross "to use his 
 best judgment in disposing of its property," gave, as per his report, something 
 to nearly every regiment, to many surgeons, to the smallpox hospital, to the 
 smaller hospitals, to Bilibid Prison, to some of the chaplains of the division 
 hospital, and to a few deserving individuals. Of the money sent Mr. Blake, 
 $4,000 were used to liquidate indebtedness incurred by our former financial 
 manager ; $500 were given to Colonel Smith for the benefit of the Califor 
 nia Volunteers, and $500 were given Mr. Waage for use at the Ermita 
 Convalescent Home, of which he was superintendent, and which was occu 
 pied exclusively by California boys. Vouchers were received from Mr. 
 Blake for every dollar expended and for every article given away. 
 
 Before leaving, Mr. Blake made arrangements for the return of our 
 nurses, securing permits for their return on the transports, and leaving noth 
 ing undone for their comfort. He paid up all bills, appointed Mr. Waage 
 local superintendent, gave him sufficient money to cover all contingencies, 
 and on March 10th closed his connection with California Red Cross. Mr. 
 Blake gave us three months of his valuable time, to the neglect of his own 
 affairs, and for all this he received and desired only his transportation and 
 maintenance while in our service. By his tact, kindness, and gentlemanly 
 conduct, he won the favor of those in authority and the confidence of th-- 
 nurses, and was enabled to do much in aid of the soldiers. Xot only 
 did he manage our financial affairs successfully, but on more than one occa 
 sion he was on the firing line, aiding and caring for and removing the? 
 wounded from the field. 
 
 He surely deserves as high commendation as he gave the faithful nurses, 
 and California Red Cross will ever remember him with sincerest apprecia 
 tion. 
 
 Before Mr. Blake s departure, he succeeded in persuading Mr. Waage 
 to take charge of our affairs. 
 
 A large quantity of supplies was sent to Mr. Waage, also $1,000 in cash. 
 All was used to the best advantage, and was accounted for systematically. 
 With the closing of our hospital, our nurses returned home, as trans]>orta- 
 tion had been secured for them. 
 
 Of the disposition of the hospital building and its furnishings, Mr. 
 Waage reported as follows: "In regard to the building and the furniture, 
 T made what I considered the best use of it. I distributed all beds and 
 bedding and all other paraphernalia that remained among other hospitals, 
 regimental or general, hut still left the building in a well-furnished condi- 
 
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 tion. 1 had seen how unprepared the authorities were at the time for the 
 reeeption of the contract nurses, in one ease that came prominently to my 
 notice, keeping them back for days on board a very dirty and unfit transport 
 that had brought them; and as it has ever been my opinion that no care 
 is too good for a nurse, on whose care of others so much depends, I handed 
 the Avhole house, with furniture and all, tit to start housekeeping in, over 
 to the authorities, who were glad to accept it, as they were actually in need 
 of shore accommodations. I also found it necessary, after they had been 
 installed there, to supply them with rations for immediate use and other 
 wise help them along, till they got started. 
 
 "When the general call to arms sounded on Saturday evening, the 4th 
 of February, 1899, we well knew that this time there was no fooling. As 
 we stood there on the veranda of the Capitania General, listening breath 
 lessly to the snappy report of the Mauser and the deeper barking of the 
 Springfield in response, we all felt that the hour of battle had arrived. 
 Then, too, as we compared notes, w T e found that most of our servants had 
 drawn their pay to the day and vanished. Americano rniirlw btienof had 
 been their constant greeting, and now for the first time we fnlly under 
 stood the proper translation of this brief sentence in plain American. 
 
 "When, on the morning of the 5th, our troops found themselves in a 
 general engagement all along the line, the Ited (Voss representatives were 
 not staying at home; they were there with them. Dr. Dwight had joined the 
 South Dakotas; Dr. Hart had followed another organization ; .Mr. Blake and 
 T met in the middle of the fight about Santa Ana, but it took me some time 
 before I recognized him in the condition of mud and torn garments in which 
 I found him. After the insurgents had been driven out of Paco, Miss 
 Smythe made her appearance, to see whether she could do anything there, 
 but was advised to go back to the General Hospital, also known as the "First 
 Reserve, where, from that day, for many months she rendered invaluable 
 assistance, being, in fact, in the front rank of the best surgical nurses that 
 ever came out to Manila. 
 
 "As to myself, I followed our regiment, or as much of it as I could 
 keep track of, during that memorable day, rendering whatever assistance 
 1 could, and finding to my surprise that I was kept so busy that I had not 
 even had time to discover whether I had any sense of fear in going under 
 tire for the first time, a matter at which I had often wondered before. 
 
 "We finished up at San Pedro Macati, which became for many weeks 
 afterwards our headquarters in the field. 
 
 "Our line was now established, reaching from the Pasig at San Pedro 
 towards Pasay and the bay, and I spent most of my time there 1 for awhile, 
 making occasional trips to Manila to visit the hospitals and attend to other 
 business which might require my attention. For many days w^e lay 
 there under a constant fire from the Filipinos. By day and by night they 
 would make sudden attacks, and even our headquarters Avere continually 
 exposed to the enemy s bullets. T stayed w r ith General King and the Cali- 
 
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 39 
 
 iornian start , for we were all under the same roof and had a common me** 
 and I ii-ave much of the time to the men on the firing line. I had discovered 
 that when in the tield an armv surgeon is apt to think that all a man may 
 need is a pair of foreeps to extract a bullet, and that he is inclined to forget 
 that an attack of fever, or dysentery, or any other physiological irregularity, 
 is quite as likely to show itself on the tiring line as in barracks. So I made- 
 it my business every morning to ride along the line with a pouch well stocked 
 with such medicines as might be called upon, and soon I realized that this 
 was by no means love s labor lost. 
 
 One thing that added considerably to the discomforts of the men was 
 the 1 scarcity of water. It was quite a distance to the river, and the season 
 
 Dr. Shadworth O. Beaslei/. 
 
 was very dry and extremely hot. The water sent up to the men had to be 
 dealt with very sparingly, and there was hardly enough to go round for 
 cleaning purposes. They suffered severely from sore feet, caused by the 
 enforced want of cleanliness and the dust that was forcing itself into their 
 shoes. So, to help out, and realizing that a soldier with sore feet is but 
 half a soldier, I hired a bull team to make daily trips up the Hue with plenty 
 of water for laving purposes ; and this expediency was found to be exceed 
 ingly helpful. 
 
 "During this period we received into the regiment a young surgeon, 
 Dr. Beasley, & a Californiaii, and a recent graduate, I believe, but at the same 
 time one of our most deserving officers. I mention him here because of 
 
40 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 his indefatigableness in the carrying out of his duties, and also because of 
 the admirable courage he displayed on several occasions. An officer who, 
 under a withering fire, will carry a wounded soldier to a place of safety, 
 and who at another time will plunge into a madly rushing river to save 
 a private, would in some countries receive a reward worthy of the deed. 
 I can but mention him with pride as a Californian hero. 
 
 "The continuous strain, with but little sleep, and excessive work, finally 
 told upon me so that I had to go to my room in Manila for rest, and when 
 I took the field again it was to join in the march upon Malolos, whither 
 General McArthur took his division during the middle of March. 
 
 "This expedition taught me many a lesson, and I was therefore still 
 better prepared when, some weeks after, preparations were made by Major- 
 General Lawton to proceed with a force of 1,500 picked men to the shores 
 of the large lake at the head of the Pasig, known as Laguna de Bay. 
 
 "This was a most trying expedition, and would have been even more 
 so but for the splendid bearing of the gallant chieftain, whose very pres 
 ence appeared to inspire all with a sense of security. We fought at Santa 
 Cruz, at Lambong, at Pagsanghan, where were captured a fleet of launches, 
 and made a trip dow r n the river, at Longos and Paete. Father McKinnon 
 and I walked from Lambong to Longos for relief, as we had no means of 
 Transporting the sick and wounded, and at every curve in the road we 
 expected that something might happen to cut our mission short. When wo 
 finally had our wounded there, w T e got into an engagement, which caused 
 more death and disaster, and that night, in the flickering glare of a few 
 consecrated candles, which only in the very faintest degree broke upon the 
 gloom of the vast church, with its tall walls and towering arches, we nursed 
 the wounded at the foot of the altar, and after a while we carried them dead 
 into the side aisle, where by and by they came to form a sad, ghastly line. 
 
 "But of all the memory-pictures from that expedition none is sadder 
 or more impressive than the one of our return to Manila. I left the night 
 before the general return. As I bade adieu to a groaip of officers with whom 
 
 I had had a long-needed meal, Major-Surgeon George F. Sliiels called out 
 to me, Good-by, and thanks for all you have done for us. Let- these 
 words testify to the work done by the Red Cross service on that memorable 1 
 expedition. Father McKinnon and I then proceeded to Santa Cruz, and 
 there boarded one of the launches we had captured, the Cavadonga, and about 
 
 II o clock at night we started for home. We carried with us all the dead 
 and wounded and a few soldiers, who had been worn out with the heavy 
 work they had gone through during the past week. On board w r ere also 
 Major Cardwell, sick, Mr. Ramsdon, the British vice-consul in Manila, 
 who had been with us, and a newspaper man. 
 
 "Two hours after we had left Santa Cruz we ran aground, so near 
 the shore that we were within easy rifle range, and could see through the 
 thick gloom the signal fires of the Filipinos. In vain did we try to get 
 afloat. And so during the long, sultry night, with the terrible reminiscences 
 
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 of death being wafted towards us from the bow of the hoat, where lay our 
 dead comrades, with the moaning of the wounded around, and the suspense 
 and the premonition of a coming calamity, never, I think, did I pass a 
 night so ineffably impressed upon my memory. I kept watch all during 
 the dark hours, first Avith Lieutenant Brooks, who was in charge, and the 
 balance with Father McKinnon. The doctor in charge was a young con 
 tract doctor, and, when day broke, I asked him what he had for his sick and 
 wounded men. He answered me with the utmost indifference that he had 
 nothing, as he did not expect to get stuck in this way. His manner of 
 response was so aggravating to me that I there and then told him what 1 
 thought of such provision for sick people, and then set to work ami pre 
 pared beef tea for them from my own supply, which I finally made him 
 hand round to his men. 
 
 "It was many hours before we got afloat, and, had I the time, I would 
 tell of the singular incident that led to our final release from this perilous 
 position; of how we finally made the Pasig River and met Admiral Dewey 
 in his launch just as we entered it ; of how we reached Manila after a good 
 deal of hardships ; but that must wait till some other time. 
 
 "I have but in the briefest manner possible touched upon the part I 
 took in these expeditions, for the purpose of showing how the Red Cross 
 was represented in the field when needed. I know that Dr. Dwight took 
 a still more active part with the South IJakotas, and his bravery was fre 
 quently a matter of agreeable comment. Mr. Blake had to leave for Hong 
 kong at an early stage of the war, and Dr. Hart began practise in Manila, 
 and after a while went home. Miss Smythe rendered the greatest service 
 during those days in the general hospital, where the wounded were all 
 taken, upon arriving in Manila, and with all the operating surgeons she 
 remained a great favorite, and justly so. Miss Garlick went to ^"egros 
 Island when the first detachment of the Californians were called upon to 
 proceed thither, and Miss Laswell took charge of the Ermita Hospital, and 
 thus the remaining force of the Red Cross representatives did all in their 
 power to carry out the good work in the spirit intended, and I, as the head 
 of them, owe them forever my thanks for all they did to help me in the 
 cause. 
 
 "But it must not be supposed that over all this field work the condi 
 tions in Manila were not looked after and relieved, wherever possible. [ 
 continued to have my own headquarters there, and gave much of my time 
 to the hospitals. I had a Chinese cook, who had studied the culinary pro 
 fession in San Francisco. He spoke good English, was a first-class cook, 
 and knew exactly how to fill my orders. He made up little dishes for me 
 that I would take to such as needed dainty food. And for the purpose of 
 enabling the nurses in the different wards to cook dainties, I supplied them 
 with proper blue-flame stoves, of which my accounts will show that quite 
 a few were provided. I saw to it that the needful things of whatever kind 
 were supplied, and it was often hard to find out what was reallv needed 
 
42 1 acip c Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 for the surgeons always assured me that they were not in need of anything. 
 T therefore adopted the plan to find out for myself and get the article, after 
 which I never had any difficulty in getting the surgeon in charge to receipt 
 
 for same. 
 
 "Father Yillafranca, a native priest, reported that he thought lie knew 
 the whereabouts of private ( Yvates, who had been wounded and captured 
 by the Filipinos in a skirmish. I paid him to go out and try and traco 
 him, but lie came back some time after and said he could do no more for 
 the time being. I offered him a hundred dollars gold if he would hrinu 
 Coates alive to Manila, and he went out to search for him, but never returned, 
 and was probably murdered himself. 
 
 "But our celebration of Decoration day was a feature of our stay in 
 Manila which is well worthy of mention. It took place at Paco Cemetery, 
 where Father McKinnon said mass and Father McQuaide delivered an 
 oration. Father McQuaide was another California priest who had endeared 
 himself to all witli whom he came in contact, and whose great popularity 
 has but recently come forcibly in evidence in this city. We had a fine 
 orchestra and a beautiful choir, and T had a wreath for eacb grave. So, 
 when the right time arrived, I handed one of these wreaths to Miss Louise 
 Knight, the only American woman present, and thus she placed the first 
 wreath upon a grave of a fallen hero. The Red Cross footed the bill for the 
 whole celebration. 
 
 "By this time the Xew York Auxiliary League, a branch of Red Cross 
 service, had come out under the head of Miss Marjorie Henshal. One of 
 the contract nurses took very ill, and her life was despaired of. Miss 
 Henshal very kindly offered to take care of her, as she needed the very best 
 nursing to pull through, but, the young lady belonging to the California 
 contingent, I would not allow it, and hired the upper story of a house, 
 where I had her placed, and where Miss Lasswcll brought her out of danger. 
 
 "The departure of the remaining California battalion on the 2 2d of 
 May left me somewhat lonely in Manila. On the last day of May, how 
 ever, I received news of the arrival of General Bennett and Major (Mrs. > 
 Belle Reynolds, representing the American National Red Cross Association, 
 and shortly after they both presented themselves at my quarters with intro 
 ductions from my own society. I spent some time with them, and gave 
 them all such information as they desired, and then General Bennett left 
 for the front." 
 
 On the Sth of June Mr. Waage, who had been gradually closing up 
 matters so as to get ready to return with the 1st California Volunteers, took 
 his departure from Manila, going south to Iloilo and .Negros Island. Arriv 
 ing in Bacolod, on Negros Island, he learned that the transport tilicniuui was 
 expected daily, bringing troops and taking away the ( alifornians. The 
 Sherman arrived on July 3d, and the troops were ordered on board. Mr. 
 Waage had laid in a supply of such things as he thought might b;- needed, 
 more especially in the dietary line, and was thus prepared to give any nee- 
 
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 cssary assistance- on rlic homeward trip. On -July ^(>rli the transport left 
 Manila Hay, and we uimre again from Mr. Waage s re]>ort the account of 
 the return trip : 
 
 "Our call at Nagasaki had its interest, and all enjoyed the change from 
 the arduous military life in the tield ; in fact, I think we were all he-i li 
 ning to feel weary of militarism and the continual severity of military 
 discipline. 
 
 "When we arrived at Yokohama, we met with a reception entirely 
 unexpected.. The ladies of the American Colony had united to bid us wel 
 come, under the head of Mrs. Gowey and her secretary, Mrs. John. Lindsey. 
 And what a reception! These kind people must have been studying the 
 matter up for some time, for there was not a thing that could have been 
 possibly done for our comfort and entertainment that had not been attended 
 to. But most touching of all was the provision made for those who were 
 sick. They had arranged a sick-room with comfortable beds, and thither 
 we had all our sick removed, and kind hands tended their wants, and thev 
 remained there till the hour of our final departure. 
 
 "While in Yokohama Captain-Surgeon TIanna, of the California Artil 
 lery, which was also on board, made a request that I procure certain medi 
 cines and apparatus, which I promptly did. T bad the satisfaction of receiv 
 ing from Dr. Manna the following letter on the May of our arrival in San 
 Francisco Hay: 
 
 UNITED STATES TRANSPORT "SHERMAX/" 
 
 " August 24, is .M. 
 
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 Mi?. C. M. WAAGK. Agent Red Cross Society X/V: I have the honor 
 to report that the medicines and supplies purchased in Yokohama bv the 
 Red Cross Society, through you, have proved of great benefit and help to 
 the men of the 1st Bat. IT. A., Cal. V. S. V., and T wish to thank you for 
 the kind treatment and courtesies shown the men of our command bv the 
 representatives of the Red Cross Society during our voyage from [Manila 
 to San Francisco. Very respectfully, W. J. HAXXA, 
 
 " ( apt. and A sat. tfurycon 1st Bat. II. A.. Cal. l\ >S. 1 . 
 
 "I was not personally very much impressed with the hospital on board 
 of the Sherman, nor with the general appearance of that transport, which 
 had l>een handed over to us in a somewhat dirty condition. T therefore 
 kept to my old line, trying as far as possible to keep the men from getting 
 into the hospital. I arranged for daily sick calls at my stateroom in the 
 morning and in the afternoon at the stateroom of Miss Lasswell and Mis< 
 Knight. The latter was returning with us, and had enlisted her services in 
 our cause, where she did much good work. On these occasions we would 
 give our patients such dietary treatment as they were in need of, and \ believe 
 our efforts in this direction did a deal of good and were much appreciated. 
 
 "And thus we plowed our way across the Pacific, onwards and home 
 wards, to where suspense should cease, when we of the Red Cross should 
 
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California Report. 45 
 
 have accomplished our mission and lay down our work. And here my story 
 must come to an end. 
 
 CONCLUSION, 
 
 "Let me now,, just in conclusion, briefly sum up what the society had 
 done during that period, which I have so imperfectly covered in this narra 
 tive, for there are a thousand and one incidents that might have fittingly 
 found a place on these pages had space allowed. 
 
 "All manner of relief had heen afforded, both individually and col 
 lectively. Distributions had almost incessantly taken place of clothing, 
 food, articles for hospital use of every kind and description, reading matter, 
 and a variety of things too numerous to think of and remember. Govern 
 ment nurses had been taken care of with as much solicitude as sick soldiers. 
 Hospitals had been invaded by competent nurses, and the hospital corps, no 
 less than the patients, had derived much benefit from their presence. Span 
 ish prisoners and Filipinos had been treated as tenderly as the motto of 
 the society demands, and no line had ever been drawn as to creed, color, or 
 nationality. In China and Japan the society had made itself known, and 
 had been spoken of in the press as a public benefactor. On the battle 
 field, as in the hospitals alike, the Red Cross representatives had fulfilled 
 their obligations, fearless of dangers from disease or bullets. Efforts had 
 been made to recover the missing. And in a spirit of patriotism, and with 
 a deep sense of the respect due to ihe occasion, the Red Cross of Calif omia 
 had sponsored the celebration of the most honored day in our nation s 
 calendar, Decoration day, paying a fitting tribute to our illustrious dead in a 
 far-away land, as it had watched over their lives before they closed. 
 
 "And, considering all this, I have wondered at times that, with one 
 single exception Captain Banna s letter no official acknowledgment has 
 ever come to hand from those in authority. Xo medical officer of high 
 rank, nor even the officer commanding, who brought the Californians home, 
 have ever officially expressed themselves about the services I know they much 
 appreciated. I can produce the signatures of hundreds of men who have ex 
 pressed their thanks for tho work of the society in the Philippines, but, 
 strange to say, they are all the names of privates and non-commissioned offi 
 cers. I am not unmindful of Major Cardwell s letter, but, as will be remem 
 bered, it was in the form of a communication to a department, and for a 
 different purpose from that of thanking the Red Cross. 
 
 "But, be the reason for this whatever it may, one thing I know, and 
 will say it here as a fitting tribute to those who sent me: There are thou 
 sands of all grades who, in thinking back upon what was done for them 
 by the Red Cross Society of California in those days, will repeat the words 
 of Dr. Shiels, as he bade me good-by that evening on the Laguna de Bay, 
 and say, with a full heart, Thank you for all you have done for us. 
 
 Mr. Waage s management of affairs was most satisfactory, and all his 
 efforts were sincerely appreciated not only by those who were benefited, but 
 
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 bv the society lie represented. In recognition of his excellent service, upon 
 his return from the Philippines, California Red Cross presented him with 
 a check for $500. This was not in any way considered as compensation 
 for what lie had done, hut only as a slight token of the appreciation in which 
 he was held. 
 
 Miss Smvthe, who felt thai her services were still needed, remained 
 hehind, and did not return until June, 11)00. One of the first women nurses 
 to go to Manila, Miss Smythe was the very last of all the California Red 
 Cross nurses to reinrn. She remained in the service of California Red 
 Cross during her entire stay, receiving no compensation save her mainte 
 nance. Too much can not be said of her noble work, which has been reported 
 over and over again by the returning volunteers who had experienced her 
 kindness and care. 
 
 For fourteen months Miss Smythe served in the operating room of tin; 
 1st Reserve Hospital, at times, when the wounded were constantly being 
 brought in, getting but a few hours rest. Her work and her faithfulness 
 were commended in the highest terms by the surgeons whom she assisted. 
 Her record was a magnificent one, of which both she and California Red 
 Cross may feel justly proud. 
 
 In April, ls!M>, General Bennett arrived in San Francisco, bearing 
 letters from Miss Clara Barton and the Xew York Relief Society, stating 
 that he was going to the Philippines to work in conjunction with our agents 
 in the interest of the Red Cross. General Bennett was accorded a hearty 
 welcome and was informed of our work. At his request, Major Belle 
 Reynolds accompanied him to Manila, to aid in the work, California Red 
 Cross agreeing to assume her support for two months. Shortly after General 
 Bennett s arrival in Manila, Mr. Waage left the islands, and now, having 
 no agent there, and feeling that there was no longer any need of our having 
 one, it was decided to do what work was necessary through Miss Smythe, 
 General Bennett, Chaplain (). C. Miller, and Mrs. Lawton. A large quan 
 tity of supplies was sent to Miss Smythe. Supplies were also sent to 
 General Bennett, and also $$00 in money, for use in his hospital work. 
 At tho request of Mrs. Lawton a quantity of writing materials, games, 
 etc., were sent for the use of the convalescent men in the hospitals, and at 
 Chaplain Miller s request all the remaining pajamas and comfort bags were 
 sent to Mrs. Liscum, for use in the general hospital. 
 
 Personal attention being given to the distribution of these supplies, 
 they were given out where most needed. 
 
 Referring to Chaplain Miller., we are reminded of his most excellent 
 work, both at the Presidio and in the Philippines. Mr. Miller gave up 
 his church to work among the soldiers, receiving no salary from the govern 
 ment. He gave all his time, looking after the spiritual needs of the living, 
 ministering to the sick and the dying, and conducting the burial services 
 at the graves of the dead. He endeared himself to the soldiers, and they 
 were most anxious that he should go with them to the Philippines. An 
 
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 effort w;is made to secure his appointment as regular chaplain, but. before 
 this was accomplished, the troops among whom lie ha<l worked were ordered 
 to the Philippines, and he decided to accompany them. Recognizing Mr. 
 Miller s influence for good over the men, and appreciating all he had done, 
 it was with pleasure that California Red Cross subscribed to the fund 
 raised to aid him in his work. The news of Mr. Miller s final appointment 
 as chaplain was received with pleasure. 
 
 With the return of Miss Smythe in July, 1900, and the more recent 
 return of Chaplain Miller, California Tied Cross was left with no repre 
 sentative in the Philippines. We were assured that the United States 
 Government was able to care for all its men in the islands, so we considered 
 our work there practically at an end. 
 
 \Ye hold ourselves, however, in readiness to respond to any calls for 
 aid that may come to ns. 
 
 At our annual meeting in October, 1899, an earnest appeal was made 
 by Mrs. Col. Greenleaf for aid for tbe circulating library started in Manila 
 by the late lamented Lieutenant-Colonel Miley for tbe benefit of the sol 
 diers. In response to the appeal, $250 were given Mrs. Green-leaf bv 
 California Red Cross. Later the Manila Library Association was formed, 
 and through this source large quantities of books, magazines, and papers 
 have been collected and sent to Manila, our auxiliaries responding generously 
 to the calls for reading matter. The work of securing donations of money, 
 books, etc., has been in the hands of Mrs. I. Lowenberg, assisted by Mrs. 
 C. W. Slack, Mrs. E. Breyfogie, Mrs. Thurlow McMullin, and others, of 
 San Francisco Red Cross, who have labored faithfully and successfully. 
 The expense of the work was borne for some months by California State Rod 
 Cross. 
 
 The committee has its quarters in the Phelan Building, and will be 
 most grateful for donations of reading matter, which, besides going to the 
 library, is sent to the various islands, and is also furnished to the transports 
 going to Manila. Fifty dollars were expended for books for the circulat 
 ing library established at the Presidio by Colonel Girard and Major Rich 
 ardson, and twenty dollars were contributed for the purchase of books for 
 : he men stationed at Fort Point. These libraries have been a boon to the 
 soldiers, officers, and privates, both here and in the Philippines, and have 
 been greatly appreciated. 
 
 Xo provision having been made by the government for the care of 
 convalescent soldiers, who, upon leaving the division hospital, returned to 
 rheir tents, and in their weakened condition in many instances contracted 
 colds or suffered relapses that resulted fatally, it was decided, in August, 
 1898, to open a home for convalescents, whore they could have better care 
 than in their tents. The plan was approved by the military authorities, 
 and, failing to secure a suitable house in the neighborhood of the Presidio, 
 permission was received to erect a building in the reservation. General 
 Miller looked over the iiTound and selected the most suitable location. The 
 
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 idea of building the home was taken up most enthusiastically by the auxil 
 iary societies, and the money required was soon in the treasury. Messrs. 
 .Xewsom and Mevers kindly donated plans, and in less than three weeks 
 from the day "-round was first broken the building was finished, furnished, 
 and ready for occupancy. For the rapid completion of the work, and for 
 lite comfortable, coxy home, much credit is due Mrs. \Y. \\. Harrington 
 and .Mrs. (.). F. Long, of the committee appointed to superintend the build 
 ing. Xo committee ever attended to its duties more faithfully. Daily 
 visits were made to the Presidio, and their enthusiasm must have l>cen caught 
 by the workmen. It was a one-story building, containing a large ward, 
 accommodating twenty beds, four small rooms, one of which was occupied 
 by the nurses, the others being used for the more serious cases, a dining- 
 room and sitting-room combined, kitchen, office, store rooms, two bath 
 rooms, etc. Requests came quickly from auxiliaries and private individuals 
 to be allowed to furnish completely one or more beds, or a room, and, being 
 granted, by the time the building was completed, the furnishings were 
 ready, thus preventing delay. Fourteen patients were admitted on the day 
 of its opening, September 7, 1898, and within a few days every bed was occu 
 pied. It was a most inviting and homelike place, exquisitely neat, with 
 health-giving sunlight pouring in all day long. 
 
 Miss Laura McKinstry volunteered her services as superintendent of 
 the home, and was placed in charge, remaining until it Avas well started, 
 receiving no compensation whatever other than the high commendation of 
 the surgeons and the gratitude of the sick boys. Trained nurses, Misses 
 Huzzey, Bracker, Txyerson, and Mrs. Livingston, were in attendance day 
 and night, and everything possible was done to restore its inmates to health 
 and strength. The home was the haven to which the sick men in the division 
 hospital looked forward. They were told in glowing terms by their comrades 
 of the "home" up on the hillside, and their constant plea was to be sent there, 
 where they knew they would get well." The happiness of those fortunate 
 enough, as they deemed it, to be sent there was unbounded, and their expres 
 sions of joy were pathetic. "It s most like heaven," was one boy s sentiment, 
 which was echoed by all the others. Many very serious cases were sent there 
 for the special care and diet that could be given them, and from Major 
 Matthews, the surgeon in charge, the highest commendation of the care of 
 the patients and of the work of the nurses was received. 
 
 One hundred and thirty-nine patients were cared for in the home during 
 its existence. 
 
 Of the many interesting cases, that of little Crawford, of Tennes 
 see, appealed to us most of all. He returned from Manila hopelessly 
 paralyzed from exposure in the trenches, and was among the first patients 
 sent to the home. Utterly helpless, but always cheerful, happy, and uncom 
 plaining, he endeared himself to all. lie remained there from October, 
 1808, until the close of the home, in February, 1809, when he was sent to 
 the division hospital. In May, after receiving his discharge, he was sent 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 to his home in Tennessee, California Keel Cross paying all his expenses 
 and those of a, discharged Iowa soldier who volunteered to see him safely 
 home. Most grateful letters have been received from his friends, as well 
 as from the friends of the other boys and. from the boys themselves, for 
 the care received in the home. 
 
 Another interesting ease was that of Chas. Prather. His friends, not 
 having heard from him for a long time, wrote to our society, asking for 
 information in regard to him. Your secretary was instructed to go to the 
 Presidio and endeavor to find him. The poor boy was finally located in 
 one of the wards of the division hospital, apparently dying of consumption. 
 His mother was at once informed that he had been found, and thereafter 
 daily bulletins were 1 sent to her. His condition improved, until he was 
 finally sent to the convalescent home for the individual care lie could have 
 there. With the good care received, he improved wonderfully, and finally 
 Major Matthews informed us that it would be possible and best for him to 
 be sent to his home in Kansas. Miss Brown, a graduate nurse of the Chil 
 dren s Hospital, consented to accompany him, and arrangements were 
 promptly made, San Francisco Red Cross bearing the expense of the nurse. 
 He was very ill on the journey, but reached his home alive, and later we 
 heard that, under the watchful care of his mother, he was improving. 
 
 At Christmas time everything was done to make the inmates of the 
 home happy. The place was bright with Christmas decorations, and a 
 delicious dinner was served. It was a Christinas day that will never be 
 forgotten by those who were present. 
 
 In February, 1800, acting upon the advice of Major Matthews, there 
 being ample room in the division hospital, the small number on the 
 sick list making it possible to give better care to all, and the emergency 
 which called the home into existence having passed, it was decided to close 
 it until such time as it might be necessary to again use it. This was done 
 about the 12th of March, 1890. Later, for a time, at the request of Major 
 Matthews, the women nurses at the division hospital were allowed the use 
 of it for sleeping quarters. 
 
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 1 1 \v;i< thought that, with the return of the volunteers from the Philip 
 pines, it might he necessary or advisable to reopen it, but our offer to do so, 
 in August, was courteously declined by the commanding general, with 
 expressions of appreciation and thanks, and the statement that "the govern 
 ment was now amply able to care for all of its soldiers." For a short- time 
 it was occupied by some officers and their families, but upon their departure 
 for the Philippine* it was left vacant. Finally, acting upon the advice of 
 General Shafter, "to sell it and have it removed, as the ground upon which 
 it, stood might be needed, it was sold for a nominal sum to the highest 
 bidder, and in April, 11)00, was removed. 
 
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 In closing the home a large quantity of its supplies, such as sheets, 
 pillow-slips, pajamas, flannel wrappers, towels, etc., were sent to Manila. 
 The furnishings of the Poppleton room, at the request of the donor, were 
 sent to the Maria Kip Orphanage, and those of the Willing Circle of King s 
 Daughters room to the Home for Incurables; the balance was distributed 
 among St. Luke s, the French, and the Children s Hospitals, all of which 
 had so generously aided the Red Cross in its work. The auxiliary societies 
 deserve great credit for the prompt and generous manner in which they 
 aided in building, furnishing, and supplying funds for meeting the expenses 
 of maintaining the home, as do the members of the Red Cross who gave of 
 their time and strength in looking after it, and the nurses, whose gentle 
 ministrations were so grateful to the sick boys. 
 
 The convalescent home, planned to meet an emergency, filled its niche in 
 our work and served ite purpose well. In its cheerful, sunny rooms many a 
 sick boy was nursed back to health and strength and sent on his way rejoic 
 ing, while others were made well enough to go back to their homes. 
 
 Everything that kind hearts and willing hands could do for the com 
 fort of the sick was done. The home is now only a memory, but it will 
 always be a bright and beautiful one to all who were cared for within its 
 cheerful walls. 
 
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 Pacific Coast lied Croats Society. 
 
 and in the convalescent home at the Presidio, we have vet found much else 
 to do. In the early davs of our work we were called upon many times to aid 
 in .securing transportation home for the soldiers discharged for disability, 
 hv reason of sickness contracted before enlistment. They were discharged 
 without ptiv, had no means of getting to their homes, and so, strangers in. 
 a strange land, sick and helpless, they came to the Red ( ross, whose kind 
 ness thev had experienced while in cam]). After an investigation by our 
 good fellow-member, Colonel Pamell, all whom he recommended as deserv 
 ing were aided. One poor man. whom tuberculosis had claimed for its 
 own, was sent back to his wife and tour little ones in Wyoming. To express 
 
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 his gratitude he left us his one treasure, a picture of these little ones. 
 Upon being asked why he had enlisted, his answer was that he belonged 
 to the militia and was ashamed to "back out. 7 " Besides," he added, "they 
 rode men out of town on rails who backed out in my state." 
 
 With the return of the volunteers from the Philippines, more of this 
 work became necessary, and while the burden of it was borne by the San 
 Francisco Red Cross, California Red Cross aided many discharged and 
 stranded men to return to their homes. Most of them were worthy of such 
 assistance; a few were not, but they had offered their lives to their country 
 and deserved some consideration for that. Besides, we were a little selfish, 
 perhaps, and felt justified in relieving our state of the burden of their care. 
 .Many very sick men were sent to their homes, accompanied by Ked Cross 
 nurses. We recall the cases of soldiers Prather, Ollness, and Shambo. The 
 latter reached his home in Michigan alive, but one week later passed away 
 to his long home. 
 
 In the last year of our work, at the request of the contract nurses at 
 the Presidio division hospital. Mrs. Roberts, one of their number suffering 
 
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 from tuberculosis contracted in her work, was sent to her home in Des 
 Moines, Iowa, accompanied by a nurse. She improved for a little while, 
 but later passed away. 
 
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 We must speak here of the kindness and courtesy shown by tlie railroad 
 officials and employees to the sick soldiers and the lied Cross nurses. Every 
 where they were treated with the utmost consideration and kindness. Word 
 was passed along the line that they were coining, and everything that could 
 he done to make their journey less painful Avas done. A Red Cross nurse 
 was an object of interest, and the brassard on her arm secured for her the 
 most thoughtful consideration. 
 
 The state association was greatly assisted by the untiring cooperation 
 of the army officials stationed at San Francisco, notably by Major-General 
 W. Ii. Shafter, commanding officer of the Department of the Pacific, and 
 <Y1. A. ( . (iirnrd, of the medical department, while the daily services ren 
 dered by Major (). F. Long, of the transport service, were invaluable, and 
 entitled him to grateful remembrance for unstinted and considerate helpful 
 ness. He was truly recognized as one of our foremost Reel Cross workers, 
 for, -owing to his keen watchfulness over the sanitary and other conditions 
 of the transport service, America to-day stands preeminent for its methods 
 and success in the transportation of troops. 
 
 Aided by the Associated Charities, work has been secured for many 
 of the returned volunteers who wished to remain in California, and for 
 many who wished to earn the money necessary to take them to their homes. 
 The transportation and relief work, which was so efficiently organized and 
 carried on by a committee from the San Francisco Red Cross, was for a 
 time assumed by California Red Cross State Association, but was again, 
 witli the return of the transports bringing home the discharged volunteers, 
 taken up by the San Francisco society. 
 
 During our work we have had a. large and varied correspondence, which 
 brought us into close touch with people all over the country. Parents have 
 written begging for information of their boys from whom no word had 
 come, and in every instance every effort possible was made to trace them, 
 sometimes successful, sometimes not. Letters of gratitude innumerable have 
 been received from "boys" in the Philippines, from "boys who had been 
 aided to return to their homes, and from those who have been helped over 
 the hard places here in our own city; also from parents and friends, who 
 have been most grateful for every care given their dear ones. 
 
 Our correspondence with our auxiliaries has been most pleasant. We 
 have learned through it to know the women of our own state, to know their 
 worth, and to feel that we can call them all friends. 
 
 The Transport Receiving Committee, appointed from Oakland Red 
 Cross, and consisting of ^Irs. Van Pelt, .Mrs. Heck, and others, was formed 
 with the return of the transports, and did excellent work. The ladies were, 
 by permission of the military authorities, allowed to board all incoming 
 transports, giving information in regard to hotels, boarding-houses, etc., 
 and looking after the wants of the sick men. They were enabled, by their 
 advice, to keep many of the discharged men from falling into the hands 
 of unscrupulous people, whose only desire was to secure the money of the 
 
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 men. In addition to the work for which they were appointed, the members 
 of the committee arranged several short excursions into the country for 
 the convalescent men, which were a relief to the monotony of their lives 
 and were greatly appreciated. Mrs. Van Pelt gives the following account 
 of the excursions: 
 
 "To relieve the monotony of life of the convalescent men in the hospital 
 at the Presidio, and the tedious waiting in camp of the soldiers to be mus 
 tered out of service after their return from the Philippines, excursions were 
 arranged for them to Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and San Jose. 
 
 "Mrs. W. B. Harrington, state president, rendered valuable assistance 
 in communicating with the presidents of the local Lied Cross Societies, and 
 reduced rates were granted by the Southern Pacific. 
 
 "Many convalescent men from the Presidio Hospital, and a large num 
 ber of officers and men of the 1st Nebraska United States Volunteers, com 
 posed the first excursion to Palo Alto. Like schoolboys out for a frolic, 
 these men, who had faced death and Avar s sufferings and privations, laid 
 aside the restraint of military discipline and entered heartily into the enjoy 
 ment of the beautiful and picturesque ride through ranches, orchards, and 
 villages, with glimpses here and there of the dancing waters of the ocean. 
 
 "The enthusiasm of the men was great when the train pulled into the 
 station at Palo Alto, and they witnessed, as many of them expressed it, the 
 most beautiful scene of years experience. Under the wide-spreading 
 branches of the live oaks in the plaza adjoining the station was a long table, 
 made bright with flowers and laden with fruit and many delicacies to tempt 
 the appetite. 
 
 "The ladies in gala attire were grouped here and there, and a large num 
 bers of citizens joyfully greeted the soldiers as they formed and marched from 
 the train to the plaza. Mrs. M. E. Malcolm, president of the Palo Alto Red 
 Cross Society, and her coworkers received the soldiers, and by their cordial 
 hospitality soon made the men feel that they were among friends. One of 
 the soldiers said to a veteran of the Civil War, You do not know how much it 
 
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 means to us to know that we are surrounded by friends and to have the priv 
 ilege of speaking to white Indies, a privilege we did not have while in the 
 Philippines, for I never spoke tn a white lady after I left San Francisco until 
 my return. 7 
 
 "After luneh was served carriages were provided and the soldiers were 
 driven to Stanford University, where they were most graciously received by 
 President Jordan and Professor Koss. After looking through the university, 
 the men were driven to the Stanford stables, where some of the most noted 
 horses in the United States were seen. Then the museum, mausoleum, and 
 Senator Stanford s residence were visited, and a ride through broad acres of 
 vineyards brought the happy party back to the station, where the citizens 
 had again assembled to bestow fruits and flowers on their visitors. As the 
 train came in sight that was to bear the men back to San Francisco, the sol 
 diers lined up, and gave three 1 cheers for the citizens of Palo Alto. Many of 
 the men said this was the happiest day of their army experience, and all 
 returned to hospital and camp delighted with their outing and California 
 hospitality. 
 
 "The Ked Cross Society and citizens of Palo Alto also received and 
 entertained a delegation of soldiers from the Colorado regiment, and later 
 on when other volunteer regiments returned from the Philippines, a large 
 number of the Idaho, Xorth Dakota, and Wyoming officers and men, with 
 many convalescents from the general hospital at the Presidio, were taken on 
 an excursion to San Jose, where they were royally received and entertained. 
 
 "Mayor Martin, Mrs. E. O. Smith, president of the San Jose Red Cross 
 Society, and many citizens met the soldiers at the station. Carriages were 
 in waiting for the officers and their wives and the convalescent men. 
 Through two lines of enthusiastic, cheering men, women, and children, the 
 soldiers marched to St. flames Park, keeping step to the inspiring strains 
 of martial music. 
 
 "The park was decorated with large flags, and the tables were laden and 
 beautified with flowers and fruit, such as only San Jose can have. The pub 
 lic schools were closed in honor of the soldiers, and hundreds of children 
 united with their elders in showing attention to the men who had made such 
 sacrifices for their country. 
 
 " After the bountiful lunch had been served, carriages were provided, 
 and the men were driven around to see the beauties of the Garden City 7 
 and the far-famed fruit canneries. 
 
 "When the men gathered at the station to take the train for San Fran 
 cisco, hundreds of the citizens had preceded them, and had filled the 1 cars with 
 flowers, fruit, and lunch baskets. As the train pulled out of the station, the 
 soldiers sent back ringing cheers for the kind people of San Jose who had 
 contributed so largely to their pleasure. When the city was left behind, and 
 the twilight came on, the men felt in some way they must give vent to their 
 overjoyed hearts, so they sang There Ts Sunshine in My Soul To-day. 
 and many of the gospel hymns. They had proven themselves valiant sol- 
 
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 diers, yet they were not ashamed to ask for my mother s favorite hymn, 
 and more than one eye was moistened when the favorite song of the far-away 
 mother was sung. 
 
 " When San Francisco was reached, it was an interesting sight to seo 
 the men form in line, with their arms tilled with flowers, melons, and baskets 
 <f luncheon, taking hack to cam]) to their comrades a substantial remem 
 brance" of their day s outing. 
 
 "On October 3d the men of the Minnesota and South Dakota regiments 
 were invited by the Women s Club of Menlo Park to a picnic dinner, and to 
 visit Stanford University, two miles beyond. The invitation was accepted, 
 and the ladies of that village entertained the soldiers with a hearty cordiality, 
 and placed baskets of fruit and provisions in the cars for the men on their 
 return to camp. 
 
 "After a visit to the home of Mr. Timothy Hopkins, where acres of 
 beautiful flowers were seen, the soldiers, many of whom were university men, 
 were met by a committee sent by President Jordan to escort them to the uni 
 versity. After visiting that institution, they were joined by a large dele 
 gation from Palo Alto, and were taken to many points of interest around 
 that historic place, 
 
 "Be it said to the honor of the American soldiers that, while hundreds 
 of them went on these excursions, and no restraint whatever was placed upon 
 them, not an objectionable word was uttered, or anything done that would 
 lower the standard of a gentleman, and the citizens in the places visited were 
 gratified to have the opportunity of showing their appreciation of men who 
 had served their country so faithfully." 
 
 MRS. ADA VAN PKLT. 
 Chairman Transport Receiving Committee. 
 
 Aside from our work in behalf of the soldiers, we have been called upon 
 to do some Red Cross work in other directions. In February of 1000 the 
 attention of our society was called to a Filipino family stranded in our 
 city, and almost starving. A visit to their abode showed that they were in 
 dire distress, and that their condition was indeed pitiable. Their wants were 
 supplied, and they were tided over until transportation back to their home 
 could be secured for them. 
 
 Tn February of the same year a strong appeal for aid for a settlement 
 of Russians in the Xorthwestern Territory was received. They were Quak 
 ers who had left their homes in Russia because of their religion. The loss 
 of their crops reduced them almost to starvation. Tn response to the appeal, 
 $100 was contributed by the Red Cross to a fund raised for them. 
 
 Later came the appeal for aid for the Galveston sufferers, which was 
 promptly responded to. California Red Cross sent $250 from its treasury, 
 and many of the auxiliaries answered the call for help. San Francisco Red 
 Cross sent large nuantities of supplies and $962.70: Oakland sent $620.2.5; 
 St. Helena, $25; Redwood City, $47; Santa Rosa, $36.30; Upper Lake and 
 Lakeport, $5S.40; Monterey, $25; Yallejo, $114; Saratoga branch of San 
 
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 Jose, $29.40; Oleta, $11; Sonoma, $66.85; Suisun, $50; Jackson, 
 $25; Bakersfield, $L>0 ; Alameda, $60.57; and Calistoga, $5.00. 
 
 Our auxiliaries have always responded promptly and heartily to any 
 calls for aid from the state society, and the confidence exhibited toward the 
 executive board has been a source of sincere gratification. 
 
 In June, 1900, the Pittsburg Red Cross, in recognition and appreciation 
 of the kindness shown the Pennsylvania Volunteers, scut us $1,000. It was 
 a welcome gift, and aided us greatly in continuing our work. 
 
 From the Ix ginning of our organization we have met with the heartiest 
 support from the press of San Francisco and of the state in general, and to 
 this fact we may attribute much of our success. 
 
 Wells, Fargo & Co. s Express has been most kind, and the railroads have 
 been most generous in responding to our appeals for low rates for discharged 
 sick men and in their treatment of the men. 
 
 We have been enabled to do much of our work, both here and in the 
 Philippines, by reason of the kindness and cons iderat ion shown us by our 
 parent organization, the American National Red Cross, through whose efforts 
 we have received from the New York Relief Society generous donations, 
 amounting to $9,000. The National Society has kept in touch with our 
 work, Avhich has always met with its approval. 
 
 In the recent reconstruction of the National Society, California State 
 Red Cross was honored by having its president, Mrs. W. B. Harrington, 
 made a member of the Board of Control of the American National Red Cross. 
 The honor bestowed upon Mrs. Harrington was well earned, and was thor 
 oughly appreciated by all who knew of her noble, untiring devotion to the 
 work of the Red Cross. 
 
 Our work still goes on, and at no time have we felt that it was possible 
 to close it entirely, that it was wholly finished. Those whom \vc aid 
 may not all be worthy, but the unworthy are in the small minority. 
 Then, too, we are finding that "the bread cast upon the water is returning 
 lo us. Many of those aided in reaching their homes have secured employ 
 ment, and have promptly returned the money loaned or given them, with 
 letters expressing sincerest gratitude for assistance rendered. 
 
 The work of the Red Cross is not finished. There may be no active 
 work to be done, but the recent disaster in Galveston shows how, when least 
 expected, a terrible calamity may befall some portion of our fair laud, and 
 the services of the Red Cross be required. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MRS. L. L. D ux BAR, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
(Jnliforn in Report. 
 
 oil 
 
 William. E. Kron:n, 
 Treasurer, State Association. 
 
 CAMFOKMA HKI) CROSS, STATK SOCIKTV, MAY 27, !*!>*, T< > < ><T. 1 *, 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Initiation tees from 101 Red Cross Societies $ 1,010 00 
 
 Badges 4,609 00 
 
 Red Cross Societies 12 > 084 4 
 
 Red Cross Societies and others for Manila Field Hospital and support of nurses 0,627 20 
 
 Red Cross Societies supplies for hospital ship 
 
 Red Cross Societies Convalescent Home 
 
 Donation for Convalescent Home other than Red Cross Societies.. 
 
 Citizens, Schools, Churches, Clubs, etc 3,200 92 
 
 Identification Medals 
 
 For sick soldiers 16 50 
 
 San Jose Red Cross for musical instruments 8th Reg. Vols 
 
 Discount on hills 10 25 
 
 $32,940 44 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Francis Wakerlv. Calistoga Red Cross, for over remittance $ 3 75 
 
 Drujjs, etc ." - 35 2t > 
 
 Badges 2.*90 00 
 
M I nrific Const H< <1 Croxx tfortcfy. 
 
 Comforts sent on troop ships . $ 134 20 
 
 Lumber, flooring for hospital tents :..." f jg 5 99 
 
 Transportation, food, etc., for sick and discharged soldiers ...\ .. ... P 574 08 
 
 Printing, stamps, stationery, telegrams, express, etc ; 808 54 
 
 Identification medals for troops 408 84 
 
 Musical instruments 8th Keg. Cal. Vol 100 00 
 
 Mattresses Iowa hospital tents 31 50 
 
 California Red Cross, Manila Field Hospital supplies.. 0,083 07 
 
 California Red Cross, marine insurance 81* ti7 . 
 
 California Red Cross, cash advanced nurses 4,010 85 
 
 Refunded Elko, Nevada, Red Cross on joining Nevada Association 10 00 
 
 Emergency Fund Companies B and M 8th Reg. Cal. Artillery, and Company I) 
 
 Cal. Heavy Artillery \ . . 1 01 1 00 
 
 Supplies and delicacies for hospital ship 2,800 01 
 
 Expense on account of Convalescent Home 4,153 15 
 
 Office expense 90 50 
 
 Petty cash on hand 2 39 
 
 Cash on hand 68 10 
 
 Cash in bank 8,670 04 
 
 $32, 940 44 
 MRS. E. II. I)IMONI>, 
 
 Asst. Treasurer. 
 
 CALIFORNIA RED CROSS, STATK SOCIETY, OCT. 18, 1898, TO OCT. 17, 1899. 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Cash on hand Oct. 18, 1898 $ 8,738 14 
 
 Initiation fees from four Red Cross societies ; 40 00 
 
 Badges 95 75 
 
 Red Cross Societies 12,067 42 
 
 Red Cross Societies and others, Manila field 2,010 29 
 
 Red Cross Societies and others, hospital use 469 22 
 
 Red Cross Societies, Convalescent Home 574 31 
 
 On account of San Francisco Red Cross Society 433 55 
 
 Citizens, schools, churches, clubs, etc 491 05 
 
 Identification medals 141 75 
 
 Discount on bills 47 43 
 
 $25 /Hi 91 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 
 Drugs and medicines $ 1,024 35 
 
 Money, clothing and transportation for soldiers 1,615 15 
 
 Printing, stamps, cablegrams, stationery, drayage, etc 910 24 
 
 Identification medals 138 12 
 
 Col. O. Summers, for overcoats Oregon boys 150 00 
 
 California Red Cross Manila Field and Emergency Fund 12,030 30 
 
 Expense on account of Convalescent Home 2,354 88 
 
 Office rent and supply department 210 50 
 
 Nurses, subsistence returning on transport 481 50 
 
 Paid on account San Francisco Red Cross Society 433 55 
 
 Money advanced San Francisco Red Cross Society 77 50 
 
 Salary of clerk in office 447 30 
 
 Salary of porter in supply department 35 i 00 
 
 Paid on account of library at Manila.... 250 00 
 
Cash on hand ........................................................ .............. ................... K 14 sf> 
 
 Cash in hank ...... ............................................................................ ....... 6,222 67 
 
 S2."),71 J 91 
 (Signed) MRS. I, or is \V KIN MANN, 
 
 . ! /. 7V f/.sv// ^ / . 
 
 Three thousand dollars of cash in hank is set aside for use in Manila. 
 
 CAUI- OKNIA i;i:i> < 1M)S<. STATK SOCIETY, O<T. 17, 1KD9, TO O< T. 17, 1 ( .M)(). 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 Cash on hand October 17. 1899 ................................................................ X6/237 .V> 
 
 Red Cross Societies ..................................................................................... 1 ,86~> 20 
 
 Red Cross pins .................................................. .................... 23 ">0 
 
 Rent and sale of Convalescent Home ................................................................ 168 00 
 
 Reimbursement on K. R. tickets, and bills for soldiers ................................ 486 35 
 
 Use of telephone ............................... ....................................................... 6 35 
 
 Rebate on bills ..................................................................................... 26 01 
 
 American National Red Cross Relief Committee ................................... ........... 1,500 00 
 
 San Francisco Red Cross Society ............................. ......................................... 109 05 
 
 Friends ...................................................................................................... 4 00 
 
 Balance of Transport Receiving Co. Fund ............. ........................... .................... 14 66 
 
 Red Cross Society for Galveston Relief Fund ................................................... 1,193 82 
 
 Citizens, churches, schools, etc., Galveston Relief Fund ................................. ...... 88 25 
 
 $11,667 71 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS. 
 Money, clothing and transportation of soldiers ...................................................... $1,647 11 
 
 Hospital care, drugs and medicines ........................ ............................................ 830 90 
 
 Printing, stationery, stamps, d ravage, etc ........................................................... 176 27 
 
 Insurance of Convalescent Home ............. . ....................................................... 15 00 
 
 Rent of office .............................. ................................................................ .. 180 00 
 
 Telegrams, telephone, and express .......................................................... ......... 802 90 
 
 Salary of clerk in office ................................................................................. 802 25 
 
 Salary of porter ......... . ................................... ............................................... 294 50 
 
 Cards, games, and stationery sent on transports Manila Fund .............................. 121 02 
 
 O. H. J. Schlott ................................................... ..... ............... ....................... 100 00 
 
 Reception to Tennessee boys ............................................................... ............... 32 70 
 
 Groceries, drugs, stationery, etc., sent to Manila ................................................... 1,415 65 
 
 American library at Manila ............................................................... .............. 150 00 
 
 Chaplain Miller ............................................................................................ 350 00 
 
 Books and fruit sent to Presidio ....................................................................... 136 55 
 
 Loan to C. M. Waage .................................................................................... 50 00 
 
 Destitute Russians in Canada ............................................................................. 100 00 
 
 Transport Receiving Co .................................... ........................................... 109 50 
 
 Associated Charities, employment fees ....... ...................................................... 201 00 
 
 Petty cash expended by clerk in office ................................................................. 120 00 
 
 Testimonials given nurses returned from Manila ............................................... 39 25 
 
 Money sent to Galveston for relief of sufferers ................................................... 1,527 07 
 
 Cash in bank October 17, 1900 .......................................................................... 3,966 04 
 
 $11,667 71 
 (Signed) MRS. JOHN H. DICKINSON, 
 
 As*t. Treasurer. 
 
 CALIFORNIA KKI> CROSS, STATK SOCIKTY, OCT. 17, 1900, TO SKPT. 18, 1901. 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 Cash on hand October 18, 1901 .................. ....................................................... $3,966 04 
 
 Receipts for Galveston Fund ............................... .......................................... 466 89 
 
62 I dcific Const Ji( j d Cross Society. 
 
 Ked Cross Auxiliaries, dues and donations $ 380 50 
 
 Sun Francisco Ked Cross Society, one-halt expenses of office :501 1") 
 
 State of Idaho, in payment for money expended tor Idaho troops 2H8 l>0 
 
 :i3d Reg. Manila (Y* M. C. A.) 12 75 
 
 Repaid transportation - 08 4S 
 
 Repaid by Mr. Waage 50 00 
 
 War Board of Los Angeles 12: , : ,2 
 
 Half-tone Ked Cross book 7H 00 
 
 Sale Ked Cross pins *5 
 
 Telephone fees 40 
 
 *r,.527 .is 
 
 IMSIU KSKM KNTS. 
 
 (Jalveston Relief Fund $ 4W, H 
 
 Galveston advertisements 4 20 
 
 Chaplain Miller Fund 3OO OO 
 
 Tent at Presidio 300 OO 
 
 Manila Library Fund :5<i 75 
 
 Transportation for soldiers 1,:>28 30 
 
 Aid to destitute men, meals, rooms, clothing, hospital dues, and medicines 1 ,8.")3 r>2 
 
 Merchandise 75 70 
 
 Telephone, telegrams, typewriting, office repairs 123 01 
 
 Office rent, clerk and porter -">67 50 
 
 Letterheads, billheads and envelopes .. (iO 80 
 
 Other expenses 54 75 
 
 Calistoga Red Cross 100 00 
 
 Red Cross pins > 2"> 
 
 $5,277 07 
 
 Total receipts of State Red Cross from May 27, 1SU8, to Sept, 18, 1001 $">7.909 ;2 
 
 Disbursements $5<i,659 31 
 
 Cash on hand September 18 1,250 31 
 
 $57,009 r,2 $57,90U r,2 
 MARY F. MrCJruN, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 A FOUM sr(J(}E8TEI) FOR ()U(iANIXIX(i LOCAL SOCIETIES. 
 
 The /V<7 Cross Society of 
 
 KXOW ALL ^IEX BY THESE PRESEXTS- 
 
 That we, the undersigned residents of in the stau> 
 
 of California, have this .... day of , 1898, associated our- . 
 
 selves together for the purpose of forming a Ked Cross society, and we 
 herehy certify 
 
 FIRST. 
 
 That the name of the organization shall he the "Red Cross Society of 
 
 SECOND. 
 
 That the purpose for which it is formed is to afford relief to those 
 suffering through war. Hood, fire, famine, or any other calamity; such relief 
 to be afforded first in such manner as may be desirable or necessary locally, 
 and afterward, as far as practicable, through the medium of the California 
 
Red Cross { state association ), acting as an auxiliary to the American National 
 Red ( ross. 
 
 That the place where the principal business of the society is to be trans 
 acted is , ( alifornia. 
 
 FOIIKTH. 
 
 That the members of such society shall consist of the persons signing 
 these articles of association, and of such others. as may be hereafter admitted 
 to membership pursuant to the constitution or by-laws of the society to be 
 hereafter adopted. 
 
 FIFTH. 
 
 That the officers of said society and their respective duties shall be 
 governed by the constitution or by-laws to be hereafter adopted. 
 
 SIXTH. 
 
 That the first meeting of this society shall take place at 
 
 on the .... day of , 1S!.8, and the majority of the members 
 
 of the society present at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, shall 
 have power to adopt a constitution or by-laws for this society. 
 
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set our names. 
 
 COPY OF CONSTITUTION. 
 
 CALIFORNIA RED CROSS. 
 
 (State Association.) 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 N VME AXD LOCATION. 
 
 This Association shall be known as California Red Cross (State 
 Association). Its principal place of business and headquarters shall be 
 located in San Francisco, and it shall be auxiliary to the American National 
 Red Cross and subject to the rules and regulations thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OBJECTS AND DUTIES. 
 
 It shall be the object and duty of this Association, either by itself or 
 in conjunction with other associations of a similar character, or as an auxili 
 ary of the American National Red Cross, or otherwise, or under general 
 
HJ racific Coatit Red Cross Society. 
 
 direct ion of the Tainted States Government, or otherwise, as shall he deter 
 mined bv the Kxeeutive Hoard hereinafter provided for, to collect and accu 
 mulate monev and materials, and devote the same to provide agents, nurses. 
 and assistants, drug s, medicines, hospital appliances, and appurtenances 
 cf anv kind whatsoever, for service and use in times of war and in cases of 
 other calamities, such a- famine, pestilence, Hood, tire, and other disasters, 
 so groat as to he considered national and worthy of more than local assist 
 ance, and to render at such times any and all other services of a medical 
 or sanitarv character which the circumstances may require or render neces- 
 sarv. 
 
 ARTFCLK in. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Any local auxiliary lied Cross Society in California is eligible to mem 
 bership in this Association upon payment of ten dollars accompanying its 
 application for enrolment. The Kxeeutive Board shall determine the yearly 
 dues or fees, if anv, and when payable; and membership in the Association 
 shall be forfeited on such conditions as the Kxeeutive Board shall determine. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OVF.TCERS AXD G-OVE-K \ME.\T. 
 
 The governing body of this Association shall consist of an Executive- 
 Hoard of fifteen members, to he selected from the membership of local 
 auxiliary societies in California, as follows: 
 
 Each local auxiliary society which shall have become a member of this 
 Association, pursuant to Article III hereof, shall have power to appoint one 
 delegate to this Association. The Kxecutive Board shall be elected by a 
 majority of such delegates present at the regular annual meeting of the 
 Association, provided, however, that six of the members of such Kxecutive 
 Board shall be members of the Red Cross Society of San Francisco, four 
 shall be members of a Red Cross Society or Societies located in Alameda 
 County, and the remaining five shall be members of auxiliary societies 
 located in counties other than San Francisco and Alameda ; but no two of 
 such five shall be members of the same auxiliary society, or from the samo 
 county. 
 
 The Executive Board shall elect a President, First and Second Vice- 
 Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and an Assistant Treasurer, all of whom 
 except the Treasurer shall be Delected from the membership of the Execu 
 tive Board. Until the annual meeting is held for the year 1898, the pres 
 ent Executive Board and the officers and their successors selected by it shall 
 hold office. 
 
 The Kxecutive Board shall meet at the call of the President, or other 
 wise as it may determine, and shall have entire direction and control of 
 the affairs of the Association, transacting its business through such subordi 
 nate committees and officers as it may select. It shall have power to fill 
 vacancies in its own number. 
 
(Jdlifoiiiia Report. 65 
 
 The delegates hereinabove referred to shall be ex-officio honorary vice- 
 ])residents of the Association, and may attend the meetings of the Executive 
 Board, but shall not have any vote therein. 
 
 The Executive Board may elect an Advisory Council of as many mem 
 bers as it may see fit, whose duties shall be to attend the meetings of the 
 Executive Board and to advise and assist such Board as to its work; bm 
 such Council shall not have any vote in such Executive Board. 
 
 The President shall preside over the meetings of the Executive Board 
 as well as over those of the Association, and all of the officers hereinbefore 
 mentioned shall perform such duties and exercise such functions as ordi 
 narily pertain to their respective offices. 
 
 The Treasurer, however, shall disburse no funds of the Association 
 without a written order signed by the President and the Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. 
 
 The annual meeting of this Association for the election of officers and 
 the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, shall 
 be held on the third Tuesday in October, at such place and particular hour, 
 and subject to such notice, if any, as the Executive Board shall designate, and 
 at such meeting, and before the election of officers, annual written reports 
 from the President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be presented and con 
 sidered. In -other respects the order of business at any meeting of the Asso 
 ciation shall be in accordance with Roberts Kules of Order," when not 
 otherwise specified by the Executive Board. Special meetings either of the 
 Association or of the Executive Board may be called by the President or 
 other executive officer acting as such, and shall be called by said officer upon 
 the written request or direction of five member? of the Executive Board, at 
 anv time and place, and subject to any notice that such Board shall direct. 
 
 AKTICLE VI. 
 
 QUORUM. 
 
 Twelve delegates shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi 
 ness at any regular or special meeting of the Association, and five members 
 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of 
 the Executive Board. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 This Constitution may be amended at any meeting of the Association 
 by consent of two-thirds of all delegates present thereat, provided that a 
 notice in writing, specifying such proposed amendment in detail or in sub 
 stance, shall have been given to the Executive Board at least one week prior 
 to the meeting at which such proposed amendment is to be voted on. 
 5 
 
t>6 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 PROCEDURE. 
 
 Unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Board, "Roberts Rules of 
 Order" shall govern in all cases not herein provided for. 
 
 rOPY OF CONSTITUTION LOCAL SOCIETY. 
 
 CONSTITTTION OK THK IvED CROSS SOCIETY OK SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 AHTICLK T. 
 
 XAMi: AXD LOCATION. 
 
 This Association shall be known as the Red Cross Society of San 
 Francisco, where its principal office and headquarters shall be situated, and 
 the Society shall be auxiliary to the California Red Cross (State Associa 
 tion), and through it to the American National Red Cross, and shall be 
 subject to any rules prescribed by said Calif ornia Red Cross (State Associa 
 tion) regarding auxiliary societies. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OBJECT A.XD DUTIES. 
 
 It shall be the object and duty of this Society, either by itself or in 
 conjunction with oilier associations of a similar character, or as an auxiliary 
 ro the California Red Cross (State Association) or to the American National 
 Red Cross, or otherwise, or under the general direction of the United States 
 Government, or otherwise, as shall be determined by the Executive Com 
 mittee hereinafter provided for, to collect and accumulate money and ma 
 terial?, and devote the same to provide nurses, assistants, drugs, medicines, 
 hospital appliances, and appurtenances of any kind whatsoever for service 
 and use in times of war, and in cases of other calamities, such as famine, 
 pestilence, floods, fires, and other disasters so great as to be considered 
 national and worthy of more than local assistance, and to render at such 
 times any and all other services of a medical or sanitary character, which 
 the circumstances may require or render necessary. 
 
 ARTK LE ITT. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Any person is eligible to membership in this Society, and may be 
 admittted thereto upon payment of one dollar in advance. The Executive 
 Committee shall determine the yearly dues or fees, if any, and when pay 
 able; and membership in the Society shall be forfeited on such conditions 
 as said committee shall determine. 
 
or KICK US AM) GOVERNMENT. 
 
 An Executive ( ommittee <;f seventeen members shall be elected by a 
 majority of the members of the Society present at the annual meeting. 
 
 Such Executive Committee shall immediately after such annual meet 
 ing elect from its own members the following officers of the Society: A 
 President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer. 
 The Executive Committee shall have power to till vacancies in its own num 
 ber, or any of the offices above named. All officers, including the Executive 
 Committee, shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are elected. 
 
 Tntil the annual meeting is held for the year 1M>S, the present officers, 
 or their successors who may be selected by the Executive Committee, shall 
 hold office. 
 
 Tbe Executive Committee shall meet at the call of the President, or 
 otherwise as it may determine, and shall have entire direction and control 
 of the affairs of the Society, transacting 1 its business through snch subordinate 
 committees and officers as it may select. 
 
 The Executive Committee may elect an Advisory Council, to consist 
 of as many members as such Committee may see fit, whose duties shall be to 
 attend the meetings of and advise and assist said ( Committee, but the mem 
 bers of said council shall have no vote at such meetings. 
 
 The President shall preside over the meetings of the Executive Com 
 mittee as well as over those of the Society : and all of the officers herein 
 before mentioned shall perform such duties and exercise such functions as 
 ordinarily pertain to their respective offices. 
 
 The Treasurer, however, shall disburse n<> funds of the Society without 
 a written order signed by the President and Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 .MEETINCIS AND ELECTIONS. 
 
 The annual meeting of the Society foi the election of officers and 
 the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it shall 
 be held on the first Tuesday in October, at such place and particular hour, 
 and subject to such notice, if any, as the Executive Committee shall desig 
 nate; and at such meeting, and before the election of officers, annual writ 
 ten reports from the President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be presented 
 and considered. In other respects the order of business of any meeting of 
 the Society or of the Executive Committee shall be in accordance with 
 "Roberts Rules of Order, 7 when not otherwise specified by such Committee. 
 
 Special meetings either of the Society or the Executive Committee may 
 be called by the President, or other executive officer acting as such, and shall 
 be called by said officer upon the written request or direction of five mem 
 bers of the Executive Committee at any time and place, and subject to any 
 notice that such Committee shall direct. 
 
08 I arific L oasl lied Cross Society. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 Twcntv members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi 
 ness at any regular or special meeting of the Society; seven members shall 
 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the 
 Executive ( Committee. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 This Constitution may be amended at any meeting of the Societv bv 
 consent of two-thirds of all members present thereat, provided that a notice 
 in writing, specifying such proposed amendment in detail or in substance, 
 shall have been given to the Executive Committee at least one week prior 
 to the meeting at which such proposed amendment is to be voted on. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 PROCEDURE. 
 
 Unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee, " Roberts Rules 
 of Order" shall govern in all cases not hereinbefore provided for. 
 
To All Red Cross Societies of California 
 
 Greeting: Since the public announcement of the preliminary meetings 
 for the organization of the California Red Cross (state association), we have 
 heen in receipt of many letters of inquiry as to the method of organization 
 of auxiliary societies, the plan of representation of such in the state associa 
 tion, and their connection and submission to the authority of the American 
 Xational Red Cross, as well as regarding the adoption of an official badge 
 in the form of a pin or button. All these queries it is the aim of this circular 
 letter to answer. 
 
 Red Cross associations came into existence as a result of the Geneva 
 Conference of 1863. Sixteen nations participated in this conference. 
 Under the rules adopted by this and subsequent conferences, National Red 
 Cross associations were formed in each country which was a party to the 
 conference. The Xational Red Cross Association of each of such countries 
 is the only body officially recognized by the various governments, parties 
 to the treaty. 
 
 The central organization of the Red Cross in the United States is the 
 American Xational Red Cross, with headquarters located at Washington, 
 D. C. There are also several state associations which are subject to the 
 rules of the American Xational Red Cross, and as many auxiliary societies 
 as may be formed, eacli of which owes allegiance to the state organization, 
 and through it to the national. 
 
 The plan outlined by the promoters of the California state organiza 
 tion is to have the association a delegate body representing auxiliary societies 
 formed in the various counties, cities, and towns in the state, the details 
 of which will appear from the enclosures hereinafter referred to. 
 
 The object of this is to secure uniformity in our efforts and the intelli 
 gent direction and active cooperation of the more experienced parent 
 organization. 
 
 The United States Army regulations are rigid, and must be complied 
 with, to enable us to reach those we desire to aid. The American National 
 Red Cross understands these regulations, is recognized by the government 
 as a valuable auxiliary in emergency work, and its representatives art- 
 accorded every facility possible in carrying this on. 
 
 We recommend the organization of an active Red Cross Society in 
 every community that can secure a good list of workers. .V form for the 
 organization of such societies is enclosed herewith. As many signatures to 
 this should be obtained as possible, each signer being required to pay one 
 dollar. 
 
 This having been done, a constitution should be adopted. We enclose 
 a copy of the constitution adopted by the Red Cross Society of San Fran 
 cisco. This, we think, will be a satisfactory model on which to form con 
 stitutions for other local auxiliary societies, with such changes of detail as 
 may in each case be deemed expedient. Xo by-laws will be necessary, the 
 constitution covering all essential points. 
 
 (60) 
 
70 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 It is the desire of this association, for reasons stated above, that every 
 local auxiliary Red Cross society in the state should become a member of 
 the state association. We enclose a copy of the constitution of the state 
 association, which will show the steps necessary to obtain such membership, 
 and will indicate as well the general nature of the organization of the state 
 association and its relations to the national association and to the various 
 auxiliary societies within the state. 
 
 It will bo seen therefrom that the general direction of the affairs of 
 the state association is in the hands of an executive board elected by the 
 auxiliary societies all over the state. 
 
 In order to keep the state association and the local auxiliary societies 
 more closely in touch, the secretary of the executive board Avill send to each 
 of the auxiliary societies which may become members of the state associa 
 tion copies or extracts from the minutes after each meeting of the executive 
 hoard, showing all important action taken. 
 
 An official pin or badge has been adopted, which will he furnished upon 
 requisition made to the secretary of the state association, at the rate of 
 twenty-five dollars per hundred. One of these badges should be delivered 
 to each member of the local auxiliary societies. They arc not expensive, 
 and they help greatly in canvassing. 
 
 The various Red Cross organizations work together under the code of 
 honor. "No legal supervision exists of one over another. 
 
 The urgency of the need for w r ork of this character in the present 
 emergency is too obvious to require any special attention being called to it. 
 \Ve desire merely to indicate to all whom this letter may reach the steps 
 to be taken in order to put the work on a systematic and satisfactory basis 
 and extend its scope as far as possible. 
 
 Any further information that may be desired will be furnished on appli 
 cation to the secretary of the state association. Very truly yours, 
 
 CALIFORNIA RED CROSS 
 
 (State Association). 
 
 By MRS. L. L. DUNBAR, Secretary. 
 
J//-.S. ./{,/, / . Men-Ill, 
 President San Francisco Red Cross and Vice-Prcsideiit California Ked Cross. 
 
SAN FRANCISCO RED CROSS. 
 
 INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 THE first chapter of the Story of the Red Cross of San Francisco, draws 
 to its close. Born timid the stress of an unexpected war, full pano 
 plied for its most un warlike duty, born of those half-divine parents, 
 "Humanity" and "Neutrality," the days of the society have been passed 
 amid war s alarms; passed amid the clangor of military music as the troops 
 marched down to the sea, virile and strong, to fight in the far Philippines; 
 passed amid the throbs of military music as the boys came up from the sea, 
 pale and with spent strength, their feet weighted with a weakness that 
 clogged their steps, and still the Philippines only half subdued. 
 
 But now, at last, the good work begins to tell, the little brown Filipino 
 brother begins to recognize the real friendliness of his big white brothers 
 from over the waters, and the war seems over; the mutterings of a yet 
 more dreadful war in the Orient, which startled us for a while, seem 
 silenced; the great volunteer army that America gave so freely is dis 
 persed, and the society of the Red Cross of San Francisco, not dead, not 
 dying, but taking an honorable rest, sits down to tell and to listen to the 
 story of three years unremitting work. 
 
 No burning words of eulogy, no lofty Mights of poesy, no pen, even 
 though inspired by genius, could half so well tell this story as do the care 
 fully-kept records and the regular reports of the officers of the society, 
 hastily penned amid the strenuous hours in which they lived, yet every 
 word tipped with a Hame of patriotism, a love of humanity, a selfless 
 desire that no son of the Union east, west, north, or south should miss 
 the ministrations of the loving, devoted, able women of San Francisco. 
 
 In this sketch, therefore, nothing is taken away from the official 
 reports, and little is added to them, save the garnering of a few of the 
 thousand incidents of interest that occurred, and the introduction of 
 extracts from a small proportion of the mass of letters received in acknowl 
 edgment of the good services done by the society, or in petition for its 
 good offices by some one in trouble. 
 
 There was trouble enough, and of the most varied character, from the 
 very beginning, and it was this varied aspect of the work that created the 
 numerous centers of action, the necessity for which developed and became 
 obvious rapidly. 
 
 The first call in San Francisco for the formation of the society, dated 
 April 28, 1898, evidently contemplated assistance to California!! troops 
 
 onlv. It reads as follows: 
 
 ( 73 ) 
 
74 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 ADVISORY BOARD, SAN FRANCISCO RED CROSS. 
 
 Charles Holl>r<><>k. 
 
 Colonel W. R. Smedberg, U. S. A. 
 
 C. P. L. Marais. 
 
 Sfi)>u l Knight. 
 
tian Francisco Report. 
 
 75 
 
 ADVISORY BOARD, SAN FRANCISCO RED CROSS. 
 
 F. W. Dohrnwn. 
 
 Jamex 
 
 Frank J. Symmes. 
 
 J. B. Stetson, 
 Ferry Godfather," San Francisco Red Cross. 
 
7(> Pacific Coaxt Red Cross Society. 
 
 "You lire earnestly requested to attend the first meeting of the Ked 
 Cross League and Sanitary Commission of California, to be held at the 
 California Hotel on Monday evening, May 2, at 7:30 o clock. 
 
 k< This organization has been formed to provide California!! troops, 
 called to defend their Hag and country, with medical and other .supplies, 
 and to care for our soldier hoys in camp and hospital. 
 
 "California s record for generosity and patriotism in the past is the 
 most glorious in her history. Let us keep that record bright now that our 
 country is menaced by a foreign adversary. 
 
 "By order of the League, 
 
 "Mns. WILLARD B. HARRINGTON, President. 
 
 "G. F. HANSON, Secretary. 
 
 The committee on organization was as follows: His Excellency Gov 
 ernor .lames II. Budd, Mrs. Louis Sloss, Mrs. J. G. ( lark, Mrs. John F. 
 Merrill, Mrs. Willard B. Harrington, Rev. Father Wyrnan, Rabbi J. Yoor- 
 sanger, Rev. Horatio Stebbins, Rev. II. C. Foute, Win. Alvord, Hon. Wm. 
 S. Barnes, W. F. Hopkins, M. D., G. F. Hanson, M. D., W. 1). McCarthy, 
 M. I)., .1. Gallwny, M. I), R. J. Tobin, P. Crowley, C. L. Barrington. 
 
 r rhe reports that follow will show how rapidly the work broadened: 
 how soon the hearts of the people opened to cheer, comfort, encourage, 
 and help not only the sons of California, but the sons of the whole nation. 
 
 To bo sure, the opportunity was exceptional. The city of San Fran 
 cisco, at the moment of Dewey s victory in Manila Bay, became a national 
 center, a point of concentration and a port of departure for the troops of 
 the 1 n ion. But let it never be forgotten while history lasts, how glori 
 ously the men and women of San Francisco rose to that opportunity. Let 
 it be well remembered how, amid an excitement unparalleled in our 
 history, the Red Cross of San Francisco was organized, officered, financed, 
 and operated with a system, a speed, and an effectiveness for immediate 
 help for the soldiers which was impossible for the national government 
 with its more ponderous methods. 
 
 There has been much pleasant recognition of the society and its 
 work. Some of this has been official. 
 
 The president of the San Francisco Red Cross, Mrs. John F. Merrill, 
 who has been continuously reelected and has held steadfastly to her ardu 
 ous duties, was made an honorary member of the National Association of 
 Military Surgeons at their last convention, held at Kansas City in Sep 
 tember, 1899. Mrs. Merrill shared that honor with Clara Barton and Helen 
 Gould, and holds her diploma as a well-won recognition of the services of 
 herself and her society. Mrs. Willard B. Harrington, president of the 
 State Red Cross and member of the Board of Directors of the San Fran 
 cisco Red Cross, was, last fall, elected a member of the Board of Control 
 of the National Red Cross of America, in recognition of the exceptional 
 services of herself and her state to the nation. 
 
San Francisco Report. 77 
 
 And wo think of that day a day long to be treasured and remem 
 bered when President McKinley visited the Presidio of San Francisco 
 and reviewed two regiments of volunteers just returned from the Philip 
 pines in his official capacity as commander-in-chief of the army, when a 
 coterie of the Red Cross officers had the honor of personal presentation to 
 his excellency. With head uncovered, the President of the Tinted States 
 acknowledged himself the honored one, and thanked these representative 
 women personally and in the name of the Tinted States for their great 
 work under the banner of "Humanity and Neutrality." His concluding 
 words were: 
 
 "Ladies, the Government of the Tinted States appreciates your work. 
 
 .l/;.v.x Ann, I W. Ki HViT, 
 
 Yice-President San Francisco Red Cross, Chairman .Manila Library Committee. 
 FIRST REPORT RENDERED. 
 
 In the first days of July, 1898, the women of the Red Cross summoned 
 their friends and townspeople to a meeting, that they might render to them 
 an account of their labors and of how they had disposed of the generous 
 sums of money freely given to the great cause. Mrs. John F. Merrill pre 
 sided over the meeting, which thrilled through and through with enthusi 
 asm. The people packed Golden Gate Hall. The band of the 4th Cavalry, 
 T. S. A., played stirring music. A chorus of young ladies, under Mrs. 
 Marriner-Campbell sang. Mayor Phelan and others delivered stirring 
 addresses. The first report read was that of the 
 
< iS Pacific ( oast Red Cross ^<>ct<lij. 
 
 K\K( (T1VK roMMITTKK. 
 
 As Minerva sprang full-armed from the head of Jupiter, so has the 
 lied Cross appeared, at once armed and equipped and ready to do valiant 
 service in the cause of suffering humanity. 
 
 In a few short weeks the society has been organized, the routine of 
 committee work established, thousands of dollars have been carefully spent, 
 and many more thousands collected. The soldier has been welcomed upon 
 his arrival, cheered and comforted during his stay, and sent with our God 
 speed upon his longer journey. 
 
 Our great distance from the national center, and the impossibility of 
 procuring printed matter to guide us, has made the task of organizing most 
 difficult. Failing of data showing the precise scope of the Red Cross work, 
 we have fallen back upon the well-known br6ad interpretation of its aim, 
 which is to relieve suffering humanity in tiift| of war or great calamity, 
 believing that technicalities may be later adjusted. 
 
 The imperfect equipment of the National Guard of California, which 
 had been ordered to Manila, was the occasion of the first call of the society. 
 The Legislature was not in session, time was short, and there seemed to be 
 no available way of supplying the deficiencies of our California men except 
 by an appeal to Californians. 
 
 At the first meeting of the society, held May 2, we find it recorded 
 that 
 
 "It is the sense of this meeting (1) that, as a branch of the Red Cross 
 Society and Sanitary Commission of California, a communication be for 
 warded to Washington placing our resources at the service of the govern 
 ment; (2) that, as citizens of California, we endorse a movement to enlarge 
 and strengthen the resources of the Sanitary Corps of the National Guard 
 of California, with a view of securing and improving the sanitary condition 
 of the regiments to be sent to the front, as well as the militia generally." 
 
 With this as a starting-point, the society proceeded, under the direction 
 of Surgeon-General W. E. Hopkins, N. G. C., to supply the needs of the 
 troops now the First California Volunteers. Sums were expended aggrega 
 ting 2,750, mainly for hospital and medical equipment. 
 
 The call for large numbers of troops to assemble at San Francisco 
 came soon after the formation of the society, and every day brought us 
 assurance that we were to be called upon for a much more extended work 
 than was at first dreamed of. 
 
 The question most seriously brought before our minds then, and still 
 is, the difficulty of making the best use of the funds that are being so gen 
 erously brought to us. On the one hand, we do not wish to duplicate the 
 work of the government, nor, on the other hand, do we intend to permit 
 suffering among the men which may be relieved by our efforts. The Red 
 Cross is preeminently an emergency service, and as such its value is recog- 
 
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 nized by all. The division of work between the government and the Red 
 ( 1 ross must always be a variable line; what is at one time legitimately the 
 work of the society, growing out of the exigency of the moment, will at 
 another time be properly the care of the government. The society has, 
 since the beginning, maintained constant and thorough communication 
 with the army authorities, and we can honestly say that nothing has been 
 done hysterically; the head has played as active a part as the heart in every 
 detail of the work. 
 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 
 At the first meeting, May 2, Mrs. \V. B. Harrington was elected presi 
 dent; at the second, a large number of persons were selected as members of 
 a temporary executive committee. 
 
 During May, thirteen regular meetings of the executive committee were 
 held, besides many committee meetings. 
 
 At the third meeting committees were definitely formed, and these 
 committee members are now largely the working force of the society, 
 although their duties have been many times altered. Men, as well as 
 women, have been as generous with their time as money. We have fum 
 bled our way out of the dark and into the light by much discussion and 
 good-natured difference of opinion, but the real unanimity of purpose has 
 always been apparent, and the earnestness and zeal displayed by all the 
 members of the committee can not fail to be productive of the best results. 
 Committees have been interchangeable; everybody has been willing to do 
 whatever the moment demanded. If appointed on the ferry work in the 
 morning, one would never know but the Presidio might claim one s atten 
 tion before evening. As time passed, and the ranks of efficient workers 
 were strengthened, committee lines were more straitly drawn, and the work 
 of the society became more systematic daily. 
 
 The inevitable sickness attendant on the massing of so large a number 
 of men in camps being brought to our attention at the meeting of May 11, 
 it was decided to ask permission of the authorities to erect a Red Cross 
 hospital tent at the Presidio, trained nurses to be supplied, and all things 
 necessary for the comfort and care of the sick to be furnished by the Red 
 Cross Society. Mrs. Smedberg and Mr. McClure took the matter in charge, 
 and, permission being readily granted, the Red Cross hospital tent was 
 erected at the Presidio. The tent and belongings were stamped with the 
 Red Cross name; and the Hag, with its motto," Neutrality and Humanity/ 
 proclaimed the society had now a local habitation after its own approved 
 method. A committee on nurses, with Mrs. Wendell Easton at the head, 
 was put in charge, and the work has gone on steadily, with ever-increasing 
 
 efficiency. 
 
 May 13 found us discussing the possibility of sending a Red Cross 
 expedition to the Philippines. Our two trained nurses sent on the City of 
 
MO San Francisco Report. 
 
 Pekiii are the nucleus of an expedition, but what may follow it, it is impos 
 sible at this time to predict, 
 
 At the meeting of May 17 a letter was read informing the society that 
 a large body of troops was expected in a few hours, and suggesting that 
 they be given a welcome. Rabbi Voorsanger had already proposed that 
 something be done in the way of cheer for the stranger at the ferry landing. 
 It appeared that, owing to the uncertainty of the movements of troops, men 
 arrived hungry and travel-worn, with the prospectof a long march through 
 a strange city, and the further probability of waiting for food for hours after 
 arriving at their destination. The idea was taken up at once. Mrs. 
 Lowenberg, Mrs. W. M. Mills, Mrs. Chauncey Winslow, and Miss McEwen, 
 left the meeting; and the ferry hospitality work began that day. 
 
 It now became plain that to bind together for efficient work the various 
 Red Cross Societies that were springing up all over the state, a state associa 
 tion should be formed at once. Other societies had come to the same con 
 clusion. Delegates were appointed from other societies, and the State 
 Association formed. 
 
 The care of the sick becoming a great work, and the field hospitals of 
 the army not being yet established, the importance of helping the men to 
 hospital service led to the appointment of a hospital committee. 
 
 Many of the hospitals in the city, the French Hospital, the Marine 
 Hospital, St. Luke s, and others, established free wards and offered their 
 help through the Red Cross Society. Mrs. Harrington was the first chair 
 man, and organixed the visiting committee, consisting of Mrs. Charles S. 
 Wheeler, Mrs. Julius Weber, and Mrs. Frank Powers. 
 
 May 25 was the date of the reorganization of the local society. Mrs. 
 Harrington, having been elected president of the state association, could 
 no longer serve the local society in that capacity. Her resignation was 
 accepted with regret, and much appreciation was expressed of the great 
 work she had done in bringing out of chaos in so short a time a society 
 which promised such good work. 
 
 Mrs. John F. Merrill was the unanimous choice of the committee for the 
 office of president of the San Francisco branch. We considered ourselves 
 most fortunate in having as a leader one so wise as well as gentle, one who 
 could be firm and courteous at the same time, and who was willing to give 
 her waking hours almost entirely to the work of her exacting position. 
 
 Other officers were elected and chairmen of committees appointed as 
 follows: 
 
 First vice-president, Mrs. Louis Sloss; second vice-president, Mrs. 
 \Y. R, Smedberg; recording secretary, Mrs W. R. Eckart; corresponding- 
 secretary. Mrs. J. A. de Greayer; treasurer, Mr. Win. Alvord; assistant 
 treasurer, Mr. W. B. Harrington; Bank of Deposit, Bank of California. 
 
 Executive committee: 
 
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 Mrs. W. P. Morgan, Mrs. Florence Moore, Miss Betty Aslie, Miss Alice 
 Stincen, Miss Anna Betiver, Mrs. 10. R. Dimond, Miss Susie McEwen, Mrs. 
 Martinez, Mrs. C. R. Winslow, Mr. Samuel Knight, Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Miss 
 Wethered, Mrs. G. H. Buckingham, Dr. G. F. Hanson, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, 
 Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Mrs. Louis Sloss, Mrs. Edna 
 Suell Poulson, Mr. Frank J. Symmes, Mrs. Frank J. Sy mines, Mr. A. Mack, 
 Miss Carrie Gwin, Colonel W. R. Parnell, Miss Elizabeth Blanchard, Mrs. 
 J. G. Clarke, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar, Mrs. W. H. Mills, Mrs. A. P. Redding, J. F. 
 Merrill, Andrew Carrigan, Mrs. Henry Gibbons, Jr., Mrs. Addie Ballou, 
 Rabbi Voorsanger, Rabbi Nieto, Mrs. A. S. Hubbard, Mr. C. L. P. Marais, 
 Mrs. E. C. Wright, Mrs. Fannie Lent, Mrs. P. A. Hearst, Mrs. Horace Davis. 
 
 Chairmen of committees: 
 
 Hospital visiting, Mrs. W. B. Harrington (afterwards Mrs. Gibbons); 
 finance, Mrs. W. P. Morgan; subscription, Mrs. L. Sloss; on nurses, Mrs! 
 Wendel Easton; purchasing, Mrs. W. R. Smedberg; membership badges, 
 Mrs. E. C. Wright; identification badges, Mrs. H. Martinez; printing, Mr! 
 John F. Merrill; entertainments, Mrs. E. S. Poulson; by-laws, Mr. A. Mack; 
 ferry hospitality, Mrs. Lowenberg; press, Miss Anne Bryce; information, 
 Mrs. A. P. Redding; auditing, Mr. John F. Merrill; stores, Mrs. F. J. 
 Symmes; ambulance, Miss Aslie; schools, Miss Stincen; clubs, Miss Beaver. 
 
 During June there were but four meetings of the executive committee. 
 The reorganization of the local society and the reforming of committees 
 had been accomplished. Not the least important feature of the month s 
 work had been the establishment of a permanent and efficient Bureau of 
 Information, both at 16 Post Street and at the headquarters, in the 
 Spreckels Building. The committee were informed upon subjects pertain 
 ing to the moving of troops, their location in camps, the needs of the men, 
 etc. They were at their posts all day, and cheerfully answered all questions. 
 
 On June 11 the committee was principally occupied with the con 
 sideration of the constitution and by-laws of the society. The report of 
 the committee was received and the constitution adopted. 
 
 The most interesting item recorded on the minutes of June 17 was 
 the order to send a fund of $1,500 to the First California Volunteers, under 
 Colonel Smith, at Manila, as a regimental purse; S500 was also given for the 
 use of the Heavy Artillery, under Major Rice. 
 
 Early in the history of the society it became necessary to open a store 
 house for the reception of donations of goods and for the temporary storing 
 of articles bought and awaiting shipment. Mrs. Theo E. Smith was 
 appointed manager, and Mrs. Frank J. Symmes, of the executive committee, 
 devised and formulated the system of requisitions which is in force to-day. 
 
 IDENTIFICATION BADGES. 
 
 No work of the Red Cross Society has received more unhesitating 
 commendation from the army officials than the preparation and presenta- 
 
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 tion of identification badges. The idea was suggested by the long rows of 
 graves marked " Unknown " of the Civil War. The identification badge 
 consists of an aluminum medal about the size of a half-dollar and upon it 
 is inscribed the number, company, and regiment of the wearer. The badge 
 is hung around the neck. Every man who has left us for the front has 
 been provided with one. The California Volunteers were supplied by the 
 lied Cross of San Francisco, officers and men, also the Signal Corps and 
 Engineers from California. 
 
 Mrs. Fi-ul; .1 . X//;/?/<te.s, 
 Executive Committee, San Francisco Ked Cross. 
 
 Mrs. Henry Martinez, chairman, reports as follows: 
 "Telegrams were sent to all the states asking if they desired to furnish 
 their men with the badge. Wyoming, Kansas, and Utah responded at 
 once. The badges were prepared, and the bills sent to the governors of the 
 states. Governor Richards, of Wyoming, personally distributed the badge 
 to his troops. Idaho, Nebraska, Colorado, and Nevada sent money for the 
 badges. Several of the states have not been heard from, but the men are 
 all furnished as they leave, and the bills will no doubt be paid by the 
 respective states. Mrs. Long, of Oakland, wife of Major Long, has ordered 
 badges for all the regular troops, who have gone, also for the Astor Battery 
 and the Hospital Corps, the Iowa troops, and the men from North and South 
 Dakota. 
 
 "Minnesota badges were sent from home, but as they were not exactly 
 what was expected, the Red Cross was pleased to present the regiment with 
 
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 a full set in acknowledgment of many favors received from the regiment 
 in connection with entertainments. 1 
 
 It has been a source of regret to the society that the membership 
 badges have been delivered with so much delay. Injustice to the society 
 and the firm who have manufactured them, it must be stated that the press of 
 government work has prevented their filling out our orders more promptly. 
 The first thousand were presented to the society by the San Francisco Call. 
 The membership badge is supplied by the society without charge, as a 
 pledge of membership. Badges are now on hand in sufficient numbers to 
 fulfil all demands. 
 
 FERRY POSTAL \VORK. 
 
 The ferry postal work originated with Miss Cecilia Burke. Finding 
 a runaway boy amongst the troops at the ferry, who had enlisted without 
 the knowledge or consent of his parents, Miss Burke prevailed upon him 
 to send a line to his home to apprise his friends of his safe arrival here. 
 The work grew with great rapidity, until $135 worth of postal-cards had 
 been given away. After the meal, the cards were passed about, and 
 the soldiers urged to write aline to their homes. Miss Burke says, " Every 
 thing from a tin cup to a comrade s back is used for a desk." 
 
 The men have been most grateful, often leaving a contribution for the 
 work in their tin cups. One man handed Miss Burke an envelope which 
 contained ten dollars, which was, however, returned. Cards were distributed 
 
84 Pacific Coaxi lied Cross tiucic ii/. 
 
 also on the transports. T\vo thousand have been given out in one dav. 
 They are marked with the Ri>d Cross, and have been sent to Germ any, 
 England, and Sweden, as well as all over the United States. 
 
 WOMEN S CLUBS COOPERATE. 
 
 The clubs have done good work for the Red Cross. Early in May, a 
 committee, consisting of Miss Beaver, Mrs. Sloss, Mrs. Hubbard, and Miss 
 McEwen, was formed to ask the help of men s and women s clubs. 
 Women s clubs were interviewed personally and men s clubs by letter. 
 The response was most generous. The usual rules of club policv were 
 flung aside before the all-pervading claims of the Red Cross, and subscrip 
 tion papers went the rounds, and club treasuries were depleted at the first 
 word. In fact, some enthusiastic club members had to be restrained, as 
 the first burst of enthusiasm threatened that self-preservation which is the 
 first duty of clubs. The Sorosis, Century, Philomath, Forum, Laurel Hall, 
 California, Fortnightly, the Bohemian, the Concordia, the San Francisco 
 Verein, and others, all responded with liberal donations. 
 
 The Daughters of the American Revolution eagerly embraced the 
 opportunity offered to show forth their patriotism, and the three chapters 
 Sequoia, California, and Puerta del Oro, all contributed generously. The 
 Sons of the Revolution also sent a contribution, as well as the Valentine 
 Holt Society of the Children of the American Revolution. 
 
 The Order of the Eastern Star has done much valuable work. Head 
 quarters were established at Camp Merritt, where the soldiers were fur 
 nished with reading matter, stationery, etc. Badges, comfort bags, and 
 pillow-slips have been donated. The ladies of the Golden Gate Com- 
 mandery were constantly working for the society. 
 
 The clubs have held sewing bees instead of receptions, notably the 
 Sorosis and the California Clubs. The Forum Club gave the supper to the 
 Minnesota troops who drilled for the benefit of the Red Cross. The Native 
 Daughters have turned all their energies on the war. Besides giving 
 directly to the California boys while they were with us, they have been 
 amongst the staunch upholders of the Red Cross. A representative of 
 the society was found in each department of the work. A marked effort 
 was the management of the Iowa drill at the Pavilion, for the benefit of 
 the Red Cross. 
 
 The church societies have done a great work in providing lunches for 
 the soldiers leaving for the front, and have supplied many comforts. The 
 Knights Templar have offered their assistance in many directions. They 
 have provided a bookkeeper at the Post Street storehouse, who has proved 
 himself most valuable. 
 
 DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE. 
 
 It is impossible to mention in detail the gifts of business men, so many 
 they are. We recall the enthusiastic meeting of the Chamber of Com- 
 
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 inerce, which resulted in liberal aid. The Produce Exchange reached the 
 top notch of enthusiasm when, after making generous donations amongst 
 themselves, they marched through the streets with a band, levying toll from 
 everv passer-by, and finally arrived at the headquarters with their booty, 
 to pour it into the coffers of the Red Cross. Congratulatory speeches were 
 exchanged and expressions of good-will, and with much cheering they 
 marched away, leaving the headquarters to its dull routine of business. 
 
 The society employs no salaried officers and lias paid no rents. \Ye 
 are indebted to Mr. Clans Spreckels for our quarters in the Spreckels Build 
 ing, to the Fair estate for free use of the vacant store at 10 Post Street, and 
 to the harbor commissioners for dining-room space at the ferry. It is 
 impossible sufficiently to appreciate the extreme liberality with which the 
 society has been greeted in every department of the work. The name of 
 the Red Cross has proved an open sesame everywhere. We wish to say a 
 good word for the newspapers. Their efforts have been untiring in our 
 behalf. In spite of the enormous pressure of work at this time, the 
 reporters never miss coming for our news, and everything we send is pure 
 lished. no matter what rule of newspaper ethics is broken. 
 
 Upon our side we trust that we have not abused the great confidence 
 reposed in us. We have made many mistakes, but no one can take even 
 a casual interest in the work without being impressed with the devotion 
 which has been displayed on every side. Many of the workers for succes 
 sive months have been at their posts early and late, and have scarcely 
 missed a day in all that time. Women of leisure have been doing clerical 
 work, writing letters of thanks, of inquiry, of explanation, from morning 
 to night, two thousand tive hundred ninety-seven of them have been 
 written by four or five. They have been blundering along on the type 
 writer, adding up head-splitting columns of figures, and answering tire 
 some questions, since the work began. Others have been day after day at 
 the ferry at six in the morning, dispensing coffee and greetings, often 
 remaining late in the evening. The novelty and excitement of that sort 
 of thing soon wears off, and there is nothing to fall back upon but grit. 
 
 Men as well as women have given us much of their time. They have 
 sat during their precious forenoons two or three times a week in meetings, 
 helping to devise schemes for the advancement of the society, lending 
 invaluable assistance from their larger knowledge of affairs. 
 
 We have had a war veteran for advice in military matters, Colonel 
 W. R. Parnell. Mr. John F. Merrill, Mr. A. Mack, and Mr. F. J. Symmes, 
 have given us the advantage of their extended business experience. Mr. 
 W. B. Harrington, as treasurer, is almost constantly at the headquarters. 
 Mr. J. B. Stetson has added an element of good cheer at the ferry, which 
 has done much to sustain the enthusiasm of the ladies. The Rabbi Yoor- 
 sanger, with his characteristic enthusiasm, devoted a great part of his time 
 to us until called away to the eastern states, and as an appointed delegate 
 
86 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 to the national society we hope he may bring hack to us much valuable 
 information. 
 
 Special thanks are due to Dr. Foute, Surgeon -General Hopkins, Father 
 Weyman, Dr. Stebbins, and Mr. W. S. McClure, and others, for their 
 valuable services in the early days of the work. The Willing Circle of 
 Kings Daughters deserve the gratitude of the Red Cross Society for the 
 ambulance which was given by their efforts. The telephone and telegraph 
 companies have rendered gratuitous service. Mr. Duncombe has provided 
 his ambulance whenever needed for the transportation of the sick soldiers 
 from the trains to the hospitals. 
 
 Men and women both have trudged day after day from camp to camp, 
 looking for sick and suffering men, from post to post, looking for informa 
 tion which seems to be always eluding the pursuer, and, hardest of all, 
 from business house to business house, looking for the dollar, which is 
 called nimble, but which never even tries to escape from us. 
 
 We shudder at the thought of war, but while the world waits for that 
 devotion to just principles which must everywhere prevail before war can 
 cease, in the mercy of a divine providence its horrors are mitigated by the 
 stimulation of generous and self-sacrificing impulses and the performance 
 of noble deeds. Men are, after all, better than we think, and we are in 
 these trying times constrained to live up to our highest conception of right, 
 which may perhaps be a better development of the human creature than 
 an unending peace. 
 
 ANNA W. BEAVER, 
 For the Executive Committee. 
 
 REPORT OF THE HOSPITAL VISITING COMMITTEE. 
 
 The hospital visiting corps of the Red Cross Society was organized 
 by the chairman, Mrs. W. B. Harrington, almost simultaneously with the 
 organization of the society, beginning the work on May 23. The visiting 
 committee was composed of Mrs. Frank Powers, Mrs. Charles S. Wheeler, 
 and Mrs. Julius Weber. These ladies visited daily the hospital tents of 
 the regiments then stationed here. the First, Sixth, and Seventh California 
 Volunteers; also the Marine and French Hospitals. The committee took 
 with them milk, gruel, and clam broth, and brought back requisitions for 
 medicines, which were sent at once. 
 
 At the suggestion of the ladies, men too ill to be treated in their tent 
 hospitals were removed to the post hospital at the Presidio, in charge of 
 Major Surgeon Moseley; this hospital was found to be fully equipped and 
 ready for the reception of the volunteers, who have there received most 
 excellent care, Major Moseley most courteously aiding the ladies in their first 
 work on this committee. 
 
 The Red Cross Society has never been called upon to do anything for 
 
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 the comfort of the men in this hospital, reading matter and flowers being 
 all that Major Moseley has been willing to accept. 
 
 The Marine Hospital was visited, and it was found that, if necessary, 
 one hundred and fifty patients could be placed there, and that they would 
 be received upon application by the society. 
 
 .U/-.S. llinrii <ii.hhi,* t Jr., 
 Third Vice-President, Chairman Hospital Visiting Committee, San Francisco Red Cross. 
 
 Main 7 cases of measles, typhoid, and a very few cases of diphtheria, have 
 there been well cared for. 
 
 With the arrival of each additional regiment came the necessity of 
 extending the visiting list of the committee, which soon included the regi 
 mental hospitals of Utah, Minnesota, and Kansas. At first no serious ill 
 ness was found, and all regimental surgeons were informed of the hospitals 
 willing to receive, without charge, the very sick men. This list includes 
 the French Hospital, St. Luke s Hospital, German Hospital, two beds at the 
 Waldeck, and a limited number at Lane Hospital, the first two being the 
 only ones called upon as yet, owing to the remoteness of the others from the 
 camp and the early establishment of the Field or Division Hospital at 
 Camp Merritt. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Powers was appointed to visit the French Hospital, and 
 when she began her work, on May 23, she found there twenty-three men in 
 the so-called military ward. The principal diseases were pneumonia, con 
 gestion of the lungs, bronchitis, pleurisy, and troubles with the ear. 
 
 All of these patients, and the many that have been treated there since, 
 
#8 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 were given the best of care and the most untiring attention; indeed, our 
 committee reports that nurses and doctors alike have succumbed to the 
 strain of overwork in attending upon these sick soldiers, and each in turn 
 has been obliged to take three or four days rest. Still their kindness and 
 patriotic work show no abatement. The extent of this may be better 
 appreciated when I state that from the establishment of Camp Merritt up 
 to June 25, 1898, the sum total of attendance upon sick soldiers at the 
 French Hospital amounted to seven hundred and ninety-six days. 
 Surely San Francisco needs no further evidence of the patriotism of her 
 French citizens, and the thanks of the whole country are due to them for 
 their devotion and kindness to the sons of many states. 
 
 CUIHJ) Merritt. 
 
 Of other hospitals the ones which have rendered the most valuable 
 service to the soldiers are St. Luke s and the Children s Hospital; of the 
 former our visiting committee, Mrs. Florence Moore, reports: 
 
 " It is now several weeks since St. Luke s Hospital opened its generous 
 doors and placed at the disposal of the Red Cross Society three large sunny 
 rooms three beds in each, all newly furnished, Red Cross emblems on the 
 walls, American flags over the doors, and Old Glory waving over the main 
 building. During these weeks fifteen patients have been received, eight 
 discharged fit for duty figuring up to the present time (June 20) one hun 
 dred and seventy beds. Six men are still in the hospital." 
 
 Our Red Cross Society has furnished all clothing needed for the sick 
 room, and provided every personal comfort. 
 
 Mr. Gibbs, St. Luke s generous president, has the gratitude of the ladies 
 of the Red Cross for his assistance in their time of need. 
 
 Since the reorganization of the society and the election of Mrs. Har 
 rington as president of the state society, she has been forced by pressure of 
 
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 work to give the chairmanship of the hospital committee into other hands. 
 The work was, however, so well organized that little change was necessary 
 except the augmenting of the committee, which the arrival of additional 
 troops rendered imperative, so that the committee at present consists of ten 
 ladies. New hospitals were visited and supplied with articles and medicines 
 necessary to comfort. As each new regiment has arrived, our committee has 
 been earl) 7 on the camp-ground, and, as in the case of Tennessee, has done 
 a service which must have added very materially to the comfort of the men. 
 Upon the day of their arrival our committee visited them, and as soon as 
 their hospital tent was erected, our society supplied it with cots, pillows, 
 stove, kitchen utensils, hot-water bags, and delicacies, which were greatly 
 appreciated. Every morning saw our committee, Mrs. Wm. Frank and 
 Mrs. J. W. Elder, at the hospital tent of the Tennessee regiment, and every 
 day some comfort or medicine was furnished by the society. Recently 
 a supply of fresh vegetables for the whole regiment was sent as a present 
 by the ladies of the committee to their charges. 
 
 Through the untiring devotion of our visitor to the First Montana 
 Regiment Hospital, Mrs. La Motte, we succeeded in rendering them very 
 material aid, providing a tent for their sick, together with cots, cooking 
 utensils, milk, and many necessaries and comforts. 
 
 The visitor in charge of North and South Dakota and Iowa hospital 
 tents, Mrs. S. B. McLenegan, began visiting these regiments June 8, and has 
 made daily visits to each. North Dakota has received considerable atten 
 tion from our society, and many necessaries and supplies of all kinds, the 
 list including medicines, food for the sick, eggs, milk, pillows, and pillow 
 cases, and kitchen utensils for hospital use. 
 
 The Sixth Regiment of Volunteers is composed of California boys, and 
 the young men of the hospital corps appreciate the advantages to be derived 
 from visits to the supply depot of the society, at U> Post Street. The ladies 
 are happy to welcome any of the soldiers there, but the boys of the Sixth, 
 being our own California boys, are especially welcome. Notwithstanding 
 
DO Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 the great distance of this hospital tent from the other camps, Miss Wallis 
 has faithfully attended to their wants; she has recently been given the care 
 of the Artillery under Major Rice, and the Fourth United States Cavalry, 
 which are all within the Presidio inclosure. 
 
 The men of South Dakota have been fortunate lately in having secured 
 for their use a vacant room in the grounds of the Children s Hospital. 
 This room has been fitted up by the Red Cross Society, and the sick arc 
 furnished daily supplies of milk and eggs, with everything else asked for. 
 Several cases of measles have been sent from this regiment to the measles 
 tent at the Division Hospital. 
 
 The Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers arrived June 10, and immediately put 
 their hospital tent in order, though for some days no one was ill except 
 their quartermaster, who was very sick from overwork and cold contracted 
 in settling camp. He was kindly cared for by the matron of the Children s 
 Hospital, and soon recovered. 
 
 The comfort of these regiments has been greatly increased through the 
 kindly offices of the matron of the Children s Hospital. The nearness of 
 the hospital to their camps made it possible for her to take broth and other 
 delicacies to the men. To her kindness and good-will all the officers and 
 men benefited testify most heartily. 
 
 Our visitor to Fontana Hospital, where two batteries of Washington 
 Artillery have been located, began her work on June 6, and found plenty 
 of occasion to make the usual demands upon the society, as they had none 
 of the comforts and very few of the necessaries which even a regimental 
 hospital is entitled to have. Medicines in small quantities were furnished 
 until the supplies arrived from the government. We furnished daily 
 supplies of food suitable for the sick, milk, eggs, and bread, clam broth, 
 farina, etc., together with anything else surgeons might suggest. Our 
 visitor, Miss Wallis, made daily visits to this hospital, and saw that all the 
 articles sent were received and properly disposed of. 
 
 One of the greatest needs of all the men, whether sick or well, was an 
 occasional supply of fresh vegetables, and the society endeavored to 
 give each regiment at least one treat of vegetables. If our generous-minded 
 citizens could see the pleasure occasioned the boys, by a gift of a sufficient 
 quantity of cabbages or onions to furnish all a portion, it might induce 
 them to enjoy a little of that branch of Red Cross work on their own 
 account. For the benefit of any so inclined, I will state that it takes fifteen 
 cabbages, or a sack of onions, turnips, or carrots, for each company of one 
 hundred men, and cabbages can be had for forty cents per dozen; carrots, 
 sixty-five cents; and onions, ninety cents per sack. 
 
 At the Division Hospital, under charge of Surgeon-Major Owen, 
 Mrs. McLenegan made her regular round of daily visits as usual. After 
 the hospital was established we furnished a daily supply of milk, 
 which was increased from time to time, until we were sending four- 
 
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 teen gallons of milk every day, as well as fifteen dozen eggs, the number 
 of men ill in this hospital making such large requisitions of milk and 
 eggs a necessity. 
 
 The hospital committee gratefully acknowledged the receipt of twelve 
 large chickens for hospital use from the Red Cross Society of Han Rafael, 
 which donation was promised for each week while the necessity existed. 
 
 Scenes at the Fcrrii. 
 
 Several of the regiments having gone away on their long journey to 
 M mila, I will not tell the story of what was done for them, but will men 
 tion, in passing, that from Minnesota, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, come 
 farewell letters telling of their gratitude for the care given, and happy 
 acknowledgment and praise of the kindness of San Francisco people to 
 their fellow-countrymen. 
 
 Of the earliest comers we still have with us the Twentieth Kansas, 
 which has suffered more severely in loss of men than any other regiment. 
 Surgeon Major Rafter has recently had his hospital tent enlarged and its 
 appearance much improved by a flooring. Our society has filled several 
 requisitions for drugs and tent furniture, also milk, eggs, and food. 
 
 To the Eighteenth and Twenty-third Regular Infantry, Mrs. A. AV. 
 Scott has been a faithful visitor, and has taken a deep interest in their 
 welfare, as she lias also in that of the recently-arrived recruits from Colo 
 rado, who had the misfortune to arrive here before they were expected, as 
 
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 tliat seems to be the only wav to account for tin. 1 i act that they were left to 
 the tender mercies of the wind and the fog without blankets for thirty-six 
 hoars. Our society could not furnish blankets, but Mrs. Scott did what she 
 could for them, and carried to them woolen sleeping caps and neck hand 
 kerchiefs, which they received with delight. 
 
 The recruits for the Oregon regiment, which sailed in the first expedi 
 tion, were here a few days, and each day saw the arrival of straggling 
 squads of recruits for all regiments. To these unseasoned strangers our 
 good visitor, Mrs. Arthur Cornwall, paid early visits, and with advice and 
 care strove to prevent their need of medical aid. Mrs. Cornwall had also 
 the privilege of assisting the other visitors and ably supplemented their 
 work. Where so much was to be done, any kindly aid was welcome, and the 
 ladies of Oakland, Alameda, San Rafael, Ross, or other auxiliary societies, 
 did not fear that San Francisco would not welcome their cooperation. 
 There is more than enough for all organized work, and even for the spon 
 taneous work of the kindly-disposed, devoted men and women of San 
 Francisco, only, for the protection of the men themselves, we respectfully 
 urged those who wished to help, to do so through those in authority; and 
 if they desired to reach the sick, that they consult the surgeon s wishes 
 while ministering to the soldier. 
 
 Writing Home. 
 
 Perhaps the amount expended in our work may be of interest to those 
 who have frequently asked what we were doing with the money donated. 
 The hospital purchases were only a small portion of the money expended, 
 but they in themselves were rather considerable. The medicines and 
 supplies sent to hospitals upon requisitions signed by surgeons in charge, 
 amounted, in the month from May 24 to June 28, 1898, to $1,020.06. 
 This was rather a considerable sum, and did not include the medicines 
 .sent with each ship to Manila. For cots and hospital furniture the bills 
 amounted to $247.59 for the same period. We also spent about S20 a 
 day for milk and eggs. 
 
 In presenting this report I feel that it is quite inadequate to so large a 
 
subject and to the interest whicii the work inspires. In no other committee 
 does the worker in the Red Cross Society come more close to the results of 
 her labor or derive more satisfaction from her efforts. At the same time 
 sadness will come and our hearts will ache at the sight of these brave bovs 
 of ours suffering the hardships of war, even here in the midst of friends 
 and surrounded by loving and willing hearts. 
 
 So let the work of the Red Cross go bravely on, and may the blessings 
 already showered upon it by grateful hearts give added strength to those so 
 earnestly striving in the cause. May its flag be to the soldier an emblem 
 of comfort here, of succor in a foreign land, and an added inspiration to 
 duty everywhere. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MARIE R. GIBBONS, 
 Chairman Hospital Committee. 
 
 -V/-x. Wendell Easton, 
 Chairman Committee on Nurses. 
 
 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NURSES. 
 
 The practical work of the committee on nurses has been in the field, 
 and from the day when the tent was pitched in the Presidio grounds to the 
 present time it has been constantly filled, and great pains have been taken 
 to have all the appointments of the tents as comfortable as possible under 
 the circumstances. The patients continue to come in from different regi 
 ments, and are under the direct supervision of their own surgeons, the 
 entire w r ork of nursing and food being under the nurses of this society. 
 
4 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 When it is understood that the nurses are volunteers, who work with 
 out compensation further than their clothing and maintenance, one can 
 understand that it has been no easy matter to sustain in the field here, an 
 efficient and reliable corps of nurses. I emphasize here because almost all 
 of them want to go to Manila immediately. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Waage, 
 whom we sent to Manila with the first expedition, have done us great 
 credit, bearing on their arms the badge of California Red Cross. 
 
 We are quite proud of our tents at Camp Merritt, and they have, by 
 degrees, reached such a point of efficiency that it has seemed a great pitv 
 to be obliged this present week to pull up stakes and move the entire outfit 
 of our four tents, for the third time. 
 
 We have cared for nearly three hundred patients since May 12, and 
 these are in addition to those treated at the sanitary headquarters of the 
 different regiments, as well as the Brigade Hospital. When we learn that 
 the British Government expects fully fifteen per cent of the entire com 
 mand to be on the sick list at the same time in India, and when an 
 eminent surgeon, chief of the staff of one of the regiments, who has 
 recently been sent to Manila, says he expects to lose possibly thirty-three 
 and one-third per cent of his regiment, one can form some conception of 
 the number of nurses which may be used for such an army of sick. 
 
 We have organized, through the extreme kindness and interest of Dr. 
 R. Beverly Cole, dean of the Medical Department of the University of Cali 
 fornia, and the oldest member of the National Red Cross on the Pacific Coast, 
 a course of daily lectures with clinics, for training men nurses, to be given at 
 the Polyclinic Building, 410 Ellis Street, by representatives of the Medical 
 Department of the University of California, with use of its clinics, also 
 representatives of the board of health, City Hospital and its clinics, by 
 representatives of the German Hospital and its clinics, also representatives 
 of Cooper Medical College. With a corps of nurses thus trained, together 
 with those who have already been trained, and with some graduate women 
 nurses, whom we may be able to send later, we shall be in a position to 
 offer the government some very efficient aid. 
 
 The immediate need for our committee work at the present time is 
 applications for our lectures of instruction in the preparation of nurses for 
 the important work that we feel is before us, being satisfied that our expe 
 rience so far has been to a great extent preliminary to a greater work. We 
 are prepared to receive applications from any sober arid reliable, able- 
 bodied men who are desirous of entering this work, and we believe that the 
 auxiliary societies throughout the state can render us some assistance 
 Our physicians are prepared to begin the work at once on our course of 
 lectures as outlined, and we are only waiting to fill the classes to proceed 
 with the lectures. 
 
 Respectf u 1 1 y sub m i tted , 
 
 MRS. WENDELL K ASTON, 
 Chairman Committee on Nurses. 
 
Mrs. I aid or Lowenberg, 
 
 Chairman Hospitality Committee, Manila Library Committee, .Member Executive Committee, 
 
 San Francisco lied Cross. 
 
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 REPORT OF Til 1C HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE. 
 
 In whose brain originated the happy thought of extending a hospi 
 table greeting to the incoming troops, I do not know I was told it was in 
 Colonel Parnell s but a happy thought it has proved to be. It has not 
 only afforded a great deal of pleasure, but in many instances it seems as if 
 the Red Cross at the ferry were filling an absolute want by distributing 
 fruits and substantial viands, as well as flowers and smiles, for our brave 
 defenders, who have rushed forth at the first tocsin of war without giving 
 themselves time to provide for requirements. To these men thanks to 
 our pacific government, nearly all volunteers the greeting indicates that 
 the people of San Francisco, Oakland, and surrounding towns, appreciate 
 the ready response to the nation s call, and this expression can only mani 
 fest itself this way. I wish to say somewhat in the words of Mr. Stetson, 
 who has been fitly called the "Godfather of the Hospitality Department," 
 " We give you a little greeting now, but when you return from Manila, 
 covered with glory, we shall give you an ovation." 
 
 Miss May Reis, 
 Hospitality Committee. 
 
 Early in the work, Mrs. W. B. Harrington, then city, later state pres 
 ident, was eager to take up this work, appointed a committee, con 
 sisting of Mesdames I. Lowenberg, W. H. Mills, Chauncey Winslow, and 
 Miss Susie McEwen, who quickly took the matter in hand and named the 
 new department the refreshment committee. Our president, Mrs. John 
 F. Merrill, appropriately christened this division as the Hospitality Com 
 mittee. 
 
 It was some little time before order was brought out of chaos. While, 
 possibly, the first day the assistance rendered was inadequate to the 
 
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 demands, on the subsequent days so many volunteered that it appeared as 
 if every one who had a Red Cross badge was there. So it was deemed 
 advisable to systematize the work. By placing two ladies at each table to 
 act on alternate days, the ladies selecting their own assistants a limited 
 number being allowed daily the work has been greatly facilitated. The 
 
 Mr*. 1C. //. Hri/tni, 
 Hospitality Committee. 
 
 committee was at first in a dilemma in regard to the disposition of soldiers 
 with contagious diseases, who were allowed to mingle with the crowd 
 ambulances not being at hand but later a competent committee was 
 appointed, and ambulances were ready to convey the indisposed to their 
 respective quarters without coining in contact with the people at the ferry. 
 A caterer was engaged by the committee to furnish coffee and sand 
 wiches for the incoming troops, but when it was found that contributions 
 were pouring in, it was considered expedient to have only coffee supplied, 
 and to depend upon donations, and the public has generously responded, 
 supplying, on June second, sandwiches, eggs, and fruits for thirteen 
 hundred men. For the second Manila expedition five thousand lunches 
 were made. When the transports left for the third Manila expedition, the 
 churches and synagogues of San Francisco, the Red Cross auxiliaries of 
 adjacent towns, and the public at large, answered the call for lunches with 
 an alacrity and a bounteousness that exceeded all expectations and deserve 
 the warmest thanks of all those who love the Stars and Stripes. 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Matters were so arranged and simplified that with the indispen 
 sable aid of the managers of the tables, viz., Mesdames Slack, Powers, 
 Buckingham, Gwin, Bates, McClung, Gibbons, Moore, Wilshire, Buckbee, 
 McMullen, Mrs. Wakefield Baker, and the Misses Carrigan, Gorham, and 
 Bowman, with their efficient assistants, they could easily serve two thou 
 sand men per day. Mrs. Robert MacKenzie kindly served as secretary, and 
 her facile pen has acknowledged innumerable donations. To the indefati 
 gable zeal and untiring energy of these ladies are due the success of the 
 work. 
 
 Ready for \York (if the Ferry. 
 
 The assistants have been Miss Gibbons, Miss Margery Gibbons, Miss 
 Steel, Miss Weber, Miss Burnett, Mrs. Mclver, Miss Castle, Miss Allyne 
 Miss Lamberton, Miss Heath, Miss Loring, Mrs. Monteagle, Mrs. Marvin, 
 Miss Tillinghast, Mrs. L. L. Baker, Miss Stone, Miss Fisher, Miss Church, 
 Miss Ethel Beaver, Mrs. John Mell, Miss Macomber, Miss Teresa Morgan, 
 Miss Sadler, Mrs. H. P. Gregory, Miss Dunham, Mrs. Ashton, Miss Kate 
 Elliot, Miss Frances Elliot, Miss Katherine Glass, Miss Hattie Tay> Miss 
 Tay, Miss Gertrude Bates, Miss N. Watson, Miss Alice Finley, Miss Rose 
 Miller, Miss Eva Maynard, Miss Florence Stone, Mrs. A. W. Scott, Mrs. 
 W. I). Wilshire, Mrs. J. G. Gil more, Miss Florence Hyde, Miss Edith Allyne, 
 Miss D. Heyneman, Miss Annie Field, Miss Reis, Mrs. W. J. Bryan, Miss 
 Fannie Danforth, Mrs. Louis Long, Miss Eleanor Wood, Miss Ida Callahan, 
 Miss Helen Wright, Miss Daisy Burns, Miss Aigeltinger, Miss Phillips, 
 
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 99 
 
 Miss Bessie Still man, Miss Elsie Bowman, Miss Bessie Bowman, Miss Bessie 
 Ames, Miss Agnes Hamilton, Miss Mills, Miss Marie Wilson, Miss Hilda 
 Castle, Mrs. Andrew Carrigan, Miss M. O Sullivan, Miss Mary O Connor, 
 Miss Frances O Connor, Mrs. Percy Moore, Miss Edna Hamilton, Miss Clara 
 Hamilton, Miss Miriam Moore, Miss Francis Moore, Mrs. L. I. Yale, Mrs. 
 M. L. Sawyer, Mrs. Chas. R. Johnson, Miss Belle Gorham, Miss Anna 
 Sawyer, Miss May Tickner, Miss Eleanor Eckart, Miss P^astwood, Miss Gait 
 Van Kirk, Miss Gwin, Mrs. E. S. Breyfogle, Miss Sallie Maynard, Miss 
 Cook, Miss Corinne Cook, Miss Burke, Miss Sleeth. 
 
 A/4.xx Ida Call ft gh fin, 
 A Ferry Worker. 
 
 The Native Daughters have contributed material and personal assist 
 ance. Ross Valley, Napa, Dixon, May field, San Jose, Martinez, San 
 Mateo, San Rafael, Sausalito, and Berkeley, have representatives at the 
 tables, and have at all times responded to the call for donations. 
 
 Much praise is due to the Oakland and Alameda adjuncts, so ably 
 managed by Mrs. Requa and her competent corps of assistants. These 
 ladies have been untiring in their efforts to aid the good work. 
 
 The hospitality committee has entertained, since May 28, about 
 seventeen thousand five hundred troops, besides serving coffee and lunches 
 for the Manila expeditions, numbering some thirteen thousand men. 
 
 The ladies of this committee wish to thank Messrs. Colnon, Harney, 
 and Herrold, harbor commissioners, and Mr. II. C. Holmes, chief engineer, 
 for endeavoring to make the hospitality quarters comfortable; the press, 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 G<><></ C/iccr of the />////. 
 
 Dispensing Hospitality nf f/te Fern/. 
 
101 
 
 whose columns have til ways been open to their appeals; and the public, 
 which has aided them so liberally and encouraged them in their work. 
 
 Respectfu 1 ly subm i tied , 
 
 MRS. 1. LOWENBERG, Chairman. 
 
 REPORT OF MANAGERS OF SUPPLY DEPARTMENT AT K) POST STREET. 
 
 The details I would set before you have been worked out, not by one 
 person alone, but by persistent and united efforts, to do all in the power of 
 the men and women of San Francisco to relieve and assist the needs of our 
 soldier friends, who come to us as if by magic as we recall the steady 
 march up Market Street, and the clustering together of this white mirage, 
 on our western city borders. 
 
 The first need was concentration of effort. The rooms at headquarters 
 grew too small, and a hasty appeal from the management suggested a 
 "donations and supply depot," which was soon secured, through courtesy of 
 the manager of the Fair estate, at 16 Post Street, and on the thirteenth 
 of May the depot was opened to the public. 
 
 For three days all that arrived was books and papers, and enrnest 
 inquiries came as to whether we could send reading to Manila. We Jiave 
 sent eighty thousand four hundred and fifty papers and magazines. And 
 thus the good work began, which soon assumed a settled business tone, so 
 complete its routine of daily mechanism. The children gave us the first 
 start, and were our staunch helpers. Interesting and pathetic was the sight 
 of the bundles, packages, and wagon-loads that came from the various 
 schools, busy though they were with closing examinations. Money, rolled 
 in little parcels and marked: "For the soldiers. Be sure and find the 
 Spaniards!" were scattered in folds of books, and dropped from leaves of 
 funny papers, selected and marked with a view of keeping the soldier spirit 
 well aroused. For three days we had only reading, then the generous 
 donations came flowing in, and still came with each day and expedition. 
 From 8 A. M. until 6 p. M. the door was open to all, and each was welcomed 
 that brought his ottering, be it money or only a package of old linen or a 
 bundle of matches. 
 
 Every part of the store was fully utilized, a section screened oft being 
 reserved for state supplies, from which we drew at need. The glass-closed 
 office rooms were reserved for linen and bandage rooms. One large window 
 and roomy platform was used for typewriter and other clerical work, and 
 the other for the bright and faithful young people who assorted and filled 
 comfort bags, in which the needles have to be wrapped in oil-paper as a 
 precaution against Manila climate. Various secretaries sat around one 
 large table in an Information Bureau, where all unoccupied moments were 
 passed in folding and putting into envelopes our leaflets for the training of 
 our volunteers in simple rules for health and life preservation. 
 
 The need for active use of the kindly impulses of our San Francisco 
 
102 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 women, made it seem wise to give vent in a practical way, and we urged 
 modestly to be allowed one sewing-machine, thinking that would be the 
 nucleus of a small circle of those who could give a few hours time in 
 sewing if nothing more. Each day the demand grew, until at last we had 
 eleven machines. Garments were made and passed over to the linen room 
 committee, who stamped and numbered them, placing them in readiness 
 for daily distribution, as required by the requisition papers brought in 
 from the camps each day to be filled before night. 
 
 Articles which have been completed were: bandages, emergency pil 
 lows, bags, towels, mosquito netting, night-shirts, mattress ticks, shirts, caps, 
 arm-slings, and pajamas, making in all twelve thousand six hundred and 
 seventeen garments, nine thousand eight hundred and forty-nine of which 
 were bandages. 
 
 Each day a printed list was made of the complete contents of the linen 
 room, to be referred to at once when demands were made upon its treas 
 ures, which seemed to be the envy of the regulars as well as of the volun 
 teers who were waiting the completion of the garment supplies. 
 
 Two wagons were constant!} employed, making two trips daily, and a 
 third was often used, in distributing these articles, selected and packed in 
 huge bags, for Camp Merritt, the Presidio, and the various forts. 
 
 The ladies in charge of the sewing department should have the 
 appreciation of the entire community, for through that band of workers, 
 the real practical efforts of our Red Cross Society have reached all ranks of 
 life rich and poor, school-girls and summer girls, college girls and 
 teachers, all working for one ideal, "our American soldiers," thus cementing 
 the bond of mutual interest. The pattern department has been valuable 
 as a factor in spreading intelligent help to out-of-town friends, and suggest 
 ing ideas to many who could not drop in for daily hints. A trained nurse 
 stopped one day and taught a lesson in folding a handkerchief into a cap 
 for Manila use, thus benefiting many. 
 
 Noe Street sent an active delegate to learn the needs, and she took 
 patterns and plans, secured rooms, and has since sent a generous donation 
 of over one thousand articles. 
 
 It will be seen that the flannel bandage committee has had heavy and 
 laborious work, when we remember that we have received fifty-four thou 
 sand and seven bandages and delivered forty-four thousand six hundred 
 and seventy during the short period of not over seven weeks. Each band 
 age was stamped, rolled, and tied with its tape, counted in tens, packed in 
 large bags, passed to the commissary department of the government, and 
 from there placed on the transports when ready to sail. 
 
 The receivers of all donations and purchases were two ladies, who did 
 not miss one day of faithful attendance, seated at a table near the door 
 and registering every article that came to the depot, which were then 
 passed to committees on stores and hospital supplies. 
 
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 Articles which were received from May 10 to June 21, 18^8, as 
 donations, were: 
 
 Comfort and packing bags, 9,043; sheets, 401; pillow-slips, 1,308; socks, 
 pairs, 315; soap, pounds, 3,200; soap, cakes, 392; pillows, 920; Jamaica gin 
 ger, gallons, 73; towels, 1,070; sleeping and bandana caps, 4,228; coal-oil, 
 gallons, 40; fresh fish, pounds, 8,500; honey, case, 1; milk, gallons daily, 15; 
 broken groceries, packages, 109; thread, spools, 445; vegetables, sacks, 21; 
 pins and pin-balls, gross, 115; linen and lint, packages, 375; quinine tablets, 
 1,000; needles, papers, 09; lime-juice tablets, 100,000; eggs, 50,540; mus 
 lin for work room, yards, 5,217; packages, 110; fans for Manila, 27,050; 
 flannel for bandages, bolts, 70, and yards, 4; bread, loaves, 319; hams, 7; 
 dried fruit, pounds, 9,010 (5,000 of which were donated by one lady); 
 handkerchiefs, 2,685; bandages, flannel, esmarch, and surgical, 45,158. 
 
 Each transport received from us: 
 
 2 cases cocoa, 1 case condensed milk : 4 cases lime juice, J dozen hospi 
 tal-sized bottles malted milk, 1 case alcohol containing ten gallons, 20 
 pounds permanganate potash, 1 gallon Jamaica ginger, 5 cases clam juice, 
 2 pails anchovies, 90 pounds steamed oatmeal, 2 cases whisky, 1 keg insect 
 powder, i dozen bottles brandy, 4 cases jelly, 1 case claret, cases canned 
 fruit, 100 pounds crackers, 1 case figs, 1,000 pounds dried fruit, 50 pounds 
 farina, 20 pounds chipped beef, 2 boxes unsweetened chocolate, 5 pounds 
 tea, 3 gallons bay rum, 1 dozen bottles listerine, 3 Arab tents. 
 
 The dry goods sent from our linen room were: 
 
 Pajamas, 30; face towels, 72; bath towels, 24; handkerchiefs, 72; sheets, 
 48; slippers, pairs, 12; negligee shirts, 12; Manila caps, 70; mosquito 
 netting, 70. 
 
 The active workers at 10 Post Street were: 
 
 Mrs. Theo. E. Smith, Mrs. C. K. Stevenot, Mrs. W. N. Riddell, Mrs. 
 Annie Craul, Mrs. B. Dreyfus, Mrs. Helen Hecht, Miss Gertrude Burnett, 
 Miss Tiffany, Mrs. R. S. La Motte, Mrs. M. R. Morgan, Mrs. T. R. Horton, 
 Mrs. W. Frank, Miss Macomber, Rev. and Mrs. I. H. Macomber, Miss 
 Amelia Martin, Mrs. Clark and daughters, Miss Susie Russell, Mrs. Elder, 
 Miss Camille Cerf, Mrs. J. H. Henderson, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. G. Francis, Mrs. 
 Adolf Mack, Mrs. Ordenstein, Mrs. Farnsworth, Mrs. J. H. Gray, Mrs. 
 Reinstein, Miss L. F. Smith, Miss Center, Mrs. W. C. Shaw, Miss Mary 
 Taylor, Miss Eleanor Wood, Mrs. Paul Bunker, Miss May Hoyt, Mrs. 
 Burrington, Mrs. M. D. Garrett, Mrs. H. C. Watson, Mrs. Thomas Wood 
 ward, Miss Woodward, Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. Rebecca Jennings, Mrs. N. H. 
 Foster, the Misses Foster, Mrs. J. R. Hanify, Miss Elizabeth Worrington, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford, Miss Wolf, Mrs. E. C. Wright, Mrs. R. P. Johnson, 
 Miss Hand, Mrs. Hirschfeld, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs. Grampner, Miss Wright, 
 Mrs. Munch, Miss Winter, Mrs. Eckart, Mrs.Buckman, Mrs. Firnhaler, Miss 
 Haussman, Mrs. J. S. Rosenbaum, Miss Rosenbaum, Miss Neuberg, Mrs. 
 
104 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Isaac S. Belcher, Miss Pearce, Mrs. Ilenriques, Miss Elsie Hess, Mrs. 
 Wakefield, Mrs. Hindes, Mrs. Kalman. 
 
 Words of tender, loving service, hearts and hands willing but unable 
 to reach out and join in this great and active work, sweet "shut-in souls," 
 that can only daily plead God s blessing on all, these all are our helpers. 
 
 These things can not be measured in cold columns of figures, but 
 should rise as sweet incense before the altars of the faith of our San 
 Francisco Red Cross Society. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MRS. THKO R SMITH, Manager. 
 
 16 Post Street. 
 
 .W/-.S. YY,,Wo/v K. N////7//, 
 Chairman Supply Department, 1<> Post Street. 
 
 REPORT OF THE RED CROSS WORK IX THK SCHOOLS. 
 
 The Red Cross has no more ardent, enthusiastic friend than the chil 
 dren of our schools. Their response to the appeal made to them was imme 
 diate and generous, sums not to mention copper pennies, which were in 
 some instances brought from five cents upward being donated. 
 
 This contribution is alike valuable to the society and the children; to 
 the society for the substantial aid it has received, and to the children for 
 the deeper lesson in patriotism it has instilled. Not the least of its benefits 
 is that splendid sense of responsibility, the feeling that each has something 
 at stake, which later gives to our country its noblest product, the American 
 citizen. 
 
San Francisco Report. 105 
 
 The patriotic songs they sing, the soul-stirring sentiments, breathing 
 love of country, they memorize, the pledge of allegiance they take to "Old 
 Glory," are all good, but when the child lias given up a cherished pleasure, 
 walked a long distance to save a nickel, resorted to all sorts of ingenious 
 devices to earn the coveted dime to give to the boys in blue," it means 
 something more to him; he has learned a practical lesson in patriotism. 
 
 The children are proud and happy when their donations have 
 amounted to a dollar, so that their names may be enrolled on the books as 
 regular members of the society, and the much-prized Red Cross badge is 
 received. Many of the public schools will contribute monthly, as long as 
 the war continues: 
 
 Thus far the schools have contributed: 
 
 Public schools $3,574 27 
 
 Private schools 382 40 
 
 Parochial schools 93 ?,0 
 
 Total $3,1*72 97 
 
 ALICE M. STINCEN, 
 Chairman Committee on Schools. 
 
 REPORT OF ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. 
 
 The patriotic generosity of the citizens of California has been shown, 
 not only by the direct contributions of money that have poured into the 
 treasury of the Red Cross Society, but by the eagerness with which all have 
 hastened to place their accomplishments and their talents at its service. 
 People have been prompt to offer what they had, in a spirit of helpfulness 
 that has touched and gladdened the entertainment committee, even when 
 their offerings have been such as the demands of the time made it impossi 
 ble to accept. 
 
 It was the duty of this committee to listen to all propositions to aid the 
 Red Cross fund by means of public entertainments. Since May 10, 1898, we 
 have authorized forty-two affairs, social, artistic, athletic, or military, to be 
 given under the auspices of the Red Cross Society, and permitted the name 
 and symbol of this organization to be used in the announcements thereof. 
 Of these entertainments thirty-eight have already taken place, and reports 
 are in hand, and herewith presented, from thirty-one of that number. 
 
 To all those who have taken part in these matters, the committee 
 desires, in the name of the Red Cross Society of San Francisco, to extend 
 thanks. The practical benefit accruing from their efforts is shown in the 
 accompanying report, but mere figures can give no real idea of the hard 
 work, the devoted service, the willing sacrifices of time, comfort, and pleas 
 ure, made bv our friends for this, the common cause. Nor can these 
 figures even hint at the great host who have so ably seconded all these 
 efforts. Our thanks are due to the Market Street Railway Company for 
 
106 Pacific Coast Red (, mss Society. 
 
 special cars placed at our disposal for the transportation of two entire regi 
 ments, on the nights of the military receptions; to the proprietors of halls 
 and theaters, who have given us the use of buildings and rooms; to the 
 electric and gas companies, who have given, at times, the whole amount of 
 their bills, and at others, a large percentage thereof; and to the newspapers, 
 which have, from first to last, generously furthered our efforts, giving 
 liberally of time and space to make known our needs, announcing enter 
 tainments through the local and amusement columns, judiciously encour 
 aging our friends, and promptly defending us against our critics. 
 
 My co-workers on the committee are Mrs. Henry Martinez, Mrs. Susan 
 R. Loosley, Mrs. L. Humphrey Smith, Miss Kate Beaver, and Mrs, Horace 
 Wilson. 
 
 .U/ x. K,htn Snrff Ponlxn,,., 
 
 Chairman Entertainment Committee, 
 REPORT OF NET RECEIPTS FROM ENTERTAINMENT (. OMMITTKK TO JUNE 25, 
 
 1898. 
 
 Orpheum Theater, box receipts $263 05 
 
 Flowers donated and sold at auction 39 00 
 
 Total $ 302 05 
 
 Paloma Schramm Concert 100 35 
 
 Lecture, P. C. Women s Press Association 101 25 
 
 Hungarian Picnic 13 50 
 
 Children s Entertainment, residence Mrs. Bloom, 131 Ellis Street 13 75 
 
 St. Peter s Episcopal Church 40 00 
 
 San Francisco Jockey Club 1,514 00 
 
 Tea at Mrs. Eleanor Martin s home 1,251 00 
 
Francisco Jic^ort. 107 
 
 Entertainment by Austrian-Verein, at Chutes $ 39 gr, 
 
 Union Coursing Park 207 25 
 
 Cineograph Parlor, 741 Market Street, receipts for one day 17 i;;, 
 
 Guinea-pig show, by children of Merrill, Baker, and Hill families 50 00 
 
 Pillow rattle <t< 7 QQ 
 
 Friedlander & Gottlob and Fritz Scheel, concert at Baldwin Theater 219 00 
 
 Festival, Clement School 112 85 
 
 Concert, Y. M. C. A. Hall, managed by Misses Ebbetts and Desrens 118 00 
 
 Exhibition of - Little Tin Soldiers," by children of Mr. arid Mrs. Caesar Bertheau 171 85 
 
 Entertainment at residence of Mrs. Newtield 127 00 
 
 Baseball game, 13th Minn. Volunteers and S. F. League 77 20 
 
 Entertainment. Girls Club, South Park Settlement 34. 00 
 
 Dramatic entertainment, at Hinman Hall 9 25 
 
 Fair, 1919 Clay Street, " Star Specialty Co. " 3000 
 
 Picture exhibition and sale, at S. F. Press Club 716 70 
 
 Tea, "Society of Samaritans " 95 QO 
 
 Entertainment at Pioneer Hall 38 50 
 
 Grab-bag party, Miss Celia Moore and friends 23 50 
 
 Reception by Mechanics Institute to 13th Minnesota Volunteers 715 00 
 
 Kollman Co., revenue from two phonographs, 848 Market Street 25 90 
 
 Children s Fair 51 00 
 
 Children s Fair, Admiral Dewey Cluh, 1015 Post Street 100 00 
 
 Entertainment reported from Anaheim, Cal., over which committee had no control... 84 70 
 
 Total $0.397 10 
 
 EDNA SNELL POULSON, 
 Chairman of Entertainment Committee. 
 
 THE SUBSCRIPTION COMMITTEE S REPORT. 
 
 Promptly upon the organization of this committee, work was ener 
 getically prosecuted, the committee inaugurating the canvass in the down 
 town district among the banks, insurance offices, and mercantile houses. 
 Thereafter the committee divided the city into districts, placing subscrip 
 tion lists in factories, stores, and in the hands of individuals, thereby giving 
 to the Red Cross subscription lists a wide circulation. 
 
 Response lias been prompt, but there are still a number of lists to be 
 heard from, which the committee feels will largely increase the fund 
 already collected. 
 
 Your committee has also placed cash boxes in numerous public 
 places, and hopes to collect a considerable sum in this way. 
 
 It is the intention of the committee to secure as many monthly sub 
 scriptions as possible. Although no special effort has as yet been made in 
 this direction, we have succeeded in securing the promise of subscriptions 
 amounting to $542.75 per month, made up of amounts varying from 
 twenty-five cents to $100. Material assistance in this direction has already 
 been rendered by various associations, fraternal societies, employees in 
 public offices, pupils in public and private schools and like institutions, 
 and it is believed that much more will be contributed from these sources 
 when they have been thoroughly canvassed. 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 The committee takes great pleasure in acknowledging to the public 
 the great courtesy and kindness with which its members have been met in 
 their efforts to increase the resources of the society, and the liberality 
 displayed by the people of San Francisco in all walks and conditions 
 
 of life"! 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MRS. Louis SLOSS, 
 Chairman of Subscription Committee. 
 
 .I//-.N. 
 
 Chairman Subscription Committee. 
 THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. 
 
 At the first annual meeting of the San Francisco Red Cross held, 
 October 1, 1898, the following list of officers, elected in accordance with the 
 constitution adopted June 11, was announced: Mrs. John F. Merrill, 
 president; Miss Anna \\ . Beaver, first vice-president; Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, 
 second vice-president; Mrs. Henry Gibbons, Jr., third vice-president; 
 Mrs. I. Lowenberg, fourth vice-president; Mrs. W. R. Eckart, secretary: 
 Mr. W. B. Harrington, treasurer. 
 
 Executive committee, Miss Anna Beaver, Miss Anne Bryce, Mrs. Geo. 
 II. Buckingham, Mrs. J. G. Clark, Mrs. Josephine De G reaver, Mrs. L. L. 
 Dunbar, Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. W. R. Eckart, Mrs. Henry Gibbons, Jr., 
 Mrs. Willard B. Harrington, Mr. Willard B. Harrington, Mrs. A. S. 
 Hubbard, Mrs. J. R. Loosley, Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Mr. A. Mack, Mr. C. L. P. 
 Marais, Mrs. II. Martinez, Mrs. E. W. McKinstry, Mr. John F. Merrill, Mrs. 
 
Sati Francisco Report. 109 
 
 \V. II. Mills, Mrs. F. G. Sjuiborn, Mrs Louis Sloss, Mrs. W. K. Smedberg, 
 Mr. Frank J. Sy mines, Dr. Voorsanger, Mrs. Louis Weinmann. 
 
 THE PRESIDENT S REPORT. 
 
 At the annual meeting on October 1, 1898, was presented the first 
 report of the president, as follows: 
 
 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: "Governor I>udd presents his compliments 
 and asks that you join a few interested friends at the California Hotel on 
 the morning of April 25th to organize the work of the Red Cross and 
 Sanitary Commission in our city." 
 
 This message, flashed over a few telephone wires, was the first call of 
 the Red Cross Society. A meeting was held on the appointed date, and 
 Mrs. W. B. Harrington was elected president. 
 
 At the next meeting, when Surgeon-General Hopkins arose and 
 modestly asked that if possible we should raise the sum of $10,000 to 
 properly equip the National Guard, which, as the First California Volun 
 teers, was to be sent to Manila, we held our breath at the magnitude of his 
 demand. Little did we think in those early days that we were laying the 
 foundation for a society that should fill the minds and hearts of large 
 numbers of the men and women of San Francisco during the whole 
 summer. No greater work has been done on our western shore since the 
 days of the Sanitary Commission of the Civil War. The Red Cross swept 
 over the state like a mighty avalanche, rapidly gathering to itself money, 
 workers, and materials, and those objectors who thought the government 
 was quite equal to the emergency of the time and needed no Red Cross 
 Society, soon found that they must either be carried along by its irresistible 
 force or be overwhelmed entirely. 
 
 After the foundation of the State Association the San Francisco 
 Society was reorganized, on May 25th, and the present board of officers 
 elected. 
 
 In a month s time over three hundred men and women were engaged 
 in active work under the Red Cross banner in San Francisco alone. 
 
 Though in the beginning we deplored our ignorance of Red Cross 
 methods, knowing only that the Red Cross must work along military lines, 
 it has perhaps been an advantage that nothing has been cut and dried. 
 Our work has been adapted to our own conditions; committees have fallen 
 into line with every want expressed, and I believe every emergency has 
 been met in some degree. 
 
 Ten thousand members are entitled to wear the Red Cross badge of 
 membership. 
 
 Work was kept up at fever heat until about a month ago. The 
 changed conditions at the camps have relieved the Red Cross of many lines 
 of work. The efficiency of committees has been shown by their power of 
 adapting themselves to the change. It is sometimes harder to let go wisely 
 and discreetly than to take up enthusiastically. 
 
110 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 The transporting of troops to Manila, the moving of all the men to the 
 Presidio, where better military discipline can be enforced, the great 
 improvement in the division, now the general hospital, under Major 
 Mathews, which has had its effect upon the regimental hospitals, all have 
 led to a great diminution of the demand for supplies. 
 
 Although our work as a local society has materially decreased in these 
 latter times, every day makes us feel more strongly our duties as an 
 auxiliary society to the State Association. If we are to have any part in 
 the great work of caring for the sick at Manila, it must be done through 
 our state connection. The true Red Cross spirit would bid us to hold up 
 the hands of the state in all her undertakings. The Convalescent Home, 
 also a state work, needs our help in its support. The work is one. 
 
 Judge Sheldon, sent to us as delegate from the National Association, 
 earnestly advocated permanent organization of the Red Cross in California, 
 bringing to our minds the vast importance of Red Cross work not only in 
 times of war, but in case of famine, pestilence, or other national calamity. 
 Acting upon his advice, we enter to-day upon our permanent organization 
 in accordance with the constitution adopted the llth of June. 
 
 Encouragement from the highest officers in command, from colonels of 
 regiments and from privates in line, has much cheered and helped us in 
 our work. As an expression of the appreciation of the kindness shown the 
 Tnited States Volunteer Signal Corps, Captain Russell s company presented 
 the society with a beautiful silver cup, handsomely engraved with the 
 insignia of the corps. 
 
 Letters have been received by our society from all over the land 
 asking the help of the Red Cross to find some loved son or brother. Sad 
 indeed have been many letters and messages we have had to send the 
 heart-broken mothers and fathers, whose benedictions alone should keep us 
 from faltering. 
 
 We have had no sluggards; no complaint of too much work has ever 
 been heard. The pathetic appeal, "What can I do?" from those eager for 
 more work, and impatient of each idle moment, has rather taxed the sym 
 pathy of every officer. It is sometimes hard to convince such that truly 
 " they also serve who only stand and wait," and a great deal of waiting 
 has been a necessary part of the serving. 
 
 In spite of dire predictions we are glad to say that no serious illness 
 has come to any of the workers on account of the severe strain of the 
 summer s work. The same good-fellowship prevails now as in the first 
 enthusiastic days. 
 
 To serve a great common cause is productive of the finest human sym 
 pathy, and every man and woman who has been engaged with us is to-day 
 the better for having been taken out of petty cares and small ambitions and 
 led into the unselfish service of humanity. We have broadened out with 
 full hearts and high hopes, and we can not but realize the greatness of our 
 inheritance, the glory of its possibilities. 
 
Ill 
 
 Personally, let me say that 1 have enjoyed the mighty rush of this 
 glorious humane work; the labor has been a work of love; the burdens 
 imposed have set lightly, for the loving-kindness and many courtesies shown 
 me on every side. The executive committee and the army of faithful, 
 enthusiastic workers, too numerous to even call by name, have done every 
 thing to sustain me. To these co-workers, and the great warm-hearted 
 public which has responded so quickly and nobly to every call, and to my 
 predecessor in office, who has ever been ready with wise counsel and 
 friendly word to aid me in every possible manner, my warmest thanks are 
 due. 
 
 I shall always retain a most kindly remembrance of the associations of 
 this eventful year. 
 
 We have doubtless made mistakes, but we have done what we could, 
 and, asking the indulgence of our critics for our shortcomings, we 
 would remind them that a great writer has said, "The human race is 
 divided into two classes, those who go ahead and do something, and those 
 who sit and inquire, Why wasn t it done the other way?" 
 
 MARY 8. MERRILL, 
 
 President. 
 
 .1//-X. H ///. /. . Krfatrf, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 THK SECRETARY S REPORT. 
 
 Mrs. W. R. Kckart, recording secretary, reported at this meeting, 
 October 1, 1898, as follows: 
 
 MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMHKRS: The jjovernment of the Red Cross 
 
112 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Society of San Francisco is vested in an executive committee, elected May 2. 
 This committee lias been increased from time to time until it numbers 
 about forty. Thirty-one meetings have been held, all well attended, and 
 much interest has been manifested. Committees have multiplied as the 
 work developed, until there are now twenty-one. A brief summary of the 
 reports of these committees will give an idea of the work accomplished from 
 April 25 up to the present time. 
 
 HOSPITAL WORK. 
 
 Witli the promptness and ready adjustment of means to ends character 
 istic of the Red Cross work, the Hospital Visiting Committee was organized 
 about the middle of May. 
 
 Three efficient and devoted women have served in turn as chairman, 
 Mrs. Willard B. Harrington, Mrs. Henry Gibbons, Jr., and Mrs. J. W. Elder. 
 
 Diet Tent, Presidio. 
 
 The division hospital not being established, sick men were found 
 lying upon the ground and suffering great hardships. The committee 
 applied to the local hospitals for help, which was readily given, and their 
 doors were opened to receive sick soldiers sent by the society. The great 
 generosity displayed, especially by the French Hospital, St. Luke s, and the 
 Children s Hospital, has been so often dwelt upon that only a passing word 
 of appreciation is here necessary. The record of twelve hundred days free 
 treatment at the French Hospital, and four hundred and forty-one at St. 
 Luke s, speaks for itself. Other hospitals assisting are Mt. Zion s, St. Mary s, 
 the Waldeck, the German Hospital, and Dr. Lane s Hospital. The order 
 received in August, empowering the surgeons to expend sixty cents per day, 
 per capita, upon the sick for suitable food, has relieved the Red Cross in 
 this regard. 
 
 The order to remove all the sick in tents to the division hospital took 
 from the Red Cross tent its appointed work, but instead of resting on their 
 oars, the committee proceeded to do what they could to prevent illness by 
 
San Francisco Report. 113 
 
 serving well-cooked meals to men too ill for regular rations, but not ill 
 enough for the hospital. The tent was rechristened the Diet Tent, and 
 placed in charge of Mrs. Geo. H. Buckingham. From one hundred to one 
 hundred fifty meals were served daily. Gruel and broths were carried in 
 some instances to the tents, upon suggestion of the surgeons of the neigh 
 boring regiments, and between meals the tent was used as a resting-place 
 for soldiers, books and papers being provided for their entertainment. 
 
 On May 17 another important branch of the work was organized, the 
 ferry hospitality committee. In all sixty-seven thousand three hundred 
 fifteen soldiers have received refreshment at the hands of this committee 
 during its four months work. The great uncertainty attending the move 
 ments of troops has made the work most difficult to manage, but order has 
 prevailed. Helpers have been numerous, and, in spite of difficulties, it has 
 been the most popular of all the committees. 
 
 The supply depot at 16 Post Street was opened May 13, under the 
 efficient management of Mrs. Theodore E Smith. For three months it 
 was the busiest spot to be found where Red Cross work was done. 
 
 Within the last month many changes have taken place. The sewing 
 committee, having turned over to Major Long, in all, sixty-three thousand 
 bandages and twenty-seven thousand miscellaneous garments, considered 
 their work finished and returned to their homes, but this week the busv 
 fingers are again at work making more bandages to supply the demand for 
 seven thousand five hundred required to supply the regiments recentlv 
 ordered to Manila. 
 
 The new regulations of the government have simplified the work of 
 sending supplies to the camps. "Sixteen Post Street " is still a haven of 
 rest for the men going off on furloughs or discharged soldiers whose papers 
 are not just right and have to be straightened out before they can get off. 
 Here they sit and doze until train time, casting all their burdens on the 
 Red Cross, secure in the thought that everything will be made right in 
 time for them to go. Well -filled lunch baskets are given them for the 
 journey, with books and stationery, etc. Those too ill or too hopelessly 
 dull to take care of themselves and their precious papers are personally 
 conducted to the ferry by Miss Elliott, of the hospitality committee, and 
 put on board the boat, their grateful hearts invariably calling down bless 
 ings on the Red Cross ladies. 
 
 OTHER COMMITTEES. 
 
 Mrs. Sanborn, chairman of the committee on discharged soldiers, 
 says it has been the duty of this committee to investigate the cases of all 
 discharged soldiers applying to the society for assistance, and to render 
 help in all worthy cases, to assist in obtaining transportation for all honor 
 ably-discharged soldiers, and to see that sick men who are being returned 
 to their homes either upon a furlough or discharge are provided with 
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114 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 comforts for their journey. Before the order arrived from Washington for 
 the government to pay transportation for all honorably-discharged soldiers, 
 the State and City Red Cross Societies paid all expenses and sent eight 
 men to their homes. Through this committee in all we have aided about 
 fifty men in various ways. 
 
 The committee on identification medals, consisting of Mrs. Henry 
 Martinez and Mrs. Robert Oxnard, reports that its work is finished. All 
 the troops have been supplied with the medals and also the Red Cross 
 nurses. The general use of this medal is new to our country, and we are 
 glad that California has been able to introduce it in this present war. 
 
 Another committee for the direct benefit of the soldier is the fern- 
 postal committee, inaugurated and carried out by the indefatigable chair 
 man, Miss Burke. All that the soldier is asked to do is to write. Twenty- 
 eight thousand nine hundred cards have been distributed, and five 
 hundred letters stamped, and to the further glory of Miss Burke be it 
 said the charge on the Red Cross has been but $10, all the rest of the 
 money having been raised by contribution. 
 
 To the ambulance committee, with Miss Ashe, and afterwards Mrs 
 Breyfogle, as chairman, was intrusted the care of furnishing an ambulance 
 
 .!//. A. W. Coi invfil 
 Executive Committee. 
 
 for the transportation of soldiers arriving sick at the water front. Mr. 
 Duncombe has given the use of his ambulance most generously for this 
 work. The ambulance furnished by the Willing Circle of the King s 
 Daughters went with the first California men to Manila. 
 
Na// Francisco Report. 115 
 
 Mrs. Arthur \V. (Wnwall, who has looked after the contort of conva 
 lescent men who have gone across the bay to a milder climate, reports that 
 in August Mrs. Belden, representing Ross Valley Red Cross, placed at the 
 disposal of the San Francisco Society a home for convalescing soldiers, 
 
 Mr*. W. R. Smedberg, 
 
 Vice-President, and Chairman Purchasing Committee. 
 
 four to be accommodated at one time. Nine men have been cared for up 
 to the present time, and all expenses incurred have been borne by the 
 Ross Valley Society, excepting the traveling expenses, which were paid by 
 this society. 
 
 The routine and clerical work of the society is done at the head 
 quarters generously provided by Mr. Claus Spreckels in the Glaus Spreckels 
 Building. Secretaries and attendant committees are found here most of 
 the day. 
 
 It was found necessary, in view of the innumerable questions pro- 
 pojiinded by visitors, to establish an Information Bureau. Mrs. A. P. 
 Redding, and afterwards Mrs. Geo. G. Garr, have graciously attended to this 
 department. 
 
 The press committee, Miss Anne Bryce, chairman, have endeavored to- 
 supply the newspapers with such items as would serve to set forth the good 
 work of the society, hoping to draw towards us the confidence and the 
 dollars of our good San Francisco public. 
 
 The badge committee, with Mrs. L. L. Dunbar, afterwards Mrs. E. G. 
 Wright, and lastly Mrs. J. R. Loosley, as chairman, have struggled with 
 great patience to provide over ten thousand members with badge pins. 
 
116 Pacific Coast Had Cross 
 
 All the purchasing done by the society has been done by Mrs. W. R. 
 Smedberg, chairman and committee all in one. Drugs and food supplies, 
 clothing, and furniture, almost everything that a man can wear and eat 
 and use in cam}), it has been her work to supply. 
 
 The work of the committee on stores is to keep informed of the stock 
 on hand at the supply depot, and to report to the executive committee. 
 Mrs. F. J. Svmmes mid Mrs Hubbard have attended to this work, Mrs. 
 
 Symmes in addition having inaugurated a system of requisitions by 
 which the outgo from the society may be easily traced. 
 
 Printing and auditing committees have been in charge of Mr. John 
 F. Merrill. Mr. A. Mack, as chairman of by-laws, presented us with a con 
 stitution, which was readily accepted on June 11. 
 
 The rest of the committees are the feeders of the fund. The enter 
 tainment committee, Mrs. Edna Snell Poulson, chairman, reports as 
 total receipts $12,007.80, and adds: "It will be noticed that a large item 
 in the above generous total is credited to entertainments given by chil 
 dren. The little folks have been earnest and willing workers. Shall we 
 ever forget certain beautiful mornings when executive routine was broken 
 in upon by bustling troops of small girls and boys bearing in their dim 
 pled hands rolls of nickels and dimes, which they proudly assured us had 
 been earned all by ourselves. The blessed children! 
 
Lit 
 
 Mrs. Louis Sloss, chairman, worked valiantly to overlook no one in 
 invitations to contribute. Clubs were stormed with good success by Miss 
 Beaver, and the committee on schools, Miss Blanchard, and afterward Miss 
 Stincen as chairman, has made a record to be proud of. Miss Stincen says 
 with truth that in no other state have the children taken so active an 
 interest and given so generously as in California, in all 4,904.06 was con 
 tributed by them up to October 30. 
 
 Lastly the finance committee, Mrs. W. P. Morgan, chairman. Mrs. 
 Morgan has ke,pt an excellent set of books and prepared the reports 
 monthly. 
 
 In addition to the work done through various committees, the execu 
 tive committee has directly aided the good cause in many ways. Sums of 
 money have been given all the California regiments for use in Manila. 
 The 1st California Volunteers received, before leaving for Manila, $2,750 
 in hospital and medical supplies, and $1,500 was sent to them through 
 Colonel Smith, at Manila, for an emergency fund. To the Heavy Artillery 
 $500 was given in June. The 7th California Regiment received $1,000 
 for a regimental purse, which we yet hope may be useful to them in Manila. 
 To the state society the sum of 10,000 has been given for equipment of 
 hospital at Manila, and, besides, the executive committee has put a cook in 
 the division hospital. The work in all departments has been greatly 
 facilitated by telephone service gratuitously provided through the courtesy 
 of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. 
 
 T wish to thank the president and members of the executive com 
 mittee for their kind forbearance with me in my somewhat trying position, 
 and for the many words of encouragement I have received from them. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 Mus. \V. R. ECKART, Secretary. 
 
 Gnrernini nt 7 T >/// "McDowell. 1 
 
118 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 THE SECOND ANNfAL MEETING. 
 
 At the second annual meeting, October 7, 1899, the following officers 
 were elected: President, Mrs. John F. Merrill; first vice-president, Miss 
 Anna Beaver: second vice-president, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn; third vice- 
 president, Mrs. I. Lowenberg; fourth vice-president, Mrs. George H. 
 Buckingham ; treasurer, \V. P>. Harrington; recording secretary, Mrs. 
 Edwin Breyfogle; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles AY. Slack. 
 
 Executive board: Mrs. John F. Men-ill, Mrs. Willard B. Harrington, 
 Miss Anna W. Beaver, Mrs. L. L. Dunbar, Mrs. I. Lowenberg. Mrs. C. \V. 
 Slack, Mrs. James Elder, Mrs. Arthur Cornwall, Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. 
 A. S. Hubbard, Mrs. W. H. Mills, Mrs. Henry Martinez, Mrs. J. G. Clark. 
 Mrs. H. B. Freeman, Mrs. Louis Sloss, Mrs. \V. K. Smedberg, Miss Carrie 
 Gwin, Mrs. Agnes \V. Flint, Mrs. Geo. H. Buckingham, Mrs. Robert 
 Mackenzie, Mrs. Edwin S. Breyfogle, Mrs. \V. P. Shaw, Mrs. J. F. Loosley, 
 and Mrs. F. G. Sanborn. 
 
 Co/one/ C/nis. /, . <V/vv/,/m/ , 
 
 Assistant Surgeon Gcrn ral V. S. Army. 
 
 PRESIDENT S SECOND ANNUAL KETOKT. 
 
 Since our organization, seventeen months ago, our society has passed 
 through many changes in its work; but, in spite of changes, we can not but 
 believe that time has brought a concentration of effort and an element of 
 permanence that will grow stronger as the years go on. The conviction of 
 the stability of the society ami the importance of its work has been deep- 
 
San Francisco Report. 119 
 
 ened by the ever-growing appreciation of its activities that has been 
 expressed not only by the public at large, but by the government authorities, 
 whose good-will we have endeavored so strenuously to obtain. 
 
 Colonel Greenleaf, medical inspector, has done us the honor of asking 
 for a conference with our board, and has given us some valuable sugges 
 tions. Colonel Girard volunteers his aid in cooperating with us in any way 
 which will further the relief of soldiers discharged from the hospital. 
 
 The change of headquarters from the state office to Union-Square tent, 
 at the request of the citizens committee, has been of advantage to us in 
 providing a sunny and comfortable place for the many men who come to 
 our committee to be sent to their homes. Employment has been found for 
 some, and the men have much enjoyed the comforts provided by the tent. 
 
 With an aching sorrow comes the thought that our most deeply-loved 
 friend and worker in the society, Mrs. Henry Gibbons, will meet with us no 
 more she who so loved and gloried in the Red Cross work. She served 
 faithfully through the rush of the great work of 1898. Idolized by her 
 family, respected and loved by all who knew her, her loss will be ever 
 unceasingly felt where work is to be done and loving and faithful workers 
 sought. 
 
 We mourn also the loss of a brave man and friend of the Red Cross, 
 Colonel John D. Miiey, who died in Manila, while serving the country he 
 loved so well. Our society gave Colonel Mi ley the first hundred dollars 
 toward starting a library for the soldiers in the Philippines. It was his 
 earnest wish to raise five thousand dollars for this work. Can we not make 
 this library a monument to him who gave his life for his country ? 
 
 The lesson of our common ties and duties needs constant repetition and 
 bears emphasizing to-day. The mantle of responsibility has fallen upon us. 
 Shall we wear it? To be helpful is a great privilege, and are we not blessed 
 of women, that we may stand with arms outstretched to help brave boys, 
 urging them to look forward, not backward, to trust the future, and not 
 forget the duties of the present? Hugo has said, "Influence is the greatest 
 of all human gifts," and surely this is our time to exert the strength that is 
 in us for the help of those who need it so sorely. If, as individuals, we can 
 learn as well as teach something of the joys of service and the beauty of 
 sacrifice, we shall make our lives full, and, though the world should pass us 
 by, we shall be rich in memories and associations in the joy of living, 
 and in hope for the future. With our motto, " Neutrality, Humanity," our 
 formula, "Lend a hand," the true spirit of the Red Cross principles may 
 stand as an epitome of the new chivalry of the twentieth century. 
 
 To our friends, the Regular Army officials General Sh after, Colonel 
 Long, Colonel Freeman, Major Thompson, Colonel Forwood, Colonel Girard, 
 and his assistants we give our heartfelt thanks for the assistance rendered. 
 To the "California Red Cross," the parent organization under whose care 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 we have developed, and whose encouragement has stimulated us to ever- 
 increasing usefulness as a society, we are most grateful. 
 
 To the Associated Charities and their representative, Mrs. Flint, a 
 special word is due for personal interest, systematic work, and honest inves 
 tigation. \Ve renew our thanks to this well-ordered society for their 
 helpfulness and intelligent service so cordially rendered. 
 
 We are grateful to the press of our city for hearty cooperation on every 
 occasion, and valuable space in their journals. 
 
 Gf-n. W. R. S/iafter, 
 Member Advisory Board. 
 
 To my officers and splendid hoard of workers; to our honored treas 
 urer. Mr. Harrington, whose services have been untiring; to my esteemed 
 vice-president, Miss Beaver, under whose fostering care the society was so 
 capably managed during my long absence, I must acknowledge a debt of 
 gratitude for constant, devoted, and efficient service. They have upheld 
 my hands and made it possible for the work of this society to be known all 
 over our glorious land. To them and to the host of members who wear the 
 badge of membership my warmest thanks are due. 
 
Francisco Report. 121 
 
 It is with deep regret we learn that our honored member. Mrs. \V. K. 
 Eckart, can not be induced to continue the office of secretary during the 
 coming year. She has given of Iwrsdf, faithfully and constantly, and 
 through the rush of the early part of our work, when meetings were held 
 weekly, sometimes daily, and everything was, of necessity, hurriedly done, 
 her clear and concise statements of facts were always to be relied upon. In 
 addition to her laborious work of secretary during the summer of 1898, she 
 was found in her office daily keeping accounts, interviewing a constant 
 stream of anxious inquirers, and, in fact, keeping all the threads of our 
 society together. 
 
 To our corresponding secretary, Mrs. De Greayer, who worked early 
 and late during the beginning of this unique and fascinating work, we also 
 render our gratitude and praise. 
 
 In closing, let me strike the key-note for our new year s work: Let 
 "Patience and Faithfulness" be our watchword, and our formula still be, 
 "Lend a hand." 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MARY 8 MERRILL. 
 
 SECRETARY S SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. 
 
 MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS: It is with much pleasure that your 
 secretary submits to you a resume of the work accomplished by the Red 
 ( Voss Society of San Francisco during the past twelve months. 
 
 Immediately after the annual meeting the president left for the east 
 to take a much-needed rest, and was absent between three and four months. 
 During this period the first vice-president, Miss Beaver, was acting presi 
 dent. The remaining vice-presidents shared with her the onerous duties 
 of the office, and ably assisted her in carrying on the work in the different 
 departments. 
 
 Toward the close of 1898, with the departure of the last transport, it 
 became apparent that it was no longer advisable to keep open the supply 
 depot at No. H> Post Street, which for so many months had been the scene 
 of such great activity, under the very efficient management of Mrs. Theo. E. 
 Smith. On November o this department was closed. Whatever supplies 
 were left over were, through the courtesy of the state society, stored in the 
 room very kindly provided for use of the Red Cross Society by Messrs. 
 Walconi and Hoppe, at No. 404 Sutter Street. The last week at No. 10 Post 
 Street was a busy one. Six hundred Christmas packages were received, 
 packed, and forwarded to Manila. 
 
 Up to the time the work in the supply department ceased, 10,888 
 comfort-bags had been made and distributed, 1,(>6<> letters written, 305 
 lunch-baskets filled, 22,098 "Tommy Atkins" distributed, besides countless 
 numbers of books and papers. Added to this, 73,701 bandages of different 
 descriptions were provided for use of regiments leaving for Manila. 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Since work stopped at the supply depot, the making and distribution 
 of comfort-bags has still gone on, five thousand one hundred forty-six 
 having been given out since. Of this number three thousand seven hun- 
 
 3//-.S-. Josephine d? 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 dred thirty were made and filled with necessary articles to make them 
 complete, by this society. The remaining one thousand four hundred 
 sixteen came to us from auxiliary societies, and were filled by us. 
 
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 J r,ti> f ( off fc at F<-r rii Rfl fVo.v.s- Room. 
 
 Another important branch of the work, which was closed late in the 
 autumn, was the ferry Red Cross room, in charge of Mrs. I. Lowenberg, 
 chairman of the hospitality committee, aided by an able corps of willing- 
 assistants. Mrs. Lowenberg s final report shows that eighty-one thousand 
 
San Francisco Report. 1^3 
 
 four Inn ul red twenty-nine soldiers were entertained and provided with 
 lunches by her committee. 
 
 The diet tent, which was established just before the last annual 
 meeting, remained open until the middle of November. During its exist 
 ence three thousand four hundred six meals were served to men too ill to 
 eat the rations provided by the government, and not ill enough to be in 
 the hospital. 
 
 The closing of the diet tent was immediately followed by the opening 
 of the Red Cross reading-room in the division hospital. Major Ebert, 
 then in charge, placed a large room in that building at the disposal of the 
 
 .U/-.S. A. ir. ,sv-o//, 
 
 Ho3pital Visitor. :ind Manager Red Cross Reading-Tent. 
 
 society. It was fitted up and supplied with books, newspapers, magazines, 
 games, and a piano, and became at once a favorite resort of the soldiers. 
 Mrs. A. AV. Scott, assisted by Mrs. J. W. Elder and Miss Cecelia Burke, was 
 placed in charge. 
 
 Toward the close of April, Mrs. Scott was notified by Major Mathews, 
 who had succeeded Major Ebert, that, owing to the need of more space in 
 the hospital for sick men returning from Manila, it would be necessary for 
 the reading-room to be vacated. 
 
 The Presidio authorities having readily granted our request for space, 
 a tent was erected capable of accommodating nearly five hundred men, and 
 containing three hundred fifty chairs. As many as twenty thousand sheets 
 of paper and eight thousand envelopes have been distributed in a week, 
 
124 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 the men furnishing their own postage. In addition to the large reading- 
 tent, we have a writing-tent in the casual encampment and also in the 
 engineers quarters, which are supplied with writing materials, as well as 
 every ward in the division hospital. 
 
 Mrs. Scott has been untiring in her zeal to make the tent a veritable 
 home to the boys. Chaplain Macomber has lent his efforts and his pres 
 ence to the work, and the society owes him a debt of gratitude for his 
 cooperation. During the illness of Chaplain Macomber, Chaplain Miller 
 rendered great service to the committee in charge. 
 
 Miss Burke, the postal committee, continued the distribution of postal- 
 cards up to the first of February, at which time there had been given out 
 forty-six thousand four hundred ninety-five postals and twenty-two gross 
 of pencils. 
 
 The executive committee, with the consent of the surgeon in charge 
 at the division hospital, decided last fall to employ a cook at that place to 
 prepare delicate and nourishing food for the invalids confined there. 
 Many of the men no doubt owe their recovery to this fact. The cook was 
 employed for six months, until March, at an expense of $<>0 a month. 
 
 Since the volunteers began to return, the work of the discharged 
 soldiers committee has assumed such proportions that it entails long hours 
 and hard work. Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, chairman, and her faithful coworkers, 
 Mrs. Arthur Cornwall, Mrs. John Loosley, and Mrs. W. P. Shaw, assist the 
 discharged men in securing the lowest rates of transportation over the 
 most convenient routes to their homes, and see that they are provided with 
 means of subsistence during their journey. A visit to Union-Square tent 
 at any hour of the day will convince one of the magnitude of the work 
 being done by this committee. 
 
 The last report of the hospital visiting committee was rendered on 
 December 1, 1898, by Mrs. Florence Moore, visitor to St. Luke s, and shows 
 that during the six months ending at that time, forty soldiers were cared 
 for at that place, aggregating eight hundred forty days treatment. 
 
 Since the opening of the new Mt. Zion Hospital, a bed in that insti 
 tution has been placed at the disposal of the Rod Cross Society free of 
 charge, and we make grateful acknowledgment of same. 
 
 Subscriptions in small amounts have been received from time to time 
 during the year; but the expenses being in excess of the receipts, our 
 treasury is fast becoming depleted. The very generous gift of $1,500 from 
 the Market Street Railway Company, which came to us so opportunely in 
 August, was most gratefully received. 
 
 The Red Cross scrap-book, arranged by Mrs. A. S. Ilubbard, is replete 
 with interesting items clipped from the newspapers, dating from the first 
 movement toward the organization of the Red Cross Society of Sa.n Fran 
 cisco up to the present time, and it will be of greater interest as the years 
 
San Francisco Report. 125 
 
 roll by. We are indebted to Mrs. Hubbard for her painstaking work in 
 this connection. 
 
 At the executive meeting of August 4, the following amendment to tile- 
 constitution was passed : 
 
 The annual dues of members of the Red Cross Society of San Fran 
 cisco shall be $1.00, payable the first Saturday in October. 
 
 In August, 1899, the citizens executive committee erected a tent in 
 Union Square for the reception and comfort of the retiring first California 
 volunteers. At the earnest solicitation of the committee the Red Cross of 
 San Francisco cooperated with them and took upon themselves the great 
 work of relief and transportation then necessary, the citizens committee 
 paying the bills. At this date the work is still going on. 
 
 Mnjnr <>. F. L<, ;/> 
 U. S. Army. 
 
 The society is under obligations to the citizens executive committee 
 for many courtesies, not the least of which was the erection of a Red Cross 
 stand at Sansome and Market Streets for use of officers and members to 
 witness the parade on the occasion of the return of California s heroes 
 from active service in the Philippines. 
 
 To Mrs. Hearst we owe our thanks for the illuminated Red Cross 
 placed on the Examiner Building on the night of the parade. 
 
 To the Southern Pacific Company, the Santa Fe and all connecting- 
 lines, and to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the society is 
 deeply indebted for special rates of transportation granted for discharged 
 men. 
 
126 Pacific Coast Red Cross SociHij. 
 
 Major O. F. Long very kindly placed the transport City of Pacbla at the 
 disposal of the society on the occasion of the return of the 1st California 
 Regiment, thus making it possible for us to be among the first to welcome 
 them home. 
 
 Our thanks are due to the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company 
 for franks to the amount of S25. 
 
 To Drs. Regensberger, Carolan, Dorr, Lorini, and Worth, we are under 
 very great obligations for the care of sick men under our charge, and to 
 the Polyclinic we are deeply indebted for many prescriptions gratuitously 
 filled. 
 
 The society desires to thank the press of the city for supplying daily 
 papers for the reading-tent. 
 
 To all the willing workers who have in any measure contributed to the 
 success of the past year s work and the glorious results achieved, we are 
 truly grateful. 
 
 I v es pec tf u 1 1 y sub m i tted , 
 
 MRS. W. R. ECKART, Secretary. 
 
 San Francisco, October 7, 1899. 
 
 THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING. 
 
 The third annual meeting of the Red Cross Society of San Francisco 
 was held October G, 1900, at Philomath Hall. The following officers 
 were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. John F. Merrill; first 
 vice-president, Miss Anna Beaver; second vice-president, Mrs. I. Lo wen berg; 
 third vice-president, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn; fourth vice-president, Mrs. Geo. 
 Buckingham; recording secretary, Mrs. A. Mack; treasurer, Willard B. 
 Harrington; corresponding secretary, Mrs. C. W. Slack. 
 
 Executive committee: 
 
 Mrs. John F. Merrill, Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Mr. W. B. Harrington, Mrs. 
 C. W. Slack, Mrs. Louis Sloss, Mrs. W. R. Smedberg, Mrs. Chas. S. Wheeler,. 
 Mrs. L. Curran Clark, Mrs. Geo. II. Buckingham, Mrs. Robert Mackenzie, 
 Mrs. E. S. Breyfogle, Mrs. \V. P. Shaw, Mrs. J. M. de Greayer, Mrs. Y. G. 
 Sanborn, Mrs. A. \V. Cornwall, Mrs. A. Mack, Mrs. Louis F. Monteagle, 
 Mrs. W. P. Morgan, Miss A. \V. Beaver, Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Mrs. J. W. 
 Elder, Mrs. T. G. Taylor, Mrs. A. S. Hubbard, Mrs. J. G. Clark, Mrs. L. L. 
 Dunbar, Mrs. Jerome Madden, Mrs. Eli Llewellyn. 
 
 The advisory board: 
 
 Mr. C. L. P. Marais, Colonel Smedberg, General Shafter, Mr. John F. 
 Merrill, Col. W. R, Parnell, Mr. A. Mack, Mr. F. J. Symmes, Rabbi 
 Voorsanger, Mr. W. S. McClure, Mr. F. W. Dohrmann, Charles Holbrook, 
 Judge Sloss, Mr. Samuel Knight, Mr. Small. 
 
 After a few words of greeting from the president, the secretary made her 
 annual report. 
 
San. Francisco lie port. 127 
 
 THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE RED TRUSS SOCIETY 
 
 OF SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 MADAM PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS: Our society lias continued in its 
 good work up to the present time, and thousands of men have been 
 assisted in all ways, sent to all parts of the United Slates, given work, or 
 whatever necessity demanded. 
 
 At the last annual meeting an account of the work being done at the 
 time in the tent on Union Square was given. Our work continued there 
 under the citizens executive committee until November 17, 1899, when 
 we returned to our headquarters in the Hearst Building. We continued 
 our transportation and relief work until June, 1900. Since that time the 
 California State Red Cross has carried on the transportation work, our 
 committee on transportation doing the work for the state as it has done for 
 the city. 
 
 At the meeting held October 20, 1899, the personnel of the executive 
 committee was changed by the resignation of Mrs. Breyfogle, recording 
 secretary. Mrs. John R. Loosley was elected to fill the vacancy. On the 
 same day Mrs. Buckingham and Mrs. Sloss were added to the auditing 
 committee and Miss Beaver was made chairman of the press committee. 
 
 During the year the executive board has held ten regular meetings and 
 three special meetings. 
 
 The president was called east the first of the year; Miss Beaver was 
 acting president during her absence. 
 
 Thirty-five letters have been received and sixty-one letters have been 
 written by Mrs. Slack, corresponding secretary. We are sorry to sav six 
 of these have been letters of condolence. 
 
 The Red Cross reading tent at the Presidio continued its work under 
 Mrs. Scott until December, after the departure of volunteers for Manila. 
 
 TR A XSPORT ATIOX. 
 
 The heaviest part of the work has been shouldered by the transporta 
 tion committee, Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, Mrs. A. Cornwall, and Mrs. J. R. 
 Loosley, who were never idle after the volunteers began to return from 
 Manila. Mrs. Sanborn reports, the transportation committee, assisted by 
 all the railroad companies having offices here in San Francisco, and by 
 many connecting eastern lines, has helped to their homes nearlv six 
 thousand of Uncle Sam s boys. The great majority of these have been no 
 actual expense to the society. 
 
 The great majority of cases handled by the transportation committee 
 may be generally subdivided as follows: 
 
 First, very sick men with little or no chance of recovery, having 
 families who, though poor, could care for them if the poor fellows could 
 reach them. In most instances, it was a matter of economy, as well as a 
 deed of merev, to send them home. 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Second, men hi feeble health, arriving after months of illness in 
 hospitals in the Philippines, and who had been obliged to spend their pay 
 for support before the sailing of a transport, and for such simple food on 
 the transport as it was possible for a sick man to eat. 
 
 Third, men from the state volunteer regiments preceding and 
 following the main body. These were all sick men, and, in most cases, we 
 were reimbursed by their several states. 
 
 Fourth, discharged men from Presidio hospital, too feeble to care for 
 themselves. Manv times we went with them in the ambulances. 
 
 Homeward Hound. 
 
 Fifth, many stranded boys, who had enlisted under age and who had 
 been discharged upon request of parent or guardian, receiving neither 
 service nor travel pay. In many instances funds were received for travel 
 ing expenses by telegraphing to their friends. 
 
 Sixth, dishonorably discharged men receiving no pay whatever, for 
 whom it was not possible to obtain employment These were few in num 
 ber, and were sent because they were considered dangerous to the com 
 munity, and paid for by the citizens executive committee. 
 
 Seventh, military prisoners from Alcatraz. 
 
 Eighth, relatives of soldiers, mothers, and wives who had made 
 terrible efforts to come to their sick and dying loved ones, strangers in a 
 strange land, to whom the good women of the Red Cross could be and were 
 much comfort and assistance. 
 
 Ninth, transportation of bodies, the railroad companies being most 
 kind in such cases. 
 
tian Francisco Report. 129 
 
 In short, all sorts and conditions of men, with all the ills and frailties 
 to which mankind is heir. 
 
 After the demands grew so great upon the transportation committee, 
 a relief committee was formed in December, Miss Beaver, chairman, Mrs. 
 Elder, Mrs. Flint, Mrs. Sloss, Mrs. Colonel Freeman, and Mrs. Dickenson, 
 who had the difficult task of investigating the cases. After they were 
 found deserving of assistance, they were recommended to the transportation 
 committee, who secured the lowest rates and most direct route to their 
 homes, providing maintenance on the way, and securing sleepers for those 
 too ill to sit up. 
 
 RELIEF COMMITTEE. 
 
 Miss Beaver, chairman of the relief committee, reports as follows: 
 
 Although all the committees of the Red Cross Society were, generally 
 speaking, for the relief of our soldiers here and in the Philippines, the 
 relief committee, technically so called, was not organized until December, 
 1899. As the transports began to return with invalided men from Manila, 
 the relief work of the society increased, and it was found necessary to have 
 a special committee for this work. As funds were rapidly decreasing, it 
 was felt that the remainder should be expended with the greatest care, that 
 the most important needs should be first considered. Many, even of our 
 first California men, were reported ill and destitute, the money that they 
 had brought with them having been expended in a vain search for health. 
 The system of discharging men in Manila, paying them off and not send 
 ing them home for weeks, or even months, worked great hardships. [ T nder 
 the circumstances few men with money in their pockets could refrain from 
 supplementing the government rations in their living, and sickness was 
 almost inevitable and very expensive. The delays in foreign ports and 
 the usual gambling and stealing on shipboard added to the difficulties of 
 landing in California with any funds. 
 
 After closing the citizens executive committee work, the Red Cross 
 Society was the only place open to these men Money was mainly spent in 
 employment fees, meal tickets, cheap lodgings, blankets, tools, transporta 
 tion to points where work was to be had, and the lesser adjuncts of clothing- 
 necessary for work. Colonel Girard relieved us of the care of the sick, as 
 tar as possible, by admitting them to the hospital at the Presidio. In all 
 this detailed work of the committee, we are under the most profound obli 
 gation to Mrs. Agnes Flint, whose professional experience in the Associated 
 Charities was of the utmost advantage, and her untiring personal service, 
 its thoroughness and sympathy, we, who were jnited with her, will never 
 forget. Mrs. Flint found employment and provided the men with tempo 
 rary relief, through the office of the Associated Charities. Upon her return 
 from the East in April, the president of the society associated herself with 
 the committee, and meetings were held without interruption until the end 
 
130 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 of May, when there seemed to be no further need, and they were discontin 
 ued, the committee still holding itself at the service of the society should it 
 be necessary to resume the work. 
 
 From January 1 to June 1, 1000, number of soldiers aided, 797; 
 employment found for 340; total amount spent by the relief committee, 
 $1,587.50. 
 
 ANNA W. BEAVER, 
 Chairman Relief Committee. 
 
 .I//-*. J<nnr* W. Elder, 
 Chairman Hospital Visiting Committee. 
 
 HOSPITAL VISITING COMMITTEE. 
 
 The careful investigations of this committee brought to light many 
 sad and helpless cases. 
 
 One of the saddest cases was that of Private Grandstaff, who was injured 
 by the cars at Fourth and Townsend Streets. He had one foot amputated, 
 has undergone three severe operations. The other foot was badly crushed. 
 His injury, not occurring in line of duty, did not permit of his being 
 awarded a pension. His great need was an artificial foot, which could not 
 be furnished by the government. His mother, a poor widow in feeble 
 health, could give nothing. This society helped this case by furnishing 
 the much-needed foot, and also transportation to his home. He is now 
 walking with scarcely a limp and can ride a bicycle. As soon as the news 
 of this artificial foot was known, another boy, George W. Burr, asked for an 
 arm. After careful investigation, an artificial arm was provided. The 
 letter received from him said: "The arm is a perfect success, and works 
 like a charm. I am so proud of my arm, but more so of the givers." 
 
 Mrs. Cornwall was our mainstay, taking charge of and handling most of 
 the difficult cases. We will mention a few of the individual cases. Among 
 the men we have sent all over the world is Thomas Ortell, who enlisted in 
 the transport service in New York. On the way he was taken sick with 
 rheumatism, and was helpless. While in this condition the ship touched 
 
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 at Ceylon, his home; his people came on board and requested the captain to 
 allow him to land. The captain, presuming Ortell was " playing possum," 
 refused and pulled out, sailing to this port, landing this hopelessly-invalided 
 man. Last April he was taken to the hospital in the Presidio, where he 
 was taken care of for three months. \Ve secured, through General Shatter, 
 a return passage to New York, and from New York to Ceylon. The San 
 Francisco Red Cross gave him fifty dollars and a trunk of clothing. 
 
 Also the case of Herbert J. Holohan, who brought us a letter from the 
 surgeon at Alcatraz, recommending him to our kind consideration. His 
 offense was not saluting a non-commissioned officer, who was dressed in a 
 kaki suit, with a handkerchief tied around his neck, and nothing about his 
 dress to indicate his being any other than a private volunteer. He was 
 sentenced to one year, pardoned out after nine months by orders from 
 Washington. He served in the Cuban campaign with distinction, and 
 reenlisted for the Philippine War. He had all his court-martial papers 
 with him. We secured him transportation to his home in Leiscester, 
 England. 
 
 MRS. JAMES ELDER, Chairman. 
 
 CHAPLAIX MILLER. 
 
 At the last regular meeting of the executive board, held September 7, 
 Chaplain Miller gave a resume of his work in the Philippines, showing he 
 had in every way fulfilled his duties, not only as chaplain, but often as a 
 
 Chaplain 0. C. Miller, Presidio. 
 
 surgeon. Chaplain Miller has just returned from Manila, where he has 
 been for many months past. The California Red Cross and the San Fran 
 cisco Red Cross have assisted him, as he was working without compensation 
 from the government. 
 
 GALVESTON SUFFERERS. 
 
 Another appeal came for aid. After the storm and wreck of Galveston, 
 Texas, the cry for food, clothes, and money came. The Red Cross 
 
132 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 responded, and opened a supply depot at 308 Sutter Street, the fourteenth 
 day of September, 1900. 
 
 Mrs. Loosley was made chairman by the city Red Cross, her coworkers, 
 Mrs. Cornwall. Mrs. Mackenzie, Mrs. Breyfogle, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Jones, 
 Mrs. Vaughn, Mrs. Martinez, Misses Elliott, and the ever-faithful Mr. 
 Brown. The mailing of cases, the packing and sorting of clothing donated 
 by sympathizing friends, made us think of the busy days of yore. In the 
 two weeks we packed and shipped twenty-three cases, two trunks con 
 taining over two thousand five hundred articles of wearing apparel, 
 dresses, cloaks, hats, shoes, underclothes, men s suits, baby clothes, and 
 bedding. The money received was turned over to our treasurer, Mr. 
 Harrington. 
 
 Recording Secretary, Chairman Galveston Committee, Chairman Medal Committee. 
 
 The society is under obligations to the Southern Pacific Company, the 
 Santa Fe, and all connecting lines, the 0. R. ct X. Company, for special 
 rates of transportation granted to discharged soldiers. 
 
 To the Native Daughters for relief fund given to the transportation 
 committee to provide small comforts to the sick and needy. 
 
 To Sherman & Clay for the use of a piano at the Red Cross reading- 
 tent at the Presidio for one year. 
 
 To the many workers who have given their time and strength, aiding 
 us in the success of the last year s work, we are truly grateful. 
 
 Respectfully submitted , 
 
 SUSAN S. LOOSLEY, Secretary. 
 San Francisco, October ft, 190<). 
 
 FOURTH ANNUAL MKKTIN<i. 
 
 The activities in many departments of the Red Cross have 
 
 naturally been greatly reduced during the year passed, but much of 
 importance has been accomplished. 
 
 Visiting at the general hospital at the Presidio, under the chair- 
 
Scin Francisco Report. 13X 
 
 mans) lip of Mrs. James W. Elder, the relief of cases of urgency among 
 returning volunteers, the finding of positions for discharged soldiers, the 
 carrying on of what is known as the "Manila Library," and the establish 
 ment of a comfortable and commodious tent at the Presidio where the men 
 of those volunteer regiments awaiting discharge might pass a part of the 
 time in reading, writing, and games these matters have kept the several 
 committees having them in charge busy and interested. 
 
 During the closing weeks of 1900 two coming events deeply interested 
 the San Francisco Red Cross. These were the Christmas festival for the 
 men in hospital and the New Year s eve watch -meeting, in which San 
 Francisco joined with cities and towns throughout the United States in 
 celebrating the birth of the new year and the new century, under the 
 auspices and the banner of the American National Red Cross. 
 
 CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS. 
 
 The committee appointed for the work of gathering gifts for tin- 
 soldiers in the hospitals consisted of Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, Mrs. James \V. 
 Klder, Mrs. Jerome Madden, and Mrs. Louis Sloss, with Mrs. John F. 
 Merrill, president of the society, acting most effectively with the committee. 
 
 The announcement of the purpose of the San Francisco Society to 
 leave no sick or convalescent soldier without a Christmas remembrance, 
 aroused the interest of a large coterie of young ladies, many of them 
 daughters of members, or members themselves, of the Red Cross. They 
 volunteered assistance, and into their charge was given the placing of a 
 Christmas tree in the mess hall at the general hospital, and the prepara 
 tion of a holiday feast of ice-cream and cakes for those soldiers able to 
 partake. The tree glowed with one hundred fifty incandescent lights, 
 while sixty gallons of ice-cream, with cakes in proportionate quantities, 
 were furnished by the committee. 
 
 Appeals for money and gifts met with a ready response, and for a 
 week or more there was a continuous downpour upon the residence 
 of the president, of handkerchiefs, big and little, bandana, silk, and 
 linen, of mufflers and slippers, boxes of stationery, pipes, tobacco and 
 cigars, soap, combs and brushes, purses, pocket-books, and comfort-bags, 
 and a score of other comfortable, useful, and attractive things, calculated 
 to make an enlisted man believe himself a boy again. These gifts were 
 grouped carefully and put up in neat packages over one thousand of 
 them am ] when Christmas -eve arrived, two ladies were detailed to each 
 hospital ward, and with several obliging husbands, sons, and brothers to 
 assist, the distribution was made in the general and post hospitals at the 
 Presidio, and in the marine hospital. Besides this, gifts were sent to the 
 hospital at Alcatraz, and the insane wards were not forgotten. 
 
 Only one little story can be told here. The distribution at the hospital 
 was over, and the tired Red Cross women had left the wards and were 
 
Pad lie Coast Ucd Cross tfocicfi/. 
 
 getting together in the corridors for the homeward journey, when a young 
 gentleman of the party, who had assisted in placing the gifts, went back 
 into one of the wards for a forgotten basket. There in one of the beds, 
 with his face buried in the pillow, a big soldier lay at full length, his broad 
 shoulders shaking with sobs. The young man hurriedly asked a soldier 
 in a bed near by what was the trouble. This boy, who was still tenderly 
 
 Colonel O- C. Girard, 
 In charge Presidio Hospital. 
 
 smoothing out his new silk handkerchief, and looking admiringly at the 
 comfortable slippers on his feet, said sympathetically, "Why, he didn t get 
 no present, and it jest seems like he couldn t stand it," 
 
 Grasping the biggest and fattest bundle remaining in a basket of gifts, 
 Mrs. Madden hurried back with her son, and, laying her hand gently on 
 the shoulder of the sobbing man, she said to him: "Here s your gift, my 
 boy. It was overlooked because there was some mistake, and your name 
 was not handed in with the others." 
 
 The soldier grasped the package she handed him, sat up on the side of 
 his bed, and before the bundle was fairly untied he was laughing as glee- 
 
San Francisco Report. 135 
 
 fully as a boy an absolute child in his delight with the handkerchiefs 
 and the pipe and the long muffler which had fallen to his share. 
 
 The men had been asked, as far as possible, what they would like best, 
 and every effort was made to supply their wishes. One blue-eyed Irish 
 boy had said that he would like best " a picture or two of ould Ireland," 
 and his desire was made known in the newspapers. That soldier bov s 
 heart was rejoiced until his eyes fairly ran over with tears of joy, for almost 
 every mile of the "ould sod" in its pictured form was sent to his lowly bed. 
 
 Two transports were on the sea at Christmas time, the tiherman and 
 the Grant. Gifts were reserved for the sick men on board and distributed 
 to them within a fortnight after Christmas one hundred ninety presents 
 for the Grant and one hundred fifty for the Sherman. The surgeons com 
 manding the various hospitals wrote letters of appreciation to the society 
 regarding their Christmas work, and the soldiers were most grateful. The 
 money remaining from the Christmas fund was used in relief work. 
 
 THE WATCH MEETING. 
 
 The visit to the Pacific Coast of Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, of Washington, 
 1). C., a member of the board of control of the American National Red 
 Cross, which occurred in November of last year, greatly served to awaken 
 the interest of the San Francisco Red Cross Society in the proposed 
 "twentieth century watch meeting," to be held by Red Cross Societies 
 throughout the Union. Mrs. Foster was accorded a fitting and cordial 
 reception by the officers of both state and city societies, and remained 
 here some time enlisting the cooperation of the coast societies with the 
 national organization in this matter. A part of the purpose of the proposed 
 "jubilee" was to establish a National Red Cross fund, which should be at 
 the disposal of national officers in cases of emergency like the disasters at 
 Johnstown and Galveston, at both of which places relief was greatly 
 hampered at the outset by the lack of such a fund. Leading citizens 
 offered their cooperation, especially the clergy of the city, to make this 
 greeting to the new century a success. 
 
 A special feature of the order of exercises was the reading of greet 
 ings brief messages written for the occasion by leading minds of the 
 world, and kept entirely fresh and unknown until the evening of the 
 meeting. Among those who sent greetings were Tolstoi, Dreyfus, Zola, 
 Kruger, Lord Roberts, and many literary men. 
 
 The watch meeting took place at Golden Gate Hall, in San Francisco. 
 The following program was carried out : 
 
 1 " Hail to the Spirit of Liberty 3D ARTILLERY BAND 
 
 (By coifi texy Colonel Ravi ex.) 
 
 2 Prayer RKV. GEO. C. ADAMS 
 
 3 Processional, "Onward. Christian Soldiers, " 
 
 CHORISTERS OF THE MISSION GOOD SAMARITAN 
 
 4 Address . MAYOR JAS. D. PHELAN 
 
136 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 5 Reading century greetings from crowned bonds and other celebrities, 
 
 KKV. BRADFORD LKAVITT 
 Song, "To the Front" MR. YOIN<; 
 
 7 Hymn, " O Come, All Ye Faithful" . . CIIOKISTKRS 
 
 8 Violin and Piano, (a) A Spanish Dance," Stn-tiMiti- 
 
 (/>) "First Movement Suite No. o," Frnnz Hie*, 
 
 MR. HOTHKR WisMKKand Miss MARIK WILSON 
 
 9 Reading greetings KKV. MR. TURXKK 
 
 10 Hymn, "A Son of (rod Goes Forth to War" CHORISTKKS 
 
 11 Recessional, "A Few More Years Shall Roll CHOKISTKKS 
 
 12 Overture, -American" 3i> AKTII.I.KRY BAND 
 
 13 Songs MADAME CAMILLK D AKVILLK CRELLIN 
 
 (Accompanist, Miss MORON KY) 
 
 14 Violin and piano, " Adagio," Sj>n/n- MR. WISMKR and Miss WILSON 
 
 INTERMISSION, 10 MINUTES. 
 
 15 Selection from Martha, " La Paloma " 3r> ARTILLERY BAND 
 
 16 Remarks MR. F. J. SYMMKS 
 
 17 Duet MRS. ARNOLD and MR. YOUNG 
 
 18 Reading greetings KEV. JACOH VOORSANUER 
 
 10 Intermezzo, " Cavalleria Rusticana" . . . . 3i> AKTILLKKY BAND 
 
 20 Aria MRS. ARNOLD 
 
 Violin Obligato. M K. HENRY HEYMAN, 
 Accompanist, Miss WILSON. 
 
 21 Reading greetings 
 
 22 Musical Trip through Europe 3n ARTILLERY BAND 
 
 23 Song, u Ring Out, Wild Bells! " MRS. WALTER FONDA 
 
 Accompanist. MR. HARRY FONDA. 
 
 24 AT MIDNIGHT, " America/ sung by the audience, 
 
 Accompanied by the Band. 
 
 25 Prayer KEV. JOHN HEMPHILL 
 
 Closing with the Lord s Prayer, all standing. 
 
 Special telegrams were read from Clara Barton and Helen Gould, who 
 greeted the audience at the very hour of meeting. 
 
 Clara Barton wired: 
 
 "Farewell to the old with its glories; all hail to the new with its hopes." 
 
 Helen Gould said : 
 
 (i Thanks for message. I send cordial greetings to your watch meeting, 
 as we are about to begin the new century." 
 
 The meeting was interesting and financially successful. Half the 
 gross receipts was forwarded to the national board of control. 
 
 FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING. 
 
 This meeting was held October 5, 1901, at Century Hall. The follow 
 ing executive board for 1901-2 was elected: 
 
 Mrs. John F. Merrill, 1732 Washington Street; Mrs. W. B Harrington. 
 2521 Steiner Street; Mr. W. B. Harrington, 2521 Steiner Street; Mrs. C. W. 
 Slack, 2224 Sacramento Street; Mrs. Louis Sloss, 1500 Van Ness Avenue; 
 Mrs. W. R. Smedburg, 1011 Larkin Street; Mrs. Charles S. Wheeler, 2838 
 Pacific Avenue: Mrs. John R, Loosley, 1H>0 Page Street; Mrs. Geo. JI. 
 
Francisco 
 
 137 
 
 Buckingham, 615 Suiter Street; Mrs. Robert Mackenzie, 27H> Scott Street; 
 Mrs. E. S. Breytbgle, Palace Hotel; Mrs. VV. 1*. Shaw, Jackson and Van 
 Ness Avenue; Mrs. .1. B. Rawles, Presidio; Mrs. F. G. Sanborn, 1020 Dolores 
 Street; Mrs. A. W. Cornwall, St. Nicholas Hotel; Mrs. A. Mack, J916 
 Octavia Street; Mrs. E. 11 Young, 2530 Pine Street; Mrs. W. P. Morgan, 
 2211 Clay Street; Miss A. W. Beaver, 1300 Taylor Street; Mrs. I. Lowen- 
 berg, 609 Van Ness Avenue; Mrs. J. W. Elder, 3402 Clay Street; Mrs. T. 
 G. Taylor, 1911 Pine Street; Mrs. A. S. Hubbard, 2012 Pierce Street; Mrs. 
 J. G. Clark, 1101 Green Street; Mrs. L. L. Dnnbar, 606 Slitter Street; Mrs. 
 Jerome Madden, 1243 Leaven worth Street: Mrs. \V. II. Mills, 2800 Jackson 
 Street, 
 
 Arrival Transport ll Sherman. 1J 
 
 The secretary read the following report: 
 
 The prominent military event of 1901 was the expiration of the time 
 of the last regiments of volunteers, their return from Manila, and their 
 stop at the Presidio of San Francisco while awaiting their final discharge. 
 The abolition by Congress of the army canteen gave a fresh impetus to 
 the existence and the inauguration of the lowest type of liquor-selling 
 places, and these lined up as close to the boundary of the Presidio reserva 
 tion as they could possibly get, forming an ambuscade for the unwary 
 soldier as dangerous as any he had encountered in the Philippines. 
 
 The directors of the San Francisco lied Cross determined that their 
 closing work should be nothing less worthy than an effort to save the men, 
 so far as they could, from these ambushed enemies. Colonel Kawles, com- 
 
138 Pacific Coast Bed Cross Society. 
 
 manding officer of the Presidio, courteously offered a most eligible site for 
 a reading-tent. At a meeting for the consideration of this matter of 
 establishing a Red Cross tent, held on April 2d, it was developed that the 
 State Red Cross and the Citizens Colony Association were both willing to 
 assist the San Francisco Red Cross in bearing the financial burden of such 
 an enterprise. The citizens executive committee also gave a substantial 
 monthly allowance. 
 
 On Saturday, April 20, 1901, the tent was opened under the charge of 
 Mrs. Isabel H. Raymond, and on Sunday the volunteers then in camp 
 crowded in to take advantage of the opportunity offered to read, write 
 letters, and lounge about in the spacious canvas-covered structure. During 
 the first two days over five hundred letters were written and mailed by tlie 
 soldiers. 
 
 The tent was equipped with three long reading tables, three long 
 writing tables, six smaller tables for games and reading, a piano, a comfort 
 able coal stove which was much enjoyed, and plenty of chairs. Electric 
 light made the tent as pleasant by night as by day. On Thursday and 
 Sunday evenings the use of the tent was granted to Chaplain Miller, of the 
 Presidio, and the song services, with prayer, Bible-readings, and earnest 
 talks conducted by the chaplain, assisted by Secretary Nicholls, of the 
 Y. M. C. A., and by that able deaconness, Mrs. Lincoln, were always 
 thronged. 
 
 Among the entertainments provided was a concert arranged by Mrs. 
 Madden and some musical friends, which was greatly enjoyed. Letter- 
 writing was perhaps the most important work done in the tent. The Red 
 Cross supplied paper, envelopes, ink, and pens. Stamps were kept on hand, 
 which the men purchased. About twenty-four thousand sheets of paper 
 and ten thousand envelopes were used during the three months. The men 
 were constantly encouraged to send the bulk of their money home by postal- 
 notes. Ten thousand dollars went through the Presidio Post-office by way 
 of the tent. Reading matter was generously donated. Magazines and 
 weekly papers came in large quantities, and the leading San Francisco 
 dailies sent copies of their papers regularly. 
 
 From the Citizens Colony Association were received several thousand 
 copies of a valuable little folder containing reliable information for soldiers. 
 These were freely distributed and much appreciated. Definite information 
 concerning farm and other work, especially in the country, was in constant 
 demand, and many of the men found occupation and decided to remain in 
 California. Scores of soldiers testified to their joy in finding "some place 
 to go besides the dead-falls outside the line." 
 
 It was noticed that immediately on the landing of the regiments at the 
 Presidio, as soon as the knapsacks could be dropped, the soldiers has 
 tened to the Red Cross tent to write home the good news of their safe 
 
140 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 arrival in God s country. " Please give me just one sheet of paper. I don t 
 want much, just enough to tell mother I m coming home," that was the 
 request made again and again. Thanks were constant, hearty, and often 
 touching. "Sixteen months in the Philippines without a word from a white 
 lady," made them all keenly appreciative of the Red Cross welcome at the 
 tent. 
 
 On Friday, July 12, the tent was taken down, all the property of the 
 society having been packed, inventoried, and stored. Reading matter, 
 stationery, with games, were sent to the Presidio hospitals, to the Manila 
 
 3//-.S-. A. Murk, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 library committee, and to the cavalry, infantry, and artillery barracks, 
 where they were gratefully received. 
 
 Acknowledgment of numerous courtesies received from General Free 
 man, Colonel Rawles, Colonel Girard, Captain Rethers, and many of their 
 .subordinates, is gratefully made. We desire also to express thanks to the 
 several railroads having ticket offices in the Presidio grounds, for favors 
 received, especially to Mr. Philip Gordon, R. S. P. R. R., who in every 
 way cooperated with the society, and showed us many kindnesses. Since 
 the closing of the tent but little Red Cross work has been done. 
 
 The library at the general hospital was replenished by books to the 
 amount of $75 after the fire. And through the generosity of Mr. Charles 
 H. Jacobs, of Detroit, after a visit to the hospital a check of $50 was received 
 requesting us to purchase books to that amount. In his letter accompany 
 ing the gift, he says: 
 
Francisco Ecport. 141 
 
 "I have been thinking since Sunday that it would help the soldiers 
 who are convalescing in the hospital if they could have as good food for 
 their minds as has been provided for their bodies." 
 
 The work of the Manila library committee still goes on, under charge 
 of Mrs. Lowenberg, and our visitor at the general hospital continues to 
 make her regular rounds. 
 
 Mrs. Arthur Cornwall, the efficient chairman of the Relief Committee, 
 r -ports for the months of February and March, 1901, the following relief 
 work done : 
 
 Number of men sent home by the Red Cross, 12; on passes, 4; num 
 ber of days lodging, board, and separate meals, 1,616; men provided for, 
 256 ; secured work for, 42; men outfitted, 28; work secured for 31 on S. P. 
 R. R. Total expenses for two months, $374.55. 
 
 Isolated cases of hardship among the stranded returned volunteers are 
 from time to time assisted, but for the most part the Red Cross workers 
 rest on their oars, holding themselves in readiness for any emergency that 
 may arise. 
 
 MRS. A. MACK, Secretary. 
 
 REPORT OF AMERICAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY IX MANILA. 
 
 The idea of the American Library originated with the late Colonel 
 Miley, who during his stay in Manila became impressed with the impor 
 tance of providing a place for reading and recreation for the unoccupied 
 time of the soldiers and sailors on duty there. His sudden death prevented 
 his carrying out his plans. After some time had elapsed the matter was 
 taken up with great enthusiasm, by Mrs. Green leaf, wife of Assistant 
 Surgeon -General Greenleaf. During the short time which Colonel and 
 Mrs. Greenleaf spent in San Francisco, on their way to Manila, a large 
 committee was hastily organized to devise means to establish a library, 
 such as had been contemplated bv Colonel Miley. The committee hoped 
 that quarters would be furnished in Manila to receive the books that should 
 be sent. The San Francisco Red Cross agreed to be responsible for the 
 work of receiving and .forwarding all donations of books to Manila. Mrs. 
 Lowenberg, with her characteristic energy, assumed the arduous task of 
 acting as chairman of this committee. Colonel Long promised to send the 
 books, free of charge, by the government transports. General Shafter 
 provided a room in the Phelan Building for collecting and packing.and the 
 library seemed assured. Unfortunately, however, Mrs. Greenleaf was 
 unable to secure any help from the government, Buildings were scarce 
 and rents very high in Manila, but by great courage and energy she over 
 came every obstacle, and the library was finally opened in February, 1900. 
 
 Of the large committee appointed in San Francisco, about a dozen have 
 attended regular meetings. Dr. Voorsanger, the first chairman, resigned in 
 Januarv. Miss Beaver was elected to succeed him. Mr. and Mrs. W. B- 
 
142 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Merrill, Judge R. C. Harrison, Mrs. W. 
 R. Smedberg, Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Father Wyraan, and Mr. W. S. McClure 
 have been the working committee; others have attended occasional meet 
 ings. Through the good offices of Mrs. Merrill in New York, Major Put 
 nam Bradlee Strong has taken up the work of collecting books in New 
 York, and through the International Express Company they are sent free 
 from that place. Circulars were issued stating that the express company 
 would collect all books throughout the city if notified. Mrs. Greenleaf 
 gratefully acknowledges generous donations through this source. The 
 Associated Press has spread the knowledge of the library throughout the 
 land; the local press of San Francisco has published accounts of the work 
 from time to time, and the S. P. R. R. carries books free when notified by 
 the S. F. Committee that they are to be sent. About $1,400 has been col 
 lected here. Mr. P. X. Lilienthal, Anglo-Californian Bank, is the treasurer. 
 
 Most encouraging reports come from Mrs. Greenleaf, of the great pleas 
 ure that the library gives and of the good it does. The rooms are always 
 full and testimonials from officers and men to the value of the work are 
 frequently received. Mrs. Egbert, widow of General Egbert, is the librarian,, 
 and proves most efficient and popular. Magazines, papers, and duplicate 
 books are sent to the hospitals and outlying garrisons. The men pay 25 
 cents, gold, per month, for the privilege of taking out books. For the use 
 of the rooms, books, and games no fee is required. 
 
 In a letter from Manila., Mrs. Greenleaf says : 
 
 "The library, for lack of permanent funds with which to conduct it, 
 successfully, has been turned over to the military governor, and, after the 
 military give up control in these islands, it will become the property of 
 the civil government. In return for the gift of our 14,000 books, it will 
 put no a fine library building, expend money for books, and will extend 
 the appeal to America for books more fully than so small an organization 
 as ours conld do." 
 
 The following detailed account of the work of the Red Cross com 
 mittee, from its indefatigable acting chairman, Mrs. T. Lowenberg, shows 
 only in part what faithful labor was given by that lady and her tireless 
 committee in packing and shipping the reading matter donated. 
 
 A:\.\A AY. BKAVKU, 
 Chairman X. F. Committee of American Memorial Library. 
 
 REPORT OF CHAIRMAN. 
 
 The organization of a library committee for Manila, as a memorial to 
 tlie late Col. I. I >. Miley, composed of prominent men and women of San 
 Francisco and surrounding towns, called by Mrs. Charles R. Greenleaf, 
 was an accomplished fact October 11), 1899. 
 
 The Red ( ross of San Francisco made itself auxiliary to this committee, 
 and assumed the responsibility of being the receiving and forwarding agent 
 for all books, magazines, papers, pamphlets, etc., collected for that purpose. 
 
San. Francisco Be port. 143 
 
 Mrs. I. Lowenberg, chairman, appointed the following committee: 
 Mrs. Robt. Mackenzie, secretary; Mrs. ( has. W. Slack, treasurer; Mrs. 
 Andrew Carrigan, Mrs. E. F. Breyfogle, and Mrs. Thurlow McMullin, 
 assisted by Mrs. Marvin, Miss May Reis, Miss Ida Callahan, Miss Annie 
 Field, Mrs. L. L. Vale, and Mrs. Linda Bryan. 
 
 California s usual liberality, aided by the Red Cross societies through 
 out the state, enables this committee to submit the following statement of 
 the literature sent out on transports, not only to Manila and to islands where 
 special appeals were made, but to every island where a transport touches: 
 
 Shipped to Manila from Xovember 1, 1-S99, to May 25, 1901, to 
 Manila library, 150 boxes; contents bound books, 4,191; unbound books, 
 4,704; magazines. 21,591 ; papers, 23,861. Total number of boxes shipped 
 TO Manila, Guam, Xegros, Iloilo, Catabalogan, Mindanao, Vigan, hospital at 
 Santa Cruz, at Santa Tomaso, at Corregidor, Manila Hospital Aid Society, 
 Bacalod, Dulag, Bongao, Pidigan, and Taku and Tientsin, China, 361. 
 Total shipment to all points: Bound books, 6,092; unbound books, 7,682; 
 magazines, 65,701; papers, 81,147. 
 
 The committee lias received letters of acknowledgment from nearly 
 all the commanding officers of the different islands where troops are sta 
 tioned, appreciating the literature for the good effect upon the men, and 
 expressing the hope that the committee will continue to send it. The fol 
 lowing is an extract from a letter written by Captain Sydney O. ( Ionian, 
 Twenty-third Infantry, Zamboanga, P. I., dated December 6, 1900: "Allow 
 me to thank you on behalf of my old company down there (Bongao) for 
 your interest in their happiness and welfare. You really can not imagine 
 how books and papers are appreciated in these lonely spots, and I certainly 
 believe that this branch of the Red Cross is doing more for the health, hap 
 piness, and contentment of the men, and more to check dissipation and 
 degeneration, than any other with which I have been brought into contact. 
 The post of Bongao is the most isolated in the Philippines, and the garrison 
 consists of 1 80 of the finest soldiers I have ever served with ; and if in the 
 future you can spare them an occasional box, without depriving others of 
 their due share of your kindness, I am sure it will be most highly appre 
 ciated." 
 
 At the request of the committee, Congressman Kahn endeavored to 
 secure an appropriation for the Manila library from Congress, which failed 
 to pass ; he then kindly and perseveringly laid the petition before the Secre 
 tary of War. Secretary Root, seeing the utility and feasibility of estab 
 lishing the library on a firm basis, had the letters received by him referred 
 to General Arthur McArthur, military governor of the Philippines. Gen 
 eral McArthur, however, failed to make the appropriation of $5,000 recom 
 mended by Secretary of War, and for want of funds the library was turned 
 over to the military governor. 
 
 In the transfer it was provided that the name of the library, "The 
 American Memorial Library," can never be changed ; the memorial features 
 
144 Pacijir Count Jicil C /ws > or/V///. 
 
 will ahvavs he continued, the distribution of magazines and books circulated 
 as long as <mr troops remain in the archipelago, and no religious denomina 
 tion can ever control its affairs. Two army officers, two natives, and one 
 civilian form the board of trustees, and eleven persons elected by the asso 
 ciation the board of administration. The library committee, Red Cross, 
 wishes gratefully to acknowledge generous contributions from the public: 
 General Shaffer s kindness in the privilege of a room for storing and pack 
 ing books, magazines, papers, etc. ; General Long s courtesy for shipping 
 literature to the Manila library on the transports free of charge; the favor 
 
 of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the North Pacific Coast 
 Hail way Company for free transportation over their lines; Wells, Fargo 
 & Company and the "N"orth Pacific Coast Steamship Company for half 
 rates; and the aid of the press, especially the Chronicle, Examiner, Call, 
 Bulletin and Post, through whose columns the library for Manila has been 
 brought before the public eye, thus greatly encouraging and facilitating the 
 work. And the work should be encouraged, for all must be aware that 
 pure literature exerts a boundless influence for good, exorcising nostalgia, 
 promoting health and cheerfulness, and in a great measure supplementing 
 to the men the loss of home attractions in the far distant Philippines. 
 
 Respectfully, 
 
 Mi;S. I. L() WEN BE KG, 
 
 Chairman Lihran) Committee, Red Cross. 
 
 Colonel Miley s appreciation of the interest and aid of the Red Cross 
 Society in his beloved plan is testified in the following letter: 
 
San Francisco Report. 
 
 145 
 
 "PHKLA.N IJriu>i.\<;, February 18, 1901. 
 
 "Miis. Jonx F. MKUHILL, President Red Cross Society Dear Madam: 
 I l>eg to acknowledge the receipt of the check for $100, which your society 
 has so generously donated toward founding a free library in Manila. My 
 object now is to lay the foundation for a free public library, which will 
 in the future be of benefit not only to our soldiers, but to the natives. 
 
 I hope I may succeed so well that the Red Cross Society of California 
 may be glad that it gave the first contribution towards this object. 
 
 "I have deposited the $100 with Mr. Jones, of the Security Savings 
 Bank, and as I expect to expend, before leaving, the greater part of it in 
 subscribing for magazines and papers, I will send your society an account 
 ing before sailing. 
 
 "Please express my thanks to the members of the society, and believe 
 me very sincerely, J. D. MILEY." 
 
 Mrs. Miley wrote to the secretary : 
 
 "MY J)EAK Miss ELLIOTT: Tt has been an inexpressible comfort to me 
 that the Red Cross Society lias taken up my husband s much-cherished 
 scheme and made it a memorial to him. 
 
 "I have some books of his, which I am going to give to the library as 
 soon as I can get them from the East. T only wish I had f-ome monev to 
 give. 
 
 "Will you extend my warmest thanks to the Red Cross for the beauti 
 ful floral offering ? 
 
 "With sincere regards, believe me, very cordially yours, 
 
 SARA H. M. MILEY. 
 
 "Benicia, Arsenal, California, October 30, 1901." 
 
 Striking Te.nt, Presidio. 
 REMINISCENT AND SKETCHY. 
 
 It has been found impossible to put the memorial bits which follow 
 into formal or systematic order. They are gathered and recorded here 
 only as representative of a whole, which will live always in the memory of 
 the women and men who have worked under the banner of the Red Cross. 
 
 10 
 
146 l j ficific (?o(i$l Ucd Croiw Society. 
 
 In the days when the boys were "going out" to Manila, the women of 
 the Red Cross were not niggardly of California s wealth of fruits and vege 
 tables; not a regiment was overlooked. From the south came generous 
 gifts of oranges and lemons by the car-load, and the boys at the ferry, at 
 Camp Merritt, at the Presidio, and in the hospitals, so far as they could 
 safely use it, had many a kindly word to say of this agreeable variation to 
 their rations. 
 
 Just a few of the appreciative things said and written by officers and 
 men concerning these gifts have been gathered at random. 
 
 Geo. W. Landers, chief musician, on behalf of the members of the 
 51st Iowa Regiment Band, writes thanks for "the delicious fruit you sent 
 out this afternoon. It is very kind of you ladies to remember us, and my 
 men appreciate it, I assure you. If there ever was a noble band of women, 
 who deserve more credit than the San Francisco Red Cross Society, they 
 are yet to be discovered. Good, grand, and noble you are. May God bless 
 you all." 
 
 Captain Whitthorne, of Company B 1st Tennessee Infantry, United 
 States Volunteers, says, with true southern geniality: 
 
 "Accept the sincere thanks of my company and myself for your gift of 
 this evening. The fruits of California, like its flowers and its hospitality, 
 are unexcelled anywhere in the world." 
 
 W. Frank Whittier sends the president a pleasant letter from Los 
 Angeles, with a car-load of lemons and oranges for the soldiers. 
 
 Then here is a brief note, signed by a name not so well known then as 
 now, but already beloved by those he commanded. Colonel Frederick 
 Funston,of the 20th Kansas Infantry, United States Volunteers, acknowl 
 edges the receipt of fruit, and adds, " The fruit was delicious, and the 
 recipients join with me in extending most sincere thanks for this kindly 
 remembrance on the part of the San Francisco Red Cross." 
 
 Major Greenleafe A. Goodale, commanding the 3d Battalion of the 
 23d U. S. Infantry, writes to the president: 
 
 " I desire to thank you with all my heart for your generous donation 
 of fruit to my battalion and the Oregon recruits under my care. It is but 
 one of the many instances of your goodness. It is especially prized as the 
 regular army has no town, city, or community to look to for sympathy and 
 help. Again thanking you, and always holding you and your noble 
 society in grateful remembrance, I remain yours most truly, 
 
 " GREENLEAFE A. GOODALE." 
 
 Many letters and notes of acknowledgment have been lost sight of. 
 
 Concerning that bone of contention and cause of criticism, that prolific 
 source of bad jokes on the part of the frivolous public, arid of bodily com 
 fort and safety to the soldiers the abdominal bandage Major Oscar F. 
 Long, Depot Quartermaster of the U. S. A., in San Francisco, wrote to the 
 Red Cross, in September, 1898: 
 
San Francisco Report. 
 
 147 
 
 "I desire to express to you my most appreciative thanks for your 
 kindness in so promptly responding to my note regarding supply of abdom 
 inal bandages for use of the enlisted men in Manila. The number indi 
 cated therein will supply the present needs of all the troops, and your cour 
 tesy in this matter is very much appreciated." 
 
 To the president, Mrs. Merrill, Lieutenant-Colonel James Elder Barnett, 
 of the 10th Pennsylvania, wrote: 
 
 "I returned to camp just after your departure, and so did not have an 
 opportunity to thank you for your personal interest in my Pennsylvania 
 boys. Your kindness and courtesy are very much appreciated." 
 
 Reading Room, Presidio. 
 
 From the United States General Hospital at the Presidio, Major 
 Matthews, brigade surgeon United States Volunteers, in command, there 
 came a letter at the time the government assumed the payment of an 
 invaluable chef whose services in cooking for the sick had long been 
 borne by the Red Cross of San Francisco. Major Matthews says of this 
 cook, "The patients who have been treated here have been greatly bene 
 fited by his services," and then adds, "I desire to thank you, and the society 
 you represent, for the great interest you have shown in this hospital." 
 
 Major J. J. Choate, surgeon of the 7th California, closes a report made 
 to the society of the sickness in his regiment, with these words: 
 
 "Let me take this occasion to thank most sincerely the Red Cross 
 Society for the inestimable service it has rendered this regiment. I do this 
 on behalf of every private and officer, and would have you know that all 
 of you will forever have a warm place in our memory. You have been 
 most untiring and devoted in your charitable work, and we love you for it." 
 
 Governor Lind, of Minnesota, writes in July, 1899 : 
 
 " I have been advised of your kind attention to Mr. Harry Henry, of 
 the 13th Minnesota regiment, now at Manila, who was recently sick for 
 several weeks at the French Hospital in San Francisco, and I desire to 
 express to you our hearty thanks. Any kindness shown our soldiers is 
 
148 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Nor/W//. 
 
 highly appreciated, not only by the immediate friends and relatives of the 
 recipient, but M!O the entire state." 
 
 Captain Frank K. Adams, of Company J), 1st Washington Volunteers, 
 writes to Mrs. Merrill : 
 
 "With pleasure I beg to extend to you, and the noble women compris 
 ing the society of which you are president, the hearty thanks of Company 
 I) for the many substantial favors and considerations shown them since 
 their arrival in your hospitable city, and I beg to acknowledge the receipt 
 of vour generous c;ift (fruit) of the 22d instant." 
 
 ini Rcfi inn^iit oft for f/i 
 
 Adjutant-General Barrett, of the National Guard, writes to express 
 Governor BudcTs regrets at his inability to be present at the Red Cross 
 meeting, and adds: 
 
 "I am directed by the Governor to express his high appreciation and 
 gratitude for the noble work your society is accomplishing in assisting the 
 volunteer troops of this state who are about to leave our shores. Your 
 object is a worthy one, which all true, loyal, and patriotic people should be 
 interested in. I assure you of the Governor s most hearty support and 
 approval of your meritorious work." 
 
 Captain A. J. Pedlar, assistant surgeon United States Volunteers at the 
 Presidio, May 31, 1898, writes in the name of the sick men of the Artillery 
 Battalion to thank the Red Cross for remembrances that day received: 
 
 "The dainty food will, we hope, aid in promptly restoring our men to 
 
San. Francisco Report. 149 
 
 health and strength, while the beautiful flowers will add certain cheer to 
 their rather gloomy surroundings." 
 
 Authorized by the commanding officer of the 1st Xew York Volun 
 teers, Major and Surgeon Chas. E. Davis, of that regiment, extends the 
 sincere thanks of the officers and enlisted men for the many courtesies and 
 kindnesses bestowed by the Red Cross of San Francisco during their stay 
 in the city. He closes: 
 
 "On behalf of the Medical Department it gives me great pleasure to 
 thank you for the kindly aid you have unselfishly and graciously rendered 
 us in the care and comfort of the sick, and to assure you that our minds 
 will never revert to our station at the Presidio without a kindly and 
 grateful thought for the ladies of your society." 
 
 From the Red Cross wards of St. Luke s Hospital came a letter breath 
 ing gratitude in every word. It was from Win. E. Hungerford, hospital 
 steward of the 20th Kansas Volunteers, and that he spoke for others as 
 well as himself is evinced by these paragraphs from his letter: 
 
 "I can hardly find appropriate language with which to thank you for 
 the care and kind treatment I have received at the hands of your societv 
 while in the Red Cross wards at this hospital, but I feel that I must say 
 something. I was very ill when brought here, so ill that but for the care 
 and skilful treatment I have received in St. Luke s, I do not believe I 
 would be living to-day. The same can be said of others of my regiment, 
 the 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, as well as of many other soldiers, both 
 regulars and volunteers. I positively know that I can speak for all when 
 I venture to express my thanks in this poor and insufficient manner. 
 
 Many of us feel we owe our restoration to health, indeed, our lives, 
 to your kindly care. Speaking for myself and the others, I beg to thank 
 you. Also, I would like to voice our thanks to Mrs. Florence C. Moore, 
 our Red Cross visiting lady here, who has so often cheered and helped us 
 in many ways." 
 
 The following letter is from the widow of Colonel Liscum: 
 
 MY DEAR MRS. HARRINGTON AND MRS. MERRILL: Among the withered 
 flowers on my husband s grave at Arlington there was one bright spot of 
 color, the emblem of the Red Cross Society. It shone out with such a 
 cheerful ray of hope and comfort, reminding me of all the comfort your 
 society had given Colonel Liscum when he was wounded in Cuba, and sick 
 in Luzon. He never forgot the kindness, and had always a grateful word 
 of praise for the work of the Red Cross, and now I must add to his grati 
 tude my own thanks for the kindness which ministered to him while he 
 lived, and brought comfort to his wife in her loneliness and sorrow. 
 
 Very gratefully yours, 
 
 MAY D. LISCUM. 
 
 The appreciative wife of First Sergeant Walter X. Kelly, of B Com- 
 
150 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 pany 1st California Volunteers, filled with gratitude, took the trouble to 
 send to the Red Cross of San Francisco some extracts from a letter from 
 her husband concerning the good work done by the nurses sent out by the 
 society with the 1st on the Peking : 
 
 " Our Red Cross nurses sent out expressly for the California boys are 
 treating every one, and I can tell you they are a godsend. You could not 
 find two more faithful men. They work night and day, and if it were not 
 for them, we would have had several deaths." 
 
 Then, speaking of the captain of his company and his dangerous 
 illness, Kelly says: 
 
 " Were it not for the nurses, he would never have recovered. He was 
 too ill to be removed from the Peking when the boys left, and they thought 
 their dear officer would never be among them again. But, thanks to the 
 Red Cross nurses and the ladies that sent them, he was with his company 
 at the taking of Manila." 
 
 Here is an appreciative little note from Major C. R. Paul, commanding 
 the 3d Battalion of the 18th Infantry, written from Camp Merritt, in 
 August, 1898, to Mrs. Smedberg, the purchaser of all San Francisco Red 
 Cross supplies: 
 
 "In behalf of the officers and enlisted men of the 3d Battalion 18th 
 Infantry, I wish through you to thank the ladies of the Red Cross for their 
 many acts of kindness to this command. They have cheered the well and 
 alleviated the sufferings of the sick in a most substantial manner. The 
 officers and men of the 18th will ever bear in grateful remembrance the 
 Red Cross Society of San Francisco." 
 
 There was a definiteness and a directness about a communication 
 written on board steamship Peru, en route Philippine Islands, on July 
 21, 1898, by Acting Assistant Surgeon G. H. Richardson, which was very 
 inspiring to further effort. Among other things he said: 
 
 "Permit me to thank you on behalf of the men for the provisions 
 furnished by the Red Cross Society. The first day out all but fifty were 
 suffering from mal de mer, so I issued sixty gallons of milk made from the 
 malted milk, and eighty pounds crackers for breakfast. It would have 
 pleased you to have heard the praises and satisfaction of the men. During 
 the day I issued clam broth and milk to those most needing nourishment. 
 We are also using milk (malted) and lime juice in the hospital, where we 
 have at present only six men; this I consider remarkable. I have decided 
 to reserve the fruit, etc., until we leave Honolulu for the long trip. We 
 expect to use about fifty pounds per day of the dried fruit. The men join 
 heartily with me in my efforts to keep the ship absolutely clean and sani- 
 tarv. I think if any of your society should see the deck and floors you 
 could find no fault with them." 
 
 Thanking the society for a large package of identification medals for 
 his men, Colonel Reeve, of the 13th Minnesota, said: 
 
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 "Please accept our sincere thanks for this new evidence of your gener 
 osity. Neither time nor distance can ever efface from our hearts the 
 memory of your many kindnesses." 
 
 This was written from the headquarters of the 13th Minnesota Volun 
 teer Infantry, steamship City of Para. 
 
 From Fontana s warehouse at Black Point, where an emergency had 
 stationed the Heavy Artillery California Volunteers, and where it had 
 found but comfortless quarters, Major Frank S. Rice wrote on behalf of the 
 enlisted men of the command, thanking the San Francisco Red Cross for 
 supplies necessary for comfort and cleanliness. Five big stoves, with coal 
 to supply them, towels, soap, basins, etc., were provided for the men, who, 
 as raw recruits in inclement weather and without equipment, won golden 
 opinions from everybody for their soldierly spirit and conduct. 
 
 Again Colonel Reeve thanks the society for thirty-three boxes of 
 necessities and delicacies for the use of these same enlisted men, on board 
 the City of Para, while en route for Manila. 
 
 On the departure of the 2d Oregon Volunteers, Colonel 0. Summers- 
 wrote as follows: 
 
 "The officers and men of the 2d Oregon Volunteers U. S. A., 
 appreciating the kind and courteous treatment received at the hands 
 of San Francisco, and especially of the ladies of the Red Cross Society, 
 desire to express their hearty thanks to you all. The sunshine of your 
 kindness will always remain a bright spot in the memory of the Web- 
 foot Troops." 
 
 The soldiers of the 1st Tennessee, Colonel Win. C. Smith commanding, 
 were the recipients of many and constant attentions and contributions from 
 the Red Cross. Colonel Smith wrote to the society as follows: 
 
 " Since the arrival of the Tennessee Regiment in San Francisco, I beg 
 to say that the ladies of the Red Cross of San Francisco and Oakland have 
 been unremitting in their attentions to this regiment, doing everything 
 they were permitted to do in looking after the comfort and welfare of this 
 command, both as regards the sick and the well, and whether in camp or 
 in hospital. The men of the Tennessee Regiment who have been the 
 recipients of so many kind and thoughtful offices from the ladies of your 
 noble society, will never forget your work in their behalf during their 
 sojourn in this city. They all say, God bless the ladies of the Red Cross 
 Society, and their noble efforts to contribute to our comfort and welfare. " 
 
 Another tribute to the Red Cross work for the 1st Tennessee men is 
 found just beside this letter from Colonel Smith. It comes from a woman, 
 Mary P. Beaumont, president of the Army Comfort Circle, of Nashville, 
 Tennessee, mother of a bonny blue-eyed boy, as she calls him, and herself 
 "mother of the regiment" by the ties of love and service. Mrs. Beaumont 
 writes: 
 
 " As the head of our organization, I have worked early and late for 
 
152 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 our boys, yet when 1 view our work in contrast to the broad, lovely work of 
 you western women, it makes me feel almost ashamed that we have done so 
 little. I would gladly have worked for all the boys in blue, but few were 
 ready to follow me, so we worked for our state troops alone, never failing, 
 however, to care for any troops passing our way. You women of California 
 have earned the unspeakable gratitude of the nation. You have made a 
 reputation throughout the entire world for liberal, open-hearted hospitality 
 that is a crown of glory for your state. To us Tennessee mothers you have 
 been a balm to our achiilg hearts and a comfort in time of trouble, for when 
 our boys sailed, we felt that mothers bade them good-by, even if not 
 their mothers. God bless you and your fellow-workers for your goodness 
 to and care of our dear ones." 
 
 H. C. Israel, a discharged soldier who assisted in the Red Cross 
 reading-tent at the Presidio during 1899, and who proved invaluable in 
 that capacity, wrote to the president, Mrs. Merrill, in answer to a letter 
 voicing the thanks of the society, a note thoroughly appreciative of Red 
 Cross work. 
 
 Two extracts are given from letters written by Captain Frank C. 
 Prescott, of the 43d Infantry, whose extended experience, both military and 
 ci ic, in the Philippines, gave him an all-round knowledge of the results 
 and effects of Red Cross work. In February of 1899, Captain Prescott, 
 then in California, wrote to the president of the San Francisco Red Cross: 
 
 " I have taken out of the service some heart-rending memories of sick 
 beds and graves, but over it all is the kindly mantle of the charitable and 
 patriotic kindness of yourself and associates." 
 
 December, 1900, found Captain Prescott, by that time hotiored with 
 the brevet title of Major, in far Panay, where he wrote from the capital, 
 Iloilo, a long and fascinating letter concerning his experience in command 
 of his men in the interior of the island, as well as his more metropolitan 
 days as collector of internal revenue of the department of Visayas. He 
 closes this letter thus: 
 
 "To the soldier weary from a cruel hike/ weak from a wasting 
 disease, tired of the monotony of daily routine, nothing comes with such 
 refreshing solace as the news from home. Many poor fellows fail of the 
 appreciative solicitude in a mother s letter, the sympathetic tenderness of a 
 sister s, or the sacred confidences of a sweetheart s. But, thank God, the 
 noble work of yourself and associates in the Red Cross has provided a 
 cheering message to every man in the service, and for a time after every 
 Red Cross box is opened and its contents have disappeared in the ranks, 
 soldiers vices are less conspicuous, their virtues more marked, and tlu> 
 gentle influence for good which comes from refined suggestions and recrea 
 tion makes every company commander, responsible as he is for the discipline 
 and behavior of his men, rise up and call \ T ou blessed." 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Almost numberless are the stories that might be culled from the 
 records and from the memories of individual workers in the San Francisco 
 Red Cross. 
 
 There was Private Sam J. F. Bacon, of M Company 18th Infantry. 
 He was too ill to be trusted to go alone to his humble home at Hawes 
 Crossroads in Tennessee, where they watched and longed for him with a 
 tender solicitude not exceeded by that felt in statelier homes. To the Red 
 Cross, poor Sam Bacon s case appealed, for he needed just the help the Red 
 Cross could give. And so the wheels were set in motion, and transportation 
 was secured for a kindly trained nurse, Nellie Close, by name. Nurse 
 Close wrote from Hawes Crossroads: 
 
 -I//-*. Em.cline Cofer. 
 
 " We reached here on Monday night, after a somewhat tiresome ride 
 across the country. From Los Angeles to El Paso the heat was intense. 
 Sam stood the trip remarkably well. This is a most wretched country as 
 far as climate is concerned, intensely hot, and rains most of the time. WV 
 are fifteen miles from the railroad station. The roads are almost impassable, 
 and I am beginning to wonder if I will ever get away. Could you have 
 witnessed the real joy in this humble home on the return of the sick boy, 
 you would feel compensated for all the trouble you took in his behalf. 
 The soldier boy is loud in his praises of the Red Cross Society, and your 
 names will be household words for years to come." 
 
 Mrs. Emeline Cofer, of the San Francisco society, took up the duties 
 of looking up individual cases, and of hospital visitor-at-large at the Pre 
 sidio and at the military prison of Alcatraz in 18 ^S, and proved a most 
 devoted and successful worker. The case of Thomas Ortell, which is 
 briefly sketched in Mrs. Elder s report for ISlHi, was one to which Mrs. 
 Oofer s best efforts were given. OrtelPs suffer ings, his enforced wander 
 ings over the world of waters, his despair, and his final happiness, make a 
 story worthy the pen of a Stevenson. It shows vividly the subtle, quiet, 
 
154 Pacific Coast Red Cross Socieiy. 
 
 yet invincible power which lay with the Ixxly of earnest women behind 
 the symbol of the Red Cross. Briefly, the details are as follows: 
 
 Private Thomas Ortell, of Company 1), 1st Battalion IT. S. Engineers, 
 veteran of the Spanish- American War, and also of the U. S. A. transport 
 service, victim of an explosion while on duty, left New York on the transport 
 Sherman in February, 1899, bound for Manila, A few days after leav 
 ing port, he was taken ill, and was confined to his berth, and from that time 
 never left it while crossing the Atlantic, passing through the Mediterranean 
 Sea and the Suez Canal, across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, until he 
 found himself in San Francisco, stranded, penniless, and almost hopelessly 
 crippled with rheumatism. When the transport touched at the port of 
 Colombo, in the island of Ceylon, poor Ortell was really at his own home, 
 as a loved mother and sister resided there, and he himself was born there. 
 They pleaded most earnestly that Thomas be left with them, but the captain 
 insisted that it would be desertion, and the transport hoisted anchor and 
 sailed away, bearing the poor boy out to untold sufferings and horrors. On 
 May 1, 1899, Ortell was placed in the hospital at the Presidio of San Fran 
 cisco, more dead than alive. Under the skilful care of the surgeons he 
 began to improve slowly, and almost at once became an object of active interest 
 to the Red Cross hospital visitors. Time and space would fail to tell all 
 the details of this true story of how Ortell at last made the port of home. 
 There was the immense distance over two oceans; there was a "plentiful 
 lack" of money, without which little can be done; there was no end of army 
 red tape to be unwound and to get the knots out of ; there were the physical 
 debility and disability of the boy himself. But day by day, little by little, 
 the determined women of the Red Cross worked untiringly at this case, 
 until, through the kindness of General Shafter, passage was secured for 
 the long journey. Ortell, well equipped by his Red Cross friends witli 
 clothes and money, sailed for home, which he reached in time to enjoy 
 Christmas in the island of his birth and with those he loved. To-day he 
 is well and happy, able to assist his mother, and unwearied in writing of 
 his gratitude to the Red Cross of Sari Francisco. 
 
 Some of the most arduous work done by the society has been in look 
 ing up soldiers whose people bad lost track of them, sometimes through 
 the illness of the boys, often through their waywardness and carelessness 
 in the matter of writing home. The hospitals, the rank and file, the camps 
 at Camp Merritt, and the Presidio, even the wharves where the men have 
 been crowded ready for embarcation, have been searched by these amateurs 
 and kindly detectives. 
 
 Such trivial clues have been given them, so many "blind leads" bad 
 to be followed, that they felt sometimes as Mrs. Eleanor Elder said, that they 
 deserved to be classed with Sherlock Holmes himself, when successful. 
 
 One mother wrote from Yankton, South Dakota, sending a stamp 
 picture of her son. She said to the president: " I have a son in Company 
 
San Francisco Report. 155 
 
 C 1st South Dakota Volunteers. He has spoken so much of the ladies of 
 the Red Cross that I wish you would try to see him yourself." 
 
 Mrs. Merrill received this letter just the day before the South Dakotas 
 were to sail for Manila. Nothing daunted, she went to the wharf where 
 the transport Pennsylvania lay on the morning of departure, July 25,1898. 
 She was armed with the bit of a picture, and that was all. Through the 
 surging throng of men she passed, until at last from under the broad brim 
 of a soldier s hat, the face in the picture looked down at her the face of a 
 mere boy ! And so Private Irving Melzner was found, and that day a letter 
 started for South Dakota bearing his very last loving word to his mother, 
 through the president s kindly offices. 
 
 Another marvelous discovery of a lost boy with only the slightest clue 
 to his identity, was made by Mrs. Elder, chairman of the hospital visiting 
 committee. In one of her reports Mrs. Elder said: 
 
 " Letters are received daily from all parts of the United States, asking 
 for information concerning the whereabouts and the health of the boys. 
 By searching the records at the hospital, at the adjutant s office, at the 
 Presidio, and at the army headquarters, I have been able, in nearly every 
 instance, to send full particulars and answer all questions asked by anxious 
 relatives. 
 
 " Please tell me what regiment my son belongs to, when he went to 
 Manila, and if he is well; he is tall and stout, and has one black eye and 
 one blue eye." "I am happy to state," continues Mrs. Elder, " that, owing 
 to one slight clue given in the letter, I was able to trace him and to send 
 her full information as to what regiment he had been assigned to, when he 
 sailed for Manila, and the proper way to address a letter to him." 
 
 A father writes from Princeton, Xew r Jersey, that his wife is quite dis 
 tracted because she fears that a package sent to her soldier son while he 
 was in camp at San Francisco, had not reached him before he sailed for 
 Manila. His letters home had been written on Red Cross letter-heads, so 
 the father made bold to ask if they would look the matter up. They 
 would and did; they found when the boy sailed, found the package, and 
 forwarded it to him at Manila, and so relieved another distracted parent. 
 
 Then there was young Harry Henry, who was in the hospital, and 
 whose parents in Janesville, Minnesota, were almost franctic concerning him. 
 He did not improve, and, at last, was one of those lucky fellows to whom 
 Mrs. C. T. Mills, of Mills College, opened her heart and her home, taking 
 them out into the loveliest and most healthful spot in the Contra Costa 
 foot-hills, and giving them motherly care and attendance till they were well. 
 Grateful letters from the father speak his sentiments toward the Red Cross. 
 
 When the California boys sailed for the Philippines, the government 
 was still inadequately prepared to provide for the comfort, even for the 
 necessity, of the soldiers. The Red Cross of San Francisco, ready at any 
 and all hours to work for the volunteers from all over the Union, felt that 
 
Paci/ic Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 they could not let their own embark on such an enterprise without some 
 sure provision for emergencies. Accordingly it was determined to place in 
 the hands of the commanding officers, Colonel James H. Smith, of the 1st 
 California Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant Arthur P. Hayne, command 
 ing the 1st Battalion of Artillery, a sum which it was hoped might prove 
 useful; $1,500 was given to the regiment and $1,000 to the artillery. In 
 reply, Colonel Smith, wrote: 
 
 " I am certainly at a loss to express to you fittingly, and to the society, 
 the thankfulness of this command for the splendid donation, which will go 
 far to alleviate many of the hardships necessarily a part and portion of a 
 soldier s life. Far less can 1 express to you the deep feeling of appreciation 
 we all have for the kindness of heart and depth of human feeling which 
 prompted the gift. 
 
 " The sum, $1.500, will be distributed among the twelve companies, 
 the hospital corps, and the band, as directed in your communication." 
 
 Lieutenant Haynes letter was written at Cavite. In part he says: 
 
 " Have just arrived in Cavite after forty days on shipboard, and, being 
 more or less comfortably fixed in a more or less solid Spanish residence, my 
 first letter shall be to the Red Cross, to thank the society for what you all 
 did for us. I speak now for Captain Geary as well as myself. The money 
 at our disposal enabled us to place many comforts with our men on the 
 long forty days trip, and has been established as a revolving fund to procure 
 necessities not otherwise attainable. What we should have done without 
 the money and supplies you gave us is more than I dare guess/ 
 
 An enthusiastic worker among the soldiers, both regular and volunteer, 
 has been and is the Rev. Oliver C. Miller, now post chaplain at the 
 Presidio From the first, Chaplain Miller has worked in harmony with the 
 Red Cross, and when he went out to the Philippines, not as a regularly- 
 appointed chaplain, but "voluntarily attached " to the 4th Cavalry, this 
 society gladly bore part of his expenses, and received from him satisfactory 
 reports of his work there. He was the only chaplain in the field with 
 General Lawton s command, and shared all the hardships of the " firing 
 line" with the soldiers. He contracted a severe illness, and was in the 
 hospital over a month, but went to his duties again at once on recovery. 
 His testimony as to the value of Red Cross work is definite and decided in 
 its favor. 
 
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 Wilhii-fl /> . H< i, -I-!, </*(,, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 TREASURER S REPORT. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
 
 April 28, 1898, to September 30, 1001. 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Cash returned by 7th Regiment Volunteer* $ 419 18 
 
 California State Red Cross Association 68585 
 
 Churches, clubs, and associations 7,086 70 
 
 Citizens Committee 5,664 52 
 
 Entertainments and benefits 13,055 36 
 
 Employees Southern Pacific Company 47225 
 
 Employees San Francisco street railroads 16025 
 
 Employees United States Mint 440 00 
 
 Employees United States Mail Service 247 90 
 
 Employees United States Post-office 200 00 
 
 General subscriptions 30,079 57 
 
 General subscriptions to Galveston relief 902 70 
 
 Market Street Railroad Company 1,500 00 
 
 Memberships 6.031 80 
 
 Miscellaneous 1,071 57 
 
 Monthly subscriptions 1,789 94 
 
 NativeSons of the Golden West 440 00 
 
 Native Daughters of the Golden West 110 45 
 
 Retail Liquor Dealers Association 1,190 50 
 
 San Francisco Fire Department 500 00 
 
 San Francisco Police Department 355 50 
 
 San Francisco Produce Exchange 2,149 00 
 
158 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange 250 00 
 
 San Francisco public schools 5,170 69 $80,039 16 
 
 EXPENSES. 
 
 Aid soldiers: board, medical care, and transportation $17,013 89 
 
 California State Red Cross Association 15,444 10 
 
 California Volunteers, 1st Battery Artillery 750 00 
 
 California Volunteers, 1st Regiment Infantry 1,500 00 
 
 California Volunteers, 7th Regiment Infantry 1,10011 
 
 Clothing, dry goods, boots and shoes, etc 7,348 29 
 
 Drugs 4,943 62 
 
 Division Hospital, U. S 360 00 
 
 Furniture, tents, etc 1,470 70 
 
 Galveston relief fund 96276 
 
 Glassware, hardware, etc 706 72 
 
 Groceries, provisions, etc 5,948 45 
 
 Hospitality Committee 4,335 47 
 
 Miller, Rev. O. C 600 00 
 
 Medals and badges 2,470 73 
 
 Manila Library 244 35 
 
 National Red Cross 179 45 
 
 Rent, clerk hire, stationery, printing, postage, draying, Bibles, hymn 
 
 books, telephone, telegraphing, and other expenses 5,707 02 
 
 Red Cross Society, Los Angeles 219 18 
 
 Red Cross nurses, Manila 225 00 
 
 Red Cross tents, Union Square and Presidio 4,542 20 
 
 South Dakota 1st Regiment Infantry U. S. V 200 00 
 
 Surgical instruments and ambulance 2,742 60 $79,914 20 
 
 Balance cash $124 96 
 
 WILLARD B. HARRINGTON, 
 
 ^Treasurer. 
 
 Sepf. 30, 1901. 
 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
 
 To the Committees of the San Francisco Red Cross 
 
 As with the return of peace we lay down our most strenuous activities 
 under the loved symbol of the Red Cross, I wish to express, so far as I may, 
 though words are all too inadequate, my gratitude and appreciation for the 
 splendid services rendered by the efficient executive committee, and by the 
 chairmen and committees of every department of work undertaken by the 
 Red Cross of San Francisco for the Spanish-American War. These com 
 mittees, faithful and steadfast to the end, carried forward undismayed, 
 undeterred by difficulties and obstacles, the noble duty of ministering to 
 the enlisted men of our army and navy. The work of the women and 
 men on these committees was not only faithful, but brilliant, and brought 
 honor to the city of their love. To their constant support I looked with 
 certainty and confidence through all those trying months, and whatever suc 
 cess the Red Cross of San Francisco achieved in its assistance to the 
 
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 nation in its hour of trouble is due to their self-sacrificing labor, their 
 fidelity, arid their ability. It was a labor of love, imdertaken amid war s 
 alarms, and carried forward faithfully so long as a single regiment of volun 
 teers remained in service. 
 
 We rest from our labors, but should national need arise, the nation 
 needs but call us, and we are ready again for work under the banner of 
 the Red Cross. MARY S. MERRILL. 
 
3//-.S-. Granr iUt S. Abbott, 
 
 President Oakland Red Cross Society, First Vice-President State Society (resigned), 
 Executive Board State Society. 
 
Oakland Report. 
 THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. 
 
 161 
 
 G. 
 
 Bunnell. 
 
 First Vice-President (resigned), 
 Convalescent Home Committee. 
 
 3//-.S. .7. A . Mi-Leu,*. 
 Second Vice-President. 
 
 Mrs. Henri/ Weiherbee, 
 
 First V ice-President, 
 
 Chairman of the Work at Camp Barrett. 
 11 
 
 .1//-.S-. Frederick B. Giiw, 
 
 Assistant Treasurer. 
 Chairman Finance Committee, 
 Convalescent Home Committee 
 
162 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Mrs. John Gill Lemmon, 
 
 Corresponding Secretary Oakland Ked Cross, 
 Chairman Committee of Constitution for Oakland 
 Red Cross, Chairman Committee of State Red 
 Cross on Testimonials of Nurses for the Philip 
 pines, Chairman Committee on Editing and Pub 
 lishing the Red Cross Record of Pacific Slope. 
 
 Mrs. Francis H. Gray, 
 
 Recording Secretary, 
 Member of Red Cross Book Committee. 
 
 Mrs. Franklin Van Dyke Bang*, 
 Assistant Treasurer. 
 
 Miss Maria R. Babson t 
 
 Assistant Treasurer, 
 Chairman Membership Committee, 
 
Oakland Report. 
 THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. 
 
 163 
 
 Dr. Myra Knox, 
 Chairman Committee on Sewing and Medicine. 
 
 Mrs. John Bakewell, 
 Assistant Treasurer, State Advisory Board. 
 
 Mrs. A. B. Nye, 
 Hospitality Committee. 
 
 Mrs. Austin JV. Walton, 
 
 Hospital Committee, Funeral Committee, 
 
 Transport Receiving Committee. 
 
OAKLAND RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers elected May, 1^98: President, Mrs. Granville S. Abbott; first 
 vice-president, Mrs. G. W. Bunnell ; second vice-president, Mrs. J. K. 
 McLoan ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. G. Leminon ; recording secretary, 
 Mrs. Frances H. Gray; assistant treasurer, Mrs. Frederick B. Ginn; treas 
 urer. Bank of California. 
 
 Executive Board: Mrs. Grauville S. Abbott, Miss Maria R. Babsnn, 
 ]\[rs. John Bakewell, Mrs. Franklin Bangs, Mrs. G. W. Bunnell, Mrs. F. B. 
 Ginn, Mrs. Frances H. Gray, Dr. Myra Knox, Mrs. J. G. Leminon, Mr<. 
 Oscar F. Long, Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa, Mrs. Henry Wetherbee. 
 
 Elected May, 1809: Mrs. Sol. Kahn ( died Feb. 22, 1902), Mrs. Ada 
 fan Pelt. Mrs. Austin K Walton, Mrs. A. B. Nye. 
 
 Elected May, 1900: Mrs. Frances H. Gray. 
 
 Elected February, 1902: Mrs. H. II. Kirby. 
 
 Chairman of Committees: Finance, Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa; sew 
 ing and medicine, Dr. Myra Knox; enrolment, Miss Maria R. Babson; 
 press. Miss Mollie Connors; pins and badges, "Mrs. Oscar F. Long; auditing, 
 Mrs. John Bakewell ; nominating, Mrs. J. G. Lemmon; literature, Mrs. Lloyd 
 Baldwin; constitution, Mrs. J. G. Lemmon: hospital, Mrs. D. W. Gelwicks . 
 hospitality, "Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa; funerals, Mrs. S. M. Martin; mess 
 tents, transport receiving committee, Mrs. Ada Van Pelt ; printing, Mrs. 
 Frances H. Gray; nurses, Mrs. John Yule; ways and means, Mrs. G. W. 
 Bunnell; entertainment, Mrs. Francis Dunwoody ; pillows and night-caps, 
 Mrs. Sol. Kahn; convalescent home, "Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa. 
 
 Advisory Board: Mr. Isaac L. Roqua, Mr. T. L. Barker, Mr. D. Edward 
 Collins. 
 
 The people living in the cities about San Francisco Bay suddenly awoke 
 to the realization that they were on the great highway leading to the Philip 
 pines beyond them, and that all the horrors attending war would surely be 
 across the Pacific ; also that the concentration of troops at the Presidio in 
 such haste, all unprepared, would mean suffering and loss of life, unless 
 alleviated. 
 
 It was Col. C. R. Greenleaf, assistant surgeon -general United States 
 Army, who sounded the first call to relief, and at a meeting called at his 
 home in Berkeley, Mrs. Franklin Bangs, of Oakland, a member of the 
 Ebell Society, first heard of the necessity of Red Cross work in time of war. 
 
 Filled with enthusiasm, Mrs. Bangs on her homeward way hastened 
 to consult with Mrs. William H. Friend and her sister, Miss Maria R. 
 Babson, and at Mrs. Friend s home a plan was developed by them which 
 resulted in the Red Cross Society of Oakland, which was organized under 
 the auspices of the Ebell Society, at their rooms, on the following day, April 
 26, 1898. 
 
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Oakland YY/>o/7. 165 
 
 Mrs. John Gill Lemmon, an old-time friend of Miss Clara Barton, was 
 invited to address the enthusiastic gathering at the KbeJl rooms, on April 20. 
 upon the plans and purposes of the Red Cross Society. 
 
 If was no new theme to Mrs. Lemmon, for her acquaintance with Miss 
 Barton dated back to the sixties, in N"ew York City, an acquaintance that 
 was continued at the Xew Orleans Exposition, in 1884-85. Miss Barton 
 
 .I//-,-. \\ w. If. Frinxl. 
 
 had been twice the guest of Professor and Mrs. Lemmon in California, 
 coming here tirst in 1880, by invitation of the G. A. R. and Ladies 7 Relief 
 Corps, when large receptions were given to her in San Francisco and Oak 
 land ; and yet again for rest and recreation, spending most of the time camp 
 ing with Professor and .Mrs. Lemmon in the Sierras. To this personal 
 acquaintance Prof. J. G. Lemmon, one of the foremost botanists of the coun 
 try, as well as a public-spirited citizen of Oakland, attributes his selection by 
 act of Congress as one of the incorporators of the reorganized National Red 
 Cross Society at Washington, D. C., June 10, 1900. 
 
 To both Professor and Mrs. Lemmon the Oakland society, as well as 
 the state at large, were greatly indebted for their broad and definite knowl 
 edge of Red Cross work. 
 
 At the meeting in the Ebell rooms on April 26 officers and committees 
 were appointed, a mass-meeting was proposed, and an enrolment book started, 
 in charge of Miss Maria R. Babson. This list ultimately contained the 
 names of 1,275 members. 
 
166 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 A telegram was immediately sent to the National Red Cross Society, 
 notifying thorn of our existence and asking for recognition, which was soon 
 granted. 
 
 Afterwards, as the movement spread rapidly throughout the state, and 
 as applications asking to become auxiliary to the Oakland society continually 
 came to us, we urged upon the attention of the San Francisco society, as 
 the central and larger society, the formation of a state society, that the Red 
 Cross of California might receive the proper impetus and recognition abroad 
 that it deserved, and on May 18 we were privileged to send as delegates to 
 San Francisco Mrs. J. G. Lenimon and Miss Ray Frank, to meet with other 
 workers to consider the advisability of forming a state society. 
 
 It will be impossible to give the details of all our work or to bestow 
 due credit upon all of the helpers. Our only aim will be to convey in con 
 densed form and in simple narrative some idea of the work of the Oakland 
 Red Cross. 
 
 Our headquarters were a suite of rooms in the Central Bank Building, 
 on the corner of Fourteenth Street and Broadway, offered to us, free of 
 expense, by "Mr. W. i^. Palmenteer, president of Central Bank. We re 
 mained there several months, holding daily meetings, and then moved into 
 a store in the Playter Block, through the kindness of Mrs. Murray Johnson. 
 
 The Ebell loaned chairs ; Hook Brothers contributed a desk ; other 
 friends, a carpet and table, and a few days found us located in well-furnished 
 rooms, with a beautiful banner floating from our windows, a gift from 
 Taft & Pennoyer, and a telephone at our command, through the courtesy 
 of the Merchants Exchange. 
 
 For more than two months Mrs. B. C. Dick gave her entire time to 
 our rooms, not only through the day, but evenings also, answering ques 
 tions and giving information to all who came. 
 
 From the many interesting incidents that came under her notice, we 
 select the following: 
 
 Since the commencement of Red Cross work, in April, 1898, many 
 men, women, and children visited the headquarters. It was a cosmopolitan 
 and democratic place. The high and low, the rich and poor, met on a 
 common plane ; as the Red Cross spirit is to know no foes, so here we were 
 one family, asking questions and learning of one another. The visitors 
 ranged from youth to old age, the youngest member being not two years old. 
 
 A large proportion of the members signed their names at headquarters, 
 and there, also, donations were received of every description. At first the 
 enrolment of names was so constant it was only necessary to show where 
 to sign. Later enrolments were fewer, but visitors were still numerous, 
 the certificates of membership and the state pins being the attractions. 
 
 The attendant at headquarters was continually surprised at the wide 
 spread spirit exhibited for Red Cross work and by contributions from those 
 of limited means, to whom five cents and even pennies were no small items. 
 One day a party of little girls came in with $3.92, and one, in a sweet voice, 
 
Oakland Report. 
 
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 said, "This is our donation for the Ked Cross." There was no personal pride 
 in the gift ; only the thought of doing something for the Red Cross was fore 
 most in these little helpers hearts. 
 
 With the same helpful spirit a little boy came rushing in one morning 
 almost out of breath, and with a business-like air requested to see the presi 
 dent. "I want a permit to gather stores for the soldiers. I have got three 
 dollars worth, and the last man I asked would not give me anything, and 
 said he believed I was getting them for myself." When asked what were 
 the nature of his stores, he replied, "Tobacco and cigars." 
 
 3//-.s. B. a D ,<-k, 
 
 Chairman of Headquarters, also of Certificates of Membership. 
 
 Many mothers with sorrowing hearts visited headquarters for infor 
 mation, wishing to make something useful for sons about to leave for Manila. 
 
 One day a group of ladies came in and said they had provided every 
 soldier of the Wyoming regiment with a pillow-case and cap or handker 
 chief, and that nearly all the boys from southern California had been pro 
 vided for in the same way. It seemed an exceedingly satisfactory work. 
 They also said their experience in the regimental hospital convinced them 
 of the honesty and sincerity of the stewards and nurses. 
 
 Calls for stores met a quick response. The German Lutheran clergy 
 man promptly responded to a call for German literature by filling a box 
 for a Minnesota regiment, largely composed of Germans, and marking it 
 with the Red Cross. 
 
 lumbers of visitors from interior towns were gladly given information 
 
168 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 in reference to organizing for work. A southern lady from the interior, 
 with strong southern proclivities, remarked, when signing the enrolment list, 
 that Dewey had conquered every southern heart, and that the war had had 
 a wonderfully softening influence in the south, and that now there was 
 but one people and one country. 
 
 The work was pleasant, but rather laborious, but all enjoyed it, feeling- 
 it to have been time and labor well spent, for the Red Cross is the grandest 
 organization the world has ever known. It is based on the brotherhood of 
 man, and time ,nd civilization have brought it forth. 
 
 FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
 
 We started with a strong financial committee, under the leadership 
 of Mrs. Frederick R Ginn, who worked valiantly, and in an incredibly short 
 time had banked $5,000, which sum was increased to nearly $9,000 before 1 
 the summer was over. 
 
 The ability of Airs. F. B. Ginn and her intense activity were a source 
 of inspiration to all, and it must be conceded that this committee 1 showed 
 splendid courage, when one considers that "Oakland is only the sleeping- 
 place of a goodly portion of San Francisco s business men/ Some citizens 
 contributed to the societies in both cities, but the greater portion of funds 
 collected in Oakland was from her business firms, from her banks, from 
 the little children, like Tommy Winn, who brought in "the nickel he had 
 saved for the soldiers," from her city council, and last, but not least, from her 
 many generous women, the first contribution coining from the Daughters of 
 the American Revolution. 
 
 As the money came in, it was deposited in the California Bank, to 
 the account of Mr. I). Edward Collins, who had been elected treasurer 
 of the society. The money was subject to the call of the executive board 
 as the needs of the work demanded. The detail work of this office devolved 
 upon an assistant treasurer, appointed from the board. The following ladies 
 have served in this capacity: Mrs. Frederick B. Ginn, Mrs. Franklin Bangs, 
 Miss Maria "R. Babson, Mrs. John Bakewell. 
 
 From the report of the recording secretary for the year ending May 10, 
 1899, we quote: "The duties of the assistant treasurer have been most ardu 
 ous, and too much praise can not be given the ladies who have filled the 
 office for their untiring energy. Nearly $10,000 have passed through their 
 hands. The executive board also feel under deep obligations to Mr. I). 
 Edward Collins, president of the California Bank, for his uniform kindness 
 in handling our money." 
 
 An advisory board, consisting of Mr. T. L. Barker, Mr. Isaac L. Requa, 
 and Mr. D. Edward Collins, stood always ready for consultation and advice 
 when greater wisdom was needed to guide us through some difficult tangle. 
 
 THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. 
 
 The executive board of our society had a well-defined plan of work from 
 the beginning of its organization, and as we held our money in the bank 
 
Oakland Report. 
 THE ADVISORY BOARD. 
 
 Mr. D. Eilward Collins, 
 Executive Board Treasurer. 
 
 Mr. T. L. Barker. 
 
 Mr. I. L. 
 
170 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 sacred to the use of sick and wounded soldiers on the battle-field, it devolved 
 upon our committees to secure and receive moneys and supplies for their 
 work. The chairman of each committee made daily reports at the meetings, 
 so that all could keep in touch, with, the work. In this way we were able 
 to do a larger work, amounting in all to over twenty-five thousand dollars 
 ($25,000). The executive board held sessions almost daily during the first 
 six months, guiding the various committees, restraining excessive zeal and 
 unwise expenditure, holding hard upon the money in the bank, that we 
 might be able to respond in time of dire distress, helping the committees 
 as far as possible with funds, and inspiring them in their arduous efforts in 
 securing money, medicines, delicacies, and clothing from the public. It 
 was beautiful but bewildering to find so many ladies who felt that the 
 entire responsibility of the Ixed Cross rested upon their shoulders. 
 
 In speaking of the pressure often brought to bear upon the board in 
 disbursements of funds, each committee desiring to draw largely upon the 
 treasury, we quote again from the same report: "We had but one object at 
 first, and that was to help the sick soldiers, and many a battle was fought 
 to sustain this point, the hardest of all, that our own personal sympathies 
 being so often enlisted, it was difficult for us to follow common-sense rea 
 soning and obey the dictates of conscience, instead of the tenderer impulses 
 of the heart. We were holding a public trust, and it was not for us to 
 plunge into the money bag and give to every one who asked." 
 
 It was because of this policy that the committees were forced to look 
 elsewhere for assistance, and because of this policy that the Oakland society 
 was enabled to place itself upon record as having responded so generously 
 to the calls of the Red Cross. The executive board was loyal to the state 
 society, being represented first by Mr. ~F. B. Ginn and Mrs. Oscar F. Long, 
 and later by Mrs. G. S. Abbott and Mrs. J. G. Lemmon. 
 
 AUXILIARIES. 
 
 We also had several most helpful auxiliaries, who worked by them 
 selves, turning their proceeds into the main society. West Oakland, East 
 Oakland, Fruitvale, Mills College, the public schools, the Christian Endeav- 
 orers, the "A. B. E.," the Dolls Club, the Franklin Street Cadets, all aided 
 in this way ; also all the churches in our city gave us special collections. 
 
 The chairmen of our committees and auxiliaries report receiving moneys 
 and supplies valued as follows: 
 
 From Mills College auxiliary, $300; from Fruitvale auxiliary, $350; 
 from West Oakland auxiliary, $175; from public schools, $150. 
 
 The sewing committee received and expended $2,500. The hospital 
 committee received and expended $2,330. The hospitality committee re 
 ceived and expended $3,620. Donations given for Camp Barrett valued 
 at $150. For identification medals were collected $190. 
 
 The detailed reports make interesting reading, but space w r ill permit 
 only a few extracts. 
 
Icjtort. 171 
 
 Mrs. J. G. Lenimon, corresponding secretary, says, "I have written over 
 a thousand letters, no two alike, and all of them long. 7 
 
 Mrs. F. M. Puriwoody, of the entertainment committee: "We received 
 from twelve entertainments given for our benefit proceeds amounting to over 
 $1,000." 
 
 The "A. B. E.," a club of ten young ladies, reported through its secre 
 tary, Miss Mabel Thayer Gray, that they collected about fifty dollars, with 
 which they purchased material for about one hundred and fifty Manila 
 bandages and seventeen Red Cross flags. This was all properly made and 
 given, where most needed, through the Red Cross Society. 
 
 "THE MIZPAH TRIO/ ("To work for humanity.") 
 
 Before the state society was formed, two of the members of this auxili 
 ary, Mrs. L. W. Owen, president of the National Anti-Cigarette Society, 
 and Miss E. M. Goss, musical director, reported from Montana and Wyoming 
 to the Oakland Red Cross Society as ready to lend a hand. They joined 
 our society and still continue their membership. Wherever they lectured 
 in the central west, they aroused a widespread interest in Red Cross work 
 and taught patriotism to the children. They also received contributions, 
 sending $34.50 to our society. "One little boy earned twenty-five cents 
 selling vegetables, and another the same amount by brushing flies from a 
 patient in a dentist s chair, both considering it a pleasure to give to this good 
 cause." 
 
 MILLS COLLEGE AUXILIARY. 
 
 As soon as the Red Cross Society began its work in San Francisco and 
 Oakland, Mills College organized a branch, with Mrs. C. T. Mills president 
 and Miss Clara Wittenmyer, secretary. As the faculty and students were 
 very much occupied with the closing work of the year, it was decided that 
 it was impossible to take the time for sewing, but that all who were disposed 
 might give money. Tt was suggested that, through some sacrifice, this 
 money should be raised, instead of sending home for it. 
 
 The matter was laid before the students, to decide how and what they 
 would give. It was only a few hours before a request was made that they 
 should dispense with their butter, and the money which it would cost be 
 given to help the soldiers. Permission was granted to do this for dinner 
 only, and they thus received one-third of the daily expense for butter. 
 
 The various class entertainments that are always customary at the 
 close of the term were also given up voluntarily, and the money that would 
 have been used for personal gratification was cheerfully donated to the Red 
 Cross. The employees entered into the spirit, and there was sent to the 
 society in Oakland during the month of May $150 in cash, and various gifts 
 of towels and other articles. The students went to their homes thoroughly 
 enthused, in most instances busily planning to help in some society work 
 for the association in their own towns. Those who remained at the college, 
 
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 having more leisure, went on with the work, and contributed a large amount 
 of reading matter, stamps, and writing material, several dozen towels, hand 
 kerchiefs, underwear, and linen, besides making up two pieces of sheeting, 
 pillow-cases, bandages, a hundred caps, and one hundred and ten com 
 fort hags nicely filled. 
 
 Aid was given in caring for the soldiers at the ferry, sandwiches, cake, 
 fruit, and flowers being sent, also boxes of gingersnaps, two barrels of lemons, 
 
 .1//-.V. c. T. Miffs. 
 
 one hundred pounds of prunes, two bags of English walnuts, twenty boxes 
 of oranges, and many dozen eggs, besides various personal gifts to the sol 
 diers at Camp Merritt. 
 
 A number of soldiers were invited to spend a Sunday at the college, 
 and these were sent back with suitable eatables and comforts of many kinds. 
 
 As soon as Camp Barrett was organized, arrangements were made to 
 help there, some of the ladies going back and forth to aid in the Red Cross 
 work done. Contributions of butter, milk, soap, and tobacco were made, 
 while food for the sick was sent for some time to the hospital tent. Seven 
 teen convalescent privates were cared for at the college, and it is a matter of 
 great regret that other sufferers could not have had the benefit of this beau 
 tiful, sunny home for recovery, instead of being laid away in the Presidio 
 Cemetery. 
 
Oakland Urport. 173 
 
 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEES ON ABDOMINAL JJANDAGES AND SURGICAL 
 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 Dr. Myra Knox, Chairman. 
 
 One of the first committees to work was the sewing committee, with 
 Dr. Myra Knox at its head. The number of workers soon grew larger than 
 our rooms, and we removed to the Brigade Hall of the First Presbyterian 
 Church. The different machine companies loaned sewing machines, and 
 donations of material came pouring in. The loudest call at that time was 
 for abdominal bandages, but the ladies also made other articles necessary 
 to the comfort of the soldiers. The following shows what was done by this 
 committee : 
 
 Six thousand abdominal bandages for use in Manila were made, cost 
 ing thirty cents apiece, representing a money value of $1,800. Five hun 
 dred and fifty dollars of this amount was paid out of the general fund ; 
 ihe balance of $1,250 did not pass through the treasury of the society, but 
 represents largely materials donated, bolts of flannel, tape, pins, thread, 
 etc., or money given with the request that it be used for the work. These 
 bandages were sent to the different camps and put into the proper hands 
 for distribution. 
 
 Two thousand five hundred comfort bags were made, at a cost of fifteen 
 cents apiece, making a money value of $375. Thirty dollars of this was 
 paid out of the general fund, leaving a balance of $345 contributed in money 
 and material. 
 
 Ninety-seven pillow-eases were made, costing twelve and a half cents 
 apiece; 540. handkerchiefs, costing $29.25. Both items were paid for out 
 side the general fund, as were 20 down pillows, value $20. 
 
 Medicines supplied to the various camp hospitals, on written request 
 from the surgeons in charge, $61.80, $27.80 being paid for out of the treas 
 ury, leaving a balance of $34 paid outside. 
 
 Flannels, hose, and shoes were sent to needy men by the wagon-load. 
 The total amount that lias passed through the hands of the committee is 
 $2,307.87. Outside the society hundreds of dollars were spent by women 
 who were busy sewing and working for the health of the soldiers, so that 
 this report can not cover all that has been done along these lines. 
 
 COMMITTEE OX LITERATURE. 
 
 Mrs. Lloyd Baldwin and Mrs. J. H. Fish sent literature to the soldiers. 
 "We sent over fifty large cases of books and magazines to the camps and 
 transports." Later Mrs. Oscar F. Long took up the work. She collected 
 and forwarded OS large cases, many of them weighing 750 pounds, filled 
 with choice books and magazines. A few of these cases went to Alaska, 
 but the larger part to Manila, some being sent several hundred miles inland 
 from the citv. 
 
J\/>.s. Isaac Lawrence Reqna. 
 
 Chairman Hospitality Committee, Manager of Convalescent Home Oakland, 
 Member Executive Board Oakland Society, Advisory Board State Association. 
 
176 Pacific Const Red Cross ^ociciy. 
 
 HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE. 
 
 Early in the month of M;iy, 1SOS, the soldiers began gathering in 
 San Francisco. They arrived very poorly equipped, and the .Red Cross 
 workers soon realized that these tired, hungry, travel-stained, and often sick 
 men, were in no condition for the long, weary march to the Presidio with 
 out food and rest. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Mills, of the San Francisco Red Cross Society, invited 
 Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa to assist her in relieving these distressed con 
 ditions, which she consented to do. Mrs. F. M. Smith was appointed the 
 chairman of a committee who were to work in Oakland, gathering supplies 
 to send to Mrs. Requa, who had charge of a table, first at the Sixteenth Street 
 station, then at the mole, and finally in the ferry building, San Francisco, 
 where hospitality was dispensed with a liberal hand for nearly three months. 
 
 Mrs. F. M. Smith, however, soon withdrew from the work, on account 
 of her departure for the Kast, hut Mrs. Reqmi proved herself a most capable 
 manager, carrying on the work, with the assistance of the following ladies: 
 Mrs. G. S. Abbott, Mrs. John Bakewell, Mrs. J. G. Barrett, Mrs. W. T. 
 Barton, Mrs. Eugene Beck. Mrs. Blanch ard, Mrs. Gus Bray, Mrs. Charles 
 T". Brewster, Mrs. Richard Derby, Mrs. Wallace Everson, Mrs. Friedlander, 
 Mrs. Giles H. Gray, Mrs. H. L. Gregory, Mrs. Edward Hoffman, Mrs. 
 G. W. Hunt, Mrs. Oscar Liming, Mrs. A. Liliencrantz, Mrs. M. F. McGwin, 
 Mrs. Alice Moffitt, Mrs. A. B. ]STye, Mrs. Prentiss Selby, Mrs. W. W. Stand- 
 ford, Mr. James Moffitt, Miss Maud Allen, Miss Bakewell, Miss Florin* 
 Brown, Miss Mary Dunham, Miss de Fremery, Miss Elsie Gregory, Miss 
 Sarah Hale, Miss Jeghers, Miss Bernice Landers, Miss Edith Liliencrantz, 
 Miss Lucy Moffitt, Miss Ella Morgan, "Misses Selby, Miss Bertha Shafter, 
 Miss Bertha Tomlin, Miss Ella Wall, Mrs. S. M. Martin, Mrs. A. J. Mitchell, 
 Mrs. E. 0. Morrison, Mrs. Gerald Ounninghaiu, ; Mrs. W. T. ^ 7 eitch, Mrs. 
 Sherwood, Mr. Mark L. Requa. 
 
 Special mention must be made of the work done by Mr. M. T.. Requa 
 and Mr. James Moffit. The ladies are most grateful for their efficient aid 
 in time of stress. 
 
 To facilitate the work, a portion of the ferry building w r as assigned 
 us for our exclusive use, and the "Oakland table" soon became synonymous 
 in the minds of the soldier boys with everything that was warm and cheer 
 ful and homelike. This corner was always bright with flowers, snowy table 
 cloths, and kindly faces, and fragrant with the aroma of good coffee, from 
 the arrival of the first boat in the morning until the departure of the last 
 one at night, so that it became a veritable oasis in the desert to our lonely 
 "boys in blue." 
 
 Flowers in profusion basket-loads, wagon-loadswere carried from 
 Oakland s beautiful gardens as tokens of welcome to the boys. 
 
 This at one time being the subject of adverse criticism, in one of our 
 meetings Mrs. Willard T. Barton told an incident of one of the Dakota 
 
Oakland Report. 
 
 boys, who was brought in too sick to taste food, and was immediately placed 
 in an ambulance. "He was given flowers, like the others," said Mrs. Barton, 
 "but when he was lifted into the ambulance, his bouquet dropped to the 
 ground. Ill as he was, too ill almost to speak, he turned and held out his 
 hand for the roses, and they were returned to him. 7 The flowers went with 
 out protest ever afterward. 
 
 Mr. Mark L. Requa. 
 
 It soon became evident that coffee, sandwiches, and the lighter fare pro 
 vided was hardly adequate for the men who had been indifferently fed f or> 
 days, and so Mrs. Requa evolved the army stew. For a thousand men, it 
 was composed of: 
 
 Five whole sheep. 
 Two sacks of turnips. 
 Two sacks of carrots. 
 Three sacks of potatoes. 
 One sack of onions. 
 
 Served smoking hot, with a hard-boiled egg and one or two green onions, 
 to each man. 
 
 A rough estimate of food provided by the good people of Alamedn 
 County from May 21 to July 8, 1898, may be interesting: 105 whole sheep, 
 over 14,4.00 eggs, 15 tons of fruit, 300 roasts of meat, 275 boiled hams, 
 8,250 loaves of bread, 800 pies, 655 loaves of cake, 468 rolls of butter, 10 
 gallons of milk a day, 288 glasses of jelly; and it is impossible to estimate 
 correctly the quantities of cookies, ginger-snaps, and other dainties. 
 
 Mrs. Requa was assisted in her task of collecting adequate supplies by 
 12 
 
178 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross 
 
 Mrs. \V. AY. Standeford, chairman, ami Mrs. AYillard H. Barton, her table 
 committee, and by tbe executive board. 
 
 At first the emergency seemed only the providing and dispensing of 
 food to the incoming troops a gigantic undertaking in itself, as the men 
 sometimes arrived 1,000 at a time, and an average of 2T>0 came in daily 
 but unexpected issues kept presenting themselves all through the work, which 
 
 Mrs. WiWirtl T. Barton, 
 Hospitality Committee. 
 
 A/;-*. M . Jr. Standeford, 
 Chairman Table Committee. 
 
 called for special attention and supervision. These were taken in hand 
 Vy members of the committee, who directed the soldiers, if suffering from 
 other ills than hunger, to f he proper source of relief, where they were pro 
 vided with medicines, rubbed wilh liniments, and clothed in warm garments 
 by the loving hands of Oakland s noble women. 
 
 Every detail of the work was carefully planned, or it would have been 
 impossible to meet the unexpected emergencies which were constantly aris 
 ing. Each night the chairman would ascertain by telephoning to the offices 
 of the Southern, Central, and Northern Pacific Railroads, how many men 
 each line expected to land in San Francisco the following day. Sometimes 
 the aggregate would sum up 1,000, sometimes less, but in this way it was 
 known how many gallons of hot coffee would be needed and how much stew 
 our expected guests would require. 
 
 The day s work usually beti an at halt past four in the morning, when 
 Mrs. "Reqiiji and her corps <>f helpers, laden with baskets, would leave their 
 
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 1 ionics, ready to begin a bard day s work, as cheerfully and unconcernedly 
 as tbe regular commuter who has crossed the bay to his work on the first 
 train for years. Xever again will the " wage-earners" who saw them every 
 day for months say that the society ladies of Oakland can not get up in 
 the morning when an emergency arises. Once on the other side, active 
 preparations were commenced for the reception of the expected soldiers. 
 1 hiring the latter part of June the work was made difficult by the uncer 
 tainty of the time of arrival of recruits, who kept coming unexpectedly and 
 at all hours. Often at ten or eleven o clock at night a telephone message 
 would come, "There are 100 men at Sixteenth Street depot who have had no 
 supper, and will have no breakfast, unless you can provide for them." 
 
 This emergency was met by arranging to run the train down to the pier 
 and give the soldiers their supper at a restaurant, and in the morning the 
 ladies would be at the ferry to give them their breakfast. 
 
 During the long, weary weeks of waiting at the Presidio the men looked 
 upon this room at the ferry as a sort of home, where, whenever they chose 
 to come, they were made welcome and comfortable. 
 
 The first work that claimed attention, aside from the feeding of the 
 men, was the caring for those who were ill when they arrived. This branch 
 of the work became so important that it was assigned to Mrs. AY. T. A^eitch, 
 an account of whose work in this particular field is given elsewhere. The 
 thought of a "postal card committee/ the work of which was ably directed 
 by Miss Burke, of San Francisco, al] the summer, was suggested by the 
 incident of a boy s anxious desire to let his people at home know that he 
 had reached San Francisco safely. He was without writing materials of any 
 kind, and Mrs. Eequa was so impressed with his impatience to relieve 
 his mother s anxiety that she suggested that lie write the message on a piece 
 of pasteboard, and it would be sent to the telegraph office for him at once. 
 Tliis he did, and went off to the Presidio greatly pleased. 
 
 One day word came to us that a car bringing troops had been burned 
 a few miles up the road, and that twenty-two boys were across the bay wait 
 ing for clothes to replace those they had lost. Mrs. Oscar F. Long started 
 out immediately to replace them, and soon had them all equipped in uni 
 forms and new undergarments and on their way to San Francisco. They 
 had been five hours in the car waiting for relief in the shape of something 
 to wear. 
 
 \Yhen the boys began to convalesce after an illness, and were still too 
 weak to live on army rations, they would come in daily for something t<> 
 eat, and spend an hour or two reading the magazines and enjoying the 
 homelike surroundings. 
 
 One boy had been a daily visitor for weeks; then he ceased to come. 
 and it was supposed that he had gone with his regiment to Manila, until 
 one of his comrades came to Mrs. Requa and said: "Do you rememtar my 
 comrade, who used to come in here and have his lunch when we first came ? 
 Well, after he got sick, lie talked all the time of you and of the kindness 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 of the ladies; and, before lie died, lie gave me this ten-dollar piece, all he 
 had in the world, and told me to give it to yon to nse in the Red Cross work." 
 He had given his all that Bother boys in bine" might be helped and cheered 
 and comforted as he had been. Our work seemed to be sanctified and glori 
 fied by the soldier boy dying in his lonely tent at the Presidio. 
 
 Not only were the boys fed on their arrival in San Francisco, but when 
 they left on the transports for Manila, each one was furnished with a gener- 
 
 Lunching before Sailing from the Transport Dock. 
 
 ous lunch on the dock before he embarked. The Oakland ladies had entire 
 charge of the lunches provided for the Scandia and Morgan City, beside 
 contributing their quota toward the supply for other outgoing troop ships. 
 Seven hundred chickens, besides other meats, bread, cake, and fruit, were 
 used in preparing the lunches for the men on the Scandia. 
 
 For all this work immense quantities of provisions were given by the 
 generous people of Alameda County ; and too much can not be said in praise 
 of the ladies of the committee, who were kept busy collecting and forward 
 ing to the ferry fresh milk, eggs, butter, and fruit, and raising money to 
 buy other necessary articles, and pay the two men who were kept busy at 
 the ferry all night to look after sick and straggling soldiers. The able re 
 sponse made by our Oakland people to every call for assistance made it 
 possible to provide adequately for the great army of men who came to our 
 coast, and to them our sincere thanks are due. 
 
 Early in the work the motto of our committee became, "Whatsoever 
 thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might," and, imbued with this spirit, 
 with constant vigilance, ceaseless labor, and unflagging interest, we accom- 
 
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 plished much that was of benefit and help to the friendless lx>ys so far from 
 home. 
 
 \Ye add the following letter, published at this time, as it is a vivid 
 picture: 
 
 AT THE FERRIES RECEIVING THE ARRIVING VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. 
 
 "T had heard all about it before T came home how the i^ irls had all 
 gone wild over .Red Cross work, and T was wild to get into it myself. Of 
 
 course, mama had joined for the whole of us, dozens of times over, but 
 I wanted to put my own shoulder to the wheel and help matters along by 
 the perspiration of my own forehead, as it were. 
 
 "My gloves were not fairly off hefore Mollie rushed in to tell me the 
 latest news from the (water) front, and goodness knows it was interesting. 
 One of the crack regiments of the country was coming over from Oakland 
 on the first boat the very next morning, ami a lot of us Red Cross girls were 
 to go down to the ferry to welcome them and give them their breakfast. 
 
 "I don t know that T ever began a day at 5 o clock in the morning in 
 all my life before. I have he^un my nights at that time over and over again 
 
182 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 during the season, but a girl doesn t take much notice of her environment 
 when she comes home tired and sleepy and cross, ready to tumble out of 
 the carriage and into bed without giving a word or a thought to anybody 
 or anything else in the wide world. 
 
 kk ln the morning it is different. After you get your eyes really open, 
 which is no easy matter at such an unearthly hour, everything seems new 
 and strange, and you feel, some way, as if you had waked up into a previ 
 ously unknown world. 
 
 "There was plenty of work to be done. The piles of flowers were to 
 be arranged into convenient-sized bouquets, cups of tin and crockery to be 
 placed around th tables, sandwiches, doughnuts, and fruit to be placed in 
 baskets for distribution, and, while we were doing all this, a sudden electric 
 thrill sl;ot through the crow T d. 
 
 "The 6 o clock ferry x *as coming in. V\ T e girls all stood at attention 
 as the Newark swooped down into the dock, but in the whole crowd that 
 came oft the boat at double quick, whooping and yelling like Comanches. 
 there was not a single boy in blue. 
 
 "Two or three of the advance guard came over on the next boat, and 
 we were almost oppressively good to them ; but it was not until we had stood 
 on our feet waiting for nearly two hours that the sound of a military band 
 on another pier playing Rally Hound the Flag announced that our guests 
 were at hand. Then the policemen ordered spectators out, and put up a 
 rope barrier in front of the wide entrance, and we girls each clutched a 
 long-stemmed calla in one hand and a handkerchief in the other and waited. 
 
 "Ah, but wasn t it fine to hear the music coming nearer and nearer, 
 and see the crowds of people outside with their faces all turned in one direc 
 tion, and hear the policemen ordering them here and there, and feel the air 
 full of something throbbing and surging like the very life of our bodies? 
 
 "And then they came. First the band, with the crash and blare and 
 shock of brass and tense, beaten parchment, through which the patriotic 
 melody found its way to our very hearts ; and then the men marching in, 
 dusty and travel worn, tramp, tramp, tramp, until the wide, low room was 
 packed with them, and everybody but the soldiers themselves shouting and 
 cheering and waving lilies and handkerchiefs and hats and any old thing 
 that came to hand. 
 
 "Perhaps you won t believe it, hut after my throat cracked so that I 
 couldn t get out another sound, and my wrists ached so that I just had to stop 
 waving things, T looked about and saw one of the most dignified and highly- 
 cultured, full-blown buds of our set standing up in a chair frantically wav 
 ing a dishcloth in one hand and an iron spoon in the other, and screaming 
 like a lunatic, and, to tell the truth, I just wanted to hug her. 
 
 "And then we fed them. 
 
 "We had great hugger-mugger boilers full of hot stew and hotter coffee, 
 and we ladled the stew out into tin plates and put an eschallot and a tin 
 spoon into each one, and took a cup of coffee in the other hand, and went out 
 
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 into the 1 crowd and came back again, and repeated the performance until 
 everybody was supplied with the first course, and then we took the heavily- 
 laden baskets and carried them about, and saw that every single soldier had 
 not only what lie wanted to eat then and there, but that his pockets and 
 knapsack, and even his tin cup, were packed with fruit and cake and sand 
 wiches, in case Uncle Sam kept him waiting for his lunch. 
 
 "Then Mr. Stetson climbed up on a chair and started the cheering. We 
 Red Cross members followed his lead in cheering our guests, squealing 
 
 shrilly, as women always do when they mean to hurrah, and following the 
 outburst with a tiger, which was a white kitten so far as ferocity went, 
 but was the very best we could do with the voices at our command. 
 
 "And then we all cheered together for Dewey and Sampson and the 
 President, and then the soldier boys gave a round of cheers for the Ked 
 Cross that shook the very wharf and sent me out of the crowd into the 
 deserted store rooms to weep a little weep all by myself as they fell into 
 line again and marched out, amid a chorus of good-byes and good wishes. 
 
 "Some way all 1 could think of just then was the gladiators greeting 
 and farewell, morituri salutemus, and it all came over me with a rush the 
 bravery and the glory of it all. 
 
 "Just think of it! Men taking their lives in their hands and leaving 
 home and friends to fight for us stay-at-homes, not because they must, but 
 because thev choose. 
 
184 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 "Ah, but it is grand ! And when you think of those murdered sol 
 diers on the Maine, and the starving Cubans, and Admiral Dewey, and our 
 own California boys going across the ocean ! Well, T can t talk about it. 
 I can t even bear to think about it but I can be a Red Cross worker all 
 my life, if I am needed, and I will." 
 
 HOSPITAL COM MJTTEE. 
 
 As the troops began to arrive at the ferry, the sight of tbe many sick 
 soldiers aroused the sympathies of the ladies working on the hospitality 
 committee, and Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Reijua immediately contributed five 
 
 .I// *. A If . Gdirirkx, 
 
 Chairman of the Hospital Committee. 
 
 gallons of liniment, and requested Mrs. Y\ T . T. Veitch to use it in relieving 
 the suffering men. For over nine weeks Mrs. Veitch, like a true mother, 
 rubbed the sore throats and aching chests, swathed them in flannel, and 
 faithfully ministered to all in need, thus enabling the men to make the 
 long march to the Presidio with far more ease and comfort than would other 
 wise have been possible. 
 
 Other Red Cross workers gradually increased the scope of the work. 
 They constantly visited the camps, carrying necessities and delicacies, until 
 over $450 were spent on the sick men. The necessity of an organized com 
 mittee became so apparent that Mrs. D. W. Gelwicks was appointed chair 
 man, with a force of capable women to assist her. Mrs. Ada H. Van Pelt 
 received over $1,200 from the Army Comfort Circle and other sources in 
 
Tennessee, with which she purchased many useful articles to add to the 
 comfort of the Tennessee regiment. She provided each company with a 
 mess tent, and was also instrumental in furnishing mess tents to Camp 
 Barrett for the Nebraska regiment and the 7th California. 
 
 Mrs. J. M. Cnshing looked after the Kansas regiment. Aside from the 
 funds furnished her from our treasury, she had many sums contributed 
 by personal friends, all of which were most judiciously expended in reliev 
 ing the pressing needs of sick men in that regiment. 
 
 Mr*. Sol. Ka/m, 
 
 Executive Board, Hospital Committee 
 Convalescent Home. 
 
 Hospital Committee, 
 
 Convalescent Home. 
 
 Airs. W. T. Veitch rendered excellent service. As an instance of her 
 frork, a dozen ladies met one afternoon at her home and baked bread and 
 made pillow-cases, and these, with soap, towels, and bandanna handkerchiefs, 
 contributed by the youngest members of the Presbyterian Sunday-school, 
 were sent to specially needy men in the North Dakota regiment. 
 
 Mrs. Sol. Kahii and Mrs. Max Marcuse have been indefatigable work 
 ers among their friends outside the society. They did good work for the 
 Colorado and Minnesota regiments, not confining themselves to the sick men. 
 They provided pillows, pipes and tobacco, handkerchiefs, flannel caps, and 
 other good things. Through their efforts a large box filled with delicacies, 
 
186 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Mellin s Food, malted milk, beef extract, and medicine was sent on the 
 Puebla, care of the steward. Altogether the supplies contributed by Mrs. 
 Sol. Kahn, Mrs. Max Marcuse, and their friends, were valued at $465. 
 
 Miss Rice and Mrs. A. X. Walton looked after the regulars, the 7th 
 California, and the Idaho regiments. Mrs. Eugene Beck, Miss Florine 
 Brown, and Mrs. Lillian Brown-Everts gave their attention to the new 
 recruits at Camp Merritt. The point upon which the Hospital Committee 
 finally concentrated its efforts was the division hospital at the Presidio. 
 
 .1//-.S. M. K. Chadbunrnr, 
 Hospital Committee. 
 
 The supplying of eggs to that institution was largely the care of the 
 Oakland Red Cross Society. We averaged sixty dozen a week for ten 
 weeks. These eggs were not purchased with funds from the treasury, but 
 were a free-will offering from a host of friends. Mrs. "M. K. Chadbourne 
 was untiring in her efforts in always securing a sufficient number to send at 
 the appointed time. She had many willing helpers, among them Mrs. II. 
 M. Wetherbee and Mrs. L. K. Tlunie, who were always ready to assist with 
 time and money in every way needed on this committee. These ladies each 
 contributed a bed and furnishings to the state hospital at the Presidio. 
 One of the most appreciated of our gifts was that of a coal-oil stove to the 
 Idaho regiment hospital at the PresiHio. One of the nurses told us that 
 words could not tell the good it had done in the preparation of food, heat 
 ing water at night, warming the tents, and so on. That useful gift was 
 the incentive to others, and friends kept sending them until we had placed 
 
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 stoves wherever they were needed. Two were neatly packed in small boxes 
 and sent to Manila. One dear old lady, Mrs. Merchant, purchased three 
 for the division hospital. Mrs. Theresa L. Merchant was another of the 
 good friends to whom this committee could always look in time of need. 
 Her purse was open not only for the Hospital Committee, but for all Red 
 Cross work. Among her many gifts were two completely-furnished beds 
 for the state hospital at the Presidio. Our society is indeed grateful for her 
 thoughtful assistance. Seventeen boxes, one being donated by the Gold Leaf 
 Charitv Club (colored citixens), were filled with daintv articles of food 
 
 //. .17. Wetlterb 
 Hospital Committee. 
 
 Mr*. L. K. Hume, 
 Hospital Committee. 
 
 suited to the taste of the sick men, and placed in the care of some trusted 
 steward, whom we knew would use the delicacies in the way to do the most 
 good to the suffering ones on the voyage. 
 
 Another feature of the summer s work was the call from Camp Barrett. 
 The Sth California Volunteers were stationed there, and Oakland shared 
 the work with the Alameda Red Cross Society. Mrs. I). W. Gelwicks with 
 her committee had charge of the hospital needs, while Mrs. Henry AYether- 
 bee, of Fruitvale, aided by Miss Mary Alexander, headed a committee to 
 look after the emergency work, assisted ably by Miss Hilton. This emer 
 gency committee had already been busy; though few in number, with Mrs. 
 Steinneger as its able president, it had worked and served and sent good 
 things innumerable to the work at the ferry and elsewhere. 
 
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 Pa-cifir Coaxt Uc<l Croxs 
 
 To show how freely and generously these same hearts and hands re 
 sponded to the needs of the hospital at Camp Barrett, consider that, for a 
 period of five weeks, until Major Dudley, the surgeon in charge, obtained 
 his hospital equipment from the government, tl\p sick men, averaging from 
 twelve to seventeen, were supplied by the ladies of Alameda, Mills College, 
 and Fruitvale with three meals each day, these consisting of delicately- 
 prepared home food, broth, milk toast, eggs, etc. 
 
 Major Dudley considered this the prime cause of the rapid con 
 valescence of the men at Cam]) Uarrett, as compared with those who were 
 camped iu less desirable localities and lacked suitable diet. 
 
 Mrs. T. C. Mills, of Mills College, was ever ready to assist in this work, 
 and, although she and the students of the college had been giving and doing 
 all summer, she was one of the tirst to step forward in this emergency. 
 
 Another most untiring worker was Mrs. Morrison, of Fruitvale. S-he 
 devoted her entire time daily, early and late, to the necessary work at the 
 Red Cross tent, caring for the boys with tender interest and a mother s 
 heart and hand. How it would haA e cheered the heart of many a distant 
 mother whose boy had left her alone and lonely, could she have looked into 
 our Ked Cross tent and have seen the pleasant home room (the little kitchen 
 in the rear), with books, writing conveniences, and willing hands and hearts 
 to respond to: a Can I get this coat altered?" "Can T get this button sewed 
 on ?" "Could I get a stamp ?" "T don t feel well, but don t want to go 
 to the hospital. Could T get a cup of tea?" And the tea and the cheer 
 ful greeting and the pleasant surroundings helped him, and saved many 
 an hour of suffering and sickness. 
 
 When the camp was broken, and the soldiers were to be scattered to the 
 four corners of the state* and of the world, one noble boy came t<> the Red 
 Cross and gave Mrs. Wetherbee fifty cents, saying : " I want you to give this 
 to the Red Cross. It is only a trine, but I have earned it, and want you 
 to have it, for T shall never forget the kindness of the Red Cross to me." 
 
 Hut few of the boys were called across the great divide, and those who 
 were left will remember always with gratitude the love and care they 
 
Oakland Report. 
 
 189 
 
 received from the Red Cross at Camp Barrett, 8th California U. S. V., 
 Colonel Henshaw commanding, at Fruit vale, Alameda County, California. 
 
 SPECIAL HOSPITAL WORK. 
 
 It was thought when the volunteer regiments returned home in 1899 
 that the hospital work of the Red Cross Society would cease, but as many 
 hundreds of sick and wounded soldiers continued being sent from China and 
 the Philippines, Mrs. Ada IT. Van Pelt was appointed a special committee 
 to administer to their needs. Almost daily for two years she visited the 
 general hospital at the Presidio, and frequently remained all night by the 
 bedside of a dying soldier, or shared the vigils of a mother watching the last 
 hours of her son. 
 
 Mrs. Ada Van Pelt, on Hospital Duty at the Presidio, Easter Morning, 1900. 
 
 When a soldier was not able to write, Mrs. Van Pelt informed his rela 
 tives from time to time of his condition, and if he passed away, his mes 
 sages, with a record of his last hours, were sent to his parents. In a letter 
 received, a mother writes: "Had it not been for your letters, I would not 
 have known anything of my son s illness, nor have received his last messages, 
 which are so precious to me. It makes my burden easier to bear to know 
 that my dear boy was so well cared for by competent surgeons and nurses. 
 May God s blessing rest upon the ladies of the Red Cross Society, who are 
 such a comfort to the sick and dying soldier, and to the parents who can 
 not be with their sons in their dying hours." 
 
 Simple and prosaic as this report may seem, it represents a vast amount 
 of self -sacrifice and willing, patient labor undertaken for the cause we all 
 loved so well. 
 
190 Pacific Coast Red Cross Hoc icty. 
 
 IDENTIFICATION MEDALS. 
 
 The desire to have the soldiers identified who might fall in battle in 
 the Philippines originated with Mrs. Oscar F. Long. Through her indi 
 vidual efforts she provided each man with an aluminum medal. She dis- 
 
 3// .v. Oscar Fitzallen Lou;/, 
 
 State Executive Board, Oakland Executive Board, 
 Chairman Building Committee of Convalescent Home. 
 
 tribnted in all 10,680 medals, 315 to officers, and the rest to enlisted men. 
 "For each regiment there was furnished a set of steel dies, witli which to 
 print the name of the individual in the space left for that purpose, and a 
 steel block upon which the medals were to be placed while being stamped 
 
 "After careful investigation, it wa? deemed best to use buckskin upon 
 which to string the medals, as it is more durable and softer than any other 
 material. When all the medals for a regiment were strung, they were tied 
 into bunches, according to companies, wrapped together, a block and set 
 of dies enclosed, and then personally delivered to the regimental quarter 
 master, with the request that some competent man be detailed from each 
 company to do the stamping. 
 
 "The regiments supplied were: Hospital Corps II. S. 750, two bat 
 teries 6 tli IT. S. Artillery, two batteries 3d U. S. Astor Battery, nine com 
 panies 14th U. S. Infantry, eight companies 4th IT. S. Cavalry, 23d U. S. 
 Infantry, 18th IT. S. Infantry, Oregon Volunteers, North Dakota Volun 
 teers, South Dakota Volunteers, 51st Iowa Volunteers. 
 
191 
 
 The money for tlic medals for the officers and men of the regular army 
 was collected by Mrs. Oscar F. Long specially for that purpose, while the 
 bills for those of the volunteer regiments were enclosed ii a letter, with a 
 sample of the medals supplied, to the governors of each state from which 
 the regiment came. 
 
 "When the medals were first given out, we received complaints from 
 some who had given money to the medal fund that the men were giving them 
 away as souvenirs. This was really done by some of the light-headed and 
 thoughtless ones, who considered the war as a sort of opera-bouffe, an opinion 
 which they held Imt a short time. But the old soldiers, men who had 
 served in Indian campaigns, and knew 7 what death in war meant with noth 
 ing to serve for identification, these placed the medals around their necks 
 and guarded them carefully, as none wished to fill a nameless grave. A 
 returned officer, who was for some time on General MacArthur s staff, 
 said that he had been present when a soldier was found mutilated beyond 
 all possibility of recognition, but was identified by means of his little medal. 
 
 " Another time a body was recovered that had been in the water a long 
 time. The little medal was safe, a silent voice, giving the name, company, 
 and regiment of one of our brave boys in blue. It is also well known that 
 these medals have been the means of having many bodies returned to rela 
 tives and friends." 
 
 For the services rendered the soldiers, Mrs. Oscar F. Long and Mrs. 
 Isaac Lawrence Reqna had the honor of being elected members of the Oscar 
 F. Long Garrison Xo. 101, of the regular and volunteer Army and Xavv 
 TTnion. 
 
 MESS TENTS. 
 
 After the establishment of Camp Merritt, there arose the urgent neces 
 sity of supplying the soldiers with mess tents, as the surgeons stated that 
 much of the sickness among the men was caused by the sand blowing into 
 the food that was prepared and cooked out-of-doors. The government 
 does not issue mess tents, but will transport them with other baggage for 
 the soldiers. Mrs. Ada Van Pelt, chairman, and efficient committee of 
 one, decided that the most feasible way of supplying the mess tents was 
 to interest the friends in the different localities where the companies were 
 formed. With this object in view, she visited the commanders of regiments 
 stationed at, Camp Merritt, submitted a plan for their consideration, and 
 received their hearty approval. 
 
 With their assistance the names of interested citizens were obtained, 
 and the friends of the enlisted men were informed of the need of the soldiers. 
 
 "The citizens of York. Xebraska, were the first to receive a letter stat 
 ing the needs of Company A, of the 1st Xebraska. They responded imme 
 diately, forwarded the money, and, the day the regiment sailed for Manila, 
 Company A received its mess tent. In appreciation of the thoughtful 
 kindness of far-away friends, the company formed in line in front of th^ 
 
192 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Dinner at Camp Barrett before They Had AMs* Tent.* 
 
 Christina* Dinner hi Oe of the .1/?x.s Tent." 
 First Nebraska in Mani.a P. I 
 
193 
 
 U nt. and gave three rousing cheers, while many an eye was moist at the 
 thought of leaving loved ones and native land. This mess tent was taken 
 to Manila, and was one of the first to be erected by an American regiment. 
 When the 1st Nebraska was ordered out on the firing-line, Company A took 
 their mess tent, and for many weeks it was the only protection the men 
 had from the scorching rnys of a torrid sun. 
 
 "Christmas morning the men set out, palms in front of their tent, deco 
 rated it with ferns, and then sat down to the long tables inside to enjoy 
 llieir Christmas dinner. 
 
 "When the regiment was ordered back to San Francisco to be mustered 
 out of service. Company A brought back its mess tent. In speaking of it, 
 Sergeant E. Hull said, "The old tent is weather-worn and gray, with holes 
 shot through it by the enemy, but we boys love every thread in it, and we 
 are going to take it home, and we will set it up on the public square when 
 ever we meet for our reunions. 7 
 
 "The 7th and 8th California regiments were remembered by their home 
 friends, who contributed $104 towards purchasing mess tents. Company 
 B, of the 7th California, found a ready friend in Col. IT. S. Grant, for, 
 as soon as he received the letter telling him of the need of the company 
 mustered in at San Diego, he immediately telegraphed the money necessary 
 to purchase a mess tent. The following day, when Company B marched 
 into camp, after a wearisome drill, they were greeted by the sight of a 
 commodious tent, large enough for the entire company to be seated at one 
 time. Two other companies in this regiment were supplied with mess tents, 
 the money for the same being supplied by home friends. 
 
 "The 1st Tennessee regiment had substantial evidence of the love and 
 loyalty of their friends, for. as soon as they received word that the possession 
 of mess tents would add to the comfort and health of their men, they could 
 not wait for the slow conveyance of the mails, but flashed the request across 
 the continent to secure them. The tent-makers were induced to work day 
 and night to fill the order, and in an incredibly short time ten strong, com 
 modious tents, one for each company, were ready for delivery. 
 
 "A delegation of ladies from the Oakland Red Cross Society went to 
 the camp laden with the choicest of flowers. The men of the different com 
 panies, with a hearty cheer, erected the tents, and the ladies wreathed the 
 poles with vines and flowers, and the flaps were draped back with bright 
 garlands, while the baud played " Dixie" and The Girl I Left behind Me. 7 
 Photographs of mothers, fathers, sisters, and sweethearts of the boys were 
 borrowed and placed about the tents to make them homelike. Mrs. Van 
 Pelt, by request and in behalf of the friends in Tennessee, presented the 
 tents. Col. W. C. Smith received them for the regiment, while tears, smiles, 
 and cheers commingled. The band played Home, Sweet Home, 7 and, 
 while the men were inspecting the tents, the notes of A Hot Time in the; 
 Old Town To-night were wafted in. This was the signal for jollification, 
 and many of the men joined hands and kept time to the enlivening strains. 7 
 13 
 
194 
 
 Pacific Coast Red dross tfoci( ty. 
 
 TIIK AKMY COMFORT CIHCLK OF TKNXKSSKE. 
 
 It was* the privilege of the Oakland Ixed Cross to keep in constant and 
 loving communication with the Army Comfort Circle of Tennessee, through 
 Mrs. Ada Van Pelt, who took charge of the moneys sent to her and pur 
 chased supplies for them. Xo regiment had more tender care. Daily 
 reports of their welfare, their needs and supplies, came before the Oakland 
 Eed Cross. 
 
 Mrs. Van Pelt made daily visits to the regimental and Held hospitals, 
 supplied them with jellies, condensed soups, fresh eggs and milk, and such 
 article s as the men craved. She also;, accompanied by others, visited daily 
 the sick in their tents, supplying those who were not ahlo to eat the regular 
 rations with the delicacies they needed, answering innumerable letters of 
 inquiry received from mothers, wives, and friends of the soldiers, who 
 desired some special attention to be shown to their loved ones. It was often 
 the case that, after being in cam]) all day, she would be found in the early 
 hours the next morning replying; to the stacks of letters that had accumu 
 lated during her absence. She was heartily assisted by Col. W. 0. Smith, 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Gracey Childers, and the other officers. 
 
 The following amounts were received: For hospital and necessities 
 of the 1st Tennessee U. S. V., $(5:25. 10; for Christian commission tent, 
 $50; fur mes< tents, $1-1-8; making a total of $!,!:>:}. 40. 
 
 It is well, however, to let the Army Comfort Circle of Tennessee, 
 whom we felt to be really a part of us. tell their own story. 
 
195 
 
 "At the meeting last Tuesday a report was made of the work done 
 by the circle since its organization, July 12, for the purpose of aiding the 
 noble Red Cross women in caring for our state troops. The circle has 
 furnished complete a regimental hospital for the 1st Tennessee regiment, 
 the Army Commission aiding us by donating a 50-foot tent for the purpose. 
 We bought IS nice cots, IS wool mattresses and pillows and blue chambray 
 sheets and pillow-cases, new cuspidors, teakettles, etc., for cooking for the 
 sick. The Red Cross Society of Oakland donated a coal-oil stove. We 
 furnished, during their stay in San Francisco, seven companies with gun 
 covers, cook aprons, knives, 140 suits of flannel, 1GO pairs of socks, 292 
 
 Mists Cofd Hager, 
 Secretary. 
 
 packages of soap ar:d wash rags, chest protectors, throat protectors, bath 
 pans, wash-tub and board, rolling-pin, $05 for delicacies for the sick; fur 
 nished two boxes containing everything for the use of the sick on their 
 voyage and after arrival, and a box of medicine; gave every man in the 
 regiment a cake of salt-water soap ; furnished mosquito nets and eucalyptus 
 oil to keep off insects: also $115 in cash for use of men on their voyage; 
 sent a Christmas box to Manila, with presents for every man in the regiment. 
 While many responded to call for packages, the Army Comfort Circle pur 
 chased for f522 men ; sent $35 in gold to Colonel Childers on the last transport 
 sailing, for the use of the sick in the regiment ; sent the 4th Tennessee 
 regiment a Thanksgiving dinner and 50 yards of domestic for hospital 
 purposes ; sent to the 2d Tennessee regiment Christmas $20, 300 pies, and 
 9 cakes. We have donated to the convalescent home at Oakland and San 
 Francisco $20. We have met and cared for over 700 sick soldiers at the 
 depot this summer, giving them flowers, ice, milk, hot bouillon, boiled 
 
196 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 rice, and, more needed than all, cheery words to the sick. Have furnished 
 quite a number of sick soldiers in the city with camphor bags to break up 
 chills and fever, and were successful in each case. Also furnished trans 
 portation to two sick soldiers. Our plan has been to care for the sick, 
 but we have tried to keep the well reminded of us also. We furnished 
 the 1st Regiment with an occasional change of diet, such as molasses and 
 dried fruit ; received a note of thanks from the Oakland Red Cross Soci 
 ety for our magnificent work. This resolution was unanimously carried 
 and duly recorded in the minute book of the Oakland society. When the 
 report was made to the state society, we were reported as having given our 
 volunteers more care and attention than any other state. 
 
 "Total amount received to date, $1,008.61 ; paid out for 4th Tennessee 
 regiment dinner, $06; 2d Tennessee regiment dinner, $42; 1st Tennessee 
 regiment dinner, $50: sent Mrs. Van Pelt, $741.88; expenses of presents, 
 shipping, etc., of Christmas box to Manila, $66.99 ; milk, ice, flowers for 
 dead, telegrams, camphor bags, stamps, badges, $34.28 ; paid to Red Cross 
 home, $20; bought hospital mess tent, $;:?: money sent to 2d Tennessee 
 regiment, $18.65, making a total of $1,061.80, and leaving on hand a bal 
 ance of $6.80." 
 
 Mr*. Theresa L. Merchant. 
 
 Mrs. Merchant was a devoted Red Cross worker. When she died, in 
 1900, in her will the "residue" of her estate, amounting to some $2,800, was 
 left to the Oakland Red Cross. Had the Oakland society been incorporated, 
 the Convalescent Home would luive become its property also, by her desire, 
 but, failing that, she deemed it advisable to give it to Fabiola Hospital, and 
 it is now used as a Nurses Home. 
 
197 
 
 CONVALESCENT HOME. 
 
 The overcrowded hospitals at the Presidio compelled men recovering 
 from sickness to return to their tents on the damp ground, thereby caus 
 ing loss of life. The rooms they had occupied in the hospital were needed 
 for others just coming down with sickness, and the convalescent must go 
 hack to his tent, to brave the damp ground, sea fogs, and cold winds of 
 San Francisco. 
 
 ent Hnu\ 
 
 This being often reported at the general meetings of the society, a 
 committee was sent on July 26, 18D8, to the state board, asking that a 
 home for convalescents be provided in San Francisco. The state society 
 gave immediate response to this request, and proceeded at once to build 
 a convalescent home at the Presidio; but. necessary building delays ensu 
 ing. August 26 found so many boys in private homes in Oakland that it 
 was considered a Red Cross emergency, and that it was as necessary to 
 save life in camp as on the battle-field, and, on motion of Mrs. F. B. Ginn 7 
 at a meeting of the executive board a temporary convalescent home was 
 ordered in Oakland. 
 
 On Friday. August 26, Mrs. Oscar F. Long reported an ideal loca 
 tion, in a warm and equable temperature, near the foot-hills, on Pied 
 mont Avenue. On Saturday the house was secured ; on Sunday the board 
 called the workers to the home and appointed committees, who worked so 
 heroically that on Monday evening, August 29, fourteen boys sat down to 
 dinner in the new home. 
 
198 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa was made manager of the home by the 
 executive hoard, and Mesdames Derby, Veitch, Beck, Everts, and Craig- 
 gave their time and energy to the putting of the house in order ready for 
 occupancy. Mrs. G. W. Bunnell, Mrs. AY. H. Bailey, Mrs. Sol. Kahn, and 
 Mrs. John Bakewell, the furnishing committee, actually "rushed v house- 
 liold goods into the house. Miss Anita Whitney set many sewing-machines 
 in rapid motion to supply the linen closet. Mrs. L. B. Everts was placed 
 
 Mr.s. IMHH- L. ftt-ffHti. 
 
 in charge of the hospital stores and made secretary of the home. The 
 ladies of the executive board in turn gave days of active service for the 
 first few weeks; while Mrs. Requa was taking a much-needed rest, the 
 home was run by committees. 
 
 From Mrs. Lillian Brown Everts report we quote: "The officers of the 
 different regiments stationed at tho Presidio were so pleased with the man 
 agement of the home that they generously sent the sergeants and corporals 
 that could be relieved from duty to assist the committee in charge. The 
 ladies were assigned their duties, and for five weeks were in constant attend 
 ance at the home. The house was strictly under military rule. 
 
 "Mrs. E. B. Beck would leave on the 8 o clock boat from Oakland 
 and go to the Presidio to interview the officers as to the number of boys 
 most in need of all the home had to offer. The routine to be gone through 
 at the camp was first to secure a pass for five days, with the privilege of 
 an extension for five days, properly signed by the colonel of the regiment, 
 the surgeon, and the captain of the company. The boys were sent to the 
 
11)9 
 
 home in charge ol a non-commissioned officer, and returned to camp at 
 the expiration of the rime under the same military escort. One of the most 
 difficult of Mrs. Beck s duties was to say, Xo, to the many requests from 
 the captains for just this boy, as we were of necessity limited in number, 
 our family having grown from fourteen on the first day to forty-three in 
 a 1V w weeks. 
 
 "Mrs. W. T. Veitch received the boys at the home, gave them all proper 
 care and attention, and, if thev were too weak or ill to be considered con- 
 
 A/>.s. Eugene B. Beck, 
 
 Hospitality Committee, Convalescent Home, 
 
 Funeral Committee, Transport 
 
 Receiving Committee. 
 
 Mr*. W. T. Veitch, 
 
 Hospital Committee, Hospitality Committee, 
 Transport Receiving Committee, 
 Convalescent Home, Fun 
 eral Committee. 
 
 valescent, sent them to Fabiola Hospital, which nursed and restored to 
 health so many of our sick guests, the home being equipped for convalescents 
 only. Nourishing food, clean, comfortable beds, fresh air, and sunshine 
 were what the home furnished; the attention of the physician, to whom 
 the boys reported tw r ice every day, was the gracious offer of Fabiola. Mrs. 
 Veitch proved a veritable mother in Israel to the sick soldier boys, and, in 
 conjunction with her husband, stood by night and day, assuming every 
 care and responsibility, and earning and receiving the tender gratitude of 
 the sick. 
 
 "Mrs. "Richard Derby was appointed by Mrs. Requa to serve in her place 
 during her absence. Her duties as head of the house committee were to 
 receive from the physician a diet list for such boys as were unable to eat 
 
Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 the regular meaJs supplied. One of the beautiful features of the home was 
 the donation dinners. It being the wish of many friends of the home 
 to supply the boys with every delicacy, Mrs. Derby wisely decided upon 
 each giving one dinner a week, chicken, oysters, and ices frequently form 
 ing part of the menu. The expenses of the home were materially reduced 
 by the very generous contributions of the citizens of Oakland and the neigh 
 boring towns. 
 
 .I//-*. Lillian B 
 
 Hospitality Committee, Hospital Committee, Secretary Convalescent Home, 
 Transport Receiving Committee. 
 
 The duties of Mrs. Everts were to receive the passes and record them, 
 to have the boys registered, and to keep a full record of their names, age, 
 rank, company, and regiment, the date of entrance and their discharge 
 from the home, and the name and address of nearest relatives; also to 
 keep a list of donations and donators. 
 
 "The life of the home covered a period of a little over five months, 
 during which time its hospitalities were extended to 228 soldiers, some 
 from almost every regiment stationed in San Francisco. The 51st Iowa, 
 20th Kansas, 1st Tennessee^ Wyoming, 1st California, Utah Cavalry, 1st 
 Montana, South Dakota, 1st Nebraska, 2od Infantry, Idaho, and Nevada 
 Cavalry were all represented at the home. 
 
 " The incalculable good that the home has done can never be known. 
 The physicians in charge have said that fully half of the men would have 
 died had it not been for the benefit derived from the change of air and 
 the nourishing food." 
 
Oakland Report. 
 
 201 
 
 During the first five weeks it seemed utterly impossible to find anv one 
 thoroughly satisfactory to act as resident housekeeper. The committee in 
 charge were very closely confined to the home. Early and late, "every day 
 and all the day, were these faithful, unselfish souls at their posts, and 
 no better evidence of how their work was done could be had than the uni 
 versal devotion and gratitude of those who came under their care." The 
 ladies of the executive board and others gave in turn, each week, a day 
 to the service. Finally "Mrs. IS ina II. Kinney was secured for the position 
 and served for two months as nurse and matron. Regarding the condition 
 of the soldiers cared for in the home during her residence, we quote from 
 Mrs. Kinney s report : 
 
 "Of these there have been but few cases the origin of which was not 
 directly traceable to the climate and unsanitary condition of the camp. 
 Improper, insufficient, and carelessly-prepared food has also played a >ii> 
 nificant part in causing much of the sickness. We can truthfully say not 
 one has gone out from us who lias not been benefited, except in the single 
 
 House Furnishing. 
 
 Mr*. Richard Derhy, 
 House Committee. 
 
 case of the soldier who laid down his life for his country, in as true and 
 deep sense as if he had yielded it up on the battle-field. He fills a hero s 
 grave. 
 
 The cases for which the men have been convalescent, as diagnosed by 
 the physicians, have been: Fifty-six cases of bronchitis (acute and chronic) 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 and lung trouble. (Sonic of those cases were incurable, the rest in all 
 degrees of severity: eighteen cases of typhoid and malarial fevers; fifteen 
 cases of measles; twelve cases indigestion, more or less complicated with 
 other troubles; twelve cases rheumatism and neuralgia; mumps, five; heart 
 trouble, four; inflammation of the middle ear, seven; bladder trouble, one; 
 casualties, two. 
 
 "The duration of leave allotted the boys has been five days. In almos* 
 every case this time has been extended, sometimes as many as six times. 
 
 "The men with indigestion have been fed in accordance Avith the diet 
 prescribed by their doctors. All have had all the milk they wanted to drink, 
 and neither pains nor expense has been spared to make the table all that 
 was necessary for the building up of the men. 
 
 Fahiola Hoxpitul. 
 
 "The pleasure of seeing the weak get strong, the emaciated faces and 
 bodies fill out, the stiff legs get limber, the discouraged and disheartened 
 become bright and cheery, has been compensation enough, had the 
 expenditure in every direction been doubled. What words can express 
 to Mrs. John Yule (president) and the ladies of Fabiola Hospital, to Drs. 
 Nicholson, Stone, Thomas, and Cunningham, also to the nurses, an appre 
 ciation of what they have done ? There are absolutely none." 
 
 Forty-three soldiers were cared for at Fabiola, nursed through danger 
 ous illness in some cases, and only one died, while the convalescents received 
 daily attention, going from the home to Fabiola., close by. 
 
 "Mrs. Requa has throughout the weeks been constantly at the home. 
 She has been a tower of strength to the board, and to the matron a loving, 
 thoughtful friend, and a wise counselor to the boys, sweet, untiring, and 
 faithful to the end. Only those who have watched her from hour to hour 
 can appreciate what her spirit and presence have meant to the home. 
 
 "XlNA KlNXEY." 
 
 Too much can not be said in appreciation of the devotion of Mrs. 
 Isaac Lawrence Requa to the interests of the home. She gave what no 
 
Oakland Report. 
 
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 money could buy, her matchless housekeeping abilities, together with a 
 thorough insight into and practical application of hygienic principles. 
 She gave all her time, from seven in the morning until the shadows fell, 
 for over four months. Every nook and corner of the home from attic to 
 
 Sitting-room , Convalescent Home. 
 
 foundation was thoroughly scrutinized, and disinfectants, soap, scrubbing, 
 whitewash, paint, and microbe destroyers kept the place free from impuri- 
 
 The Porch. 
 
 ties. Two Chinamen and one white man were constantly at work, and extra 
 help was employed as occasion demanded. 
 
 The same spirit of unwearied care and painstaking service which was 
 applied to the house was given in even greater measure to the soldier 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 guests, Mrs. Ixe<]iia bringing to this branch of the work an accentuated 
 intelligence, the result of experience, as to rest, recreation, diet, and general 
 care, which greatly hastened the return of the soldiers to health. For them 
 sheltered nooks were arranged on the grounds; two tents were furnished 
 with easy-chairs, couches, books, games, and smoking outfits. The porch 
 
 was a favorite rallying-place for the boys, and here, in the tents, in the home, 
 or the grounds, every afternoon at three o clock a cup of chocolate, very 
 hot, and with cream, was served to them by young ladies. 
 
 Mrs. James Moffitt, with her two daughters, should have special men 
 tion in connection with this service, as well as in general helpfulness in 
 the convalescent home and at the ferry, as indeed in all the general work of 
 the Eed Cross. 
 
 The daily examination of the physical condition of the men was con 
 tinued to the last, as well as the rule that every man should be within 
 doors at five o clock in the afternoon. 
 
 Mrs. llequa s services were given until January 11, 1899, when the 
 emergency work was no longer needed. Then, emptying the contents of 
 the store-room into three large boxes, she sent them to Manila. One of 
 these boxes most opportunely readied the field of battle in a time of active 
 conflict. 
 
 It is impossible to give; a list of helpers and donors, but special men 
 tion must be made of Mrs. T. L. Merchant, Mrs. James Moffitt and daugh 
 ters, the entire family of K. G. Brown, Donald Y. Campbell, Mrs. Oscar 
 
Oakland EC port. 
 
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 F. Long 1 , who made so many mon happy by obtaining their discharges, Mrs. 
 <le Fremery and daughters, Miss Breck, and Mrs. Hunt. 
 
 The receipts and expenses of the home were as follows: Donations of 
 food, supplies, and furnivure, $1,024.32; the outfitting, $1,124.8:5. This 
 included necessary plumbing, the premises being found defective after 
 occupation; also ventilation and renovation of the attic, in order to accom 
 modate a larger number of soldiers, making a total of $4,034.05. 
 
 Mnffitt. 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Mrs. Ada Van ]>clt t 
 
 Recording Secretary, Hospital Committee, Visiting Sick Soldiers at the Presidio to the 
 
 present time, 1902, Mess Tent Committee, Excursion Committee, Funeral 
 
 Committee, Chairman of Transport Receiving Committee. 
 
 Oakland Committee Goin to Meat the Tranxxirfx. 
 
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 TRANSPORT RECEIVING COMMITTEE. 
 
 As many sick, wounded, and discharged soldiers were returning from 
 the Philippines, the following Transport Receiving Committee was ap 
 pointed by the Oakland society, in .March, 1808, to supplement the needs of 
 the men: .Mrs. Ada II. Van Pelt, Chairman; Mrs. Eugene Beck, Mrs. W. T. 
 Veitch, Mrs. C. U. Brewster, Mrs. Lillian Brown Everts, Miss Florine 
 Brown, Mrs. Austin IN". Walton, Miss de Eremery. 
 
 As each United States Army transport returned from Manila, it was 
 met hv some members of the committee, no matter what the hour or the 
 
 3/y.s. Chart U. Kwxti / , 
 
 Hospital Committee, Hospitality Committee, 
 
 Convalescent Home, Funeral Committee, 
 
 Transport Receiving Committee. 
 
 St/-< j nt(H Moment for One of the 
 Committee. 
 
 condition of the weather. Usually the committee went out in tugs, bear 
 ing the Red Cross Hag, to meet the incoming vessels, and, in behalf of the 
 society, a cordial welcome was extended to the men whose bravery and 
 valor had raised the name of the American soldier to a higher standard. 
 To each discharged soldier was given a card, giving information of reduc 
 tion of railroad fare obtained for them by the San Francisco Red Cross 
 Society, and of the free reading-room, banking facilities, and other privileges 
 to be found at the tent on Union Square, in San Francisco. In Xovember 
 the state society appointed the committee as a state committee, and greatly 
 assisted them thereafter in their work. Xearly always the committee had 
 messages, packages, and letters received from far-away friends to be de- 
 
208 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 livered to special ones on the transports. The names of the discharged 
 men were obtained from the quartermaster, and they were looked after. 
 If any were ready to start home, the committee would help them secure 
 their tickets and find their train. In many instances when disabled sol 
 diers were sent from Manila to San Francisco to be discharged, the com 
 mittee expedited matters by securing their discharges. Seventy-six were 
 assisted in this way. In some cases the committee paid their board and 
 helped them in procuring tickets home. The sick men in the hospitals of 
 the transports would be visited, and fresh milk, eggs, and fruit would be 
 given to such men as could partake" of these articles. Especially to those 
 who were restricted to a liquid diet was the milk most grateful, as they had 
 grown weary of the malted milk, the only kind procurable on the transport. 
 
 The correspondence- of Mrs. Van Pelt was large, the letters written 
 running into the thousands. Many were sent to parents, informing them 
 of the safe arrival of some son from whom they had no message for many 
 weary months, and of whose fate they were uncertain. In some instances, 
 when it was known that the men could not recover, their parents were 1 
 telegraphed for, and on their arrival the committee rendered all possible 
 assistance to them while they were caring for their sons. 
 
 Many of the discharged men were not able to get off an<l on the 
 trains without great inconvenience, nor could they eat the food found at 
 the eating-houses. The committee supplied these men with lunch baskets, 
 with sufficient and suitable food to last them until their homes were reached. 
 
 When the caskets reached San Francisco bearing the remains of the 
 first men who died or were killed in the Philippines, on each was placed 
 flowers tied with white ribbon, on which was the TCed Cross and a card 
 expressing the sympathy of the society. Tn compliance with special re 
 quests of friends, flags were procured, and the caskets were draped with 
 the national colors. 
 
 After the committee had discharged its duty for the day in receiving 
 the returning soldiers and caring for needy men, they would return to 
 their homes in Oakland, and frequently by the light of a candle they would 
 gather flowers enough for a regiment and arrange them in bouquets and 
 wreaths, notwithstanding the work required them to be up long after mid 
 night ; going on an early boat to San Francisco the next morning, they 
 awaited on Government Wharf the landing of the soldiers, who were kept 
 on board of the transport twenty-four hours after their arrival. The men 
 would be formed into companies, and into the muzzle of each gun would 
 be placed a bunch of flowers. The side arms of the officers would also 
 receive attention, and the battle-worn flag be wreathed in bright garlands. 
 
 Tn this way, along the five miles or more from the Government Wharf 
 to the Presidio, the men who had unflinchingly faced death on many a 
 battle-field marched beneath flowers. Thus the Transport Receiving Com 
 mittee inaugurated the movement and assumed the pleasing but arduous 
 
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 duty of supplying returning soldier^ with flowers. Their guns, which 
 had been carried fur so many weary days under a burning sun, through 
 i-wamps, had war s ^rim visage removed, when flowers WTO exchanged for 
 bullets, and they were made 1 he receptacles of peace and joy. It marked 
 ML epoch in history when soldiers, returning home from the battle-field, no 
 longer flaunted the deadly insignia of war, but were willing to be decorated 
 with earth s fairest flowers. 
 
 THE FUNERAL COMMITTEE. 
 
 Soon, after our society was formed, the sight of a young soldier buried 
 in a rough shirt, with shavings for his pillow, and the utter helplessness 
 of the government at a time of great sickness and frequent death to deal 
 with all the conditions demanding relief at the Presidio, caused the forma 
 tion of what was termed the Funeral Committee. Mrs. S. M. Martin was 
 the very able chairman, assisted by Mrs. W. H. Bailey, Mrs. Charles U. 
 Brewster, Mrs. H. B. Shorkley, Mrs. A. IS". Walton, and Mrs. Ada Van Pelt. 
 
 The frequent deaths incident upon camp life necessitated the daily 
 attendance of some member at the Presidio to see that flowers and flags 
 were placed upon the coffin and grave of every soldier buried at the Presidio 
 who died while in camp, and to communicate with the far-away relatives. 
 This may seem a very little thing to do, and hardly in the line of the Red 
 Cross work: but if one could know of the aching hearts caused by the 
 news we were obliged to tell them, while at the same time we endeavored 
 to lighten the burden with words of sympathy, then one might begin to 
 realize the position in which this committee was placed. The scope of 
 the work was soon enlarged, for in many cases a correspondence was opened, 
 friends writing for details of the sickness of their loved one and asking 
 questions the ladies were only too willing to answer. 
 
 In manv cases the bodies were sent to their former homes for burial ; 
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 Pacific Coast Red Crow Society. 
 
 others were placed in the National ( emetery at the Presidio, with military 
 honors, and, with few exceptions, all were escorted t<> their last resting- 
 place by the regimental hand and representatives of the Red Cross Society, 
 and in several instances by an entire regiment. The military authorities 
 were most kind to this committee and aided them in every possible way. 
 After their discharge, the work was continued for manv months hv the 
 volunteer services of ^Urs. W. T. Veitch, Mrs. K. B. Beck, and Mrs. Ada 
 Van Pelt. 
 
 .W/-.S ir. //. /itii/f,/, 
 
 Chairman Floral Committee. 
 
 Hospital and Funeral Committee. 
 
 IIFLP FOR GALVESTON. 
 
 In September, 11)00, came the news of the terrible disaster in Galveston, 
 when 8,000 lives were lost and $30,000,000 worth of property was de 
 stroyed, and a response went out all over the country to the cry for help from 
 the survivors. California was not behind in the good work, and Oakland 
 was thoroughly canvassed and gave liberally to the San Francisco relief 
 fund. Then a special plea came to the Red Cross Society. Our presi 
 dent, "Mrs. (i. S. Abbott, was absent from the stale; but, under the able 
 supervision of !Mrs. Isaac Lawrence Requa, assisted by Mrs. II. II. Kirby, 
 $(>20.^5 ($100 of which was sent to the state society for the same purpose) 
 and six packing cases of clothing were soon collected and forwarded to the 
 mavor of (lalveston bv the Oakland Red Cross Society. 
 
QALVESTON S MAYOK KXPRKSSKS (JUATrrrm-:. 
 
 "MAYOR S OFFICE, Galveston, Texas, Oct. 10, 11)00. 
 "Mus. .1. G. LKM.MOX, Corresponding Secretary Red Cross, r>l>s;> 
 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, Cal. Dear Madam: I beg to acknowledge 
 receipt through the California .Red Cross Society the sum of $5^0.2."), con 
 tributed by your society for the relief of the storm sufferers of Galvesion. 
 "Tn behalf of the people of this storm-stricken city, T beg to express 
 our deep sense of gratitude for the noble generosity of your society for its 
 work in behalf of the suffering people of this community. 
 
 "Yours truly, WALTER C. JO.XKS, 
 
 "Mayor." 
 
 The Oakland Red Cross Society feels intense gratification at the 
 response of the citizens of Oakland to the calls of Red Cross work. Every 
 
 .U/-.S. II. II. I\!rh>/ t 
 Executive Board. 
 
 one came quickly and graciously to the front, and it has been through these 
 means that the society has been enabled to do as much and such good work 
 for this cause. 
 
 We have special reason to thank the following friends, not only for 
 large subscriptions, but for assistance of varied character: Mr. John A. 
 llritton, MY. Frederick B. Giun, Mrs. Hermann Hendel, Charles (). Iluber, 
 Mrs. E. C. Foston. 
 
 Special thanks are due to the following societies and firms for assistance 
 
212 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 rendered: The Humane Society, through .Mrs. Sarah C. Sanford, Fabiola 
 Hospital, the Albany Hotel, the Ebell Society, the express companies, the 
 Alameda County Hospital, which nursed and returned to liealth in a most 
 praiseworthy manner over a score of very sick soldiers, complying strictly 
 with all military regulations; also to the Log Cabin Bakery, the Oakland 
 Enquirer and Tribune, the city council, who donated $100, the captains of 
 the ferry-boats, ill" Singer, White, and Automatic Sewing-machine Com 
 panies, the churches of Oakland, the Piedmont Railroad Company, the 
 post-office employees, the cotton-mill employees, friends in the little town 
 of Elmhurst, the organizations and lodges everywhere all gave freely and 
 willingly to aid us in the work. 
 
 X<> one can realize the imperfections and necessary omissions which 
 appear in the foregoing report more than the president of the Red Cross of 
 Oakland. The universality of interest in the welfare of our soldiers finally 
 swept individual effort aside, and the work was carried on by the few, who 
 necessarily represented the many. 
 
 It was a generous and spontaneous uprising of public sympathy. All 
 served well, from those who gave a glass of jelly, or one small coin, or 
 who gave a portion of their time, at great sacrifice to themselves, to those 
 who gave largely, out of great abundance, and all their time. 
 
 The city was full of sacrifices from all classes of society. So let all 
 place in thought the spirit above the effort, the work above the worker, and 
 let all unnamed workers take to themselves that highest praise, an inward 
 satisfaction. Mus. GBAXVILLE S. ABBOTT. 
 
 President Oakland Red Cross Society. 
 
 FRANCES II. OKAY, 
 Recording Secretary Oakland Red Cross Society. 
 
ALAMEDA RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 First and honorary president, Mrs. George IF. Mastick; president, 
 Mrs. Frank Oolburn : recording secretary, Mrs. W. F. Baurhyte; corre 
 sponding secretary and treasurer, Mrs. T. R. McGurn. 
 
 KKroirr oir THE ALAMKI?A KED CKOSS SOCIETY FROM MAY 2, 1898,, TO 
 
 JAN. 1, 1S<M>. 
 
 A meeting for the pin-pose of organizing a Red Cross Society in Ala- 
 ineda was held at the residence of Mr. George II. Mastick, on the evening 
 of May 2, 1898. There were twenty people present, all enthusiastic, earnest, 
 and eager to take up the work. 
 
 Mr. Mastick called the meeting to order and stated the object of the 
 gathering. Mr. Frank Otis nominated Mrs. George IT. Mastick as tem 
 porary chairman and Mrs. A. L. ]STeal as temporary secretary. Then ensued 
 a general discussion relative to organization. Mr. Charles C. Gardner 
 moved that the temporary president and secretary be made permanent. 
 This was carried, and the meeting adjourned. 
 
 A second meeting was held on the afternoon cf May I), at Avhich Mrs. 
 Mary F. McGurn was elected treasurer. The chair appointed Mrs. S. A. 
 O Neill, Mrs. Frank Colburn, and Mrs. Frank Otis a committee on vice- 
 presidents, and they reported the following, who were duly elected and 
 notified : Mr. C. L. Weller, Mr. E. K Taylor, Mr. Frank Otis, Mr. J. F. 
 Forderer, Mr. F. W. Van Sicklcn, Mr. D. Ilirshfeld, Mr. Jos. Knowland, 
 Mr. Charles C. Gardner, Mr. T. G. Daniels, Mr. G. F. Weeks, Mr. George 
 W. Scott, Mr. George II. Mastick, Mr. A. Victors, Mr. D. J. Sullivan, 
 Dr. George P. Reynolds, Dr. C. G. Bull, Dr. C. IT. Lubbock, Dr. T. P. 
 Tisdale, Dr. Charles L. Tisdalc, Dr. II. X. Pond, Dr. AY. (). Smith, Dr. 
 Scott, U. S. A., Dr. E. M. Keyos, Dr. A. M. Lewis, Dr. Mary I). Fletcher, 
 Dr. Kate P. Van Orden, Mrs. s. A. O Neill, Mrs. F. S. Brush, Mrs. E. A. 
 Anthony, Mrs. George E. Plummer, Mrs. C. \V. Smith, Mrs. F. II. McCor- 
 maek, Mrs. Columbus Bartlett, Mrs. S. E. Ivnowles, Mrs. Philip Teller, 
 Mrs. .T. S. IFanloy, Mrs. A. Meoartney, Mrs. Frank Colburn, Mrs. AVm. F. 
 Baurhyte, Mrs. Frank Otis, Mrs. Peter Outcalt, Miss Mollie Kane. 
 
 Ii was also decided to issue a call for a mass-meeting, for the purpose 
 of presenting to the patriotic and public-spirited citizens of Alameda the 
 aim and object of this society, with the hope of securing their hearty 
 cooperation and support. Plans for speakers, music, and place of meeting 
 were taken in hand by Mrs. George X. Mastick, Mrs. Frank Otis, and Mrs. 
 Frank McOormack. 
 
 On May 15th, at the Congregational Church, occurred one of the most 
 notable gatherings which has ever taken place in Alameda. People of nil 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 .If/ .s x Georflp H. Ufastick, 
 First and Honorary President. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Co/burn, 
 President. 
 
classes and conditions responded t<> the call, and, under the intinence of 
 patriotic speeches and *oiil-stirring music, were ])roinpt to express their 
 interest and sympathy. Our country, and its needs and its aims, and what 
 can we do as individuals, or by concentrated effort, were the <|iiestions they 
 asked of themselves and of each other. Then and there subscriptions were 
 pledged. Mr. Frank Otis was the first subscriber to the .Red Cross funds, 
 and started the list with $25. Others quickly followed, and donations 
 of all that was necessary for our work were soon obtained. Headquarters 
 
 Mr. Peter Whit*-, 
 Executive Board. 
 
 Executive Board, 
 
 in a large room on Park Street, the use of wbicb was kindly given by Mr. 
 Frederick Boemher, were soon ready to be occupied. The use of chairs, 
 desk, tables, sewing-machines, telephone, gas stove, in fact, everything for 
 the comfortable accomplishment of our work, was generously placed at 
 our disposal, and, before we knew how it was to be, we were the "Red Cross 
 of Alameda." with a large and daily increasing list of members, of which 
 we have always been very proud. Private individuals, schools, clubs, local 
 societies, and churches, each vied with the other in practical work and in 
 increasing the funds. 
 
 The executive board, with Mrs. S. A. O Xeill as chairman, consisted of 
 Mrs. George II. Ma^tick, president; Mrs. Frank ( olburn, vice-president; 
 Mrs. G. L. Plummer, Mrs. Frank Otis, Mrs. Peter White, .Mrs. T. R. 
 McGurn, ^liss Laura Bennett, Miss Mollie Kane, Mrs. Win. Baurhyte, and 
 Mrs. George P. "Reynolds. 
 
216 Pacific Coast lied Cross Forich/. 
 
 A sowing department was organized ami a call made for "helpers." 
 
 Our rooms were not spacious enough to comfortably place the large 
 number of Alameda women who responded, and who were anxious to be in 
 the lead of this work, and much of the sewing was done in private homes, 
 and also in the parlors of the Congregational Church, courteously placed 
 at our disposal, thus largely aiding in the making and finishing of the 
 following articles, which were placed in the hands of the United States 
 Commissary Department, for distribution to ihe army and navy, and which 
 at first were forwarded through the San Francisco Tied Cross Society. 
 
 Later the Alameda Society became an auxiliary of the California 
 State Tied Cross Society, and through it Ave Avorked for the hospitals, the 
 convalescent home at the Presidio, and for the army at Manila. 
 
 We made 2,708 flannel bandages. 1S4 surgeons 7 bandages, 202 sleeping 
 caps, 430 denim pillow bags, 144 muslin pillow slips, 256 sheets, 73 comfort 
 bags. We gathered and forwarded 75 large packages and boxes of books 
 and reading matter. These were contributed by the public library, the 
 pupils of (he high school, and the citizens, and, through the kindness of 
 Wells, Fargo & Company, were afforded free transportation to San Fran 
 cisco headquarters. 
 
 Emergency committees were also formed as required, and, after the 
 establishment of Cam]) Merritt and Camp Barrett, Ave sent quantities of 
 extra clothing and hospital supplies; and to Alameda AA T omen, under the 
 lead of Mrs. Win. Burnham and Mrs. Marsh, belongs the credit of inaugurat 
 ing the first basket lunches, which were distributed to the southern California 
 troops at the Presidio. 
 
 We helped also at the ferry, both as a society and as individuals, 
 cooperating with Mrs. T. L. Kequa, of the Oakland Tied Cross Society, and 
 working under her able direction. We sent lunches for all the transports 
 of which the Oakland Red Cross had charge. This department was suc 
 cessfully managed by the chairman of the Hospitality Committee, Mrs. 
 Allen M. Clay, Mrs. C. J. Okell, and Mrs. I). P. Teller, and a large corps 
 of willing and efficient assistants. When Camp Barrett became "our 
 neighbor." we took up the work of looking after the comfort and welfare 
 of the sth California regiment, and Ave were also detailed by the State 
 Tied Cross Society for special work in this direction. 
 
 Mrs. Wm. F. JBaurhyte was made chairman of the Hospital Com 
 mittee 1 , and under her systematic and efficient personal supervision a hospital 
 tent was soon established, and work was carried on in conjunction with 
 Oakland and Fruitvale. Alameda women went daily to the camp, caring 
 for the sick and supplying many luxuries as well as necessities. Mrs. 
 Baurhyte says in her report that this committee Avas appointed on the 
 15th of June, and until July 7 members of the committee, herself included, 
 visited Cam]) "Merritt every other day, supplying to the camp hospital and 
 to the hospital tent of the Tied Cross Society, eggs, jellies, milk, lemons, 
 medicines, floAvers, surgeons bandages, nightshirts, and food for the sick. 
 
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 The transports were also visited by this committee and furnished with an 
 emergency case of medicines, foods, towels, jellies, etc. 
 
 After Mrs. Baurhyte took up the work at Camp Barrett, Mrs. George 
 P. Reynolds was placed in charge of the work at the Presidio, and repre 
 sented Alameda at the convalescent home, continuing, in her charming way, 
 the work of Mrs. Baurhyte. It was said of her at the home that her 
 presence was a "benediction" in the sick ward, and that "it was good to 
 have her come." On the 2<Sth of July the mess tent was put up at Camp 
 Barrett for Company G, of Alameda. This was made possible by con 
 tributions of the friends of Mrs. C. A. Grant, who raised a special fund 
 
 .]//*. J ///// M. ci ii/, 
 Chairman of Hospitality Committee. 
 
 for this purpose. .N"o wonder the boys of Company G love to speak of her 
 as "Mother Grant, 1 and as such she will always be held by them in loving 
 memory. To quote again from Mrs. Baurhyte s official report, she con 
 tinues, "The treasurer s report includes the financial expenditures of your 
 Hospital Committee, but the value of the donations and the willing assist 
 ance of the members of the Alameda Red Cross Society, who have so nobly 
 assisted in this special work, can not be estimated." When Camp Barrett 
 was discontinued, the Hospital Committee continued their work by looking 
 after the sick men who were left at the County Hospital at San Leandro and 
 at Fabiola Hospital. They also helped in a limited way the convalescent 
 home at Oakland. 
 
Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 VAxrorvKi: IJARRACKS, OKKOO.X, VISITED. 
 
 Tn November Mrs. S. A. O Neill and Mrs. M. F. McGurn, of the 
 Alaineda Red Cross Society, went to Vancouver Barracks, Oregon. Dis 
 quieting report* as to the number of men ill with fever at this camp were in 
 the air. Friends of Company G were anxious, and personal investigation 
 was deemed advisable. San Rafael also requested that their local company 
 he looked after. The camp hospital at this post was found to ho a model of 
 its kind, and, although there were a large number of typhoid patients 
 belonging to Company G in the ward, all were being successfully treated. 
 The hoys were more than glad to look upon familiar faces from the far 
 away home, and gave cordial greeting. Both officers and men were loud 
 in praise of the efforts made to add to the comfort of the men of Company G 
 by the Red Cross Society of Alameda, and Captain Simpson said that, 
 from the day his company went into camp, they had received and grate 
 fully appreciated the substantial and necessary aid bestowed by their friends 
 of the Alameda Red Cross Society. 
 
 At Portland, Oregon, en route home, a meeting was had with the 
 Portland Red Cross Society representatives, and arrangements were made 
 looking to the future welfare of the garrison at Vancouver Barracks. These 
 men will always gratefully remember the grand Christmas dinner furnished 
 them by the noble women of the emergency corps of the Red Cross of 
 Portland. 
 
 FINANCIAL KEFOin OF THE AT-AMEPA 1?EF> CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Public schools, $149; Alameda Women s Exchange, $10; Alameda 
 Unitarian Club, $25; Bank of Alaineda, $25; Unity Circle Unitarian 
 Church, $15; Alameda Parlor, Native Daughters, $10; Citizens B. B. 
 Game, $63; Women s Adelphian Club, $50; Halcyon Parlor, Native Sons, 
 $35; Baptist Young People s Union, $5.00; Unitarian Sunday-school. 
 $5.00; Academy Notre Dame, $5.00; Presbyterian Church, $9.30; Miss 
 Elizabeth Westgate s concert, $155.55; cash from individuals, $1,226.08; 
 total, $1,6*8.95. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Eighth California U. S. V., $557.31 ; Red Cross Sewing Depot, 
 $306.50; Red Cross convalescent home at Presidio, $500; supplies of foods, 
 medicines, and clothing, $100.90 ; expenses of Alameda Red Cross Society, 
 $31.17; Ferry Hospital Committee, $125; total, $1,620.88. Cash on 
 hand January 1, 1899, $68.07. 
 
 It is to be regretted that in this connection we can not name all those 
 who made generous contributions from their store closets, their linen rooms, 
 f food, clothing, and mam otluv and useful supplies for the hospitals 
 and camps. In some cases they are unknown, but, as far as possible, * 
 
Antioclt (.tnd Arroyo Grande Reports. 
 
 record has been kepi upon the ho<;ks of the society. The list is a worthy 
 one, and contains the names of a large number of the citizens of Alameda. 
 Of the women of the Red Cross, who so nobly gave of their time, and who 
 so successfully worked upon the various committees, special mention should 
 he made of Mrs. S. A. O Xeill, of whom it may be said that, unmindful 
 of fatigue and at every sacrifice of personal comfort, she was untiring in 
 her efforts to lighten the discomforts and unusual conditions of life in 
 cam]), and she will always he remembered as an "angel of mercy" by those 
 wlm were the recipients of her kindly ministrations. 
 
 lentil field operations cease at Manila, and our beloved ones are restored 
 to their homes, the Alameda auxiliary of the Red Cross Society stands ready 
 to cooperate with the state society in any and all plans for the good of our 
 men of the army and navy. 
 
 May peace soon come to our beloved country. 
 
 MAEY FRANCES McGuux,, 
 Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary of Alameda Red Cross Society, 
 
 January 7, 1899. 
 
 ANTIOCH, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY, 
 
 The Antioch Red Cross, like several other small bands of workers, 
 lid not become auxiliary to the state society, as they only banded together 
 for the immediate emergency, without intending to organize permanently. 
 The members begun their good work in May, 1S98, and continued during 
 the summer and fall, until the necessity for hurried preparations was not 
 so pressing. Before laying aside their work and disbanding, a great amount 
 of work was done, under direction of the president, Mrs. ( . M. Belshaw; 
 the vice-presidents, Mrs. IT. F. Beedc and Mrs. L. Meyer, with Miss Annie 
 McKillips as secretary and Mrs. \V. S. George, treasurer. 
 
 A good purse of money Avas raised, besides making 250 abdominal 
 handages, and the same number of Esmarch bandages, 325 pillow-cases, 285 
 sheets, 100 eiderdown caps, \ l nightshirts, 1,000 nightcaps, and 100 yards 
 of muslin made into S-inch-wide handages. A large lx>x of provisions was 
 sent to the ferry depot in San Francisco, 250 lunches prepared for the sol 
 diers in cam]), 100 lemons, 50 pounds of sugar, 25 pounds coffee, 5 quarts 
 of jelly, 2 bottles of blackberry cordial, and TOO books. 
 
 MRS. \V. S. GKOK<;K, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 ARROYO GRANDE, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. 
 
 Statement of the Arroyo Grande Tied Cross Society. 
 Officers. President, Mrs. A. A. Phillips: vice-president, Mrs. Dr. 
 E. C. Clark; secretary, Miss Claudia Fddy : treasurer, Mrs. L. C. Koutzahn. 
 
220 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 //-.V. ./. -V. Luheck, 
 First President. 
 
 3/r.s. Kinnxi J. Preterit, 
 First Vice-President. 
 
 .1 // .*>. NVv/W/ Jinn Dm 
 Second President. 
 
 Mr*. William M. Crti 
 Third President. 
 
221 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 From Sweet Pea Fair, $1.">0; (hies ami collections, $<>". 70; total, 
 $213.75. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 ( ash sent to San Francisco society, $150; expense for fair, $25.45; 
 casli for dry goods, box sent to San Francisco, $20.05; incidentals, $1.00; 
 "Relief Corps Society, $10.30; total, $213.75. 
 
 Also sent a box of canned fruit and jollies to San Francisco. Xo valu 
 ation placed upon it. MRS. L. C. ROTT/AII.X, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 AUBURN, PLACER COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 The Auburn Tied Cross Society was organized through the efforts of 
 Mrs. Sarah Xeim, in conjunction with a number of the ladies of Auburn. 
 Such organization took place at the Placer County court-house, on June 3, 
 1898 7 with an initial membership of forty-two, which was increased to 
 sixty-two members at the next meeting. The membership since tl at time 
 has remained and is at present about seventy-five. 
 
 On June 23, 1898, the society became auxiliary to the Red Cross 
 Society of the State of California. 
 
 This society has contributed the usual quota of the smaller interior 
 cities of the state of books to Manila, and apparels, furnishings, and "com 
 forts," for nse in the hospital and field, to the state organization. Cash to 
 the amount of nearly $400 has been raised and disbursed, with the excep 
 tion of $56.90 in the treasury. 
 
 During the preparations for the well-remembered reception to the 
 1st California regiment, the Auburn organization filled a number of cars 
 with palms and evergreens, but the high pitch of enthusiasm at the time 
 from all directions more than supplied the roouirecl amount, and so .made 
 it necessary to send but one car. Yet great credit for all that was not 
 utilized is due to the loyal worker, Miss Elizabeth Davis, of Auburn. 
 
 However, what makes this society famous in the annals of Red Cross 
 work on the Pacific Coast were the receptions given by it to train-load after 
 train-load of regiments as they entered California through the "gateway 
 county" of Placer. It was on this form of work that the society under 
 took to specialize. Right well did it keep up California s reputation for 
 hospitality. As the soldiers came over and down the Sierras, thev were 
 presented with suitable delicacies, with added tons and tons of fruit. The 
 larders of Auburn were depleted for days. Such a reception was the sub 
 ject of thousands of letters to the eastern homes of the soldier boys. Credit 
 is due to the ranchers and fruit growers of Placer County, and especially 
 to E. S. Birclsall, Esq., of "Aeolia," Auburn. 
 
 Following is the list of officers. With the exception of Mrs. Frances 
 A. Towle, of Towle, Placer County, all are residents of Auburn: 
 
Pacific Const Red Cross 
 
 / V/-x/ Administration: President, Mrs. .1. M. Lul)eck; secretary, Mi>. 
 Carrie MacLennan; treasurer, A. L. Smith; -first vice-president, Mrs. Kimna 
 J. Prewett ; second vice-president, Mrs. Alice B. Ward; executive commit 
 tee, Mrs. Elizabeth 1 . Biggs, Mrs. Sarah Jane Dinilii]), J. M. Lubeck, Mrs. 
 Carrie Mae.Lennan, II. L. Smith. 
 
 Second Administration: President, Mrs. Sarah Jane Dunlap ; secre 
 tary, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Biggs; treasurer, A. L. Smith ; first vice-president, 
 Mrs. George Hamilton; second vice-president, Mrs. Frances A. Towle ; 
 
 .U/-.S. EihiibHii r 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 executive committee, Elizabeth P. Biggs, Sarah Jane Dnnlap, J. M. Lubeck, 
 Mrs. Carrie MacLennan, A. L. Smith. 
 
 I* resent Administration: President, Mrs. William M. Crntcher; secre 
 tary, Elizabeth P. l>iggs: treasurer, A. L. Smith; first vice-president, Mrs. 
 George Hamilton; second vice-president, Miss Mabel Bronson. 
 
 BAKERSFIELD AND KERN CITY, KERN COUNTY, 
 
 Bakersfield and Kern City Red Cross formed a society on May iM>, 
 1898, and elected as president Mrs. E. Dinkelspiel, with two vice-presidents, 
 Mrs. S. -lewett and Mrs. C. .N". Eairchild, with !Mrs. II. P. Bender, secre 
 tary, and L. M. Dinkelspiel, treasurer. The society remained active, with 
 out disbanding, for a little over one year, sending a statement in July, 181)9. 
 
Belvedere and Berkeley Report*. 223 
 
 The amount of money raised was, in the aggregate, $400, which was sent 
 to the state society, to which it was auxiliary; and, although it is inactive, 
 it still holds its allegiance to the parent society, and is ready f<> respond to 
 the call for help, as was shown during the Galveston, Texas, Hood, when 
 it sent $20 in aid of the sufferers, evincing the true spirit of the Keel Cross. 
 
 MKS. II. P. BENDER, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 BELVEDERE, MARIN COUNTY, RED CROSS. 
 
 This active society of thirty-eight members, with nine associate friends, 
 electing Mrs. Albeit Gebering as president, Mrs. J. W. Pew, treasurer, 
 and Mrs. T. L. .Miller, secretary, entered upon the work early and enthu 
 siastically, Avith commendable results, as the following concise report 
 shoAvs : 
 
 Initiation fees, $46; monthly dues, $14.50; sale of badges, $4.25; a 
 musicale rendered, $210.35; and donations, $5.90; aggregating the neat 
 sum of $310. 
 
 From this sum was disbursed for material, $110.95; for state society 
 auxiliary dues, $10; to the San Francisco Emergency Fund, $25; badges, 
 $15; incidental expenses, $2.25; musicale, $29.15; making the total amount 
 disbursed $195.35. On July 25, 1900, there remained a balance in treas 
 ury of $117.65, and on the following September the delinquent dues 
 amounted to $24.25, leaving a total balance of $141.90 in readiness for anv 
 emergency call by the state society. MRS. T. L. MILLEK, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 BERKELEY, ALAMEDA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Organized April 22, 1898. 
 
 President, Mrs. Charles R. Greenleaf (succeeded hy Mrs. William B. 
 Seabury) ; secretary, \V. C. Blasdale; recording secretary, Mrs. II. \\ 
 Marquand. 
 
 The historv of the first Red Cross Society of California is replete 
 with interest, and its organization was the natural outcome of local con 
 ditions, no less than the requirements of the country in the first flush of 
 the Avar with Cuba. At Berkeley patriotism is a part of the birthright 
 of the young. Born and educated beneath the shadows of the University 
 of California, her sons are imbued with the military discipline of the state ; 
 her daughters are the associates and friends of its future defenders. The 
 daily drill of the student battalions on the campus is the recreation hour 
 of the rising generation, while military reviews before heads of the army 
 and dignitaries of the state are but a feature of the educational life in 
 which every citizen takes a personal interest. 
 
224 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Colonel Chit*. R. Grfnilcaf, 
 Assistant Surgeon-General IT. S. Army. 
 
 M/-.S. C/Ktrfc* R. (r men leaf, 
 First President. 
 
Berkeley Report, 225 
 
 Society also is largely affected by army sentiment, the half hundred 
 or more officers and their families, who have found here a haven of rest 
 after years of active service to their country, playing no unimportant part. 
 To one of these, Col. Charles R. (Jreenleaf, with his wife, is due the honor of 
 calling the first Tied Cross meeting held on this western slope. It happened 
 in this wise: 
 
 BK(JINMX(; OF T1IK (iRKAT UKI> CROSS WORK. 
 
 As Assistant Surgeon-General of the United States Army, Col. Charles 
 R. Greenleaf was resting in the fulness of peace at his beautiful home in 
 Berkeley, when the call came to him to serve as chief surgeon in the field 
 on General Miles division. A few hours for hasty preparation, and for 
 the first time since the Civil War he was to leave behind him all he held 
 most dear. Inspired by a sentiment the highest to which the heart of man 
 may respond, love of suffering humanity, Colonel Greenleaf suggested 
 that, before his departure for Tampa, he should assist, his wife in organr 
 izing a branch of the Red Cross, which would be in readiness for emergency 
 work when called upon. His personal experience with the administration 
 of the sanitary commission on the field, and his intimate acquaintance with 
 Clara Barton and her methods, fitted Colonel Greenleaf preeminently for 
 the presentation of the subject to the people. 
 
 A mass-meeting of citizens followed closely upon the little neighbor 
 hood gathering, called over the telephone by Mrs. Greenleaf, on the 22d 
 of April. At least five hundred loyal-hearted men and women assembled 
 on Sunday, the 24th, at the First Congregational Church, Rev. George B. 
 Hatch, pastor and promoter of the enterprise. Rev. George E. Swan, 
 rector of St. Mark s Church, having been present at the preliminary meet 
 ing, was invited to preside. Amid much enthusiasm Colonel Greenleaf 
 explained the workings of the Red Cross in the East and in Europe, and 
 counseled immediate organization. Other earnest speakers added their 
 voices, all uniting in the expression of the belief that an emergency fund 
 should be created and preparation made for Ibe wounded, who must come 
 to our shores if war continued, as it bade fair to do. 
 
 Mrs. Greenleaf was elected president by acclamation, and a nominat 
 ing committee appointed, to report at the next meeting. 
 
 This was but the beginning of one of the grandest epochs in the his 
 tory of the university town. From that day women clasped "hands over 
 the bandage tables" who had never known of each other s existence before, 
 and on the breasts of all appeared the emblem of the Red Cross, welding 
 into a loving harmony the hearts of the community. The parlors of the 
 Congregational Church becoming too small, Mr. John Ilinkle kindly pro 
 vided free headquarters in his block on Shattuck Avenue. A dozen sewing- 
 machines were secured, and for months the rooms were filled witli an untiring 
 volunteer corps, a record of whose gifts and deeds will never be fully told, but 
 they will go to swell the great heart-throbs of the nation s patriotic sons and 
 daughters. 
 15 
 
^26 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Learned professors, the president of the city council, pastors of all 
 the churches, heads of fraternal organizations, hodies of affiliated students, 
 and hundreds of private citizens offered not only their money, hut their 
 time and talents, to swell the long roll of workers for the soldiers. So 
 urgent became the call for bandages, etc., that from morn to night on Sabbath 
 day the hum of the sewing-machine kept lime to the music of the church 
 bells, and a spirit of sanctity as of prayer-meeting pervaded headquarters. 
 
 July 4, 1898, was a day of great rejoicing with us, as witli the nation. 
 Despite the attractions of parades, sham battles, and every inducement 
 offered by San Francisco and Oakland, the ladies of the society decided 
 to give a supper for the purpose of raising funds. The city was emptied 
 early in the day, but, as the news of Sampson s victory flashed over the 
 ocean, a spirit of patriotism such as never shook our citizens before took 
 possession of them, and our largest halls were filled to overflowing again 
 and again as the evening drew on. The 7th "Regiment Band, speeches, and 
 Huzzas rang out their wild cheers, until the city Avas aflame with patriotism. 
 
 Shortly after, the honored president, Mrs. Greenleaf, left tor the froni 
 to join her husband, and Mrs. Win. B. Seabnry was elected to fill the posi 
 tion. She has served faithfully, holding the society together even now, when 
 active sen-vice has long been uncalled for from headquarters. Through her 
 efforts Berkeley has taken a prominent place in the creation and support 
 of the convalescent home at the Presidio. 
 
 The Berkeley society has been represented on the state board by Mr*. 
 George Haight, Mrs. Warren Wilkinson, and Mrs. H. W. Marquand. 
 
 ADELAIDE MARQUAXD, 
 Recording Scarf art/. 
 
 Berkeley, April 20, JS99. 
 
 ADDITIONAL REPORT. 
 
 BERKELEY, CaL, Jan. 5, 1899. 
 To the California Red Cross .State Association 
 
 The Berkeley Red Cross Society respectfully submits the following 
 statement of its operations since April 22, 1*98, this being the date of its 
 organization : 
 
 1. It has collected through private donations, from the proceeds of 
 various public entertainments, and from the sale of badges, etc., the sum 
 of $1,128.04, and has disbursed the sum of $707.99. A more detailed 
 account of these receipts and expenditures is appended to this report. 
 
 2. It has purchased material for and made up in suitable form a large 
 number of surgical dressings and bandages, the individual items being as 
 follows: 104 packages of esmarch s first helps, 1*4 sterilized dressings, 
 1,111 plaster bandages, 1,180 flannel abdominal bandages, and 500 mis 
 cellaneous dressings. 
 
 .>. It expended, under the direction of Dr. Hopkins, the sum of $200 
 for the purchase of medical supplies, to be used on the first Manila expedi- 
 
Berkeley Report. I ll 
 
 tion, on an occasion when there was not sufficient time to admit of obtaining 
 these articles from the government. 
 
 4. It has furnished two beds in the State Home for Convalescent Sol 
 diers, and has contributed to the expense of maintaining that institution. 
 
 5. It has furnished bed linen, towels, etc., for the Oakland Conva 
 lescent Home. 
 
 (>. It has furnished fond and flowers in large amounts for the enter 
 tainment of the troops on their arrival at San Francisco, and has provided 
 lunches for those embarking on the transports. 
 
 7. It has held six public meetings, at which the objects and aims of 
 the Red Cross work were presented. Respectfully submitted, 
 
 W. C. BLASDALE, 
 
 Secre tar};. 
 
 Summarized account of the financial transactions of the Berkeley .Red 
 Cross Society from April 22, 1808, to Jan. 5, 1899: 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Collections (2) from public meetings, $58.70; donations from Town 
 and Gown Club of Berkeley, $100; donations from Zeta Psi Fraternity, 
 $5.00 ; donations from Sigma Chi Fraternity, $4.00 ; receipts from musical 
 recital at the home of Mrs. Clinton Day, $70 ; receipts from Fourth of 
 July supper, $219.40; receipts from entertainment by Berkeley High 
 School, $7 JO ; donation from employees of the Pinole Powder Works, $7.00 ; 
 donation from Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, $200 ; donations from private indi 
 viduals, $415.71; receipts from sale of badges, $19.50; receipts from sale 
 of miscellaneous donations, $18.01 ; interest on money deposited in ban!:, 
 S3. 62; total receipts, $1,128.04. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Medical supplies for first Manila expedition, $200; drv goods and 
 drugs used in the manufacture of bandages, $-510.77 : printing, $12 ; badges, 
 $25; stationery, postage, etc., $9.30; cxprossage, telegraphing, etc., $4.20; 
 contributions to state association, $110; contributions to convalescent homes, 
 $96.72; total expenditures, $7(>7.9!> : balance on hand in bank, $360.05. 
 Oct. 4, 1899, for Manila Library, $350.05; incidentals, $10. 
 Account balanced and reported January, 1902. 
 
 W. C. BLASDALE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 SOLDIKRS LIBRARY AT MANILA. 
 
 [NOTE RY CHAIRMAN OF PI-HUSHING COMMITTEE.] 
 
 A brief history in connection with establishing a library at Manila should be given. The 
 idea of a hospital ship for our coast originated with Mrs. Green leaf, Berkeley s first Red Cross 
 president, and wife of Col. C. K. Greenleaf Mrs. Greenleaf suggested this relief plan early in 
 the organization of the local society. With great enthusiasm the society raised nearly $700 for 
 that purpose. The first public announcement of the plan was made by Prof. Thoina* R. Bacon. 
 
Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 of the State University, and representing the Berkeley society, who laid the suggestion of Mrs. 
 Greenleaf before a meeting of the State Red Cross Society in San Francisco. This suggestion 
 for a hospital ship met with great favor by the state executive board and by many auxiliary 
 societies; but, for good and sufficient reasons, the suggestion was not carried out, and when the 
 plan was abandoned, and later, when Colonel Greenleaf was stationed at Manila, and Mrs. Green- 
 leaf joined her husband there, before severing her connection with the Berkeley lied Cross Society, 
 as a parting suggestion, Mrs. Greenleaf hoped it could be brought about to start a library at 
 Manila for the use of the soldiers, and thus carry out the expressed wish and cherished plan of 
 the late General Egbert. The society, over which she had presided so faithfully, readily entered 
 into the spirit of the suggestion, and, calling an executive council, on October 4, 1899, it was 
 unanimously voted that the amount of money in the treasury, $350.05, a part of the funds 
 collected for the hospital ship, be turned over to Colonel and Mrs. Greenleaf, to be used to help 
 found the circulating library in Manila. 
 
 This information has been gained from W. C. Blasdale, secretary, and Mrs. Mary S. 
 Haight, one of the society s early promoters. 
 
 WEST BERKELEY JUNIOR RED CKOSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Superintendent, Mrs. Bella AYheeler ; president, Miss Emma Peterson; 
 vice-president, Mr. Bertie Dickinson ; secretary, Miss Hilda Christensen ; 
 treasurer, Miss Anita Johnson ; organist, Miss Ella Dowd. 
 
 When organized ( The junior auxiliary was organized May 28, 1898, 
 by Mrs. Bella Wheeler, as an auxiliary to East Berkeley Red Cross, per 
 mission and encouragement being received from Mrs. Greenleaf, president 
 of East Berkeley Red Cross. 
 
 How ? By gathering the children together., telling them and reading 
 to them patriotic stories, arousing and creating in their hearts love and 
 loyalty for their country and flag; also by teaching them humanity under 
 the glorious banner of the Red Cross. Again, by encouraging the desire 
 to help those who are far away from home and friends, sick or wounded, and 
 helpless, by sending them such things as they need, in fact, as many of the 
 comforts of home as lie in our power. But do not think we forget those 
 who are left behind, deprived of a husband s and a father s care. Not so; 
 the first work the children did was to lend a helping hand to a family in 
 our midst who had been so deprived. 
 
 How many in number ? Seventy-five. 
 
 How much money raised ? $24.25. 
 
 How was the money raised ? By giving an ice-cream social. 
 
 How much money spent ? $0.75. 
 
 How spent? For the following articles to send to a hoy at Manila: 
 Toilet soap, $2.20; stationery, $2.00; cakes, $1.50. Subscribed for San 
 Francisco Chronicle for six months, which was $0.75 ; 30 cents spent for 
 society material. 
 
 How much left in treasury? $17.40. 
 
 What articles made for soldiers ? 27 sleeping-caps, 32 handkerchiefs, 
 100 comfort bags; total, 150 articles. 
 
 We expect to continue our society, and are ever ready and w r illing to 
 do all we can to help the good cause along. 
 
Berkeley Report. 
 
 229 
 
 SA-Ml SO.N PARLOR. 
 
 Tlu 1 children of "Sampson Parlor have done a, great and noble work, 
 and it is the prayer of the superintendent Hiat each and every hoy and girl 
 respectively whose name is enrolled will grow up to nohle manhood and 
 womanhood, being ever loyal and faithful to their country and Hair, as to 
 their God, for wo believe this society was organized by one who was inspired 
 by the almighty and merciful God. MRS. B. WHEELER, 
 
 Superintendent. 
 
 This picture was grouped on the State University grounds. The central figure at the rear 
 is Mrs. B. Wheeler, superintendent of the Junior Red Cross, and president of the Senior Red 
 Cross. Mrs. M. A. Bruckman, on the right, secretary; Mrs. J. D. Bennett, with the wheel, 
 treasurer, and her children grouped about her, as Red Cross members. Edward and Gladys 
 Wheeler hold the Red Cross banner. This group represents a typical working force of the 
 Auxiliary Red Cross Societies of West Berkeley. 
 
 WEST BERKELEY SENIOR RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. , Bel] a Wheeler; first vice-president, Mrs. W. R. 
 Dickierson ; second vice-president, Mrs. Chris Johnson: secretary, Mrs. 
 M. A. Bruckman; organist, Miss Anna Dickinson; treasurer, Mrs. I. II. 
 Bennett. 
 
 The senior society was organized June 28, 1898, as a result of tne 
 patriotic feeling aroused by the junior meetings. The energetic way in 
 which the children took hold of the work was enough to inspire older chil 
 dren and parents also to take hold and help the good work along. 
 
230 Pacific Conxi lied Cms* tfocich/. 
 
 How By letting people know that we believed them competent to 
 organize and conduct an auxiliary of their own, and l< i t their town and 
 home get the credit due it, instead of wasting time and energy and money 
 going to Oakland and San Francisco societies; also by arousing the 
 patriotic and humane feelings that slumber in each and every loyal woman s 
 heart of West Berkeley. We have furnished some of the bravest "boys in 
 bine" for the battle-field ; why not some of the bravest women workers for 
 the Red Cross? 
 
 How many members? Twenty-five. 
 
 How mncli money raised? $17. 
 
 How? By giving an ice-cream social. 
 
 How much money spent? $13.85. 
 
 For what? Invalid nightshirts, $-2.00; pillow-casing, $1.00; society 
 stamps, $1.50; stationery for soldiers, $2.00; stationery for society, $0.45; 
 toilet soap, $1.00; needles, thread, buttons, $2.00; book, $0.50; subscrip 
 tion for San Francisco Call, to be sent to a boy at Manila, $0.50; the rest 
 for society expenses. Hov much in treasury? $3.15. What articles 
 made? 10 nightshirts, 30 abdominal bandages (material donated), 7 
 feather pillows, 3 feather pillows given to convalescent home, San Francisco, 
 10 pillow-slips. Total number of articles, 03. Kight large boxes of read 
 ing matter, canned goods, cakes, and all the above-mentioned articles were 
 sent to Manila. 
 
 We expect to continue the work as long as there is need for it, and 
 are ever ready and willing to do all in our power to lighten the suffering 
 of the poor boys who have- left home, mother, and friends, to serve their 
 country. Another thing that is very encouraging to us is that we have 
 received letters from the boys saying that they have received every article 
 we have sent. Our societv is small, and therefore it is ;i source of great 
 pleasure and encouragement to us to know that nothing has been lost. 
 
 While the soldiers were stationed at the Presidio and Camp Merritt, 
 there was a committee of two from our society who visited the different 
 camps once every week, taking dainties for the sick, also flowers and read 
 ing matter, for which we received many hearty thanks. 
 
 MRS. M. A. BUCHMAXX, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION KOR EDUCATION OF DKAF AND BLIND, 
 
 Berkeley, Oct. 21, 1898. 
 
 MRS. \V. B. HARRINGTON, President State Bed Cross Association 
 Dear Mad tni: There \\i\< been no branch of the Red Cros?, established by 
 the blind girls, but the King s Daughters Circle of the- Institution for the 
 Deaf and Blind sent to the soldiers about eighteen comfort bags, also sixty- 
 five cents, which small sum was left over from a collection which the girls 
 had taken up for the purpose of purchasing presents for those who were 
 to graduate last .Inne. Respectfully submitted, 
 
 (Signed) (Jrssn-: "MAST. 
 
Byron Heport. 231 
 
 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR EDUCATION OF DKAF AND BLIND. 
 
 Berkeley, Oct. 11), 1808. 
 
 urroiJT St. HMITTKl) liV liSAHKL M ? DONALD. 
 
 \Ve organized our branch of the Red Cross Society on May 10. 
 There were tifty-seven inemlters, including hoys and girls, but several of 
 them graduated last summer, and now we have about fifty members. When 
 we first organized our society, Anthony Munch was chosen president; Pearl 
 Wilson, vice-president; Isabel McDonald, secretary; and Edwin Hartman, 
 treasurer. Our president and treasurer were among the graduates, and 
 at present Pearl Wilson is president. We havo. no vice-president. Clara 
 Miller has been chosen treasurer until \ve have a meeting for the election 
 of new officers. As our society was organized such a short time before 
 the close of the school year, we could do nothing but make some bandages. 
 We made forty-eight. Since the opening of .school this fall, however, we 
 have made a dozen sheets for the convalescent home at the Presidio, and 
 six of our members have 4 gone twice to the parlors of the Congregational 
 Church to sew bandages for the last Manila expedition. 
 
 The deaf-mute branch of the King s Daughters contributed $3.00 in 
 cash, and the l)e FEpie Lyceum, which is the literary society of the deaf 
 at the institution, contributed $5.00 in cash. The younger girls made 
 bouquets, which were sent to the Ferry Hospitality Committee, to be given 
 to the incoming troops. 
 
 We shall keep our organization together, and be ready at any time to 
 work for the Red Cross. 
 
 Signed by Isabel McDonald, secretary. Pearl Wilson, president; Clara 
 Miller, treasurer. 
 
 BYRON, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 ( Humanity. Neutrality.) 
 
 Auxiliary of California lied Cross State Association. Organized 
 May 26, 1898. 
 
 President. Miss Emily C. Hoffman; secretary, Mrs. Mary H. Johnston; 
 treasurer, Mrs. Abbie Goodsell. 
 
 Xumber of working members, eighteen. 
 
 Donations: L O. G. T. (Good Templars), $5.00; X. S. G. W. (Xative 
 Sons), $5.00; I. O. O. F. (Odd Fellows), $5.00; A. O. U. W. (Workmen), 
 $5.00; young people of Byron, $6.15; total, $26.15. 
 
 Delegate to California Red Cross State Association, Oct. 18, 1898, 
 Mrs. M. H. Johnston. 
 
 List of articles sent to San Francisco headquarters: 836 comfort hag*, 
 $25; 87 arm slings, $2.50; 16 mosquito bars, $1.80; 60 esmarch band 
 ages, $2.70; 60 fever bandages, $2.70; sleeping-caps, $0.75; 12 sheets, 
 
232 
 
 Pacific Coaxt Hcd Cross Society. 
 
 $1.50; 12 pillow-slips, $0.80; 7 nightshirts, $2.4-5; 5 tennis flannel shirts, 
 $3.00; total value,. $47.50. 
 
 Expenses. 
 
 Admission fee to California State Association, $10 ; Eed Cross badges, 
 $4.50; two monthly pledges, at $1.00 per month, $2.00; two 25-pound boxes 
 of books, etc., to Manila, expressage, $3.00; total expenses, $19.50. 
 Value of articles sent, $47.50; total expenses, $67.50. 
 
 MRS. M. H. JOHNSTON, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 .V/ .s. Ma/ i/ H. Jo/tDxton, 
 Secretary. 
 
 CALISTOGA, NAPA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers : President, Mrs. W. W. Fowler ; first vice-president, Mrs. 
 W. F. Fisher; treasurer, Mrs. Fred Hall; second vice-president, Mrs. 
 Collins; secretary, Miss C. A. Murray. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT OF SOCIETY. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Entertainment, $53 ; donation I. B. M. Society, $5.00 ; donation Native 
 Sons, $10; entertainment, $59.60; membership fees, $32; membership fees, 
 $0.00; entertainment, $44.75; entertainment, $50; membership fees, $6.00; 
 donation, Mrs. W. B. Tubbs, $10 ; contributed by a member of convalescent 
 home, $2.00; contributed by a member of convalescent home, $0.55; total 
 receipts, $282.10. 
 
Castrovdle and Cayucas Reports. 233 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Merchants for material, $21.75; expense of entertainment, $3.30; 
 state membership fee, $10; state association, $5.00; state association for 
 pins (badges). $25; state association emergency fund, $20; material, 
 $18.73; state association, $30; material, $0.90; expressagc, $0.85; state 
 association, for convalescent home, $25; delegate s expenses, $5.00; jelly 
 glasses, etc., $3.27 ; paid out for Dwight Skeels, a sick soldier on furlough 
 from Alabama, for drugs and ice, $18.15; doctor s fee, $25; clothing, $8.05; 
 nurse, $50.65; state association, $5.00; state association, $5.00; total dis 
 bursements, $281.55. Balance on hand, $0.55. 
 
 MRS. W. W. FOWLER, 
 
 President. 
 
 CASTROVILLE, MONTEREY COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers: President, Mrs. \V. Wallace; secretary, Mrs. M. E. Clark. 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 The result of the work of the Castroville branch of the Red Cross 
 Society is as follows: 95 flannel bandages, 16 pillow-cases, 3 surgical band 
 ages, 65 comfort bags, 54 dozen buttons, 10 spools of thread, 6 parts of 
 spools of thread, 12 papers of court plaster, 4 pencils, 2 combs, 1 piece of 
 unbleached muslin, and cash, $10.85. MRS. M. E. CLARK, 
 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 CAYUCAS, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President, Dr. Mary J. Stewart; vice-president, Mrs. E. J. 
 Burroughs ; recording secretary, Mrs. H, K. Cass ; financial secretary, Miss 
 Ethel M. Slocombe; treasurer, Mrs. A. K. Hardie. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY FROM JUNE 1, 1898, TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 On June 1, 1898, a mass-meeting of the citizens of Cayucas was called, 
 for the purpose of forming a Red Cross Society. The advisability of such 
 an organization was discussed, and June 8 was set as the date for organizing, 
 when, with twenty members, we went to work. At this meeting the officers 
 were elected. 
 
 Meetings have been held weekly, and though the stimulus furnished 
 by the war has somewhat subsided, still the work goes on. Material was 
 purchased for esmarch bandages, abdominal bandages, comfort bags, etc., 
 and many willing hands gathered to do the work, and within 24 hours the 
 first package of 100 was on its way to the supply headquarters. Regardless 
 of class, creed, or politics, all worked harmoniously for the common cause 
 of humanity. At the first meeting in October new officers were elected to 
 serve for the ensuing year. The election resulted as follows : Dr. Mary J. 
 Stewart, president : Miss Xellie Hardie, vice-president ; Mrs. H. K. Cass, 
 recording secretary: Mrs. J. L. Hardie, financial secretary; and Mrs. J. W. 
 Brown, treasurer. 
 
234 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 At this meeting it Avas decided to send a monthly donation of $5.00 
 to the state association. Various ways and means have been devised by 
 which money might be raised. By charging an initiation fee of $1.00, an 1 
 giving entertainments, etc., we secured funds to the amount of $178.90. 
 This was disbursed as follows: 
 
 Charter fee, $10 ; 200 postal cards, $2.00 ; 100 esmarch bandages, $2.8$ ; 
 50 badges, $12.50; 100 flannel abdominal bandages, $26.75; hospital ship, 
 $50; balance due on 20 comfort bags, $1.1)0; October monthly donation, 
 $5.00; November monthly donation, $5.00; December monthly donation, 
 $5.00; incidental expenses, $3.05; delegates expenses, $15; total, $139.08. 
 Balance in treasury January 1, 1899, $39.82. 
 
 MARY J. STEWART, M. D., 
 
 President. 
 
 Mus. IT. TV. CASS, 
 Secretary. 
 
 CENTREVILLE, ALAMEDA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officer*. President, Mrs. 0. TT. Allen ; first vice-president, Mrs. W. 
 IT. Layson ; second vice-president, Mrs. J. L. Beard ; secretary, Mrs. F. O. 
 Bunting; treasurer, Mrs. G. Huxley. 
 
 STATEMENT FROM .H NK 1, 1898, TO .JANTAKY 1, 18^9. 
 
 Keceipts. 
 
 Memberships, $92; entertainment, August 10, $104.80; from Native 
 Sons, Parlor 109, $25; Centreville Grammar School, $1.50; Presbyterian 
 Sunday-school, $6.65; entertainment at Decoto, $51.50; friends at Irving- 
 ton, $3.35; Christian Endeavor, Irvington, $6.60; donations, $4.45; ma 
 terial sold, $0.60; total, $296.45. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Material, $59.45 ; paid state organization, $85 ; paid state 1 badges, 
 $22; convalescent home, San Francisco, $70; total, $236.45. Balance on 
 hand January 1, 1899. $60. 
 
 Work Done. 
 
 Comfort bags, 228 ; flannel bandages, 75 ; sleeping-caps, 72 ; reading 
 matter, 9 boxes; dried fruit, 1 bag; pajamas (complete), 47; esmarch 
 bandages, 25; nightshirts, 9; sheets, 12; pillow-cases, 28; wash cloths, 48; 
 underclothes (sets), 6: handkerchiefs, 22; bed socks, 20; pillow-ticks 
 (denim), 32; cards of needles, 100; crochet slippers, 5 pairs; also gun 
 rolls, jelly, and fresh fruit. Two boxes of jelly and a quantity of dried 
 fruit have been sent to the Oakland Convalescent Home. 
 
 On September 13, 1898, it was voted to send $5.00 per month, for six 
 months, toward expenses of San Francisco Convalescent Home. 
 
 FLEPA O. BUNTING, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
Cloverdale, Col fax <nid Coluxa Reports. 235 
 
 CLOVERDALE, SONOMA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. llattie Whitney; vice-president, Miss 
 Elizabeth Armstrong; secretary, Mrs. Lilian J. Bird; treasurer, Mrs. Isaac 
 Shaw. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Donations, $25; proceeds of entertainment, $. 58.55; ice-cream, $12.10; 
 receipts from Red Cross concert, Dec. 3, 1898, $50.05; total receipts, 
 $126.20. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Admission fee, $10; flannel for bandages, $25.50; denim pillow-slips, 
 $4.50; sundry expenses, $1.90; ice-cream, $0.25; to field hospital, $25; 
 expenses, $16.80; total disbursements, $112.95; balance on hand, $3.25. 
 Respectfully submitted, MT?S. LILIAX J. BIRD, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 COLFAX, PLACER COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Organized June 10, 1898. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. F. M. Ackermnn : first vice-president, Miss 
 K. Myers ; treasurer, Mrs. J. F. Brown ; second vice-president, Mrs. S. 
 Wolford: secretary. Miss Mary L. Morrison. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 List of supplies forwarded, July 12, to state association, San Francisco; 
 195 hospital pillow-cases, 130 comfort bags, with contents, 130 towels, 130 
 bars of soap, 92 abdominal bandages, 128 emergency pillow-ticks. June 
 29 forwarded to state association for emergency fund, $50; August 10 
 forwarded for convalescent hospital fund, $(U> ; October 13 forwarded for 
 convalescent hospital fund, $25; total, $141. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 Miss MARY L. MORRISON, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 COLUSA, COLUSA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. L. M. Tuttle ; treasurer, Mrs. Robert 
 Cosner ; first vice-president, Mrs. II. M. Alhery ; second vice-president, 
 Mrs. G. G. Brooks; secretary, Mrs. R. A. Gray. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT TO JANUARY 1, 1S99. 
 
 Receipts. 
 Cash, $448.93. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 To state association, initiation fee, $10; to state association for badge 
 pins, $50; to Hospital Xurse Fund, $10; to soldier convalescent home. 
 
236 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 ,!//*. L. If. Turtle, 
 President. 
 
 $15; supplies and contingent expenses, $173.92; total disbursements, 
 $258.92; balance on hand, $190.01. MRS. EGBERT COSMER, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 CUPERTINO, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, RED CROSS. 
 
 The Cupertino lied Cross of California, was formed from the circle 
 of King s Daughters, in the beginning of the formation of auxiliary lied 
 Cross Societies in the state, with a membership of fifty, with four officers 
 as an executive board, a president, Mrs. E. A. Wheeler; vice-president, 
 Mrs. A. II. Wood; secretary, Mrs. Edna Wheeler Wood; and treasurer, 
 Mrs. L. S. Grimes. 
 
 Although living at long distances from each other in the farming region 
 of Cupertino, they caught the fire of Red Cross enthusiasm, and promptly 
 allied their society to the state association. From time to time these earnest 
 workers sent, in the aggregate, 72 pairs of socks, 76 handkerchiefs, 38 
 sheets, 135 pillow-cases. 9 sets of pajamas, 46 comfort bags, 11 caps, 165 
 bandages, 3 large boxes of fruit. 8 boxes of books and magazines, and one 
 case of wine. In support of the convalescent lied Cross home at the Pre 
 sidio, the society sent $58.50, and in response to the Galveston, Texas, 
 sufferers, $111.75, a total amount of money of $1.70.25. 
 
 Mrs. Annette P. Clark, president of King s Daughters Home for 
 
Danville and Dixon Reports. 237 
 
 Incurables, in San .Francisco, writes, This report shows great work done 
 by this noble band of workers. 7 
 
 The report of the society is submitted by EDXA WHEELER WOOD, 
 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 Xorcniler lo. WO I. 
 
 DANVILLE, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. J. E. Close ; vice-president, Mrs. Laura 
 Flournoy; secretary, Lilian A. Shuey; recording secretary, Emma Apperson. 
 
 KKPOIJT OF SOCIETY TO JANUARY 1, 1890. 
 
 Danville and vicinity donated $150, which the ladies invested in 
 material for bandages, caps, etc., making the articles and sending them 
 to the state society. They also sent several hundred comfort bags, boxes 
 of eggs, fruit, vegetables, and magazines. 
 
 Receipts. 
 Memberships, 72, $72: donations (cash), $40; total receipts, $112. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 For material for bandages, etc., $72.80; for badges, $4.25; affiliation 
 fee, state association, $10 ; for material for caps, etc., $22.95 ; total dis 
 bursements, $110; balance on hand, $2.00. LILIAN A. SHUEY, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 DIXON, SOLANO COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President and secretary, Miss Carrie Apperson ; vice- 
 president, Mrs. Mary Xewman ; second vice-president, Mrs. Clara Stein- 
 miller ; third vice-president, Mrs. Mary Brown ; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Petty. 
 
 The Dixon Red Cross Society was organized June 1, 1898, and now 
 n u inbers fifty-three. 
 
 The society has sent to the state association : For charter, $10 ; for 
 badges, $15; for convalescent home, $10, and now has on hand $10; be 
 sides the society has contributed the following articles: 21- denim pillow 
 cases, 3 sacks dried fruit, 54 feather pillows, 4 boxes food, 41 sheets, 339 
 abdominal bandages, 159 emergency bandages, 896 comfort bags, 125 
 throat bandages, 101 muslin pillow-cases, 2 caps, 3 rolls linen, 16 towels. 
 3 white spreads, 1 handkerchief, 5 bars soap, 3 cakes soap, 1 box soap, 2 
 packs cards, and literature. 
 
 Receipts, $174.17; disbursements, $152.30; balance $21.87. 
 
 EMMA APPERSOX, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
238 Pacific Coast Eed Cross Society. 
 
 DOWNIEVILLE, SIERRA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Organized July 18, 181)8. 
 Committee. Mrs. John Mayer, president; Mrs. Frank M. 
 
 \Yehe, first vice-president; Miss Emma Smith, second vice-president; Miss 
 Bessie McGuire, treasurer; Miss Alice Strange, secretary; Miss Mary 
 Tewes, Miss Jennie M. Costa, Miss T. M. Pius, Miss Lizzie Farrow, Miss 
 Annie Costa, Miss Mary Zweifel. 
 
 Adrlsonj Council. Frank R. Wehe, C. F. Withrow, S. Tglick, W. F. 
 Fschbacher, Stanley A. Smith. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Forty-eight membership fees, $48; donations, Bijou Club, $9.00; 
 donations, Evelyn Williams, $0.50; donations, Win. Van Slooten, $4.00; 
 donations, Democratic Convention, $5.00; donation box, $3.65; from supper 
 given September !>, $42/20; from dance given September 9, $24.50; total 
 receipts, $1*50.85. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Red Cross initiation fee, $10: Red Cross badges, $15; sent to soldiers, 
 $15; expenses of supper and dance, $20.24; cash sent to Sierra County 
 Volunteers, $28 ; cost of Christinas box sent to Sierra County Volunteers, 
 $10.75; stamps, etc., $0.41; total disbursements, $105.40; balance, $31.45. 
 
 Miss BESSIK McGuiRE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 FELTON, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. .President, Mrs. L. B. Hayes ; treasure] , Airs. Alice Clement; 
 secretary, Jennie L. Steeu. 
 
 Report of the Feltou Red Cross Society to January 1, 1899. 
 
 The society was organized on June 30, lSi>S, with fourteen charter 
 members; five liave since joined, making a total of nineteen members. 
 
 A donation of thirty-two dollars was tendered to the Mod Cross through 
 the Santa Cruz society prior to the organization of the Feltou Red Cross. 
 A box of flannel shirts and reading matter was also contributed. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership dues, $5.10; society entertainment, $10.05; refreshments, 
 $13.05; received from various sources, $74.55; total receipts, $112.35. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Cash sent to State Red Cross. $25; donation to Red Cross through 
 Santa Cruz Red Cross, $32.75; badges, $5.00; membership to State Med 
 
Ferndale mid Fowler Reports. 23i) 
 
 Cross Society, $10; .Nurses Fund, $10; general expenses, $12.80; total 
 disbursements, $95.55 ; balance, $16.80. JENNIE L. STEEN, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 FERNDALE RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. I)e Witt Bugbee ; vice-president, Mrs. D. A. Francis; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. T. J. Fennessy; secretary, Mrs. C. A. Monroe; 
 treasurer, Miss Christine Berding. 
 
 Executive Board. Mrs. J. A. Shaw, Miss H. Parker, Miss C. Herd 
 ing, Mrs. 1). Sonneborn, Mrs. W. Alford, Mrs. G. Brice, M rs. I). Francis, 
 Mrs. F. Z. Boynton, Mrs. C. A. Poe, Mrs. C. A. Monroe, Mrs. T. Mitchell, 
 Mrs. T. Fennessy. MRS. C. A. MONROE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 REPORT TO JANUARY 28, 1899. 
 
 In response to a call made by the members of Oneonta Parlor Xative 
 Daughters of the Golden West, June 28, 1898, many of the ladies of Fern- 
 dale met in Pythian Castle and proceeded to organize a Red Cross auxiliary, 
 the objects of which are universally known. 
 
 Upon the organization of the above-mentioned auxiliary a general 
 enthusiasm was aroused among the citizens of the town and valley, thus 
 enabling the organization to receive their hearty cooperation and assistance 
 in ameliorating the sufferings of humanity. 
 
 At the first regular meeting, in October, 1898, officers were elected for 
 the ensuing year, in accordance with the constitution governing affiliated 
 auxiliaries. The membership book contains the names of thirty-five loyal, 
 self-sacrificing women, all of whom are ever ready to respond when called 
 upon to relieve the suffering. Following is the list of contributions for 
 warded at different dates to the State Red Cross Association: 104 glasses 
 fruit jelly, 48 pints fruit jelly, 10 quarts fruit jelly, 9 bottles wine, 21 
 writing tablets, 15 boxes envelopes, 5 dozen envelopes, 6 dozen postage 
 stamps, 32 new sheets, 4 pillow-cases, 1 box old linen, 20 glasses jelly, 
 and ten dollars ($10) cash. Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MRS. ANNA L. MOORE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 FOWLER, FRESNO COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officer s. President, Mrs. Charles II. Xorris ; vice-president, Mr.-. 
 Amos Harris ; treasurer and secretary, Helen L. Waterman. 
 
 REPORT TO .JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 The Fowler Red Cross met June 8, 1808, and formed a temporary 
 organization. Seventeen ladies paid a $1.00 membership fee, and with 
 this money we bought materials and made ninety-nine abdominal bandages 
 and forty-eight comfort bags. We collected one box canned fruit, one box 
 
240 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 dried fruit, one sack dried fruit, four bottles jelly, and duly forwarded all. 
 July 21 the Fowler Lodge, Knights of Pythias, gave an entertain 
 ment, the proceeds of which they turned over to the Red Cross Society. 
 This money, $32.75, was forwarded to the California Red Cross $10 for 
 membership, $22.75 for the general fund. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $17; entertainment, Knights of Pythias, $32.75; 
 total receipts, $49.75. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Materials, etc., $17 ; affiliation fee, state association, $10 ; general 
 fund, state association, $22.75 ; total disbursements, $49.75. 
 
 HELEX L. WATERMAN, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 FRESNO, FRESNO COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Hon. N. L. F. Bachman ; vice-president, Mrs. Mary E. 
 Cowan ; second vice-president, Mrs. Taylor Albin ; third vice-president, Mrs. 
 ]). II. Webster; recording secretary and treasurer, Miss Lizzie Cronkhite: 
 assistant secretary, Mrs. (). J. Treat; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Viola 
 Mitchell ; treasurer, Bank of California ; acting treasurer, Mrs. Louis 
 Einstein. 
 
 Executive Committee. Chairman, Brigadier-General M. W. Muller, 
 Mrs. W. L. Maxwell, Miss Leah Hemphill, Miss Myrtle Mac-hen, Mrs. Louis, 
 Einstein. 
 
 At our last meeting, Mrs. Treat having resigned on account of poor 
 health, Mrs. R. (). Sumner was elected assistant secretary. 
 
 Mrs. D. H. Webster, who represents this county on the state executive 
 board, represented our society at the meetings held in San Francisco, July 
 1 and August 11. At the state meeting held October 18, Mrs. Viola Hakes 
 Mitchell represented the society, with Mrs. Mary E. Cowan and Mrs. 
 Taylor Albin as alternate. We pledged ourselves to give $5.00, beginning 
 with October, for general Red Cross purposes, for six months. 
 
 A drill by Company C, after returning from service, assisted by Com 
 pany F, ending with a ball, under the management of Mrs. Frank Hoppock, 
 Mrs. O. J. Treat, Mrs. W. L. Maxwell, and Miss Myrtle Machen, netted 
 the society $96. 
 
 The corresponding secretary has received thirty letters and written 
 twenty-nine letters. Christmas boxes were sent to the convalescent home 
 and to eighteen soldiers representing Fresno in the Philippine Islands. 
 Present membership, 214. 
 
 REPORT OF WORK DOXE BY THE FRESXO RED CROSS SOCIETY FROM MAY 17 TO 
 
 OCTOBER 1, 1898. 
 
 With the stirring appeal, "Remember the Maine" ringing in their 
 
Fresno Report. 
 
 241 
 
 Honorable X. L. F. Bacfimtin, 
 President. 
 
 Mr*. Man/ E. Cowan, 
 First Vice-President. 
 
 Mr*. D. H. Webster, 
 Second Vice-President, 
 16 
 
 .I//-*. Taiflor A/bin, 
 Third Vice-President. 
 
242 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 ears, a few patriotic ladies and gentlemen met at the Hughes Hotel, May 17, 
 formed a Red Cross Society, and elected their officers. 
 
 Arrangements were soon made to furnish fever bands and handy bags 
 for Company C, of Fresno, much valuable help coming from President 
 Bachman, who had the experience of the Civil War, and Mrs. R. M. 
 Mappes, who furnished the pattern of the handy bags, which have been 
 recognized as among the best sent to state headquarters. 
 
 Donations were solicited, and received as follows: Through Mrs. George 
 Kohler, $00.50; Mrs. J. B. Hill, $2.00; Mr. C. E. Bastian, $34; friends, 
 $0.50; Rev. G. W. Gray, $1.00; Volunteer Fire Department, through Effie 
 Maxwell, $5.00; Easterby Colony, $12.20; Mrs. Williams, 50 cents; St. 
 John s Catholic Church, $17.15; M. E. Church, K Street, $7.85; St. James 
 Episcopal Church, $9.05; Christian Church, $9.05; public schools, $40.41; 
 through Gen. M. W. Muller, $4.00; Radin & Camp, merchants, $10.58; 
 Levy Juvenile Opera Company (Herbert Levy, Leslie Einstein, Leon Lev}*, 
 Herbert Gundelfinger, Sigmund Levy, Roland Tupper, Kathie Gundei- 
 finger, Morse Levy), $3.56; total, $217.35. 
 
 Of this amount we expended for expressage on donation articles, such 
 as clothing and groceries, sent to Company C, of Fresno, $53.10. We pur 
 chased material for handy bags and fever bands amounting to $80.60; of 
 these we sent to Company C 128 fever bands and 172 handy bags; to head 
 quarters, 212 fever bands and 43 handy bags, in all, 340 bands and 172 
 handy bags. 
 
 We were assisted in the purchase and making of these articles by the 
 Parlor Lecture Club, King s Daughters, Madison Lecture Club, ladies of 
 Mrs. S. A. Miller s boarding-house, and other ladies whose names are not 
 obtainable. 
 
 The following articles and money were donated by generous friends, 
 and we have been told by an officer of Company C that the supplies reached 
 them when they were without proper food, and the company feels that the 
 lives of two of its members were saved by the timely aid of the citizens 
 through the Red Cross Society: From Adolph Kutner to the company while 
 stationed at the Presidio, shoes, underwear, and socks, amounting to $300. 
 Received at General Muller s office: Eagan & Manning, 1 box tobacco; a 
 lady friend, 1 sack dried fruit; Louis Einstein & Company, cob pipes; 
 ]S T elson & Dow, cob pipes: C. W. Dow, cob pipes; Mrs. Lucius Baker, 25 
 glasses Muscat jelly; W. H. Catlett, shoes, toAvels, soap, thread, etc.; Gen. 
 M. W. Muller, clothing, underwear, etc. ; Misses Maude and Ruth Muller, 
 reading matter; G. E. Redd, canned tomatoes; B. T. Scott, one-half dozen 
 jars jam; Mrs. Horace Downs, underwear; Layton Meat Market, bologna 
 sausage; Mrs. Anna R. Rogers, pickles, jellies, clothing, towels, etc.; Mrs. 
 Schultz, Mrs. Bradley, and Mrs. Skinner, soap, fruit, chowchow, etc. ; B. 
 M. Hague, Jr., & Company, toilet soap; Sims Brothers, corned beef; Red 
 Front Store, 1 dozen socks ; M. Benas, one-half dozen socks ; W. Kanstrup, 
 85 pounds dried prunes ; Mrs. G. A. Armstrong, underclothes and fruit; 
 
Fresno Report. 243 
 
 Col. William Forsyth. "2 boxes raisins; Griffin & Skelley Company, 1 box 
 raisins; W. M. Hill, underclothes; John C. bourse, 1 box toilet soap; 
 Mrs. George A. bourse, condensed soup, tomatoes, corn, etc. ; Tenny Pack 
 ing Company, 5 cases canned fruit ; Phoenix Packing Company, 2 boxes 
 raisins; Xyman Levy, 3 dozen socks; Miss Helen Geis, canned and pre 
 served fruit, pickles, etc. ; Mrs. Colburn, canned fruit ; Mrs. Machen, 
 dried fruit; Mrs. L. G. Hall, plugged tobacco; Mrs. Myers, canned fruit; 
 Holland <$: Holland, 5 pounds coffee ; King s Daughters, 36 fever bands and 
 36 handy bags ; Mrs. F. E. Xorton, underclothes, etc. ; Furnish & Pratt, 
 bologna sausages ; Sim Evinger, bologna sausage ; public library, reading 
 matter; Hobb-Parsons Company, 1 box oranges; Kutner-Goldstein Com 
 pany, 2 large cheeses, 5 boxes toilet soap, 12 dozen towels, 12 dozen pairs 
 socks ; Seropian Brothers, 8 boxes dried fruit ; Fred J. Dow, 2 boxes dried 
 fruit; Barton Estate Company, 10-gallon keg sherry; Misses Ruth and 
 Maude Muller, 1 roast turkey ; Mrs. Ruth Woodworth, 1 box assorted 
 groceries ; Mrs. Ledsinger, underclothes, towels, stationery, etc. ; Mrs. 
 Frank Hoppock, 3 bundles books: W. X. Hill, 50 pounds dried peaches; 
 Daily Morning Republican, 4 dozen dressed chickens; Mrs. S. A. Miller 
 and Mrs. A. J. Pedlar, 1 case delicacies; Mrs. Frank H. Short, jellies and 
 preserved fruit ; A. Xewhouse, assortment family groceries ; Mrs. Pritchard, 
 2 jars jam; Mrs. Richter, 2 jars preserves; Mrs. William Helm, 2 bottles 
 wine ; Sam AVoldenburg & Son, 1.00 cigars ; "R. Ruben & Son, 1 case claret 
 wine ; Smith Brothers, toilet soap and court plaster ; G. M. Terr ill, Selma, 
 5 boxes raisins, 1 box books, freight prepaid; H. E. Dore, shoes and maga 
 zines ; C. T. Cearley, stationery; South <fc Fentem, stationery; C. H. Riege, 
 stationery ; White Front Stores, towels, socks, thread, muslin, buttons, etc. , 
 Mr. and Mrs. J". F. Greeley, box of dried fruit; Mrs. J. H. Kelly, 1 box 
 figs; Mrs. F. E. Xorton, underwear; M. Arley, Easterby Rancho, 250 
 pounds raisins; Mrs. E. F. Spinney, canned fruit and jellies; C. A. Fuller, 
 4 boxes fruit; Mrs. M. A. Westman, 1 box raisins; a lady friend, 2 pack 
 ages books ; A. Sachs, 60 pounds raisins ; Murrell & Taylor, 50 sacks tobacco 
 and 10 cob pipes; George A. Roeding, 100 pounds dried pears; A. Akers, 
 1 box sundries ; V. M. Voice, 1 box raisins ; G. W. Stafford, 50 pounds 
 dried pears; Gus Wintemuck, eggs, canned goods, and clothing; M. L. 
 Schermerhorn, 1 box fig jam; A. P. Gordon, jellies and reading matter; 
 H. A. Faulk, assorted groceries; Kutner-Goldstein Company, 120 suits 
 underclothing; Mrs. Fulton G. Berry, 4 roast pigs, fruit, etc.; C. G. Car 
 penter, 1 package books ; Mrs. Ledsinger, underclothes ; S. X. Mitrovieb, 
 1 bag figs; Mrs. T. Hunt, 1 bag peaches; Mrs. Josie Sollars and E. M. 
 Taylor, 2 boxes books; Mr. Xidever, tobacco and provisions; Mrs. C. A. 
 Sawyer, books ; A. X. Red field, 1 leather-bound housewife ; Mrs. C. D. 
 Davis and Mrs. S. H. Xorton, 1 case home-made catsup, pickles, and vinegar ; 
 Mrs. M. J. Roeder, 1 gallon blackberry jelly. 
 
 Cash donations: Fred Zimmerman, $2.00; Morning Republican em 
 ployees, $5.00; Frank Borello, $2.00; M. Sander, $2.50. 
 
244 Pad lie Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 From this amount the car fare of Private \Yotford was ]>a-i<l, he having 
 been called home to attend the funeral of his son. The society is exceed 
 ingly grateful for the valuable assistance 1 given us by General Muller in tho 
 use of his office for the donations received, and to Major Led F. Winchell, 
 for keeping such an accurate account of articles received. 
 
 June 2\ we became a permanent organization, electing the following 
 officers: President, X. L. F. Bachman ; first vice-president, Mrs. Mary E. 
 Cowan; second vice-president, Mrs. X. \V. Moodey; third vice-president, 
 Mrs. Taylor Albin ; secretary, Miss Lizzie Cronkhite; corresponding secre 
 tary, Mrs. Viola Mitchell; treasurer. Bank of Central California; acting 
 treasurer, Airs. Louis Einstein. 
 
 Executive Commiflee. Brigadier-General M. "\V. Muller, Mrs. I). II. 
 Webster, .Mrs. W. L. Maxwell, Airs. Louis Einstein, Miss Myrtle Machen, 
 Miss Belle Jolly. 
 
 Relief Committee. Mrs. J. X. Collins, Airs. W. L. Maxwell, Miss 
 Myrtle Wright, Miss Myrtle 1 Machen. 
 
 SoUcilhifj Committee. Mrs. J. II Hill, Mrs. L. I). Ho P1 )ock, Mrs. 
 Leo Gundel finger. Miss Cassie Farley, Aliss Leah iremphill. 
 
 Special Sollcltlmj Committee. Mrs. Viola Mitchell, Airs. W. L. 
 ]\laxwell. 
 
 Through the kindness of Fred Dodd, proprietor of the Hughes Hotel, 
 we still hold our meetings in the parlors, the room and lights being given 
 free of charge. 
 
 At the time of our permanent organization, June 21, we had cash on 
 hand, $83.65. A successful entertainment, in which Company F, which 
 has not been called into service, took part, children of the County Orphanage, 
 pupils of St. Augustine Academy, and recitations and music given by 
 local talent and Treble Clef Choral, netted the society $138.85, under the 
 following committee: Airs. Xellie Garrett, Alisses Myrtle Wright, Myrtle 
 Alachen, Cassie Farley, Minnie Kusel, Belle Jolly, Leah Hemphill, Lena 
 Alford, Lizzie Cronkhite, and Airs. W. L. Maxwell. The opera house was 
 donated by the Barton Brothers, the music by AI. Belaro, Barid and Barton ^ 
 opera-house orchestra, lights by the San Joaquin Electric Light Company ; 
 the stage hands and ushers donated their services; W. P. Lyon gave the 
 use of furniture, and the Crown Piano firm the use of the piano. 
 
 President Bachman, Alesdames Webster, Cowan, Maxwell, and Alitchell 
 looked after the welfare of the wife and child of one volunteer, paying rent, 
 providing fuel and groceries, amounting to $15.30. A donation of $5.00 
 for this family was given by J. P. Meux, and $1.00 was given her by Effie 
 Maxwell, obtained from the sale of home-made lace ; bread was given by 
 Fresno Bakery and meat by F. G. Smith. 
 
 An ice-cream social and dance were given under the auspices of Airs. 
 Frank Hoppock, Airs. Maxwell, and Miss Cassie Farley. Although not a 
 financial success, owing to the extreme heat, the thermometer standing it 
 112 degrees, it w r as pronounced a social success, and paved the way for more 
 
fr rextio Report. 
 
 Brigadier-General M. W. Mailer, 
 Chairman Executive Committee. 
 
 Mr*. M. L. Maxwell, 
 Member of Executive Committee. 
 
 Member of Executive Cnmiuittet-. 
 
 Mi** Mi/rt/e Mac/ten, 
 Member of Executive Committee. 
 
Pacific Coast Ecd Cross Society. 
 
 successful entertainments in the future. The hall was beautifully decorated 
 with the painted banner "Remember the Maine/ surrounded with Ameri 
 can and ( nban titles and lied Cross banners, while the national colors were 
 festooned throughout the hall. The society is grateful to Louis Einstein 
 for free use of hall, to the gentlemen who decorated the hall, to Norton & 
 Bruntoii for great reduction in price of ice-cream, to Professor Cray for 
 reducing price of music, to Mrs. Cowan and Farley for ice furnished. 
 
 The society was well represented at the Fourth-of-July parade, and 
 is exceedingly grateful to Charles Burleigh and A. M. Bradleigh for valu 
 able assistance. .Much appreciation is felt for the kindness of the Republican 
 and Expositor, daily paj>ers, for the free publication of entertainments and 
 all notices and a general interest in the work, and for the kindness of J. L. 
 (iill in so faithfully reporting our work ; also for the kindness of the Key 
 stone Commercial Printing Company and the Watchman for great reduc 
 tion in printed matter, for the great kindness of Wells, Fargo & Company 
 in forwarding everything to state headquarters free of charge since our 
 permanent organization, for the artistic framing of our certificate of mem 
 bership to the state association by Frank Fiester; is grateful to Mrs. Web 
 ster and sons for great help in arranging and making the fever bands and 
 handy bags. In fact, the name of Red Cross bears with it such a charm 
 that nothing but kindness has greeted us wherever we have been. 
 
 We served lunch to twenty-seven recruits of Company C, and, as they 
 stepped upon the platform to leave, they gave three cheers for the Red Cross. 
 
 The following donations have been received at General Midler s office 
 and sent for hospital use: Mrs. S. W. Marshall, preserved fruit; Colonel 
 Trevelyan, green fruit and reading matter; ITobbs-P arsons Company, dried 
 pears ; Noble Brothers, raisins ; Home Packing Company, dried pears ; 
 Griffin & Skelley, dried fruits; Mrs. L. Wilson, preserves; J. B. Inder- 
 riedeii & Company, pitted plums ; F. J. Burleigh, dried fruit ; Mrs. Mar 
 garet Harris, preserves and reading matter; a friend, jelly. The society 
 extends a vote of thanks to John C. Nourse for packing these articles for 
 shipment. 
 
 The following articles have been received at the Cowan house and 
 sent for use of the. soldiers: Mrs. A. C. Stoner, J. I). Warlow, H. J. Eaton, 
 Alex. Goldstein, books; Holmes Mitchell, 41 books and magazines; Mrs. 
 E. W. Eisley, C. E. Woods, G. W. F. Carter, Miss Lizzie Cronkhite, Mrs. 
 E. J. Lowery, Miss Minnie Marshall, Miss Catchart, books; Mrs. Mull- 
 hoi land, books and jellies; Alfred Kutner, jellies; Mrs. Viola Mitchell, 
 jelly; Mrs. Cowan, jelly; Mrs. Ferd Peachman, Mrs. George Hurd, Mrs. 
 Frank Fiester, Miss Edith Hamilton, a friend, books; Mrs. W. B. Depew 
 Sanger, jelly; Mrs. Neil Anderson, Sanger, preserves, jelly, and dried fruit; 
 Mrs. Holmes Hakes, dried prunes ; Mrs. D. E. Johnson, Madera, honey and 
 magazines : Mrs. C. Langley, books ; C. T. Cearley, magazines ; South & 
 Fentem, magazines. The society is very grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Cowan 
 for caring for and packing these articles. 
 
Fresno Report. 247 
 
 Our present membership numbers 213. Mes dames Maxwell and 
 Mitchell, special soliciting committee, brought to the society the names and 
 dues of 183 members. Mrs. Viola Mitchell visited the larger towns of the 
 county and Madera, bringing to the society $38.50 in membership and 
 donations. 
 
 A vote of thanks is extended to Mr. Alex. Mackie, of San Francisco 
 and San Joaquin Valley road, for granting passes to the committee, also 
 to Joe House and Moore & Curtis, liverymen, for courtesies showed solicit 
 ing committee, also to the friend who paid expense of meals and livery fare 
 for Mrs. Mitchell while in Selma. 
 
 Mrs. Mitchell, corresponding secretary, has been in touch with the 
 state and national societies ever since the permanent organization, has 
 received 43 letters and written 65. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT OF FRESNO RED CROSS SOCIETY 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Amount received during temporary organization, $217; amount re 
 ceived since permanent organization for membership dues, $213 ; from 
 entertainment, $138.85; donations, Wm. A. Conn, $0.50; a friend, $0.50; 
 Mrs. R. W. Woods, Sanger, $0.50; Mrs. C. Rogallo, S anger, $0.50; F. R. 
 Linsey, Sanger. $0.50; C. F. Bonner, Madera, $6.50; friends, Selma, $1.50; 
 a friend, $0.50; Rev. Munn, $0.50; total receipts, $574.70. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 During temporary organization: Expressage on goods sent to Com 
 pany C, $53.10; material for fever bands and handy bags, $80.60. Since 
 permanently organized: Affiliation fee, state association, $10; to head 
 quarters for general use, $50; for membership badges, $56.25; relief for 
 soldier s family, $15.35; lunch for recruits, $2.30; secretary books, $2.30; 
 McKay Wilbur, for conveyance in Fourth-of-July procession, $4.00; 
 material for secretary, $4.30; paper for secretary, $1.00; belting, $2.00; 
 printing order books for treasurer, $2.50; commission for soliciting com 
 mittee, $14.75; revenue stamps, $0.50; letter file, $0.50; revenue stamps, 
 $0.75: telegrams, $0.40; field hospital at Manila, $150; convalescent home, 
 San Francisco, $50 ; to headquarters for general purposes, $40 ; total dis 
 bursements, $540.60; cash on hand, $34.10. 
 
 Miss LIZZIE CROXKIIITK, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 K". L. F. BACHMAX, 
 
 President. 
 
 Members of Fresno Red Cross Society. Miss Lizzie Cronkhite, Mrs. 
 "N. W. Moodey, Mrs. Mary E. Cowan, Mrs. D. H. Webster, Miss Cassie 
 Farley, Mrs. J. B. Hill, Miss Leah Hemphill, X. L. F. Bachman, Miss 
 Regina Green. Mrs. Louis Einstein, Mrs. W. L. Maxwell, Mrs. M. F. 
 
248 Pndfic Coaxt Red Cmsvs Society. 
 
 Carner, Mrs. Taylor All.in, Miss Viola Mitchell, Gen. M. W. Mullcr, Miss 
 Dillc Klotte, Mrs. J. M. Collins, .Mrs. Leo Gundelfinger, Dr. B. AV. Doyle, 
 Mrs. E. K. Higgins, Dr. G. L. Long*. Mrs. R. L. Emerson, Mrs. Henry 
 Gundelfinger, Mrs. L. 1). Hoppock, G. E. Evans, Mrs. J. M. Hall, J\liss 
 Claudine Detoy, Mrs. Erank Hoppock, Smith Brothers, Mrs. Margaret 
 Harris, Mauley A: Glasgow, Mr. Henry Ratlin, Mr. W. H. Shaver, J. A. 
 Ward, P. F. Peck, E. L. Hopkins, W. D. Crichton, Dr. II. Gazarian, 
 George P. Beveridge, Dr. Miller, James Gallagher, Dr. Montgomery 
 Thomas, John C. Xourse, Judge Stanton L. Carter, G. B. Xoble, Theodore 
 Madson, Mrs. E. D. Vanderlip, J. AV. Short, Lewis II. Smith, Erank H. 
 Short, J. E. 11 all, John McMullin, Fresno National Bank, C. A. Shattuck, 
 \V. (). Miles, James E. Hughes, Dr. J. D. Davidson, Horace Hawes, Albert 
 O. Warner, C. L. Foin, W. E. McA^ey, Dr. F. C. Smith, Charles Inns, 
 Kmery A. Donahoo, George R. Andrews, A. Y. Lisenby, People s Savings 
 Bank, Alex Goldstein, Farmers Bank, Walter Shoemaker, Farmers Bank, 
 J. M". Smith, Farmers Bank, O. J. Woodward, First National Bank, W. 
 -I. Dickey, First National Bank, F. M. Helm, Al. Braverman, F. Belard, 
 Dr. E. R. Meux, J. Wilbur Cate, Dr. Adair, C. II. Emmons, W. Parker 
 Lyoii & Coni])any, J. W. Moultrie, Rudolph Werner, S. Evinger, W. P. 
 Bowen, Kutner-Goldstein Company, Charles S. Pierce, A. Xewhouse, W. 
 G. Torlcy, D. C. Tucker, II. P. Black, Mrs. H. M. Xutt, Mr. Norton, Mr. 
 Brunton, George Brothers, T. J. Hammond, George S. Ramsay, Business 
 College, W. X. Rohrer, Henry Avila, Southern Pacific Company, Dr. J. 
 L. Maupin, O. L. Everts, Dr. Bassian, Maurice Rophuro, Charles AVitmack, 
 Mrs. Louis Gundelfinger, Louis Einstein, Central California Bank, 
 Bcrton Einstein, A. Esterbrook, Oleander, E. Gottschalk, D. H. Williams, 
 F. G. Xormart, W. M. Walden, Alex. Gordon, Mrs. S. AV. Marshall, J. M. 
 Braly, Judge George E. Xourse, T. E. C ollins, Ogle House, AA^ick AV. 
 Parsons, ^NVnian Levy, W. B. Parkhill, J. Jonsen, Thomas J. Kirk, super 
 intendent of schools, Mrs. E. W. Risley, J. P. A^incent, II. Graff, Dr. L. II. 
 Ore, A. M. Drew, AV. R. Vansickler, Southern Pacific Railroad, T. E. 
 Langley, Golden AVest Packing House, AV. Pike, Castle Brothers Packing 
 House, T. F. Brosnahan, Southern Pacific Railroad, J. F. Hixon, Southern 
 Pacific Railroad, AV. A. Holmes, Southern Pacific Railroad, C. M. Burleigh, 
 IL P. Pflugcr, Earl Fruit Company, J. B. Inderrienden & Company, 
 ( harles Bonner, Porter Brothers Packing House, F. K. Prescott, ^Irs. AE. 
 R. Madary, M. Theodore Kearney, president Raisin Growers Association, 
 T. II. Lynch, H. C. Tupper, L. L. Cory, S. B. Goodman, Othello Scribnor, 
 \V. H. Ingels Canal and Irrigation Company, A. A. AVhitten, AV. C. Hop 
 kins, Judge George B. Graham, B. F. Shepherd, Emil Bernhard, X. C. 
 < old well. Dr. B. B. Cory, Dr. E. C. Dunn, G. M. Seropian, fruit packer, 
 W. L. Collins, Judge George E. Church, J. J. Kahili, E. Downing, II. II. 
 Welsh, Dr. Chester Rowell, Judge AL K. Harris, A. AVeilheimeiy Mrs. A. 
 AV. Razey, Mrs. O. J. Treat, Mrs. A. Boudereau, AV. IT. Puletson, Alva 
 E. Snow, district attorney, Maude Muller. Ruth Aluller, Airs. Adah Banta, 
 
Fresno and Gait Report. 249 
 
 W. J. McXulty, San Joacjuin Ice Company, Mrs. R. O. Simmer, G. W. 
 Gilbert, J. \>. J onsen, A. C. Banta. 
 
 Reedley. Mrs. A. Bebhart, R. Tcherassy, C. T. Barrett, San Fran 
 cisco and San Joaquin Valley Road, F. M. Wasgatt, Southern Pacific Rail 
 road, D. I, Mekeel. 
 
 danger. Mrs. M ax Frankenau, D. H. Laiferty, Dr. J. A. Rosen- 
 berger, Dr. W. P. Miller, .Mrs. E. E. Southworth, J . S. Irvine, C. B. 
 Lillie, Sanger Lumber Company, Louis Kutner, Mrs. Joseph Burns, J. C. 
 Pottle, Mrs. W. B. Depew, George M. Manley. 
 
 Madera, Madera County. W. A. Moore, J. G. Roberts, Commercial 
 Bank, E. J. Leonard, Yosemite House, A. Wehrman, J. E. Chapin, C. M. 
 McCardle, W. M. Amer, county treasurer, Judge W. M. Conley, E. E. 
 Wilcox, B. W. Child, R. A. Bay, Santa Fe Railroad, W. C. Tighe, Mrs. 
 D. E. Johnson. 
 
 Alalaga.M^rs. E. M. Darling, E. C. Fry, Southern Pacific Railroad. 
 
 Selma.lh: Todd Martin, C. L. Meracle, E. E. Shepherd, II. F. 
 Peters, Santa Fe Railroad," E. Bush, S. Sewald. 
 
 Lemoore, Kings County. Julian W. Hudson. 
 
 ,U/-.s. n>>lti Hake* Mitc/n-1/, Mrs. Lizzie Cr/Jiif<>, 
 
 Corresponding Secretary. Treasurer and Recording Secretary. 
 
 GALT, SACRAMENTO COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Organized June 1, 1S9S. 
 
 Officers. President, Miss C. G. Wooster; corresponding secretary, 
 Genevieve Harvey; recording secretary and treasurer, Alice Latourette. 
 
250 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $20; proceeds from entertainments, $22.25; various 
 donations, $26.50; total amount received, $68.75. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Flannel for bandages, $21.14; affiliation fee, state association, $10; 
 membership badges, $5.00 ; material for emergency slips, $2.90 ; donations 
 to State Eed Cross, $20; material for emergency slips, $3.00; total, $62.04; 
 balance, $6.71. ALICE LATOURETTE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 The society has also sent to headquarters in San Francisco a package 
 of old linen and one hundred and seven emergency slips. 
 
 GILROY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. R. M. Storey; vice-president, Mrs. H. R. 
 Chesbro; treasurer, Miss Carrie Rae; secretary, Mrs. Marian Franklin. 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 This society sent at one time twenty-five dollars worth of material 
 made into caps, bandages, etc. ; at another time sent in cash $70 ; at the 
 last time sent in cash $30: total, $125. 
 
 MRS. MARIA FRANKLIN, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 GRASS VALLEY, NEVADA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. J. P. Zipf; vice-president, Mrs. C. Hun- 
 saker; treasurer and secretary, M. Schliefer. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY FROM MAY 28, 1898, WHEN THE SOCIETY W T AS FORMED, 
 
 TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $73.50; cash donations, $803.25; three months 
 dues, $16.95; badges, $28.50; total receipts, $922.20. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Hotel bill of recruits, $100; dry goods, $182.80; provisions in Grass 
 Valley and Camp Barrett, $263.48; drugs, $3.90; cooking utensils, 
 etc., $22.10; incidental expenses, $24.70; Captain Riley, Company I, 8th 
 Regiment, incidental expenses in camp, $30 ; expenses of delegate, $20 ; 
 affiliation fee, state association, $10; badges, $31.25; contributions to con 
 valescent home, $20 ; Fabiola Hospital, $10 ; Alameda County Hospital, 
 
Hanford and Hollister Reports. 251 
 
 $10; bed in convalescent home, $50; three months contribution convalescent 
 home, $15; total disbursements, $793.23; cash in treasury, $128.97. 
 
 M. SCHLEIFER, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 HANFORD, KINGS COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Organized June 24, 1898. 
 
 President, Mrs. B. A. Fassett ; vice-president, Mrs. Jud Chambers ; 
 secretary, Miss Maude Park; treasurer, Mrs. F. A. Dodge. 
 
 Members. Mrs. Sarah C. Camp, Mrs. li. W. Musgrave, Mrs. Jennie 
 Baylis, Miss Frida P. Fallin, Mrs. Hattie Donager, Mrs. A. V. Taylor, 
 Miss Ida B. McJunkin, Mrs. B. A. Fassett, Mrs. F. A. Dodge, Mrs. Mamie 
 Camp, Mrs. R. G. White, Mrs. Mary Boyd, Mrs. Benj. Mock, Mrs. John 
 Chambers, Mrs. J. O. Ilickman, Miss Mae Sanborne, Mrs. A. C. Cameron, 
 Mrs. F. J. Walker, Mrs. W. H. Dodds, Mrs. D. Stock, Mrs. J. H. Dopkins. 
 Mrs. Lizzie Coe, Miss Rhoda Park, Miss Maude Park, Mrs. J. G. Burgess, 
 Miss Estella H. Goldberg, Mrs. S. Shannon, Mrs. K. H. Sim, Mrs. G. 
 Adolph, Mrs. C. C. Van Velkenburg, Mrs. W. E. Hill, Miss Lois Sanborne, 
 Mr. Horace L. Smith. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 From Soliciting Committee, $35.50; dues, $34-; donations, $4.50; 
 subscription, $9.00: total receipts. $82.50. 
 
 Disbursements, $82.50. 
 
 Articles contributed: 30 sheets, 20 pillow-cases, 10 pillows, 20 pajamas, 
 135 pounds canned fruits and jellies, 1 g O pounds fresh fruit, 24 dozen eggs, 
 65 comfort bags, and 65 bandages. MAUDE PARK, 
 
 Sccrcfary Hanford Red Cross. 
 
 HOLLISTER, SAN BENITO COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. Mary Orr ; first vice-president, Miss Ida Dooling; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. Mattie Conrad ; treasurer, Mrs. R. Johnson ; 
 secretary, Mrs. Ida Evans. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY TO JANUARY 14, 1899. 
 
 The society was organized June 4, 1898, with ten members later 
 three more joined, making thirteen in all, until January 14, 1899. Officers 
 were elected, as above stated; June 15 Mrs. May White resigned as secre 
 tary, and Mrs. Ida Evans was elected in her place December 3. Mrs. J. 
 S. Morry was appointed treasurer, Mrs. Johnson resigning. The meetings 
 were held on Fridays until October, then (the war being over) the time 
 was changed to the first Saturday of each month. 
 
252 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 July 12 \ve sent to the State Red Cross the following articles: 16- 
 sheets, 17 comfort bags, 9 flannel hospital sheets, pajamas, and literature. 
 September o sent 12 cotton pajamas, :> sheets, and literature. October 4 
 sent o sheets, -2 pilloAv-slips, 1 pillo\v, old linen, and 30 glasses of jelly. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Donations an<l entertainments, etc., $97.93. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 .Money sent to San Francisco society, $08. 50; cash for materials, 
 $52. To; total disbursements, $91.23; cash on hand, $(5.70. 
 
 MRS. IDA KYAXS, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 HOPLAND, MENDOCINO COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. Kllen (J. Fletcher; treasurer, Mrs. Maggie 
 Duncan; secretary, Mrs. Kittie Clendenin. 
 
 FIXAXCIAL REI OKT OF SOCIKTY FROM ITS FORMATIOX, IX JUNE, 1898, TO 
 
 .TAX UAH V, 180!). 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $4^; donations, $46 ; work, $1.50; entertainments^ 
 
 $106.20; badges, $9.00; total receipts $205.70. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 State association, $SO ; San Francisci) Red Cross, $2-t; supplies, 
 $54.25; emergency fund, $20; badges, $9.00; stationery, etc., $1.50; 
 hospital ship, $10; total disbursements, $19S.75; balance 4 , $h .t>5. 
 
 The society furnished also 44 sheets, 122 ])illo\v-cases, 14 rolled band 
 ages, 15 cans of fruit, 17 jars of fruit, and 2 glasses of jelly. 
 
 MRS. KITTIK CLKNDKMX, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 IONE, AMADOR COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Organized in June, 181)8. 
 
 J he lone Red ( 1 ross formed its little society, Avitli only a secretary r-.. 
 keep the record of work done and amount collected. It became auxiliary 
 to the state association, and did its best during the greatest emergency 
 period, holding itself ready for further calls by its surplus in the treasury. 
 
 R.EPOKT OF TIIK SOCIETY FROM .JFXK, 1898, TO .JAXFARY, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 Initiation fees, $2o ; subscriptions, $80.50; total, $103.50. 
 
Jackson and Korbel Reports. 253 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Materials, $. 57.50; affiliation fee, state association, $1.0; total, $47.50; 
 balance on hand, $56. Miss W. E. BENSEE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 JACKSON, AMADOR COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 The Red Cross of Jackson organized on July 2, 1898, and elected 
 Mrs. J. 1). Mason for president; Mrs. J. Meham, vice-president; Mrs. 
 Captain Coy, second vice-president ; Miss Eliza Taylor, secretary ; and Mrs. 
 Waltenspeil, treasurer. 
 
 The executive committee was composed of Senator John F. Davis, as 
 chairman, Mrs. Meeham, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Rose Morgan, and Mrs. Kauf- 
 mann. 
 
 The receipts from the time of organization to December, 1901, were 
 $359.80, the expenditures, $297.15, leaving a balance of $62.65 as a nu 
 cleus for future calls. The society holds itself ready whenever the parent 
 association asks for aid. 
 
 Its method of help was to collect money through its dues and social 
 entertainments, and send it to the State Red Cross, to which it affiliated by 
 paying its fee of $10. It made a special contribution of $50 for the con 
 valescent home that was projected and fostered by the State Red Cross. 
 
 When the members of Jackson Red Cross learned of the Galreston dis 
 aster, they promptly contributed twenty-five dollars. 
 
 MRS. J. D. MASOX, 
 
 President. 
 
 KORBEL, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Extract from a letter dated Korbel, April 25, 1899, and addressed to 
 Mrs. J. G. Lemmon, chairman of Committee on State Publication: 
 
 "A small number of school-children, on or about July 26, 1898, organ 
 ized themselves into a Red Cross Society. We gave an exhibition of our 
 school work and exercises, from which we realized thirty-five dollars ($35). 
 A little girl, Julia Janacek, was appointed president, and the children 
 named several friends of our school as vice-presidents, Mrs. Ella Lamba, 
 Mrs. Mary Wagner, Mrs. Antoine Korbel, and some others. Of course 
 you will understand that nearly all the work fell upon the teacher. We 
 expended all our money (save four dollars, which remains in my possession) 
 on sheets, pillow-cases, comfort bags (well filled), slumber caps, pajamas, 
 socks, nightshirts, and some other little things. Our children were much 
 interested during the war, but after the struggle was over, it was difficult 
 to arouse the same enthusiasm ; added to this, let me say that our little 
 place is a mill camp, and the families come and go. You will understand 
 that it requires constant attention on the part of the teacher to keep the 
 children interested in anything that they can not see. 
 
254 Pfivific Coast lied Cross Socidy. 
 
 * I have not attempted a report/ but have just given you a few items 
 or facts; I do not try to tell you of the enthusiasm manifested by our little 
 ones, or of the willing spirit in which they undertook to work for our 
 soldiers. " 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 From dues, gifts, and entertainments, $-15.50. 
 Disbursements to date, $-1-0.75; balance, $4.75. 
 
 MRS. KATE K. STEARNS, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 LAKEPORT LAKE COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 The society was organized in Lakeport, Juno 25, 1898, with the fol 
 lowing ladies as officers: Mrs. Win. ]>. Collier, president; Airs. Foree, vice- 
 president; Airs. E. K. Harrington, corresponding and recording secretary; 
 Airs. George Lyon, treasurer. 
 
 Total number of members, fifty-three. 
 
 Through the courtesy of the .Hank of Lakeport, a room was given us, 
 in which we have held a weekly meeting, also using the room constantly for 
 work. 
 
 Material sent to the state society: 99 hospital sheets, ?> 2 pillow-cases, 22 
 shirts, 30 pajamas, 69 bandages; donation to state swiety, $100; donation 
 for hospital use in Manila, $50. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF LAKE COUNTY KED CROSS. 
 
 To cash received from Upper Lake, $101; membership fees, $53; 
 Lakeport entertainment, $51.75; total, $205.75. 
 
 By cash expended: Material, $21.80; state fees, $10; donation to state 
 society, $100; donation to state society, $50; badges, $25; total, $200.80; 
 balance, $58.95. Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MRS. E. K. HARRINGTON, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 LINCOLN, PLACER COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 LINCOLN, Cal., April 27, 1899. 
 
 MRS. J. G. LEMMON, Chairman of Committee on State Publication 
 Dear Madam : When the report of our society was called for, I sent one 
 as full as possible, but, of course, I do not know what was done with it. 
 Our society is virtually disbanded, though we could be called together on 
 emergency, that is, about seven or eight of us, which are all there ever were. 
 As a matter of fact, I was about all there was to the society; what was 
 done, I did ; what fault was found was laid to me ; and what honor there 
 was was scattered to the four winds ; and through it all I was glad and rejoice 
 that so much was done. We were never really organized in any way to 
 
Lompoc Report. 255 
 
 satisfy any inspector, and, as I am a very busy man, and the rest were in 
 the same fix why, here we are. 
 
 I will try to tell you what we did irregular and spasmodic, perhaps, 
 but pretty good after all. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Thirty-one membership fees, $31; donation from Mr. Gladding, $25; 
 donation from friends, $4.00 : donation from Rebeccas, $5.00 ; amount from 
 county society, $25 ; total, $90. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 July 1, 1898, state association, $10; July 25, 1S98, state association, 
 $25; July 25, state association, $5.25; July 26, thread, etc., $1.00; July 
 26, eiderdown, $4.00; July 26, denim for bags, $4.80; August, denim for 
 bags, etc., $6.20; October, state association, $33.75; total, $90. 
 
 In addition to this, we made up a lot of soldiers bags and sent them. 
 We made and forwarded in all about 80 sleeping-caps, 165 pillow-case bags, 
 and several packages and bags of fruit. WM. BUTLER, 
 
 President of Lincoln Red Cross Society. 
 
 LOMPOC, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. C. A. Farnum ; vice-presidents, Mesdames J. D. Allen 
 and Wm. Jackson; secretary, Mrs. Dr. Wade; treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Black. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY FROM JUNE 9, 1898, TO JANUARY 10, 1899. 
 
 When the news flashed over the wires that the United States had 
 declared war against Spain, in the name of humanity, on behalf of oppressed 
 Cuba, our people, prompted by the same inspiration that led our govern 
 ment to institute the first charity war in the world s history, wished to 
 share in the good work by giving comfort and relief to our noble boys who 
 bravely responded to our country s call. A few ladies met and discussed 
 the prospect of forming a Red Cross Society in Lompoc. A letter was 
 dispatched to Mrs. Dunbar, secretary of the State Red Cross Association, 
 asking for directions. Word came back to organize and get to work. In 
 structions would follow. 
 
 June 9 a meeting was called ; a permanent organization was instituted, 
 and officers were elected. Committees were appointed, the town districted, 
 and solicitors sent out, who, like the humble gleaner, Ruth of old, returned 
 laden with generous gifts. An entertainment was given, the magic words, 
 "Red Cross benefit," making it a grand success. One of our members 
 made and sold pictures of the old mission at Santa Barbara, donating the 
 entire proceeds to the society, amounting to over $13. Another member 
 made pictures of the ruins of Lompoc old mission, sold, and donated some 
 $3.00. Still other donations came in, and we soon found a well-filled 
 treasury. 
 
256 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 We were anxious to become coworkers with the state and national 
 association, made application, were admitted, and received a certificate. 
 We have sent to the state association money, literature, and supplies, when 
 called upon, and hope in the future to respond to any and all calls. 
 
 The war is supposed to he over, hut there is much to he done in the 
 interest of Red Cross work in relieving the distress of our soldiers hefore 
 their tinal discharge; therefore let us not he weary in well-doing, but, with 
 renewed activity, assist in relieving distress wherever we may find it. 
 
 During the short time this society has been in existence, the officers 
 and members have worked with a will, esteeming it a privilege to send upon 
 their mission of relief our loyal gifts to alleviate the sufferings of our brave 
 boys. We have sent to the state association several boxes of sheets, pillow 
 cases, bandages, comfort bags, reading matter, boxes of general supplies, 
 and a case of jelly. 
 
 July 17 we sent to the state association in cash $100; August 25, $50; 
 Xovember 15 (for Christinas), $10. October IS the society obligated itself 
 to contribute in cash $5.00 per month to the state association for Red Cross 
 work. Each and every requirement of the association has been complied 
 with. 
 
 FI.XAXCIAL KKPORT. 
 
 Total amount of money received from all sources, private citizens, 
 ^iasonic Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Foresters 7 Lodges, I. (). O. F., 
 Rebecca, entertainment, etc., $304.25. Disbursements, $282.20; balance 
 in treasury, $22.05. 
 
 By order of the president, Mrs. C. A. Farnum. 
 
 MKS. II. WEBB, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 LOS ANGELES AUXILIARY. 
 
 The history of the Los Angeles auxiliary of the California Red Cross 
 Society, if it was fully written, would present many details as unique a- 
 they would prove interesting. In the concrete these details tell a story of 
 unselfish patriotism, individual loyalty, and personal sacrifice, that for 
 long years to come will constitute a bright page in the history of southern 
 California, during the stirring days of the year 1808, consequent upon HIL- 
 Spanish- American War. 
 
 A wise statesman has reverently and truly said, "For every crisis in 
 national affairs God promptly raises men and women for the emergency, 
 who are permitted to assist in turning that crisis to the best interests of 
 humanity. So it was when the red torch of war, fed and fanned by the 
 atrocious cruelties of a brutal Spanish soldiery, set on fire the noble instincts 
 of American patriotism, the direct offspring of sincere humanity, the long 
 roll sounded in every State in the Union, and the war was on. Two hun 
 dred and fifty thousand American fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons, 
 
Los Angeles Report. 
 
 used only to the quiet of home and the comforts of peace, promptly ex 
 changed these for a soldier s privations, and braved a soldier s death, onlv 
 pausing to bend the knee in supplication 1o the God of battles, while they 
 kissed the beautiful Stars and Stripes, and, with uplifted hand, solemnly 
 vowed that Cuba shall be free. 
 
 Mrs. J. M. Griffith, 
 President. 
 
 The great American soldier, Gen. W. T. Sherman, truthfully said to 
 the mayor of Atlanta, in July, 1864, "War is cruelty; you can not refine 
 it." The Spanish-American War was no exception to this axiom. With 
 the first call for troops personal sufferings began, and too soon Pealh, the 
 grim reaper, was busy claiming his victims. Here, then, was woman s 
 opportunity, and nobly did she respond to humanity s call. The attractions 
 of home life, the pleasures of society, and the ease that rightfully belonged 
 to the prosperous and more fortunate sisters of our land, were all laid 
 aside, and with willing hands and brave hearts they went to the assistance 
 of their sick and wounded brothers and their needy and too often helpless 
 families. 
 
 Beneath the banner of the Red Cross Society they stood side by side 
 in their heaven-blest labor of a loving humanity. The lines of social 
 distinction and those that surround the wealth-favored few were trampled 
 upon by hurrying feet, as they hastened here and there on errands of 
 mercy, while seraphic smiles seemed to light up the faces of those who 
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Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 were unconsciously winning the divine approval of Him who said, "She 
 hath done what she could." We once heard, with a manly pride, the 
 patriotic sentiment, "The citizen soldiers of America, the strength of our 
 country, the living bulwarks of our nation." To this we claim the privilege 
 of adding another, "The women of America, their sublime faith in our 
 country s moral destiny and tender response to humanity s plaintive cry, 
 is positive evidence that they are approved angels of mercy to do His will." 
 
 Hereafter let no one make the mistake of intimating that American 
 soldiers are our only heroes. When the impartial writer of the history 
 of the Avar for humanity of 1898 shall record those who have proved them 
 selves as great, the women of our land may possibly receive the greater 
 laudation, as theirs was indeed an unselfish labor of love, without praise 
 or mention, without honors or emoluments, but only with the reward of a 
 conscious response to the call of suffering humanity and the delicate and 
 sensitive womanly nature. 
 
 Los Angeles division of the California Tied Cross Society was formally 
 organized on June 1, 1898, at which time was gathered together a large 
 representative body of the best men and women of the city of Los Angeles. 
 An enthusiastic patriotism marked all their deliberations. A religious? 
 fervor seemed to fill every heart. Selfishness was a forgotten sin, and 
 the great thought was, What can I do to help relieve suffering and help 
 make comfortable our brave soldiers and the families they leave behind ? 
 
 GRAND WORK OF MRS. GRIFFITH. 
 
 \ 
 
 The first executive board chosen included such prominent citizens as 
 Mrs. D. G. Stephens, Mr. !N". H. Xewmark, Mrs. J. S. Slauson, Dr. Joseph 
 Kurtz, Mrs. Carrie S. Greene, Mrs. Eleanor T. Pattee, Mrs. J. M. Griffith, 
 Mrs. M. S. Severance, Mr. L. Behymer, and Count Jaro Yon Schmidt. 
 Scores of others were active in the organization of the Los Angeles division, 
 and we sincerely regret that we can not name them all. In the election 
 of officers the choice of a president fell upon Mrs. J. M. Griffith, and she 
 thus became the executive head of the division, l^ever was a better selec 
 tion made for so responsible a position. Generously endowed with ability, 
 courage, and unconscious dignity, having a restless energy, possessing an 
 untiring devotion, large hearted, deeply sympathetic, possessed of rare 
 executive power and the genius of a commanding general, fortunate 
 indeed was the Los Angeles division when she consented to assume the 
 important, vexatious, wearying, and soul-testing position of president. A 
 woman of culture and refinement, she denied herself the comforts of a 
 luxurious home, and virtually threw her whole life into the laborious work 
 before her. Without disparaging any one, we believe it true that to Mrs. 
 Griffith, more than to any other individual, is due the brilliant history 
 of the proud achievements of the Los Angeles division of the Red Cross 
 Society. 
 
 Immediately upon its organization began its practical work. Money 
 
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 was collected, supplies were gathered; scores upon scores of true and faith 
 ful women came to the headquarters of the society and worked early and 
 late, with an unselfish devotion, making up, arranging, and shipping to 
 the various camps of instruction the many articles of comfort for the well 
 and delicacies for the sick. Business men left their offices and stores, 
 mechanics left their shops, while laboring men laid down their implements, 
 and all cheerfully cooperated with the women in their laborious work. 
 Citizens of all classes personally came to headquarters, paid their dollars, 
 and enrolled their names as associate members. Preachers of all denomi 
 nations earnestly prayed God to bless the work of the Eed Cross and urged 
 their hearers to actively assist its officers and workers in their labors. 
 Troops passing through Los Angeles were bountifully fed, refreshed, and 
 cheered on to deeds of heroism in humanity s sacred cause. Xo night was 
 too long to deter those tender-hearted women and their manly associates 
 from patiently waiting through its tedious hours for the coming of belated 
 trains, filled with brave boys in blue, whom they sought to feed, cheer, 
 and encourage. 
 
 THE GALLANT SEVENTH. 
 
 Early in June the gallant Seventh Regiment, California Infantry, 
 United States ^ ^ olunteers, commanded by Col. John R. Berry, left Los 
 Angeles, over twelve hundred strong. It was a great day for southern 
 California, for in its ranks every town in this sun-kissed land was repre 
 sented ; but it was a greater day for the Los Angeles division of the Red 
 Cross Society. Standing by it and cooperating with it were hundreds of 
 the very best people of this southern metropolis, including scores upon 
 scores of as noble women as ever trod American soil. Every man in the 
 departing Seventh was generously and affectionately remembered, and 
 carried with him articles of comfort as mementoes from the women of the 
 Red Cross Society. 
 
 From this time on Los Angeles realized she had a personal interest 
 in the war, and more especially so when, a few weeks later, Battery "D, ? 
 Captain Henry Steere, went away to join the American forces at Manila. 
 
 The headquarters, at San Erancisco, of the California Red Cross soon 
 realized the efficiency and strength of the Los Angeles division, and leaned 
 heavily upon it for practical assistance. " Hurry orders" came frequently, 
 but they were cheerfully and faithfully filled and practical assistance 
 promptly rendered. 
 
 ENCOMIUMS FROM STATE PRESIDENT. 
 
 From a report made last January 20 to Mrs. W. B. Harrington, state 
 president, by the secretary, Mrs. Constance M. Cady, we quote as follows : 
 
 "The Los Angeles auxiliary of the Red Cross Society was regularly 
 organized June 1, 1898, Mrs. J. M. Griffith, president. From June 1 
 to October 22, 1898, the society received in casli donations $1,379.25, 
 
260 L\n i/ic Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 which was the sum total of sixty-nine donations. The membership, begin 
 ning June 3, 181S, yielded $1,122; miscellaneous receipts, $24.1"), making 
 a total of $2, 52;"). 40. To this should be added cash from auxiliary soci 
 eties, $S.OO; beneHts and entertainments, $700.:}."); juvenile auxiliary, 
 $11.10; mite boxes, $4<J.27 ; Col. John U. I Jerry, $211). IS; making total 
 cash receipts $3,510.30. 
 
 "Shipments June S to September 7, 1 SDS : 1,1)00 bandages, 1,111 
 housewives, DS3 pillow-cases, 1(>2 pairs socks, 7 arm sling, 224 pounds 
 foot powder, 33!) eiderdown caps, 8!) suits underwear, 2,0!):} Manila caps, 
 01) comfort bags, SI 5 pillow-ticks, 11)7 towels, 341 surgical bands, (50 night 
 shirts, 250 sheets, 1,452 handkerchiefs. 
 
 "The total shipment of dried fruit I am not able to give. In weight 
 there were shipped 2,400 pounds, besides 7 bags, 10 sacks, and 12 boxe^. 
 Among the principal miscellaneous -articles there have been 11 tents, 12 
 bottles lime juice, 10 boxes lemons, and 24 blanket robes. 
 
 "An enormous amount of literature was also shipped, but it would 
 take too much space to itemize the countless, almost innumerable, articles 
 set down to donations, including materials of all sorts, supplies of various 
 kinds, stationery, printing, the use of machines, tables, chairs, etc., and 
 last, but not least, the services given all along the line in every department." 
 
 At the January election the following became officers of the society 
 and members of the executive board: President, Mrs. J. M. Griffith; first 
 vice-president, .Miss M. IJ. Penniston; second vice-president, ]\Irs. Berthold 
 Baruch ; chairman executive board, Captain F. J. Cressey ; recording 
 secretary, Miss K. A. Ilolabird; financial secretary, Mr. L. Behymer. 
 Other members of the board: Mrs. II. J. \Voollacott, Miss Mary K. Ilaynes, 
 Miss K. Hamburger, Mrs. II. II. Day. 
 
 Many of the former active workers and faithful officers withdrew at 
 this time, realizing that the great work of the local society was largely 
 ended. The efficient and faithful president, Mrs. J. M. Griffith, was at 
 home painfully sick and unable to be present. Her health was seriously 
 undermined, and her life threatened, as a direct result of the mental 
 and physical strain of the last ten months, and she begged her sisters l~o 
 relieve her of official cares; again was she unanimously elected president. 
 A few weeks later she positively resigned, and was made honorary presi 
 dent for life. 
 
 For some months next ensuing Mrs. Berthold Baruch was the 
 worthy and efficient president, and did faithful work in helping to care 
 for the manv sick soldiers returning from the Philippines. Later on she 
 was succeeded as president by Miss M. IJ. Penniston, who has been active 
 and faithful during the score or more of weary months: she has been an 
 earnest and unselfish worker in the cause of the Red Cross Society and a 
 sincere devotee at the shrine of a patriotic humanity. 
 
 Here, on "March 31, 1SDD, we "lose this hurried and imperfect sketch 
 
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 261 
 
 of the organization and work of flic Los Angeles division of the California 
 Keel Cross Society. Its members have returned to their home duties, or 
 to the pleasure and whirl of society events, while the man of many cares 
 is anxious over his business affairs. Their efforts under the banner of the 
 Red Cross of our American soldiery have ended, but the story of their 
 unselfish patriotism and individual devotion will never be forgotten by a 
 liberty-loving people. 
 
 THE VOLUNTEER ARMY NURSES 
 
 Of Los Augeles were organized early in May, 1SJ)S, under the immediate 
 direction of Mrs. J. M. Griffith, who thus soon knew that the pending 
 war with Spain would necessitate the services of many nurses in the hos 
 pitals and with the forces in the field. 
 
 A score of the best physicians and surgeons in Los Angeles tendered 
 their active cooperation, and in a very few days fifty of the most prominent 
 and best women in the city were industriously engaged in careful study 
 and personal services at the County Hospital and elsewhere, gaining a prac 
 tical knowledge of the ways in which to help relieve pain and assist nature 
 in the healing of wounds. All these with a patriotic enthusiasm entered 
 heartily into their chosen work, and were soon ready to render excellent 
 and timely service. Much to their disappointment, their personal assist 
 ance was not demanded, except in two or three cases. 
 
 Before the month closed, Mrs. Griffith was invited to San Francisco 
 as a representative of southern California, to assist in organizing the State 
 
262 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Red Cross Society, and was properly honored by being made its first vice- 
 president. 
 
 On her return, the Los Angeles branch of the Red Cross Society was 
 organized, into which the Society of Army Xurses was merged, and so 
 became an effort of the past. Its members, however, are well entitled to 
 great credit for their excellent intentions and personal devotion to human 
 ity s call, and the memory of their unselfish zeal will long remain a rich 
 heritage to the best citizens of Los Angeles. 
 (Communicated by Captain F. J. Cressey, Chairman of Executive Board.) 
 
 Los Anqeles, December 15, 1901. 
 
 nptdhi F. J. Cressey, 
 Executive Board. 
 
 MARTINEZ, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. 
 
 President, Miss Marian Taylor; vice-presidents, Mrs. A. J. Kinsey, 
 Mrs. Chas. Fish ; secretary, Mrs. E. L. Bailhache ; treasurer, W. A. Hale. 
 
 Quite a number of the patriotic people of Martinez assembled in the 
 town hall on the evening of May 10, 181)8, and effected a temporary organi 
 zation for Red Cross work, electing the officers named above, also an executive 
 committee, to consist of the five officers and of the five following members : 
 Mrs. J. F. Fish, Miss E. B. Hook, Mrs. C. F. Montgomery, A. B. McKenzie, 
 G. B. Wolford. On July 1 this society organized permanently, becoming 
 an auxiliary to the state association, and electing the same officers, who still 
 occupy the same positions. 
 
 The society got to work at once, made collections, received donations, 
 
Marysville and Maxwell Reports. 263 
 
 purchased material, made it up, and sent to the state supply department 
 450 abdominal bands, 300 pocket companions, 240 esmarch bandages, 30 
 bandanas, 57 woolen caps, 150 Havelocks for use at Manila, 66 pillow 
 cases, 38 sheets, 39 field pillow-cases, -11 slings, 10 tent pockets, 42 comfort 
 bags, 18 hospital shirts, and 18 handkerchiefs. We also sent 1 box prunes, 
 
 1 box lemons, 6 bottles blackberry cordial, 5 gallons sherry wine, 5 gallons 
 California brandy, 23 quarts jelly. 42 boxes ointment, 16 packages tobacco, 
 
 2 boxes apricots, 1 box eggs, 2 boxes provisions, 36 numbers Century maga 
 zine, 3 years Youth s Companion, 2 years Review of Reviews, 46 paper 
 novels, 2 games, a package of lead-pencils, and 1 package reading matter 
 (miscellaneous"). 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Subscriptions and donations, $11)1.10: membership fees, $57; total, 
 $248.19. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Material, $161.68; to state association, $37; netting, $10; to Mrs. 
 M. A. Palm, one of our nurses, $25; total, $233.68; balance, $14.51. 
 
 MKS. E. L. BAILIIACHE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MARYSVILLE; YUBA COUNTY. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. AV. M. Cutter: first vice-president, Mrs. J. 
 B. Fuller; second vice-president, Mrs. R. G. Stanwood; treasurer, Mrs. J. 
 Cohn ; secretary, Miss Bessie Stanwood. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY FROM ORGANIZATION TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 From collections and donations, $431.44; from ladies of Camptonville, 
 $137: total, $568.44. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Material for bandages, $59.00; affiliation fee, state association, $10; 
 Emergency Fund, $50 ; underwear, Company L, 8th Regiment, $240.40 ; 
 stamps and expressage, $2.80; sheeting, $16.96; badges for members, 
 $13.50; Field Hospital Fund, state association, $25; fruit and vegetables, 
 Company L, 8th Regiment, $10; pillow-cases, $9.00; Emergency Fund, 
 $568.44; receipts, $568.44; disbursements, $558.64. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 Miss BESSIE STAXWOOD, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MAXWELL, SISKIYOU COUNTY. 
 
 Organized July 8, 1898, with thirteen active members. Made and 
 forwarded two boxes of hospital supplies. Paid $10 for membership in 
 
2t>4 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 state association; $4.00 for Red Cross pins. Paid something over thirty 
 dollars ($30) for materials and expense of sending articles made to the 
 hospital. Have paid all expenses of society, and have a reasonable fund 
 on hand for future use. 
 
 We expect to remain Keel Cross workers, ready whenever the oppor 
 tunity presents. Miss ELLA HARDEN, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MENDOCINO, MENDOCINO COUNTY. 
 
 This society formed in May, 1808, electing for president, Mrs. L. 
 A. Morgan: vice-president, Mrs. O. M. Stone; secretary, Mrs. Byron ("lark; 
 treasurer, Mrs. S. W. Hills. 
 
 HEl OKT OK SOCIETY TO JANUARY 3, 1800. 
 
 Keceipts. 
 
 1808, May 25, membership fees, $2"> ; May 30, entertainment, $02.10; 
 July -1, ice-cream sale, $24.50; October, entertainment, $80; total, $141.00. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 June 9, to state society, box bandages, etc., $20.75; June 23, to* state 
 society, flannel bandages, $18.55; July 0, to state society, flannel caps, etc., 
 $7.50; July 20, to state society, sheets and pillow-cases, etc., $5.19; August 
 4, to state society, sheets and shirts, $8.22 ; August 10, to state society, 
 shirts, hospital bandages, and box of flowers, $3.10; badges, $5.20; October 
 LI, box of books, $20; November 1, cash, $2.50; December 1, cash, $2.50; 
 1800, January 3, cash, $15; incidental expenses, badges, etc., $10; total, 
 $140.81 ; balance, $0.79. 1808, August, to state association, 43 glasses 
 l ollv, 12 do/en eggs, and box of apples. MRS. BYRON CLARK, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MILL VALLEY, MARIN COUNTY* 
 
 President, Mrs. Reynolds ; vice-president, Miss K. Thompson ; secre 
 tary, Miss M. Kingwell ; treasurer, Miss F. Ixea. 
 
 Advisory Board. Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. Grant. 
 
 Early in the Ked Cross agitation on the Pacific Coast Mill Valley 
 organized a society. The exact date of organization is not shown in the 
 report given; good work, however, was done. The following is the list <>i 
 articles sent by the Mill Valley Red Cross to the State Red Cross Supply 
 Depot at, San Francisco: 
 
 June 4, 1SIS, 00 bandages; June 8, 17 comfort bags, 08 esmarch 
 bandages; June 11, 30 bandages, 48 comfort bags; June 15, 00 bandages, 
 37 comfort bags; June 22, 7 hospital robes, 4 flannel shirts, 3 packages 
 books; Julv 0, 13 shirts, 10 comfort bags, 9 pajamas, 1 package books. 
 
 M. KINGWELL, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
Monterey and Pacific Grove Reports. 265 
 
 MONTEREY AND PACIFIC GROVE, MONTEREY COUNTY. 
 
 President, Margaret A. Jacks, Monterey; first vice-president, Mrs. E. 
 S. Gay, Pacific Grove ; secretary, Miss V. A. L. Jones, Pacific Grove : 
 second vice-president, Mrs. M. M. Gray, Monterey; treasurer, Mrs. A. C. 
 James, Monterey. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY. 
 
 The Monterey and Pacific Grove .Red Cross Auxiliary to the California 
 Red Cross State Association was organized on Friday, June 11, 1898, elect 
 ing the officers named above. The society s membership roll has increased 
 from twenty-nine, at the time of its organization, to eighty-one, on October 
 15, 1898. 
 
 The society has, up to date, sent to the supply depot of the State Red 
 Cross: 830 abdominal bandages, 8-1 esmarch bandages, 72 roll bandages, 
 91 pajamas, 131 filled comfort bags, 93 sheets, 94 pillow-cases, 17 shirts, 
 2 boxes magazines, dried and canned fruit, jellies, and old linen. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $81; donations, $123.58; entertainments, $122.40; 
 total, $326.98. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Members badges, $27; donations returned, $2.00; sewing material, 
 etc., $222.37; charter state league, $10; total, $261.37; balance, $65.01. 
 
 MARGARET A. JACKS, 
 
 President. 
 
Mrs. E. Wilder Churchill, 
 President Napa Ked Cross Society. 
 
Napa Report. 
 
 267 
 
 Mr*. Frank \V . Bus 
 Vice-President. 
 
 Mrs. G. M. Francis, 
 Second Vice-President. 
 
 Mrs. Owen Moran, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 3//-.V. A . H. Winship, 
 Secretary. 
 
268 Pacific Coast Bed Cross Society. 
 
 NAPA, NAPA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. E. Wilder Churchill; first vice-president, Mrs. Frank 
 Bush; second vice-president, Mrs. G. M. Francis; treasurer, Mrs. Owen 
 Moran ; financial secretary, Mrs. W. II. Evans ; corresponding secretarv, 
 Mrs. E. II. Winship. 
 
 Members, 250. 
 
 REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY 
 FROM MAY 25, 1898, DATE OF ORGANIZATION, TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 This society has made and forwarded the following articles: 1,088 
 abdominal bandages, 943 comfort bags, 100 housewife bags (sent to Vallejo 
 Red Cross Society), 375 disinfectant bags, 336 flannel caps, 18 pillow-cases, 
 243 arm slings, 118 chest protectors, 36 pajamas, 14 surgical nightshirts, 
 12 dozen boxes beef -tea tablets and 80 one-pound packages of corn starch 
 (sent direct to soldiers related to members of our society), 2 large boxes 
 provisions, 80 pieces soap (in bags), 19 dozen eggs, underwear, socks, 
 handkerchiefs, fruits (dried, preserved, and jellies), old linen, and books. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $250; badges, $226.25; donations, $408.27; total, 
 $984.52. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Official fee paid state association, $10 ; official badges, $50 ; remittance 
 to state association, $100; Red Cross supplies and expenses, $453.93; total, 
 $613.93; balance, $370.59. MRS. WM. H. EVANS, 
 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. J. II. Buffington ; vice-president, Mrs. D. E. Getchell : 
 secretary, Mrs. M. Lawrence; treasurer, Miss Rachel Morgan. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $38 ; donations, $368.05 ; total, $406.05. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10 ; Philippine Emergency Fund, 
 $50; Manila Hospital Fund, $25; badges, $10; supplies, $269.07; dona 
 tion to state association, $30; total, $394.07; balance on hand, $11.98. 
 
 MRS. M. LAWRENCE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
New Almaden and Newcastle Reports. 269 
 
 NEW ALMADEN, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Our society was organized July 9, 1898. The first set of officers 
 served until January 5, 1899. 
 
 President, Mrs. C. C. Derby; first vice-president, Mrs. T. S. Lowell; 
 second vice-president, .Mrs. J. Geach; third vice-president, Mrs. K. J. 
 Pierce; secretary, Miss Gertrude Geach; treasurer, Miss Stella Lanyon. 
 
 The second year s officers were : For president, Mrs. T. S. Lowell ; first 
 vice-president, Mrs. E. T. Tregoning; second vice-president, Mrs. T. 
 Wasley; third vice-president, Mrs. E. J. Pierce; secretary, Miss Xellie 
 Tregoning; treasurer, Mrs. A. C. Tunes. 
 
 The membership when organized numbered fifty-two. 
 
 On July 11, 1899, our regular meetings were suspended indefinitely, 
 to be called by the president, who through her held the society in readiness 
 to aid in future Ked Cross work whenever needed. Two special meetings 
 have been called since the suspension of constant activity. 
 
 FIXAXCIAI, REPOKT. 
 
 Money collected through membership fees, $54.70 ; receipts from 
 entertainments, $88.60, amounting to $191.30. 
 
 Money spent for material for pajamas, towels, and comfort bags, 
 $38.65; money for jelly sent to convalescent home, $10; relief money for 
 the Galveston sufferers, $40 ; incidental expenses deducted, leaves a total 
 in treasury of $35.10. 
 
 The society sent one box of books and magazines for the soldiers at 
 Manila. 
 
 The advisory board consisted of seven members: Mrs. C. C. Derby, Mrs. 
 E. W. Carson, Mr. C. T. O Brion, Mr. T. Wasley, Mr. James Tonkin, Dr. 
 T. S. Lowell, and Mr. .] ames Garcia. 
 
 Chairman of the executive, Mrs. C. C. Derby; chairman of financial 
 and purchasing committee, Mrs. A. C. Innes ; of the literary committee, 
 Mrs. R. J. Pierce ; the social committee, Mrs. E. Jacka. The president 
 leaving town, resigned, and the vice-president fills the office. 
 
 MRS. E. TREGOXIXG, 
 First Vice-President. 
 
 Miss XELLIE J. TKEGOXIXG, 
 Secretary. 
 
 NEWCASTLE, PLACER COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY* 
 
 President, Mrs. E. I). Katzenstein ; vice-president, Mrs. John Mitchell ; 
 secretary, Miss Mabel Eastwood ; treasurer, Mrs. Henry Mitchell. 
 
 The officers and following-named ladies constitute the executive board: 
 Mrs. G. M. Richmond, .Mrs. D. Barnicott, Mrs. P. F. Hoffman, Mrs. M. II. 
 Schnabel, .Mrs. M. T. Staples, Mrs. A. B. Eastwood, Mrs. E. W. Culver, 
 
270 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Mrs. W. J. Wilson, Jr. Later Mrs. Katzenstein, president, was succeeded 
 by Mrs. W. J. Wilson. 
 
 The Newcastle Red Cross was organized June 14, 1898. It consists 
 of a small band of earnest, patriotic women, and, although the amount of 
 money may seem small, yet the region is limited where donations might 
 be available. The emergency call came at last as a surprise, and, illustrating 
 the trite saying, u He gives twice who gives quickly," our little band set to 
 work with good will. Bands and comfort bags were made and sent to 
 the State "Red Cross ; lunches, fruit, and flowers were furnished to soldiers 
 on the trains, etc. The treasurer reports the following: 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Money collected, fees, $49.75; fees, $3.00; proceeds of entertainment, 
 $40; county appropriation, $30; supplies sold, $0.30; total, $123.05. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10; supplies for bags, $8.21; Red 
 Cross buttons, $25; expense of entertainment, $6.25; local sanitary com 
 mission, $50; total, $99.46; balance, $23.59. 
 
 MRS. W. J. WILSON, JR., 
 
 President. 
 MRS. ED. KATZENSTEIX, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 NIPOMO, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. 
 
 The society was organized June 22, 1898, and the following officers 
 appointed: President, Mrs. V. S. Rurmells; vice-president, Mrs. John Cook; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. Tilford Dagger ; third vice-president, Mrs. II. 
 Branch ; fourth vice-president, Mrs. G. C. Grand ; fifth vice-president, Mrs. 
 0. G. McNeil ; recording secretary, Mrs. II. C. Fry ; corresponding secre 
 tary, Mrs. E. McLennan ; treasurer, Mrs. E. C. Dana. 
 
 In accordance with the constitution, the society, at the end of six 
 months, December 22, 1898, elected new officers, as follows: President, Mrs. 
 J. S. Clarke ; vice-president, Mrs. E. C. Dana ; recording secretary, Mrs. 
 John Cook ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. W. Sutherland ; treasurer, 
 Mrs. H. C. Fry. 
 
 We organized at first with twenty-seven members, but, some having 
 moved away, and others having dropped out for various reasons, we have 
 at present only sixteen regular members. 
 
 FINANCIAL EEPORT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Ice-cream social, $22.75; donation from X. S. G. W., $10; donation 
 from K. of P. Lodge, $5.00 ; membership fees, $3.40 ; entertainment (Peak 
 
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 sisters), $26.30; badges sold, $0.50; entertainment (Thanksgiving), $-1.70; 
 1898, December 28, cash, $2.25; 1899, January 18, badge, $0.25; April 7, 
 from secretary, $0.87; total, $76.02. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, State Red Cross Association, $10; money sent state 
 association, $15; ice ($2.75; freight on ice, $0.55), $8.80; J. Cook for 
 merchandise, $0.80; money-order fee, $0.05; merchandise, $4.00; hall rent, 
 E. Knotts, $2.00; state association ($5.00; fees, $0.09), $5.09; Mrs. Clark, 
 $4.50; Pacheco & Flores, $5.00; Fry & Co. (55 cents), J. Cook (85 cents), 
 $1.40; state association ($5.00: money order fee, $0.09), $5.09; Mrs. 
 Delessigues, $1.25; Mrs. Clark, $0.45; state association ($5.00; fee on 
 money order, $0.09), $5.09; total, $63.02; balance, $13. 
 
 MRS. H. C. FRY, 
 Treasurer and Recording Secretary. 
 
 April 28, 1899. 
 
 OROVILLE, BUTTE COUNTY. 
 
 President, Miss Caroline Sexton ; first vice-president, Mrs. S. S. 
 Boynton; second vice-president, Mrs. C. C. Belding; secretary, Mrs. W. E. 
 Duncan, Jr. ; treasurer, Mrs. L. C. Jacobs. 
 
 REPORT FROM JUNE, 1898, TO JANUARY 1, 1S99. 
 
 1898, receipts from various sources, $853.26. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 June 24, affiliation fee, $10; badges, $25; equipment of soldiers, 
 $26.65; material, etc., for 82 comfort bags, $16.31; July 1.9, hospital pur 
 poses, $50: July 20, badges, $5.00; July 26, hospital purposes, $100; 
 September 1, "Koberts Kules," $0.75; postage and revenue stamps, $0.69; 
 convalescent hospital, $50; covers for hospital beds, $5.00; October 1,, 
 monthly donation, state association, $10; November 1, monthly donation, 
 state association, $10; December 1, monthly donation, state association, 
 $10; January 1, 1899, monthly donation, state association, $10; total, 
 $329.60; balance, $23.66. 
 
 We have sent 82 comfort bags, 3 boxes of literature, and 2 boxes of 
 oranges for the use of the soldiers. The equipment of soldiers mentioned 
 in report consisted of underclothing furnished Oroville boys at time of 
 enlistment. 
 
 We have pledged the state association $10 per month, beginning with 
 October 1, 1898. MRS. W. E. DUXCAX, JR., 
 
 Secretary. 
 
272 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 PALO ALTO, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. X. K. Malcolm; vice-president, Mrs. S. A. Dyer; 
 
 secretary, Mrs. M. 13. Suiter; treasurer, Mrs. M. C. Campbell. 
 
 Executive Committee. Mesdames Parkinson, Wright, Binghand, 
 Bell. 
 
 PALO ALTO REPORT. 
 
 The society was organized by .Mrs. Xorman E. Malcolm, May 16, 
 1898, at the Presbyterian Church, with the above-named officers. We 
 began work immediately, making bandages, comfort bags, etc., and collect 
 ing reading matter. We held regular business meetings every Thursday, 
 and special meetings when the work required. At our second meeting Mrs. 
 J. Gilbert was elected treasurer in the place of Mrs. Campbell, the latter 
 being unable to serve. Later we received a copy of the constitution, and 
 reorganized June 16 according to the rules of the constitution, adopting for 
 our constitution that of the San Francisco society, with one or two changes 
 of minor importance. The former officers were retained. Mrs. Parkinson 
 was elected second vice-president, and the executive board was completed 
 witli the following: Mesdames Doyan, Charles, J agger, Zschokke, Dodge, 
 ( ulver, and Major Xorris. 
 
 We joined the state association, and work was most earnestly carried 
 on until November, in the form of sending money, lunches, literature, and 
 articles of comfort where most, needed. 
 
 On the first Tuesday in October we met for election of officers. Reports 
 from the president and secretary were approved. It W 7 as found that the soci 
 ety, with the most generous help of the people of Palo Alto, had obtained 
 the following results: Donations of literature, first donation, 1,200 books, 
 magazines, and papers; second donation, 11 boxes and 1 barrel books, etc. 
 Articles for soldiers: 325 bandages, 338 comfort bags, 150 denim pillow 
 slips, 18 caps, 7 towels, 7 wash towels, 7 pieces soap. Articles for Hospi 
 tality Committee and Convalescent Home, first donation, 1,200 sand 
 wiches, 1,000 eggs, bread, butter, meat, and cherries, in all 16 boxes; 
 second donation, 40 jars fruit, 1 keg cold-slaw; third donation, 221-2 
 dozen eggs, 5 boxes fruit, 4 pieces of meat, 6 quarts fruit, bread, 3 boxes 
 flowers. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Seven entertainments, and other sources, $230.80. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10 ; Emergency Fund, $25 ; con 
 valescent home, $50; ice-cream for lunch, $4.00; badges, $16.25; miscel 
 laneous expenses, $100.80; total, $196.05; balance, $34.75. 
 
 Membership, sixty-five. 
 
 After reports had been read and approved, the following officers were 
 
Pasadena Report. 273 
 
 elected: President, .Mrs. X. K. Malcolm; first vice-president, Mrs. Dr. 
 Charles; second vice-president, Mrs. Win. Dean; treasurer, Mrs. J. Gilbert; 
 secretary, Mrs. Culver. The remainder of the old hoard were retained, and 
 Mrs. Sloane was elected to fill one vacancy. 
 
 Regular meetings have not l>een held since this date. In October we 
 contributed toward one Iniich and sent one box of literature. In November 
 we sent five large Christmas boxes to the Stanford boys at Manila. No 
 further work was done up to January 1, 1801), but the Palo Alto Red Cross 
 Society will always stand ready to act in any emergency. 
 
 MRS. CULVER, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 PASADENA. 
 
 President, Mrs. A. G. Croner; vice-president, Mrs. M. A. Dreer ; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. James B. Smith ; treasurer, Mrs. M. J. Mc- 
 p ament; secretary, Mrs. R. J. Rasey. 
 
 The first movement toward the organization of a lied Cross Society 
 in Pasadena was made by the Woman s Kelief Corps. The first meeting 
 held for that purpose was on June 7, 181)8, when the society was organized. 
 There were about one hundred and fifty present. Officers were elected, 
 a work committee appointed, and work was soon well in hand. Three 
 half days in each week were set aside for work meetings and one afternoon 
 for business meetings. At first there was quite a large attendance, but as 
 warm weather approached the number diminished, until, when the extreme 
 heat came on, there remained but a "faithful few," who, with the ther 
 mometer standing at one hundred degrees and over in the room where they 
 were working, toiled on with a heroism worthy a soldier. 
 
 On June 24 the society disbanded and reorganized under the same 
 constitution as that formulated by the San Francisco society, and on Juno 
 27 was admitted to the California State Red Cross Association as an auxil 
 iary society. Two delegates were sent to the meeting called by the state 
 association, in San Francisco, on August 11. One of these delegates was 
 the president of the Pasadena Red Cross Society. While in San Fran 
 cisco, both visited Camp Merritt and some of the hospitals, and distributed 
 necessary snpplies to men of the 7th California Regiment. The president 
 of this society placed a sick member of Company 1 in a most desirable home, 
 where he rapidly improved. Both delegates were most courteously and 
 cordially received by the ladies of the state association. 
 
 Considerable lias been accomplished, considering the very small num 
 ber of working members. We have sent to the state association 514 
 abdominal bands, 157 field pillow-cases, 52 sheets, 140 pillow-slips, 2 suits 
 pajamas, and $42.20 in money, and to Company T, 7th California Regiment, 
 a large mess tent, 100 Manila caps, 20 housewives, 38 letter folders, 
 126 handkerchiefs, 4 sets pajamas, and $10 in money. To a member of 
 18 
 
274 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 our society while in San Francisco we sent 24 glasses of jelly for distribu 
 tion in hospitals. 
 
 There have been 16 business meetings held and G meetings of the 
 executive board, besides several informal meetings of the same. There- 
 are 248 members up to date. The average attendance at meetings has 
 been 25; largest number, 44; smallest number, 10. The president and 
 secretary have both attended all business meetings, save 3 when they were 
 absent from the city ; both, were never absent at the same time. About fifty 
 letters have been received and answered. One reception has been given 
 by the society, and three entertainments for the benefit of the same, a 
 concert by the Universalist Church, which netted $8.75; a special sale of 
 soda water by Mr. L. J. Huff netted $18.30, and an entertainment by the 
 Sierra Madre Thursday Evening Club, $10. We regret to say that the 
 public interest and enthusiasm in the Red Cross Society have not been what 
 they should have been in a city of the size of Pasadena. The public has 
 never been importuned to give, the choice having been left to the generosity 
 and patriotism of the people, and the most ready response has come from 
 those of moderate means. 
 
 As we close our report, active preparations are going on under the 
 auspices of the Red Cross Society for a public reception and dinner to 
 Company I, 7th California Regiment, on its return to Pasadena, which is 
 expected at an early date. 
 
 We send most cordial greetings to our "mother society, 7 the California 
 State Red Cross Association. 
 
 Financial Report in Full of the Red Cross Society of Pasadena, California, 
 from June 7 to October 4, 1898. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $248 ; donations, $202 ; entertainments and recep 
 tions, $64.94; total, $514.92. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Merchandise, $154.57; Company I, $42.20; state association, $120; 
 sundries, $12.95; printing and advertising, $7.80; badges, $50.50; dele 
 gates expenses, $41.47; express and freightage, $5.24; total, $434.73; 
 balance, $80.19. MRS. MAUDE MCCAMKXT, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 PASO ROBLES* 
 
 The society was organized June 27, 1898, with twenty members. The 
 number has since increased to forty. 
 
Pescadero Report. 275 
 
 Owing to the hard times, brought on by the scarcity of crops in this 
 section, the society has not been able to contribute as liberally to the state 
 association as it desired. In July the society sent to the State Red Cross 
 a donation of twenty-five sheets and fifty pillow-cases. At the last regular 
 meeting a sum of money was sent to a sick soldier, formerly of this place, 
 now in Camp Alger, Virginia. The money was sent through the agency of 
 the San Francisco Red Cross. The society hopes to send more liberal 
 donations to the Red Cross in future for its Avork, if needed. 
 
 XOTE. It is to be regretted that no officers names have been sent to 
 the Committee on Reports, even though requests have been made for the 
 names. Chairman Editor. 
 
 PESCADERO* 
 
 President, Mrs. C. F. Wilson; vice-president, Mrs. C. R. Aegeltinger; 
 secretary, Mrs. Pollard; treasurer, Mrs. Carl Colmrn. 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 The society was organized in June, 1898, and officers elected. Imme 
 diately after the preliminary organization three women were appointed a 
 committee to collect money. The result of the active movement put into 
 the treasury one hundred dollars ($100). This was promptly forwarded 
 to the State Red Cross in San Francisco. 
 
 In due time the small but energetic society desired to thoroughly 
 affiliate with the State Red Cross. Ten dollars ($10) were forwarded to 
 the state society, and membership charter was secured. Emergency need 
 was lessened soon after this movement, and the enthusiasm of the town 
 people naturally abated: the enrolment of members ceased. Since that 
 time of early emergency work in the Red Cross the society has rested from 
 its labors ; but, should future emergency work be needed, there would doubt 
 less be a hearty response. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 By subscription, $100; later donations, $16.25; total, $116.25. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 To the state association, $100; affiliation fee, state association, $10; 
 badges, $6.25; total, $116.25. MRS. CARL COBURX, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 MRS. BOLLARD, 
 
 Secretary ( resigned ) . 
 Report approved by "Mrs. C. F. Wilson, President. 
 
276 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 PETALUMA. 
 
 President, ]\Iiss Xellie Denman; vice-president, Mrs. Xewburgh ; 
 treasurer, Mr. F. II. Atwater; secretary, Mrs. Blanche B. English. 
 
 The society was organized May 18, 1808. Regular meetings were 
 held on Saturday evenings, and meetings for work were held one or two 
 afternoons each week for two months. Seventy-five dollars were sent to 
 the State Red Cross Association. An entire outfit of all necessary articles 
 were made and given to Company C (from Petaluma), 8th Regiment Cali 
 fornia Volunteers: 334 woolen abdominal bandages, 108 esmarch bandages, 
 108 eider-down nightcaps, 111 pillow-cases, 100 model comfort bags filled 
 with all necessary articles, 100 towels, 10 pillows, 20 tea towels. These 
 articles were procured at a cost of about eighty dollars. 
 
 The auxiliary influenced the city trustees to donate between two and 
 three hundred dollars for blankets, articles of clothing, and food for Com 
 pany C. The exact amount was not reported, for we were not holding 
 regular meetings after that. The company camped here a week, during 
 which time food and literature were supplied them iu quantities. On their 
 departure a. reception was given in their honor, including a banquet. Every 
 soldier was given all the food and delicacies his knapsack would hold. 
 Several boxes were shipped Avith their baggage, ami, while they were at 
 Camp Barrett, barrels of vegetables and fruit were sent on two occasions. 
 
 Three boxes of books and magazines were sent to the state association, 
 also packages of old linen and filled comfort bags. Two bolts of denim, 
 furnished by the state association, were made up into pillow-slips (110). 
 
 At this time they wrote us they needed no more work done. The 
 Petaluma Red Cross auxiliary retains its organization, and is ready to work 
 whenever needed. BLANCHE B. ENGLISH, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 PLEASANTON. 
 
 Organized June 20, 1898. 
 
 President, Mrs. G. "W. Dctjens ; vice-president. Miss L. Harris ; second 
 vice-president, Mrs. Robert Ellis; secretary, Miss Fannie Hay; treasurer, 
 Mrs. A. F. Schweer. 
 
 Members, 31. 
 
 FINANCIAL KKL OKT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 1898, June 20, initiation fees, $31 ; gift, Bohemian Club, $10; gradu 
 ating class entertainment, $10; July 7, gift, Bohemian Club, $50.60; 
 contribution boxes, $5.43; July 11, baseball game (Ruby Hill vs. Mont 
 Rouge), $52.02; August 2, baseball game (Pleasanton vs. Oakland), $39; 
 Mr. "A. W. Fiedler, $2.50; total, $206.55. 
 
I*oint Arena mid llcdlnml* Report*. 277 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 .June 2O, by order, affiliation fee. State Red Cross, $.10; by order Mrs. 
 Detjens for Ked Cross ])ins, $(>.25 ; by order Hareddt for merchandise, $10; 
 July S, by order State Ked Cross, $(H) ; by order G. W. Detjens, merchandise, 
 $11.(J7; by order Thomas Silver for telephone, $0.35; Inly 13, by order, 
 livery hire for baseball team, etc., $10; to secretary for merchandise and 
 framing charter, $S.24; July 20. by order to secretary for State Ked Cross, 
 $25; August 2. by order for Ked Cross pins, $2.00; by order to secretary 
 for writing materials, etc., $0.75; by order baseball team expense, $0.25; 
 August 10, by order to secretary for convalescent home, $25; by order to 
 delegate State Ked Cross meeting, $4.00; October 3, by order G. W. Detjens 
 for merchandise, $7.4!) ; October 28, by order to secretary for convalescent 
 home, $6.00; 1800, January 21, by order to secretary for convalescent home, 
 $3.00; total, $100; balance, $7.55. 
 
 The merchandise marked July S and 13 and October 3 was cloth nsed 
 for nightshirts, bandages, and comfort bags. We made and sent off 124 
 comfort bags, 136 bandages, and IS nightshirts. 
 
 FAX x IE T. HAY, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 POINT ARENA. 
 
 President, Mrs. W. C. Davidson ; first vice-president, Mrs. A. Chalfant ; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. Emma Gilmore ; secretary, Miss Lydia Symonds ; 
 treasurer, Miss Ada Cain. 
 
 REPORT FROM JULY 10, 1808, TO JAXTAKY 0, 1800. 
 
 Kcceipts. 
 
 General subscriptions, $51; donation from school, $10; proceeds of 
 entertainment. $72.40; total, $133.40. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 To state association, $25; for soldiers relief, $72 and $10.25; total, 
 $107.2:.; Jan. 1, 1SOO, balance, $20.15. LYDIA SYMOXDS, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 REDLANDS. 
 
 Organized June 7, 1808. 
 
 President, Mrs. J. M. Rlythe; vice-president. Mrs. George Jordan; 
 second vice-president. Miss L. A. Putnam; treasurer, Mrs. K. J. Philippi ; 
 secretary, Mrs. L. G. TTni^ht. 
 
278 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 KEPOHT OF SOCIETY TO JANTAKY 1, 1SDO. 
 
 We have forwarded to the state association -176 abdominal bandages, 
 164 pillow-cases, 10G sheets, 12S caps, S boxes of supplies, 5 sacks dried 
 fruit, 1 box lemons. Sent to Company G, 7th Regiment: 1 l)ox literature, 
 50 housewives, G dozen towels, 25 bars soap, and a mess tent (by Mr. E. A. 
 Moore) ; 5 sacks of coal were donated by the Y. M. 0. A., and they also 
 gave use of baths free to the members of Company G, 7th Regiment, during 
 their furlough. 
 
 TREASURER S REPORT. 
 
 Amount collected from various sources, $655.26; amount expended, 
 $537.01 ; balance, $118.25. Of this* balance, $118.25, $60 is pledged to the 
 Hospital Fund, leaving $58.25 cash. MRS. GEORGE JORDAN, 
 
 Membership, 170. Secretary. 
 
 Officers elected in October: President, Mrs. J. M. Blythe; vice- 
 president, .Miss L. A. Putnam; second vice-president, Mrs. L. G. Haight; 
 third vice-president, Mrs. S. C. Rucker ; secretary, Mrs. George Jordan; 
 treasurer, Mrs. W. Wood. 
 
 REDWOOD CITY, SAN MATEO COUNTY. 
 
 President, Mrs. J. II. Mansfield; first vice-president, Mrs. Murch: 
 second vice-president, Mrs. Rockwell; third vice-president, Mrs. Hanson; 
 secretary, Mrs. J. N". Winter; treasurer, Mrs. M. K. Grey. 
 
 REPORT OF SOCIETY. 
 
 Articles shipped to the supply depot, 16 Post Street, San Francisco, 
 108 pillow-cases, 28 sheets, 7 arm slings, 15 towels, 52 emergency bandages, 
 16 rolled bandages, 387 abdominal bandages, 324 caps, 303 comfort bags, 
 also literature, package of flaxseed, and a quantity of gun linen. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 From entertainments and donations, $346.80. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10; donation to state association, $10; 
 donation to Kmergency Fund, $10; donation to Hospital Fund, $25; for 
 badges, $31.25; for supplies, $153.37; lunch for Utah troops, $14.15; 
 Presidio Convalescent Home, $30; Christmas boxes to Manila, $8.00; total, 
 $291.71); balance, $66.38. 
 
 Membership, 118. MKS. G. B. ROCKWELL, 
 
 Second Vice-President. 
 MKS. J. !X. WI.XTEK, 
 Secretary. 
 
Riverxide Report. ^79 
 
 RIVERSIDE. 
 
 President, .Mrs. M. E. Hewitt; first vice-president, Mrs. F. G. X. Van 
 iSlyck ; second vice-president, .Mrs. II. B. Gage ; third vice-president, Mrs. 
 Ella Filkins; secretary, Mrs. Sadie Keith; treasurer, Mrs. J. II. Roe, suc 
 ceeded by Miss Lettie Brown. 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 The Riverside auxiliary of the State Red Cross Society was organized 
 June 14, 1SJ)S, and now has a membership of nearly 200. Owing to the 
 hegira to mountain and coast resorts, the list of earnest workers was reduced 
 to al>out 30. 
 
 The gratifying, "Well done !" has accompanied in every case the receipt 
 from headquarters of our offerings, a list of which follows in the body of 
 the report: 55 sheets, 215 pillow-cases, 56 surgical hospital shirts, 45 hospital 
 nightshirts, 35 comfort bags, 51) field pillow-cases, 37 field pillows, 33 arm 
 slings, 100 esmarch bandages, 18 eiderdown caps, 12 Manila caps, 748 
 handkerchiefs, and a car of oranges. Sent to headquarters 12 boxes of 
 lemons and 2 large boxes of books for Company M, 7th Regiment. For 
 badges, $15. 
 
 To our first vice-president, Mrs. F. G. X. Van Slyck, who represented 
 our society at San Francisco in the Red Cross work and in camp, $40. The 
 Banning Red Cross Society also sent to Mrs. Van Slyck $50 for hospital 
 work in the 7th Regiment. 
 
 GRATITUDE OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. 
 
 Corporal W. L. Hagenbaugh, of Company E, 7th Regiment., writes 
 .from Santa Paula, expressing gratitude to our society for the benefit he 
 received from the use of money sent to our vice-president. When he was 
 sick, she had him taken to the Mentone Hotel for ten days, which materially 
 aided his return to health. Another instance was that of Private Herrick, 
 of Los Angeles, whom she also sent to the hotel for five days. These were 
 only two of many good results from the small donation so judiciously 
 expended by our representative. The following was received from Major 
 T. J. Choate: "In the name of the 7th California Infantry, U. S. V., I 
 write to extend our most sincere thanks for your untiring work in our 
 l>ehalf, and for the liberal donation of money and other supplies which you 
 sent us, and also for the good messenger of mercy who represents you here, 
 Mrs. Van Slyck. J^one could have more faithfully or competently filled 
 her place, and the love we bear her is extended to all who helped in the 
 cause." 
 
 Before the organization of this society the ladies whose names were 
 first on the membership roll made 267 insect caps and 608 abdominal band 
 ages, and sent them, and also one car-load of oranges, to the 7th Regiment, 
 at San Francisco. It lias been our privilege to have in our care for a few 
 days one sick soldier, a hero of the battle of San Juan Hill, Henry V. Gar- 
 
Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 land, Company A, l- Jth Regiment, regular army. Our society made three 
 outing flannel nightshirts for him and paid $S.OO to his nurse. 
 
 At a recent meeting of our executive board it was decided that our 
 society contribute the monthly sum of $10 to the Hospital Fund of the state 
 society, and we have received grateful acknowledgments of the remittances. 
 
 Doubtless our Red Cross Society s funds would have been much greater 
 had it not been for the fact that immediately preceding our organization 
 there was subscribed by the citizens of Riverside, and sent to the 7th Regi 
 ment, for its use as an emergency fund, the generous sum of $750. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, ELLA M. FJL.KIXS, 
 
 Vice-President. 
 
 FINANCIAL KKI OKT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 June 14, 1898, membership fees, $22; June 16, membership fees, $12; 
 sale of bandages, $1.00; difference on tapes, $0.20; contribution, Miss Noble, 
 $1.00; July 1, memberships, $10: July 11, contribution, Knights of 
 Pythias, $5.00; July 15, memberships, $:>! : July 10, memberships, $11; 
 July 27, memberships, $61; August o, entertainment, $)>5 ; August 27, 
 memberships, $26; September 26, memberships, $5.00; October 5, Memorial 
 Day Fund, $15.1)5; .Mrs. Darling, $0.15; October 17, balance on banque< ? 
 $10.10; contribution for banquet, $-1-5.75; October 26, .Mrs. Van Slyck, 
 returned, $0.50; juniors entertainment, $:5 >.SO; subscriptions, $5.00; 
 Xovember 1, subscriptions, $0.25; Banning auxiliary, $10; Xovember 4, 
 contribution, Mr. Henderson, $5.00; contribution, $0.80; Xovember 10, 
 drill, Company M, $0:> ; December 15. Kmenjencv Fund, $6.44: tota], 
 $452.04. 
 
 I )isbnrsements. 
 
 June 16, ISOcS, affiliation fee, state association, $10; June :>(), G. Rouse 
 & Co., material for Manila caps, $11.05; Frankenheim & Lightner, for 
 Manila caps, $18. X-2 : AY. Sandercook, for Manila ca]>s, $1.20; July 1, 
 George Reynolds, $0.7-> ; July 5, Rouse & Co., freight on books. Company M ., 
 $5.:}0; Mrs. Griffith s expenses from Los Angeles $: ) >.75 ; July 111, Knights 
 of "Pythias, $5.00; July 27, G. Rouse cV Co., material, hospital supplies, 
 $.-56.7->; Drange Growers Bank, revenue stamps, $1.00; Mrs. Van Slyck, 
 for hospital use, $10; G. C. Poore, rubber stamp, telephone message, 
 $2.00: Press Printing Company, stationery, $7. 50 ; \V. Sandercook, tape, 
 $0.50; M. A. Snell, janitor work, $1.00; M. Persens, janitor work, $2.25; 
 August i:J, Mrs. Van Slyck, fruit for Company M, $:J0.10; September :J, 
 A. C. Frederick, silk floss for pillows, $2.50; Shert Bros., transferring 
 sewing-machine, $2.00; Mr. Persens, janitor work, $0.50; Findley <S: 
 Knight, tin pail and dipper, $0.40; C. II. Vesbey, boxes for Inioks and 
 shipping to Company M, $->.75; Frankenheim cV Lightner, material for 
 hospital supplies, $8.80 ; G. X. Reynolds, muslin hospital nightshirts, $6.5S ; 
 
Rocklin Report. 281 
 
 G. Mouse A: Co., materials fur hospital supplies, $48.07 ; I*. A. Gunselus, 
 nursing N. Garland, soldier from Santiago, $8.00; October 5, Mrs. M. K. 
 Hewitt, telephone message and express, $^.50; pledge to state association, 
 .$10.10; Mrs. M. K. Hewitt, Red Cross badges, $H>; ()ctol>er :><>, Mrs. Keith, 
 stamps, $1.00; October 81, II. L. Miller, chairs and dishes for banquet to 
 Company M, $8.05; A. 1>. McCormick, supplies for banquet, $^.40; Shert 
 Bros., transferring chairs, $1.75; \V. \V. Mohler, M. I)., nurse for Hrinne- 
 comb, ( 1 <nn])any M, $8.00; II. G. Meachum, ex])enses for reception to Com 
 pany M, $i ) .00; (i. Mouse cV ( o., merchandise, $2.87 ; G. X. Reynolds, 
 merchandise, $2.00; November 2, pledge to state association, $10; Xovoni- 
 ber 7, Banning Fund, forwarded to San Francisco, $10; Xovemher 19. 
 J. I). L. Peach, advertising at Corena, $0.75; November 25, railroad fan- 
 for Xurse Sanborn, $1.75; ,1. A. Simins, advertising, $8.50; board, etc., 
 for Private Cameron during sickness, $7.15; Press Printing Company, 
 Company M. drill, $5.00; December 1), pledge to state association, $10; 
 December 17, Riverside Enterprise, advertising Company M drill, $4.00; 
 G. D. Cochran, nurse and board for Private B., $18.50; December 22, m 2 
 boxes supplies convalescent home (22 jars fruit, etc., 14 jelly), $15 ; Januarv 
 <>, pledge to state association, $10.10; total, $808. 1)5; balance, $88.95. 
 
 Miss LKTTIE BROWN, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 MKS. J. IT. Ron ( Predecessor ). 
 MTV S. J. J. MKKTJITT, 
 
 President. 
 
 ROCKLIN, PLACER COUNTY, 
 
 President, Mrs. B. Woodbridge; vice-president, Mrs. W. A. Landis ; 
 secretary, Mrs. F. P. Martin; treasurer, Louise Phillips. 
 Society organized June, 1898. 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $8S ; private donations, $0.00; Grand Army, $5.00; 
 miscellaneous, $47.10; total, $97. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Material, $^4.95; initiation fee, state association, $10; badges, $1^.50; 
 donation to state association, $10; miscellaneous, $10.55; total, $7S ; balance, 
 $19. MKS. C. T>. \YoopiiijinoE, 
 
 President. 
 
 In January the secretary, Louise Phillips, reported that the society had 
 been inactive for some time; that there 1 was a balance 1 in the treasury of 
 $44; that the society reserved that amount as an emergency fund, having 
 already expended a portion of the balance in behalf of a nurse. 
 
282 Pacific Coast Eed Cross >V />///. 
 
 ROHNERVILLE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY. 
 
 President, Airs. II. McXeil ; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. L. 
 Feigenbaum. 
 
 The society was organized May 15, 1898. Mrs. II 11. McNeil was 
 elected president and Mrs. L. Feigenbaum, secretary and treasurer. 
 
 An entertainment was given, which netted the society $141.42. Tlu 
 amount was forwarded to the State Red Cro.ss Association at San Fran 
 cisco; and since that time no Ked Cross work has been done by the society. 
 
 Mus. L. FEIGENBAUM, 
 Secretary and Treasurer. 
 MRS. B. H. MC-XEIL, 
 President. 
 
 SACRAMENTO* 
 
 President, Mrs. Albert Klkus ; vice-presidents, Mrs. G. H. Smith, Mrs. 
 T. W. Sbeehan, Mrs. L). A. Lindley; secretary, Miss Emily Thompson; 
 treasurer, Frank Miller. 
 
 KEPOKT OF SOCIETY TO JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 On May 17, 1898, a large and enthusiastic crowd assembled at Pvthian 
 Castle, in response to a call to form a Red Cross Society in Sacramento. 
 The movement met with such success that the "Red Cross Society formed that 
 day now has an enrolment of 1,850 names. 
 
 Desiring to become auxiliary to the American .National .Red Cross, a 
 meeting was called for this purpose May 25, 1898. It was then resolved 
 to affiliate Avith the State Red Cross Association, which is Auxiliary to the 
 National Red Cross. 
 
 Our work of reception and entertainment of passing troops at the 
 depot was inaugurated May 22, and since that date 5,821 lunches have been 
 served to soldiers in transit. This work has been greatly facilitated by 
 liberal donations. May 30, 1898, saw the Red Cross headquarters estab 
 lished, and from these rooms have been forwarded to the state society and 
 Sacramento companies the following comforts fashioned by willing hands: 
 1,298 comfort bags, 489 caps, 506 towels, 150 chest protectors, 1,082 pillow 
 slips, 1,640 bandages, oil emergency bandages. 
 
 There have also been sent to headquarters for distribution generous 
 supplies of reading matter, sheets, handkerchiefs, soap, stationery, and other 
 comforts. Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners have been sent to our com 
 panies, and the letters of grateful thanks received have been ample reward 
 for our labors. 
 
 Our local relief work has been enlarged, and we have endeavored TO 
 reach all of our men who need help and comfort through sickness or want. 
 The convalescent home established at the Presidio has claimed a goodly 
 
Suct ctntento llcpovt. 
 
 share of our interest, and \vc have; cheerfully ami gladly given toward its 
 support. 
 
 L- IXA.XCIAL RKl ORT. 
 
 Total receipts since organization, $0,4r>0.:38. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 State association, $1,782.25; reception of troops at depot, $413.78; 
 sewing and supply depot, $779. OS ; comfort funds, $600; stationery, photo 
 graphs, telegrams, etc., $51.55; local relief fund, $246.80; total, $3,874.42; 
 total balance, Jan. 1, is<)9, $2,5S4.iH;, which balance is in two funds, as 
 follows: Balance Red Cross Fund, $45.70; balance Comfort Fund, 
 $2,539.26; total, $2,584.96. FRAXK MILLER, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 BRIEF HISTORY. 
 
 The history of the Red Cross work in Sacramento since its beginning, 
 on May 17, 1808, is an unbroken record of the patriotism and liberality of 
 the people, encouraged and directed in useful channels by the persistent 
 and tireless energies of the local society. 
 
 Surveying the results of the achievements of this society leads to the 
 conclusion that he who first called Sacramento "the home of Americanism " 
 was happy in the designation, for the capital city s record was so satis 
 factory that it is impossible to write of lied Cross without constantly bear 
 ing in mind the fact that the appeals of the organization, at every stage of 
 its labors, struck responsive chords in the hearts of the people. A few pre 
 liminary observations showing the extent of public interest in the work of 
 the society are properly placed at the outset of this report. 
 
 As soon as the Red Cross work organized in Sacramento, the news 
 papers, weekly as well as daily, offered ample space for reporting all mat 
 ters beneficial to the soldiers and society. In addition to this, they con 
 stantly urged the people to give ns every possible aid. Their generous 
 accounts of our affairs, their helpful forecasts of various entertainments 
 and events, and their strong pleas in behalf of our mission, paved the way 
 for canvassers, and contributed largely to final success. 
 
 Before referring to the record in detail, it is but justice to state that we 
 were ably assisted, not only by the generous people of our city, but by those 
 in small towns adjacent, whose frequent contributions, some of them raised 
 at public entertainments, were a cheering and welcome aid. In this con 
 nection it should also be said that the treasurer s report of receipts and dis 
 bursements by no means tells the story of our achievements in the humane 
 purposes of the organization. There was much effective work done in tin 1 
 way of contributions and services that were never measured by money 
 standards. There are pleasant memories of useful help that were not 
 recorded in reports dealing with finances never recorded anywhere, save 
 in the grateful hearts of the weary soldiers, whose burdens that help made 
 
#4 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 lighter. Our society, however, cheerfully and gratefully acknowledges tin- 
 extent of such voluntary aid, for it was rendered at every stage of our work 
 by a prompt and generous public. 
 
 As an example illustrative of the extent of citizens aid, it may be 
 recalled that on one occasion 1,300 soldiers were served sandwiches and 
 coffee, at an ex|x?nse of about $15 to the Red Cross. A conservative estimate 
 of the actual cost of the food would be $1J50; hence the rations donated by 
 people acting outside of the society were worth $115. There were many 
 instances of similar generosity. 
 
 One of the pleasantest aids that came to us was in the form of spon 
 taneous and liberal gifts of money by passengers who chanced to notice our 
 work at the depot. Many of these 1 were commercial travelers, whose atten 
 tion was attracted to our mission while we were making soldiers comfortable 
 at the station. Such gifts from patriotic strangers were touching evidences 
 of the widespread development of the gospel of the brotherhood of man. 
 
 A pathetic incident in the relief work was seen in a ease of a very old 
 lady, who was eager to join the society, but who did not have the dollar 
 necessary for a membership fee. When we offered to accept her services 
 free of any cost to her, she felt that it would be wrong to make such an 
 exception in her favor; so she knit a piece of lace and sold it to one of the 
 "Red Cross ladies for one dollar, and with her earnings she paid her dues, 
 and felt as proud and independent in her relations as any member of the 
 organization. 
 
 An incident showing that our work appealed even to the defective 
 classes was the generous offer of the convicts of Folsom penitentiary, through 
 the late Warden Anil, to make 200 abdominal bandages a day for ten days. 
 Their offer Avas cheerfully accepted, and they did the promised work very 
 satisfactorily. They also made a number of comfort bags for the soldiers. 
 
 With these explanations and just credits, a brief history of the society 
 and its ~\vork becomes more intelligible than it would otherwise be. 
 
 The Sacramento lied Cross auxiliary was first organized as the Sacra 
 mento Sanitary Commission, at Pythian Hall, on the afternoon of May IT, 
 1898, but the name was soon changed to the Sacramento Red Cross Society. 
 Fully five hundred women and a few representative men were present and 
 took part in starting the society. There had for some days been a general 
 desire to unite the people of the city and its environs into an organization 
 for concerted work in aid of the American National Red Cross, led by Clara 
 Barton, whose name was at once an inspiration and a promise of victory. 
 The idea seemed to be in the very air, for about that time several well- 
 known women s societies were simultaneously developing plans to organize 
 .1 local branch of the Red Cross. The necessity of such action was also 
 urged from all pulpits and by the newspapers, whereupon the initial meet 
 ing was soon convened. Its success from the start showed that the time was 
 ripe for the mission. 
 
Sacramento Hepovt. 285 
 
 President Frank Miller, of the National Hank of I). ( ). Mills & Co., 
 called the meeting to order and briefly stated the general purposes of the 
 Red Cross and its auxiliaries, after which Rev. A. B. Banks invoked God s 
 blessings on American soldiers ami sailors and on the noble purposes of the 
 order about to be established. 
 
 After the temj>orary organization there was an election of permanent 
 officers from the ranks of those who had been active in the primary move 
 ment. The following were elected: President, Mrs. All>ert Elkus ; first 
 vice-president, .Mrs. (i. II. Smith; second vice-president, .Mrs. T. W. Shee- 
 han ; secretary, Miss Kmily M. Thompson; treasurer, Mr. Frank Miller. 
 The following were elected an executive board: Mesdames A. Klkns, G. IF. 
 Smith, T. \Y. Sheehan, W. ]). Lawton, I). A. Lindley, K. A. Hamilton, 
 R. 1. Bentley, A. J. Johnson, and Miss Emily Thompson, also Mayor Will 
 iam Land and MY. Frank Miller. 
 
 It was decided" to place the membership fee at $1.00, and to notify the 
 California Red Cross State Association that the Sacramento organization 
 would remit a sum equal to or greater than that collected in membership 
 fees. Before the first adjournment $224-. 50 was collected, and the growth 
 <if the fund after that was very rapid. 
 
 Committees were at once appointed on schools, entertainments, mem 
 bership, press, mercantile, lodges, and societies. Within a week all forces 
 were massed and working as one. The committee began their great work 
 without delay: they held daily meetings, and a lively canvass of the city 
 for funds followed. Red Cross buttons were put on sale at $1.00 each, 
 and a large fund resulted. Lodges, societies, churches, individuals, em 
 ployees of great concerns acting as bodies, and railroad men working in the 
 shops and elsewhere, responded to our appeals. By May 10 details were 
 completed for meeting and entertaining the first instalment of soldiers from 
 the East. More than $1,000 had now been collected, and we went at our 
 work with a will. The Salvation Army nobly performed for us the task 
 of feeding . 3,000 soldiers, to do which they worked from A. M. on May 
 20 until 4- A. M. on the 21st. To give an idea of the magnitude of this 
 task, it need only be said that 400 gallons of coffee and 1,000 loaves of 
 bread were dispensed. Similar work went forward for months, during the 
 passing- of troops, and by May 26 our fund had grown to $2,000, and people 
 of all ranks and conditions were still subscribing. 
 
 Donations from all sources continued to come to us during the incipi- 
 ency of our work, as well as long after it was under way. The school 
 children, churches, societies, and lodges, Japanese and Chinese, and people 
 at Folsom, Davisville, Fair Oaks, Florin, Freeport, Latrobe, and elsewhere, 
 rallied to the flag: of humanity and aided us in our labors. By this tim? 
 I he public and private schools were contributing to what they called *]}>. 
 Sacramento Soldiers Comfort Fund, and by May 21 they had turned over 
 $150 to Treasurer Miller. It was not long after that date that their fund 
 had reached $200, and the society added $400 to this sum, and dispensed 
 the fund, according to the wishes of the children, $300 to Batterv C, 1st 
 
286 /V ///f Coast Red Cross tfocit ly. 
 
 Battalion California Volunteers, anil same to Company F, 6th Regiment, 
 both stationed at Presidio. 
 
 An idea of the rapid growth of the society in membership and funds 
 is seen in the fact that by Jnne 29 (less than six weeks after it was founded) 
 the recorded membership was 1,370, and fully 250 members names were 
 not entered on the books. By July 15 the membership was nearly 1,1)00. 
 The money receipts, by the treasurer s report of May 17, 1899, had reached 
 $6,467.88. When it is remembered that food, bandages, chest protectors, 
 comfort bags, and the free work of willing hands the hands of many who 
 wrought as one were contributed during the year, without any cost to the 
 society, it is safe to say that the value of our material contributions in 
 creature comforts would be many times the sum disbursed in dollars. 
 
 From the day that the work at the depot began, it- went forward with 
 unabated interest, and 8,821 troops were fed and looked after while they 
 were in Sacramento. The Foresters Band and the Institution Band volun 
 teered their services for such occasions as the meeting of the troops at the 
 depot, and it was a frequent sight to see thousands of citizens cheering the 
 incoming soldiers. The shouts of the citizens and the lively airs of bands 
 mingled in a sound of welcome that the soldier boys can never forget. 
 Sometimes the volunteers were overwhelmed by these demonstrations, and 
 some of them, not exactly understanding the extent of the movement, offered 
 to pay for coffee and sandwiches. A wave of our flag was answer that where 
 it floated soldiers could not spend their money or go unfed. Every regi 
 ment was welcomed with earnest hospitality, and thousands from Tennessee. 
 Towa, Xew York, Utah, and Minnesota will remember and praise our work 
 as long as they live. A letter from William Cilley Fitch, of the University 
 of Minnesota, on behalf of Company I), loth Minnesota, gives a fine idea 
 of the way our work was appreciated. "The cordial reception tendered us 
 as we passed through your city," runs the letter, "encourages us and fills 
 us with new zeal in carrying on the work to which we have been called." 
 
 A large part of the most useful work was conducted at the sewing 
 headquarters, in charge of Mrs. W. 0. Lawton. The industry of mam* 
 nimble fingers and the persistent energy of many willing 1 hands resulted in the 
 following large donation, forwarded, through the kindness of Wells, Fargo 
 & Co., to the state society: 1,600 comfort bags, 1,082 pillow-slips, 506 towels, 
 500 caps, 1,646 bandages, 311 emergency bandages, 150 chest protectors, 
 and a generous supply of reading matter, sheets, handkerchiefs, soap, sta 
 tionery, and other comforts. In addition to these contributions to the stare 
 society, our own home companies, stationed at Fort Canby and Santa Cruz, 
 received comfort bags, pillow-slips, soap, stationery, etc. 
 
 On the evening of July 14, 189S, the old ladies of the Marguerite 
 Home, many of whom were active workers for the Sanitary Commission dur 
 ing the Civil War, planned to give an evening lawn party, which was tlio 
 means of a substantial addition to the comforts of soldiers. 
 
Sacramento Report. 2H7 
 
 "OLD GLOKY CARNIVAL." 
 
 One of the greatest aids that came to us was that afforded by Mrs. K. !. 
 Bentley an<) her patriotic associates, to the number of two hundred women. 
 They planned and carried to a successful conclusion the never-to-be-forgotten 
 Old Glory Carnival of July 1, 1898. That enterprising carnival took plan*; 
 at Oak Park, where thousands enjoyed the baseball games and other enter 
 tainments, partook of refreshments, and enriched the society by their ex 
 penditures. The sight of many beautiful flags and artistic booths made tho 
 day memorable, and the pleasing event increased the Red Cross fund by the 
 addition of $2,000. 
 
 Another important and highly-appreciated service was that rendered 
 by the ladies of the First Baptist Church on Decoration day. They opened 
 attractive booths in the lobby of the old Metropolitan Theater, where they 
 sold ice-cream and cakes, also other refreshments. This netted a substantial 
 sum for the society. Other like benefits were those rendered by the King s 
 Daughters of the Episcopal Church and the Xeedlework Guild. Home and 
 hospital work has been another feature. Our relief committee has visited 
 and given to the families of our volunteers needed assistance, in the way 
 of food, fuel, and other necessities, and still continues to nurse those who 
 ;ire ill, restoring them to health and procuring for them employment. Many 
 railroad fares, enabling them to accept work in other counties, have been 
 furnished. 
 
 THE GOOD WOEK APPKECIATED. 
 
 Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners were given considerable attention 
 by our society. Dinners were sent to our home companies at Fort Canby 
 and Presidio. An evidence of the soldiers appreciation, typical of the 
 gratitude permeating the ranks of every company met, was received from 
 the men of Battery C, 1st California Volunteers. This letter is so full of 
 sincere thanks that a part of it is quoted. Among other things they said : 
 
 "FOET CAXBY, Dec. 27, 1898. 
 
 "Miss FMIT.Y THOMPSOX, Secretary of the Red Cross Dear Miss 
 Thompson: Should we allow the latest and most substantial proof of the 
 kindness and thoughtfulness of the society of which you are secretary to 
 pass without a letter of acknowledgment and gratitude, we should show 
 ourselves unworthy of your consideration. It is, of course, needless to say 
 that the good cheer which your care provided, and which arrived safely and 
 in good condition, made a welcome addition to our Christinas celebration. 
 We have during our career in the army seen few more joyous sights than 
 that in our dining-room on Christmas day. The tables groaned beneath 
 the weight of good things appropriate to the season, and few if any of us 
 ate that dinner without a tender thought of those women whose energy and 
 love had provided it. ... 
 
 From the time that the distinguished mayor of Sacramento presented 
 us that splendid flag in the Presidio up to the present, your favors have 
 been repeatedly showered upon us. Our officers have doubtless commuui- 
 
2tf# Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 cated with you concern ing- these numerous and substantial benefits. But 
 we, the enlisted men, those 1 to whom your favors are chiefly extended, desire 
 to thank the Ked Cross of Sacramento for their kindness, their care, their 
 thoughtfulness of our welfare, and, above all, for their appreciative attitude 
 and many expressions of good will. 
 
 "(Jive onr best wishes for a Happy Xew Year to all your members, 
 and assure them, if there be any satisfaction in having made others happv, 
 that satisfaction is theirs. Your grateful friends, 
 
 u TirE MKX OF BATTERY C, 
 "First Battalion Heavy Artillery, California Volunteers." 
 
 \ useful and highly-elevating part of our work was the collection and 
 shipment of large quantities of reading matter to Manila. Letters from 
 many officers and soldiers testified to the gratitude of those whose davs were 
 made 1 happier by the gifts. 
 
 -MANILA, Aug. 24, 1898. 
 "To I he President of flic tted Cross Society 
 
 "We hereby acknowledge the receipt of $25, sent us by your society. Ft 
 could not have come at a more opportune time, as the- boys have not been 
 paid since leaving home, and money is very scarce. When the captain 
 handed us $25 in fifty Spanish dollars, we thought we had fallen heirs to 
 a fortune. We spend it as we think you would like to have us, helping 
 the boys in many small ways. Again expressing our sincere gratification 
 for your most acceptable gift, we remain very truly, 
 
 "HAY WARD IcEEI), 
 
 "SAMTKL J. DICKSON." 
 
 Such thanks gave us a fair idea of the good results of our efforts on 
 behalf of the soldiers, broadened our views of duty, and quickened the com 
 munity to a better appreciation of the need of human sympathy in the work 
 of the world. We had the satisfaction, too, of knowing that those who re 
 ceived the benefits were not only grateful for the material comforts tendered, 
 but were also uplifted by the sentiments to which the gifts gave rise. 
 
 The following report shows the receipts and disbursements to October 
 17, 1899:- 
 
 Total receipts, $6,472.88. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 State society, San Francisco, $2,582.25 ; reception and entertainment 
 of troops at the depot, $426.73; Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to 
 Sacramento companies, $191.88; sewing and supply headquarters, $694.32; 
 Comfort Fund, $600; stationery, printing, telegraphing, etc., $57.09; local 
 relief, $423.01 ; total, $4,975.28; balance, $1,497.60. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, EMILY M. THOMPSON, 
 
 Secretary. 
 S. ALBERT ELK us, 
 
 President. 
 
Salinas Report, 289 
 
 SALINAS, MONTEREY COUNTY. 
 
 President, Mrs. Amanda Parker; first vice-president, Mrs. A. Odell; 
 second vice-president, Airs. J. II. McDougall ; secretary, Miss Winifred 
 Odell: treasurer, Mrs. W. J. Hill. 
 
 RKl OKT 01 TIIK SAL IX AS K KI) CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 The society was organized May It), 181)8, with the following officers: 
 "JM rs. F. B. Day, president; Mrs. Amanda Parker, vice-president; Miss J. 
 Winifred Odell, recording secretary; Mrs. Virginia Kershaw, correspond 
 ing secretary; Mrs. W. J. Hill, treasurer. 
 
 The president appointed the following named ladies as a committee to 
 perfect plans of work: Mesdames A. F. Bullen, J. If. McDongall, A. Odell, 
 P. T. Komie, Amanda Parker, II. J. Wilke, J. M. Walker. The committee 
 met in the Abbott House parlor on the evening of the li)th, and decided to 
 divide the city into eight districts, each member of the committee 1 to oversee 
 the canvassing of one district for the collection of money and materials. 
 
 A room Avas obtained in tbe Masonic Hall for headquarters. A number 
 of sewing-machines were brought here, and the following sewing committee 
 was appointed: Mesdames Claude Lacey, Duncan Sterling, J. K. Alexander, 
 Ben. Harvey, Xathan. Clark, J. II. Poole, ( lias. Dawson, and J. S. Mabel. 
 
 The following is a report of the work done, money collected and dis 
 bursed, articles made and shipped, etc., by the Salinas I\ed Cross Society. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Cash received through collectors appointed by the president, Mrs. F. 
 B. Day: Mrs. Ida Walker, $24.05; Mrs. P. T. Komie, $1.00; Mrs. A. Odell, 
 $21.05; Mrs. F. B. Day, $102.90; Mrs. Amanda Parker, $1.25; Mrs. II. T. 
 Wilke, $83.00; casb receipts from Troop C ball and lunch, June 10 and 17, 
 $8t).t)5; ten per cent of sales, V. S. cV Co., June 15, $103.80; donation from 
 Alisan Lodge, I. O. (). F., $10; donation from X. S. G. W., $15; order 
 for material, J. II. McDongall, $5.00; order for material, Mrs. J. II. 
 Armstrong, $8.00; one-half bolt flannel, T. C. Keavis, $7.50; .Mrs. F. B. 
 Day, $2.00; Mrs. P. T. Komie, $0.50; total, $-1-70.80. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Flannel for abdominal bandages, $184; tape for abdominal bandages, 
 $10.4-0; material for filling comfort bags, $10; muslin for emergency band 
 ages, etc., $5.10; eiderdown for sleeping-caps, $0.30; lunch and supper 
 expenses Troop C ball, June 10 and 17, $13.35; telephoning, $0.00; money 
 order, $50.25; Emergency Fund, requested by state association, $50; affilia 
 tion fee, state association, $10; Ked Cross badges, $25; freight and express- 
 age, $t).0(); expenses of delegate, October 18, $0.00; donation to state 
 association, $100; contribution to state association, $10; postage, $0.10; 
 total, $440.70; balance, $30.10. 
 
 Materials donated: 1 bolt muslin for pillow-cases, Porter cV Irvine; 
 in 
 
290 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 from various sources: 4 feather pillows, 24 jars fruits and jellies, 3 pieces 
 of soap, 7 towels, 1 cans meat, a large collection of books and magazines. 
 old linen, surgeons bandages, pillow-eases, comfort bags, and materials for 
 tilling comfort bags, consisting of the following articles: Needles, pins, 
 safety-pins, buttons, thread, and court-plaster. 
 
 The following is the total of articles sent to state association in four 
 shipments, June 5, 1898, June 13, June 23, and June 26: 1,047 abdominal 
 bandages, 324 pillow-cases, 510 comfort bags, 287 rolls surgical bandages, 
 7 towels, 3 pieces soap, 6 handkerchiefs, 4 feather pillows, 1,350 books and 
 magazines, 24 cans fruits and jellies, 2 cans meat, 90 emergency bandages, 
 5G sleeping caps, 18 pieces of old linen. 
 
 The society met in the Baptist Church, October 8, 1898, and elected 
 the following executive committee for the ensuing year : Mesdames Amanda 
 Parker, J. H. McDougall, J. K. Alexander, Nathan Clark, A. F. Bullen, 
 C. F. Lacey, A. Odell, W. J. Hill, R. L. Porter, Arthur Abbott, and Miss 
 J. Winifred Odell. The executive committee met in the Baptist Church, 
 October It), and elected the following officers: President, Mrs. Amanda 
 Parker; vice-presidents, Mrs. J. Odell, Mrs. McDougall; treasurer, Mrs. W. 
 J. Hill; secretary, Miss Winifred Odell. Since peace has been declared, 
 and there is no further need for activity, the society has voted a contribution of 
 $2.50 per month to the state association, until the money now in the treasury 
 has been expended. J. WIMKKED ODELL, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 SAN DIEGO* 
 
 To Prof. F. X. Miller, of the Commercial High School, is due the 
 honor of establishing the Red Cross Society of our city. At a called meeting 
 of those interested, he was appointed chairman, and was assisted ably by 
 Miss Cora Wells Roberts, who was chosen secretary. This meeting was 
 held May 26, 1898, and on June 16, at the Young Men s Christian Associa 
 tion parlor, at a called meeting, an organization was perfected, having a 
 constitution, presented by Professor Miller. The constitution was signed 
 by the eighteen people present, thus forming the nucleus of a society which 
 has upon its roll the names of one hundred and ninety-seven people. 
 
 The membership fee of one dollar was required ; besides, each member 
 was expected to contribute funds for purchasing material required. 
 
 Our officers were elected, with the enjoined duties similar to other 
 regularly-organized societies. The first election of officers resulted in plac 
 ing in the chair of president Mrs. G. H. Ballon ; vice-presidents, Prof. 
 F. N. Miller, Mrs. J. F. Carey, J)r. Bessie Peery, .Miss Lundigreen, Mrs. 
 ITlysses S. Grant, Judge Luce, and George Marston ; secretary, Mrs. Estell 
 Langworthy; treasurer, Miss Mary E. Walker. Dr. Mary Averill, sue 
 ceeding Mrs. Grant, has been one of its valued workers. Miss Anna Rich 
 ardson, Miss Lockwood, and Dr. Reed have filled vacancievS on the board as 
 they occurred. 
 
6Vi/< Diego Report, 291 
 
 The society became auxiliary to the state association, upon payment 
 of $10, June 22, 1S9 S, and lias since remained under direction of the State 
 Red Cross. 
 
 I . S. Grant, son of our war President, gave us the nse of a fine room 
 for work and the business meetings, and Miss Xellie Grant, the grand 
 daughter of Gen. U. S. Grant, gave the society two beautiful Red Cross flags 
 to float before the entrance to the room. Donations of money and material 
 poured in upon us. The representative ladies came with offerings and hearts 
 full of sympathy for the soldiers cause. 
 
 To illustrate: The following articles were prepared and promptly sent 
 10 the state supply depot in San Francisco: 79 sheets, 98 pillow-cases, 284 
 emergency pillow-cases, 326 abdominal bandages, 175 Manila caps, 160 
 bandana handkerchiefs, 10 bath towels, 80 wash cloths, 127 comfort bags 
 filled with thread, needles, pins, large and small safety-pins, buttons, and 
 leather shoestrings, 358 comfort bags unfilled, 90 sets of pajamas, 3 pairs 
 stockings, 164 handkerchiefs, 1 surgical shirt, 3 jars of fruit, 15 boxes of 
 oranges, 3 boxes dried fruit, a large sack dried apricots, preserved and dried 
 fruit for Company B, 7th Regiment, a large quantity of literature and old 
 linen. Substantial aid was given two sick soldiers, and transportation fur 
 nished several others. 
 
 A CAR-LOAD OF LEMONS FOR IIELEX GOULD. 
 
 One of the marked events was sending a car-load of lemons to Montauk 
 Point. Helen Gould, when learning that the fever-stricken soldiers there 
 were longing for lemons, said, "They shall have them." We immediately 
 wired Miss Gould that we would send lemons, if she would pay the cost of 
 transportation. The offer was promptly accepted, and the gaily-decorated 
 car bore the legend, " For our boys in blue." The press and personal mes 
 sages were sent ahead, and towns and villages along the route beheld the 
 fruit-laden car pass on its errand of mercy, an object-lesson of real patriot 
 ism. Some of the railroad lines passed the car along free, in compliment 
 to Miss Gould and the donors. The appeal for this quantity of lemons and 
 other fruit, as well as for money, was speedily met by our generous-spirited 
 ranchers and citizens in all walks of life. Ira Bennett, a bright newspaper 
 man, was the promoter of the gift of lemons. 
 
 We ministered to the sick soldiers who were sent to our sunny clime to 
 recuperate, and to those who passed beyond the power of aid, we placed the 
 Red Cross of flowers above the silent form, as our last token of appreciation 
 of the sacrifice for our country. 
 
 When Company B, 7th Regiment, received marching orders, the whole 
 city and surrounding region turned out to bid them "Godspeed." and later, 
 when they returned, the city and its officers united with the Red Cross 
 Society to welcome them back. Other societies joined with us and gave 
 them a lug banquet. It was a general gala day, and many were made happy 
 bv the return of loved ones. 
 
292 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 In October, 18J>S, the last meeting was held in the rooms. The society 
 voted to remain an organization for future emergencies. 
 
 The treasurer submitted a summary statement, as follows: 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Through membership fees, $17 ( ->; donations, $20(1.45 ; from entertain 
 ments, $:51(>.25: from other sources, $18. ;51 ; a total of $7-20.01. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 For affiliation fee to state association, $10; expended for material, 
 $208.10; badges, $52.55; contributions to state association, $250; expenses 
 direct for sick soldiers, $28; delegates expenses to annual state meeting and 
 supplies for Company B, $55.85; contribution tor state association, $! >; a 
 total of $618, leaving a balance in the treasury of $102.01. 
 
 (Signed) .Miss MARY K. WALKKK, 
 
 Treasure i . 
 
 Although the society held no regular called meetings, yet the president, 
 assisted by Dr. Marie Averill, in the name of the society, collected and sent 
 hundreds of books to the Philippines, to help relieve the tedium of the con 
 valescing soldiers. 
 
 The treasurer s final report shows that the society has only a small avail 
 able fund, bnt we know that, if we are called upon to resume active work, 
 willing hands Avill bring ample means. 
 
 FIXAL SUMMAKY. 
 
 Collected from the beginning to January, 11)02, $72-1.22; expended in 
 the time, $70<>.: > >2 : leaving cash on hand of $17.!>0. 
 
 Miss MAUV K. WALKER, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 MIJS. G. IT. BALLON, 
 
 President. 
 
 SAN LEANDRCX 
 
 San Leandro "Red Cross Society was organized June o, l^OS, with the 
 following officers: President, Mrs. II. B. Page: vice-president, Mrs. Mary 
 Ivnox; treasurer. Mrs. J. IT. "Miller; secretary. Miss Clara Vivian. 
 
 SoUcitiiir/ (loinmiltec. Mr*. O. (i. Lynch, Mrs. II. F. Kber, Mrs. M. 
 H. Hackett, and Mrs. E. L. Herger. 
 
 Corninitfrc on \Vork. -Mrs. J. II. Miller and Mrs. "Mary Knox. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 The memberslii]) fees amounted to $5 ( . ; proceeds from a concert, $12.75 ; 
 donation from Mrs. Thrasher, $5.00; cash by friend. $1.75; total, $78.50. 
 
3/>-.s. R. B. Pye, 
 President San Leandro Red Cross Society. 
 
294 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Two pieces flannel, $28 ; Red Cross pins, $15 ; state affiliation fee, $10; 
 frame for charter, $1.15 ; Emergency Fund, $9.00; supplies for sick soldiers 
 direct, $7.85; total expenditure, $71; balance on hand, $7.50. 
 
 STMMAKY OF WORK DOXE. 
 
 The society made 217 bandages, 119 pillow-ticks, 60 comfort bags. 
 Sent to headquarters 65 full lunches, for soldiers going to Vancouver, and 
 1 box of books was sent to Manila. The balance in the treasury was sent in 
 behalf of the library at Manila. MRS. J. H. MILLER, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 In the early formation of our little society we were greatly favored by 
 Prof. Charles Dawbarn giving a clear, concise, and interesting lecture upon 
 the origin and work of the Red Cross. It was a most timely address, and 
 the means of stimulating great interest in the work. Through its influence 
 many members joined the society, and were enthusiastic workers, giving time 
 and money gladly to help in the noble cause. 
 
 Among our most active helpers was Mrs. J. II. Bailey, who was instru 
 mental in organizing the society, rallying numbers to assist in the emergency 
 work, sparing not her own time, and withholding not her hand. Mrs. Bailey 
 for some time ably filled the position, acting for the society s first president. 
 
 Report submitted by Miss CLARA VIVIAN, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MRS. R. B. PAGE, 
 
 President. 
 
 SANTA ANA. 
 
 President, Mrs. M. J. Heffelfinger; first vice-president, Miss Helen 
 M. Buel; second vice-president, Mrs. M. P. Light; secretary, Miss Edith 
 Barrett ; treasurer, Miss Lulu Finley. 
 
 WORK OF THE SOCIETY FROM JUNE 4 TO DECEMBER 1, 1898. 
 
 The results will perhaps seem small, but our society has been few in 
 numbers from the first. We have sent to the 7th Regiment, via Los Angeles 
 Red Cross, 396 bandages, 202 caps; for Company L, 97 flannel caps; also 
 109 havelocks, hospital linen cloths, and old cloths for cleaning guns, 2 cases 
 of eggs, 1 barrel canned fruits and jelly, 2 boxes of lemons, 1 box dried fruit, 
 1 sack walnuts. 
 
 Raised for banquet and reception for Company L, from Santa Ana, 
 Anaheim, and Orange, $105.50; disbursements for same, $101.50; balance 
 on hand, $4.00, which amount was turned over to the society. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Received from Company L drill and entertainment, $147.25; received 
 from donations, $35.22; received from Fourth of July committee, $6.00; 
 
Santa Barbara Report. 295 
 
 received from Reception Fund, $4.00 ; received from Tustin Red Cross, 
 $5.00; received from dues, $18.70; received from Thanksgiving dinner, 
 $1.00; received from broom donated and sold, $0.25; total, $217.42. 
 
 1 Kslmrsements. 
 
 Company L drill and entertainment, $31.96; Reinhaus Bros, for linen 
 and flannel, $55.36; Huff Bros. & Rankin for linen and flannel, $17.52; 
 Crookshank & Son for linen and flannel, $10.48 ; paid on McGougan s nurse 
 bill, $47.10; freight on goods sent to Company L, $3.55; J. Jones for 
 oysters for Johnson, Company L, $0.75; incidentals, $0.70; total, $167.41; 
 December 1, 1898, balance, $50.01. 
 
 In addition to the items given in the above report, we furnished a 
 Thanksgiving dinner to Company L while in camp at Los Angeles, and 
 donated $10 for general work to the state association. 
 
 EDITH BARRETT, 
 Correspo-ndiny Secretary. 
 
 SANTA BARBARA. 
 
 This society was permanently organized on May 22, 1899, with forty 
 meml>ers, from which were elected the following officers ; Mrs. Emily J. 
 Thompson, president; Mrs. Mary J. Bond, first vice-president; Mrs. Frank 
 Whitney, second vice-president; Miss Mary Woods, secretary; Mrs. Jane 
 Spaulding, M. D., treasurer. All of the above officers have continued in 
 office, with the exception of the second vice-president. At the annual meet 
 ing, on October 2, 1899, Mrs. Emma Hardacre was elected to that office. 
 
 The receipts of the society from its organization to the present time, 
 January, 1902, are summed up in the following report : 
 
 Membership fees, $58; donations in money, $111. Other donations, 
 consisting- of 339 yards of gingham, $20.34; stationery, 20 housewives, 
 games, and tobacco, $21, sent to Manila, amounted to $41.34. This sum 
 added to the money aggregated a value of $210.34. 
 
 The money disbursed by the society from its organization is summed 
 up through the following items ; Auxiliary fee to the State Red Cross Society, 
 $10; 40 badges and express, $10.25; money sent to San Francisco Red 
 Cross Society, $20; boxing, drayage, and freight upon 1,160 pounds of 
 literature, $8.15; 1 case of canned blackberries for Manila, $6.50; 57 1 /> 
 yards of gingham for pajamas sent to Manila, and expressage, $4.70 ; 40 Red 
 Cross badges and express, $10.25; Mr. F. Krellenan, an invalid soldier of 
 the Spanish War, was given $97.15 ; making the sum expended $167 ; added to 
 the value of articles sent to Manila, $41, a total aggregating $208, leaving 
 
296 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 a balance in the treasury of $2.00, as a nucleus for assistance in future 
 Red Cross work, whenever the official call conies from our parent state society. 
 
 MAKY WOODS, 
 
 Secretary. 
 EMILY J. THOMPSON, 
 
 President. 
 Santa Barbara, Cal, Jan. 3, 
 
 SANTA CRUZ* 
 
 President, Mrs. H. 0. llenney ; first vice-president, Mrs. I. L. Evarts; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. T. II. (VXeil; secretary, Mrs. Louisa Drennan ; 
 treasurer, Mrs. Kate C. Cope. 
 
 REPORT OI- THE SOCIETY. 
 
 The Santa Cruz Red Cross Society was organized May 21, 1898, and 
 became an auxiliary to the state association June 25, 1898. The first work 
 of the society was for the soldiers composing Company F, 6th Regiment, 
 who were ordered to Santa Cruz for the protection of the powder works. 
 Medicines, fruit and vegetables, towels, and a handsome company flag were 
 given to them, and 10G gun covers also. 
 
 For the Manila expeditions 53(3 abdominal bandages and TO hospital 
 shirts were made, and sheets, pillow-slips, handkerchiefs, socks, and G boxes 
 of books were sent to the state supply rooms. 
 
 FIX AX C I AL, STAT EME X T. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership dues, $99.75; donations, concerts, etc., $461.91 ; total, 
 $501.06. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10; donation to state association, 
 $100; badges, $32; supplies for Company F, 6th Regiment, $08.50; flannel 
 and materials for work, $50.0-1; hospital fund at Manila, $50; local ex 
 penses, $70.00; total, $398.20; balance, $108.46. 
 
 MRS. LOUISA DREXNAX, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 ST. HELENA. 
 
 The society was organized on May 80, 1898, by Mrs. J. AV. Ilolihan, 
 who was its first chosen president, succeeded by Mrs. W. A. Makinder. 
 The third and last president is Mrs. J. C. Mixon. The vice-presidents are 
 Mesdames A. X. Bell, R. II. Pichie, and F. T. Mooney; the secretary, Mrs. 
 
Mrs. J. W. Holihan, 
 First President St. Helena Ked Cross Society. 
 
 Mr*. W. A. Ma kinder, 
 
 President St. Helena Red Cross Society 
 
298 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 E. V. Himtington ; and treasurer, Miss Marie E. Alstrom. Its membership 
 numbered 115 earnest, enthusiastic workers. 
 
 The citizens generally were imbued with the spirit of the times, and 
 contributed as generously as their means would allow, many making per 
 sonal sacrifices, and in all ways manifesting good will for the cause. Iff 
 making the report, the desire comes to mention the name of each who ren 
 dered such noble service, but, as this can not be, some satisfaction will come 
 to each one in reading the record of work accomplished and means con 
 tributed during the period of great need of assistance, when the government 
 was at first so unprepared for properly equipping the large army. 
 
 The contributions from various sources, directly and indirectly from 
 the citizens, amounted to the generous sum of $341. From this the sum 
 of $41.25 was sent to the state association, $50 for the Emergency Fund, 
 $25 for field hospital use, $10 for the convalescent hospital and for material, 
 which w r as made into garments, and necessary supplies, $129.95, leaving 
 a balance of $84.85. 
 
 There were made and sent to the supply depot in San Francisco 34 
 comfort, bags, furnished with all needed articles, 164 abdominal bandages, 
 32 emergency bandages, 56 rolled surgeons bandages, 24 pillow T -bags, 30 
 sheets, 6 dozen towels, 25 bandanna sleeping-caps, 25 eiderdow r n caps, 3 
 dozen bars of ivory soap, 60 denim arm slings, 16 hospital nightgowns, 10 
 pajamas, and 15 dozen magazines. E. V. HUXTIXGTON, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 ST. HELENA, May 23. A branch of the Red Cross Society has been 
 organized here, with sixty members. Mrs. J. II. ITolihan was chosen presi 
 dent; Mrs. R. H. Pichie, vice-president; Miss Theresa Kennelly, secretary; 
 Mrs. Lizzie Martin, treasurer. A large sum was subscribed. 
 
 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. 
 
 Humanity, Neutrality. 
 
 President, Miss Hannah Gray; first vice-president, Mrs. J. I). Peters; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. F. M. West ; recording secretary, Mrs. W. W. 
 Stockwell ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. H. ( . Keves ; treasurer, F. M. 
 West. 
 
 Date of organization, June 9, 1898. Members enrolled, 206, 3 
 transfers. 
 
 Committee. Miss Julia II. Weber, Mrs. E. L. Dodge, Mrs. John E. 
 Budd, Mrs. A. B. Sperry, Mrs. J. F. "Rooney, Mrs. C. S. Sargent. Mrs. 
 S. D. Dasher, Mrs. S. L. Confer, Mrs. A. T. Sohloss, Mrs. George P. Simp 
 son, Miss M. S. Cutting, Mrs. J. G. Swinnerton. 
 
 Finance. Mrs. J. M. Welsh, Mrs. A. W. Simpson, Mrs. IT. IT. Hewlett. 
 
 A constitution was adopted at the adjourned meeting, June 10. Head- 
 
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 quarters wore opened, and regular weekly meetings of the executive com 
 mittee were held from June 10 to October 12, 1898, at a room donated to 
 the use of the society, through the courtesy of Mrs. A. W. Simpson. There 
 after meetings were held at the call of the president. The date fixed for 
 the annual meetings was the last Wednesday in September. 
 
 A/V.s.s Hannah Grmj, 
 Preside!) t San Joaquin and Stockton Red Cross. 
 
 The certificate of membership in the California Red Cross State Asso 
 ciation was issued to the society June 10, 1898. 
 
 Much work was accomplished in furnishing and preparing material 
 comforts at the headquarters, which were open for business from nine o clock 
 in the morning until five in the afternoon. From here were forwarded all 
 sorts of needed supplies brought in as contributions by the citizens. It 
 would hardly be possible to enumerate all the generous donations that were 
 hastily brought in and as quickly forwarded in the early, pressing need of 
 the soldiers. 
 
 As soon as the work became more systematized, supplies were forwarded 
 as recorded: 307 abdominal bandages, 19f> esmarch bandages, 301 surgical 
 bandages, 82 throat bandages, 31 suits pajamas, 2 extra jackets, 61 denim 
 arm slings, 106 square arm slings, 240 comfort bags, 11-4 caps, 113 sheets, 
 213 pillow-slips, 78 handkerchiefs, lil field ticks, 37 hospital towels, 3 pack 
 ing bags, 2 pillows, 2 pairs socks, 13 surgical nightshirts, 72 hospital fans, 
 40 chest protectors, 2 bottles vaseline, 1 can malted milk, 1 case and 7 
 
300 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 packages literature, 85 1/, dozen eggs (sent by auxiliary of Linden), jelly 
 (15 pint jars, 2 quart jars, 3 tins, 171) glasses). To Company A, (Jth Cali 
 fornia Volunteer Infantry, Alcatraz, 4 bags green corn; Company B, 6th 
 California Volunteer Infantry, Fort Point: 4 bags green corn, 1 box or 
 anges, 30 do/en eggs, 12 dozen handkerchiefs, 20 suits outing pajamas, 83 
 caps, J) field caps, 75 comfort bags, 1 can malted milk. 
 
 Received from Linden auxiliary: 210 yards surgical bandages, 38 
 esmarch bandages, 33 caps, 15 ticks, 15 sheets, 3!) pillow-slips, 10 glasses 
 jelly, furnishings for 24 comfort bags. 
 
 Assistance was rendered the following soldiers, in form of meals, lodg 
 ing, transportation, medicine, care in sickness: 181)8, October 5, E. J. 
 Hitchcock, Company B, (Jth Regiment California Volunteer Infantry; De 
 cember 12, James Morrisey, enlisted at Taconia, Wash.; 1S1W, February, 
 Arthur Xoyes. 1st Battalion, Carson, Xev. ; February 14, Joseph G. Gillin, 
 Company A, 1st Battalion Xew York Infantry, aged 25 years; John Frost- 
 man, Company B, (>th Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, aged 42 
 years; February 21, James Sexton, Company A, 1st Battalion, Xevada ; 
 March. 3, Thomas Lynch, 8th California Regiment; March 10, Dennis 
 Roach, Battalion B, 1st Battalion, 1st Artillery; March 17, Samuel P. Green, 
 7th Regiment, Til.; Fred Green (brother), 7th Regiment, 111.; J. Flbert, 
 leader of band, Tennessee Regiment; March 18, Alfred Heilman, Companv 
 IT, 12th Regiment, Xew York; May 30, Stephen MacDonough, Company A, 
 6th Regiment, California Volunteer Infantry; August 22, Clarence Rogers, 
 Kansas volunteer; 1900, April 21, William Sewall, Washington, I). C. 
 
 FRANK w JUTE S FIRST VICTORY. 
 
 In connection with the soldiers, it may be of interest to relate an inci 
 dent associated with the Stockton boys, as illustrating the spirit and enthusi 
 astic purpose of the enlisted men, whom we regard as worthy of any effort 
 the Red Cross workers may put forth in their behalf. It is related that 
 Frank White, private of Company B, made a gritty walk of thirty-three 
 miles to join his company before its ranks would be filled without him. He 
 was at work in a sawmill thirty-three miles from Stockton, and had no 
 word that his company had been called out. Mails were slow. Mill teams 
 brought the mail from Stockton about noon. Looking over the Stockton 
 paper, he saw that his company would start for San Francisco on Sunday. 
 He was twenty-four hours late and thirty-three miles away, and no team 
 going out. Hurriedly he changed his clothes, made his journey the entire 
 distance on foot to Stockton, took the first train for San Francisco, and 
 joined his company in time, enthusiastically welcomed by his comrades. 
 He counted this his first bloodless battle won by the sweat of his brow. 
 
 Receipts Itemized. 
 
 Joaquin Parlor Xo. 5, Xative Daughters of the Golden West, $50 ; 
 Oliisi Giller, $5.00; II. Xeler, $5.00; Mrs. H. C. Hyatt, $5.00; Dr. Sander- 
 
San Joaquin Report. 301 
 
 son, $2.50; "Red Cross Aids/ $07.50; Stockton Grange, $5.00; Willie 
 Friebberger, children s benefit, $0.50; S. S. Littlehale, $1.00; \e\\- Hope 
 girls benefit, $27.75; Stockton Orphan Club, $4.2."); Mr. Lyman Beldiii" 1 , 
 $5.00; Masters Finkhohner and Colin benelit, $S.OO ; Mrs. F. T. Baldwin, 
 $5.00; Rebekah Young Ladies Drill Corps Xo. 1 benelit, $50; a friend iu 
 Calaveras County, $25; River Express Co., $1.00; Mrs. F. II. Smith, $1.00; 
 .Mrs. Lizzie Condy, $1.00; friend, $1.70; Miss Margaret Mehan, $3.00; 
 Sunshine Circle, First Presbyterian Church, $5.00; "Linden Aids," $27.30; 
 box collection, $14. OS; balance in purchasing fund, $2.10; total cash dona 
 tions, $2(51. IS. Handkerchiefs donated by Mrs. C. (). Bennett, $5.00; sale 
 <>f Hags, etc., $({.85. 
 
 In 1HOO dues were assessed 25 cents per member, and in 1JM)1 thev 
 were increased to 50 cents per annum. They amounted to $s 1 ; membership 
 fees amounted to $203; interest of $8.13 upon a deposit in Stockton Savings 
 and Loan Society Bank of $125; balance from Emergency Fund in presi 
 dent s care, $4.80; total amount, $004.00. 
 
 I Hsbursements Itemized. 
 
 June 11, 1808, state membership fee, $10; rent of hall, $3.00; record 
 book, $3.00; chairman of purchasing committee, $10; Red Cross pins and 
 express, $25.25; to California Red Cross Emergency Fund, $10; printed 
 stationery, $4.50; book h le, $0.75; for purchasing committee, $10; material 
 purchased, $25; Red Cross pins and express, $25.25; for California Red 
 Cross State Association for Field Hospital Fund, $50; expressage on corn 
 and oranges, $2.25; sundry expenses for secretary. $10; expressage, $2.50; 
 for purchasing committee, $30; for California State Association Hospital 
 Fund, $50; to Captain Win. Bruce, for fruit for Company B, Oth Cavalrv, 
 $5.00; for California Red Cross Hospital, $25; for care of sick soldier, 
 $14.S5; badges, $1.00; January, 1809, to Miss Gray, for two sick soldiers 
 meals and lodgings, $2.35 ; to the president for use as emergency fund. 
 $17.25. 
 
 September 11, 1000, roused to activity by the awful disaster at Gal- 
 veston, Texas, we were the first to respond to the Louisiana Red Cross So 
 ciety, Xew Orleans, and sent $100, and, for telegraphing the same, $1.21 ; 
 September, 1001, to the secretary for money expended, $(5.25. The total 
 disbursements amount to $500.41. The balance in the treasury Xovember 
 8. 1001, is $125.55. F. M. WKST, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 The work at headquarters was conducted systematically, under the able 
 direction of Mrs. George P. Simpson, who volunteered to open the doors 
 every morning at nine o clock, for the first week, others to take charge in 
 the afternoons. Some one or more of the committee superintended the work 
 in turn. Mrs. .1. F. Rooney proved her fitness for the oth ee of chairman 
 of the purchasing committee, and Miss Maria S. Cutting kept many hands 
 provided with cut-out articles for sewing. 
 
302 Pacific Const lied Cross Society. 
 
 From different pans of the county donations were sent independent of 
 <>iir organization. A number of ladies, "Linden Aids," lent their assistance 
 in work, and helped increase onr funds, although not members of the Reel 
 Cross Society. 
 
 \Vhile the emergency period is passed, and a failing in interest is 
 apparent, our past experience proves that the people of the Pacific slope 
 are generous and (jiiick to respond, and in time of need Avill again he "up and 
 doing, with a heart for any fate." It is the purpose of the society to keep 
 our interest alive as a society by sending a delegate to each annual meeting 
 of the California Red Cross State Association, and hold ourselves in readi 
 ness for any future emergency that calls for Red Cross response. 
 
 Since September 25, 11)01, 2 of our members have passed to other 
 scenes, and 2 2 have withdrawn from the ranks, but we have a present mem 
 bership of 1S2. 
 
 Our present officers and executive committee are: President, Miss 
 Hannah Gray; first vice-president, Mrs. ,1. 1). Peters; second vice-president, 
 Mrs. F. M. West : recording and corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. W. Stock- 
 well; treasurer, Mr. F. M. West, president of the Stockton Savings and Loan 
 Society Bank; Mrs. Jennie South worth, Mrs. Austin B. Sperry, Mrs. Eliza 
 L. Dodge, Miss Julia II. Weber, Mrs. ,1. F. Rooney, Mrs. George P. Sher 
 man, Mrs. Abbie A. Klsom, Miss Louise Creaner, Mrs. Amalia Snyder, 
 Mrs. Mary IT. Phillips. Respectfully submitted, 
 
 M us. W. W. STOCKWELL, 
 
 Miss HANNAH (.JIJAY, Secretary. 
 
 President. 
 
 .!//*. II*. W. Stockwed, 
 Secretary San Jonquil) and Stockton Red Cross Society. 
 
San Jose Report 303 
 
 3//-.V. ( . J. Mni lin, 
 President San Jose Red Cross Society. 
 
 SAN JOSE, 
 
 It is not at all remarkable that the American woman should share the 
 spirit of intense patriotism which animates the men, but it is remarkable how 
 cheerfully she has acted as an auxiliary, doing the most laborious work, 
 without any expectation of laurels. 
 
 She has met the incoming and outgoing soldier with smiles of encour 
 agement and hands laden with good things. She has been beside him in 
 field and hospital, bending every energy, self-forgetting, her intuition and 
 her sympathy breaking through barriers that seemed insurmountable. 
 
 As the occasion calls for details, I take great pleasure in telling the 
 story of the tireless workers of the San Jose Red Cross Society. Its most 
 humble workers, by their earnestness and constant labors, have ably seconded 
 The work and aims of the board of directors, but a great measure of the 
 success of this society is due to the executive ability of its president, Mrs. 
 (. . J. Martin. 
 
 On May 23, 1808, at a called public meeting, the following permanent 
 officers were elected, to hold office for six months: Mrs. Chas. J. Martin, 
 president ; Mrs. Louis Callisch, first vice-president ; Mrs. II. T. Welch, sec 
 ond vice-president; Mrs. W. P. Squires, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Louis 
 Bruch, recording secretary : Mr. W. K. Beans, treasurer; Mr. II. B. Alvord, 
 auditor. 
 
 Board of Director.*. Mrs. C. J. Martin, Mrs. Louis Callisch, Mrs. 
 AV. P. Squires, .Mrs. E. (). Smith, Mr. H. B. Alvord, Mr. S. H. Wagener, 
 
304 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 MY. T. C. AlcChesney; clerk of board, Mr. II. (i. Squier. Mrs. S. F. Lieb 
 representative on San Francisco board. 
 
 Immediately upon our organization Ivev. J. B. Wakefield, rector of 
 Trinity Church, tendered us the use of the parish house, and for three and 
 one-half months its doors were never closed. Sewing-machine companies, 
 the local telephones, express companies, the daily press, came to our aid, 
 and never faltered, no matter how frequent the calls. 
 
 At the last meeting of the board of directors it was decided, as the 
 emergency seemed to be over, that we would discontinue the sewing, but 
 contribute $r>0 per month for three months to the convalescent home recently 
 established in San Francisco. 
 
 We will continue to hold an open meeting on the first Tuesday of every 
 mouth, when financial statement will he read, and will transact any business 
 that might properly come up. 
 
 We have been materially assisted by our auxiliary at Xew Almaclen, 
 Mrs. It. R. Bulmore, president, and at Saratoga, Mrs. S. F. Cloud, president. 
 
 Naturally we were most interested in the two companies of our OW T II 
 boys, B and M, Sth California, and furnished them with floor coverings, 
 through the kindness of our board of trade and the Dewey Club, with quan 
 tities of dried and canned fruit donated by our local packing companies and 
 other friends. They received an emergency fund of $510.83. We con 
 tributed $100 to the Manila Hospital and $100 towards the band instru 
 ments of the Sth California Regiment. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
 
 Total cash receipts to Oct. 15, 1808, $2,34-0. <)<"? ; expenditures to Oct. 
 15, 1808, $iM(>7.i ) 3; cash on hand, $181.83. 
 
 Membership, 388. 
 
 ft would be impossible to enumerate the acts of willing service of the 
 citizens of San Jose and its vicinity in behalf of the volunteers. Like those 
 of many real heroes of the war, their names must remain unknown and their 
 deeds written only in the book of the great recording angel. 
 
 MRS. Lours CALLISCII, 
 V ice-President San Jose Red Cross. 
 
 Orfoficr IS, 
 
 REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE SAX JOSE RED CROSS SOCIETY, BY MRS. MARTIN, 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 M KM HERS OK THE REI> CROSS SOCIETY: Xo doubt you are all aware that 
 our officers were reclected at our last monthly meeting. AYe now greet our 
 friends again, and stand at our posts ready to do our duty in Ixed Cross work 
 when called upon to do so. We ask our citizens to be as kind to the cause 
 in this our new term of office as they were in our former term. AVe feel 
 sure they will, for the kindness has already commenced. The People s and 
 the Sunset Telephone Companies have generously given us the free use of 
 
San Jose Report. 
 
 305 
 
 their respective "phones" in the lied Cross rooms, as heretofore, and the 
 People s Company have also replaced the "phone" in our corresponding 
 secretary s honse free of charge, for the use of the Red Cross Society. Dr. 
 Wakefield has again given us the privilege of meeting at Trinity Parish 
 House as our headquarters; Mr. Crowfoot has willingly loaned the Home 
 sewing-machine; Wells, Fargo has carried our packages; and the Western 
 Union Telegraph Company sent our messages to Red Cross headquarters, 
 San Francisco, free of charge. The press also continues its kindness. No 
 item is too long for the Mercury to insert, if it aids the cause of the Red 
 Cross. Other papers also gave us kindly notices ; all this augurs well for the 
 future, and brings forth our grateful thanks. 
 
 Mrs. J. W. Dinsmore, 
 Executive Board, San Jose. 
 
 Mrs. A<!</ie Frink, 
 Efficient Promoter, San Jose. 
 
 We have held our regular monthly meetings and kept up interest in the 
 society by the members spending a social day together at the parlors of 
 Trinity Parish House, and finishing work on the garments for the con 
 valescent home, also making chest protectors, for which there came an urgent 
 call. At our meetings we read reports and transact any new business which 
 needs attention. 
 
 BRIEF HISTORY. 
 
 Perhaps it will be well to tell you at this time what our society has 
 accomplished since its organization, about seven months ago. I shall omit 
 detail, as you have heard it so often it would be tiresome for you to hear it 
 again. I will merely give the total number of articles and garments, large 
 
 20 
 
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 and small, which have been made and sent from our headquarters to the 
 state headquarters in San Francisco; from thence they were forwarded to 
 Manila, or wherever our troops were in need of Red Cross supplies. The 
 grand total of garments and articles of use which went forth from the San 
 Jose Red Cross Society headquarters is 7,677, all packed and shipped by 
 willing woman s hands ; our lady members even did the nailing, and often 
 sawed the covers to the boxes. Nothing came amiss to them when they 
 knew it was being done for the sick and suffering soldiers. Our Almaden 
 branch, Airs. R. R. Bulmore, president, and our Saratoga branch, Mrs. S. H. 
 Cloud, president, also We and Our Neighbors from Union District, helped 
 us very materially in sending well-packed boxes of garments, sheets, etc., for 
 soldier boys. They are included in the number mentioned. 
 
 Over 1,000 cans of fresh fruit were donated by our canneries, the 
 Golden Gate, San Jose Fruit Packing Company, and the J. II. Flickenger 
 Company cannery, also by private citizens. About 1,250 pounds of dried 
 fruit were donated by canneries and private citizens. Eight cases of fine 
 wines were donated by Captain Merrithew. Thirty dozen eggs were donated 
 by "We and Our Neighbors." I will add that, although they keep their 
 names from being known, they have proved to be very good neighbors. 
 Several donations for the soldiers have been received from them. They do 
 not let their " left hand know what their right hand doeth." 
 
 The board of trade also sent through our society $510 as an emergency- 
 fund for our boys, Companies B and M. A mess tent and floorings were 
 furnished also by the board of trade and by the Dewey Club. 
 
 One hundred dollars was collected from our citizens toward procuring 
 musical instruments for a band, which was being organized from members 
 of Companies B and M. Our society also donated $100 toward the Hospital 
 Fund at Manila. We did not forget our own boys. When Companies B 
 and M loft San Jose for camp life, our society furnished them with many 
 needed articles, too numerous to mention here. We also helped with lunches 
 for troops arriving in San Francisco. Many boxes of literature have also 
 been shipped for the soldiers at Manila. There were many other articles 
 given away not mentioned here. 
 
 The number of members enrolled is G74. Only a portion of that num 
 ber, I believe about 388, have joined the state society, although we acknowl 
 edge all as our local members. Most of them have helped to sew, or in 
 other ways assisted from time to time, and we feel we can depend upon every 
 one of them to come forward in case of necessity. 
 
 The amount of funds received and distributed you have heard from 
 the treasurer s report. You see by it that our balance is not large, and, 
 when you consider the number of garments made and the amount of ma 
 terial used, you must admit that our purchasing committee, Mrs. Chambers, 
 Mrs. Plate, and Mrs. Eaton, have used good judgment and economy in 
 making their purchases to make the money go as far as it did. 
 
 To the merchants, who have allowed liberal discount on our bills, the 
 
San Jose Report. 307 
 
 thanks of the society are due. I will again state that our money has been 
 expended among the merchants of San Jose. 
 
 Most of our donations were unsolicited, a large amount coming from 
 our public schools, a few societies, donations of private citizens, and the pro 
 ceeds of sale of a bicycle donated by Miss "Xellie Arques, all of which helped 
 to make the grand total, which has been the means, through the San Jose 
 lied Cross, of doing so much good to our soldiers both at the seat of war and 
 at home. 
 
 During the months of June, July, and August, and part of September, 
 the doors of Trinity Parish House were open daily for Red Cross work, 
 and the number of pieces mentioned in this report will show what our busy, 
 tireless workers accomplished. Too much can not be said in their praise, 
 and our brave soldiers gained courage and strength from the knowledge that 
 the women of America were untiring in this noble work, which meant for 
 them care and succor in sickness, also while they were defending the 
 oppressed. 
 
 The work done by our society for the month of December was getting 
 up Christmas boxes for the convalescent hospital, San Francisco, also for 
 Companies B and M, our home boys. Seven fine Astrakhan and Angora skin 
 rugs were donated by Jacob Eberhard, of Santa Clara, and one fine deerskin 
 rug by Mrs. kelson. 
 
 To Company B, stationed at the Presidio, were sent 13 cases containing 
 cakes, pies, fruit, both fresh and canned; 8 dressed turkeys, 12 dressed 
 chickens, nuts, etc. To Company M, 12 cases cakes, pies, fruit, both fresh 
 and canned ; 7 dressed turkeys, 1 cooked turkey, 14 dressed chickens, nuts, 
 etc. These gifts were not included in the total of 7,677 pieces. 
 
 Our San Jose Red Cross Society desires to pay a heartfelt tribute of 
 gratitude to our citizens for their ready and liberal response to our call for 
 Christmas gifts for the convalescent home, also for Companies B and M. 
 Truly our San Jose people have the largest hearts in the world Avhen called 
 upon to help in a worthy cause. 
 
 I will take occasion here to say that, when our citizens did me the great 
 honor to elect me president of the Red Cross Society of San Jose, I felt 
 there were others more fitted to fill the responsible position, and intended 
 declining the proffered honor, but friends persuaded me to undertake the 
 task. I accepted, saying I would do what I could. I am glad now that I 
 undertook the work. I feel that a loving Father has given me strength. 1 
 have worked with willing heart and hands for the suffering soldiers, and I 
 am sure that all who have helped in this noble work have done the same. 
 We have often been very weary, but not one has fallen by the wayside. We 
 knew how much more weary the poor soldiers were, and that knowledge gave 
 us fresh courage, and willing hands and loyal hearts worked on, until we 
 were told that peace was declared ; at first we spoke of peace with bated 
 breath ; perhaps it might only mean a truce ; but now, thank God, we can 
 speak with confidence, for the treaty has been signed. 
 
308 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 And what could lie a more Htting time than the present to proclaim 
 peace, when all Christendom is rejoicing- that the Prince of peace was sent 
 on earth nearly L .OOO years ago to bring "peace and good will to all man 
 kind" ? AVe can now proclaim in clarion tones that the United States is ar 
 peace with all the world. This is the change of work which the sweet word 
 * c peace" has wrought for the patient Red Cross workers. Needless to sav, 
 their names are enrolled in God s l>ook, and on that day great will be their 
 reward. 
 
 HELP FOR THK Xl RSES. 
 
 Our San Jose Ked Cross will now work at home. We shall endeavor 
 to send a monthly donation to help pay the expenses of nurses. We have 
 already sent, with the aid of our auxiliary branches (the Xew Almaden, Mrs. 
 II. R. Bulmore, president, which donated $10 per month, and the Saratoga 
 branch, Mrs. S. II. Cloud, president, which donated $5.00 per month, and 
 our San Jose Society, $50), in all $(55 per mouth for three months. The time 
 lias now expired, and we hope to be able to raise money in some way to help 
 so worthy a cause. We must not he drones in the lied Cross hive, and, if 
 each member would donate a Hi tie, it will be sufficient for our society s needs 
 for some time. 1 believe the Entertainment Committee has a concert under 
 the management of Miss Volt/; they will no doubt report at an early date. 
 
 Probablv many will ask how long the Red Cross will continue its work? 
 I will answer, Tutil our state president, Mrs. \V. B. Harrington, sends us 
 word that "there are no more convalescents for the Ked Cross to care for." 
 Gladly will all the army of noble workers resume their home duties, but all 
 will stand in readiness to come forth should our country again need their 
 services in the cause of humanity and neutrality, or in case of calamity in 
 any place 1 . God grant that the time may not be far distant when "nation 
 shall not rise up against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." 
 
 To all members and fellow-workers of the San Jose Ked Cross Society 
 I wish a Happy Xew Year. May a hidden blessing surprise you every day, 
 the blessing which the knowledge of having helped to relieve the sick and 
 suffering brings with it. 
 
 [ am thinking now of the last line of a verse which has always been a 
 favorite of mine, "For if thy work on earth be sweet, what will thy glory be ?" 
 
 Dear friends, 1 think we have all had a foretaste of that joy when 
 engaged in our Ked Cross work. Cordially yours, 
 
 MRS. C. ,T. MARTIX, 
 President e/ flic tfan Jose Red Cross Society. 
 
 STATEMENT OE RECEIPTS AM) EXPENDITURES OF THE SAX JOSE RED CROSS 
 SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR E.NDI.XO DECEMBER 31, 1898. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Donations, membership fees, etc., $ 2,4-15.81. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10; badges, $100; Manila Hospital 
 Fund, $100; Emergency Fund, Companies B and M, $510.83; Hospital 
 
Luis Obispo Report. 30J) 
 
 .Fund for convalescents, San Francisco, $150; printing, stamps, etc., $7.20; 
 blankets, Company B, $189; shoes, Company AI, $40; mess tent, Company 
 _M, $40; band instruments, 8th California Regiment, $100; supplies, ma 
 terial, etc., $1,050.20; total, $2,297.28; January 1, IS!)!), balance on hand, 
 $118.58. 
 
 Other donations to Red Cross Society headquarters, San Francisco, 
 and to Companies B and M, 8th California Regiment, V. S. V. : 7,677 gar 
 ments and articles (abdominal bandages, suits of pajamas, pillow-cases, 
 sheets, etc.), 1,120 cans canned fruit, 1,250 boxes dried fruit, 600 boxes 
 green fruit fresh from the orchard, 8 cases tine wine, 10 sacks fresh vegetables, 
 285 comfort bags (furnished), -500 towels, 820 handkerchiefs. 
 
 Besides the above, many lunches have lx?en furnished to the members 
 of the Nth California Regiment, and also to the State Red Cross Society. 
 A beautiful silk flag was presented to ( ompany B on its departure. An 
 innumerable number of periodicals and books have been sent to the soldiers 
 and sailor boys. Several times flowers and necessities for the convalescent 
 home have been freely given, as well as funds. The work has been a work 
 of love and patriotism on the part of each and every member. The donations 
 have all been made voluntarily on the part of the donor. The only desire 
 has been to best serve our country and its defenders. 
 
 MRS. W. P. SQI:IIIK, 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 By H. G. SQU IKE, Clerk. 
 
 SAN LUIS OBISPO. 
 
 President, Mrs. A. /. Sinsheimer; vice-president, Mrs. Alary Ortega; 
 secretary, Miss Alary L. McKennon; tirst treasurer, Airs. R. AL Sanford; 
 treasurer, Mrs. Hazzard Gregg. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT OK THE SOCIETY FOR TIIK MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, 
 AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER, OF 1898. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Dues, $49.05; entertainments, $289.85 ; cash donations, $85.80; sale, 
 of badges, $18.45 ; total, $488.55. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 To state association, $855; for flannel, $57.85; expenses, $25; total, 
 $487.85; balance, $0.70. MARY L. MC!VKNNON, 
 
 Secret&ry. 
 
 In connection with the report of the secretary, I would add that our 
 auxiliary received the enthusiastic support of the entire community. Almost 
 every fraternity gave us a liberal donation. The daily pa]X>rs were at our 
 service at all times, and we had but to ask, and our people were ever ready 
 to respond. Mi?s. A. J. SIXSIIKIMKR, 
 
 President. 
 
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 SAN MATEO. 
 
 President, Mrs. AY. F. Nichols; first vice-president, Mrs. D. McLeod; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. C. J. Robinson ; secretary, Mrs. Paul Bettilheim ; 
 treasurer, Mrs. Uriel Sabre. 
 
 REPORT OF SAX MATEO RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Through the able efforts of "Mrs. Daniel McLeod and her sister, Miss 
 Lamb, of San Francisco, the San Mateo Red Cross Society was organized 
 in the morning of June 2, 1898, and officers elected, as named above. 
 Mesdames Brewer, Morse, Walker, Rodolph, Schuyler, Ross, Kennedy, and 
 Cowie were appointed on the executive committee. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Kennedy secured a room in the Odd Fellows Building, free 
 of charge, for the use of the society. Several of the members loaned sewing- 
 machines, and on the morning of June o work began in earnest. Miss Lamb 
 was directress. Well and faithfully did she perform her task, cutting out 
 almost every article made by the society. Very little soliciting was done 
 in San Mateo, as most of the men who do business in the city had already 
 given to the state association. One concert was given, August 28, by the 
 Press Club Quartet, which proved a great success. Up to October 1 the 
 members paid twenty cents per month dues; some, however, gave $2.50, and 
 others $5.00 per month. All dues were discontinued after October 1. 
 
 Articles made and sent to the supply depot, Post Street, San Francisco : 
 
 735 abdominal bandages, 150 emergency bandages, 20 suits tennis 
 flannel pajamas, 11 large packing bags, 116 field pillow-slips, 108 filled 
 comfort bags, a total of 1,140 articles. There were also sent to the supply 
 depot 3 large boxes of books and 1 package of old linen. To the Hospitality 
 Committee at the ferry were sent 1,000 nam sandwiches, 300 individual 
 lunches, and 1 large box of lemons for the soldiers leaving on the transports. 
 To the division hospital : 1 dozen bottles listerine, 4 packages absorbent cot 
 ton, 1 dozen pound jars Armour beef extract. The society furnished the 
 kitchen of the convalescent home, later paying for a much needed sink and 
 putting in the china closet. 
 
 At the request of the state association, the society promised to pay $5.00 
 per month for six months, beginning November 1, to help maintain the Red 
 Cross work at the home and in Manila. December 13 sent to 404 Slitter 
 Street, for convalescent home, TO jars and glasses of jams and jellies. 
 
 The present officers of the society, chosen October 1, 1898, are: Mrs. 
 Win. F. Nichols, president; Mrs. (\ M. Morse, first vice-president; Mrs. 
 W. 1*. A. Brewer, second vice-president ; Mr. W. P. A. Brewer, treasurer ; 
 Mrs. F. R. King, secretary. Mesdames Whitney, Rodel, Walker, Vanslyke, 
 Dovis, Bettilheim, Robinson, and Ross, with the officers, form the executive 
 committee. There are 125 members, all of whom are ready to resume work, 
 should the occasion demand it. DEI/LA ROGERS MORSE, 
 
 Vice-President. 
 By request of Mrs. Nichols, President. 
 
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 Receipts. 
 
 June 2, 1898, membership fees, $125; donations, $116.70; monthly 
 dues, $172.50; proceeds of concert, $230.10; total, $64-4.30. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10; Red Cross pins, $37.90; beef 
 extract, $26.85 ; flannel, etc., $137.82 ; care of room, expressage, $2.85 ; post 
 age, printing, etc., $9.85 ; ham and bread for sandwiches, $4.00 ; convalescent 
 home, $220.76; total, $450.03; balance, $194.27. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 October 15, cash balance, $194.27; rebate on use of hall for concert, 
 $4.50; donation, $10; total, $208.77. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 November pledge to state association, $10; Christmas lx>x to soldiers at 
 Manila, $4.50; lemons for transport, $3.50; sink for convalescent home, 
 $37; December pledge to state association, $10; total, $65; December 31, 
 1898, balance, $143.77. WM. P. A. BREWER, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 SAN RAFAEL, MARIN COUNTY. 
 
 San Rafael, May 23, 1898. The San Rafael Red Cross Society was 
 formally organized in this city to-day, though many of the representative 
 ladies have for several days been engaged in assisting the Red Cross League 
 of Sausalito. The following officers were elected at the morning meeting: 
 Honorary president, Mrs. Lewis Sloss ; president, Mrs. John F. Boyd ; vice- 
 presidents, Mrs. W. B. Bradford, Mrs. Louis Gerstle, Mrs. Hepburn Wilkins, 
 Mrs. W. W. Morrow, Mrs. Frank S. Johnson, Mrs. Wickman ; treasurer, 
 Mrs. S. F. Barstow; secretary, Mrs. F. M. Angellotti. 
 
 Present Officers. President, Mrs. George T. Page; vice-president, 
 Mrs. George F. Foster ; treasurer, Mrs. S. F. Barstow ; secretary, Mrs. F. M. 
 Angelotti. 
 
 The executive committee, beside those already named, will include the 
 following: Mrs. E. W. ]S T ewhall, Mrs. A. W. Foster, Mrs. W. Sale, Mrs. 
 A. F. Feckteler, Mrs. M. C. Dufficy, Mrs. W. Elliott, Mrs. L. A. Lancel, 
 Mrs. Charles Christieson, Mrs. T. Winteringham, Mrs. John Alexander, Mrs. 
 Sidney M. Smith, Mrs. B. Cushing, Mrs. P. ]\ T . Lilienthal, Mrs. Hecht. 
 
 REPORT OF SAX RAFAEL RED CROSS SOCIETY FROM MAY 23, 1898, TO JANUARY 
 
 1, 1899. 
 
 Receipts (General Fund). 
 
 Membership fees and donations, $615.05 ; from Finance Committee, 
 $733.25: entertainment, $100.25; check returned from California State 
 Red Cross Association, $10; from Foresters, $25; total, $1,483.55. 
 
312 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Disbursements (General Fund). 
 
 Material, chickens, eggs, etc., for hospital use, $017; affiliation fee, 
 Male association, $10; Keel Cross pins (200), $05; cost of entertainment, 
 $15.25; janitors, etc., $19.50; for nurses, retained by state association, $10; 
 equipment for nurse for Manila, $70.20; expense of maintaining nurse in 
 Manila from August 1 to December 131, 5 months, $153; emergency fund 
 for 7th Regiment, California U. S. V. I., $50; equipment fund for Company 
 I), Sth California T. S. V. I., $25; Alameda Red Cross Society, 8th Cali 
 fornia 17. S. V. bath-house, $5.00 ; funeral expenses of soldier from Company 
 I), Sth California Regiment, T. S. V., $17; total, $1,121.95; balance, 
 $301.60. 
 
 Receipts (Special Fund). 
 
 A special fund was collected to equip Company 1), of San Rafael, 8th 
 Regiment, California U. S. V. I. 
 
 Received from contributions, $866. 
 
 Kxpended in blankets, hats, leggins, underwear, camp equipments, 
 pro rat a for regimental band instruments, instruments, stationery, etc., 
 etc., $807.51); balance, $58.41. 
 
 General Red Cross Fund, $1,483.55; special fund for Company D, 8th 
 California Regiment U. S. V., $800; total, $2,349.55. 
 
 Expended from general fund, $1,121.05; expended from special fund, 
 $807.59; total, $1,929.54; balance in both funds, $420.01. 
 
 Supplies distributed to state supply depot, 10 Post Street, San Fran 
 cisco, and to Company I), 8th California Regiment, IT. S. V. : 2,331. ab 
 dominal bandages, 205 sore throat bandages, 400 esmarch bandages, 203 
 hospital bandages, $87 filled comfort bags, 37 unfilled comfort bags, 31 pairs 
 socks, 351 towels, 208 handkerchiefs, 409 pillow-cases, 144 sheets, 45 cotton 
 nightshirts, 281 caps, 1 bo>x soap, 108 teaspoons, 1 bo X shoestrings, 18 tent 
 wall pockets, 160 campaign pillow-bags, 24 arm slings, 60 pairs pajamas, 188 
 hospital handkerchiefs. 6 surgical sheets 
 
 MKS. F. M. A.XGKLLOTTT, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 SANTA ROSA, SONOMA COUNTY. 
 
 The Santa Rosa Red Cross was organized on June 11, 1S98, becoming 
 auxiliary to the state association on July 28, 1898. The following officers 
 were elected: President, Mrs. C. II. Thompson: vice-presidents, R. C. Craw 
 ford, Mrs. John W. Keegan, Mrs. C. A. Wright, and Mrs. W. J. p]ardley ; 
 secretary, Miss Ella Grace; assistant secretaries, Mrs. R. Lowery and Miss 
 M. J. Hahmann; treasurer, Mrs. M. L. McDonald, Jr. 
 
 For several months the members worked industriously at sewing, col 
 lecting supplies, getting up benefit entertainments, etc., raising over $300. 
 Besides tendering generous sums to the state society, as calls for immediate 
 
Sausalito Report. 313 
 
 aid for those in distress came, assistance in money and supplies was given 
 to their local company, E. 
 
 When the Galvestoii disaster was announced, the society sent at once 
 $36.30. 
 
 Although the little band of workers was in active existence but a fe\v 
 months, none made a fairer record in the time, as has been learned from 
 authentic sources. It is to be regretted that a full report can not be had 
 of this society, owing to its disbandment (a proof, if needed, of the value of 
 a permanent record, as evidence of the immense work done during the war 
 episode). XOTES BY THE COMMITTEE. 
 
 SAUSALITO, MARIN COUNTY. 
 
 President, Mrs. Wakefield Baker : vice-president, Mrs. J. W. Harrison ; 
 secretary, Mrs. Louis Harrison ; treasurer, Miss J. L. Tillinghast. 
 
 REPORT OF THE SAUSALI TO RED CROSS SOCIETY FROM MAY 16, 1898, TO 
 
 JANUARY 1, 1899. 
 
 When it was found, at the beginning of the war with Spain, that San 
 Francisco was to be the mobilizing point for the troops to be sent to Manila, 
 and it was found that, through ignorance, neglect, procrastination, and other 
 causes, our "boys in blue" were suffering, the Tved Cross Society, which has 
 done such noble work since, was organized in San Francisco, to see what 
 could be done by the combined efforts of the women of ( alifornia in the 
 great emergency. 
 
 There was then a call for help from the different towns, and Sausalito 
 was one of the first of the suburban towns to respond. On May 16, 1898, 
 one of the women of that small town started a subscription list on the ferry 
 boat ; the same day a bolt of flannel was bought, and that night, at the house 
 of Mrs. Tillinghast, a few women met, whose hearts thrilled at the thought 
 of helping their country in the only way they could, in working for those 
 who w r ere going out to tight. Work was commenced on the bandages, which 
 were then being called for by the thousands. A number of throat bandages, 
 were also made, neatly rolled, fastened with safety-pins, ready for use, which 
 brilliant idea came from Mrs. Tillinghast, thus using pieces which would 
 otherwise have been wasted. 
 
 The next day, May 17, a meeting was called at Mrs. Wakefield Baker s 
 House. Officers were elected, and a branch society was regularly organized, 
 which shortly afterwards, through the state association, became part of the 
 National Ived Cross. From that time to the present Sausalito has done her 
 share, as far as her size and means permit, in helping to cheer, comfort, and 
 relieve our soldier boys, in ministering to their various wants in any way sin- 
 could. A room in the town was kindly offered, free of charge, and was used 
 as headquarters for meetings, sewing, etc. There supplies were sent, and 
 
314 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 one of the members of the society was on duty there for several hours every 
 day to receive contributions, answer questions, and give information. From 
 this room delicacies for hospital use, clothing, books, etc., were forwarded to 
 the Ked Cross Supply Depot, 16 Post Street, San Francisco, and to the hos 
 pitals and camps. 
 
 Two or three of the members took up the hospital work, going first to 
 Camp Merritt and afterwards to the Presidio, hunting up the sick boys, find 
 ing out what they needed, carrying jelly, eggs, etc., etc., and distributing 
 dozens of comfortable sleeping-caps, and helping them in many ways. When 
 the great and good work of the Hospitality Committee at the ferry was 
 started to receive the troops as they came in, and to revive their often drooping 
 spirits with a cup of hot coffee, a sandwich, and last, but not least, a word 
 of cordial welcome ; and afterwards, when open house was kept every day, 
 including Sunday, and reading and writing material were supplied to the 
 boys so far from home, Sausalito has always been represented by one or 
 more of her women, when needed, as long as that work lasted. 
 
 When the much-needed and longed-for convalescent home was built at 
 the Presidio, hoping that by good care and home comforts some of the boys 
 might be restored to health, Sausalito gave her aid then. One of our mem 
 bers was appointed by our honored president of the state association, Mrs. 
 Harrington, to be on duty each week. When the transports went out with 
 their loads of human freight, Sausalito helped to receive and cheer the boys 
 when they arrived at the wharf, weary with the long tramp over the cobble 
 stones, burdened as they were with the blanket roll, haversack, etc. A wel 
 come cup of coffee and a lunch were always provided for them. 
 
 And, now that peace has been declared, though there are still many sick 
 to be looked after and our hospital work is not over by any means, it is 
 probable that, before many months have gone by, the Red Cross Society will 
 be a thing of the past. We can then all look back on these long months of 
 hard work, and be thankful if we have, even in a small way, helped to make 
 smooth the road of our boys in blue," who left home and comforts to fight 
 for us and for our beloved flag. 
 
 The following is the list of articles contributed and distributed by the 
 Sausalito Eed Cross Society from May 17, 1808, to January 1, 1899: 682 
 abdominal bandages, 140 throat bandages, 10 sling bandages, 23 woolen 
 undershirts, 24 pairs woolen drawers, 55 pairs socks, 38 handkerchiefs, 20 
 bars soap, 2 comforters, 16 pairs blankets, 46 towels, 6 negligee shirts, 11 knit 
 wash rags, 201 sleeping-caps, 2 sweaters, 7 bundles of old linen, 8 chest pro 
 tectors, 71 jars of jelly, 10 cans condensed milk, 1 sack corn meal, 1 sack 
 split peas, 30 pounds dried fruit, 5 pounds sugar, 25 pounds desiccated 
 potatoes, 4 cans salmon, 1 can malted milk, 1 bottle antiseptic solution, 3 
 bottles whisky, 1 bottle sherry, 1 jar Liebig s extract, 2 cans evaporated 
 cream, 800 tablets Brown s Cough Mixture, 100 quinine pills, 16 packages 
 germea, 21 dozen eggs, 3 cans cocoa, 4 bottles raspberry syrup, 1,590 books 
 and magazines. 
 
Sonoma Report. 315 
 
 List of articles made from material furnished by the supply depot, Post 
 Street, San Francisco: 102 emergency pillow-cases, 32 sleeping-caps, 11 
 negligee shirts, 8 flannel nightshirts and pajamas, 11 surgical nightshirts. 
 
 J. L. TILLING H AST, 
 
 Secretary pro tern. 
 Sausalito, January 1, 1899. 
 
 TREASURER S REPORT. 
 Receipts. 
 
 General donations, $216.40; proceeds of concert, June 18, $272.05; 
 membership dues, $88 ; monthly subscriptions, $45 ; donated by public school 
 children, $14.50; total, $635.95. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Materials for work, etc., $115.35; donation to State Emergency Fund, 
 $50; badges, $43.50; bath tickets for men of 14th Infantry, II. S. A., $20; 
 blankets for men of National Guard (Lime Point), $21.15; vegetables for 
 men of National Guard, 3 months, $14; monthly donation, state association, 
 October, November, and December, $15 ; monthly donation, convalescent 
 home, $40; affiliation fee, state association, $10; rubber stamps, $3.50; 
 eggs for hospital use at Presidio, $2.10; Thanksgiving turkey, convalescent 
 home, $3.85; sundries, stationery, stamps, etc., $6.15; total, $394.60; bal 
 ance January 1, 1899, $241.35. J. L. TILLIXGHAST, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 CHILDREN S RED CROSS SOCIETY AT SHASTA. 
 
 Reported by Amelia C. Blumb. 
 
 " The Children s Auxiliary Red Cross Society at Shasta kept no record 
 of their work. They consulted no one, but in their enthusiasm to be of 
 assistance they collected about $13, which they forwarded to the main soci 
 ety, the State Red Cross Society at San Francisco, and then, like children, 
 thought no more of the matter." 
 
 The above is an extract from a letter dated January 4, 1899, written 
 by Amelia C. Blumb, and addressed to the president of the California Red 
 Cross Society, Mrs. W. B. Harrington. 
 
 SONOMA. 
 
 President, Mrs. J. P. Weems ; vice-president, Dr. Davis ; treasurer, 
 Fred T. Duhring; secretary, M. F. Cook. 
 
 The Sonoma Red Cross Society was formed in May, 1898, with twenty 
 members, and officers elected as named above. One hundred dollars was 
 
316 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 contributed in all, $.">() coining as a gift from Glen Ellen. This was raised 
 by means of an entertainment and a dance, Money was spent for comfort 
 bags, bandages, emergency bandages, etc. These articles were all sent to 
 Mrs. Stevenot, San Francisco. 
 
 Balance in treasury at this date, April _>0, 1899, is $40. 
 
 M. F. COOK, 
 Secretary. 
 
 SUISUN, SOLANO COUNTY. 
 
 The ladies of Suisun and vicinity met on May i^, 189S, and organized, 
 with a membership of forty, afterwards increasing to over seventy members. 
 
 The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. J. A. Buckles; vice- 
 president, Mrs. Lena Dinkelspiel ; honorary president, Mrs. Mary Ililborn ; 
 secretary, Mrs. \V. II. Bryan; financial secretary, Mrs. Belle Abernethy; 
 treasurer, Mrs. B. I). XayloT. 
 
 Directors. Mrs. Grant Chadbourne, chairman; Mesdames Belle Aber 
 nethy, S. H. Hyatt, W. C. Sheldon, W. I.. Griffiths, R. 1). Robbins, Jas. 
 Keys, Frank Devlin. 
 
 The following committees were appointed by the president : 
 
 Finance. Mesdames Mary Ililborn, ( . E. Barnes, J. M. Gregory, 
 Misses Emma Wood, Belle Morris, and Mary R Coghlan. 
 
 Relief. -Mesdames O. E. Toghlan, Mary Hoxie. Geo. McCleod. B. F. 
 Rush, E. E. Long, and Mrs. Baldwin. 
 
 Food. Mesdames B. F. Woolner, A. S. Morton, O. R. Shoppie, and B. 
 IX Xaylor. This committee did good work in soliciting fruit, jellies, 
 eggs, etc. 
 
 The society, being fully organized, at once took steps to aid the San 
 Francisco and state societies in caring for the incoming troops. 
 
 Suitable rooms were secured, and the work of sewing and of collecting 
 fruit, books, and clothing was kept up, day in and day out, for over six weeks. 
 Much credit is due our generous citizens, who responded to every call most 
 liberally. Material Avas purchased, comfort bags, flannel bandages, sheets, 
 pillow-cases, and nightcaps were made as rapidly as possible, and sent to the 
 Red Cross depot in San Francisco. 
 
 Owing to the loss of papers, the following meager list will not do justice 
 to the quantities of articles contributed: 107 comfort bags, % boxes of litera 
 ture, 147 emergency bandages, 27 pillow-cases, 105 abdominal bandages, 14 
 rolled bandages, 121 handkerchief caps, :>() under vests, (5 pairs drawers, :> 
 shirts, 14 pairs socks, old linen, and 30 jars jelly. 
 
 After the rush of sewing was over, the matter of becoming auxiliary to 
 the state association was considered favorably, thereby putting ourselves in 
 touch with the national organization. We sent the required affiliation fee 
 of $10, and received our certificate. 
 
Suite*- Creek- Report. 317 
 
 FINANCIAL KKPOKT. 
 
 At different times during the years 1S9,S, ISIM), and 1900 the society 
 donated sums of money, from $5.00 to $7<>, for the convalescent home; 
 after a time regular monthly contributions of $5.00 were sent as long 
 as required. The money collected from various sources amounted to 
 $414.80. Amount expended, $220.90, leaving a balance of $193.90 on 
 October, 1898. Since that time calls have been made from 1899 to 1900, 
 leaving a balance of $01, which was forwarded to the state society, to be used 
 as needed. 
 
 From 1899 to October, 1900, quarterly meetings were held, when for 
 merly, during emergency needs, daily meetings took place, and monthly 
 meetings were held, for reports to be made, the first Friday of each month. 
 
 .No further emergency calls for money or other assistance being made, 
 the society has disbanded, but ready, if need be, to rise as a unit, and lend 
 a hand for "Red Cross work. CAHKIE M. DIXKELSPIEL. 
 
 December 12, 1001. 
 
 XOTE. 111 correspondence with the Committee on Publication, Mrs. 
 Dinkelspiel paid special tribute to the great work and efficiency of Mrs. 
 Belle Abernethy during the emergency period, or as long as she remained in 
 Suisun. 
 
 SUTTER CREEK, AMADOR COUNTY. 
 
 On June 18, 1898, the ladies of Sutter Creek met in a body for the 
 purpose of organizing a Red Cross Society. At this meeting we organized 
 our society, and elected the following officers to serve for one year: Presi 
 dent, Mrs. F. C. Voorheis ; vice-president, Mrs. II. C. Crowder ; correspond 
 ing secretary, Mrs. T. 1). Calkins; recording secretary, Miss Evelyn Payne; 
 treasurer, Miss Rae Briim. 
 
 The president appointed an executive board, consisting of the following 
 ladies: "Airs. F. A. Voorheis, Miss Mary Brignoli, Miss Briim, Miss Ger 
 trude Yoorheis, Miss Gross, Miss Xichols, and Miss Clifford. 
 
 The society consisted of seventy active members and thirty-four honorary 
 members, the gentlemen being admitted as such on paying the required enrol 
 ment fee of one dollar. 
 
 We decided to aid our soldiers by sending money to the state associa 
 tion, to be used by them in the manner designated by us, or in any manner 
 they saw fit. Money was raised by different means, and $251 sent to the 
 state association to aid our sick and wounded soldiers, also $22.50 for state 
 membership and badges. This work was done in less than two months time. 
 
 Our society has done no active work since the close of the war with 
 Spain, but we are ready at any moment to resume our duties if necessary. 
 
318 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT. 
 
 Receipts and Disbursements. 
 
 "Membership fees, $90; donation, Amapolo Parlor, X. I). G. W., $10; 
 various donations, $28.25 ; entertainments, etc., $149.05 ; total, $283.30. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10 ; badges, $12.50 ; remittance to state 
 association, $175; remittance to state association, $75; total, $272.50; 
 balance, $10.80. EVELYX PAYNE, 
 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 TRUCKEE, NEVADA COUNTY. 
 
 President, Mrs. Laura Buckmau ; vice-president, Mrs. Fanny Burk- 
 halter ; secretary, Mrs. S. M. Richardson ; treasurer, Mrs. Caroline II. 
 Spaulding. 
 
 The Truckee Red Cross Society was organized June 3, 1898, with a 
 membership of 21. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $20; cash donations, $125.40; cash from raffle, 
 $11.50; total, $156.90. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Affiliation fee, state association, $10; badges, $5.50; comforts for sol 
 diers, $86.70 ; materials for hospitals, $29.70 ; donation to convalescent homo, 
 $25; total, $156.90. MRS. W. R. SPAULDING, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 MRS. SADIE RICHARDSON, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 TULARE, 
 
 Organized in July, 1898. 
 
 President, - ; secretary, Mrs. C. S. Xicewonger ; treasurer, Mrs. 
 Alice Ratcliife. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT TO FEBRUARY 10, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Memberships, $45; Congregational Aid Society, $10.70; donations, 
 $4.85- total, $60.55. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Sundry expenses, $1.15; material for supplies, $44.05; affiliation fee, 
 state association, $10; expressage, $2.35; total, $57.55; balance, $3.00. 
 
Ukiah and Vacaville Reports. 319 
 
 We have had no meeting for several months. Death removed our sec 
 retary, Mrs. Xettie Erwin, and I have been elected to fill the vacancy. 
 
 MRS. 0. S. XICEWOXGEB, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 UKIAH. 
 
 President, Mrs. L. M. Barrett ; vice-president, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- 
 Cowen ; secretary, Mrs. Crane ; treasurer, Miss Xora Ellis. 
 Executive Committee. Mrs. Jennie McMillen. 
 
 REPORT OF DEWEY CHAPTER, UKIAH, AS PER ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT, MRS. 
 
 L. M. BARRETT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Memberships, $58; grammar and high schools, $24; auctions, raffles of 
 cakes, contributions, Mrs. Wadsworth s musicales, $38 ; raffle of Red Cross 
 sofa pillow, $18; other sources, $27; total, $165. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 To State Red Cross, $126.50; to Colonel Smith at Manila, for 1st Regi 
 ment California Volunteers, $25; Red Cross Convalescent Home, $13.50; 
 total, $165.50. 
 
 The Dewey Chapter has forwarded to the State Red Cross, San Fran 
 cisco, supplies of books, underwear, old flannel and linen, lint, boxes of dried 
 fruit, jellies, preserves, condensed and malted milk, cordial, and wines, 
 amounting in all to nearly 1,000 pounds. 
 
 The chapter takes special pride in these facts: Every dime that has 
 entered the treasury of the auxiliary has gone to the State Red Cross, save 
 what was sent to Manila for the "soldiers in the ranks" of the 1st California 
 Volunteers, and this was sent before the State Red Cross was organized; 
 the papers all over the county have done all printing free of charge; all 
 drayage and cartage have been donated ; all transportation by the San Fran 
 cisco and Xorthern Pacific Railroad has been gratis ; all stationery and 
 stamps needed by the society have been donated by the workers ; and the 
 financial contributions came from the poor, and from children mainly, from 
 the wee four-year-old girl that trudged through the summer heat with our 
 first gold dollar, to the Indians, who gave their dimes and nickels. 
 
 JEXXIE MACMILEAX, 
 Special Delegate of Dewey Chapter. 
 
 MRS. L. M. BARRETT, 
 President. 
 
 VACAVILLE, SOLANO COUNTY. 
 
 The Vacaville Red Cross was organized May 31, 1898, with a member 
 ship of fifty-eight. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. 
 J. W. Parker ; first vice-president, Mrs. E. L. Heriot ; second vice-president, 
 
320 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Mrs. E. F. Pinkham ; third vice-president, Mrs. C. F. Coy; financial secre 
 tary, Mrs. II. C. Blake ; recording secretary, Mrs. J. M. Arnold ; treasurer, 
 Rev. G. G. Eldridge. 
 
 In 1890 Mrs. E. L. Ileriot was chosen president; Mrs. Charles H. 
 Ball, first vice-president; Mrs. F. B. McKevitt, second vice-president; Mrs. 
 J. M. Arnold, recording and financial secretary; Mrs. W. B. Parker, 
 treasurer. 
 
 In 1900: .Mrs. W. 11. Buck, president; .Mrs. II. 1). Chandler, first vice- 
 president; Mrs. F. M. Buck, second vice-president; Mrs. J. M. Arnold, re 
 cording and financial secretary; Mrs. R. I- Reid, treasurer. 
 
 In 1901: Mrs. F. M . Buck, president; Mrs. II. I). Chandler, first vice- 
 president; Mrs. It. M. Watson, second vice-president; Mrs. J. M. Arnold, 
 recording and financial secretary; Mrs. R. L. Reid-, treasurer. 
 
 The society began work as soon as organized. On June 14, 1898, the 
 constitution and by-laws issued in San. Francisco by the state association 
 \vere adopted, and the society became auxiliary to the State Red Cross on 
 June 21, by the payment of $10. 
 
 The first work of the society was the making of over 800 bandages, 
 which were sent to headquarters in San Francisco. This work was supple 
 mented by making 100 comfort bags for the training-ship at Mare Island, 
 189 comfort bags made and filled for troops, 50 disinfectant bags, 9 large 
 boxes of literature, 2 sacks of dried fruit, and 2S boxes of fresh fruit were 
 forwarded to the convalescent hospital, also 1 case of fruit and jellies. 
 
 The following is a summary of the work of the society to Xovember, 
 1901 ; Money expended for bandages and nightshirts, $70.19 ; for member 
 ship fees of state association and badge pins, $22.50; for Manila Hospital 
 Fund, $25; Emergency Fund, $20; three monthly contributions to Xurses 
 Fund. $15; convalescent hospital, $25; denim covers for hospital, $7.50; 
 Galveston sufferers, $-1-0; watch, night services, $5.00; total expended, 
 $230.1!). Total amount received, $255.74; amount in treasury, $19.55. 
 
 The society holds itself in readiness to assist in future emergencies. 
 
 MRS. J. M. ARXOLD, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MRS. F. M. BrrK, 
 
 President. 
 
 VALLEYFORD, SONOMA COUNTY* 
 
 President, Isabell Moore ; vice-president, Ivy Robertson ; secretary, 
 Ada Cook; treasurer, Lillian Lobenstein. 
 
 The Red Cross of Valleyford consists of eleven members. Their names 
 are as follows ; Isabell Moore, president ; Ada Cook, secretary ; Lillian Loben 
 stein, treasurer; Emma Lobenstein, Gertie Cook, Dollie Moore, Xettie 
 Thomas, Grace Klein, John Klein, and Fred Kepple. 
 
Vallejo and Ventura Reports. 321 
 
 We sent all the money we collected and all that we made at our enter 
 tainment to the State Red Cross Society at San Francisco. The total 
 amount was $39. We sent one box of eggs to the Red Cross at San Fran 
 cisco, and, as we thought the Iowa regiment was in need, we sent eggs, fruit, 
 and vegetables to the nurse, Miss Delia Weeks. 
 
 As some of the members are not here now, we have not been having 
 meetings. The president is in San Francisco. When our society first 
 started, we had twenty members, but they all left but the faithful eleven. 
 
 LlLLIAX LOBENSTEIN, 
 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 VALLEJO, SOLANO COUNTY. 
 
 President, Mrs. Mary Xewcomb ; vice-president, Mrs. Flla Thomas; 
 secretary, Miss Blanche Rowland; treasurer. Miss Lillie Pogue. 
 
 The Vallejo society was organized in May, 1808. It has a membership 
 of sixty-eight. 
 
 AMOUNT OF MONEY EXPENDED. 
 
 For supplies, materials, etc., $272.83 ; for literature for sailors on the 
 Pcnsacola and Independence, $32.80; donated to convalescent hospitals at 
 Manila and San Francisco, $15; total, $320.63. 
 
 The society has in the treasury $97.07. 
 
 Articles made: 213 abdominal bandages, 50 emergency bandages, 52 
 caps, 72 pillow-cases, 21 sheets, 2 dozen roll bandages, 1,100 housewives, 21 
 boxes of books. Three well-filled boxes were sent to volunteers in Manila 
 for Christmas, containing the following articles: 14 glasses jelly, 2 cans 
 cocoa, 2 jars beef extract, 2 cans chocolate, G cans tamales, 6 cans condensed 
 milk, 16 cans clam juice, 4 cans tomatoes, 15 pounds dried apples, 5 pounds 
 apricots, 4 pounds fancy cake, 3 pounds crackers, 10 cakes toilet soap, 25 
 magazines. Total valued at $13.45. MRS. J. W. THOMAS, 
 
 President. 
 
 VENTURA. 
 
 President, Mrs. G. H. Spear; vice-president, Mrs. J. A. Don Ian ; cor 
 responding secretary, Mrs. F. G. Gifford; recording secretary, Mrs. L. D. 
 Fowler; treasurer, Mrs. S. H. Wineman. 
 
 REPORT OF VENTTRA KED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 Since the organization of the auxiliary Red Cross Society in Ventura, 
 Cal., the society has received $395.76, this being the sum total of membership 
 fees, receipts from entertainments, and cash donations. The expenditures 
 have been $270. October 1, 1898, we pledged $5.00 per month to the State 
 Red Cross Association, and have paid now $30 on that pledge ; it is to help 
 in their noble hospital work. 
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322 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 The company of soldiers from Ventura were mustered out, but they 
 had thirty days furlough prior to the actual date of mustering out. During 
 that time our auxiliary provided homes for those not residing here, and also 
 cared for the sick soldiers at that time. 
 
 At present our efforts are to assist families who are destitute, owing to 
 the terrible drought in this section. 
 
 MRS. FRANK G. GIFFORD, 
 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 MRS. G. H. SPEAR, 
 President. 
 
 VISALIA. 
 
 VISALIA, CaL, Oct. 29, 1898. 
 
 As president of the Visalia Red Cross Society, I herewith submit in 
 brief my three annual reports, from October 1, 1898, to October 13, 1900. 
 
 The Visalia Red Cross Society was formed as the result of necessity, 
 that of supplying the soldiers of our own Company E, 6th California U. S. 
 Volunteers, with much-needed articles, at a time when the government had 
 not succeeded in fully equipping its large army of volunteers, so sudden and 
 pressing was the emergency. 
 
 To Miss Frances Butz is clue the credit of inaugurating the movement 
 in Visalia, which developed into an auxiliary of the State Red Cross Society. 
 At her suggestion a few people were interviewed on the 14th of May, 1898, 
 and on the 1 6th a committee, consisting of Mrs. C. T. Lindsey, Mrs. H. G. 
 Stuart, Mrs. G. W. Stewart, Miss Frances Butz, Miss Ida Noeb, and Miss 
 Laura Cross, canvassed the town for cash subscriptions. Nearly $100 was 
 collected by the soliciting committee, who found the people of our young 
 city in hearty sympathy with their efforts. At the same time notices were 
 published in the local newspapers calling for contributions of wearing apparel 
 and other needed articles from the relatives and friends of the soldiers. 
 
 In the meantime a temporary organization was effected at a meeting 
 held at the residence of Mrs. George Stewart, on the evening of May 17. 
 The following officers were elected : President, Mrs. George Stewart ; vice- 
 president, Mrs. H. G. Stuart ; secretary, Miss Frances Butz ; assistant secre 
 tary, Miss Ida Xoeb; treasurer, Mrs. C. T. Lindsey. 
 
 In the absence of authority to affiliate directly with the State Red Cross 
 Society, the members decided to call themselves "The Ladies of Company E/ 
 
 On the following day, May 18, three large boxes of articles were sent to 
 the Company E boys, at the Presidio, San Francisco, where their regiment, 
 the 6th, was encamped. Among the articles sent were twenty-five packages 
 addressed to individual members of the company by relatives and friends, 
 and for general distribution a large quantity of underwear, including eight 
 full suits, contributed by residents of Visalia and vicinity and the merchants 
 
Visalia Report. 323 
 
 of the place ; one dozen suits purchased with the funds of the society, about 
 five dozen towels, seven dozen pairs of socks, three dozen bottles of vaseline, 
 two dozen combs, a quantity of soap, old linen, etc. Many of these articles 
 were bought with funds of the society. These supplies arrived at a time 
 when they were greatly needed, when the weather was mid and wet, thus 
 adding much to the comfort of the soldiers. 
 
 Frequent calls for funds reduced our treasury, and a proposition of 
 S. Sweet Co. to set aside a day for a special sale, and to give the society ten 
 per cent of the cash sales made on that day, was accepted by the society. At 
 a meeting, held May 21, this was arranged for, and many ladies assisted. 
 The result of S. Sweet Co. s liberal offer added $100 to our much-depleted 
 treasury. 
 
 At a meeting held June 15, a constitution for auxiliaries of the Red 
 Cross Society, sent us from headquarters of the state society, was read, and 
 a committee, consisting of Mrs. F. T. Kimball, Mrs. .V. P. Hall, and Mrs. 
 G. AY. Stewart, was selected to review the same, make necessary changes, 
 and report results at the next meeting, which was held June 20. On this 
 date the by-laws prepared by the committee were adopted, and the organiza 
 tion became a regularly-accredited branch of the California Red Cross State 
 Association. 
 
 The officers of the Ladies of Company E were elected to corresponding 
 positions in the Red Cross Society, with the exception of the assistant sec 
 retary, which office was deemed unnecessary. The president appointed Mrs. 
 F. T. Kimball, Mrs. A. P. Hall, and Mrs. S. Mitchell members of the exec 
 utive committee provided for by the by-laws. 
 
 The society labored diligently as long as there was special need of their 
 services, and all their efforts were heartily seconded by many of the ladies 
 of A^isalia, to whom the thanks of the society are due. So many, in fact, 
 both ladies and gentlemen, have assisted us in various ways that it would be 
 impossible to name all, though each one is deserving of mention. 
 
 Messrs. Overall and Schulhoffer gave an entertainment at the Palace 
 Hotel, which netted the society about $25, and several persons gave sums of 
 money at different times. 
 
 The shipment of supplies and sums of money sent by our society at differ 
 ent times, may be briefly summarized as follows : To Company E was sent $20 
 in cash, 109 leather comfort bags, and 109 denim pillow-slips, and the freight 
 was paid on 2 boxes of eatables, 2 sacks of prunes, and 1 box of canned and 
 dried fruits, that had been donated by friends of the company. 
 
 To Company G, of Bakersfield, belonging to the 6th Regiment, were sent 
 85 leather comfort bags. 
 
 To the State Red Cross headquarters in San Francisco were sent $10 
 membership fee, $6.25 for badges for members, $15 contribution to general 
 Red Cross Fund, $10 to the Emergency Fund, $10 for the convalescent hos 
 pital, 105 leather comfort bags, 250 flannel abdominal bandages, 300 emer 
 gency bandages, and 1 box of books. 
 
324 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 The total amount of cash sent to Company E and the State Red Cross 
 Society was $71. 25 ; added to this, the value of all articles sent by or through 
 the society, including; the cost of material and labor, was several hundred 
 dollars ; cash alone amounted to $34-7.90. 
 
 .During my term of office I have visited Red Cross headquarters in San 
 Francisco, of both the state and San Francisco societies, and paid two visits 
 to Company F at the Presidio. The suggest ions received there enabled us 
 to direct our energies in what appeared to be the right direction, and I am 
 pleased to say that the work of the society was timely and beneficial, and 
 fully appreciated. 
 
 While the period embraced in this report should properly end with 
 October 1, the late date of our annual meeting permits me to call attention 
 to the fact that the members of the society inaugurated and assisted in the 
 preparation of a dinner for Company K, most of the members of which were 
 at the time being at home on furlough. Those remaining in camp at the 
 Presidio were not forgotten, for two boxes of eatables were sent to them. 
 
 In conclusion, I thank you for the readiness with which you have re 
 sponded to every call made upon you, and again call attention to the many 
 who have so kindly and willingly assisted us in all our efforts. 
 
 MRS. G. W. STKWART, 
 
 President. 
 
 YISALIA, October 1, 1891). 
 To ihe Officers and Members of tJie VisaJin Red Cross Society 
 
 Owing to the speedy termination of the war with Spain, to the muster 
 ing out of the greater portion of the volunteer forces called into the service 
 of the United States because of that war, and to the more complete provision 
 made for the regular and volunteer soldiers still in the service of the country, 
 there have been fewer demands made upon our society than during the first 
 year of its existence. 
 
 Our revenue during the twelve months just completed has been derived 
 from the following sources : From doll fete given under the auspices of our 
 society, and managed by its members, held December 3, 1898, which netted 
 the sum of $95, and from membership fees and a small donation, $2.10, the 
 whole amounting to $97.10. 
 
 Our expenditures during the same period have been: $30 donated to the 
 Convalescent Home Fund in six monthly payments, and $10 donated to the 
 San Francisco Red Cross Society for the purchase of supplies. 
 
 The reports of the secretary and treasurer will give items in detail, and 
 show the balance of funds on hand at the beginning and close of the Red 
 Cross year. 
 
 Jt is again my pleasant duty to refer to the willingness of members and 
 others to assist in our work whenever called upon. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, MKS. G. \V. STEWART, 
 
 President. 
 
yisalia Report. 325 
 
 VISALIA, October 13, 1000. 
 To the Officers and Members of I lie Vistilin Red Cms.s Society 
 
 There having been no special demand for assistance from any quarter 
 during the Red Cross year just closed, the Visalia society has been called 
 upon onlv once. January 5, 1900, a warrant for the sum of $15 was drawn 
 in favor of a disabled soldier from Tennessee, who was assisted to his home. 
 His safe return there was reported. 
 
 Our only other expense during the year was that of sending a delegate 
 to the annual meeting in San Francisco, for which a warrant was drawn to 
 the amount of $5.00. Fruit was sent to the Utah Cavalry at this place when 
 en route to Sequoia Xational Park. A bountiful repast was served at the 
 armory in Visalia when Company E of the 6th California Volunteers were 
 mustered out and returned home. 
 
 The value of articles and cash sent out by the Visalia Red Cross, with 
 the cash on. hand, exceeds $500. This society was represented at the state 
 convention, held in San Francisco, August 11, 1898, by its delegate, Mrs. 
 Frances L. Butz. The society has an active membership of eighteen ; its 
 officers are the same as originally elected. 
 
 Xo additions have been made to our funds from any source during the 
 year. The sum of money in the treasury is now $43. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, MRS. G. W. STEWART, 
 
 President. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT TO OCTOIJER 1, 1000. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 May, 1898, cash donations, $1)5.10; June, donation, S. Sweet Co., $100; 
 donation, SchulhofYer & Overall, $25; other donations, $14.80; membership 
 fees to December 31, 1898, $18 ; net receipts doll fete December 3, $95 ; total, 
 $347.90. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 May, underclothing, $10; material for comfort bags, $37.14; affiliation 
 fee, state association, $10; cash to Company E, Oth California, $20; cash to 
 State Red Cross, $15; sundries, $12.35; printing, $9.00; material for band 
 ages, $74.60; cash to state society, $10; badges, $6.25; materials and inci 
 dentals, $31.80; cash to state society, $10; December monthly contribution 
 to state society, $5.00; January, 1899, monthly contribution to state society, 
 $5.00 ; February monthly contribution to state society, $5.00 ; March monthly 
 contribution to state society, $5.00 ; April monthly contribution to state 
 society, $5.00 ; May monthly contribution to state society, $5.00 ; May 20, 
 to state society, $10; total, $28(3.14; cash on hand, $01.76. Cash on hand 
 at end of year 1900, $43. At the time of the Galveston disaster $43 was 
 sent to the sufferers. FRANCES L. BUTZ, 
 
 Secretary Visalia Red Cross Society. 
 
326 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 IN CONCLUSION. 
 
 October 13, 1900, the date on which the last annual meeting of the 
 Visalia Red Cross Society was held, and to which the report last appearing 
 above was presented, proved to be the last meeting of our society. 
 
 There being the sum of $43 in the treasury at that date, and a call hav 
 ing been made for assistance in behalf of the sufferers of the Galveston dis 
 aster, it was unanimously voted by the members of the Visalia Red Cross 
 Society that a warrant for the full amount of funds in hand be drawn and 
 the money forwarded to the governor of the state of Texas, to be expended 
 for the benefit of the unfortunate people of Galveston. This was done. Ir 
 was further decided at such meeting, because of the infrequent demands 
 made for assistance, to discontinue further efforts, and an adjournment was 
 had without date. 
 
 The names of the members of the Visalia Red Cross Society were as 
 follows: Mrs. Bessie F. Lindsey, Mrs. Bina P. Stuart, Miss Frances L. 
 Butz, Mrs. G. W. Stewart, Mrs. Fva Mitchell, Mrs. Mary Wallace, Mrs. L. 
 Butz, Mrs. Ella T. Hall, Mrs. Frank T. Kimball, Miss Evelyn Hunt, Miss 
 Sadie G. Brittain, Miss Lillie B. Hunt, Mrs. Cassie Deming, Mrs. Lelah A. 
 Spaulding, Mrs. A. Lens, Emily Forbes Stewart, Mrs. Mattie Hunt, Mrs. 
 E. O. Miller, Mrs. H. Askin. 
 
 WALNUT CREEK, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. 
 
 President, Mrs. C. R. Leach; corresponding secretary, Miss Cora 
 Berry; treasurer, George D. Childs. 
 
 The Red Cross Society of Walnut Creek w r as organized May 21, 1898, 
 with a membership of eighty-two. Many of the ladies lived out so far in 
 the country that regular attendance at the meeting was impossible; so, while 
 they were much interested and gave us moral support and sympathy, the 
 work of the society devolved upon about thirty ladies. 
 
 During the rush of work we met weekly, and contributed the following 
 articles to the state organization: 303 abdominal bandages, 350 comfort bags, 
 84 esmarch bandages, 124 nightcaps, 97 pillow-ticks, 2 cases wine, 2 sacks 
 prunes, 8 dozen eggs, 3 boxes canned fruits and jellies, also books, magazines, 
 and other reading matter, also $20.50 for badges and $75 in cash. Total 
 receipts, $171.75; total disbursement, $171.50; balance on hand, $0.25. 
 
 MRS. C. R. LEACH, 
 President and Delegate. 
 
 WEAVERVILLE, TRINITY COUNTY. 
 
 President, Mrs. Ella W. McMurray; treasurer, - ; secretary, Mrs. 
 May Frost Cole. 
 Members, 30. 
 
West Side Report. 327 
 
 The Weaverville Red Cross Society was organized July 18, 1898. 
 Adopting the constitution of the lied Cross of San Francisco, with the neces 
 sary modifications incident to a small place far removed from the center of 
 activity, we commenced work immediately. Eighteen members were en 
 rolled at our organization, which number was increased, until the full roll 
 of membership is at present thirty. 
 
 At the meeting on the following day, July 19, it was voted to become 
 auxiliary to the state association, and the $10 necessary to make us such 
 was sent. We were enrolled July 20, 1898. 
 
 Distance limited the forms of work, but, following instructions from 
 headquarters as fully and quickly as possible, we were enabled to make and 
 send during the summer the following articles : 60 sleeping-caps, 23 band 
 ages, 30 field bags, 28 chest protectors, 24 field cases. We spent $35 in 
 materials. Our dues, some small donations, and a gift of $14 from the 
 Lappin mine furnished our funds for materials. A gift from the Old Set 
 tlers Association of Weaverville of $50 we remitted to the State Red Cross, 
 for their use as seemed needed. We still hold our organization subject to 
 call, profoundly hoping the need will not arise. 
 
 MRS. MAY FROST COLE, 
 Secretary Weaverville Red Cross Society. 
 
 MRS. ELLA W. McMuRRAY, 
 President. 
 
 WEST SIDE. 
 
 President, Mrs. E. A. Wheeler ; vice-president, Mrs. A. H. Wood ; sec 
 retary, Miss Edna Wheeler; treasurer, Mrs. George T. Grimes. 
 
 REPORT OF THE SOCIETY. 
 
 A gathering of the neighborhood of West Side, called by some of the 
 leading citizens on June 7, resulted in the organization the same evening 
 of the Red Cross Society of West Side. Officers were elected, and these 
 first-elected officers have continued to serve in their respective positions. 
 The membership reached fifty the first evening, and was afterwards in 
 creased to seventy. The initiation fee was fixed at twenty-five cents, monthly 
 dues at twenty-five cents. 
 
 With donations from the local church society, social clubs, and from 
 individuals not members, our treasurer reported at the second meeting re 
 ceipts amounting to $52.70. The work committee expended most of this 
 for material. The ladies met at the hall with their sewing-machines, and 
 during the months of June and July accomplished a great deal of work. 
 The result showed ten consignments to the state headquarters. Our work 
 was highly complimented. The articles sent were: 165 bandages, 46 com 
 fort bags, 11 caps, 10 cases books and magazines, 39 sheets, 136 pillow-cases, 
 
328 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 9 suits pajamas, 7<> handkerchiefs, 6 dozen pairs socks, 5 boxes books, and 
 3 boxes dried fruit. 
 
 The society became an auxiliary to the state association in August, and 
 the ladies, being unable to keep up the work at the hall, decided to make a 
 donation of $10 per month to the state association until December, and then 
 to disband. At the November meeting there was a strong opposition to this 
 movement, but, as many were delinquent in their payments, it was decided 
 to reduce the monthly dues to ten cents, and to send to the state association 
 not more than $5,00 monthly. Many members have lost interest, and our 
 treasury surfers in consequence. 
 
 The report of the treasurer at the present time shows the following re 
 sult of our six months work: Total amount of receipts, $158.00; expendi 
 tures, $150; balance on hand, $7.^2. MRS. E. A. WHEELER, 
 
 President. 
 
 MRS. GEORGE T. GRIMES, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 WHITTIER, LOS ANGELES COUNTY. 
 
 President, .Mrs. Adina Mitchell; secretary, T. W. Kirby. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMKX T. 
 
 Balance on hand, as per financial statement, August 31, 1898, $24.45; 
 receipts of entertainment (Cinderella) given by Girls Department of Whit- 
 tier State School, October 14, for the benefit of the State lied Cross Society 
 (127 tickets, $0.25 each, $31.75; 28 tickets, $0.10 each, $2.80), $34.55; 
 total, $59. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Paid harp performer, $6.50; two lied Cross flags, $0.00; fifty cases to 
 pack plums, donated by the state school, $8.25 ; total, $20.75 ; balance, $38.25. 
 
 At our next meeting the executive committee will decide what shall be 
 done with the balance. T. W. KIRBY, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 XOTE. Xo answer has been received from Whittier as to proceedings. 
 [Committee on Publication.] 
 
 WILLOW GLEN. 
 
 President, Mrs. J. F. McGee; vice-president, Mrs. Briggs ; secretary, 
 Mrs. George Gilman; treasurer, Miss Lottie Waldo. 
 
WUlwv Glen Report. 329 
 
 REPORT FROM THE WIT. LOW (JLEX UKD CROSS SOCIETY TO JAXt ARY 1, 1899. 
 
 .hint 1 3, 189S, first organization; June 15, mass-meeting; June 22, first 
 meeting for work. Full membership, twenty-four; constant workers, thir 
 teen ; monthly fee, twenty-five cents. 
 
 On June 3, when the Heading Club adjourned for the summer vaca 
 tion, a few members decided to form a Red .Cross League to fill in the time. 
 Abour a dozen put down their names, and a meeting was called for the 8th. 
 At that meeting thirteen paid twenty-five cents dues and organized tin- 
 Willow Glen Red Cross League. In order to raise funds, a mass-meeting 
 was called for the 15th, but, owing to shortness of time and lack of adver 
 tising, it was not very largely attended, and but little money was raised. 
 The work and aim of the Red ( ross was explained, however, and many 
 became interested. On the 22d of June the ladies met for active work, and 
 after that held meetings every Wednesday for the purpose of work. The 
 attendance varied from eight to forty. Many Avho could not work sent do 
 nations of fruit and money. 
 
 Since the cessation of hostilities we have held only one meeting, the 
 annual, for the election of officers. We are prepared, however, to applv 
 ourselves again if it is found necessary. But as nearly all of our numlx i 
 are members of the Reading Club, which meets weekly and does a great deal 
 of work, we have found it difficult, with the prospect of peace, to keep up 
 the interest. 
 
 I append a report of the work done by our society up to January, 1899. 
 We feel that, taking into account the short time we were at work, and the 
 nature of the occupation of our people (fruit ranchers), we have no cause 
 to be ashamed of our showing. 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 We have sent to headquarters, San Francisco, 7 boxes books, 8 boxes 
 dried fruit, 2 boxes canned fruit, 4 boxes provisions, 4 boxes fruit and other 
 supplies, 14 pillow-ticks, 15 nightshirts, 1 jacket, 17 pajamas, 41 comfort 
 bags, filled, 50 nightcaps, 70 sheets, 93 pillow-slips. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 By dues, $27.75; by donations, $29.70; by entertainments, $63.52; 
 total, $120.97. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 For materials and incidentals, $00.40 ; for San Francisco Hospital, $15 ; 
 for Manila Hospital, $10; to state association, $10; total, $95; balance on 
 hand, $25.57. Miss WALDO, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 MRS. MAY BELL OILMAN, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MRS. J. F. McGEE, 
 President. 
 
330 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 WOODLAND, YOLO COUNTY. 
 
 The Woodland auxiliary of the California Red Cross Association was 
 organized June 6, 1898, with the following officers: President, Miss Gertrude 
 McConnell; vice-president, Mrs. William Lawson; second vice-president, 
 Mrs. E. E. Leake; third vice-president, Mrs. J. H. Dungan; recording sec 
 retary, Mrs. Elizabeth Peart ; corresponding secretary, Miss Harriet Lee ; 
 treasurer, Miss Cora B. Porter. 
 
 Executive Board. Mrs. W. "\Y. Brownell, Mrs. F. S. Freeman, Mrs. 
 T. S. Spaulding, Mrs. H. E. Coil, Mrs. Fred Miller, Miss Annie Blowers, 
 Mrs. E. D. Haven, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Craft, Dr. Elizabeth Yates. 
 
 FINANCIAL REPORT. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Donations and badges, $23.05; donations, $- 300; promenade concert, 
 $64.55; Soldiers Fund, donated by citizens, $41.80; badges and buttons, 
 $63.15; total, $493.45. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Materials, $121.10; service of janitor, $5.75; state association, $50; 
 affiliation fee, state association, $10; Minnesota Volunteers, food, $66.75; 
 state association, $140; Red Cross buttons, $5.35; November 7, 1898, state 
 association, $75; total, $473.95; balance on hand, $119.50. 
 
 We also donated to the state association 325 emergency bandages, 200 
 abdominal bandages, and 125 comfort bags and pillow-cases. 
 
 CORA B. PORTER, 
 Treasurer Woodland Red Cross. 
 
Mr.. Mfini E. Jnm*, 
 
 President of Oregon Emergency Corps, President of State Red Cross Society. 
 Portland, Oregon. 
 
OREGON STATE RED CROSS. 
 
 HISTORY AND REPORT OF OREGON EMERGENCY CORPS AND RED CROSS 
 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 THE call to arms was still ringing through the land, when a band of 
 patriotic women, responding to an appeal for assistance, assembled at 
 the Armory in Portland, Oregon, on the morning of April 2(>, to offer 
 their services to the military board of the state in providing material aid 
 and comfort for the 2d Regiment, Oregon Volunteers. 
 
 Col. O. Summers was present, and briefly explained the object of the 
 appeal. He suggested that, as speedily as possible, a society be formed to 
 take up that branch of work which belongs alone to women in time of war, 
 and consists in providing the requisites for a soldier s welfare not laid down 
 in army regulations. 
 
 Temporary officers were chosen, Mrs. S. P. Sladen, chairman, and 
 Mrs. F. E. Lounsbury, secretary. After some discussion the following 
 ladies were appointed chairmen of twelve committees: Mrs. H. E. Jones, 
 Mrs. O. Summers, Mrs. TV. A. Buchanan. Mrs. G. T. Telfer, Mrs. R S. 
 Greenleaf, Mrs. TV. F. Gardner, Mrs. Levi White, Airs. B. E. Miller, Mrs. 
 J. E. Wright, Mrs. E. C. Protzman, Mrs. A. Meier, and Mrs. J. M. Ordway. 
 Each committee consisted of six members, the chairman selecting those she 
 desired as helpers. The duty of each committee was the personal supervision 
 of one company, alphabetically assigned to it. 
 
 Final organization was perfected April 27, when the following per 
 manent officers were elected: Mrs. Henry E. Jones, president; Mrs. TV. A. 
 Buchanan, vice-president ; Mrs. F. E. Lounsbury, recording secretary ; Mrs. 
 Martin Winch, treasurer. Executive committee: Mrs. O. Summers, Mrs. 
 A. Meier, Mrs. Levi White, Mrs. TV. T. Gardner, Mrs. B. E. Miller, Mrs. 
 J. E. Wright, Mrs. E. C. Protzman, Mrs. R. S. Greenleaf, Mrs. G. T. Telfer, 
 ;jnd Mrs. J. M. Ordway. 
 
 The name "Oregon Emergency Corps" was adopted, and Mrs. TV. A. 
 Buchanan and Mrs. Levi White appointed to draft a constitution. This 
 was presented at the next regular meeting, and, after a slight revision, unani 
 jnously adopted. 
 
 A suitable badge was adopted and a membership list opened, the fee 
 being placed at ton cents, affording all patriotic women an opportunity to 
 enroll their names and become active workers of the corps. Regular meet 
 ings were held at the Armory once a week, the executive committee meeting 
 at the call of the president as often as the business of the society required. 
 Being now in readiness for work, the question arose as to what should be 
 done, and the most practical way of doing it. To this end the military 
 
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334 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 board was consulted, and valuable suggestions were received from. General 
 Chas. F. Beebe, Colonel Jas. Jackson, Colonel B. B. Tuttle, and Major Dan 
 J. Moore, Brigade Commissary, O. N. G., each advising that a regimental 
 fund for the 2d Regiment, Oregon Volunteers, be raised, also the making and 
 purchasing of such articles for a soldier s knapsack as army quartermasters 
 do not keep in stock. 
 
 A room on First Street was placed at the disposal of the society by Mr. 
 Adolph Dekum, and here the Oregon Emergency Corps headquarters opened 
 May 5, 1898. Captain R. S. Greenleaf, of Battery A, kindly detailed mem 
 bers of the company to decorate and make attractive the room., loaning for 
 this purpose the historic Centennial flag, which, for the first time in over 
 twenty years, passed from the custody of the company. Members of the 
 battery reported for duty each morning, thus assisting the committee of 
 ladies in charge in many ways. 
 
 A telephone was put in by the Oregon Telephone Company, electric 
 lights supplied by the General Electric Company, and chairs, tables, and 
 other furnishings provided by the business houses of the city. The Singer 
 Machine Company sent sewing-machines for the use of the supply committee, 
 and work began in earnest. Women from every part of the community, 
 representing church, club, and society organizations, enrolled their names 
 and offered their services in the emergency call, showing more plainly than 
 words can describe the broadening influence of these organizations upon the 
 mother-heart of the land. Laying aside prejudices, creeds, and personal 
 affiliations, they became a unit in this patriotic work. Day after day, with 
 aching hearts, but smiling faces, they toiled ; the membership grew into the 
 hundreds ; subscriptions came pouring in, the sums ranging from $100 to 
 the dimes, nickels, and pennies of the children. 
 
 Word was received that the volunteers of Oregon were to be mobilized 
 at Portland, and on April 27 Brigadier-General Chas. F. Beebe, O. ~N. G. r 
 issued special orders for the preparation of a suitable camp within the 
 city limits. The site selected was the Irvington race-track, and on April 
 20 one hundred and sixty-one tents were pitched, the name "Camp Me- 
 Kinley" adopted, and on the morning of April 30, 1808, the first company 
 arrived, and active camp-life began. 
 
 Members of the different committees of the Emergency Corps visited 
 the camp daily, consulting with the commanding officers as to the health, 
 comfort, and needs of the soldiers in their charge. Open house was kept 
 at headquarters for the volunteers when in the city, and everything human 
 ingenuity could suggest and loving hearts contribute to smooth the pathway 
 from comfortable civil life to the hardship and discipline of camp life was 
 done. This was not planned nor worked out by one person, but by united 
 effort on the part of all, whose kindly ministrations grew out of a desire to 
 cheer and encourage these brave Oregon volunteers the flower of the state 
 who had given up home and position, offering their lives to their country 
 in the noble work of liberating an oppressed and outraged people. 
 
Oregon Report. 335 
 
 Meantime circular letters had been sent to the cities and towns through 
 out the state, urging the patriotic women to form auxiliaries for the purpose 
 of raising money to swell the regimental fund, and also help in the pur 
 chasing of a flag, to be presented to the volunteers by the women of the state. 
 
 Hood River was the first to respond, with Roseburg, Pendleton, Cor- 
 vallis, Hillsboro, Lafayette, Lagrande, Hubbard, Weston, Woodburn, 
 Astoria, and The Dalles quickly falling into line. Faithfully have these 
 auxiliaries assisted in every line of work that it has been found necessary 
 to take up : contributions of money and supplies have been given, while in 
 their respective localities a fund has been raised to assist the families of the 
 volunteers. Hospital supplies of caps, fever belts, and cordials are con 
 stantly forwarded, and daily letters are received asking for instructions. 
 
 On Sunday, May 8, a patriotic and sacred concert was given at Camp 
 McKinley, to increase the regimental fund that the Emergency Corps was 
 raising, and the proceeds netted the creditable sum of $1,309.35. The at 
 tendance of over ten thousand people was an evidence of their zeal and desire 
 to contribute their mite toward the object. The program was furnished 
 by the 1st Regiment Band, Miss Rose Bloeh, and Madame Xorelli. It was 
 a scene never to be forgotten by that vast audience, when, at the close of 
 the evening drill, the Stars and Stripes were slowly lowered at. the booming 
 of the sunset gun, and the long lines of volunteers, motionless as statues, 
 listened as the inspiring strains of the "Star-Spangled Banner 77 floated out 
 upon the summer air, while the setting sun, kissing the peak of the distant 
 snow-crowned mountain, shed its departing rays like a heavenly benediction 
 upon these sons of valor. 
 
 May 11. 1898, the First Battalion, consisting of Companies A, B, C, 
 1), 2d Regiment, Oregon Volunteers, under command of Major C. H. 
 Gantenbein, by order of the War Department, left for San Francisco, and 
 one week later (May 1(3) Companies E, F, G, H, I. K, L, and M, under 
 command of Colonel O. Summers, broke camp and proceeded to join the others 
 at the Presidio, to await transportation to Manila. 
 
 To the captain of each of these companies the Oregon Emergency Corps 
 gave $100 in gold coin as an emergency fund. To Major M. H. Ellis, 
 commanding regimental surgeon, in charge of the Hospital Corps, was given 
 $100, also 800 yards of flannel for bandages. In addition to this, contri 
 butions from other sources made the available amount fully $2,000. 
 
 To each volunteer was given a pocket comb, cake of toilet soap, one huck 
 towel, one package of envelopes, one writing pad and pencil, a housewife 
 containing needles, thread, pins, safety-pins, trouser buttons, court-plaster, 
 waxed ends, etc., while members of committees visited the different com 
 panies, mending their clothes and providing many things necessary to their 
 well-being. 
 
 After the departure of the volunteers for San Francisco, the head 
 quarters were transferred from First Street to the Armory, which the 
 military board turned over to the Emergency Corps for their use. Here 
 
336 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 meetings were held, a bureau of information established, with a committee 
 in charge, and all other business transacted. 
 
 On May 14 an offer was made by the firm of Lipman, Wolfe & Co. to 
 turn over their department store to the Emergency Corps upon any date 
 they might select. The entire charge of this establishment was to be assumed 
 by the organization for one day, ten per cent of all sales to go to the regi 
 mental fund. To this generous offer was added the privilege of serving a 
 midday lunch and introducing other suitable features that would help to 
 swell the treasury. This offer was unanimously accepted, and on May IT 
 the most novel scene ever witnessed in Portland s business history was pre 
 sented. Women prominent in charitable and philanthropic work, leaders 
 of society, sedate and stately matrons, assumed control of the various de 
 partments of this large business house, acting as superintendent, assistant 
 superintendent, cashier, and floor managers, while a hundred or more of 
 Portland s fair daughters from early morning till late at night stood be 
 hind the counters serving customers. The store was gaily decorated with 
 flags, bunting, and roses; music w r as furnished by the Kinross Orchestra 
 and Columbian Mandolin Quartette. Thousands of purchasers who had 
 waited for this day surged back and forth through the aisles, and crowded 
 stairways and elevators, in their haste to give their ten per cent to the sol 
 diers fund. The East Indian department, which was transformed into a 
 most enticing restaurant, proved inadequate to the demand, as hundreds 
 whom it was impossible to serve were turned away. The result proved the 
 success of the venture, $1,000 being added to the treasury of the society, 
 while the remark made by the senior member of the firm, that it had been 
 u the happiest day in a business career of over thirty-five years," left no other 
 conclusion than that a twofold blessing follows such generous deeds. 
 
 After the departure of the 3d Regiment for San Francisco, the Emer 
 gency Corps continued the work of its supply department in meeting the 
 wants of the soldiers not only Oregon volunteers, but all or any needing 
 assistance. On May 2o an appeal was received from a member of the Red 
 Cross Society in San Francisco for fever belts and sleeping-caps, as it was 
 impossible to meet the needs for these articles then existing. The following 
 telegram was at once sent : 
 
 "Red Cross Society, San Francisco, California Greeting: Count on us; 
 will send one thousand caps and one thousand fever belts." 
 
 KXCKRPTS FROM 1 IJKSS OF SAX FIJAXCISCO. 
 
 44 Wet with rain and weary with travel, the first detachment of volun 
 teers from points outside of California swung along through the mud of the 
 Presidio yesterday morning. The troops were the Oregonians, a strong 
 battalion of them, sturdy of frame, well drilled, and eager for fight. . As 
 they passed by the camp of the 1st, 7th, and the battalions of the old 6th, they 
 were enthusiastically cheered by the Californians." 
 
 "The days of fresh meat at the camp are passed. Hereafter salt meat 
 only will have a place upon the bill of fare." 
 
Oregon Report. 337 
 
 \Vhen the Oregonians embarked, the women of the Red Cross had been 
 aboard for hours, in a "rivalry of kindness. Cabins and bunks were gaily 
 decorated, and foods and fruit were in the bold." 
 
 ORKOO.N KMKH<;KNCY coin s. 
 
 Work was at once begun, and in a few davs the supplies were shipped 
 to 1(> Post Street. 
 
 The- sewing committee has continued its labors, hundreds of articles 
 being made and furnished to the :M Regiment. Engineer Corps, Oregon 
 Recruits, Washington Volunteers, and others. 
 
 it has been the privilege of the Oregon Emergency Corps to entertain 
 all troops passing through Portland en route to different stations on the 
 coast. This was at first done at the Union Depot, where the soldiers were 
 met by committees and served a substantial lunch, consisting of coffee, sand 
 wiches, cake, fruit, etc. In this branch of work the Flower Mission, com 
 posed of twenty or more young women, has rendered valuable assistance 
 in serving refreshments and decorating the trains. Tons of flowers have 1 
 been donated for this purpose, and the departing soldier has been given a 
 bouquet of Oregon roses in addition to his box of lunch. Frequently has 
 a letter accompanied by a box of flowers been sent, at the request of bus- 
 bands, brothers, and sons, to their distant homes, and replies received from 
 many have made sweeter the saying, "Small service is true service while it 
 lasts." 
 
 After the use of the Armory was tendered the corps by the state mili 
 tary board, the soldiers were met on their arrival at the depot and escorted 
 to military headquarters, and lunch served in the spacious drill hall. The 
 freedom of the building was extended, the gymnasium, bowling-alley, read 
 ing-room, etc., affording rest and recreation for all. 
 
 Six thousand three hundred and thirty-one soldiers were entertained ar, 
 lunch in the Armory and 3,578 given boxes of lunch for use on the train. 
 
 In July the work was found to be increasing so rapidly that it was 
 necessary to increase the executive staff. To this end the president made 
 the following appointments: First assistant, Mrs. Levi Young; second assist 
 ant, Mrs. II. W. Wallace ; assistant to treasurer, Mrs. William Patterson ; 
 assistant for correspondence, Mrs. Edmund Xollain ; assistant for recording 
 secretary, Mrs. Lischen Miller. 
 
 Headquarters were again established at l-*>7 First Street, to meet the 
 request of business men and others who wished to contribute to the society, 
 and found the Armory at an inconvenient distance. 
 
 An honorary membership list was opened, with the fee fixed at one dollar. 
 This list at present numbers over 300, and among the names recorded are 
 those of Captain 0. E. Clark, of the battleship Oregon, Rev. Edward Everett 
 Hale, General Long-street, Hon. Jos. E. Sheldon, and Mrs. James Shafter. 
 
 The total membership of the society is 1,557. Of this number, 584 
 2 J 
 
338 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 are members of auxiliary corps, that were organized throughout the state, 
 assisting the mother corps in Portland in supplying- the volunteers with 
 necessary articles, and in every way in which woman s love and loyalty could 
 find expression, in our noble work, leaving 97 3 members for the Portland 
 organization. The auxiliary corps were as follows: Astoria, Corvallis, 
 Hillsboro, Hood Kiver, Lafayette, Lagrande, Pendleton, Koseburg, The 
 Dalles, Weston, Woodbum. 
 
 Among the treasured souvenirs of the society is an autograph letter 
 from Captain C. E. Clark, in response to a congratulatory telegram sent 
 upon receipt of the news that the Oregon had been selected as the flagship 
 of Commodore Watson s fleet. Another is from Edward Everett Hale. 
 This aged author paid the Oregon Volunteers the great compliment cf 
 presenting twelve copies of his famous story, "A Man without a Country," 
 with his autograph upon the title-page of each copy, to the 3d Regiment. 
 These books were sent to the care of the Emergency Corps, which forwarded 
 them to Manila, acknowledging the receipt of the same in a letter to the 
 author. 
 
 Valuable service has been rendered the state of Oregon by a member 
 of the corps, Madame A. de Eonfride Smith, who has compiled an official 
 roster of the enlisted men for 1898. This has been entirely her own work, 
 and contains a careful historic sketch of each member of the state military 
 board, officers of the 2d Regiment, and the name of every volunteer. This 
 little book is tastefully bound, and illustrated with views of Camp McKinley 
 and photographs of the officers of each company. The author lias visited 
 nearly every town in the state from which volunteers were recruited, cir 
 culating the work, while a copy has been kept for every man whose name is 
 recorded on its pages. SeA r eral thousand copies have been sold, and the 
 net proceeds are to be a contribution to the treasury of the Emergency 
 Corps. In work of this kind Oregon stands alone, being the only state 
 that is the fortunate possessor of so concise and comprehensive a history 
 of its brave sons. 
 
 Up to the time of the departure of the Oregon recruits for San Erau- 
 cisco, there had been an ample field for the labors of the Oregon Emergency 
 Corps in its local work; but it became evident that, in order to carry out 
 the promise of continued care and attention to the volunteers while in the 
 service of their country, to assist in the relief work of furnishing supplies 
 for the hospital ships or sending nurses to care for the sick at Manila, it 
 was now necessary to have governmental protection. This could only be 
 obtained through the agency of the Red Cross Society, and the question of ex 
 pediency in this direction was considered. On July 2-> Judge Joseph 
 Sheldon, of Washington, D. C., visited Portland in the interests of the 
 American National Red Cross Association. In an address before the 
 Emergency Corps lie presented the advantages resulting to the relief soci 
 eties of the different states through cooperation with this national body, 
 advising affiliation as soon as possible. Action was deferred on the part of 
 
Oregon Report. 339 
 
 the society till the next regular meeting, in order that members might be 
 given an opportunity to investigate for themselves. Meanwhile the execu 
 tive board held several conferences with Judge Sheldon relative to their 
 power to continue local work and their obligations as an organization to the 
 national committee. At a regular meeting, on July 30, the subject was 
 resumed, and, after a presentation of both sides of the question, a unanimous 
 vote in favor of affiliation resulted. The name of the organization was 
 changed to the "Oregon Emergency Corps and Red Cross Society," and an 
 application made to the national committee for proper recognition. The 
 wisdom of the step was demonstrated a few weeks later, when transportation 
 was given by the government for two nurses, Dr. Frances Woods and Miss 
 Lena Killiam, for Manila. These nurses were outfitted and furnished funds 
 by the Portland society, and sent forward on the Arizona as Oregon s rep 
 resentatives in the relief work of caring for her sick or suffering volunteers. 
 
 Reports having been received of the sickness and general discomfort of 
 the Oregon recruits at Camp Merritt, the society, at a meeting held August 
 0, voted to send the president, Mrs. H. E. Jones, and Mrs. Levi Young to 
 visit the recruits and inquire into the matter. They proceeded at once to 
 San Francisco, spending two weeks in investigating conditions and doing 
 whatever their judgment advised to make more comfortable the unpleasant 
 surroundings. These recruits, whom it was expected would be sent at once 
 to their officers and regiment, turned out veritable military orphans, stranded 
 at Camp Merritt, and left for weeks to the care of young officers from other 
 regiments. Happily this condition was changed, as on the 20th of August 
 they were turned over to the command of an able and experienced officer, 
 Major Goodale. of the 23d IT. S. Infantry. They were afterward moved to 
 the Presidio, where surroundings were pleasanter, pending orders for their 
 transportation to their own regiment at Manila or return to their homes. 
 
 During their stay in San Francisco the representatives of the Oregon 
 Emergency Corps and Red Cross Society were enabled to look into the .vari 
 ous lines of relief work of the California society. Many courtesies were 
 extended by the officers of the state and local associations, valuable sugges 
 tions were received, and it was also their privilege to attend the meeting; 
 <;f the state association held in Golden Gate Hall, and listen to Judge S lid- 
 don s able address upon the American Xational Red Cross Society. 
 
 It gives us pleasure publicly to acknowledge the unbounded gratitude 
 of the Emergency Corps of Portland for the many kindnesses bestowed by 
 the women of the California Red Cross upon the soldiers from Oregon, first, 
 for their attention to the 2d Regiment Volunteers, who, though with them 
 but a few weeks, were the recipients of many comforts, but more particu 
 larly to the sick or afflicted ones of the Oregon recruits, for whom they have 
 cared, supplying both medicines and delicacies, and in other ways providing 
 for their necessities. 
 
 In the space of this article it is impossible to mention in detail tin- 
 many contributions from patriotic citizens throughout the state of Oregon. 
 
340 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 Gifts from corporations, business houses, independent leagues, and individu 
 als bear testimony to the interest all feel in this great relief work, and their 
 -confidence in the lied Cross Society, through which their offerings are dis 
 pensed. The press has been our staunch and valued friend, freely giving 
 editorials and space to further the cause. 
 
 There are no salaried officers, men and women having gencrouslv given 
 their time from the first day of organization to the present. It has been 
 the aim of the officers faithfully and conscientiously to discharge their duties, 
 realizing the great responsibility and confidence reposed in them. 
 
 Each month a carefully-prepared report of the proceedings, receipts, 
 and disbursements of the society has been given the public, and the 
 treasurer s report, here appended, is in full from April 20 to September 1. 
 
 The work of the organization will be carried on in future as in the past 
 silong every line which best serves the interest of those for whose benefit it 
 was begun. MKS. LKVI YOUNG, 
 
 For Orcfjoit Emergency Cor^ and Red (Vow tfocichi. 
 
 REPORT OF TRKASTRER, APRIL 2S TO SKI TK M I! Kit 1, 1S98. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Initiations (city members, 1,00-1), $100.40; initiations (auxiliaries, 
 553), $55.30; sale of membership badges, $292; sale of honorary badges, 
 $19.75; honorary membership fees (-500), $800; sale of stationery, $31.00; 
 sale of Manila punch, $51.05; proceeds sacred and patriotic concert, 
 $1,399.35; proceeds refreshments (Camp McKinley), $58. OS ; proceeds Lir,- 
 inan, Wolfe & Co. s store, $1,000; sundry donations, $1,537.70; donations 
 (Hospital Fund), $531). 50; sale of flags and small items, $5.74; total, 
 $5,389.99. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Postage, $22.84; express charges, $17.1)5; telegrams, $31.20; expenses 
 at headquarters, $00.80 ; sundries, $74.40 ; furnishings for Armory kitchen, 
 $03.80; printed stationery, $09.55; badges, $199.40; Pacific Regalia Com 
 pany, $25.50; Regimental Band, $100; expense for soldiers luncheons, 
 .$221.98; 2d Regiment Oregon Volunteers, $1,200; 2d Regiment Hospital 
 Corps, $100; 2d Regiment colors, $175; supplies in equipping troops, 
 .$1,051.47; Relief Fund, $104.15; expenses for Oregon recruits in San 
 Francisco, $241.70; outfitting nurses for Manila, $500; total, $4,S59.74; 
 balance on hand September 1, 1898, $530.25. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, MRS. MARTIX WIXCH, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Ladies of the Oregon Emergency Corps and Red Cross Society : We 
 are assembled here to-day upon the first anniversary of the joining together 
 of this organization, the object of which was to help, as far as it is given 
 
Oregon Report. 341 
 
 women to help in war time, the men who shoulder their muskets and go forth 
 to battle. 
 
 Women as well as men become patriots, and the feeling down dee]) in 
 the hearts of these true and loyal women, who have, through clouds and sun 
 shine alike, assembled themselves together at the faintest call for help, have, 
 shown themselves stirred bv the same inflexible patriotism and loyalty that 
 actuated their ancestors in their struggle for national liberty. 
 
 A year has passed in our life, keeping tally with that of our brave sol 
 dier men who so enthusiastically answered their country s call to arms. 
 These twelve months, made up of such new and untried experiences for us r 
 fill me with wonder, as I review them, that we have done so well, that we 
 have made so few mistakes. Our efforts have not always borne the fruit, 
 which we expected and longed for, but the day is coining, my dear friends 
 and coworkers, when mistakes will be righted, and the true worth of the 
 efforts made by these loyal women, left behind to suffer the tortures of a great,, 
 iindeh nable fear, so hard to bear, Avill be more fully appreciated. 
 
 After the heat of the battle is over, then comes the summing .up of all 
 the forces combined. And the history that has been made in these twelve 
 months will be written on men s memories, never to be effaced. 
 
 We are all anxious for the return of our Oregon men to their respective 
 homes and occupations. But do we wish them to come otherwise than hon 
 orably ? Do we wish their splendid record to be sullied by our vain efforts- 
 to have them released from their obligations to their government so long 
 as they are needed, in carrying out the terms of their enlistment? Xo ; I 
 think not. When our government can supply their places with regularly 
 enlisted men, we have been assured by the Secretary of War that the Oregon 
 men will be among the first relieved. And I honor the position taken by our 
 Governor Geer upon that subject, that Oregon takes no stock in that milksop 
 petition to send our men home and let our country fall, if needs be. 
 
 But all that danger is past, for the latest advices from General Oti* 
 assure us that the time is at hand, and only a few more weeks to wait, and 
 they will be here. And now I ask you to make one more supreme efforr.. 
 We must help erect a monument to the dear, brave boys who will not come 
 home. We owe it to ourselves that we offer our testimonial to their bravery 
 and courage, and we will put it in solid granite, that will be as lasting as- 
 the hills, and the generations to come will point to it as in part having been 
 erected by the women of Oregon. 
 
 And now, my sister coworkers, I want to thank you for your loyalty to 
 me during the past year. Xever once have I had occasion to wish that [ 
 had not accepted the responsibility which you imposed upon me by electing- 
 me the president of your board of managers. Your courage and industry 
 have been equal to every emergency, and I feel that each member is as fully 
 entitled to the approval of having well done her work as the officers compos 
 ing the board. 
 
 I am confident that only a few more months of work will be required <;f 
 
342 Pacific Coast. Red Cross Society. 
 
 us, and what that work will he, each day must unfold to us. Jt all lies in 
 your hands whether it be much or little, and your retiring president will 
 be satisfied with any course which you may pursue. Respectfully, 
 
 MKS. HKXKY E. JONES. 
 
 ), Oregon, .May 13, 1899. 
 To the President, Officers, and ^f embers of {he Oregon Emergency Corps 
 
 and Red Cross Society 
 
 The Morning Oreywtian of April 20, 1898, contained a call to the 
 patriotic women of the city to meet in the Armory, for the purpose of ren 
 dering material assistance to the Oregon Volunteers. 
 
 The meeting was called to order promptly at 2 :30 i>. M.., by Colonel O. 
 Summers, commanding the Oregon Regiment, who in a few brief words 
 stated the object of the call meeting, and suggested an executive committee 
 of twelve to be appointed, also twelve sub-committees, each to provide for 
 the needs of one company of the Oregon Volunteers. 
 
 On motion, Mrs. S. P. Sladen was elected chairman and Mrs. F. E. 
 Lounsbury was invited to act as secretary. The following executive board 
 was elected: Mrs. H. E. Jones, Mrs. O. Summers, Mrs. A. J. Meier, Mrs. 
 Levi White, Mrs. W. T. Gardner, Mrs. Byron E. Miller, Mrs. J. K. Wright, 
 Mrs. C. E. Protzman, Mrs. R. S. Greenleaf, Mrs. W. A. Buchanan, Mrs. 
 G. F. Telfer, Mrs. J. M. Ordway. 
 
 Not more than fifteen ladies attended this meeting. 
 
 April 27 the Oregon Emergency Corps was permanently organized and 
 officers elected. Large numbers attended this meeting, and much enthusi 
 asm was manifested. 
 
 May 8 a sacred and patriotic concert was given at Camp McTCinley, 
 which netted the corps $1,025.50. 
 
 May 10 a motion prevailed to give to each of the twelve captains of the 
 2d Regiment, Oregon Volunteers, $100. It was also decided to give to 
 Dr. Ellis, of the Hospital Corps, $100, warrants being drawn for the above 
 amounts May 14; total, $1,300. 
 
 The following number of soldiers were given boxes of lunch for use 
 on the trains: May 15, 2d Regiment, Oregon Volunteers, 1,200; May 29, 
 Dakota Volunteers, 250; May 20, Idaho Volunteers, 119; June 3, 4th 
 Cavalry Band, 40; June 4, 4th Cavalry, Troop E, 197; June 15, 4th Cav 
 alry, Troop G, 15; June 18, Minnesota Volunteers, 325; June 19, Oregon 
 Recruits, 27 ; June 27, Washington Recruits, 48 ; California Volunteers 
 en route to Fort Canby, 158; volunteers from Spokane, Wash., 60; Oregon 
 Recruits, 80 ; June 28, Oregon Recruits, 20 ; July 6, Oregon Engineer Corps, 
 93; volunteers from Lagrande, Oregon, 120; July 7, engineers from La- 
 grande, Oregon, 20 ; July 8, Oregon Recruits, 18 ; July 9, Oregon Recruits, 
 18; July 21, Washington Volunteers, 450; July 23, Washington Volunteers, 
 20; total lunches, 3,278. 
 
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 Total number of soldiers entertained at luncheons with hot coffee, and 
 also given flowers, as follows: May 20, Idaho Volunteers, 681; Dakota 
 Volunteers, 675 ; June 3, 4th Cavalry Band, 40; June 4, 4th Cavalry, Troop 
 E, 197; June 15, 4th Cavalry, Troop G, 15; July 6, Engineer Corps of 
 Oregon, 93; recruits from Lagrande, Oregon, 16; June 27, California 
 Volunteers en route to Fort Canhy, 158; July iM, Washington Volunteers, 
 450; July 23, Washington Volunteers / 434; total hot refreshments, 2,759. 
 
 May 14, given out to the Oregon Volunteers writing pads, pencils, 
 pocket combs, handkerchiefs, housewives, of each, 1,200; envelopes, bunches, 
 600 ; cakes of toilet soap, 1,200 ; July 23, to the 1st Washington Volunteers 
 were given fever bandages, 228 ; July 23, to the 1st Washington Volunteers 
 were given eiderdown sleeping-caps, 150; August 4, to the 1st Washington 
 Volunteers, care of Colonel Wholley, were shipped sleeping-caps, 300 ; 
 fever bandages, 257 ; May 25, Mr. Thorp, a Washington volunteer, was 
 found ill on train and conveyed to Good Samaritan Hospital ; June 2, sent 
 to the Red Cross Society of San Francisco fever bandages, 1,000; sent to 
 the Red Cross Society of San Francisco eiderdown caps, 1,000 ; June 27, 
 Oregon Recruits given fever belts, caps, needle-books, etc., 80; June 28, 
 Oregon Recruits given fever belts and caps, 20 ; July 6, Engineer Corps given 
 fever belts, caps, needle-books, etc., 93 ; volunteers from Lagrande, Oregon, 
 given fever belts, 120 ; July 8, Oregon Recruits supplied fever belts and 
 caps, 18; July 9, Oregon Recruits supplied fever belts and caps, 18; July 
 2, a motion prevailed to outfit Battery A, IT. S. V., with all clothing nec 
 essary, the same not to exceed in cost $550; July 9, Battery A, including 
 106 men and officers, was fully equipped; June 25, an Oregon volunteer s 
 wife was given aid in the sum of $15 ; an Oregon volunteer s wife was given 
 aid in the sum of $5.00. 
 
 July 150 a motion prevailed that the Oregon Emergency Corps unite 
 with the National Red Cross Society, and hereafter be known as the Oregon 
 Emergency Corps and Red Cross Society. This was done in order to for 
 ward the work and send hospital supplies and nurses to the front. 
 
 In the latter part of June Colonel Jas. Jackson, U. S. A., presented 
 to the Oregon Volunteers, on board ship when ready to sail from San Fran 
 cisco to Manila, the regimental colors, given by the Oregon Emergency Corps, 
 at a cost of $175. 
 
 August 3 the members of our society presented to Battery A an elegant 
 guidon, handsomely embroidered by a Portland young lady. The presen 
 tation was made at Vancouver Barracks. August 6 a motion prevailed to 
 send to San Francisco the president and her first assistant, to relieve the 
 oft-reported distress among the Oregon Volunteer Recruits. August 1 6 
 a motion prevailed to send Frances Wood, M. D., and Miss Lena Killian 
 as Red Cross nurses to Manila. For expenses and Reserve Hospital Fund 
 $500 was allowed. August 30, sent to Red Cross Society of California, in 
 trust for a volunteer s wife there, $10. September 7, to relieve the distress 
 of a volunteer s family, $10. September 10 hospital supplies, consisting 
 
344 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 of blackberry cordial, jellies, marmalade, cereals, etc., also 3(>0 yards of 
 mosquito netting, were forwarded to Sail Francisco, for shipment to Manila. 
 September 3 the correvspondiiig secretary was instructed to issue a call for 
 the various auxiliaries to meet in Portland for the purpose of forming a 
 state lied Cross organization, delegates to hold their convention September 
 1 and -21}. 
 
 October 1 relief was given to a volunteer s family, in the sum 
 of $5.00. October 1 arrangements were made whereby every needy dis 
 charged soldier he given meal tickets and employment. October 8, upon 
 request of Major Goodale, of the 20th Kansas Volunteers, who has in charge 
 the Oregon Recruits, it was decided to send a liberal supply of dried fruits 
 and pickles, to be used while en route to Manila. October S $10 was ex 
 pended for the needy family of a volunteer. October S $14 was sent to 
 St. Luke s Hospital, San Francisco, in remuneration for the care of a volun 
 teer of Oregon. October 10 <>00 pounds of dried fruit and $15 for pickles 
 were forwarded to Major Goodale. October 10, upon request from the 
 Chamber of Commerce, arrangements were made whereby all soldiers, sick, 
 arid destitute, en route to their various homes, be sent to the hospital and 
 otherwise provided for. October 10 a large collection of clothing was taken 
 for the benefit of a volunteer s family. October 10 a generous supply of 
 cereals, condensed milk, arrowroot, jellies, tapioca, and hospital supplies 
 were collected for shipment to Manila. October 12 shipped to San Fran 
 cisco, en route to "Manila, 13 cases of dried fruits. October IT cabled to 
 our nurse in Manila, Frances Wood, M. ))., $400, with which to relieve thy 
 sick and wounded Oregon Volunteers. October IS 1,000 pounds of dried 
 fruit (prunes) were forwarded to San Francisco, en route to Manila. Oc 
 tober 21 one do/en cases of choice lunch tongue 1 were shipped to the volun 
 teers. October 2(3 2 barrels of drugs and 400 pounds of dried apples and 
 prunes were shipped to Manila. October 22 it was decided to raise hospital 
 funds, to be forwarded at once to the front. To this end a canvass of the 
 city was made. The generous public responded in the sum of $381.75. To 
 this sum private donations and gifts from the auxiliaries were added, until 
 the fund in the treasury was greatly augmented. October 25 $(>00 was 
 voted sent to Colonel (). Summers for hospital use. October 20 the chair 
 man of each of the twelve companies was instructed to request of each cap- 
 lain of the 2d Regiment, Oregon Volunteers, a report of the moneys expended 
 which were placed in his care. Mrs. J . J. Burnett was named a member 
 of the executive 1 board, vice Mrs. A. J. Meier, advanced to the vice- 
 presidency. 
 
 Between October 20, 1808, and March 23, 1800, 1,037 Christ 
 mas boxes, weighing 33,200 pounds, were marked with our red cross and 
 forwarded to Manila. October 20 an entertainment was given by Battery 
 A, ably assisted by Mrs. i. K. Wright, chairman of entertainment commit 
 tee, which cleared the handsome sum of $338.10. October 20 Mrs. II. W. 
 Goddard was appointed second assistant to the president, vice Mrs. H. W. 
 
Oregon Report. 345 
 
 Wallace, resigned. October 20 a box containing an elegant ( hristmas dinner 
 was packed and sent by the Emergency Corps and Red Cross Society to 
 oui 1 nurses. Dr. Francos Wood and .Miss Lena Killian. November 5 and 8 
 relief in cash and clothing was extended to the families of two volunteers. 
 November 12 $5.00 per month was allowed for the relief of the mother or 
 a volunteer. November 14 a report, was received from Captain Moon, of 
 Company C, showing how the $100 entrusted to him had been expended. 
 Subsequently each captain s report was received and placed on file. No 
 vember 2-2 relief was extended to needy families, in the sum of $27.50. 
 November 20 it was decided the Oregon Emergency Corps and Red Cross 
 Society supply a Christmas dinner to the Sth California Volunteer Infantry, 
 stationed at Vancouver .Barracks, the dinner to consist of turkey, cranberry 
 sauce, mince pies, pickles, jellies, etc. Xumber of men and officers, 408. 
 
 November 29, upon request of Chaplain Gilbert, 8 dozen baseballs were 
 purchased and sent for the use of the 2d Regiment, Oregon Volunteers, in 
 Manila, also a liberal supply of reading matter. December 5 cash relief 
 was given to 2 needy families. In compliance with a request from Colonel 
 B. B. Tutlle, adjutant-general, the secretary furnished him with a report 
 of the work accomplished by our society, to be incorporated into his official 
 report for the state of Oregon for the year 1808. December 13 bills for 
 the care of an Oregon volunteer in St. Luke s Hospital, San Francisco, 
 were paid, amounting to $28. December 3, in compliance with numerous 
 requests received from the anxious mothers of volunteers throughout the 
 state, that our society take active measures and use its influence iu bringing 
 our volunteers home as soon as possible, our president, Mrs. Henry E. 
 Jones, wrote a strong appeal to Senator McBride, urging him to use his 
 utmost influence with the War Department to that end. December IT a 
 reply was received by our president to her appeal from Senator McBrid \ 
 saying he had applied to the War Department for the early discharge of 
 the Oregon Volunteers, and was assured they would be sent home as soon 
 as regulars could be sent out to take their places. December 17 it was 
 decided to send turkeys for a ( hristmas dinner to the California Volunteer 
 Heavy Cavalry, stationed at Fort Canby, and request the Astoria auxiliary 
 to furnish pies, jellies, cranberries, etc., to complete the dinner. Saturday, 
 December 24, dependent families were furnished with Christmas dinners. 
 
 January 10, 180!), identification medals furnished our volunteers by the 
 Red Cross Society of San Francisco were paid for by us, in the sum of $24. 
 January 24 Mrs. J. J. Burnett was appointed chairman in charge of Com 
 pany B, in place of Mrs. \V. S. Buchanan, resigned. January 28, letter 
 read from General Otis, with enclosure of $1)00 sent out by Mrs. Kiiapp. 
 February 28 a draft was drawn in favor of Colonel (). Summers for $500, 
 to be used according to his own judgment, for ice and other comforts for 
 his regiment. February 28 Mrs. O. Summers was elected vice-president, t<- 
 fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mrs. A. J. Meier. Feb 
 ruary 28 Mrs. II. H. Northnp was made a member of the executive board, 
 
346 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 vice Mrs. Summers, advanced. .February 28 Mrs. Xorthnagle was named a 
 member of the executive board. February 28 II. W. Goddard was appointed 
 chairman of Company F, in place of Mrs. Levi White, resigned. March 
 29 $15 per month was allowed for the maintenance of a volunteer s mother. 
 In March Mrs. Levi Young was made chairman of Company K, vice Mrs. 
 A. J. Meier, resigned. April 11 55 Gospel Hymns" were sent to Chaplain 
 Gilbert, for the use of the volunteers. 
 
 Total number of Portland members, 1,004; auxiliaries, 12; auxiliary 
 membership, 584; honorary membership, 360; total membership, 1,948. 
 
 dumber of regular meetings held during the year, 47 ; number of ex 
 ecutive board meetings, 41 : number of special called meetings, 6. 
 
 TREASURER S AXXUAI, REPORT. 
 
 PORTLAND, Oregon, April 22, 1899. 
 Receipts. 
 
 Initiations, $164.30; badges, $480.75; honorary members, $357.30; 
 entertainments, etc., $3,162.28 ; supplies and lunches for soldiers, $188.57 ; 
 donations, $3,315.77; other sources, $1,207.61; total, $8,876.58. 
 
 D i sbur sem ents . 
 
 Relief, $402.40; soldiers supplies and lunches, $2,497.71 ; twelve com 
 panies, 2d Oregon Regiment, $1,200 ; Hospital Corps, $100 ; nurses, $400 ; 
 sent to Manila, $2,000; sundries, $1,978.11; total, $8,578.22; cash on hand 
 and in bank, $298.36. 
 
 NOTE. ruder the head of "Sundries" many items, too numerous 
 to give under special heads, are included, such as equipment, telegrams, 
 postage, stationery, expressage on boxes, badges, etc. 
 
 MRS. WILLIAM C. ALVORD, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 In conclusion, Mrs. President and ladies, I wish to express to you per 
 sonally my sincere thanks for your earnest cooperation and courtesies ex 
 tended upon all occasions to me individually, as your coworker, and add that 
 it is impossible to incorporate into this report the large amount of good work 
 accomplished by our band of earnest women, the generous donations from our 
 auxiliaries, the unprecedented liberality and kindness of our business men, 
 transportation companies, merchants, mechanics, musicians, clubs, orders, 
 associations, etc. The spirit of love and patriotism seemed to impel all to 
 exert every energy, that even a mite of comfort and help might reach our 
 honored volunteers in the Philippines. Respectfully submitted, 
 
 MKS. F. E. LOUXSBURY, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
is Report. 
 
 347 
 
 Mr*. N. L. Kline, 
 President Corvallis Red Cross Society. Oregon. 
 
 CORVALLIS RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 President, Mrs. F. I,. Kline; vice-president, Mrs. Woodcock; secretary, 
 "Miss Bertie Linville ; treasurer, Walter Wiles. 
 
 On the afternoon of June 1 4, 181)8, a meeting was held in the parlors 
 of Mrs. Kline s residence, for the purpose of organizing an auxiliary to the 
 Red Cross Society. The most representative people of the town were present, 
 and much interest was manifested in the movement. Mrs. Kline, as tempo 
 rary chairman, stated the object and aim of the Red Cross Society, and the 
 business of regularly organizing a society was at once taken up. Mrs. Klino 
 was elected president ; Mrs. Woodcock, vice-president ; Walter Wiles, treas 
 urer; Bertie Linville, secretary. 
 
 As there was no Red Cross organization in Oregon at that time, the 
 Corvallis Red Cross Society entered the California Red Cross State Asso 
 ciation as an auxiliary, and the constitution of the California auxiliaries, 
 with a few revisions, was accepted. 
 
 During the efficient leadership of the president, Mrs. Kline, and the 
 officers the society has prospered. It has fostered patriotism and loyalty 
 in the community, and a greater interest in the welfare of our soldier boys has 
 been aroused. Financially the society has put forth every effort for their 
 relief. Fifty dollars has been donated to the California Red Cross Society, 
 
348 Pacific Coast Red Cross tfocicli/. 
 
 $25 to the Manila Hospital Fund, and $10 for affiliation fee, California State 
 Association. 
 
 Besides this, the following supplies have heen sent : 500 esmarch hand- 
 ages, 1,000 yards roll bandages, 72 pairs socks, 12 pieces underwear, 20 
 dozen men s handkerchiefs, 5 pounds tobacco in bulk, 100 bags tobacco, 100 
 pounds dried fruit, 5 boxes fresh fruit, and a box containing fruit juices, 
 jellies, etc. Books and magazines have also been sent. 
 
 The donations have been generously and freely given. On one Sunday 
 the churches of the town gave their collections toward the fund of the society. 
 
 The soldier lx)ys of Corvallis and of all parts of Oregon are untiring 
 in their warm praises of the help and kindness of the, Ked Cross Society of 
 California. BERTIE LTXVIIYLE, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 MRS. S. L. KLJXE, 
 
 President. 
 
 .I.ETTER FROM THE SECRETARY. I5ERTIE LIXVILLE, TO THE ( A LI K< )1I .\ l.V "KEI> 
 
 CKOSS SOCIETY. 
 
 The society of Corvallis has not held a meeting since August, 1898, 
 as our president has not been in Corvallis since that date. Our last report 
 is a resume of the work done here. The vice-president resigned, and, -as 
 we had no leader, the meetings were not continued; as a consquence we have 
 done very little of late. Our president, Mrs. S. L. Kline, in San Francisco, 
 has been working in the interests of the society, and since August the society 
 has done its work there by Mrs. Kline. 
 
 Many of the societies have disbanded since the close of hostilities, having 
 done a noble Avork. Sincerely, BERTIE LINVILLE, 
 
 Secretary of Corvallis Red Cross Society. 
 
 MRS. S. L. KLINE, 
 President. 
 
 Co i valliSj Oregon, Jan nan/ 14. 1899. 
 
u iM- Brier ,SV/v///o//, 
 President. 
 
WASHINGTON STATE RED CROSS. 
 
 THE tocsin of war started in each community from which went out the 
 brave defenders. A desire to benefit and make soldier life more com 
 fortable caused an emergency or relief corps to be formed, and the 
 women went to work to do something for the soldiers. The Red Cross was a 
 name known to most in an indefinite way only, until reports began to come in 
 of grand work done; but all inquiries of how to organize, to whom to apply, 
 met with no response, and so, groping in the dark, feeling our own way 
 instinctively, we organized in Tacoma and Seattle. The Seattle Red Cross, 
 recognizing the necessity of a state organization, called a convention for 
 Aug. 1.6, 1898, to meet at Seattle, Washington, and there successfully 
 launched a State Red Cross, with the following officers for the year 1898, 
 headquarters at Seattle: 
 
 Mrs. John B. .Mien, President, 820 Boreii Avenue, Seattle ; Miss Marie 
 Hewitt, recording secretary, 501 Xortli Fourth Street, Tacoma ; Mrs. Everett 
 Griggs, assistant recording secretary, 401 Xorth Tacoma Avenue, Tacoma; 
 Mrs. Francis Rotch, corresponding secretary, 1512 Thirteenth Avenue, 
 Seattle; Miss Helen J. Cowie, assistant corresponding secretary, Bailey 
 Building, Seattle; Miss Sadie Maynard, treasurer, 807 Xorth I Street, 
 Tacoma; Miss Jessie Seymour, assistant treasurer, 121 South G Street, 
 Tacoma; vice-presidents, Mrs. Chauncey W. Griggs, 401 Xorth Tacoma 
 Avenue, Tacoma; Mrs. J. C. Haines, 1402 Seventh Avenue, Seattle; Mrs. 
 Virginia B. Hayward, Til Fifth Avenue, Spokane; Mrs. Lester S. Wilson, 
 Walla Walla; Mrs. John C. Evans, Xew Whatcom; Miss Birdie Blals, La 
 Conner. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES. 
 
 Auditing. Mrs. Mary M. Miller, chairman, 1320 University Street, 
 Seattle; Major James R. Hayden, 502 Boylston Avenue Xorth, Seattle; 
 Mrs. II. M. Thomas, "The Rochester/ 7 Tacoma. 
 
 Ways and Means. Mrs. Frank C. Sharp, chairman, "The Irving, 
 Tacoma; Mrs. F. S. Stimson, First Avenue Xorth and Prospect Streel, 
 Seattle; Mrs. W. F. Giddings, Summit Avenue and Columbia Street, 
 Seattle; Mrs. James M. Ashton, Tacoma; Mrs. A. Goldman, Walla Walla; 
 Mrs. S. C. Wingard, Walla Walla; Mrs. Emma Brandt, Ellenslmrgli ; .Mrs. 
 J. S. Wilson, 404 Fermvell Street, Spokane; Mrs. W. H. Axtell, New 
 Whatcom. 
 
 Solicitinr). Mrs. Bailey Gatzert, chairman, "Lucerne," Seattle; Mrs. 
 II. C. Henry, 1004 Boylston Avenue, Seattle; Mrs. Geo. II. Heilhron, 1107 
 Cherry Street, Seattle; Mrs. W. D. Tyler, 618 South C Street, Tacoma; 
 Mrs. Louis D. Campbell, 320 Xorth Taeoma Avenue, Tacoma ; Mrs. Geo. 
 
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352 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 II. Chamberlain. Walla Walla: Mrs. John I )ooley, Walla Walla; Mrs. F. 
 F. Emery, 2127 Fourth Avenue, Spokane; Mrs. ( . H. Hopkins, 024 Seventh 
 Street, Spokane; Mrs. C. W. Dorr, Xew Whatcom. 
 
 Hospital. Mrs. W. W. Robinson, Jr., chairman, 12S Aloha Street, 
 Seattle; Dr. Sarah Kendall, llolyoke Block, Seattle; Mrs. A. Crawford 
 Anderson, 505 Xorth I Street, Tacoina ; Mrs. Chas. McCutcheon, Fanny 
 Paddock Hospital, Tacoina; Dr. Caesley Balabanoff, Fidelity Building, 
 Tacoina; Mrs. 1). T. Kyger, AValla Walla ; .Mrs. S. Iv. Green, DOT Milliard 
 Street, Spokane; Dr. H. E. Henderson, ^ew Whatcom. 
 
 Supply. Mrs. P. B. M. Miller, chairman, 1207 Seneca Street, Seattle; 
 Mrs. W. R. Benham, Summit Avenue and Columbia Street, Seattle; Mrs. 
 S. Frauenthal, 1212 .Marion Street, Seattle; .Mrs. (i. L. Holmes, 204 Divi 
 sion Avenue, Tacoina; Mrs. Edward S. Isaacs, Walla Walla; Mrs. Win. 
 INettleton, 2623 .Maxwell Avenue, Spokane; Mrs. A. Mansfield, Xew 
 Whatcom. 
 
 Hospitality. Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, chairman, 424 South K Street, 
 Tacoina; Mrs. Lymaii Hanks, 707 West Prospect Street, Seattle; Mrs. Levi 
 Ankeny, Walla Walla; Mrs. Louis F. Anderson, Walla Walla; Mr?. Karl 
 J. Cook, Spokane; Mrs. Kdward Fischer, Xew Whatcom. 
 
 Shipping. Mrs. John L. Hopkins, chairman, 725 A orth Yakima 
 Avenue, Tacoina; Mrs. Chas. E. Buniside, Terry Avenue and Marion Street, 
 Seattle; Mrs. Jos. McCabe, Walla Walla; Mr. ( 1 yrus Bradley, Spokane; 
 Mrs. E. W. Purdy, Now Whatcom. 
 
 Bndyes and Stationery. Mrs. E. C. Hughes, chairman, 1114 Summit 
 Avenue, Seattle; Mrs. A. B. Stewart, 1102 Boylston Avenue, Seattle; Mrs. 
 Henry Hewitt, 501 ]STorth Fourth Street, T acorn a ; Mrs. J. H. Stockwell, 
 Walla Walla; Mrs. C. W. Ide, 923 Fourth Street, Spokane. 
 
 Press. Miss E. B. Bosse, chairman, 1218 Xorth Fourth Street, 
 Tacoma; Mrs. Thomas R. Shepard, 1334 Terry Avenue, Seattle; Miss Rose 
 Dovell, Walla Walla ; Mrs. J. K. Stout, 729 Stevens Avenue, Spokane ; 
 Mrs. Kate Fuller, ~New Whatcom. 
 
 Printing. Mrs. R. W. Emmons, chairman, 1320 Thirteenth Avenue 
 South, Seattle; Mrs. S. L. Crawford, 1122 Marion Street, Seattle; Mrs. 
 Johnson Sickens, 406 South L Street, Tacoma ; Mrs. W. C. Chidester, 207 
 ]N"orth I Street, Tacoma; Mrs. John L. Sharpstein, Walla Walla. 
 
 House Committee. Mrs. L. S. Mayer, chairman, Griffith House, 
 Seattle; Mrs. Ellis Morrison, Seattle; Mrs. H. W. Augustine, Summit 
 Avenue and Columbia Street, Seattle; Mrs. R. M. Hopkins, 1133 Eighteenth 
 Avenue, Seattle; Mrs. M. A. Gottstein, 1317 Seventeenth Avenue, Seattle. 
 
353 
 GKEETING. 
 
 To All lied Crow Auxiliaries of Washington tilale 
 
 Greeting: Since the public announcement of the preliminary meeting s 
 for the organization of the Seattle Rod Cross Association, we have been in 
 receipt of many letters of inquiry as to the method of organization of 
 auxiliaries, the plan of representation of such in the state association, and 
 their connection and submission to the authority of the American National 
 Red Cross, as well as the adoption of an official badge in the form of a 
 pin or button. 
 
 Red Cross Associations came into existence as a result of the Geneva 
 Conference of 18(53. Sixteen nations participated in this conference. 
 Under the rules adopted by this and subsequent conferences, National Red 
 Cross Associations were formed in each country which was a party to the 
 conference. The National Red Cross Association of each of such countries 
 is the only body officially recognized by the various governments parties to 
 the treaty. 
 
 The central organization of the Red Cross- in the United States is the 
 American National Red Cross, witli headquarters located at Washington, 
 .!). C. There is also, in this state a state association, which is subject to 
 the rules of the National Red Cross, and as many auxiliaries as may be 
 formed, each of which owes allegiance to the state organization, and through 
 it to the national. We desire to have the state association a delegate body, 
 representing auxiliaries formed in the various counties, cities, and towns in 
 the state, the details of which Avill appear from the enclosures herein 
 referred to. 
 
 The object of this is to secure uniformity in our efforts and the intel 
 ligent direction and active cooperation of the more experienced parent 
 organization. 
 
 The United States Army regulations are rigid, and must be complied 
 with to enable us to reach those we desire to aid. The American National 
 Red Cross understands these regulations, is recognized by the government 
 as a valuable auxiliary in emergency work, and its representatives are ac 
 corded every facility possible in carrying this on. 
 
 We recommend the organization of an active Red Cross Auxiliary in 
 every community that can secure a good list of workers. .V form for the 
 organization of such auxiliaries is enclosed herewith. As many signatures 
 to this should be obtained as possible, each signer being required to pay 
 one dollar. 
 
 This having l>een done, a constitution should be adopted. We enclose 
 a copv of the constitution and by-laws adopted by a local auxiliary Red 
 Cross. This, we think, will be a. satisfactory model on which to form con 
 stitutions and by -laws for other local auxiliaries, with such changes of detail 
 as may in each case be deemed expedient. 
 
 Tt is the desire of this association, for reasons stated above, that every 
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354 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 local auxiliary Red Cross in the state should become a member of the slate 
 association. 
 
 We enclose a copy of the constitution of the state association, which 
 will show the steps necessary to obtain such membership and will indicate 
 as well the general nature of the organization of the State Red Cross and 
 its relations to the National Red Cross and to the various auxiliaries within 
 the state. 
 
 It will be seen therefrom that the general direction of the affairs of 
 the state association is in the hands of an executive committee, composed 
 of state officers, vice-presidents, who are presidents of local auxiliaries, 
 chairmen of standing committees, and advisory council selected by local 
 auxiliaries. 
 
 In order to keep the State Red Cro-ss and the local auxiliaries more 
 closely in touch, the secretary of the executive committee will send to each 
 of the auxiliaries which may become members of the State Red Cross copies 
 or extracts from the minutes after each meeting of the executive committee, 
 showing all important action taken. 
 
 An official pin or badge has been adopted, w r hich will be furnished upon 
 requisition made to the chairman of the badge committee, at the rate of 
 twenty-five dollars per hundred. They arc- not expensive, and they help 
 greatly in canvassing. Stationery with suitable design, and giving names 
 <if state officers and standing committees, can be furnished by the same 
 committee. 
 
 The urgency of the need for work of this character in the present 
 emergency is too obvious to require any special attention being called to it. 
 We desire merely to indicate to all whom this letter may reach the steps 
 to be taken in order to put the work on a systematic and satisfactory basis 
 and extend its scope as far as possible. 
 
 Any further information that may be desired will be furnished on appli 
 cation to the corresponding secretary or president. 
 
 MRS. JOHN B. ALLEN, 
 First President Washington State Red Cross. 
 
 820 Boren Avenue, Seattle, Washington. 
 October, 1898. 
 
 MRS. FRANCIS ROTCH, 
 Corresponding Secretory. 
 
 1512 Thirteenth Avenue, Seattle, Washington. 
 
 FORM FOR ORGA3TIZI.NTG LOCAL AUXILIARIES. 
 
 THE RED CROSS AUXILIARY OF 
 
 Know All Men by These Presents: 
 
 That we, the undersigned, residents of , in the state of 
 
 Washington, have this .... day of , year of . . . . , associated 
 
Washington- Report. 355 
 
 ourselves together for the purpose of forming a Red Cross auxiliary, and 
 we hereby certify: 
 
 FIRST. 
 
 That the name of the organization shal be the Red Cross auxiliary 
 of 
 
 SECOXD. 
 
 That the purposes for which it is formed are to afford relief to those 
 suffering through war, flood, lire, famine, or any other calamity, such relief 
 to Ix 1 afforded first in such manner as mav be desirable or necessarv locallv, 
 
 t , *J / 
 
 and afterward, as far as practicable, through the medium of the Washington 
 State Red Cross Association, acting as an auxiliary to the American Xational 
 Red Cross. 
 
 THIRD. 
 
 That the place where the principal business of the auxiliary is to be 
 transacted is , Washington. 
 
 FOURTH. 
 
 That the members of such auxiliary shall consist of the persons sign 
 ing these Articles of Association, and of such others as may be hereafter 
 admitted to membership, pursuant to the constitution or by-laws of the 
 auxiliary hereafter to be adopted. 
 
 FIFTH. 
 
 That the officers of said auxiliary and their respective duties shall be 
 governed by the constitution or by-laws to be hereafter adopted. 
 
 SIXTH. 
 
 That the first meeting of this auxiliary shall take place at , 
 
 on the day of , 180. ., and the majority of the mem 
 bers of the auxiliary present at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, 
 shall have power to adopt a constitution or by-laws of this auxiliary. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our names. 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 OK THK 
 
 WASHINGTON STATE RED CROSS ASSOCIATION. 
 
 PREAMBLE. 
 
 WHEREAS, On the 22d day of August, 1864:, at Geneva, Switzerland, an 
 international treaty of the Red Cross was agreed upon and subsequently 
 adopted by forty nations, the United States of America included ; and on 
 the 20th day of October, 1868, supplementary articles, known as the Addi- 
 
356 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 tional Articles, concerning the navy, were propose*!, which have been reeenilv 
 jidoptcd by the governments of the Tnited States and Spain as a inotlux 
 r trend! during the present hostilities; and, 
 
 \YHKRKAS, The object of the Treaty of Geneva and of the Additional 
 Articles is to secure the mitigation of the evils inseparable from war, of 
 suppressing needless severities, and of ameliorating the condition of soldiers 
 iud sailors injured and wounded in battle; and, 
 
 WMKIJKAS, In accordance with the resolutions of the International Con 
 ference at Geneva, there has been incorporated in this conntrv, with head 
 quarters at Washington, one National Organization of the Red Cross, nr- 
 < gni/ed by the li ovcriimo.ut of the Tnited States, by all the governmciiKs 
 adopting the Treaty of Geneva, and by the International Committee, as 
 the National Organization, in \vhi"h shall center and by which shall be 
 directed all .Red Cross work in the Tinted States; now, 
 
 Therefore, In order to assist in carrying out the humane objects of 
 the Red Cross Treaty of Geneva, ;;n Auxiliary Society of the "Red Cross 
 is hereby organized, wi f h a constitution as follows: 
 
 ARTICLE T. 
 
 XAMK AND LOCATION". 
 
 This Association shall be known .s the Washington State Red Cross. 
 Its principal place of business and headquarters shall be located in Seattle, 
 Washington, and it shall bo auxiliary to the American Xational Red Cross 
 and subject to the rules and regulations thereof. The State Red Cross 
 adopts the insignia of the National Red Cross, and will discountenance any 
 unauthorized use of the same. 
 
 AirncLK TI. 
 
 015.1 IX TS AXI) DfTIKS. 
 
 It shall be the object and dutv of this Association, either by itself or 
 111 conjunction with other associations of a similar character, or as an auxil 
 iary of the American Xational Tied Cross, or otherwise, or under general 
 direction of the Tinted States Government, or otherwise, as shall be deter 
 mined by the Executive Committee* hereinafter provided for, to collect and 
 accumulate money and materials, and devote the same to provide agents, 
 nurses, and assistants, drugs, medicines, hospital appliances, and appurte 
 nances of any kind whatsoever, for service and use in times of war and in 
 case of other calamities, such as famine, pestilence, flood, fire, and other 
 disasters, so great as to be considered national, and to render at such times 
 ;any and all other services of a medical or sanitary character which the cir 
 cumstances may require or render necessary. That, in case of actual war 
 with the United States as participant, the work of the Red Crows may include 
 emergency work for the soldiers and sailors of the Tinted States Army and 
 
\\axh i nylon Report. 357 
 
 ARTK LK III. 
 
 M KMIiKKSIlI 1. 
 
 Any local Red Cross may become auxiliary l<> the Slate Red ( ross 
 upon the annual payment of ten cents per capita, in advance, and the tiling 
 of a copy of its constitution and by-laws \virh the Corresponding Secretaries 
 of the State and Xational Red Cross, providing there is nothing to conflict 
 with their work and purpose. 
 
 Any person may become an honorary member for one year, upon the 
 payment of $10, and an honorary life member upon the payment of $1,000. 
 
 AKTICLE IV. 
 
 OFFICEKS. AM) GOVKKN M KNT. 
 
 SECTIOX 1. The officers shall be President, Recording Secretary, Cor 
 responding Secretary, and Treasurer. These officers shall be elected by 
 ballot by a majority of those present at the annual meeting. Assistant 
 Recording Secretary, Assistant Corresponding Secretary, and Assistant 
 Treasurer may be elected by the Executive Committee. 
 
 SEC. 2. The First Vice-President shall be the President of the Auxil 
 iary having largest membership other than the one from which the President 
 is chosen. 
 
 The Presidents of other local Auxiliaries shall be Vice-Presidents of 
 the State Red ( ross, ranking in the order of their membership. 
 
 SEC. 3. Standing Committees shall be: Auditing, Ways and Means, 
 Soliciting, Shipping, Supply, .Hospital, Hospitality, Press, Printing, and 
 3 louse Committees. These Committees shall consist of at least three mem 
 bers each, unless in emergency the Executive Committee should deem it 
 advisable to increase the number, or to add additional committees, who may 
 hold until the next annual meeting. 
 
 SEC. 4. The Officers, Vice-Presidents, and Chairmen oi the Standing 
 Committees, with the Advisory Board, shall form an "Executive Committee. 
 
 SEC. 5. All Officers and Committees shall hold office until the next 
 annual meeting, and thereafter for one year and until their successors are 
 elected. 
 
 SEC. 6. The Executive Committee shall meet monthly, or at the call 
 of the President, in case of any emergency considered national. They may 
 adjourn to a certain day before the next monthly meeting. 
 
 SEC. T. Standing Committees shall be nominated by the President, 
 Eirst Vice-President , Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and 
 Treasurer, and confirmed by the Executive Committee, and shall hold office 
 until their successors are elected. 
 
 SEC. 8. An Advisory Board of at least one member from each Auxil 
 iary, and one for every additional fifty menders or major traction thereof, 
 shall be nominated bv the Vice-President of each local society, and con- 
 
358 Pacific Coast Red Cross tiociety. 
 
 firmed by the annual meeting (if in recess by Executive Committee), who 
 shall advise and assist the Executive Committee and have a voice in its 
 deliberations and a rig-lit to vote. 
 
 SEC. 9. The President shall preside over the meetings of the Execu 
 tive Committee, as well as over those of the State Ked Cross, and all of the 
 officers hereinbefore mentioned shall perform such duties and exercise such 
 functions as ordinarily pertain to their respective offices. The Treasurer, 
 however, shall disburse no funds of the State Red Cross without a vote of 
 the Executive Committee, and upon an order signed by the President and 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 MEETINGS ^\ND ELECTIONS. 
 
 The annual meeting of the State Red Cross for the election of officers 
 and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, 
 shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in May, at such place and particular 
 hour and subject to such notice as the Executive Committee shall designate; 
 and at such meeting, and before the election of officers, annual written 
 reports from the President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, 
 and Treasurer shall be presented and considered, and a copy of these reports 
 shall be filed with the State and National Red Cross. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 SECTION 1. The annual meeting shall consist of the State Officers, 
 Advisory Board, and Chairmen of Standing Committees, and President, 
 Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer of local Red 
 Cross Auxiliaries, and one delegate for every twenty-five members who 
 have paid the annual dues established by the local Auxiliary. 
 
 SEC. 2. The local Auxiliaries may reserve such proportion of their 
 fund for local expenses and emergency work as is deemed best by a majority 
 vote of the local Auxiliary, but transmit to the State Treasurer all other 
 funds, who shall hold it in trust and subject to the order of the National 
 Red Cross. 
 
 SEC. 3. All funds of the State Red Cross must be deposited in a 
 national bank and drawn by check, upon a vote of the Executive Committee 
 and an order signed by the State President and Recording Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 QUORUM. 
 
 Tw T enty-five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
 business at any annual or special meeting of the State Red Cross; nine 
 members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any 
 meeting of the Executive Committee. 
 
Washington Report. 85 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting of the State 
 Red Cross by the two-thirds vote of all members present thereat, and notice 
 in writing, specifying such proposed amendment in detail, previously given 
 at any session of the annual meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 PROCEDURE. 
 
 Unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee, "Roberts Rules 
 of Order" shall govern in all cases not hereinbefore provided for. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 The State Red Cross shall meet annually on the fourth Tuesday of 
 May, at such hour and place as may be decided by the Executive Commit lee. 
 
 The Executive Committee shall meet on of each month, and 
 
 may adjourn from day to day until its monthly meeting, or be called together 
 by the President upon any emergency deemed national. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 SECTION 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society 
 and Executive Committee; with advice of First \ 7 ice-President, Recording- 
 Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer, nominate all Standing 
 Committees, subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee, and with 
 the Recording Secretary sign all orders of the Executive Committee on the 
 Treasurer, and exercise general supervision over the work of the State 
 Red Cross. 
 
 SEC. 2. The Vice-Presidents, in order of precedence, shall act in the 
 absence of the President, or upon request. 
 
 SEC. 3. The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings 
 of the society and Executive Committee, and report the same, keep an accu 
 rate roll of membership, sign with the President all orders of the Executive 
 Committee on the Treasurer. 
 
 SEC. 4. The Corresponding Secretary shall take charge of all corre 
 spondence of the State Red Cross, and report the same to the Executive 
 Committee and State Red Cross ; notify all committees and local Auxiliaries 
 of any act of the Executive Committee deemed necessary for such Auxiliaries 
 to know. 
 
 SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall collect and take charge of all moneys 
 paid into the State Red Cross, receipt for the same, keep a record of all 
 receipts and expenditures, pay all oiders of the State Red Cross, signed by 
 
360 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 the President and Recording Secretary. The Treasurer shall hold books 
 open at all times for examination by the Auditing Committee, present to 
 the .Executive Committee at least a monthly written report, and send to the 
 Treasurer of the National Red Cross a copy of the same quarterly, and shall 
 present a written report to the annual meeting of the receipts and disburse 
 ments of the year. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 The Auditing Committee shall audit all bills and accounts before the 
 Executive Committee orders payment of same, have access at all times to 
 Treasurer s books and accounts, and make at least a monthly examination 
 and give a written monthly report to the- Executive Committee, and also at 
 the annual meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE TV. 
 
 The Standing Committees shall be: Auditing, Ways and Means, Solicit 
 ing, Shipping, Supply, Hospital, Hospitality, Press, Printing, and House. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Order of business shall be: Call 1o order, reading minutes, report of 
 Executive Committee meetings, report of Corresponding Secretary and 
 Treasurer, reports of Special Committees, reports of Standing Committees, 
 unfinished business, new business, good of the Red Cross, adjournment. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 These By-Laws mav be amended at any annual meeting of the State 
 Red Cross by a majority of the members present, written notice of said 
 amendment having been given at a previous session. 
 
 Adriyory ]>o<u d. C. II. Hanford, V. S. district juda c, Seattle; 
 Thomas Burke, Seattle; C. I). Stimson, Seattle; A. B. Stewart, Seattle; 
 Jacob Eurth, Seattle: J. B. MacDougall, Seattle; Johnson Xickeus, Tacoma; 
 C. W. Griggs, Tacoma; William C. Wbeeler, Tacoma; Frank B. Woodruff, 
 Tacoma ; Robert P. Maynurd, Tacoma; Morris Gross, Tacoma : Eld red 
 Tucker, Tacoma; A. Goldman, Walla Walla; W. E. Schricker. La Conner; 
 ( . S. Voorhees, Spokane; E. I). Olmstead, Spokane; A. J. Shaw, Spokane; 
 C. B. Hopkins, Spokane; C. W. Dorr, Xew Whatcom ; Edward Fischer, 
 Whatcom. 
 
 Bank of deposit, National Bank of Commerce, Tacoma. 
 
Washington Report. 361 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF 
 
 LOCAL AUXILIARY RKD CROSS SOCIKTIKS FOR STATE OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 AliTICLE I. 
 
 NAME AX I) LOCATION. 
 
 This Association shall be known as the Hod Cross of , 
 
 Washington, where its principal office and headquarters shall be situated, 
 and the Society shall be auxiliary to the Washing-ton State lied Cross, and 
 through it to the American National lied Cross, and shall be subject to 
 any rules prescribed by said Washington State and National Red Cross. 
 The Auxiliary adopts the insignia of the National Red Cross, and will dis 
 countenance any unauthorized use of the same. 
 
 ARTICLE IT. 
 
 OBJECT AND DUTIES. 
 
 It shall be the object and duty of this Auxiliary, either by itself or 
 in conjunction with other associations of a similar character, or as an 
 auxiliary to the Washington State Red Cross Association, or to the American 
 National Red Cross, or otherwise, or under the general direction of the 
 United States Government, or otherwise, as shall be determined by the 
 Executive Committee, to collect and accumulate money and materials, and 
 devote the same to provide nurses and assistants, if necessary, and drugs, 
 medicines, and hospital appliances and appurtenances of any kind what 
 soever, for service in time of war, and in case of other calamities, such 
 as famines, pestilence, floods, fires, and other disasters so great as to be 
 considered national by the American National Red Cross, to render at such 
 times any and all other services of a medical or sanitary character which 
 the circumstances may require or render .necessary, and to care specially for 
 the families of active participants in rime of Avar. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 MEMBEKSHIP. 
 
 Any person is eligible for membership in this Auxiliary, and may be 
 admitted thereto upon payment of one dollar in advance. The annual 
 dues shall be one dollar, in advance, and said membership shall be for 
 feited upon non-payment of dues. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OFFICERS AXD GOVERNMENT. 
 
 The officers of this Auxiliary shall consist of a President, First and 
 Second Vice-Presidents, Recording- Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, 
 
362 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 and Treasurer. These officers and a committee of twelve members shall 
 be elected by ballot by a. majority of those present at the annual meeting, 
 and shall constitute an Executive Committee. 
 
 Vacancies in office or Executive Committee shall be filled by election 
 in the Auxiliary at the first regular meeting after notice of such vacancy 
 has been given. 
 
 All officers, including the Executive Committee, shall hold office for 
 one year, and until their successors are elected. 
 
 The Executive Committee shall meet at the call of the President, or 
 otherwise as it may determine, and shall have entire direction and control 
 of the affairs of the Auxiliary, transacting its business through such sub 
 ordinate committees and officers as it may select. 
 
 Standing committees shall be nominated by the President and con 
 firmed by the Executive Committee, and the chairmen of these committees 
 shall constitute an Advisory Board, whose duty and privilege shall be to 
 attend any meetings of the Executive Committee, and have a voice in its 
 deliberations and the right to vote. 
 
 The President shall preside over the meetings of the Executive Com 
 mittee, as well as over those of the Auxiliary; and all of the officers here 
 inbefore mentioned shall perform such duties and exercise such functions 
 as ordinarily pertain to their respective offices. The Treasurer, however, 
 shall disburse no funds of the Auxiliary without a written order signed 
 by the President and Recording Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary, for the election of officers arid 
 the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, shall 
 
 be held on the , at such place and particular hour, and subject 
 
 to such notice, as the Executive Committee shall designate; and at such 
 meeting, and before the election of officers, annual written reports from the 
 President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer 
 shall be presented and considered, and a copy of these reports shall be sent 
 to the State and Xational Red Cross. 
 
 Special meetings, either of the Society or the Executive Committee, 
 may be called by the President or by any other Executive Officer, upon 
 the written request or direction of five members of the Executive Com 
 mittee, at any time and place, and subject to such notice as the aforesaid 
 Committee shall direct. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 QUORUM. 
 
 Twenty-five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
 business at any regular or special meeting of the Society; nine members 
 
Washington Report. 363 
 
 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of 
 rhe Executive Committee. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 This Constitution may be amended at any meeting of the Auxiliary 
 by the two- thirds vote of all members present thereat, upon at least one 
 week s notice in writing, specifying such proposed amendment in detail, 
 previously given at any meeting of the Auxiliary. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 PROCEDURE. 
 
 L T nless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee, "Roberts Rules 
 of Order* 5 shall govern in all cases not hereinbefore provided for. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 SECTION 1. The Auxiliary shall meet semimonthly, on the .... and 
 
 day of each month, at such time and place as may be decided 
 
 upon by the Executive Committee. 
 
 SEC. 2. The Executive Committee shall meet weekly, unless they 
 order otherwise. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
 
 SECTION 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Auxil 
 iary and Executive Committee, shall nominate all standing committees, 
 subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee, and, with the Record 
 ing Secretary, sign all orders of the Auxiliary on the Treasurer, and exercise 
 general supervision over the work of the Auxiliary. 
 
 SEC. 2. The Vice-Presidents shall act in the absence of the President, 
 or upon request. 
 
 SEC. 3. The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings 
 of the Auxiliary and Executive Committee, and report the same; keep an 
 accurate roll of membership, notify all committees, sign, with the Presi 
 dent, all orders of the Auxiliary on the Treasurer. 
 
 SEC. 4-. The Corresponding Secretary shall take charge of all cor 
 respondence of the Auxiliary, and report the same to the Executive Com 
 mittee and Auxiliary. 
 
 SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall collect and take charge of all moneys paid 
 into the Auxiliary, receipt for the same, keep a record of all receipts and 
 expenditures, pay all orders of the Auxiliary, signed by the President and 
 Recording Secretary. The Treasurer shall hold books open at all times 
 
364 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 for examination by the Auditing Committee, present to the Auxiliary at 
 least a monthly report, and send to che Treasurers of the State and Xational 
 lied Cross a copy of the same. 
 
 AKTICLE III. 
 
 SECTION 1. The Auditing Committee shall audit all bills and accounts 
 before the Auxiliary orders payment of same, have access at all times to 
 Treasurers books and accounts, and make at least a quarterly examination. 
 
 AKTICLE IV. 
 
 The standing committees shall be: Auditing, Ways and "Means, lielief, 
 Sewing, Soliciting, House, Press, Printing. 
 
 AKTICLE V. 
 
 Order of business shall be: Call to order, reading minutes, report of 
 Executive Committee meetings, reports of Corresponding Secretary and 
 Treasurer, reports of special committees, reports of standing committees, 
 unfinished business, new business, good of the Ked Cross, adjournment. 
 
 AKTICLE VI. 
 
 SECTION 1. These By-Laws may be amended at any regular meeting 
 of the Auxiliary, by a majority of the members present, written notice of 
 said amendment having been given at a previous meeting. 
 
 KKPORT OF WORK DOXK. 
 
 Much of the work done lias not been reported to the state association, 
 mid the reports represent only a small part of the work done throughout 
 the state of Washington. Had all reported to a common center, Wash 
 ington would have mad - a magnificent showing. As it was, all contribu 
 tions have been sent directly to the company that each city was particularly 
 interested in. Had a state association been organized at the beginning of 
 the work, these various sums would have been sent to headquarters and a 
 record kept of all contributions. Thus much of the relief Avork done for the 
 soldiers, materially or financially, by the state of Washington can not be 
 given here, as many of the emergency corps and other relief societies have 
 disbanded since the cessation of hostilities. However, the Washington Stale 
 Ked Cross has been effecting auxiliary Ked Cross societies all over the state, 
 and in the future all relief work in this state will be under the insignia of 
 the Ked Cross. 
 
 A reference to our state constitution and by-laws will show the state 
 of Washington as thoroughly organized. The presidents of the local ar.xil- 
 
365 
 
 iarics arc made vice-presidents of thr state ass<x-iati<>n, and, with an advisory 
 Board appointed by each auxiliary of prominent men of cadi community, 
 is formed the executive committee. 
 
 Standing committees of ways and means, soliciting, hospital, hospi 
 tality, supply, shipping, badges and stationery, press, and printing, have 
 a member in each auxiliary, so that the chairman can at once set the forces 
 of her department at work. 
 
 The chairmen of these standing committees are members of the execu 
 tive committee. 
 
 As soon a^ word was received from Washington that the government 
 would carry all packages free from San Francisco to Manila intended for 
 Christmas gifts, the Washington lied Cross State Association sent an appeal 
 to all local auxiliaries and emergency corps that they would receive, repack, 
 iind forward, free of charge, all packages destined for men of the 1st Regi 
 ment, as transportation had been granted them by the Pacific Coast Steam 
 ship Co., Northern Pacific, and Wells, Fargo. In answer to this appeal, 
 eighteen boxes were shipped to Colonel Wholley; Walla Walla, Dayton, and 
 Waitsburg, having each recruited a company, sent a Christinas gift to each 
 man in Companies K, F, and I. 
 
 TREASURER S REPORT. 
 
 AVASHINUTOX STATK K K I) CROSS, AUGUST 23-OCTOBKR 31, 1898. 
 
 Receipts Dr. 
 
 Admission fee to State Association, to La Conner Red Cross.... $ 2 00 
 
 To Tacoma Red Cross 36 70 
 
 To Walla Walla Red Cross 4 40 
 
 To Seattle Red Cross 25 40 
 
 To Spokane Red Cross 1660 $85 10 
 
 Donations 
 
 Deborah- Kebekah Lodge I. O. O. F.. Elaine $ 20 00 
 
 Centralia Red Cross 15 00 
 
 H. W. McNeil], Seattle, for New Westminster fire, special 100 00 
 
 Literary Club, Port Angeles, Washington 2 05 137 05 
 
 For Identification Medals for Washington Volunteers 
 
 Seattle Red Cross $15 00 
 
 Spokane Red Cross.. 8 00 
 
 Lu Conner Red Cross 1 00 
 
 Tacoma Red Cross 6 62 
 
 Walla Walla Red Cross 5 00 35 62 
 
 Spokane Red Cross, for soldier s family $10 00 
 
 Taconia Red Cross, for soldier s family 10 00 
 
 Seattle Red Cross,, for soldier s family . 5 00 25 00 
 
 ~~ $282 77 
 
 Expenditures Cr. 
 
 Cal. R. C. for Identification Badges for Washington Volunteers $ 30 62 
 
 Sufferers by New Westminster, B. C., fire ! 100 00 
 
 Soldier s family, Entiat, Wash 25 10 
 
 Printing State Constitution and By-laws 10 00 
 
 Red Cross stationery for State Association 22 00 
 
 Record books for officers 5 70 
 
 Stationery for officers 1 10 
 
 Stamps .. 6 06 
 
 Newspapers I 55 
 
 Long-distance telephone 1 25 
 
 Telegrams !_J 08 _ 78 
 
 Balance on hand October 31 $78 99 
 
 SADIE MAYNAKD, Treasurer. 
 
366 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Spokane, besides sending many individual packages, sent many un 
 marked packages, to be given to those men having no remembrances from 
 their friends. 
 
 Seattle Ked Cross sent two large boxes for Companies B and D. 
 
 Tacoma also sent a box. 
 
 So that each auxiliary contributed to the Christmas cheer of our regi 
 ments in the field, and over 2,000 pounds were sent as Christmas gifts to 
 the 1st Washington Volunteer Infantry at Manila. 
 
 RECAPITULATION 
 
 
 
 s. 
 
 IHsliuisemt s. 
 
 Ba.a D c, 
 
 Seattle Auxiliary 
 
 S".f,l" 
 
 30 
 
 $2,193 25 
 
 $315 05 
 
 Tacoma Auxiliary 
 
 684 
 
 82 
 
 592 08 
 
 92 74 
 
 Spokane Auxiliary 
 Walla Walla Auxiliary... . . . 
 
 951 
 
 1,408 
 
 78 
 00 
 
 355 07 
 1,058 00 
 
 596 71 
 350 00 
 
 La Conner Auxiliary 
 
 
 
 5 00 
 
 
 KMKKOKNCY 
 
 Vancouver 
 
 400 00 
 
 397 80 
 
 1 20 
 
 Blaine contributed to Red Cross 
 
 20 00 
 
 20 00 
 
 
 Port Townsend contributed to Red Cross. 
 
 lf> 00 
 
 15 00 
 
 
 Centralia, contributed to Red Cross . 
 
 15 00 
 
 15 00 
 
 
 Port Angeles, contributed to Ked Cross 
 
 17 05 
 
 17 05 
 
 
 Bucoda, contributed to Ked Cross. 
 
 62 00 
 
 62 00 
 
 
 Dayton, contributed to Red Cross 
 
 275 00 
 
 275 00 
 
 
 Olvmpia, contributed to Red Cross 
 
 40 00 
 
 30 15 
 
 3 85 
 
 Tacoma 
 
 
 
 
 RECAPITULATION OF SUPPLIES. 
 
 
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 8. 
 
 
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 93 
 
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 8. 
 
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 1 
 
 
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 5* 
 
 
 
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 03 
 
 
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 OQ 
 
 0, 
 
 H 
 
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 Seattle R. C 
 
 1 do*. 
 
 
 248 
 
 408 
 
 
 98VI 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 boxes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tacoma R. C 
 
 Not reported. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Walla Walla R. C 
 
 
 
 106 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 La Conner R. C . 
 
 2 large 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 boxes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spokane 
 
 500 Ibs 80 24 
 
 12 
 
 
 80 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 KMEKU ( OKI S. 
 
 Tacoma.... 
 
 476 
 
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 The annual convention of Washington State Red Cross was held ill 
 the Westminster Congregational Church, Spokane. Washington, May 22, 
 23, and 24, 1000. 
 
Washington Report. 367 
 
 The president, "Mrs. .1. I>. Allen, presided. 
 
 The luncheon was served to all delegates and officers the first day in 
 the parlors of the church by the Indies of the church. The second day 
 luncheon was served by the ladies of the First Presbyterian Church, and 
 the third day at the home of Mrs. S. K. Green, by the Daughters of the 
 Revolution. 
 
 A trolley-car ride was taken after this luncheon. 
 
 May 23 a memorial service in honor of the Washington Volunteers 
 was held. Following is the roll of honor and program: 
 
 ROLL OF HOXOK. 
 
 Captain and Chaplain John R. Thompson, Captain George H. Fortson, 
 C. J. Lynch, Sherman C. Harding, Charles Zuger, Walter JT. Hanson, Earl 
 A. Jeans, Frank A. Love joy, Corporal Miles E. Kyger, Joseph Eno, Milton 
 S. Melse, W. C. Ilopwood, Corporal George W. McGowan. Sherman T. 
 Shepard, Matthias H. Cherry, John L. Smith, Will Fleming, Albert J. 
 Ruppert, John C. Baggot, Alton A. Rinehart, Alan E. Carlyle, William C. 
 Courtney, Damain Grassman, Corporal Edward W. Strain, Henry R. S. 
 Stroud, Richard H. McLean, George B. Fargo, Corporal George W. Hovey, 
 Frank Smith, Corporal James Cockrill, Edward Freeman, Edward S. 
 Burnham, Edward H. Perry, Royal E. Fletcher, John F. Adams, Leslie A. 
 Hill, Ralph E. Van Buskirk, Daniel T. Kyger, Carl M. Thygeson, Corporal 
 Henry Leinbacker, Ralph E. Shearer, Ralph W. Simonds, Clyde Z. Woods, 
 George B. Reichart, Patrick Shea, Spencer D. Swain. 
 
 PROGRAM. 
 
 "Trusting" (White), G. A. R. Quartette; invocation. Chaplain A. L. 
 Knudson: "Rest, Soldier, Rest" (White), G. A. R. Quartette; Scripture 
 reading. Rev. Geo. R. Wallace; " Long Wave Old Glory" (Waterman), 
 G. A. R. Quartette; roster of the dead of 1st Washington Regiment, read 
 by Sergeant Kendall Fellowes ; poem (Rev. Andreaus Bard), Mrs. Lester 
 S. Wilson; address, Chaplain Batsman, U. S. A.; "The Volunteer s Grave" 
 (Heath), G. A. R. Quartette; taps, Chief Trumpeter Win. Nickerson. 
 
 The following memorial verses were written by Rev. Andreaus Bard 
 for the occasion : 
 
 "In God s own world, where ev ry bird that sings 
 And ev ry star that in its orbit swings 
 Praise heaven s harmony 
 Where, as a monument of sacrifice, 
 We see the cross of Calvary arise 
 In noble majesty 
 
 Still to the rifle s ring, the saber s thrust, 
 To fickle gods of war, men blindly trust 
 The cause of right and wrong, 
 And, midst the terrors of the battle-field, 
 The dying martyr helplessly must yield 
 His conscience to the strong. 
 
8r>8 Pacific Count lied Cross Society. 
 
 The day will come when justice reigns supreme; 
 When freedom s star o er nil the world will beam 
 In ever-growing light; 
 
 When not the cannon s roar, but reason s voice, 
 Will guide the hearts of men to nobler choice 
 Than that of might makes right. 
 But we, impatient of that brighter day, 
 For universal love prepare the way: 
 The narrow barriers fall; 
 And in our emblem none shall ever trace 
 The prejudice of nation or of race. 
 Our flag waves over all. 
 Where er lies low a hero brave and true, 
 Or enemy or friend, or gray or blue, 
 We lend a helping hand; 
 And o er the dying soldier s lonely grave 
 The banner of the cross shall kindly wave 
 E en in the farthest land. 
 Till wars and bloodshed will forever cease, 
 And morning lights of universal peace 
 Bring joy to ev ry soul, 
 Neutrality shall be our guiding star. 
 Love of humanity in peace and war 
 Our lives ennobling goal. 
 Thus let the stainless banner be unfurled, 
 A glorious prophecy to all the world. 
 Until our work is done. 
 Error is doomed as long as truth is free. 
 Stand by the conq ring cross in loyalty, 
 While God is marching on. " 
 
 A reception was given at the home of Judge and Mrs. James Z. Moore, 
 which was well attended by the citizens. 
 
 The election of officers resulted in the following for the year 11)00: 
 President, Mrs. M. B. Blanker, Xorth Yakima ; recording secretary, Mrs. 
 J. A. Schiller, Spokane; assistant recording secretary, Mrs. J. Z. Givens, 
 Seattle; corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. L. Dent, T acorn a ; assistant cor 
 responding secretary, Mrs. Geo. A. Graham, Xorth Yakima; treasurer, 
 Mrs. Lonise B. Stratton, Spokane ; assistant treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Clise, 
 Seattle. 
 
 Committees appointed were : 
 
 Auditing Committee. Mrs. M. M. Miller, chairman, Seattle; Mrs. 
 II. M. Thomas, Tacoma ; S. K. Green, Spokane. 
 
 Ways and Menus. Mrs. Samuel L. Silkinson, chairman, Tacoma ; 
 Mrs. Hanscombe, Tacoma: Mrs. M. Xevins, Walla Walla: Mrs. William 
 Xettleton, Spokane. 
 
 Soliciting. Mrs. Phil. T. Becher, chairman, Spokane; Mrs. C. E. 
 Hill, Tacoma; Mrs. Carrie Coombs, Xorth Yakima. 
 
 Hospital. Mrs. W. W. Robinson, chairman, Seattle; Dr. Sarah 
 I^endall, Seattle; Mrs. A. P. Foster, Spokane; Mrs. John Clemens, Xorlh 
 
Washington Report. 369 
 
 Yakima; Mrs. Charles McCutchoon, Tacoma ; Dr. ( auslcy Bolabanoff, 
 Tacoma; Goo. W. McGeer; .Mrs. I). T. Kyger, Walla Walla; Dr. H. . 
 Henderson, New Whatcom ; Mrs. W. S. Lloyd, Waitsburg. 
 
 Supply. Mrs. Leonard Crassweller, chairman, Tacoma; Mrs. C. G. 
 Betts, Spokane; Mrs. J. W. Young, North Yakima. 
 
 Hospitality. Mrs. Lyman Banks, chairman, Seattle; Mrs. Jas. Ashton, 
 Tacoma; Miss Victoria Fellowes, Spokane; Mrs. F. C. Hall, North Yakima. 
 
 Shipping. Mrs. John L. Hopkins, chairman, Tacoma ; Mrs. J. R. 
 Stone, Spokane; Mrs. P. J. Flint, North Yakima. 
 
 Badges. Mrs. N. W. Durham, chairman, Spokane; Miss Anna Lar- 
 rabee, Tacoma ; Mrs. II. K. Sinclair, North Yakima. 
 
 Press. Mrs. Erastus Brainard, chairman, Seattle ; Miss Sadie May- 
 nard, Tacoma ; Mrs. A. J. Shaw, Spokane ; Mrs. Frank Bartlett, New Y r ork. 
 
 Printing and Stationery. Mrs. Fdward Whitson, chairman, North 
 Yakima ; Mrs. J. C. Mekens, Tacoma ; Mrs. J. W. Cloes, Tacoma ; Mrs. 
 Charles Stewart, Spokane. 
 
 House. Mrs. Geo. E. Souper, chairman, Seattle; Mrs. LeWall, 
 Tacoma; Mrs. J. M. Davis, Spokane; Mrs. R. K. Nicholls, North Y^akima. 
 
 Pension. Mrs. J. B. Allen, chairman, Seattle; Mrs. Addison Foster, 
 Tacoma; Mrs. George Turner, Spokane; Mrs. J. H. Snively, North 
 Yakima. 
 
 Advisory Board. N. W. Durham, Spokane; Dr. E. D. Olmstead, 
 Spokane ; Judge Jas. Z. Moore, Spokane ; J. A. Schiller, Spokane ; Johnson 
 Nickens, Tacoma. 
 
 The work for the \coming year was adopted in the following: That we 
 should continue our work for soldiers and sailors; that we should aid the 
 American Library at Manila; that we should continue the State Hospital 
 Fund, in order to enable the state society to aid disabled men, instead of 
 calling upon local auxiliaries for all such work; that we should give aid 
 to the National Red Cross Society. 
 
 The year s work was not as arduous as in former years, much being 
 done by the auxiliaries instead of the state. 
 
 Fifty dollars was sent from the state treasury to the Galveston sufferers, 
 and many magazines, novels, and papers were shipped to the Philippines 
 and Alaska. 
 
 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND ITS REPORT FOR 1901. 
 
 The next annual convention was held in North Yakima, May 28, 29, 
 and 30, 1901, President Mrs. M. R. Blanker presiding. 
 
 Address of welcome was given by Mrs. Bartlett, of North Yakima, and 
 response by Mrs. Bull, of Tacoma. 
 
 Luncheon was served two days at the home of Mrs. Bartlett by the ladies 
 of North Yakima. A reception was given at the same place. 
 
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370 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 On Memorial day the convention adjourned and attended the memorial 
 services of the G. A. R. 
 
 The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Louise B. 
 Stratton, Spokane; recording secretary, Mrs. J. A. Schiller, Spokane; 
 assistant recording secretary, Mrs. E. S. Isaac, Walla Walla; corresponding 
 secretary, Mrs. F. F. Emery, Spokane; assistant corresponding secretary, 
 Mrs. Francis Rotch, Seattle ; treasurer, Mrs. M. R. Blanker, North Yakima , 
 assistant treasurer, Mrs. Leonard Crassweller, Tacoma ; honorary president, 
 Mrs. John B. Allen, Seattle ; honorary president, Mrs. Mary R. Blanker, 
 North Yakima ; vice-presidents : Mrs. A. B. Bull, Tacoma ; Mrs. Lester S. 
 Wilson, Walla Walla; Mrs. F. F. Emery, Spokane; Mrs. J. H. Sanderson, 
 Seattle; Mrs. H. M. Bartlett, North Yakima. 
 
 Committees appointed were: 
 
 Auditing. Frank Bartholet, chairman, North Yakima; Mrs. S. K. 
 Green, Spokane; E. S. Isaacs, Walla Walla. 
 
 Hospital and Relief. Dr. Causley Balabanoff, chairman, Tacoma; 
 Mrs. E. H. Ruhlen, Seattle; Mrs. John Cleman, North Yakima; Mrs. A. 
 Goldman, Walla Walla ; Mrs. A. P. Foster, Spokane. 
 
 Supply. Mrs. E. A. M. Hanna, chairman, Seattle; Mrs. C. G. Berts, 
 Spokane; Miss Libbie Burrows, Walla Walla; Mrs. Walter Reed, North 
 Yakima; Mrs. G. F. Cummin, Tacoma. 
 
 Chairman Printing Committee. 
 
 Printing. Mr. F. F. Emery, chairman, Spokane; Mrs. J. W. 
 Tacoma; Mrs. J. W. Godwin, Seattle; Mrs. Edward Whitson, North 
 Yakima; Mrs. P. B. Johnson, Walla Walla. 
 
Washington Report. 371 
 
 Shipping and Transportation. Mrs. Leonard Crassweller, chairman, 
 Tacoma ; Mrs. J. K. Stone, Spokane; Mrs. G. A. Graham, North Yakima; 
 Eobert Burns, Walla Walla; Mrs. I. A. Xadeau, Seattle. 
 
 .U/ .S. ( /!{/? ,SV/ //V//-/ f 
 
 Executive Board Pension Committee. 
 
 Pension. Mrs. John B. Allen, chairman, Seattle; Hon. W. L. Jones, 
 North Yakima; Mrs. Charles Stewart, Spokane; Mrs. F. W. Cushman, 
 Tacoma ; Mrs. S. C. Wingard, Walla Walla. 
 
 Press. Mr. IS". W. Durham, chairman, Spokane; Mrs. B. L. Sharp- 
 stein, Walla Walla; Mrs. P. J. Flint, North Yakima; Mrs. E. Brainard, 
 Seattle; Mrs. F. L. Dent, Tacoma. 
 
 Hospitality. Mrs. F. C. Hall, chairman, North Yakima; Mrs. A. C. 
 Young, Tacoma ; Mrs. Levi Ankeny, Walla Walla ; Mrs. Lyman Banks, 
 Seattle; Miss V. Fellowes ; Spokane. 
 
 Ways and Means. Mrs. G. II. Heillbron, chairman, Seattle; Mrs. L. 
 F. A. Shaw, Walla Walla; Mrs. William Nettleton, Spokane; Mrs. G. D. 
 llanscom, Tacoma ; Mrs. F. C. Sharkey, North Yakima. 
 
 Soliciting. Mrs. Charles F. Hill, chairman, Tacoma ; Mrs. John 
 Dooly, Walla Walla ; Mrs. B. Coombs, North Yakima ; Mrs. Henry Fuhr- 
 111 an, Seattle; Mrs. P. T. Becher, Spokane. 
 
 House. Mrs. W. H. Finck, chairman, Seattle; Mrs. C. W. Griggs, 
 Tacoma; Mrs. M. M. Cowlev. Spokane; Mrs. J. W. Young, North Yakima; 
 Mrs. W. P. McKean, Walla Walla. 
 
 Badges. Mrs. J. R. Addison, chairman, Tacoma ; Mrs. Harry Moran, 
 
372 
 
 Pacific Coast lied Cross Society. 
 
 Mr. M. M. Cowlcy, 
 
 Executive Board, House Committee, State Red 
 
 Cross Society and member of Spokane, 
 
 Washington . 
 
 Dr. E. 1). Otmstend, 
 
 Advisory Board, Washington State Red Cross 
 Society. 
 
Washington Eepori. 
 
 373 
 
 North Yakima; Mrs. N. W. Durham, Spokane; Mrs. C. D. Stearns, Seattle; 
 Mrs. Eugene Boyer, Walla Walla. 
 
 Advisory Board. Judge C. H. Hanford, Seattle; Thomas Burke, 
 Seattle; Rev. Andreas Bard, Walla Walla; Robert Burns, Walla Walla; 
 A. Goldman, Walla Walla; Edward S. Isaacs, Walla Walla; Judge J. Z. 
 Moore, Spokane; Dr. E. D. Olmstead, Spokane; J. A. Schiller, Spokane; 
 W. W. Powell, Tacoma; Hiram F. Garretson, T acorn a ; Joseph S. White- 
 house, Tacoma; J. C. Donnelly, Tacoma; Rev. H. M. Bartlett, North 
 Yakima. 
 
 The society felt much encouraged by the excellent reports given from 
 all auxiliaries, and adjourned, to meet in Walla Walla, 1902. 
 
 J//-X. ./. A. Schiller, 
 
 Recording Secretary State Red Cross, Washington, 1901 to 1902, and Vice-President] and 
 Recording Secretary of Spokane Red Cross, 1898. 
 
 SEATTLE. 
 
 In answer to a call issued by Mrs. J. C. Haines, through the daily press, 
 to all loyal women of Seattle, there were gathered in Elks Hall, June 20, 
 1898, nearly one hundred women, anxious to organize on definite lines. The 
 universal sentiment prevailed that organization under the Red Cross banner 
 would result in the most effective work; accordingly officers were at once 
 chosen, as follows: Mrs. J. C. Haines, president; Mrs. II. E. Holmes, vice- 
 president; Mrs. Mary M. Miller, second vice-president; Mrs. C. D. Simson, 
 treasurer; Mrs. W. F. Giddings, recording secretary; and Mrs. H. C. Colver, 
 corresponding secretary. 
 
374 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 An executive committee \vns elected, composed of twelve members, 
 with the officers ex-officio members. 
 
 Members of the executive committee of 1898 : Mesdames C. M. Sander 
 son, E. W. Sackman, E. A. Stout, O. V. Rowe, Sutcliffe Baxter, Erastus 
 Brainerd, W. W. Robinson, Jr., L. S. Mayer, J. D. Lowman, M. A. Gott- 
 stein, A. W. Engle, O. A. Waterhouse. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES. 
 
 Auditing. Mrs. M. F. Backus, chairman; Mesdames E. C. Hughes, 
 A. M. Brookes, Sillitoe. 
 
 Ways and Means. Mrs. E. A. S trout, chairman; Mesdames A. B. 
 Stewart, W. F. Giddings, L. S. Mayer, M. J. Carkeek, C. J. Smith, Robert 
 Wilson, H. C. Henry, Montgomery Russell, Charles Power, F. H. Osgood, 
 W. L. Geary, Homer Norton. 
 
 Relief. Mrs. Gilbert Meem, chairman; Mesdames C. Shepard, E. L. 
 Xeufelder, John Y. Terry, M. A. Gottstein, Winfield Smith, L. C. Darling, 
 Charles Clary, T. B. Karelin, Harold Preston, George M. Paschall, Theo. 
 Wagner, E. M. Price, E. W. Andrews, Charles Rollins, and Mrs. T. F. 
 Tonnsley. 
 
 Sewing. Mrs. A. Fortlouis, chairman; Mesdames P. B. M. Miller, 
 J. W. Godwin, Horace Phillips, F. A. Wing, H. W. Augustine, J. R. Hay- 
 den, E. L. Terry, L. Schoenfeld, H. A. Noble, Mrs. Vinnedge, C. H. Hib- 
 bard, J. B. MacDougall, J. P. D. Lloyd, Jas. Kohlman, W. H. Finck, 
 M. P. Benton, Maurice McMicken, Sutcliffe Baxter, Harwood Morgan, and 
 C. R, Collins. 
 
 Soliciting. Mrs. E. M. Sackman, chairman ; Mesdames Lyman Banks, 
 R. M. Hopkins, E. R, Hamilton, W. II. Fairbanks, S. P. Randolph, G. M. 
 Stewart, Mary M. Miller, M. D. Ballard, C. P. Stone, Bailey Gatzert, S. 
 Franenthal, H. D. Kline. 
 
 House. Mrs. J. W. Gregory, chairman; Mesdames Clarence Coulter, 
 F. J. Burns, Jas. D. Hoge, Jr., E. B. Piper, Miss Louise Friend, Mesdames 
 C. Baker-Stevens, E. F. Blaine, Frank W. Parker, Francis Rotch, F. S. 
 Stimson, H. H. Gowen, II. A. Kyer, Miss F. Degginger, Mesdames F. K. 
 Struve, O. V. Rowe, and Miss Fannie Mundy. 
 
 Press. Mrs. J. C. Haines, chairman, and Mesdames W. F. Giddings, 
 H. C. Colver, A. B. Stewart, Erastus Brainerd. 
 
 Printing. Mrs. John B. Allen, chairman ; Mrs. R. W. Emmons, and 
 Mrs. S. L. Crawford. 
 
 The officers elected for 1901-2 : Mrs. J. H. Sanderson, president ; Mrs. 
 Erastus Brainerd, first vice-president; Mrs. M. J. Carkuk, second vice- 
 president; Mrs. Francis Rotch, recording secretary; Miss Fanny Deg 
 ginger, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Charles D. Stimson, treasurer; Mrs. 
 J. W. Gregory, assistant treasurer. 
 
 It afforded the Seattle society great satisfaction to be able to send to the 
 American National Red Cross a check for $500. The sum of $350 was sent 
 
Tacoma Report. 375 
 
 to the captains of Companies B and D, Washington Volunteers, at San 
 Francisco, to be used in cases of illness and other emergencies, and to the 
 Independent Battalion, Washington Volunteers, at Vancouver Barracks, was 
 sent $100, to be used for like emergencies. Tn many instances the relief 
 committee has drawn upon the Emergency Fund for the relief of soldiers 
 families. 
 
 Upon a half day s notice, fifty-one lunches were put up by the mem 
 bers for a company of volunteers on their way to San Francisco; and to a 
 call from Major L. R. Dawson for funds to purchase food and milk for 
 hospital patients at the Presidio, San Francisco, the society promptly re 
 sponded with $100. To the sufferers from the disastrous fire at New West 
 minster were sent over $400, collected by the Seattle Red Cross women, and 
 as a society $50 were added. Car-loads of food, cots, and needful clothing 
 were sent, and judiciously distributed by a committee chosen by the society. 
 
 The chairman of the sewing committee has expended $401.43 for 
 material for Red Cross work, and much besides has been donated by gener 
 ous-spirited Seattle merchants. 
 
 From the material have been made 232 denim pillow-cases, 843 flannel 
 bandages, 408 eiderdown caps, and 248 housewives, well filled with neces 
 saries and comforts; besides there have been made hospital shirts, hand 
 kerchiefs purchased, and a. variety of different bandages contributed. 
 
 To Dr. L. R. Dawson., surgeon of the 1st Washington Volunteers, were 
 sent a dozen boxes of hospital supplies and delicacies, to be shipped on the 
 transport Ohio with that portion of our troops. The society has also taken 
 charge of a Christmas box to be sent to the Washington Volunteers at Manila. 
 
 The approximate receipts of the society amount to> $2,512.30, and the 
 disbursements are $2,193.25, with a balance in the treasury of $319.05. 
 
 TACOMA. 
 
 TACOMA, Washington, Nov. 11, 1901. 
 
 The Tacoma Red Cross was the first auxiliary to organize in the state 
 of Washington, in May, 1898, with (400) four hundred active members, 
 followed by Seattle, in June, and the formation of the state association in 
 August. By advice of the national committee, all work at first was done 
 through the California Red Cross. It had at the beginning a membership 
 of over four hundred, which steadily increased, and as an auxiliary has 
 been eminently successful in carrying out the objects for which it was 
 organized, namely, to collect and accumulate money and materials, and to 
 devote the same to provide nurses and assistants; if necessary, to furnish 
 drags, medicines, hospital appliances of every kind whatsoever for service 
 in time of war or any other national calamity. 
 
 Before the establishment of the State Red Cross, August, 1898, hun 
 dreds of letters were received and answered in relation to ways and methods 
 
3<"6 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 of formation of auxiliaries. Branches were established outside of city 
 limits, and the members were untiring in their efforts to carry on the work, 
 tendering very valuable assistance to the auxiliary proper. Hundreds of 
 dollars were raised and disbursed for purchase of materials made up into 
 necessary garments. 
 
 Especial attention was paid to the comfort and well-being of over four 
 hundred men camped and awaiting orders on the exposition grounds during 
 the summer; clothing, books, beds, bedding, and other supplies were con 
 tributed. Various companies passing through on their way to the front were 
 met and entertained, supplies were sent to troops directly, and all trans 
 portation to sea and land was given without cost; packed boxes were sent 
 nt Christmas-time, and received, acknowledged, and appreciated. Hun 
 dreds of men were looked after and fed as the troops returned to absent 
 homes. The first to arrive were the Minnesota; for them a bountiful feast 
 was provided. Three days later preparation was made for the South Dakota 
 but at the last moment word was received that they could not stop, owing 
 to delays en route. Then came the Washington, and they had indeed a 
 glorious reception, and one never to be forgotten. On the Fourth of 
 July of that year 1,000 :men of the state militia were mobilized in Tacoma 
 for inspection and drill, and for four days were under the care of the Red 
 Cross. The enthusiasm of the Tacoma Red Cross Avas never abated. They 
 are, with the exception of Spokane, the strongest auxiliary in the state 
 to-day, having at the last annual meeting the largest membership. 
 
 Men who have fought on land or sea have been helped in sickness and 
 in death, and are still. They have never applied in vain. In all other 
 calamities the Red Cross has assisted, and during the time following the 
 terrible railway disaster of 1900 many members of the Red Cross spent 
 days and nights in hospitals and homes as volunteer nurses. And so it 
 iroes on ; it is impossible to publish all the good work accomplished by this 
 great body. Hardly a week passes without call for assistance. But, under 
 all circumstances, the watchword is, "To be ready/ in war, fire, or famine. 
 
 The first president of the Tacoma. Red Cross was Mr. Louis D. Camp- 
 l>ell, later mayor of Tacoma. His successor was Mrs. Chauncey Griggs, 
 with Mrs. A. B. Bull, first vice-president; Mrs. G. L. Holmes, second vice- 
 president ; Mrs. Lincoln Gault, third vice-president ; Mr. Chester Thorne, 
 treasurer ; Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, assistant treasurer, later Mrs. H. M. Thomas ; 
 Mrs. Frank Sharpe, recording secretary; Mrs. H. M. Holmes, correspond 
 ing secretary. 
 
 Executive Committee. Mrs. G. L. Holmes, chairman; Mrs. A. B. 
 Bull, Mrs. J. C. Corwin, Mrs. E. L. Dent, Mrs. W. H. Eaton, Mrs. Addison 
 G. Foster, Mrs. Lincoln F. Gault, Mrs. Chauncey W. Griggs, Mrs. Henry 
 Hewitt, Mrs. John L. Hopkins, Mrs. G. W. McGeer, Mrs. Frank C. Sharp, 
 Mrs. H. M. Thomas, Mr. Chester Thorne, Mrs. W. C. Wheeler. 
 
 House Committee. Mrs. J. C. Hackett, chairman; Mr?. R. R. Reid- 
 ford, Mrs. George H. Chamberlain. 
 
Tacoma Report. 377 
 
 Press Committee. Mrs. Grace G. Isaacs, chairman; Miss Martha 
 Besserer, Miss Rose Dovell, Mrs. Lester S. Wilson. 
 
 Printing Committee. Mrs. E. S. Isaacs, chairman; Mrs. Eugene 
 Boyer, Mrs. John Sharpstein, Mrs. George Whitehouse. 
 
 The headquarters of the Tacoma Red Cross were in the Chamber of 
 Commerce Building, which for several months was tendered the society, rent 
 free. 
 
 The officers and executive committee for the year 1901-2 are: 
 
 President, Mrs. A. B. Bull; first vice-president, Mrs. C. W. Griggs; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. Carsley Ballabanoff; third vice-president, Mrs. 
 Ellis Lewis Dent; recording secretary, Mrs. James McKeehan; correspond 
 ing secretary, Mrs. J. W. Cloes ; treasurer, Mrs. Leonard Crassmeller ; assist 
 ant treasurer, Mrs. G. I). Hanscom. 
 
 Executive Committee. Mrs. G. H. McGeer, Mrs. Frank LaWall, Mrs. 
 J. R. Addison, Mrs. G. F. Cummin, Mrs. Phebe Howe, Mrs. Charles 
 McCutcheon, Mrs. C. E. Hill. 
 
 The Tacoma Red Cross has 400 members. 
 
 The following treasurer s report covers the ground of the extent of the 
 work done : 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $137.72; children s auxiliaries, $7.60; donations, 
 $94.77; sales, $49.99; lawn fetes by children s auxiliaries, $11.55: church 
 services, $54.64; soldiers lunches, $2.50; concert, Berkeley Quartette, 
 $37.50; Florentine Troubadours concert, $280.50; sold badges to Spokane 
 and Seattle, $7.75; lemons sold, $0.30; total, $684.82. 
 
 Disb u r sement s . 
 
 Supplies for soldiers, $156.57; shoes for soldiers, $19.50; board and 
 lodging for volunteers, $49.55; supplies (soldiers lunches), $12.20; deli 
 cacies for soldiers, $0.50; a soldier s family, $20; badges, $11.90; the 
 "Outlook for Red Cross launch, $5.00; draft for same, $0.10; incorpora 
 tion papers, $7.85 ; stationery, including scissors for comfort bags, $34.80 ; 
 stamps and postals, $5.63; telegrams, $5.18; long-distance telephone, $1.80; 
 Xorthern Pacific Express, $2.30; admission State Red Cross, $36.70; State 
 Red Cross for identification badges, $6.62; expenses concerts, $202.40; 
 sundry small bills, $13.48; total, $592.08; balance on hand Oct. 14, 1898, 
 $92.74. 
 
378 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THK 
 
 KED CROSS SOCIETY OF TACOMA. 
 
 ^ j- f Incorporated.] 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 NAME AND LOCATION. 
 
 This Association shall be known as the Red Cross Society of Tacoma, 
 Washington, where its principal office and headquarters shall be situated, 
 and the Society shall be the auxiliary to the Washington Red Cross State 
 Association, and through it the American National Red Cross, and shall 
 be subject to any rules prescribed by said Washington Red Cross State 
 Association regarding auxiliary societies. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OBJECT AND DUTIES. 
 
 It shall be the object and duty of this Society, either by itself or in 
 conjunction with other associations of a similar character, or as an auxiliary 
 to the Washington Red Cross State Association, or the American National 
 Red Cross, or otherwise, or under the general direction of the United States 
 Government, or otherwise, as may be determined by the Executive Com 
 mittee hereinafter provided for, to collect and accumulate money and ma 
 terials, and devote the same to provide nurses and assistants, if necessary, 
 and drugs, medicines, and hospital appliances and appurtenances of any 
 kind whatsoever for service in time of war, and in case of other calamities, 
 such as famine, pestilence, floods, fires, and other disasters so great as to 
 be considered national and worthy of more than local assistance, and to 
 render at such times any and all other services which the circumstances 
 may require or render necessary. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Any adult male is eligible to membership in this society, and may be 
 admitted thereto upon payment of fifty cents, and any female adult is 
 eligible to membership herein upon payment of twenty-five cents, and any 
 child is eligible to membership herein upon payment of ten cents. The 
 Executive Committee shall determine the yearly dues or fees, if any, and 
 when payable, and the membership in the Society shall be forfeited on such 
 conditions as said Committee shall determine. 
 
Tacoma Report. 379 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT. 
 
 The Officers of this Society shall consist of a President, throe V ice- 
 Presidents, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, As 
 sistant Treasurer, and an Executive Committee, the latter to consist of the 
 eight Officers above named and seven other members. 
 
 The Executive Committee shall be elected by a majority of those pres 
 ent at the annual meeting, and shall have power to fill any vacancies in its 
 own number. The other officers hereinbefore named shall be chosen by 
 said Committee from its members, and all such officers other than said 
 Committee shall be elected directly after the annual meeting, or whenever 
 any vacancies may occur. Until the annual meeting is held for the year 
 1898, the present officers or their successors, who may be selected by the 
 Executive Committee, shall hold offices. 
 
 The Executive Committee shall meet at the headquarters of the Red 
 Cross, at the call of the President, or at the call of any three members of 
 said Committee, and shall have entire control and direction of the affairs 
 of the Society, and transact its business through such subordinate com 
 mittees and officers as it may select. 
 
 The chairman of the Executive Committee shall preside over the meet 
 ings of the Executive Committee, and all of the officers hereinbefore men 
 tioned shall perform such duties and exercise such functions as ordinarily 
 pertain to their respective offices. The Treasurer, however, shall disburse 
 no funds of the Society without a written order from the President. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 MEETINGS ANI- ELECTIONS. 
 
 The annual meetings of the Society for the election of officers and the 
 transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, shall be 
 held on the first Tuesday in October, at such place and particular hour, and 
 subject to such notice, if any, as the Executive Committee shall designate ; 
 and at such meeting, and before the election of officers, annual reports from 
 the President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be presented and considered. 
 In other respects the order of business of the Society shall be in accordance 
 with "Roberts Rules of Order," when not otherwise specified by the Execu 
 tive Committee. 
 
 Special meetings may be called by the President or other executive 
 officers temporarily acting as such, upon request or direction of the Execu 
 tive Committee, at any time and place and subject to any notice that such 
 Committee shall direct. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 QUORUM. 
 
 Nine members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
 iiess at any regular or special meeting of the Society; five members shall 
 
380 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the 
 Executive Committee. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 These By-Laws may he amended at any meeting of the Society by vhe 
 two-thirds vote of all members present thereat, upon one week s notice, in 
 writing, specifying such proposed amendments in detail or in substance, 
 previously given at any meeting of the Society. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 PROCEDURE. 
 
 Unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee, Roberts Rules 
 of Order" shall govern in all cases not hereinbefore provided for. 
 
 WALLA WALLA. 
 
 In June a temporary organization was effected, known as the Red 
 Cross Aid, with Mrs. J. H. Stockwell as chairman. This society did good 
 work, but the members later preferred the regular organization, which 
 could regularly affiliate with the Red Cross Society. As an aid society, it 
 cared for and entertained 229 soldiers passing through to the front, and 
 forwarded to Company I several boxes of bandages, towels, handkerchiefs, etc. 
 Company I was the 1st Washington Volunteers, 100 men from Walla 
 Walla. 
 
 Sept. 21, 1898, the Red Cross Aid became a permanent organization, 
 under the name of the Walla Walla Red Cross, and an auxiliary to the 
 Red Cross State Association, and the following officers were elected: 
 
 Officers for 1898: Mrs. Lester S. Wilson, president; Mrs. Thos. II. 
 Brents and Mrs. D. T. Tvvger, vice-presidents ; Miss Grace G. Isaacs, record 
 ing secretary, and for 1901-1902, Mrs. Irene Goodman; Mrs. Eugene Boyer, 
 corresponding secretary ; Mrs. George Whitehouse, treasurer. 
 
 Executive Committee. Mrs. S. C. Wingard, Mrs. Louis Anderson, 
 Miss Bessie Burford, Miss Ella Burrows, Miss Martha Besserer, Mrs. 
 Frank Lowden, Mrs. Joseph Merchant, Mrs. Joseph McCabe, Mrs. Joseph 
 McKean, Mrs. J. H. Stockwell, Mrs. B. L. Sharpstein, Mrs. W. P. Winans. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES. 
 
 Auditing. Mrs. Lcvi Ankeny, chairman; Mrs. B. D. Crocker, Mrs. S. 
 C. Wingard. 
 
 Ways and Means. Mrs. George H. Chamberlain, chairman; Mrs. 
 Joseph Merchant, Mrs. Louis Anderson, Miss Bessie Burford, Miss Ella 
 Burrows, Miss Martha Besserer, Miss Rose Dovell, Mrs. E. L. Isaacs, Mrs. 
 Wm. A. Ritz, Mrs. W. P. Winans. 
 
381 
 
 Relief. Mrs. A. Goldman, chairman; Mrs. J. II. Stockwell, Mrs. Levi 
 Ankeny, JMiss Alice Ashley, Miss Bessie Burford, Miss Libbie Burrows, Miss 
 Annie Brechtel, Miss Martha Besserer, Mrs. Mary Buffum, Mrs. J. W. Cook- 
 erly, Miss Leah Coleman, Mrs. Chas. Dean, Mrs. John Dalton, Mrs. E. S. 
 Isaacs, Mrs. Frank Lowden, Mrs. W. P. McKean, Mrs. D. T. Kyger, Miss 
 Jennie Markham, Miss Marguerite Painter, Miss Ida K. Parks, Mrs. W. II. 
 Stirie, Miss Marguerite Wooden. 
 
 Sewing. Miss Libbie Burrows, chairman ; Mrs. Frank Wamsley, Mrs. 
 Herbert Angel, Mrs. Mary Buffum, Mrs. Robert Burns, Mrs. J. W. Cookerly, 
 Miss Leah Coleman, Mrs. Chas. Dean, Mrs. John Dooley, Mrs. L. J. Good 
 win, Mrs. B. W. Griffin, Mrs. J. C. Hockett, Miss Grace Isaacs, Mrs. Phebe 
 Kilbourne, Mrs. D. T. Kyger, Mrs. Matt. Lowden, Miss Hettie Lowden. Mrs. 
 Joseph Merchant, Mrs. Joseph McCabe, Mrs. W. P. McKean, Mrs. More- 
 head, Mrs. II. H. Perry, Miss Ida K. Parks, Miss Jean Painter, Mrs. R. R. 
 Reidford, Mrs. W. H. Stine. 
 
 Soliciting. Mrs. John Dooley, chairman ; Miss Bessie Burford, Miss 
 Ellice Ashley, Miss Martha Besserer, Miss Ella Burrows, Mrs. Bergevin, 
 Miss Rose Dovell, Mrs. A. Goldman, Mrs. E. S. Isaacs, Mrs. Ladouceur, 
 Mrs. John F. McLean, Mrs. W. H. Stine, Miss Marguerite Wooden. 
 
 Upon notice that Company I was to start for Manila, the Red Cross 
 of Walla Walla forwarded money and delicacies to the value of $100. 
 
 Since permanent organization the membership has more than doubled, 
 and now numbers about one hundred and fifty. 
 
 The Walla Walla Red Cross Society was regularly organized August 
 (>, 1808. Two months before, the loyal women had formed what was called 
 a Red Cross Aid, under the leadership of Mrs. J. H. Stockwell. This 
 society did good work, but the members preferred the regular organization, 
 which could affiliate with other Red Cross societies. The officers elected 
 in September, 1898, were: Mrs. Lester S. Wilson, president; Mrs. T. II. 
 Brents, first vice-president; Mrs. D. F. Kyger, second vice-president; Miss 
 Grace Isaacs, recording secretary; Mrs. E. H. Boyer, corresponding secre 
 tary; Mrs. G. W. Whitehouse, treasurer. 
 
 The especial care of the society was Company I, 1st Washington 
 Volunteers. About 100 men from Walla Walla were in this company. 
 
 April 29, 1898, Company I, 1st Washington Volunteers, left for Camp 
 Rogers. Before leaving, they were presented with a flag by the citizens, as 
 was the 4th Cavalry U. S. A., and $100 by the mayor. Mrs. and Miss 
 Hart, mother and sister of Lieutenant Hart, made and presented a com 
 fort bag to each soldier. 
 
 The hospital and supply committees were busy preparing hospital 
 supplies and doing everything in their power to promote the well-being of 
 Company I. 
 
 Before September 1, 1898, $450 had been expended. Luncheon was 
 provided for 500 troops as they passed through the city on their way to 
 San Francisco. 
 
382 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 In the years 1898, 1S99, $760 was raised, and a 600-pound Christmas 
 box was sent to Manila to Company I. 
 
 The members of the Walla Walla Red Cross spared no pains to increase 
 the comfort of their boys in the Philippines. 
 
 When Company T returned, the Red Cross received them gladly and 
 entertained them royally. 
 
 During the following year the society, besides sending money to Gal- 
 veston sufferers, boxes of books and supplies to Manila, and papers and 
 delicacies to invalid soldiers at Fort Walla Walla, raised $1,000, by enter 
 tainments and donations, for a fund for a monument to the memory of the 
 members of Company I, 1st Washington Volunteers, who lost their lives in 
 the Philippines. The monument fund is still the chief work, arid the hope 
 is to be able to unveil the monument next May during the State Red Cross 
 annual meeting, which is to be held in Walla Walla. 
 
 The officers for the year 1901-1 are: Mrs. Lester S. Wilson, president; 
 Mrs. T. II. Brents, first vice-president ; Mrs. D. F. Kyger, second vice- 
 president ; Miss Grace G. Isaacs, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. Irene Good 
 man, recording secretary; Mrs. G. W. Whitehouse, treasurer. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 May 6, 1898, by subscription by citizens for flags for Company I and 
 4th Cavalry, F. S. A., arid entertainment, $700 ; May 9, by cash from 
 Mayor Betz, $100; July, by cash from Colonel Parker, $106; hospital fund, 
 $50; subscription and entertainment, $350; August, cash for stamps for 
 soldiers, $12; Ladies Relief Corps for soldiers families, $90; total, $1,408. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 May, 1898, to flags for Company I and 4th Cavalry, U. S. A., and 
 entertainment Company I before departure, $600 ; to Company I at rime 
 of departure, $100 ; to Company I by Mayor Betz, $100 ; July, to Company 
 I by Colonel Parker, $106 ; August, to Company I for stamps, $12 ; relief 
 to soldiers 7 families, $90: September, Hospital Fund of 1st Washington 
 Volunteer Infantry, $50; total, $1,058; balance, $350. 
 
 SPOKANE. 
 
 A call was issued through the Spokane newspapers for all interested 
 in Red Cross work to meet at the Westminster Congregational Church on 
 July 11, 1898. This meeting w r as well attended, and a membership of 
 173 was enrolled, as a result, on July 13, when the Red Cross Society v/as 
 regularly organized. 
 
 The officers who served for the first three months were : Mrs. V. Iv. 
 Hay ward, president ; Mrs. George Turner, first vice-president ; Mrs. J. H. 
 Spear, second vice-president ; Mrs. Chas. O Xeil, corresponding secretary ; 
 Mrs. J. A. Schiller, recording secretary; and Mrs. J. A. Drain, treasurer. 
 
 The work of the society was largely along the lines of raising funds for 
 supplies and to aid the families of the two companies of volunteers, Com- 
 
J/rs. V. K. Hayward t 
 
 President of Spokane Red Cross Society, 
 
384 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 paiiy O and Company L, both of which went to Manila. Supplies of 
 underclothing, socks, towels, soap, combs, sleeping-caps, fever bands, and 
 other necessary articles, have been sent from time to time. 
 
 The total receipts for the first three months were $381.10. Two 
 hundred sixteen dollars and sixty-three cents was used in purchasing flan 
 nelette and cotton cloth, which were made into garments for the Washington 
 boys who were in the Philippines. 
 
 On October 11, 1808, the annual election was held, and the following 
 officers were elected, according to the printed state report: President, Mrs. 
 V. K. Hayward; first vice-president, Mrs. George Turner; second vice- 
 president, Mrs. J. H. Spear; third vice-president, Mrs. Francis F. Emery; 
 recording secretary, Mrs. L. Birdseye ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Arthur 
 Shaw; and treasurer, Mrs. N. W. Durham. 
 
 Executive Committee. Mesdames W. S. Bickham, W. S. <^iark, M. 
 M. Cowley, A. W. Borland, J. A. Drain, F. F. Emery, E. Elmendorf, M. 
 E. Kelly, W. A. Lewis, W. Nettleton, E. D. Sanders, J. A. Schiller, J. A. 
 Shaw, J. H. Spear, W. Toklas, J. O. Van Ness, arid Miss Geraldine 
 Thompson. 
 
 From October 11, 1898, to November 20, 1898, $46,759.47 was raised. 
 The work of that year was ministering to Companies A and L, from 
 Spokane, in the Philippines, caring for and assisting all families of sol 
 diers that needed our aid. Five hundred pounds of jellies and preserves 
 were shipped on the transports that Companies A and L sailed on. Christ 
 mas packages w r ere sent to every man in these companies. Two large boxes 
 of nightshirts, pajamas, abdominal bandages, underclothes, soap, and tooth 
 brushes were sent to the Philippines, and at the same time $500 in American 
 money was sent to be used for ice and fruit for the sick in Companies A 
 and L. 
 
 When the South Dakota men passed through Spokane, 400 men were 
 served with breakfast at the depot. Breakfast w r as served at the exposi 
 tion tent to 1,032 Minnesota men. 
 
 The following day supper was served at the depot to 750 men from 
 North Dakota. 
 
 The society paid for the transportation of every man in Companies A 
 and L from San Francisco to Spokane. A breakfast fitting the occasion 
 was served at the Elks Hall to these men the morning they arrived, and 
 the citizens helped to make the home-coming of these boys one long to be 
 remembered. It was the sad duty of this society to care for three men 
 through their sickness and to follow them to the grave. Many others were 
 placed in the hospitals and cared for until able to find employment. 
 
 November 20, 1899, at the annual meeting, the officers elected were: 
 President, Mrs. F. F. Emery; first vice-president, Mrs. J. A. Schiller; 
 second vice-president, Mrs. A. J. Shaw; recording secretary, Miss Kachel 
 Thomas ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. W. Wheatley ; treasurer, Mrs. 
 N. W. Durham. 
 
Mrs. Francis F. Emery, 
 
 President of Spokane Red Cross in 1899 and 1900 and Corresponding Secretary of State 
 Red Cross, Washington, 1901. 
 
386 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Executive Committee. Mrs. E. A. Jobes, Miss V. Fellows, Mrs. J. R. 
 Stone, Mrs. Wm. Nettleton, Mrs. S. L. Green, Mrs. Louise B. Stratton, Mrs. 
 L. J. Birdseye, Mrs. J. W. Chapman, Miss Sue Bell, Mrs. A. P. Foster, 
 Mrs. Chas. Stewart, Mrs. M. M. Cowley. 
 
 From November 20, 1S99, to November 20, 1900, $1,158.42 was raised. 
 The work was chiefly caring for sick soldiers, helping the families, burying 
 the dead, providing transportation for men to their homes. In this latter 
 work we have sent men to New York, Chicago, Minnesota, Idaho, Montana, 
 and different parts of Washington. 
 
 Thomas. 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 When the call came for aid for the Galveston sufferers, we sent imme 
 diately $100 from our funds, and raised by subscription $573.73, making 
 a total of $673.73 sent to Clara Barton from Spokane Red Cross. 
 
 November, 1900, at the annual election, the following officers were 
 elected: President, Mrs. F. F. Emery; first vice-president, Mrs. L. B. 
 Stratton ; second vice-president, Mrs. J. R. Stone ; recording secretary, Miss 
 Rachel Thomas ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. W. Wheatley ; treasurer, 
 Mrs. N. W. Durham. 
 
 Executive Committee. Miss. V. Fellows, Mrs. Wm. Nettleton, Mrs. 
 S. K. Green, Mrs. J. A. Schiller, Mrs. J. M. Davis, Mrs. A. P. Foster, 
 Mrs. M. M. Cowley, Mrs. Chas. Stewart, Mrs. P. T. Becher, Mrs. C. C. 
 Bateman, Mrs. A. Blake. 
 
 From November, 1900, to October, 1901, $282.63 was expended for 
 transportation, lodging, meals, flowers for the graves, and general relief work. 
 
Spolcdne Report. 387 
 
 Every Memorial day a committee decorates the graves of all soldiers 
 who served in the Spanish-American War, and who are buried in Spokane. 
 We feel that this auxiliary has been successful; that we have helped many 
 a man who was unfortunate after serving his country, but we do feel that 
 the laws are lax and too much red tape is necessary to give these men their 
 just dues. One man who served in the Philippines with a Spokane com 
 pany, and was shot in the right shoulder, losing the use of his right arm, 
 was asked, upon his arrival, what his opinion was in regard to holding the 
 Philippines. His answer was worthy to be remembered in history : "I have 
 lost one arm, and, if needs be, I will lose the other, for the United States 
 to hold these islands." 
 
 Mr*. X. W. Durham, 
 Treasurer Spokane Red Cross Society. 
 
 The generous impulses of the people of Spokane were noticed when the 
 call for funds was made at various times. This was particularly appreci 
 ated, as it relieved us from the necessity of raising money by entertainments 
 and similar methods. 
 
 The physicians of Spokane, with one exception, have placed their serv 
 ices at our disposal at all times, free of charge. 
 
 Mrs. Joseph Wilson, one of ouv most earnest workers, and at one time 
 vice-president, has been removed from us by death 
 
 We hope that our work may increase in usefulness with each year of 
 its growth. Miss RACHEL THOMAS, 
 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
388 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 LA CONNER, 
 
 Officers : Miss M. Andrews, president ; Mrs. C. T. Calkins, secretary , 
 and Mrs. J. E. Childberg, treasurer. 
 
 To Miss Birdie Beals belongs I lie credit of organizing the La Conner 
 auxiliary, and also the Bellingham Bay auxiliary at !N"e\v Whatcom. The 
 La Conner auxiliary was most active to respond to the call of the State Red 
 Cross. They sent two large boxes of fruits and jellies to the hospital of 
 the 1st Regiment Washington Volunteers, made caps and bandages, and 
 contributed $2.50 towards the identification badges for the 1st Regiment 
 Washington Volunteers. 
 
 BELLINGHAM BAY* 
 
 The Bellingham Bay Red Cross was organized by Miss Birdie Beals, 
 president of the La Conner auxiliary. They have adopted a constitution 
 and by-laws, selected officers, and are ready to do active work. 
 
 The officers are: Mrs. John C. Evans, president; Mrs. E. S. McCord, 
 vice-president ; Mrs. II. E. Iladley, second vice-president ; Mrs. S. J. Craft, 
 recording secretary; Mrs. T. J. Kershaw, corresponding secretary; Mrs. 
 E. W. Purdy, treasurer. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES. 
 
 Audi tiny. 3. B. Dawson, .Airs. A. R. Campbell, Mrs. W. E. Calvert. 
 
 Ways and Means. Mrs. W. H. Axtell, Mrs. E. LI. Bacon, Mrs. C. A. 
 Darling, Mrs. II. E. Iladley, Mrs. T. R. Kershaw, Mrs. E. S. McCord, Miss 
 Roberts. 
 
 Hoiise, Press, and Printing. Mrs. Kate Fuller, Miss Benson, Dr. H. 
 E. Henderson, Mrs. D. D. Egan. 
 
 Sewing. Mrs. A. Mansfield, Mrs. E. W. Purdy, Mrs. John C. Evans, 
 Mrs. H. Hofercamp, Mrs. John Templin, Mrs. Geo. E. Gage, Mrs. Jukes. 
 
 Relief. Mrs. E. Fischer, Miss Tatlock, Dr. D. E. Biggs, Mrs. H. L. 
 Dickinson, Mrs. II. Abbott, Mrs. B. W. Benson, L. D. P. Collins, Mrs. S. J. 
 Craft, Mrs. P. Baum, Mrs. Chas. Magee, Dr. Axtell. 
 
 Soliciting. Mrs. S. B. Irish, Mrs. A. R. Campbell, Mrs. C. W. Dorr, 
 Mrs. Glomann. 
 
 REPORT FROM THE EMERGENCY CORPS. 
 
 The report from the Emergency Corps throughout the state is very 
 incomplete, as many corps who have done good work have sent directly to 
 the company of soldiers recruited in that particular town, and not reported 
 to the Red Cross at all. 
 
 The reports, as far as received, are enclosed. 
 
Vdncouver <tnd Dayton Reports. >) s<>1 
 
 VANCOUVER EMERGENCY CORPS. 
 
 The Vancouver Emergency Corps was organized in May, 1898, and 
 adopted the by-laws of the Oregon Emergency Corps. The officers are: 
 Mrs. E. S. B. Lownsberry, president, and Miss Xellie Clancy, secretary. 
 
 We have a care for the comfort and welfare of Washington volunteers, 
 and particularly for Company G. 
 
 A summary in brief of the work done by the Vancouver Emergency 
 Corps is herein stated. 
 
 Besides a musical and literary entertainment we have given, we have 
 been benefited in a pecuniary way by an entertainment given by the boys 
 of Battery A, of Oregon. Our membership has increased to eighty-three. 
 The initiation fee is ten cents, and numbers have donated materially. 
 
 Our present finances amount to $1.20, owing to our large Christmas 
 donation to Company G and a loan of $20 to a 14th Infantry soldier s wife. 
 Our citizens are also interested in Company G, and have donated to that 
 company s pleasure by sending fruit. 
 
 TREASURER S REPORT. 
 Receipts, $400. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 To Company G, Washington Volunteers, for underclothing, $50 ; 
 Christmas gifts for Company G, $75 ; fever bands for Company G, $53 ; 
 Hospital Fund, $25; soldiers families, $40; soldier s wife, loan. $20; 
 lunches, fruit, etc., $135; total, $398.80. 
 
 We also donated 50 lunches, 400 lunches for 3d Battalion, 50 pounds 
 butter for Company G, 22 lunches for Company G, 430 lunches for 3d Bat 
 talion, 90 cakes and 25 baskets peaches to Battery A. 
 
 EMERGENCY CORPS OF DAYTON. 
 
 This corps was organized on June 11, 1898. Its officers are: Mrs. 
 Dorr, president; Mrs. Carr, vice-president; Mrs. Thomson, treasurer; Mrs. 
 R. E. Eckler, secretary. 
 
 Company F, being composed entirely of men from Dayton, has been 
 our special care. Every member of the corps proposes to keep at work so 
 long as one of this company remains in the service. 
 
 Upon an appeal from the State Red Cross, we have sent to Seattle, 
 charges prepaid, two boxes containing useful articles, such as Christmas 
 presents for each man in the company. 
 
 Since the first meeting the following changes have been made: Mrs. 
 Florence Burns, president ; Mrs. Carr, vice-president ; Mrs. Thomson, treas 
 urer; Mrs. E. C. Eckler, secretary. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 !N"ot reported. 
 
390 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 To July 6, cash for Company F, $100 ; to September 1, cash for Com 
 pany F, $124.75 ; to October 1, cash for Company F, $50.75 ; total disburse 
 ments, $375.50. 
 
 Supplies to July 3, dried fruits, 300 pounds; November 1, Christmas 
 box. 
 
 EMERGENCY CORPS OF OLYMPIAD 
 
 This corps was organized July 11, 1898, and disbanded July 11, 1899. 
 Mrs. N. H. Owings, president ; Mrs. Louise L. Koufman, secretary. 
 
 There was much enthusiasm during the time the corps worked, but 
 when peace was declared, the interest seemed to center in the effort to endow 
 the U. S. S. Olympic, named for the town, with a suitable memorial, and 
 the remaining funds at the time of the disbanding of the corps were given 
 to the Memorial Fund. 
 
 Eeceipts, $40; expenditures, $36.15; given to Memorial Fund, $3.15. 
 
 They made: Hospital shirts, 12; bandages, 24; pajamas, 12; pillow 
 slips, 12 ; sheets, 12 ; handkerchiefs, 12. 
 
 ELLENSBURG EMERGENCY CORPS. 
 
 Company H, 1st Washington Volunteer Infantry, was recruited in 
 Ellensburg, and the interest centers in doing for this company. A letter 
 asking what was their share of the expense in furnishing the regiment with 
 identification badges shows there is no disposition to shirk responsibility. 
 
 The following report was sent by Mrs. F. W. McCully, corresponding 
 secretary : 
 
 To Company H: Comfort bags, 112; bandages, 115. 
 
 YAKIMA. 
 
 In Yakima the president of the Emergency Corps writes of their having 
 given a banquet and dinner to the volunteers before their leaving, and since 
 their departure have forwarded 500 bandages, 350 pillow-slips, 300 comfort 
 bags, 50 towels, besides soap and stationery. 
 
 BUCODA. 
 
 Bucoda, though having no special organization, has sent to the Cali 
 fornia Ked Cross $62, to be used for Company M, if in need. 
 
 BLAINE. 
 
 The Deborah Rebecca Lodge of Elaine sent a contribution of $20. 
 
Port Townscnd, Centralia, and Port Angeles Reports. 391 
 
 PORT TOWNSEND. 
 
 Chimacum Tribe of I. O. K. 1L, Port Townsend, sent a contribution 
 of $15. 
 
 CENTRALIA. 
 
 Centralia sent a contribution of $15. 
 
 PORT ANGELES. 
 
 A literary society of Port Angeles sent a contribution of $17.05 and a 
 box of 24 housewives. 
 
 ITS GOOD WORK DONE. 
 
 DISSOLUTION OF THE EMERGENCY CORPS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 The Emergency Corps of the State of Washington, having accom 
 plished, as far as lay within its power, the work for which it organized, 
 has, through its officers and executive board, and with the consent of its 
 members, as represented at the meeting of October 11, 1898, decided to 
 disband. 
 
 At the time of its organization the corps pledged its undivided effort to 
 the service of the volunteers of the state of Washington during the war be 
 tween the United States and Spain. That emergency having happily ended 
 in victory and peace, the society feels that its special work is over. To 
 those of its members who can still devote time and strength to patriotic and 
 humane effort, the president and the executive board cordially suggest that 
 they enroll themselves as members of the Tacoma Red Cross Society, organ 
 ized for permanent effort in the broad field of the nation s and the world s 
 need, and when the aid and support that they can give will result in practical 
 benefit to any cause to which it is applied. 
 
 In closing the work of this organization, the officers and executive board 
 wish to make a public report of what has been accomplished during the 
 four months of its existence. In absolute harmony the society has worked 
 together, members and officers alike. The following record, taken from the 
 secretary s last report, speaks for itself in proof of the patriotic energy which 
 has inspired its labors. Since June 1 the Emergency Corps of the State 
 of Washington has distributed for the use of state volunteers: Flannel 
 abdominal bandages, 476; towels, 174; suits of pajamas, 60; nightshirts, 
 40; suits balbriggan underwear, 18; hospital pants and shirts, 41; hospital 
 pillow-cases, 12 ; linen handkerchiefs, 72. 
 
 Coffee for 344 men, with rations of meat, sandwiches, cake, onions, and 
 fruit for 263 men; 17 large packages of books and complete files of news- 
 
392 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 papers, giving progress of the war, sent to Manila; 4 large boxes of books 
 sent to troops in California ; 4 large packages of books sent to troops quar 
 tered in the Exposition Building. In addition, aid has been extended to 
 families of volunteers where investigation has proved it necessary. The 
 tirst efforts of the society were devoted to the welfare of Company C, re 
 cruited entirely in Tacoma, and now under orders to the Philippines. They 
 carry with them, when they leave our shores, a full outfit for officers and 
 men, provided by the corps, of flannel fever belts, strongly made of the 
 best materials, as well as hospital necessities and reading matter. 
 
 In addition to those supplies, three large boxes have been consigned 
 to Sergeant Major Dawson, of the 1st Washington Volunteers, to be used 
 for the benefit of other companies of state troops soon to sail for Manila. 
 
 In closing the work of the organization, the officers and executive board 
 desire to express their appreciation of the aid and sympathy extended them 
 by the public, and especially by the merchants of Tacoma, whose donations 
 of money and material assisted so largely in what has been accomplished. 
 To the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce they are greatly indebted for the 
 use of a room for headquarters and for work and storage rooms. To the 
 Xorthern Pacific Express Company and to the Northern Pacific Steamship 
 Company they owe man} thanks for aid and courtesy. It is impossible 
 in this short summary to enumerate every instance of cordial sympathy 
 raid support which has cheered and aided the Emergency Corps in its labors ; 
 from all sides encouragement came and substantial help. 
 
 In dissolving the bond between officers and members, now remains in 
 each heart a cordial memory of mutual interest and sympathy, respect and 
 confidence. 
 
 To the press of Tacoma the Emergency Corps acknowledges its many 
 obligations. To the press and citizens of the state at large it is also indebted 
 for much of its power of usefulness, and would express an earnest appreci 
 ation and gratitude. By the vote of the officers and members present at 
 the last meeting of the corps, October 11, the balance remaining in the 
 treasurer s hands, about $20, was directed to be sent to Mrs. M. D. Owens, 
 of Olympia, as a contribution to the fund started in Olympia to purchase 
 a suitable memorial for presentation by the state to the United States battle 
 ship Olywpia, whose glorious record has added world-wide renown to the 
 name she bears. 
 
 The membership of the Emergency Corps of the State of Washington 
 heartily indorse the effort now being made throughout the state to raise a 
 sum that shall secure a noble trophy for this noble ship, the namesake of our 
 capital, and which shall express to Admiral Dewey the pride and admiration 
 with which the citizens of Washington regard him. With this last action 
 the Emergency Corps of the State of Washington closes its career. 
 
 To the 481 members, the officers and executive board bid farewell and 
 Godspeed. 
 
 By order of the Executive Board. 
 
 Tacoma, Washington, October 11, 1898. 
 
Dissolution of Washington Emergency Coryx. 393 
 
 During the Spanish-American War there were lied Cross Societies in 
 Waitsburg, Dayton, La Conner, and YVhatcom. They did good work, and 
 were of great assistance to the soldiers who had gone from their towns. 
 After the stress of doing for the volunteers was over, they ceased active 
 work. Some of them still hold their organizations, and are ready for work, 
 if occasion arises. 
 
 The officers of the Waitsburg Red Cross were: Mrs. A. S. Dickinson, 
 president ; Miss Jennie Roberts, first vice-president ; Mrs. J. B. Caldwell, 
 second vice-president; Mrs. B. II. Brink, recording secretary; Miss Laura 
 Chew, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Martin Weller, treasurer. 
 
 The Dayton Red Cross officers were: Mrs. T. S. Leonard, president; 
 Mrs. Steen, recording secretary ; Mrs. K. C. Eckler, corresponding secretary ; 
 Mrs. Esther Guernsy, treasurer. 
 
 The Whatcom officers were: Mrs. J. J. Weisenberger, president; Mrs. 
 C. A. Darling, first vice-president ; Mrs. II. E. Hadly, second vice-president; 
 Mrs. S. J. Craft, recording secretary ; Mrs. T. R. Kershaw, corresponding 
 secretary ; Mrs. Clias. Magee, treasurer. 
 
 The North Yakima Red Cross was called into being by the desire to 
 help the members of Company E, Itt Washington Volunteers, who had 
 gone from their town. 
 
 The following officers represent activities of the society: Mrs. H. M. 
 Bartlett, president; Mrs. P. J. Flint, vice-president; Mrs. W. L. Wright, 
 recording secretary; Mrs. J. W. Young, corresponding secretary; Mrs. M. 
 R. Blanker, treasurer. 
 
 On June 4, 1808, an Emergency Corps was organized; in a short time 
 we became a regular Red Cross Society, and in October, 1898, became a 
 member of the State Red Cross Society, which had just been organized. 
 
 The first call was for abdominal bandages. The ladies responded 
 heartily, and flocked to the rooms, where we sewed as if the lives of the dear 
 boys of Company E depended upon our efforts. Soon 266 bandages, 332 
 towels, and 50 comfort bags were sent. 
 
 On December 2 a military bazaar was held, at which over $100 was 
 netted. This sum and much more was sent to Company E for medicine and 
 comforts for the sick. 
 
 The members of the North Yakima Red Cross always heartily re 
 sponded when any of the volunteers needed help. We gave $150 to the 
 general committee to help entertain Company E when they came home. 
 We fed the South Dakota troops as they passed through our tow r n on their 
 return home. The boys of Company E who have needed friends have 
 always found them in the North Yakima Red Cross. The sick have been 
 ministered unto; flowers have been tenderly placed on the caskets of those 
 who gave their young lives for their country. 
 
 Now we are erecting a memorial fountain for the fallen of Company 
 E, 1st Washington Volunteers. This will cost about $1,500, and will be. 
 
394 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 an honor to those to whom it is dedicated, as well as to the love which 
 prompted its erection. 
 
 We had the honor of having the second president of the State lied 
 Cross Society chosen from among our faithful workers, Mrs. Mary R. 
 Blanker, who has always been one of our most devoted helpers. 
 
 The fourth annual convention of the State Red Cross Society was held 
 in our city in May, 1901. Workers from different parts of the state came 
 to this convention, where the interests of the Red Cross were discussed and 
 plans for the future were made. Though we have not been able to do all 
 that we have desired, we feel that we have done something toward the ful 
 filling of the motto, "Humanity and neutrality." 
 
 MRS. H. M. BARTLETT, 
 
 President. 
 
 MRS. W. L. WRIGHT, 
 Recording Secretary. 
 
 GREETING. 
 
 To All Red Cross Auxiliaries of Washington State 
 
 Greeting: Red Cross associations came into existence as a result of the 
 Geneva Conference of 1863. Sixteen nations participated in this confer 
 ence. Under the rules adopted by this and subsequent conferences, National 
 Red Cross Associations were formed in each country which was a party to 
 the conference. Since then forty-two nations have signed this international 
 treaty. The National Red Cross Association of each of such countries is 
 the only body officially recognized by the various governments parties to 
 the treaty. 
 
 The central organization of the Red Cross in the United States is the 
 American National Red Cross, with headquarters located at Washington, 
 D. C. There is also in this state a state association, which is subject to the 
 rules of the National Red Cross, and as many auxiliaries as may be formed, 
 each of which owes allegiance to the state organization and, through it, to 
 the national. We desire to have the state association a delegate body, rep 
 resenting auxiliaries formed in the various counties, cities, and towns in 
 the state, the details of which will appear from the enclosures herein referred 
 to. The object of this is to secure uniformity in our efforts and the intelli 
 gent direction and active cooperation in our Red Cross work. 
 
 The United States Army regulations are rigid, and must be complied 
 with to enable us to reach those we desire to aid. The American National 
 Red Cross understands these regulations, is recognized by the government 
 as a valuable auxiliary in emergency work, and its representatives are 
 accorded every facility possible in carrying this on. 
 
 We recommend the organization of an active Red Cross auxiliary in 
 every community that can secure a good list of workers. 
 
Greeting. 395 
 
 It is the desire of this association, for reasons stated above, that every 
 local auxiliary Red Cross in the state should become a member of the state 
 association. 
 
 We enclose a copy of the constitution of the state association, which will 
 show the steps necessary to obtain such membership, and will indicate as 
 well the general nature of the organization of the State Red Cross and its 
 relations to the National Red Cross and to the various auxiliaries within 
 the state. 
 
 It will be seen therefrom that the general direction of the affairs of 
 the state association is in the hands of an executive committee, composed of 
 state officers, vice-presidents who are presidents of local auxiliaries, stand 
 ing committees composed of the chairmen of the same committees in local 
 auxiliaries, and advisory council selected by local auxiliaries. 
 
 In order to keep the State Red Cross and the local auxiliaries more 
 closely in touch, the corresponding secretary of the executive committee will 
 send to each of the auxiliaries which may become members of the State Red 
 Cross copies or extracts from the minutes after each meeting of the execu 
 tive committee, showing all important action taken. These should be read 
 at next meeting of the local auxiliary. Each local auxiliary should report 
 by first of each month, through its officers and chairmen of committees, its 
 work for the month, and by May 1 of each year the full work of the year. 
 
 An official pin or badge has been adopted, which will be furnished, 
 upon requisition made to the chairman of the badge committee, at the rate 
 of forty dollars per hundred. They are not expensive, and they help greatly 
 in canvassing. Stationery with suitable design, and giving names of state 
 officers and standing committees, can be furnished by printing and stationery 
 committee. 
 
 The urgency of the need for w r ork of this character in the present emer 
 gency is too obvious to require any special attention being called to it. We 
 desire merely to indicate to all whom this letter may reach the steps to be 
 taken in order to put the work 011 a systematic and satisfactory basis and 
 extend its scope as far as possible. 
 
 Any further information that may be desired will be furnished on appli 
 cation to the corresponding secretary or president. 
 
 MRS. L. B. STRATTOX, 
 President Washington State Red Cross. 
 1412 Post Street, Spokane, Wash. 
 
 MRS. F. F. EMERY, 
 Corresponding Secretary. 
 2121 Fourth Avenue, Spokane, Wash. 
 
396 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 FORM OF ORGANIZING LOCAL AI-XI.LIARIKS. 
 
 THE RED CROSS AUXILIARY OF 
 
 KNOW ALL MEX BY THESE PRESENTS: 
 
 That we, the undersigned, residents of , in the state of 
 
 Washington, have this .... day of , 10. ., associated ourselves 
 
 together for the purpose of forming a Red Cross auxiliary, and we hereby 
 certify : 
 
 FIRST. 
 
 That the name of the organization shall be the Red Cross auxiliary 
 of 
 
 SECOND. 
 
 That the purposes for which it is formed are to afford relief to those 
 suffering through war, flood, fire, famine, or any other calamity ; such relief 
 tc be afforded first in such manner as may be desirable or necessary locally, 
 and afterward, as far as practicable, through the medium of the Washington 
 State Red Cross Association, acting as an auxiliary to the American National 
 Red Cross. 
 
 THIRD. 
 
 That the place where the principal business of the auxiliary is to be 
 transacted is , Washington. 
 
 FOURTH. 
 
 That the members of such auxiliary shall consist of the persons signing 
 these Articles of Association, and of such others as may be hereafter admitted 
 to membership, pursuant to the constitution or by-laws of the auxiliary here 
 after to be adopted. 
 
 FIFTH. 
 
 That the officers of said auxiliary and their respective duties shall be 
 governed by the constitution or by-laws to be hereafter adopted. 
 
 SIXTH. 
 
 That the first meeting of this auxiliary shall take place at , 
 
 on the .... day of , 19 . ., and the majority of the members 
 
 of the auxiliary present at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, shall 
 have power to adopt a constitution or by-laws of this auxiliary. 
 
 Ix WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our names : 
 
Constitution as Amended. 397 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 WASHINGTON STATE RED CROSS. 
 
 PREAMBLE. 
 
 WHEREAS, 011 the 22d day of August, 1864, at Geneva, Switzerland, an 
 international treaty of the Red Cross was agreed upon and subsequently 
 adopted by forty-two nations, the United States of America included, and 
 on the 20th day of October, 18(58, supplementary articles, known as th( 
 Additional Articles, concerning the navy, were proposed, which have recently 
 been adopted by the governments of the United States and Spain as a modus 
 vivendi during the present hostilities; and, 
 
 WHEREAS, The object of the Treaty of Geneva and of the Additional 
 Articles is to secure the mitigation of the evils inseparable from war, of 
 suppressing needless severities, and of ameliorating the condition of soldiers 
 and sailors injured and wounded in battle; and, 
 
 WHEREAS, In accordance with the resolutions of the International Con 
 ference at Geneva, there has been incorporated in this country, with head 
 quarters at Washington, one national organization of the Red Cross, recog- 
 ized by the government of the United States, by all the governments adopt 
 ing the Treaty of Geneva, and by the international committee, as the 
 national organization, in which shall be directed all Red Cross work in the 
 United States; now, 
 
 Therefore, In order to assist in carrying out the humane objects of the 
 Red Cross Treaty of Geneva, an auxiliary society of the Red Cross is hereby 
 organized, with a constitution as follows : 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 NAME AND LOCATION. 
 
 This Association shall be known as the Washington State Red Cross. 
 Its principal place of business and headquarters shall be located in the 
 town where president resides, and it shall be auxiliary to the American 
 National Red Cross, and subject to the rules and regulations thereof. The 
 State Red Cross adopts the insignia of the Xational Red Cross, and will 
 discountenance any unauthorized use of the same. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OBJECTS AND DUTIES. 
 
 It shall be the object and duty of this Association, either by itself or 
 in conjunction with other associations of a similar character, or as an auxil 
 iary of the American National Red Cross, or otherwise, or under general 
 directions of the United States Government, or otherwise, as shall be deter- 
 
 NOTE. The publication of an amended State Constitution and By-Laws adopted in 1901 
 becomes necessary to properly record the history of the society. 
 
 Mrs. J. G. LEM.MOX, 
 
 Chairman Publishing Committee. 
 
398 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 mined by the Executive Committee hereinafter provided for, to collect and 
 accumulate money and materials, and devote the same to provide agents, 
 nurses and assistants, drugs, medicines, hospital appliances and appurte 
 nances of any kind whatsoever, for service and use in times of war and in 
 cases of other calamities, such as famine, pestilence, flood, fire, and other 
 disasters, so great as to be considered national or beyond the power of a 
 single locality to relieve, and to render at such times any and all other serv 
 ices of a medical or sanitary character which the circumstances may require 
 or render necessary. That, in case of actual war with the United States as 
 participant, the work of the Red Cross may include emergency work for the 
 soldiers and sailors of the United States Army and Navy and their families. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Any local Red Cross may become auxiliary to the State Red Cross upon 
 the annual payment of ten cents per capita, in advance, by May 1 of each 
 year, and the filing of a copy of its Constitution and By-Laws with the Cor 
 responding Secretaries of the State and National Red Cross, providing there 
 is nothing to conflict with their w^ork and purpose. 
 
 Any person may become an honorary member for one year upon the 
 payment of $10, and an honorary life member upon the payment of $1,000. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT. 
 
 SECTION 1. The officers shall be: President, Recording Secretary, 
 Assistant Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Assistant Cor 
 responding Secretary, Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer. These officers 
 shall be elected by ballot by a majority of those present at the annual 
 meeting. 
 
 SEC. 2. The First Vice-President shall be the President of the Auxil 
 iary having largest membership other than the one from which the President 
 is chosen. 
 
 The Presidents of other local Auxiliaries shall be Vice-Presidents of 
 the State Red Cross, ranking in the order of their membership. 
 
 SEC. 3. Standing Committees shall be: Auditing, Ways and Means, 
 Soliciting, Shipping and Transportation, Supply, Hospital and Relief, 
 Hospitality, Badge, Press, Pension, Printing and Stationery, and House 
 Committees. These committees shall consist of at least three members each, 
 and shall be composed of the chairmen of the same committees in the local 
 Auxiliaries. The Executive Committee may add additional committees, 
 who may hold until the next annual meeting. 
 
 SEC. 4. The officers, Vice-Presidents, and Standing Committee, with 
 the Advisory Board, shall form an Executive Committee. 
 
 SEC. 5. All officers and committees shall hold office until the next 
 
Constitution, as Amended. 399 
 
 annual meeting, and thereafter for one year, and until iheir successors are 
 elected. 
 
 SEC. 6. The Executive Committee shall meet monthly, or at the call 
 of the President, in case of any emergency considered national. They may 
 adjourn to a certain day before the next monthly meeting. 
 
 SEC. 7. Standing Committees shall be nominated by the President, 
 Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treas 
 urer, and confirmed by the Executive Committee, and shall hold office until 
 their successors are elected and qualified. Chairmen of the local committees 
 should be the members of the Standing Committees of State Red Cross. 
 
 SEC. 8. An Advisory Board of at least one member from each Auxil 
 iary, and one for every additional twenty-five members or major fraction 
 thereof, shall be nominated by the Vice-President of each local society and 
 confirmed by the annual meeting (if in recess, by Executive Committee), 
 who shall advise and assist the Executive Committee and have a voice in its 
 deliberations and a right to vote. 
 
 SEC. 9. The President shall preside over the meetings of the Execu 
 tive Committee, as well as those of the State Red Cross, and all of the officers 
 hereinbefore mentioned shall perform such duties and exercise such functions 
 as ordinarily pertain to their respective offices. The Treasurer, however, 
 shall disburse no funds of the State Red Cross without a vote of the Execu 
 tive Committee or annual meeting, and upon an order signed by the President 
 and Recording Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 MEETINGS AXD ELECTIONS. 
 
 The annual meeting of the State Red Cross for the election of officers 
 and the transaction of such other business as may properly co nie before it, 
 shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in May, at such place and particular 
 hour and subject to such notice as the Executive Committee shall designate ; 
 and at such meeting, and before the election of officers, annual typewritten 
 reports from the President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, 
 and Treasurer shall be presented and considered, and eight copies of these 
 typewritten reports shall be filed with the Recording Secretary or President 
 of the State Red Cross. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 SECTION 1. The annual meeting shall consist of the state officers, 
 Advisory Board, members of Standing Committees, President, Recording 
 Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer of local Red Cross 
 Auxiliaries, and one delegate for every twenty-five members who have paid 
 the annual dues established by the local Auxiliary, and have paid ten cents 
 per capita into the state treasury before May 1. 
 
 SEC. 2. All funds of the State Red Cross must be deposited in a 
 uational bank, and drawn by check, upon a vote of the Executive Committee 
 
400 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 or annual meeting and an order signed by the state President and Recording 
 Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 QUORUM. 
 
 Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi 
 ness at any annual or special meeting of the State Red Cross ; five members 
 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of 
 the Executive Committee. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 AMEXDMEX TS. 
 
 This Constitution may be amended at- any annual meeting of the State 
 Red Cross by the two-thirds vote of all members present thereat, and notice 
 in writing, specifying sucli proposed amendment in detail, previously given 
 at any session of the annual meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 PROCEDURE. 
 
 Unless otherwise ordered by the Executive Committee, "Roberts Rules 
 of Order" shall govern in all cases not hereinbefore provided for. 
 
 B Y - L A W S. 
 ARTICLE 1. 
 
 The State Red Cross shall meet annually on the fourth Tuesday of 
 j\Iay, at such hour and place as may be decided by the Executive Committee. 
 
 The Executive Committee shall meet on the second Wednesday of each 
 month, and may adjourn from day to day until its monthly meeting, or be 
 called together by the President upon any emergency deemed national. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
 
 SECTION 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society 
 and Executive Committee; with advice of Vice-Presidents, Recording Sec 
 retary, Assistant Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Assistant 
 Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, and Assistant Treasurer, nominate all 
 standing committees (who should be- the chairman of the same committee in 
 the local Red Cross), subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee, and 
 with the Recording Secretary sign all orders of the Executive Committee 
 on the Treasurer, and exercise general supervision over the work of the 
 State Red Cross. 
 
By-Laws as Amended. 401 
 
 SEC. L > . The Vice-Presidents, in order of precedence, shall act in the 
 absence of the President, or upon re-quest. 
 
 SEC. 3. The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings 
 of the Society and Executive Committee, and report the same; keep an 
 accurate roll of membership; sign with the President all orders of the Exec 
 utive Committee on the Treasurer. 
 
 SEC. 4. The Corresponding Secretary shall take charge of all corre 
 spondence of the State lied Cross, and report the same monthly to the Exec 
 utive Committee of State Red Cross; notify all officers and committees, in 
 writing, of their election or appointment, and notify, in writing, ex-officers 
 and cominitteemen of their successors; notify in writing local Auxiliaries 
 of all acts of the Executive Committee deemed necessary for such Auxiliaries 
 to know, and call for monthly reports from local Auxiliaries. 
 
 SEC. 5. The Treasurer shall collect and take all moneys paid into the 
 State Red Cross, receipt for the same, keep a record of all receipts and ex 
 penditures, pay all orders of the State Red Cross, signed by the President 
 and Recording Secretary, which have been voted by the Executive Com 
 mittee or annual meeting. The Treasurer shall hold books open at all times 
 for examination by the Auditing Committee, present to the Executive Com 
 mittee at least a monthly written report, and send to the Treasurer of the 
 National Red Cross a copy of the same yearly. Each officer shall report 
 in three typewritten reports monthly, and in eight typewritten reports at 
 the annual meetings. 
 
 The Assistant Secretaries and Treasurer shall assist their respective 
 officers and perform such part of the duties as is assigned to them. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 The Standing Committees shall be: Auditing, Ways and Means, Solicit 
 ing, Shipping and Transportation, Supply, Hospital and Relief, Hospitality, 
 Badge, Pension, Press, Printing and Stationery, and House. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 1. The Auditing Committee shall audit all bills and accounts before 
 the Executive Committee orders payment of same, have access at all times 
 to the treasurer s books and accounts, and make at least a monthly exami 
 nation and give a written monthly report to "he Executive Committee, and 
 also a full report for the year at the annual meeting. 
 
 2. Ways and Means Committee is to study ways and means of securing 
 money and supplies, plan entertainments, suggest ways and means to the 
 local auxiliary, and arrange for the fulfilment of the same with the coopera 
 tion of the other committees. When an appeal is issued for funds, the Ways 
 and Means Committee should immediately decide how this fund is to be 
 raised and report to local and State Red Cross, giving instructions, and 
 call on other committees to help carry out their plans. 
 
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402 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 3. Soliciting Committee will have charge of all soliciting, whether for 
 money, food, books, for the treasury, or for any entertainment, should dis 
 trict each town and appoint a sub-committee to have charge of this district, 
 turning all money over to the treasurer and all other supplies over to the 
 Supply Committee. 
 
 4. Hospital Committee will have charge of all Red Cross work for the 
 sick, wounded, or invalid soldiers, sailors, and their families ; also to receive 
 and bury the dead who come within their care, secure a burial lot in the 
 cemetery, and care for the same. 
 
 5. Hospitality Committee will care for all well soldiers and sailors 
 who need assistance of the Red Cross, entertain those who need our hospi 
 tality, aid those to secure work or position who can work and need assistance 
 to secure the same, call in the aid of other committees when necessary, as 
 Press, Transportation, Soliciting, etc. ; also take charge of any entertain 
 ments of free hospitality, as well as those planned to raise funds for the 
 treasury. 
 
 6. Supply Committee should receive all supplies of all nature, except 
 money, as food, books, clothing, ^tc., and take charge of the same, dis 
 tributing them as directed by the Red Cross; if to be shipped, calling on 
 the Shipping and Transportation Committee to furnish the transportation. 
 
 7. Shipping and Transportation Committee will secure the best rates 
 of transportation for monthly and annual meetings of the Red Cross and 
 for officers and members of the Executive Committee, secure best rates for 
 freight when necessary to ship the Red Cross supplies, attend to their ship 
 ment, and hold all receipts for the same; communicate- the rates directly to 
 the Red Cross, either by correspondence or through the Press Committee. 
 
 8. Badge Committee will have charge of the state badge, also any 
 special badges, receive and sell the same, take charge of all moneys received 
 from the same, report monthly, and turn in all surplus funds to the Treas 
 urer by May 1st of each year. 
 
 9. Press Committee should see that all notices of local and state meet 
 ings are given full and timely publication through the press; that all meet 
 ings are fully reported to the press ; that such reports are sent of state 
 meetings to the local auxiliaries, and of local meetings to the state chairman, 
 in time for monthly state executive meetings ; should secure able assistance 
 of the press and acknowledge the courtesies of the same; should keep the 
 public informed of the work of the Red Cross, appeal to them for assistance, 
 acknowledge the same, and ask the aid of the press at any and all times for 
 the furtherance of the work of the Red Cross. 
 
 10. Pension Committee will have charge of all pension matters where 
 soldiers or sailors need assistance to secure the same ; secure necessary influ 
 ence to accomplish this for needy and deserving soldiers and sailors ; also 
 have the matters of discharges, when for any reason it is best to secure these 
 out of the ordinary ; any legislation for the good of the needy and suffering 
 soldiers and sailors or for the good of the Red Cross. 
 
By-Laws as Amended. 403 
 
 11. Printing and Stationery Committee will have charge of all print 
 ing for local and State lied Cross of Constitution and By-Laws, stationery, 
 or special printing of programs or circulars, or appeals, etc., everything that 
 is done by job work; report monthly, but hold the funds received for sale 
 of stationery and Constitutions and By-Laws until May 1st, when same must 
 be turned into local or state treasury. 
 
 12. House Committee will have charge of providing either perma 
 nent or temporary headquarters or depot for supplies and keeping the same 
 open and in safe custody ; to receivo all visitors, register all applications for 
 assistance, calling for aid on Hospital, Hospitality, Supply, or Shipping 
 Committees; provide a home for the Red Cross and its work, whether per 
 manent or temporary. 
 
 13. The chairman of each state committee will write, immediately 
 upon election, to each member of her committee, notify her of her duties, 
 and call for monthly written reports of the work of her committee in her 
 Ked Cross Auxiliary, which each member as chairman of the local committee 
 will be careful to send by the first of each month., so that the work of the 
 whole state can be reported at each monthly Executive Committee meeting 
 of the State Red Cross. 
 
 14. If not able to attend the monthly Executive Committee meeting 
 of the State Red Cross, the chairman should send a typewritten report to 
 the Corresponding Secretary, who will see that these are read and acted 
 upon by the State Executive Committee at each monthly meeting. 
 
 15. The yearly report of each member of the State Standing Committee 
 must be forwarded to the chairman of her committee not later than May 1st. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Order of business shall be : Call to order, reading minutes, report of 
 Executive Committee meetings, report of Corresponding Secretary and 
 Treasurer, reports of special committees, reports of Standing Committees, 
 unfinished business, new business, good of the Red Cross, adjournment. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 These By-Laws may be amended at any annual meeting of the State 
 Red Cross, by a majority of the members present, written notice of said 
 amendment having been given at a previous session. 
 
Mr.s. Hcdley Frnich L< iio, 
 
 First President State Red Cross Society, 
 
 Carson, Nevada. 
 
 Mr*. S. P. Davis, 
 
 President State Red Cross Society, 
 
 Carson, Nevada. 
 
NEVADA STATE RED CROSS. 
 
 WHAT does environment mean to the child? What part does heredity 
 play in his future? Nevada, born in battle, has passed down the 
 legacy to her sons and daughters. The} 7 have inherited the spirit of 
 loyalty. They have been reared by lathers and mot hers who battled with 
 the hardships of pioneer life, and who poured more money into the coffers of 
 the Civil War than the people of any other state in the Union. Again these 
 same mothers and fathers are called upon to contribute to war the awful 
 sound but what this time? Not themselves, not their dollars, but that which 
 is dearer to them than all else, their boys. Brave boys they were, every one 
 of them, ready to give their lives the minute the cry of battle was sounded. 
 This was evidenced by Nevada furnishing more than twice her quota of men 
 The daughters, with that same inherent bravery., were equally anxious to 
 serve their country and to aid their chivalrous brothers. It was this spirit 
 that prompted the organization of the Nevada State Red Cross Association. 
 
 In June, 1898, the first Red Cross Society of Nevada was organized 
 in Carson. Mrs. H. A. Lemmon interested herself in the matter, and, by 
 communicating with Miss Clara Barton, at Washington, and with officers 
 of the California State Association, familiarized herself with the work re 
 quired. A public meeting was called and a large society quickly organized, 
 with Mrs. Lemmon as president. Societies were soon organized in WacU- 
 worth, Reno, Virginia, Flko, Austin, and Winnenmcca, in the order named. 
 
 On July 5, 1898, delegates from the various societies met in Reno 
 and perfected a state organization, with the following temporary officers : 
 President, Mrs. H. A. Lemmon, Carson ; first vice-president, Mrs. T. Year- 
 gin, Wadsworth; second vice-president, Mrs. H. B. Smith, Virginia; secre 
 tary, Miss Stella Webster, Reno ; treasurer, Mrs. J. F. Stewart, Reno. 
 
 The following ladies were appointed a committee on constitution : 
 AFrs. F. Oldham, Virginia; Mrs. II. A. Lemmon, Carson; Mrs. II. E. Web 
 ster, Reno; and Miss Lilly Esden, Wadsworth. 
 
 In October the first regular convention was held in Reno, and the 
 above-named officers elected for the ensuing year. The constitution sub 
 mitted was adopted, after various amendments, and the association placed 
 in running order. The financial outlook was good. It was reported by 
 the local societies that about $2,600 had been raised in the four months of 
 \vork. Flko County raised more money than any other county in the state, 
 and expended most of it directly from the local society in supplying cloth 
 ing and necessaries for the volunteers. Money was sent to Reno from a num 
 ber of remote districts by individuals and societies anxious to lend assistance. 
 Churchill Count sent $93. Mrs. Smith, of Buffalo Meadows, sent $20. 
 
406 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 The Sunday-school of Aniadec, a small town of northern California, con 
 tributed $5.15. A number of children of Reno gave a barn entertainment, 
 to which the neighborhood was invited. A small admission was charged, 
 and $2.30 passed over to the Red Cross. These things show the spirit of 
 patriotism which pervaded the state, even to the children. 
 
 The societies of the towns along the line of the Southern Pacific Rail 
 road soon found plenty of work for their willing hands. Reno, Wadsworth, 
 Winnemucca, and "Klko vied with each other in supplying lunches and com- 
 
 Mr*. S. E. Mclntii-i; 
 
 Second Vice-President State Ked Cross Society, 
 Austin, Nevada. 
 
 Mrs. J. Jr. Stewart, 
 
 Treasurer State Ked Cross Society, 
 
 Keno, Nevada. 
 
 forts for the many volunteers being sent East, and later as they came west 
 ward. Sick and destitute soldiers were nursed and sent on their way grate 
 ful to the women of the Red Cross. 
 
 Hundreds of boys were given a few minutes of pleasure and satisfac 
 tion, at least, in the way of sandwiches, cake, and coffee. The poor fellows 
 had not yet been long in the service, but sufficiently long to appreciate a 
 sandwich or piece of cake "like mother made." 
 
 In Reno a storeroom near the station was given by one of the business 
 men, and for days the ladies gathered from the four corners of the town 
 edibles, which were distributed from there to the men. Wadsworth did 
 nobly in this line, but, not being as large as Reno, could not handle as many. 
 As Wadsworth is only thirty miles from the latter place, after doing what 
 she could, word would be wired, "Three or four train-loads," as the case 
 
Nevada Report. 407 
 
 might be, " will reach Reno at such a time." Those on picket duty sounded 
 the signal, which was known by all interested, and the populace lost no time. 
 All was bustle, carriages flying here and there collecting the food. Many 
 boys expressed their gratitude with tears in their eyes. One young man 
 denoted his thankfulness by leaving as a token his gold ring, taken from 
 his finger, with the request that it be given to the president of the Reno Red 
 Cross Society. Mrs. Helen Guthrie Miller was the honored one to receive 
 the gift, and she will ever prize it, handing it down as one of the valued 
 souvenirs from the valiant boys of the Spanish- American War. Elko and 
 Winnemucca, in the far eastern part of the state, did a large work in this 
 line also. 
 
 Austin, which is far inland, could only assist in a financial way, and 
 she responded nobly, claiming the banner as having contributed the most 
 money of any society in the state to the state association. 
 
 Virginia City also contributed money, made bandages and other nec 
 essaries, and in addition established a free bed in the home for convalescent 
 soldiers in San Francisco. 
 
 Carson was the established headquarters of the state volunteers. In 
 response of the governor for u one troop cavalry," eighty-four men were en 
 listed and enrolled on May 14, 181)8. This troop was soon sent East, but 
 they were furnished with bandages, medicines, and other necessities by the 
 local Red Cross. Money was sent them in Florida, for hospital purposes, 
 by the state association. 
 
 A second call was made on May 25, 1808, and a similar number of 
 men were sworn into service of the United States. This company was 
 camped near the town for about three weeks. A Red Cross tent was placed 
 within their grounds, where reading matter and stationery were provided, 
 and a committee of ladies went each afternoon to render any assistance 
 desired to the newly-made soldiers. Buttons were sewed on, rents mended, 
 milk and other delicacies supplied to the sick, and all possible done for their 
 comfort. 
 
 On June 19 a third call was made, requesting Xevada to furnish one 
 battalion of infantry. Four hundred and fifteen men and officers were soon 
 enlisted, and the battalion Avas encamped in Carson for three months. ~No 
 fund for a hospital having been provided by the government, the Red Cross 
 Society furnished a tent with several cots, which were never empty. 
 Medicines, bedding, and food were supplied, and the daily labor and care 
 which this involved were nobly given by the indefatigable workers of the 
 Red Cross, and many sick soldiers had reason to bless them for easing the 
 hardships of camp life. 
 
 In October, 1899, the state convention met in Carson, and elected the 
 following officers : President, Mrs. S. P. Davis ; first vice-president, Mrs. 
 Dr. Cole, Virginia; second vice-president, Miss Russell, Elko; secretary, 
 Miss Stella Webster, Reno; treasurer, Mrs. F. Stewart, Reno; members of 
 executive board: Mrs. A. M. Cole, Virginia; Mrs. H. A. Lemmon, Carson. 
 
408 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 A clause was added to the constitution providing for life membership 
 in the state association, as it is hoped that it will be a permanent organiza 
 tion, and recognized by the national society. At this meeting letters were 
 read from officers of the state troops expressing gratitude. One stated that 
 the Nevada Red Cross was considered a model by men from other states. 
 
 At the convention of October, 1000, the same officers were reelected, and 
 are still serving, with the exception of the executive board. Mrs. J. P. 
 Woodbury, of Empire, and Mrs. Joe Josephs, of Virginia, are now members 
 of that board. 
 
 Mr*. Jnc Josephs, 
 
 Executive Board, State Red Cross Society, 
 Virginia City, Nevada. 
 
 A//-*. ./. P. ]\ T o<M/bttry, 
 
 Executive Board, State Red Cross Society. 
 
 Empire, Nevada. 
 
 Among the disbursements reported at this time was $50 reported for 
 warded for the relief of sufferers in Scofield, Utah. A letter from J. H. 
 Hammond, secretary of state, and chairman of the relief committee, was 
 read, expressing thanks for the contribution and sympathy extended. 
 
 Also $50 was sent by the state association and $25 by the Carson soci 
 ety to the sufferers from the Galveston flood. This was personally acknowl 
 edged by Miss Clara Barton, with expressions of gratitude. 
 
 In November, 1899, Company A, Cavalry, returned from Manila. 
 The governor and several state officers went to San Francisco to meet them, 
 also Mrs. S. P. Davis, state president of the Red Cross. Congressman New- 
 lands gave them and many guests a banquet at the Palace Hotel, after which 
 they were furnished horses and escorted to the Presidio by a regular detailed 
 troop, and shown much honor. 
 
 The return of the Nevada Cavalry gave the local society of Reno the 
 privilege of celebrating that event, which they did in royal style. Money 
 
Nevada Report. 
 
 409 
 
 was contributed from nil parts of the state and friends gathered there in 
 multitudes to extend the hand of welcome to the volunteers of Nevada, who 
 made Xevadans proud of their record in the Philippines, and by this public 
 demonstration showed their thankfulness that so many of them returned to 
 their homes. The banquet provided by the Red Cross ladies was mo it 
 elaborate and bountiful, the decorations beautiful, and the five hundred 
 guests pleasantly entertained by speeches. Dr. Stubbs, president of the 
 state university, acted as toast-master, and greeted the boys with one of his 
 characteristic speeches. 
 
 A few days later members of Troop M and all Nevada volunteers were 
 invited to an entertainment and banquet by the Carson society. Governor 
 Sadler, as toast-master, extended to the assembled volunteers and guests 
 very cordial welcome in his most genial humor, and impromptu speeches 
 from many present made their final banquet a scene long to be remembered 
 with pleasure. 
 
 Speeches were made at both these banquets by soldiers, in which they 
 expressed their warm thanks to the Nevada Red Cross, and stated that they 
 felt sure they owed their health and safe return to the comforts which the 
 society had enabled them to enjoy. Miss STELLA N". WEBSTET?, 
 
 Secretary Nevada State Red Cross. 
 
 MKS. S. P. DAVIS, 
 
 President. 
 
 Mi** Sfella T. }l r ebxtei , 
 
 Secretary State Red Cross Society, 
 
 Reno. Nevada. 
 
410 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 ELKO COUNTY RED CROSS SOCIETY, 
 
 The Elko County Red Cross Society was organized June 0, 1898, with 
 the following officers, elected to serve one year: President, Miss L. M. 
 Russell; vice-president, Mrs. C. Hood; corresponding secretary, Miss H. 
 Riddle; recording secretary, Mrs. A. P. Foster; treasurer, Mr. E. Reinhart. 
 
 Membership, 121. 
 
 The following standing committees were formed by vote of society : Ex 
 ecutive committee, consisting of all the officers of the society ; sewing com 
 mittee, refreshment committee, entertainment committee. 
 
 REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SEWING COMMITTEE. 
 
 Made 189 flannel bandages, 65 comfort bags, 01 sleeping-caps, 2 dozen 
 towels. Orders for more sewing countermanded. 
 
 TREASURER S REPOKT FROM JUNE 0, 1898, TO APRIL 27, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 Membership fees and donations, $152.88. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 Incidental expenses, $15.25 ; contributions to state association, $38 ; 
 affiliation fee, state association, $10 ; contribution to National Red Cro3S 
 Society, $80; total, $143.25; balance on hand, $9.03. 
 
 NOTE. Elko, Nevada, was foremost in the state to identify herself 
 with the Red Cross movement, and previous to a state organization it en 
 rolled auxiliary to the California State Association. The report shows :r 
 as having done a great work. Its activity was gracefully recognized by Ne 
 vada s first State Red Cross president, Mrs. II. A. Lemmon, of Carson, when 
 the 1st Nevada Cavalry at the Presidio was reported. The Nevada state 
 report also tells of its noble and generous responses to the "long-distance" 
 call. In September, 1899, Elko withdrew properly from California State 
 Association and united her strength to her own state association. 
 
 Chairman of Publishing Committee. 
 
 SANITARY COMMISSION. 
 
 A sanitary commission was also organized auxiliary to the Red Cross 
 Society, with the same officers. The duty of this commission was to supply, 
 as far as possible, the needs of the volunteers from Elko County, thus re 
 lieving any Red Cross Society of expenditures, which might be otherwise 
 used. 
 
 TREASURER S REPORT FROM JUNE 0, 1898, TO APKIL 27, 1899. 
 
 Receipts. 
 By citizens of Elko County, $404.50. 
 
 D i sbur sem ents. 
 
 Incidentals (given in monthly reports), $42.32; Lieutenant Ilender 
 son, for volunteers of Elko County, Troop M, 2d IT. S. V. Cavalry, Nevada 
 Battalion, $200 ; Lieutenant Rigsby, for volunteers Elko County Battalion, 
 
Elko Report 411 
 
 Nevada Cavalry, $40 ; Captain Linscott, for volunteers Elko County, Troop 
 A, $100; total, $:JS2.:}^ ; balance on hand, $82.18. 
 
 Mits. L. M. RUSSELL, 
 President Elko County Red Cross. 
 
 NOTK. The above report is not placed in the California State Red Cross, although Elko 
 enrolled with California July 5, 1898, but after Nevada formed its state society, Elko withdrew 
 from California state, and. with the same officers, properly joined her own state association, 
 September <>, 1899. Chairman of Publishing Committee. 
 
IDAHO. 
 
 ALAMO. 
 
 Til K Alamo Red Cross was organ! zed on July 12, 1808, with twenty mem 
 bers. The officers were: Mrs. K. I). Bnickenburg, president; Mrs. 
 Helen Edwards, vice-president; Mrs. Bell Bracken burg, second vice- 
 president ; Mrs. Mary Durfee, secretary ; Mrs. Lucy Eames, treasurer. ThLs 
 modest little band of workers state that their work has been so little in the 
 great work outside that it seems hardly worth mentioning. It reports : 
 
 " Almo is a small place, only about 200 inhabitants, including men, 
 women, and children, but we sent six volunteers from here, and we mothers 
 wanted to do something for the brave soldiers, so we formed the Red Cross 
 Society, and became auxiliary to California State Red Cross. We have 
 sent to it $20 in cash, and have made 13 bandages, 6 caps, and sent to 
 General Weaver, in San Francisco, $7.50, to buy some warm underclothes 
 for the volunteers. 
 
 k We furnished to one of the volunteers family $27, and to another $25. 
 The total amount of money raised and expended is $79.50. 
 
 "Respectfully submitted, MRS. MARY DURFEE, 
 
 "Secretary. 
 
 "MRS. E. 1). BRACKENBURG, 
 "President." 
 
 POCATELLCX 
 
 POCATELT.O, Idaho, Feb. 3, 1809. 
 
 The Pocatello Red Cross was organized in August, 1898, with twenty 
 members, most of them being working people ; therefore our results are small. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 Membership fees, $26; donations, $26.95; entertainments, $224.65: 
 dues, $4.60; freight money returned, $22.30; money paid back by C. F. 
 Rockwell, $20; total, $324.50. 
 
 Expenditures. 
 
 Charter, $10; express charges, $8.00; Red Cross stamp, $1.75; music 
 
 and hall, $21 ; Red Cross Christmas box to Manila, $35 ; assistance to poor 
 
 family for funeral. $6.00; supplies for field hospital at Manila, $79.78; 
 
 <>heck books, drafts, $1.35; California Red Cross State Association, $71.25; 
 
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413 
 
 assistance to volunteer s wife, $5.00; money loaned to (. . F. Rockwell, $20; 
 assistance to volunteer s wife in Manila, $$.75; total, $267.88; Balance in 
 treasury, $56.62. 
 
 Members work: Medicines for four months for volunteer s wife in 
 Manila; nine days nursing for poor family; one-half ton coal, two quilts, 
 one new blanket for poor family; thirty visits to poor families; one ton coal, 
 ( liristmas dinner for volunteer s family at Manila; assistance to colored fam 
 ily, lunches for sixteen discharged volunteers, box of reading matter for 
 Manila, $20 for volunteers at Manila, Christmas box by every member of 
 the Red Cross for Company G, Volunteers, at Manila. 
 
 CALIFOKMA RED CROSS, Miss Katharine B. Elliot, Secretary Dear 
 Madam: This may not appear much to report, but we have never received 
 one dollar from our merchants. They say our boys wanted a picnic, and 
 now let them take what they get. They are quite patriotic. The railroad 
 officials were the only friends we bad. All of our volunteers worked for tlif 
 W. R. & O. S. L. Railroad. Very respectfully yours, 
 
 Miss L. CRTS WELL, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
71//-.S-. Jennie M. Starn, Mrs. J. F. Macy, 
 
 Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary. Recording Secretary 
 
 Mr.s . Mnrif Whitney Hardi/, 
 President. 
 
NEBRASKA STATE RED CROSS SOCIETY. 
 
 REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY, 1899. 
 
 A BEATRICE auxiliary to the Red Cross Society was organized July 12, 
 1898, in the auditorium. Officers were elected, as follows: President, 
 Mrs. Mary Whitney Hardy; vice-presidents, Mrs. Hill, Miss Hamm, 
 Dr. Baird, Mr. Cogswell, and Rev. Davis; secretary, Miss Wosika; treasurer, 
 Mrs. Wheelock ; recording secretary, Mrs. J. F. Macy, succeeding Miss Alma 
 Hollingsworth ; Mrs. Jennie M. Sfarn succeeding as treasurer and corre 
 sponding secretary. 
 
 As the work of the society progressed, a corresponding secretary was 
 required, and Mrs. Jennie Starn was elected to that office. An aid committee 
 was also appointed to assist in carrying on the work. When the question 
 of uniting with the Eastern or Western Red Cross arose, it was decided that, 
 as more Beatrice soldier boys were in the West, we could do more for them 
 by uniting with that branch, consequently the $10 auxiliary fee was sent 
 at once, making ns auxiliary to the California or Western Red Cross Society. 
 
 We have been very fortunate in having the earnest support and coop 
 eration of nearly the entire clergy of our city, which is composed of a dozen 
 or more fine, bright personalities, one of whom, Rev. G. W. Crofts, has the 
 beautiful gift of poetry making. He has written some fine lines regarding 
 Red Cross work. 
 
 Our little city has always been noted for its generous and responsive 
 nature, but no organization has ever appealed so quickly and completely to 
 the big, warm, general heart as has our Red Cross Society. Every one, 
 men and women, laboring men as well as professional, has been and still is 
 desirous of doing something for the noble men who are away from home 
 and friends, at call of fair America. Perhaps our general interest is warmer 
 and deeper because of our special interest in our own Company C, 1st Ne 
 braska, at Manila, as fine and brave fellows as went out, and who were 
 unanimous in praise of the San Francisco Red Cross. Every Red Cross 
 worker will understand just how strong the tie that draws us toward those 
 far-away lands is when I tell you that three of our dear boys have been 
 tenderly laid to rest neath the blue and gold of foreign skies. 
 
 In various ways we have raised a little less than $200 in cash. Of 
 this amount, $81 was sent to our own company for hospital use at Manila. 
 At another time we forwarded to them a little more than $11, a fund placed 
 in our hands by other parties for that purpose. 
 
 When the Nebraska 2d was mustered out and returned home, several 
 of the boys were very ill, and without friends or means, and had to be cared 
 
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416 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 for at the hospital by those kindly interested. Our society contributed $10 
 to their benefit. 
 
 Since that time we have been contributing $5.00 per month to the 
 parent society at San Francisco, to help meet the current expenses of run 
 ning hospitals, homes, etc. Five dollars were also contributed to a Christinas 
 fund. 
 
 Mrs. L. C. Parker, formerly a resident of California, and chairman 
 of our entertainment committee, has done very excellent work in money 
 raising. We also purchased material and. made up, I think, 13 pa jama 
 suits, which were forwarded to San Francisco, to be used as thought best 
 by the parent society. We have also gathered and forwarded a box of 
 literature, comprising standard magazines and books. 
 
 Soon after organizing we decided to send out each month to our boys 
 at Manila a bundle of letters, written by different members of the society, 
 taking care that each letter had bits of news peculiarly its own. This 
 bundle is called "The Red Cross Budget," and is in charge of an editorial 
 committee, who sees that the letters are gathered and properly mailed. It 
 has afforded the society a deal of comfort and satisfaction, and we trust has 
 brightened some otherwise darker hours in the far-away Manila camp.. 
 
 In October we took part in a corn and flower festival, by furnishing 
 a large carriage entirely covered with white chrysanthemums, with the red 
 cross done in flowers on the sides, back, and also on the white blankets worn 
 by the horses. In the carriage were two young ladies wearing the cos 
 tumes and insignia of Red Cross nurses. Two other young ladies carried 
 American and Cuban flags. The affair was significant and instructive 
 throughout, and gave the public quite a practical idea of the Red Cross 
 order. 
 
 We became auxiliary to the California Association, in order that we 
 might be in closer touch with our own boys at Manila. We intend to con 
 tinue the organization and work, even though the war has ceased. 
 
 We feel that, because of our short existence and work, we are as a 
 people broader minded, warmer hearted, and possessing more of the spirit 
 of Him "who went about doing good." Xotes by the President, Mary W. 
 Hardy. 
 
 The first united effort to raise money occurred in August, 1898, when 
 a lawn social was held at the home of Mrs. L. C. Parker. About that time 
 a game of baseball was played, at which the society was allowed the gate 
 receipts and the privilege of selling lemonade. An entertainment known 
 as the Red Riding Hood Cantata was given, the Red Cross receiving twelve 
 and one-half per cent of the proceeds. It was decided that ten per cent of 
 all money received should be considered a contingent fund. 
 
 In July, 1898, the work of providing articles for hospital use was taken 
 up. Fifteen pajamas w r ere made and sent to the San Francisco society. 
 Pillow-cases and towels were also collected, also material for hospital shirts. 
 
 In September $10 was sent to Omaha, to be used in furnishing com- 
 
Nebraska Report. 417 
 
 forts for the sick soldiers of the i d Nebraska Regiment returned from the 
 South. 
 
 At l he Corn Carnival, held Oetoher 14, the Hod Cross Society was 
 represented by a float carrying Red Cross nurses. 
 
 October 2 2 a concert was given at I he Paddock opera house. 
 
 Jn November $5. 00 was sent to the California society to assist in the 
 general work of the order. 
 
 On March S, 1SOO, an informal reception was given at the home of 
 Mrs. Starn, in honor of Mrs. Wlieelock, \\ h<> was obliged to resign her 
 position as treasurer of the society on account of her removal from Beatrice. 
 Mrs. Starn was elected to fill the vacancy. 
 
 On March _M a Manila social was held in the Unity Church. On April 
 2^ $5.00 was sent to the Omaha World-Herald for the 1st Nebraska Hospital 
 Fund. In June a tent for Red Cross headquarters was obtained and kept 
 open during the Chautauqua Assembly, and $5.00 was sent to help swell 
 the Herman, Nebraska, relief fund. In July six chest protectors were sent 
 to San Francisco for members of Company C, 1st Nebraska. During the 
 year three boxes of reading matter have been sent to the members of the 
 1st Nebraska boys in Manila; two budgets of letters to Company C were 
 sent, and answers received from a number of the boys. Five members of 
 Company C have answered the roll call above, and at each memorial service 
 the collection has been placed in the Red ( ross treasury, to be used for the 
 comfort of the soldiers at the front. 
 
 The work of the year closed with the beginning of preparations for a 
 reception to Company C, in the form of an open house at Armory Hall, for 
 one week after their return home. In all the work of the year the citizens, 
 and particularly the business men, have been prompt in rendering assistance 
 whenever called upon by members of the society. The daily papers have 
 willingly advertised free of charge for the Red Cross. 
 
 MlSS W()SIKA, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 The second year s work began with the following officers: President, 
 Mrs. Alary A. Hardy; vice-presidents, Mrs. Hill, Dr. Baird, and Rev. Davis; 
 recording secretary, Alma Hollingsworth ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. 
 Starn; treasurer, Mrs. Macy; press reporter. Miss Hamm. 
 
 The first work taken up was making preparations for keeping "open 
 house" for Company C and other soldiers of the Spanish- American Wai- 
 returning from the Philippines. At the reception given to Company C, 
 the Red Cross furnished a beautiful floral pillow in memory of Company C 
 dead. This occurred on September 7, 1800. During the year, and begin 
 ning in August, letters of inquiry were written to Assistant Secretary of 
 War Meiklejolm, and others, for the purpose of learning the whereabouts 
 of Private Morrisey, of Lincoln, Nebraska. Definite word was finally 
 received that he was killed when Lieutenant Gilmore and his party were 
 27 
 
418 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 captured, he being one of the party. A beautiful Red Cross banner of silk 
 was made to be used on public occasions. Red Cross stationery was pur 
 chased, some of which was placed at the disposal of the boys free, while the 
 open house continued. In October a box of books and magazines was sent to 
 .Manila to the circulating library. November 14 a lecture was given in the 
 Presbyterian Church by Dr. Frances Woods, a Red Cross nurse, who served 
 in the Philippines as nurse for the 1st Oregon Regiment. The lecture was 
 a first-class one and very entertaining. Books were sent as Christmas gifts 
 to some of our Beatrice boys, who were still in the service of their country in 
 the Philippines and Cuba, which were highly appreciated, judging from the 
 answers received from them. Views of scenes in Honolulu and the Philip 
 pines were received as a present from Dr. Frances Woods, which were placed 
 on sale at ten cents each. 
 
 The year closed by the election of the following officers : President, Mrs. 
 Mary A. Hardy; vice-presidents, Dr. Baird and Mrs. Macy; secretary, Mrs. 
 Alice Thompson; corresponding secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Starn ; press 
 reporter, Mrs. Eitemiller. 
 
 At the close of the election an informal reception was given to our 
 esteemed workers Mrs. and Misses Hollingsworth, as they were soon to move 
 away. Ice-cream and cake were served. The hostess, Mrs. Hemler, pre 
 sented to each one present a buttonhole bouquet of beautiful sweet peas. 
 
 MlSS WOSIKA, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 THE BEATRICE RED CROSS AUXILIARY. 
 
 The Beatrice Red Cross auxiliary began its third year s work by plans 
 to cooperate with the W. C. T. TJ. for the entertainment of Mr. I). E. 
 Thompson s guests, poor people from Lincoln, at the Chautauqua grounds 
 in this city. Several entertainments of music, both vocal and instrumental, 
 as well as readings and recitations, were given ; flowers and literature were 
 furnished also, for which the people, and also Mr. Thompson, were very 
 grateful. 
 
 In August two boxes of books, magazines, and papers were sent to the 
 hospitals in Manila. Communications from California Red Cross were 
 occasionally read, by which we could keep in touch with the work along that 
 line. Articles were frequently read before the society describing the Red 
 Cross work in different channels and countries. In September an urgent 
 call was made to procure clothing and bedding for the Galveston sufferers. 
 A generous donation was the result, and it was forwarded immediately. 
 The auxiliary has not held any socials or entertainments for the raising 
 of money, but quite a snug little sum was raised by the personal work of 
 a committee. The Beatrice boys who are still in the far-away islands of 
 the sea in the service of their country, were each again remembered with a 
 book for Christmas, all of which were very thankfully received. Francis 
 
Beatrice Report. 419 
 
 Wosika, of the 4th U. S. Infantry, who was en route lionic at that time, 
 was greeted witli a bouquet of flowers at his home, from the lied Cross. 
 Numerous flower mementoes were given in one capacity and another during 
 the year. Just before, the holidays a large number of American flags 
 (through the medium of the schools) were procured and sent to Manila, in 
 care of the Y. M. C. A., to be distributed among the Filipino school 
 children. 
 
 The matter of holding a union New Year watch-meeting was pretty 
 thoroughly discussed, but, owing to existing circumstances, the idea was 
 abandoned. During the month of December a very pretty program was 
 ii iven on the origin and history of our national flag, "The Red, White, and 
 Blue." 
 
 The closing act of our year s work was to send a collection of bound 
 books to the state penitentiary, IT in all, the library in that institution 
 haying been destroyed in a fire. 
 
 The auxiliary at one time numbered about 100 members, but, owing 
 to seeming lack of anything to do, the attendance and interest have dwin 
 dled to just a few. This short history gives a fair idea of our work. 
 
 MKS. JEXNIE MACY, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Beatrice. Nebraska, November 1-3, 1001. 
 
 Receipts. 
 
 July 26, 1808, from Mrs. Langdon, $0.50; July 30, ball game and 
 lemonade, $15.85; July 31, Geddes memorial for Company C, $11.12; 
 August 1, collection from Rev. Davis, $1.71; August 6, lawn social, L. C. 
 Parker, $87.61; August 26, sale of buttons, Mrs. McCoy, $2.00; Angus r 
 27, sale of buttons, Miss Sypherd, $0.40 ; August 30, from Red Riding 
 Hood, $13.07: September 2, sale of buttons, $2.20; September 4, Evans 
 memorial, $13.02; September 6, sale of buttons, $0.00; October 21, sale of 
 buttons, $1.00; October 28, sale of buttons, $0.28; Xovember 2, sale of 
 buttons, $0.20; Xovember 2, proceeds of Brehany concert, $12; sale of but 
 tons, $1.60; Xovember 27, Miller memorial, $11.12; February 6, 1800, 
 Knouse memorial, $12.15; March 6, sale of buttons, $0.30; March 21, pro 
 ceeds of Manila social, $16.60; June 11, Macy memorial, $8.04; total, 
 $212.57; disbursements, $203.40; balance in treasury, $0.08. 
 
 Disbursements. 
 
 July 26, 1808, to lemonade committee, $0.25; August 1, for buttons, 
 $2.00; August 22, C. M. Hemler, freight on box, $3.75: August 25, Cali 
 fornia Red Cross Association, for Company C, $81.15; August 25, same, for 
 membership, $10; August 31, advertising (Dally Times} Red Riding I [(MM! 
 Co., $3.51: advertising (Daily K.rpi cw} Red Riding Hood Co., $2.10; 
 to Company C, from Geddes memorial, $11.12; September 0, draft for 
 
420 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 ( )maha for 2d Xebraska Regiment, $10 ; revenue postage-stamp, $0.04 ; Sep 
 tember 1*2, Dole, for [lowers, $1.00; Begole, for flannelette, $5.75; Septem 
 ber 17, dray for machines, $0.50; September 21, expressage on pajamas, 
 $2.96; September 29, Begole & Van Arsdale, $0.81); advertising (Daily 
 Times), $0.84; Xovember 1, Dole, for flowers, $0.20; for Christmas boxes, 
 $5.00; California Hod Cross for Xovember, $5.00; December 1, Omaha 
 store, $1.01; December 2, telegram, $0.25; December 3, wire at Burch s, 
 $0.: ) >0; California Red Cross for December, $5.00; February 14, 1899, 
 revenue post and stamp, $0.10; freight on box of literature to San Francisco, 
 $7.20; March 27, expenses for Manila social, $5.86; sent to Company C at 
 Manila, $25; April 28, sent 1st Xebraska Hospital Fund, Omaha, $5.00; 
 bank drafr and stationery, $0.38; June 11, sent Herman Relief Fund, 
 Omaha, $5.00 ; July 27, sent Company C chest protectors, San Francisco, 
 $2.10; July 28, mailing same, $0.23; total, $203.49. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, MRS. J. M. STAR.X, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 August 8, 1899, buttons, $1.00; money order and stamps, $0.08; 
 August 20, to Omaha store, $0.88 ; August 28, Wolback, for bunting, $0.45 : 
 oilcloth, $0.15; Begole &: Van Arsdale, $1.33; August 29, Burche, for rope, 
 $0.20; August 30, Robbin, for sugar, $1.20; Stevens, for fruit, $2.00; 
 Stevens, for lemons, $5.00 ; August 31, Express Publishing Company, $5.25 ; 
 Mrs. Mostert, $0.80; September 1, Dole, for pillow design, $2.00; Septem 
 ber 2, Dole, for baskets, $0.50; September 3, ice-cream, $3.00; September 
 4, drayage, $0.45; dry goods, $0.64; September 5, drayage, $0.20; fruit, 
 $1.15; September 23, ladies exchange, $0.80; groceries, $0.35; florist, 
 $1.00; September 30, revenue stamps, $0.10; to California Red Cross, 
 $5.00; money order and stamp, $0.09; drayage, $0.75; October 30, ship 
 ping books to Manila Free Library, $2.30 ; stamps, $0.07 ; drayage, $0.25 ; 
 Xovember 4, florist, $0.70; Xovember 15, grocery, $0.65; Dr. Woods, $25; 
 Xovember 20, church rent, $6.00 ; December 4, books to Cuba and Philip 
 pine Islands, $1.80; stamps and postage on books, $0.71; publishing com 
 pany, $1.85; publishing company, $0.25; February 22, 1900, florist, $0.80; 
 ribbon, $0.63; March 31, gas bill, $1.00; June 2, postal cards, $0.50; July 
 4, charity board, $2.50; total, $99.38. 
 
 August 6, 1900, drayage, $1.00; August 16, money order and stamps, 
 $0.15 ; August 28, ice-cream, $1.00 ; cake, $0.40 ; October 29, drayage, $0.35 ; 
 Xovember 6, dry goods, $1.88; books, $0.50; mailing books and stamps, 
 $0.39; January 2, 1901, florist, $0.25; March 16, McCoy floral design, 
 $1.00 ; florist, $0.50 ; express on flags, $2.40 ; to California Red Cross, $5.00 ; 
 May 30, carryall faro, $2.00; total for year, $16.82. 
 
 September 30, 1901, stamps, $0.00; Xovember 11, Christmas books, 
 $0.50; total, $0.56. 
 
 Disbursements from July 26, 1898, to Xovember 11, 1901, $327.71. 
 
 MRS. J. M, STARX, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
Beatrice H 
 
 GonMiiittec on Entertfiinmcnt. Mrs. Lewis C. Parker, Mrs. J. M. 
 Starn. 
 
 Program. 
 
 Wednesday evening, August 30, 1899: Overture, %> America/ Kad- 
 baugh s Orchestra; address of welcome, Col. \V. 1L. Kdgar ; remarks by 
 president of the Red Cross, .Mrs. A. Hardy; promenade concert by tin- 
 orchestra, "Admiral Dewey s March," Holiday Time Waltz, Dreams of 
 Home, 1 "The Battleship Maine/ "Colonel Roosevelt s Rough Riders/* 
 American Beauty" Waltz, "Old Glory." 
 
 Thursday evening, August 31, 189!) : Austrian National Hymn, Men- 
 /endorf Orchestra; whistling solo, Miss Blanchard ; piano duet, "Stars and 
 Stripes Forever," Misses Stover and Hemler ; recitation, "Mary s Little 
 Lamb" and "Seehr Things at Night," Miss Helen Rhodes; intermezzo and 
 serenade, Menzeiidorf Orchestra; tenor solo, "Love Is All," "Mr. James 
 i\enrigh ; recitation, Mr. Bert Hileman, of Company C ; Alpine Melodies, 
 Menzeiidorf Orchestra. 
 
 Friday evening, September 1, 1899: March song, "Our Nation s 
 Guard," Radenbaugh s Orchestra and chorus (soloist, Mrs. S. B. Moore) ; 
 march, "JEolian Hall," and "Whistling Rufus," Mandolin Club; songs 
 of nations, Germany, Miss Emma Neidhart : France, Miss Terressa Salle ; 
 duet, violin and cello, Messrs. Coltoii and Wosika ; Italy, Miss Mostert ; 
 Scotland, Mrs. Harden; impersonation, Rev. W. W. Hess ; Japan, Nairam 
 Retsel ; gypsy, Miss Mabel Starn ; piano solo, "Polka Brilliante," Mrs. L. 
 C. Parker; Cuba, Miss Azile Tockey; America, Patience Stover; orchestra 
 and chorus of nations; selected, Company C; "San Souci Valse," and "My 
 Old Kentucky Home," orchestra. 
 
 Saturday evening, September 2, 1899 : "The Old Warrior," Radu- 
 baugh Orchestra; recitation, selected. Miss Lucy Fry; piano, Mrs. Walt 
 Mason: violin. Miss Corinne Salisbury; vocal solo, "The Flag That Has 
 Never KnoAvu Defeat," Mrs. S. B. Moore: promenade concert, "The Pasha," 
 "Loving Cup," "March Ethiopiane," "Escort," "Stars and Stripes For 
 ever," orchestra. 
 
 Refreshments were served each evening. 
 
 THE KIKST N KBH ASK A KEG I MK XT. 
 
 The 1st Nebraska Regiment of Volunteers, or "the gallant 1st Ne 
 braska," by which it is now generally known, lias made for itself a historv 
 worthy the pen of a Bancroft or a Rid path. 
 
 Quoting from one of the leading journals in the land: Not many 
 regiments in the regular army have had a more stirring history than this 
 prairie-state regiment, an organization \vhich has remained intact since 
 1861, when Col. J. M. Tliayer, afterwards senator and governor, raised it 
 into being and offered its services to President Lincoln." 
 
 After long and valiant service in defending national principles, the 
 regiment, after the close of the war, became the 1st Regiment Nebraska 
 
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Beatrice Report. 
 
 423 
 
 National Guards. It embodies twelve companies, representing every quarter 
 of the state, and, of all her rich and varied possessions, Nebraska counts 
 nothing so dear as her national guards. 
 
 President McKinley s call to anus reached regimental headquarters at 
 Lincoln, Nebraska, April 27, 1898. Immediately the preparation and 
 march of twelve companies from twelve cities caused the state to vibrate 
 from center to circumference, and at noon of April 28 "the regiment ate its 
 dinner at Camp Saunders. It was mustered into service May 9," and five 
 days later left the home state for San Francisco, en route to the Philippines. 
 
 The Transport in Mid-ocean. 
 
 July 20 "landed the regiment at Cavite, after a long and eventful ride 
 on board the Senator. It was permitted to rest until August 2," when k 
 participated in the attack upon the outposts of Manila, eight of its number 
 being wounded and one killed. From that time to May 6, 1899, its engage 
 ments were many and arduous, and no regiment in the Philippines suffered 
 more than did Nebraska 1st. When it went out, it was 1,300 odd strong, 
 but by government order was soon reduced to 1,000 odd. It lost 66 men 
 killed in battle or who died from wounds received in battle. Its wounded 
 numbered 212. 
 
 William W. Grayson, of Company D, 1st Nebraska Volunteers, was 
 the man who fired the first shot that inaugurated the war, and fifteen minutes 
 afterward the engagement was general, thus averting an unexpected attack 
 upon American forces at midnight of same date. Many lives would have 
 been lost. 
 
424 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 The regiment retired from the tiring-line May (>, 1SJH), and sailed 
 homeward from Manila July 1. 
 
 Col. John P. Bratt was in command when the regiment went out, but. 
 on account of failing health, was obliged to resign command in a short time. 
 He was succeeded by Senior Major John M. Stotsenburg, who lost his life 
 on April 23, 18JM), at the battle of Quingua. Senior Major Harry B. 
 Mulford was appointed to the vacancy., Lieutenant-Colonel (Jeo. R. Colton 
 declining to accept. 
 
 T/if Man Who F,r. d t/>r Fit-xt ,SV 
 
 SKETC II OF ( ( ) L( ).\ KL STOT.SK.N B U K(i . 
 
 Colonel John M. Stotsenburg, horn in Indiana, November 24, 1856, was 
 a graduate from West Point, a captain in the regular army, and instructor 
 in military tactics at Nebraska State University. As colonel of 1st Ne 
 braska, he was always and ever a patriotic, brave, and kind-hearted leader 
 and soldier. He always knew and performed a duty. Fear was to him 
 unknown. His men without exception loved and honored him, and would 
 follow wherever he might lead. Tlis remains were brought to his home HE 
 Lincoln, Nebraska, where they lay in state at the capital building, being 
 finally interred in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia. The 
 President nf the United States, Win. McKinley, and other dignitaries, at 
 tended the funeral. His wife and two daughters survive him. 
 
 SKFTCIE OF COMI A.XY ( , FIRST .NEBRASKA. 
 
 Company ( 1 of 1st Nebraska is of Beatrice, Nebraska. Its inception 
 dates back little more than twentv years. Its first actual service was dnr- 
 
Beatrice JleporL 425 
 
 ing the Oinalia riot of ISS^. Later it participated in the Indian outbreak 
 at Wounded Knee, and also saw active service during the packing-house 
 strike of South Omaha, upon each occasion eliciting high commendation 
 because of its efficiency, discipline, ami the gentlemanly bearing of its 
 members. 
 
 The company, when mustered into service, .May !), ISDN, numbered 
 SI men. It was recruited to 100 after reaching Manila, Philippine Islands. 
 It participated in the capture of Manila, and carried ihe flag of the regiment 
 during that siege. It performed service in seventeen battles, besides in- 
 numerable skirmishes. 
 
 Colonel John ^f. S 
 
 .Eighteen men were wounded in action and one by accidental discharge 
 of gun while on outpost. Three men died of disease, one was drowned, ami 
 one died from wounds received in battle, making a total of five deaths. 
 
 The personnel of the company might be termed perfect, as its mem 
 bership was almost entirely from educated and cultured families and homes. 
 It had on many occasions carried off honors from competitive drills, and 
 among its members were found the best-drilled men of the regiment. 
 
 In closing this brief sketch of Company (. , the writer can do no better 
 than quote from one who knew and loved the company well, when saying: 
 "The boys of Company C went away from us sixteen months ago inexperi 
 enced boys. They have come back to us manly men, with laurels of heroes 
 on their brows, and as actors in one of the greatest dramas oi nation-making 
 history." 
 
426 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Company C .s Street, Cmp at Santa Mesa. 
 
 Company C .s Mesx Tent. 
 
Beatrice Report. 
 
 42; 
 
 Scene of the Battle of Angntf 12, 1898. 
 
 Captain A. ff. Hollingworth, 
 Beatrice, Nebraska. 
 
428 Pacific Coast Red Cross tfuctcty. 
 
 Captain A. 11. Hollingworth, of Beatrice, Nebraska, was the man 
 who led Company C Philippineward, who lived and worked with and for 
 it while there, and, when the time came, returned it to its home. 
 
 Albert II. Hollingworth was born on his father s homestead, in Gage 
 County, Nebraska, August 19, 1872. When nineteen years of age he came 
 with his parents to the capital city, Beatrice, where he became a student 
 in the business college, and later entered upon teaching, finally finishing 
 his school days at the Nebraska University. 
 
 He served in the Nebraska Xational Guards as private, sergeant, first 
 lieutenant, and captain; was mustered in as captain of Company C, 1st 
 Nebraska U. S. Y., May 9, 1898; was severely wounded February 17, 1S99, 
 at battle of Maraquina Road, in right forearm and right thigh ; under 
 went three operations in consequence, on dates February 17 and 25 and 
 May 1). On June 20 he was discharged from First Reserve Hospital, Phil 
 ippine Islands, to join his regiment on return home. When informed that, 
 he was to be sent home on a hospital ship, he said, u No; I brought my 
 boys to war ; T am going to take them home/ 7 
 
 The above statements tell a great deal, but the real life of Mr. Holling 
 worth as captain of Company C, during the time intervening between May 
 7, 1S08, and his return, is written only in the hearts of his men and of 
 those who anxiously awaited at home. lie went out not alone as captain, 
 but as well the genial, warm-hearted man he had ever been. Mothers and 
 sisters enjoined him over and again to keep loving care of the dear ones 
 who were going out under his leadership. Not for a moment were those 
 injunctions forgotten. The one tiling he always remembered and strove for 
 was the greatest comfort of his company. When sickness, suffering, and 
 death came, it was he who sent to the home folk the tidings true but tender. 
 
 Promotion in service rapped at his door, but he gave no admittance, 
 iiis only reply being, "1 neither seek nor desire higher honor than to do mv 
 duty as a soldier and as captain of Company C, 1st Nebraska." He went 
 nut captain, was ca ptain upon the field, and, leaning upon a cane, returned 
 captain, bearing not only the wounds of conflict, but the enduring love of his 
 company, entire regiment, and home people. 
 
 TJIF DF.AI) OF COMPANY C, FIRST NFI .RASKA FMTFI) STATES VOT/TNTKKKS. 
 
 George L. Geddes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geddes, of 
 Beatrice, Nebraska ; was born in 1876. He was a fine, handsome fellow, and 
 took much interest and pride in military matters. He frequently won tho 
 prize as the best-drilled man in the company, and was the holder of it when 
 the company entered upon service. 
 
 He was not in his usual health when the Senator sailed from San Fran 
 cisco, and, despite all available care and attention, he grew worse, and di(-.d 
 on shipboard, June 21, 1898, and was buried at sea the following day. He 
 was the first American soldier to be buried at sea during the Spanish- 
 
Beatrice He port. 42!> 
 
 American War. The entire ileet was stopped to do honor to the dead sol 
 dier. In Evergreen Home Cemetery, near his home city, there is a plot of 
 ground held sacred to the memory of noble George Geddes, upon which flowers 
 are lovingly and lavishly scattered, and upon the outgoing waves of the 
 Pacific rarest blossoms are sent adrift on Memorial day by the ( alit oniia 
 Red Cross as a tribute to the brave soldier lad of Nebraska. 
 
 George L. Geddes. 
 
 "Will Evans," as he was familiarly called, was twenty-seven years of 
 age. He was an early member of Company C, and was one of the be^t 
 soldiers and most-loved men in the company. "Fighting Bob" Evans was a 
 name given him by his admiring comrades. He was a young man of ex 
 cellent character and a sincere Christian. While en route to Manila lie 
 received a severe bruise on the leg. Blood poisoning set in, and, on arrival 
 at Manila, the leg was amputated, but he failed to rally from the shock. 
 His first grave was in Manila, and the members of his company erected a 
 handsome monument in memory of their sleeping soldier. The remains have 
 since been returned to the United States by the government, and are now 
 resting in the family lot in Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, Nebraska. 
 
 Julius Miller was born July 1, 1876, in the state of Tennessee. The 
 cause of his death was malarial fever. He enjoyed taking frequent plunge 
 baths in the surf at Honolulu, where the recruit detachment was temporarily 
 stationed on its way to Manila. A fever resulted, and the life of the noble 
 young man went out October 20, 1898. He was a member of the Masonic 
 
430 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Order, and his funeral, at Honolulu, wa* held under the auspices of that 
 fraternity. His body still rests in its island grave, but in time will un 
 doubtedly be returned to those who knew and loved him well. 
 
 To Julius Miller was denied the privilege of bearing arms for his 
 country, but in the army of Christ he was a soldier, young and brave and 
 loyal. 
 
 Frank Knouse Avas born March IS, 1S78. His was one of the brightest 
 minds in the company. He left a good business position that lie might go 
 with his company to service. He strongly affirmed, and lived it as well, 
 that a man at one and the same time can be a soldier and a Christian. 
 
 Private Jtilitix G. Miller. 
 
 Private Frank M Knouse. 
 
 He was drowned in the Pasig River while bathing, December 15, 1898. 
 His body was recovered a day or two afterward, and buried in the military 
 cemetery near Manila. Later it was returned, and now fills one of a group 
 of Company C graves in the home cemetery. 
 
 Bruce Macy died April 20, 1899, from the effect of wounds received 
 in the battle of Malolos, March 29, 1899. He was the only member of 
 Company C who died from the effect of wounds received in battle. He was 
 but a boy in years, being only eighteen. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. 
 Macy, are residents of Beatrice, Nebraska, and in his home city the memory 
 of Bruce will ever be kept sacred. 
 
 Young, full of vigor, promising, patriotic, and Christian, his short 
 life held much that sweetens and strengthens the lives of those to whom he 
 was dearest. 
 
Beatrice Report. 
 
 431 
 
 P/ iratr Bract E. 
 
 Bruce was first buried in the cemetery at Battery Knoll, Philippine 
 Islands, but is now resting neath the blue skies of his own loved Xebraska. 
 shoulder to shoulder with the sleeping comrades of Company C, 1st Xebraskn. 
 
 MRS. MARY WHITNEY HARDY. 
 
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 JAPAN. 
 REPORT FROM YOKOHAMA, 
 
 [Consulate-General ,.f United States of A merit-si.] 
 
 HOUT the middle of July, 1899, a few ladies met at the house of Mrs. 
 John Lindsley, to consider what might be done by the American col 
 ony to entertain home-going volunteers. No decision was reached, 
 and the meeting adjourned to the next day, when the same ladies met at the 
 Tnited States Consulate, and, after deliberating, decided that a notice should 
 1)0 put in the daily papers asking all American women interested in enter 
 taining our soldiers to meet at the American Consulate on a certain day. 
 About thirty women responded to the call. Mrs. Gowey, wife of the Ameri 
 can Consulate-General, presided, and appointed Mrs. John Lindsley, secre 
 tary; Mrs. E. C. Scidmore, chairman of committee on room, and care of 
 same; Mrs. W. L. Merriman, chairman of refreshment committee; Mrs. 
 Theodore Morris, chairman entertainment committee; Mrs. E. J. Thorn, 
 chairman committee on printing; Miss Kuhus, chairman committee on 
 care of the sick; and Miss Thorn, chairman committee on flowers, asking 
 for volunteers on each committee. 
 
 The following ladies offered their services: Mesdames Howard, Middle- 
 ton, Rogers, Strahler, Low, Colton, Manley, Snrth, Gline, Hubbard, Conner, 
 Booth, Harman, Swain, Doering, McWilliams, Vivanti, Smith, Blake, 
 Knapp, McChesney, Tripler, Bennett, Anderson, Loomis ; the Misses 
 Averill, Nickerson, Powell, Poole, Andrews, Howard, Lichtenberg, Patchett, 
 Copmann, Tripler, Roth, Merrimaii, and others. 
 
 Mrs. Scidmore was asked to see if No. 16 Bund could be secured for 
 the use of the soldiers. The meeting then adjourned. No. 16 Bund was 
 secured and liberally decorated with American flags ; it consisted of a com 
 modious reading and lounging room, another room, which was fitted up with 
 writing materials, and which was in constant use by the men, and a third 
 for refreshments: luncheon was also served under a large shelter tent in the 
 adjoining lot. 
 
 On July 30 the Warren, having on board the Colorado Regiment, 1,300 
 men, arrived ; circulars were prepared and sent to the ship, inviting the men 
 to the rooms. A money changer was present for their accommodation. The 
 exclusive use of a bath-house was provided free of charge, and was greatly 
 appreciated by a large number of men from each transport ; also the latest 
 papers and magazines were given by various Americans, and sent on board 
 on the departure of the transports. A luncheon was served every day, the 
 ladies donating cake, pies, tarts, etc., as well as chicken broth, and other 
 delicacies, for those unable to eat substantial food. 
 ( 432 ) 
 
Japan Report. 433 
 
 There was also a system of checking parcels for the use of those who 
 had made purchases in town, and a number of ladies gave the use of their 
 carriages, that those who were invalids might enjoy a drive. The use of a 
 large lot adjoining the building was given free of charge by the German 
 Consul-General, and on it was erected a hospital tent, with cots and long 
 chairs for the sick. There fresh tea was made, eggs cooked, broth made 
 hot as often as required. A number of times, when leave was granted for 
 the men to remain ashore overnight, they were taken home by various fam 
 ilies and cared for. Others were provided with cots in the building used 
 by them in the daytime. 
 
 The card of invitation contained also time-tables and rates of fare to 
 Tokyo, sampan and jinrikisha fares, that the men might not be cheated. 
 
 The entertainment committee also provided a map of Yokohama, with 
 points of interest marked. 
 
 A committee of ladies visited every transport, taking with them milk 
 and food suitable for those too ill to come ashore. This was done on July 
 30 for the transport Warren, 1,300 men; August 6, transport Sherman, 
 California Regiment, 1,000 men; August 11, transport Grant, Xorth 
 Dakota, Wyoming, and Idaho Regiments, 1,300 men; August 22, transport 
 Sheridan, South Dakota and Minnesota troops, 2,300; September 4, 
 Valencia and Zealandia, Montana and Nebraska troops, 500 and 600; 
 September 17, transport Pennsylvania, Washington Regiment, 850 men; 
 September 22, Tartar, Kansas Regiment, 1,200 men ; also Warren, 
 with regulars from United States; October 8, Senator, Iowa Regiment, 850 
 men; October 22, Indiana, Tennessee Regiment, 800 men. 
 
 We received yen 157 donations from tourists and others, that were ex 
 pended for provisions. The American men in Yokohama subscribed yen 
 2,295, from which was expended yen 1,660, for the use of the troops. 
 
 We were indebted to Mr. Hall, an Englishman, for the free use of the 
 most commodious rooms, and to Mr. Coates, the German Consul-General, 
 for the use of adjoining ground, that we could hardly have got on without. 
 The American colony here numbers but 376 men, women, and children. 
 
 The soldiers behaved as gentlemen, and nothing occurred to make the 
 ladies regret that they undertook the work ; on the contrary, it was a great 
 pleasure to do even so little for the men who had been through so much. 
 
 YOKOHAMA, Japan, January 11, 1900. 
 
 MRS. J. G. CLARK Dear Madam: Yours of November 26 received. 
 I send herewith an account of what we did last summer for home-goinsj 
 volunteers. I think I have given an account of all that was dene, in a general 
 way. Of course there were a good many cases of individual attention that 
 I am not able to put in ; too much can not be said in praise of the refresh 
 ment committee for the able and systematic way in which they did their work. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, AXXIE S. GOWEY. 
 
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THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS STANDS FOR 
 "HUMANITY AND NEUTRALITY" 
 
 CLARA BARTON 
 
 President of American National Red Cross 
 
ORIGIN OF THE GREAT PHILANTHROPY AND BRIEF 
 SKETCH OF ITS WORK. 
 
 BY .1. G. Leminon. 
 
 THK history of the Red Cross is the history 
 of the grandest revolution that has come 
 to the aid of civilization. 
 
 Man is yet more or less brutish. Dur 
 ing the early, formative periods animal 
 instincts directed all human conduct. 
 The sick and injured were left to chance 
 recovery, the wounded to languish and 
 die. Cruelty and revenue characterized 
 early tribes, while but recently savagery 
 and extermination were the laws of na 
 tions; and now in modern times, with 
 shame be it said, inhumanity mingles 
 its degrading 1 deeds with the uplifting 
 amenities of national affairs. 
 
 How often in medieval history oc 
 curs the statement. "And he put all his 
 enemies to the sword," meaning- the 
 wholesale slaughter of thousands in cold 
 blood. The strongest warriors in those 
 days, broadswords in hand, passed over 
 the battle-fields and hacked off heads so 
 long- as one could be found unsevered. 
 
 Only a few centuries ago was this 
 practise fully abandoned, and gradually 
 was shown the beginning of mercy for 
 the conquered and help for the disabled, 
 arriving only a few decades ag-o at the 
 stage of providing- military surgeons to 
 accompany armies. 
 
 During the wars of Napoleon Bona 
 parte, which drenched the sands of 
 Kgvpt, the snows of Russia, the plains 
 of Germany, of Italy, and Spain, with 
 the best blood of France and the best 
 blood of Europe, it is said of the great 
 captain that, a.s he rode over a field 
 heaped with dead and dying victims of 
 his vaulting ambition, his fine eyes 
 would fill with tears, indicating that he 
 was not wholly devoid of humane feel 
 ing. Nevertheless, this profound genius, 
 who invented a hundred new ways of 
 waging war, never once thought of pro 
 
 viding against the needless and cruel 
 sufferings of his devoted followers; 
 much less did he show compassion upon 
 his disabled opponents. 
 
 The philanthropic organization known 
 the world over as the Red Cross is the 
 conscience of nations uprising in protest 
 against all these barbarities of war. 
 
 Hut the protest was not born full 
 fledged nor full armed. Gradually the 
 Red Cross has been admitted to battle 
 fields, gradually invested with rights and 
 clothed with authority. And the exten 
 sion of its scope to include relief of suf 
 fering on other fields than war was a 
 long time coming, too. 
 
 Civilian Relief. 
 
 The care of the sick, the feeble, and 
 maimed is primarily a feminine instinct. 
 It was exhibited, doubtless, upon the 
 first occasion for its exercise. Nor did 
 the early, archaiaii animals exhibit 
 parental affection; neither does the in 
 sect mother and the fish mother of to 
 day show any; they merely deposit their 
 eg-gs and pass on. 
 
 \Yith the incoming of the warm 
 blooded animals arose the self-sacrificing 
 affection of motherhood. The female 
 ape nurses her offspring; the Aryan 
 mother cares for her own and the tribe s 
 children. 
 
 In medieval times the women who 
 were engaged in ministering* to unfor 
 tunates took the fitting names of Sisters 
 of Charity and Sisters of Mercy, and 
 these devoted Sisters have gradually in 
 creased in numbers and influence among 
 all enlightened nations, and to-day are 
 numbered by thousands. 
 
 Florence Nightingale. 
 
 The first notable organized relief for 
 the disabled in battle was executed by 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 a woman, and that woman was a trained 
 nurse of the last half of the century 
 just passed, a woman yet alive, but a 
 sad invalid, in consequence of her ex 
 cessive labor and exposure. 
 
 Florence Nightingale was born at 
 Florence, Italy, of wealthy English 
 parents. She early became interested in 
 the relief of suffering-, and studied hos 
 pital and asylum management under the 
 tutelage of Sisters of Charity, in Paris 
 and elsewhere. 
 
 The year 1854 brought the ever- 
 memorable war of the Crimea, and the 
 world looked on with trembling heart 
 and bated breath whilst the great allied 
 powers of western and southern Europe 
 pitted themselves against the emperor of 
 all the Russias. Once more the old, sad 
 story, the relentless war of races, the 
 Anglo-Saxon, the Celt, and the Latin 
 races against the wild and mj riad hordes 
 of the Sclav. "Scarcely had they met," 
 in the words of the historian, "when 
 the hospitals of the allied armies reeked 
 with death." But the times had 
 changed; human progress had evolved 
 a "press," whose lexer moved the world. 
 The newspaper correspondents poured 
 back upon astonished England the terri 
 ble news of the entire inadequacy of her 
 military medical field service. Facts are 
 stubborn and figures true. Both gov 
 ernment and people awoke as from a 
 dream; and when the letters of Lord 
 Henry Sydney Herbert, the British 
 minister of war, and Florence Nightin 
 gale, the trained nurse of London, 
 crossed in transit, the one begging 
 civilian help for military distress, the 
 other begging leave to render it, they 
 marked an era of exaltation never before 
 reached in the progress of the world; 
 and when, two weeks later, Miss Night 
 ingale, with her forty faithful and care 
 fully-selected assistants, sailed from the 
 shores of England, it meant more for the 
 advancement of humankind, more for 
 its future example, than all the fleets 
 and armies, cannon and commissary, that 
 had sailed before in that vast campaign. 
 
 That unarmed pilgrim band of women 
 on that occasion not oiilv struck a blow 
 
 at the barbarities of war, but they laid 
 the ax deep at the root of war itself. 
 
 Upon the details of this mission one 
 scarce need to enter; the world knows 
 by heart the story of Scutari and the 
 barrack hospitals, and how, under the 
 intelligent direction and labors of this 
 civil volunteer corps, disease lessened, 
 gangrene disappeared, and pestilence fell 
 away; and how, under the strong sup 
 port of the military head and England s 
 gracious queen, this work went on, un 
 til the hospitals of the entire British 
 army, from awful depths of misery, be 
 came homes of cleanliness, of comfort 
 and recovery. 
 
 The great example had been given. 
 The slow but willing world learned a 
 useful lesson, but at the sacrifice, of its 
 teacher s health. 
 
 Florence Nightingale covered England 
 with glory and won the unstinted praise 
 of the world, but returned home to seek 
 a bed of painful invalidism, from which 
 she has never recovered. At such cost 
 is the good work of the world accom 
 plished. 
 
 Women in Our Civil War. 
 
 Our own Civil War broke out early 
 in 1861, and, owing to the principal 
 things at stake, the existence of slav 
 ery and the preservation of the Union, 
 was waged from the first with fatuitous 
 effort on one side and patriotic deter 
 mination on the other. 
 
 In the haste of military movements 
 and desperate onslaughts, the broken 
 in health, the injured, and dead were 
 left on the field. The authorities on 
 both sides were all imprepared. Not a 
 hospital, a surgeon, or a trained nurse 
 was in evidence. 
 
 Clara Barton left her office desk in 
 Washington and took a four-mule- team 
 load of supplies down to the battle 
 fields of Virginia. Another woman in 
 the western part of the Union trans 
 ported a steamer-load of supplies, in 
 cluding ten milch cows and one thousand 
 laying hens, to the camps and battle 
 fields on the Tennessee. This was 
 
Appendix. 
 
 437 
 
 Mother Biekerdyke s way of commenc 
 ing" her four years service. 
 
 The perils of the hour appealed to 
 patriots everywhere, and such men as 
 Rev. Henry W. liellows and Fred Law 
 Olmstead, in the Fast, and Uev. Thomas 
 Starr King 1 and James K. Yeatman, in 
 the West, aroused the citizens by their 
 eloquence, and, as a result, there was 
 organized the historic 
 
 Sanitary Commission. 
 
 By straining- a point in one of the 
 phrases of Article 63 in our Army Reg 
 ulations, a few accredited nurses had 
 been admitted through army lines, where 
 only teamsters and sutlers had been 
 allowed before. 
 
 Taking advantage of this ruling, and 
 in view of the evident inadequacy of 
 swiftly-moving armies to properly take 
 care of their disabled soldiers, the or 
 ganizers of the Sanitary Commission 
 proposed to supplement the medical 
 department by the assistance of civilians. 
 Larg-e amounts of money were raised to 
 defray the expenses of agents, who were 
 carefully selected and sent to the front 
 to choose camps in good sanitary con 
 ditions, inspect and improve hospitals, 
 remove sick and wounded to places of 
 safety, etc. Not only these duties, but 
 the commission employed skilled physi 
 cians and nurses, and, much to their 
 credit, they established a bureau for the 
 collection of vital statistics, whose re 
 ports of investigations have added more 
 to the existing knowledge of sanitary 
 conditions than was ever before pub 
 lished. Their hospital directory con 
 tains the names of over 600,000 soldiers 
 who had been recipients of their care. 
 Confederate and Federal soldiers alike 
 sharing their assistance. 
 
 Soon after organizing , it was found 
 that the funds were not sufficient to 
 carry out the extensive projects contem 
 plated. Begun in June of 18(51. there 
 was received during the eleven months 
 following only $50,000. In September, 
 1862, the historian gladly notes. "The 
 magnificent g ift of $100,000 from Cali 
 fornia, followed two weeks later bv an 
 
 other $100,000 from the citizens of this 
 young- state, secured the commission 
 from failure, and stimulated other com 
 munities to exhibit like generous assist 
 ance." Sanitary fairs l>ecame popular, 
 and New York City, in 1H64, led off with 
 a contribution of $1,184,000. Philadel 
 phia raised $1,034,000; Brooklyn, $30">,00<). 
 California during the war contributed 
 $1,234,000. To the credit of San Fran 
 cisco it should be stated that, under the 
 fiery eloquence of Rev. Starr King, the 
 contribution one Sunday evening was 
 over $100,000. 
 
 Christian Commission. 
 
 The Christian philanthropy known by 
 this name was called into being by the 
 Young Men s Christian Association of 
 New York. June, 1861. Cooperating with 
 the Sar.itary Commission in many pro 
 jects, they were particularly engaged in 
 providing trained nurses and skilled 
 surgeons for emergency service; also 
 they made it theii- charge to care for 
 the dead. The regular enlistment and 
 assignment of nurses for duty in field 
 hospitals was an important service under 
 military rules. Miss Dorothy L. Dix 
 superintended the selection and enlist 
 ment of nurses in the Kastern depart 
 ment, while James K. Yeatman dis 
 charged these duties in the West. 
 
 Thus for four long years these two 
 volunteer civilian committees carried on 
 their extensive and important work, and 
 I have been somewhat explicit in un 
 folding it and reminding our people of 
 it because of its mag-nitnde; but it all 
 ended with the termination of the war 
 The abundant and valuable supplies on 
 hand were not stored and preserved for 
 future use. as is done by the Red Cross, 
 but most of them were sold at auction 
 for trifling- sums; the rest squandered 
 upon parasites and camp followers. 
 
 The records, documents, and volumi 
 nous correspondence of the Sanitary 
 Commission at the close of the war were 
 hastily deposited in the Astor Library, 
 at Xew York, and there they remain, 
 unused, almost forgotten. The records 
 
438 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 of the Christian Commission shared a 
 similar fate 
 
 Through all this noble, self -sacnh cing. 
 civilian work it is important to note that 
 the initial and by far the largest part 
 of it was performed oy women and 
 woman s work is never done until it is 
 all done, every related duty accom 
 plished. 
 
 Clara Barton must needs prolong her 
 work at the close of the war by or 
 ganizing the systematic examination of 
 soldiers records, finding what became of 
 missing soldiers," who had been re 
 ported as "deserted," involving journeys 
 with a corps of assistants to the burial 
 heaps at Andersonville and other South 
 ern prison pens. The result was the 
 rescue of many an honored name from 
 out the dismal registry of "missing;" 
 and Mother Bickerdyke, in the West, 
 joining Annie Wittenmyer, must needs 
 set about measures for the suste 
 nance of surviving- and disabled soldiers 
 through the army pension office, as also 
 the useful employment of other of "her 
 boys " by colonizing- them upon the 
 prairies of Kansas. 
 
 Meanwhile, between these two wars 
 (the Crimean and the Civil Wars), there 
 occurred, in 1859. the war waged by the 
 French against the Anstrians in North 
 ern Italy, and it was an incident con 
 nected with one of its tremendous bat 
 tles, where f>00,000 soldiers were engaged, 
 that was destined to waken the world 
 from its dream of satisfaction, show it 
 the horror of neglect of preparation, and 
 set it to thinking. 
 
 Solferino and Its Visitor. 
 
 The roar of the guns at the sanguinary 
 battle of Solferino, June 24, 1859, reached 
 the ear of M. Henri Dunant, a Swiss 
 gentleman traveling at leisure in the 
 vicinity. He drove towards the battle 
 field, with some difficulty obtained per 
 mission to enter and the privilege of 
 working among the wounded. The 
 scenes that met his gaze on every hand 
 were so horrible, the suffering so excru 
 ciating, through lack of medical and 
 surgical help and supplies not one sur 
 
 geon to fifty men, no hospital or any 
 provision for the wounded and dying 
 and these conditions were so long con 
 tinued, several terrible days, that, 
 after he had done all he could, and had 
 returned home, it was many days before 
 he could bring himself to relate his 
 frightful experiences, and weeks elapsed 
 before he could put his thoughts upon 
 paper. At length he published a little 
 volume, 
 
 EL SOrrEXUt DEL SOLFERINO. 
 This reminiscence of Solferino created 
 a sensation. It was taken up in all 
 quarters and printed in the leading 
 languages of Europe. "In the progress 
 of humanity, the world had grown ripe 
 for it." 
 
 The booklet proved a firebrand, kin 
 dling all Europe, and M. Dunant was en 
 couraged to elaborate the great idea 
 presented in his "Souvenir" before the 
 Geneva Society of Public Utility, and 
 his propositions became the main sub 
 ject of discussion for several days of 
 February, 1863. 
 
 In brief, M. Dunant desired to know 
 if it would not be possible for the great 
 war-making nations of the world to be 
 brought to consider the needless suffer 
 ing inflicted upon their disabled soldiers, 
 and to agree to enter into some inter 
 national compact for their relief, some 
 arrangement by which all wounded, dis 
 abled, and sick men should be held 
 neutral, should be no longer regarded 
 as militants, but treated as suffering, 
 defenseless men. "They can no longer 
 harm any one," he pleaded. "Why treat 
 them as foes? Why add to their suffer 
 ings the infliction of your unappeased 
 animosity? And, inasmuch," he argued, 
 "as no army in motion can take suit 
 able care of its disabled, why not pro 
 vide some way by which civilians can 
 reach them and care for their necessi 
 ties?" 
 
 These humane and reasonable ideas so 
 far gained favor with the society as to 
 result in the appointment of a commit 
 tee to devise a plan for submitting M. 
 Dunant s proposition to the nations of 
 the world. 
 
439 
 
 The president, (iiistav Moynier, in < r- 
 scribing the work ol the conimit tec. 
 writes. "It was not then known in Eu- 
 rope what pro< limit s had been accom 
 plished in America by her Sanitary Com 
 mission, and therefore much time and 
 labor were required before the commit 
 tee could formulate a plan that would 
 escape much criticism." 
 
 Conference of 1863. 
 
 Pursuant to a call from the Geneva 
 Society of Public I tility. thirty-six 
 gentlemen, representing fourteen gov 
 ernments, assembled, October !3(>, 18(53, 
 in Geneva, while letters in sympathy 
 with the movement were received from 
 five other powers. The problem pre 
 sented to the conference by the terms 
 of the call, as stated by President 
 Moynier, was "to establish on the do 
 main of charity a link between the civil 
 and the military element, which, though 
 different, are not incompatible, and 
 which, it was hoped, might be made to 
 work harmoniously side by side." 
 
 In doing- this, the conference had to 
 adapt its work to a great variety of 
 governments, and it carefully refrained 
 from exacting- anything- incompatible 
 with the institutions of any civilixed 
 people. 
 
 The first conference, sitting- for four 
 days, did effective work. The moving- 
 spirit was M. Dnnant. ably supported 
 by the talented President M. Moynier. 
 Some eleven resolutions were formu 
 lated. They provided for the formation 
 of national relief committees, so warmly 
 advocated by M. Dunant. to establish 
 relations with the government, to makf 
 themselves acquainted with all improve 
 ments in the means of helping- wounded 
 soldiers, to train volunteers for hospital 
 service, to collect materials for sick and 
 wounded soldiers, to keep up friendly 
 relations with each other, in order that 
 any improvements or inventions in one 
 country likely to be of service in a cam 
 paign mig-ht be made known to others. 
 In times of war these committees be 
 come the agents of the public at large 
 /or affording aid. It was by the terms 
 
 of <ne of these resolutions that the lied 
 Cross was ch<,sen to be the distinctive 
 badge of surgeons, nurses, and assist 
 ants of all degrees. It is most remark- 
 abh- that this lied Cross should have 
 become the name of the great philan 
 thropy itself. It occurred this wise: 
 Out of compliment to the progressive 
 little republic of Swit/erland, in whos-_ 
 principal city the conference was assem 
 bled, the led Hag of Swit/erland. with 
 its white cross, was taken, and the 
 colors reversed, making a red cross ol 
 equal arms upon a white ground. 
 
 The use of the red cross by the aid 
 societies of Europe antedated by about a 
 year the formal adoption by treaty oi 
 this world-conquering emblem. 
 
 The first lied Cross Society was or 
 gan i/ed in \Vurtemburg. December, 1803. 
 Soon after, as President Moynier writes. 
 "A network of societies covered Europe. 
 and extended into Asia and the isles of 
 the sea. all voluntarily controlled by the 
 central committee at Geneva." 
 
 llowe\er. the sanction of governments 
 by treaty stipulations was necessary: 
 hence a call was issued for the assem 
 bling of representatives of all nations 
 at (iene\a the next year. 
 
 Geneva Convention, 1864. 
 
 Attended by representatives of all the 
 powers of Europe, except Russia, delib 
 eration was had for nearly a fortnight, 
 resulting in the promulgation of nine 
 articles, forming the Red Cross Treaty, 
 or, as it is generally called, the Geneva 
 Convention. 
 
 The first, second, and third articles 
 provide for the neutrality of hospitals 
 and inmates. 
 
 The fourth protects hospitals and am 
 bulances against capture and molesta 
 tion. 
 
 The fifth, with the view to quiet the 
 fears of the inhabitants of the vicinity, 
 as well as to secure their assistance, 
 provides military protection. 
 
 The sixth provides for the proper care 
 and exchange of prisoners. 
 
 The seventh provides the Red Cross 
 flag for hospitals and convoys, and an 
 arm badge (brassard) for persons. 
 
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 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 The eighth and ninth articles carry 
 out the details of execution, and provide 
 ror the adhesion of other nations at any 
 time. 
 
 "The formation of this treaty," writes 
 the historian, "marks an epoch in the 
 advancement of man. Nothing- so benefi 
 cent has been produced within the cen 
 tury just passed. The world-spirit the 
 Welt Geist in his onward sweep through 
 humanity must surely have paused when 
 this compact was signed to mark the 
 spot with a white stone." No intelli 
 gent person can listen to its provisions 
 and not be conscious of the feeling- 
 away down in the depths of his soul 
 that here is the beginning- of the end 
 of war. 
 
 Since the time when the wounded 
 were, as a matter of course, left to die 
 on the field or be torn by wild beasts, 
 how great is the change! 
 
 For reasons too many to be intro 
 duced here, the Tufted States remained 
 aloof until 1881. being- the thirty-second 
 nation to join the treaty. 
 
 Over forty nations, including- all the 
 countries of the Old World, except China, 
 and all of the New World but Mexico, 
 are affiliated. 
 
 Even the turbulent little republics of 
 Central America and the solitary peoples 
 on the islands of Oceanica clasp hands 
 with the great and powerful continental 
 nations under the snow-white, crimson- 
 emblaxoned banner, and pledg-e their 
 governments to carry out the humane 
 provisions it symbolizes. Never ag-ain 
 will the fallen in battle be allowed to 
 lie unfed or dying- of thirst, or become 
 frozen to the ground for want of the 
 rescuing- flag-; never ag-ain will the am 
 bulance that would pick its way about 
 the battle, to gather up the fallen, run 
 the risk of being- fired upon. 
 
 By the convention of 18(58 the provi 
 sions of the Red Cross were extended 
 to the navy, "the armies on the sea," 
 and, at the sug-g-estion of Clara Barton, 
 in a communication written in 1881, the 
 scope of Red Cross relief in America 
 was extended to cover "the relief of 
 
 suffering by such calamities as famine, 
 flood, fire, cyclones, or other causes so 
 serious as to be considered national in 
 importance." 
 
 .Japan and two or three other nations, 
 I believe, have insisted upon this pro 
 vision in their acceptance of the treaty. 
 
 Until the late war with Spain this kind 
 of calamities has claimed the exclusive 
 care of Miss Barton and her assistants. 
 
 Clara Barton and Her Mission. 
 
 We come now to the events which led 
 to the formation of the American so 
 ciety. 
 
 As before chronicled in these pages, 
 a woman has been foremost in the sev 
 eral humanitarian movements, so, in this 
 bringing of the Red Cross to America, 
 it was a woman who did it. 
 
 "To understand this history." writes 
 her biographer, "we must first under 
 stand something- of the early life of 
 Clara Barton, for with such quietness, 
 such single-minded devotion to duty 
 alone, has her work been done, that, as 
 tonishing as it may be to those who 
 know her well and love her devotedly, 
 there is little doubt that few on the 
 Pacific slope are familiar with her life- 
 work, though they may have heard her 
 name spoken frequently. 
 
 At the outbreak of our Civil War, 
 Miss Clara Barton, a native of Oxford, 
 Mass., then a young- woman with a noted 
 history as a successful founder and 
 teacher of public schools in New Jersey, 
 was engaged at a desk in one of the 
 government departments at Washing-ton. 
 When news came that northern troops 
 en route to Washing-ton had been fired 
 upon, and some of them wounded, in 
 Baltimore, she instantly volunteered to 
 g-o and care for them. 
 
 Her real life-work opened before her 
 that day. Thereafter she w 7 as in the 
 hospitals, and, wherever disabled soldiers 
 were found, she collected and carried 
 provisions and hospital supplies to them 
 by wagon-loads. She was admitted 
 strangely enough on sig-ht, and was re- 
 g-arded as a woman of uncommon ability 
 and discretion. She could g-o, in her 
 
Appendix. 
 
 441 
 
 quiet, self-contained way. among- hospi 
 tals in Washington and among- the camps 
 in Virginia, unchallenged by the closest 
 stickler for routine and red tape. She 
 attended personally the wounded at the 
 field. Soon military trains were placed 
 at her service. She was present with her 
 "first relief" stock of supplies at the 
 battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull 
 Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg: was 
 eight months at the siege of Charleston, 
 at Fort Wagner, in front of Petersburg 1 , 
 and on the battle-fields of the Wilder 
 ness. She was in hospitals near Rich 
 mond and on Morris Island. 
 
 And, when the war was ended, her 
 hardest labor began; for, in obedience 
 to the tenderest and, in her way of 
 thinking, the most mandatory of hu 
 man sentiment, she engaged in the 
 search for records of "missing-" soldiers 
 who had been reported as "deserted," to 
 the consternation and grief of their rel 
 atives. At the request of President 
 Lincoln, she entered npon the task of 
 rescuing, if she might, the brave un 
 fortunates from such ignominy. This 
 tremendous task involved examination 
 of the entire War Office records at 
 Washington, and led to pilgrimages to 
 the far Son the in prison pens of Ander- 
 sonville and the like, with a score of 
 assistants, to examine prison records, 
 monument the graves, and determine 
 that here in these open pens of starva 
 tion and misery these "missing-" soldiers 
 laid down their lives with a heroism 
 unmatched in history: for each and 
 every one of them, at any time, could 
 have passed out of the iron gates by 
 simply taking- the oath of allegiance to 
 the rebel cause. 
 
 The letters of inquiry or of thanks 
 for the rescue of reputations during- this 
 examination for nearly four years "often 
 aggregated three bushels per day." 
 
 When this sacred, self-imposed task 
 was completed, Miss Barton was utterly 
 broken down in health. Her physician 
 ordered her to Europe and the moun 
 tains of Switzerland for recuperation. 
 Her health was still unsettled when, 
 during 1 the Franco-Prussian War, which 
 
 suddenly broke out in 1870, she was 
 asked to join the relief corps of the Red 
 Cross of the German army in the field, 
 for her splendid work organizing flying 
 hospitals in the war at home had reached 
 Europe. 
 
 She did heroic service on most of the 
 battle-fields of France, and, at the close 
 of the siege, personally organized and 
 prosecuted the unique rehabiliment of 
 the thousands of citizens of Strasbourg 
 impoverished and demoralized by the 
 long siege of the (Jerman army. 
 
 Strange Apathy of America. 
 
 When it became known that Miss 
 Barton had arrived in Geneva, she was 
 at once waited upon by the president 
 and others of the International Com 
 mittee of the Red Cross, who came to 
 ask an explanation of the anomalous 
 fact that the United States, which had 
 shown the most tender and efficient care 
 of its own wounded, organizing a sani 
 tary service on a scale hitherto un- 
 thought of the world over, had held 
 aloof and given the cold shoulder to 
 overtures for accepting the Red Cross. 
 
 Miss Barton listened in amazement to 
 the end, then frankly told the gentlemen 
 that she had never heard of the society 
 nor of the Geneva Treaty. She assured 
 her visitors that the United States, 
 the people of the United States, were 
 totally unaware that proposals such as 
 they described had ever been submitted 
 to our government; that probably they 
 had been referred to some department, 
 or perhaps to one single official, who 
 was too busy or did not see fit to pre 
 sent them to our people, and that there 
 fore the United States as a nation had 
 never heard of them. 
 
 Miss Barton at once comprehended the 
 usefulness of such a provision, and felt 
 ashamed that the United States was not 
 a party to it. She resolved, and after 
 ward promised her coworkers in the 
 field, that, if she lived to get home, she 
 would give herself no rest until she had 
 made our people acquainted with the 
 Treaty of Geneva. 
 
 Tn regard to the real situation of the 
 
442 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 affair, let it be remembered that at the 
 conference of 1863 we were represented 
 by our minister at Berne, and that pro 
 posals were sent us by him to unite in the 
 measures set on foot. This communica 
 tion arrived when we were in the throes 
 of the Civil War, and we were at the 
 time grandly taking 1 care of our army 
 and navy with fhe historic Sanitary 
 Commission, and, as a matter of course, 
 this foreign proposition, couched in a 
 foreign languag-e, was promptly pigeon 
 holed. 
 
 Again, after a convention held in Paris, 
 1868, in which the United States was rep 
 resented by Rev. Henry W. Bellows, the 
 distinguished head of the Sanitary Com 
 mission, the subject was presented to 
 our government, and referred without 
 action. 
 
 A Woman to the Rescue. 
 
 Coming- home after the added fatigue 
 of the war in Europe, Miss Barton was 
 prostrated entirely, and lay for years 
 upon a bed of pain and weakness, and, 
 when at leng-th she rallied, she had to 
 beg-in life anew, almost like a little child, 
 learning even how to walk. 
 
 With recurring- streng-th came mental 
 action, and memory recalled her prom 
 ise about the Red Cross she had learned 
 to love so well. 
 
 She went to Washing-ton and presented 
 the subject of the treaty to the Cabinet 
 officers of President Hayes. This was 
 in 1877. To give form and definiteness. 
 the cause was bodied forth in a com 
 mittee, consisting of three women and 
 one man; two of these are still living- 
 (1902), Miss Barton and Mr. John Hitz, 
 a o-entleman long- resident at Washing- 
 ton as the representative of the Swiss 
 Government at our capital. 
 
 The efforts of 1877 were fruitless, and 
 Miss Barton retired, baffled, but not dis 
 couraged. Four years later, when an 
 other soldier-president, the martyred 
 Garfield, was in the chair, the little 
 quartette, brave and faith-sustained, on 
 application, received assurances of sym 
 pathy from the government. Secretary 
 Windom laid the subject before the 
 
 Cabinet. The President and all the sec 
 retaries were at once interested. Sec 
 retary Elaine, whose heart always beat 
 in sympathy with the heart of humanity, 
 with a mind quick to perceive and a 
 hand swift to perform, wrote a warm 
 letter of approval, and the President, in 
 his first message to Congress, recom 
 mended our accession to the Geneva 
 Treaty. 
 
 This was seventeen years after the first 
 presentation of the subject to our g~ov- 
 ernment. The society of 1877 reorgan 
 ized and became incorporated as the 
 American Association of the Red Cross. 
 
 I .ut the time was not fully ripe, the 
 end not yet attained. President Gar- 
 field, by the bullet of the assassin, was 
 denied the pleasure of signing- the 
 treaty. That happiness was reserved 
 for his successor. President Arthur, who 
 nobly and promptly took up the work, 
 incorporating 1 a plea for it in his first 
 message. 
 
 The Treaty Signed. 
 
 It speedily passed both houses, and 
 received the signature of the President 
 March 1. 1882, the United States thus 
 becoming the thirty-second nation to 
 join the world-embracing, humanitarian 
 treaty. 
 
 President Arthur, presenting the pen 
 used by him to Miss Barton, promptly 
 appointed her as our representative to 
 the International Committee in Europe 
 and president of the American National 
 Red Cross. 
 
 No doubt could now rest in the minds 
 of any one that the adhesion of the 
 United States was at last hearty and 
 sincere, allaying 1 any distrust which our 
 former hesitation mignt have eng*er : - 
 dered. 
 
 Perhaps no other act of this ag-e has 
 reflected more credit upon this country 
 than this simple, beneficent measure. 
 It must in its great and humane prin 
 ciples, its innovations upon the long- 
 established rules of barbarism, its wise 
 and practical charity, stand forever next 
 to the immortal proclamation of freedom 
 to the African slave, that crowns the 
 life-work of Abraham Lincoln. 
 
Appendix. 
 
 443 
 
 Governments Adopting the Red Cross 
 Treaty. 
 
 France, September 22, 1804; Switzer 
 land, October 1, 18(4; Belgium, October 
 14, 1864: Netherlands, November 29, 
 1804; Italy, December 4. 1864; Sweden 
 and Norway, December 13. 1S64; Den 
 mark, December 15, 1864; Spain, Decem 
 ber 15, 1864; Baden, December 16, 1864; 
 Greece, January 17, 1865: Great Britain, 
 February 18, 1865: Mechlenburg, March 
 9, 1865; Prussia, June 29, 1865; Turkey, 
 July 5, 1865; Wurtemburg, June 2, 1866; 
 Hesse-Darmstadt, June 22, 1866; Bavaria, 
 June 30, 1866; Austria, July 21, 1866; 
 Portugal, August 9, 18(56; Saxony, Octo 
 ber 25, 1866; Russia, May 22, 1867; Pon 
 tifical States, May 9, 1868; Roumania, 
 November 30, 1874; Persia, December 5, 
 1874; San Salvador, December 30, 1874; 
 Montenegro, November 29, 1875; Servia, 
 March 24, 1876; Bolivia, October 16, 1879; 
 Chile, November 15, 1879; Argentine, 
 November 25. 1879; Peru, April 22. 1880; 
 United States. March 1, 1882; Bulgaria, 
 March 1, 1884; Japan, June 5, 1886; 
 Luxemburg, October 5, 1888; Hungary, 
 1890; Congo Free State, 1891; Venezuela, 
 1894; Siam, June 29, 1895; South Africa, 
 September 30, 1896: Honduras, May 16, 
 1898; Nicaraugua, May 16, 1898. Whole 
 number of countries, forty-two. 
 
 Principles of Red Cross. 
 
 The vital idea of the Red Cross is not 
 charity per se; it scorns the word, but 
 friendliness, helpfulness. Tt is a privi 
 lege to do for those in trouble. They 
 are neighbors in the Good Samaritan 
 sense. In a word, human brotherhood 
 is their creed, and nothing less than the 
 true law of love their animating prin 
 ciple. 
 
 As stated in a preceding paragraph, 
 the work of the Red Cross in America 
 has been exercised, until very lately, 
 along the lines of relief from calamities 
 by fires, floods, cyclones, and the like, 
 and its ready, systematic, and complete 
 relief has been most marked. 
 
 The reelection of Miss Clara Barton 
 annually has kept her constantly in the 
 harness, ready at an hour s notice to 
 
 take the first train to the scene of dis 
 aster. 
 
 Relief of Disasters the Amounts. 
 
 Beginning in 1881, a year before the 
 treaty of Geneva was fully accepted by 
 the I n i ted States, Miss Barton, with her 
 few associates, hastened to the scene of 
 the forest fires in Michigan, examined 
 the condition of the homeless sufferers, 
 reported their wants to the public, who 
 responded with money and materials 
 estimated at $8(),0()(). 
 
 1882. In the early spring, right after 
 the accession to the treaty, occurred the 
 first Mississippi flood, to which we sent 
 only an inspecting party, w r ith relief to 
 the amount of $8,000. 
 
 1883. Second flood of the Mississippi. 
 Materials, especially seeds to replant the 
 denuded ground, $18,000. 
 
 1883. Later than the above occurred 
 the Mississippi cyclone, $1,500. 
 
 1884. Great flood of the Ohio and Mis 
 sissippi Rivers, where the Red Cross first 
 chartered boats, and. besides the people, 
 fed the starving stock, thus saving the 
 animals for farming when the waters 
 should subside. In this relief Chicago 
 and St. Louis took principal parts, while 
 the whole country assisted. Houses 
 were built up along the Ohio, and fam 
 ished farmers supplied with tools and 
 seed. Miss Barton and staff were four 
 months on the boats busied with the 
 relief. Estimated value of relief, largely 
 materials, $175,000. 
 
 1887. Texas famine. Appropriations 
 made upon our statement and recom 
 mendations valued at $120,000. 
 
 1888. Mount Yernon cyclone, Ohio. 
 Amount of money and supplies, $85,000. 
 
 1888. Yellow fever scourge in Florida. 
 Expenses of physicians and nurses, 
 $15.000. 
 
 1889. The horrible Johnstown disas 
 ter, caused by the breaking of the dam 
 in Connemaugh Yalley. A working 
 force of fifty people, furnished with all 
 kinds of material, were engaged six 
 months in the reestablishment of the 
 town, at an expense of $250,000. 
 
 1891 and 1892. The Red Cross of 
 America responded to the call to relieve 
 
444 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 the famine-stricken people of Russia, by 
 sending- a ship (the Tynehead) laden 
 with corn from Iowa. Three hundred 
 and seven ear-loads were distributed per 
 sonally by Dr. J. B. Hubbell, Clara Bar 
 ton s field agent. The expedition was a 
 great success from a humanitarian point 
 of view. Relief estimated at $150,000. 
 
 1893. Pomeroy cyclone in Iowa. 
 Money and services of nurses, $2,700. 
 
 1893. South Carolina Island tidal 
 wave, drowning- over 400 persons; 30,- 
 000 persons left homeless. Relief con 
 tinuing 10 months; consisted of the per 
 sonal distribution of all kinds of sup 
 plies, with money, estimated at $65,000. 
 
 189G. Armenian massacre. Second 
 call for foreign aid. Money sent through 
 committee by Mr. Spencer Trask. of 
 New York, entirely receipted for by 
 Board of Foreign Missions at Constan 
 tinople, $116,000. 
 
 1898. Cuban relief. Money and ma 
 terial for succor of the ill-fated recon- 
 centrados, $321,000. 
 
 1899. Money and materials for the 
 relief of sufferers in Cuba sent by Red 
 Cross committee of New York City, 
 $420,000. 
 
 1901. (Jreat (ialveston disaster by 
 wind and high water. A city of 40,000 
 people lost in 24 hours nearly 10,000 
 inhabitants by drowning or killed by 
 falling houses; 8,000 left homeless; 
 bodies of the killed gathered and burned 
 by hundreds to prevent pestilence. Re 
 lief carried on for two months under 
 the supervision of Miss Barton, then 
 continued by Mr. Fred L. Ward and 
 Major J. A. McDowell. "Miss Barton 
 was given a tribute of esteem and honor, 
 beautifully engrossed, by the mayor and 
 citizens, of which a sovereign might be 
 proud, clothed in language the elegance 
 of which our English tongue does not 
 surpass." 
 
 Relief by the Red Cross, including 
 $2,020 for strawberry plants to restore 
 losses and set the people on their feet 
 again, $101,600. 
 
 Relief from other sources, principally 
 from near-by counties. $1,500,000. 
 
 Total of relief, $3.348,000. 
 
 flethods of Red Cross. 
 
 In this connection attention should be 
 called to the business methods of tin* 
 Red Cross. In strong contrast with the 
 loose methods of the ephemeral Sanitary 
 Commission, raising large sums of money 
 under intense excitement, and confiding 
 them to irresponsible persons, who in 
 a few instances embezzled the funds or 
 squandered them upon unworthy ob 
 jects, the methods of the Red Cross are 
 deliberate and quiet. They receive con 
 tributions and account for them care 
 fully, passing receipts as in a well- 
 regulated bank. There is no temptation 
 to purloin or squander, through lack of 
 proper precautions, and, in consequence, 
 not a scandal has occurred in the history 
 of the organization. 
 
 Red Cross Work in Cuba. 
 
 "The declaration of war with Spain," 
 writes Miss Clara Bai ton, "found the 
 Red Cross working under the civil code 
 by the request of our humane President 
 McKinley. The first labors were di 
 rected towards an attempt to relieve the 
 starving reconcentrados, the victims of 
 General Weyler s cruel regulations, and 
 early in February we [Miss Barton and 
 some twenty assistants] proceeded to 
 Havana, and began the work of examin 
 ing the hospitals and the wretched peo 
 ple in that and several other cities. The 
 destitution and fatality were horrible. 
 
 Characteristic Incident. 
 
 New York. .Inly 7. The following 
 cablegram was received to-day by 
 Stephen Barton from Miss Clara Bar 
 ton: 
 
 "Sibouey, July 6 (via Playa del Este). 
 I came from Shaffer s front in the night 
 for food and clothing for the refugees, 
 who are leaving Santiago by the thou 
 sands, starving and naked. The State 
 of Texas has gone to Port Antonio for 
 ice to save her meat, and will return 
 to-morrow. We are sending to the refu 
 gees by army wagons and pack mules 
 all the supplies we can from both camps. 
 It is nearly impossible to land supplies 
 on account of the high tides. There are 
 no docks; the surf is terrific, and our 
 
Appendix. 
 
 445 
 
 ship s yawls am not stand in the surf. 
 We have mended one of the broken flat- 
 boats, which our men drag- to shore, wad 
 ing 1 in the surf waist deep. There is no 
 transportation here. Horses and pack 
 ers and teams would be helpful. The 
 wounded men taken from our operating 
 tents are laid on the ground, often with 
 out blankets or shelter from rain or sun. 
 As others die, their clothing- is taken to 
 put on the naked. To g-et them down 
 to Siboney, it is necessary to go ten 
 miles over roads that upset army wag- 
 ons. Mrs. Gardner, myself, and the whole 
 working- force of the Red Cross at the 
 front, are in direct rang-e of the sharp 
 shooters. Lesser and the nurses are 
 doing- splendid work at Siboney. The 
 men are as brave as lions. Shatter is 
 acting- wisely and humanely, doing- all 
 he can. We return to the front at once. 
 "Clara Barton." 
 
 Many limitations were placed upon 
 Miss Barton s movements, and finally 
 aid was asked for, and supplied by the 
 formation of the great and justly famed 
 New York Relief Committee. 
 
 Appeals for Aid. 
 
 It was in these days of widespread 
 need that the first appeals ever went 
 out for contributions to the Red Cross. 
 
 and it was under the call of this com 
 mittee that the splendid auxiliaries were 
 organized all over the country, much 
 like the societies of the famous Sanitary 
 Commission. Thousands of persons, 
 mainly women, eng-ag-ed heart and soul 
 in the work. Enormous supplies were 
 collected in the name of the Red Cross, 
 sent to headquarters, and thence to the 
 field, to camp, and hospital, for the com 
 fort of the sick and wounded soldiers, 
 who gratefully partook and came back 
 to life, or "wearily thanked and died." 
 
 These helpful auxiliaries were in the 
 heig-ht of activity when peace was 
 declared. The business men connected 
 with them naturally laid down the bur 
 den and returned to other duties. The 
 bills for the military recognition and 
 protection of the Red Cross were still 
 in Congress awaiting action. Applica 
 tions came in to the officers of the Na 
 tional Red Cross at Washington for pro 
 tection. Xo honorable tender of powers 
 which it did not itself possess could be 
 made, so the auxiliaries, valuable and 
 well organized as they were, drifted, the 
 majority now being out of existence. 
 
 But the lessons of organized prepara 
 tion were learned; also the peril of 
 fraud and double dealing, with no power 
 to protect. 
 
 REINCORPORATION OF AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, 
 AND RECENT HISTORY. 
 
 By J. G. Lemmon. 
 
 At length the halls of Congress were 
 entered and the authorities in the de 
 partments besieged to take up and pass 
 proper measures of protection for the 
 Red Cross. The result was the late Re- 
 incorporation of the American National 
 Red Cross, with new charter and en 
 larged membership and amended by 
 laws. (To be printed at end of volume.) 
 
 This constitution or charter was ac 
 cepted July 10, 1900, and with it there 
 was adopted a code of by-laws, but it 
 was soon found that the principal article 
 of the by-laws, the one that provided for 
 a board of control to manage the busi 
 ness of the corporation, brought about 
 
 inharmony and conflict of authority; 
 and, as most of the other articles de 
 pended more or less upon this provision, 
 at a second annual meeting of the 
 American National Red Cross, assembled 
 in Washington, D. C., December 10 and 
 11, 1901, it was decided to remove this 
 feature, and a committee on revision 
 reported an amended code, following, 
 which was read by sections, discussed 
 freely, and adopted without dissent. 
 
 This meeting is notable in another 
 respect. The by-laws just adopted pro 
 vided that the president may be elected 
 to serve for three years, and, when the 
 nominating committee was about to re- 
 
446 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 lire for conference, Mrs. John A. Logan 
 arose and moved that the nomination 
 of president be not referred to the com 
 mittee, but that the same may be made 
 immediate and unanimous. The motion 
 was seconded by Mrs. J. Kllen Foster, 
 who also amended it, so that it became, 
 "This convention, by a rising vote, de 
 clares Miss Clara Barton elected presi 
 dent for a term of three years." The 
 
 Mrs. Foster discussed the report with 
 enthusiasm, speaking 1 from her observa 
 tions during- a visit to this coast. She 
 declared the distribution of the large 
 sum of $150,000, contributed by the 
 people, had been most judiciously ex 
 ecuted, many lives saved, and much suf 
 fering- assuag-ed or mortality averted. 
 
 Mrs. Harrington was then elected a 
 member of the National Board of Con- 
 
 Corporate Member of the Recently Reincorporated American National Red Cross, and Contributor 
 of the General History of the Red Cross, Its Reincorporation, etc. 
 
 motion, as amended, was unanimously 
 adopted in the manner indicated, amidst 
 a storm of cheers. 
 
 Pacific Slope Work Appreciated. 
 
 At this meeting Mrs. Mero L. Tanner, 
 of Washington, read the report sent her 
 by Mrs. Willard B. Harrington, president 
 of the Eed Cross of California, showing 
 the extensive and successful work car 
 ried on in this state in connection with 
 the military operations and care of sol- 
 fliers in the Philippines. 
 
 Mrs. Foster moved that the secretary 
 be directed to communicate to the Red 
 Cross of California the appreciation of 
 this meeting- for the excellent work done 
 by this branch of the organization. 
 
 trol, to fill the vacancy caused by the 
 resignation of Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst. 
 
 The Board of Control was abolished, 
 and a board of thirty directors provided 
 instead, Mrs. Harrington being promptly 
 elected a director for the long term of 
 three years. 
 
 In penning the foregoing pages, it 
 would be remarkable, if it were not so 
 natural, to find so many references to 
 the work of woman. She is ever the 
 first and principal factor in all meas 
 ures of relief and self-denial. 
 
 The eloquent Corporal Tanner, who 
 was an inmate of hospitals, having lost 
 both legs in the Civil War, stated at a 
 banquet of the Legion of Loyal Women, 
 
447 
 
 at Washing-ton: "You ask me to speak 
 concerning- the women who came down 
 to us in the hospitals at the front, but 
 us I speak the flood-gates of memory 
 open, and the inrushing tide is almost 
 overwhelming . How can 1 tell of the 
 scene? 1 seem to see, as it was given 
 me many times to see in those dark days, 
 women, of refinement and culture tread 
 ing- with unfaltering footsteps the aisles 
 of pain, bringing with gentle hand their 
 delicate ministrations for the relief of 
 suffering- humanity, and g iving- to us who 
 lay there the positive proof that some 
 are granted the great favor of not hav 
 ing to wait for the opening- of the pearly 
 gates to bring- us in sig-ht of angels of 
 light and benediction." 
 
 Royal Patronage. 
 
 lu monarchical governments the Red 
 Cross committees are generally under 
 the patronage, if not the personal direc 
 tion, of members of royal families. Of 
 their work of unparalleled activity, un 
 selfish devotion, and holy beneficence in 
 all wars, among- all peoples, from their 
 institution to the present, it would re 
 quire volumes to record. The venerable 
 Empress Augusta became the active head 
 of the society of Germany during the 
 Franco-Prussian War of 1S70, a position 
 which she honored to the day of her 
 death. The beloved grand duchess of 
 Baden, Princess Louise, only daughter 
 of Emperor William and Empress Au 
 gusta, was untiring in the conduct of 
 the society of Baden, which she organ 
 ized and directed. Her many beautiful 
 castles, with their magnificent grounds, 
 throughout the dukedom were at once 
 transformed into military hospitals, and 
 her entire court, with herself at its head, 
 became a committee of superintendence 
 and relief. "The jeweled fingers of the 
 princess and the hard, brown hand of 
 the peasant often met in friendly grasp 
 and labored side by side, unquestioned, 
 in their (lod-g iven mission." 
 
 As the poor Muscovite soldiers of the 
 Crimea, who knew not a word of Eng 
 lish, yet expressed their gratitude to 
 Florence Nightingale by kissing her 
 shadow on the barrack wall at Scutari, 
 *o the wounded Arabs of the French 
 
 army stretched out their arms in silent 
 adoration of the passing Princess Louise. 
 
 And it was these royal German women 
 that invited Clara Harton to join them 
 iu their labors during their year s war, 
 for they had heard of her glorious work 
 at home, and on many occasions they 
 acknowledged receiving valuable sugges 
 tions in hospital service from our re 
 publican American, crowned not with a 
 jeweled diadem, but with an invisible 
 but none the less imperishable coronet 
 of a great nation s love. 
 
 "I linger lovingly about my subject," 
 writes one of the associates of Miss 
 Barton. "Her superb executive ability 
 at once impresses all who meet her. 
 She influences and controls men and 
 women not only because of native gifts, 
 but because of her strong convictions 
 and high purposes. In person and man 
 ner she is gentle and affable, her voice 
 sweet and sympathetic; but there is 
 something peculiar and attractive that 
 one feels immediately in her presence. 
 She is totally without fear of conse 
 quences when planning a heroic meas 
 ure. She is a woman apart, yet beloved 
 by her staff as few women on earth are 
 esteemed." 
 
 Visits of Miss Barton to California. 
 
 The readiness with which San Fran 
 cisco and neighboring towns responded 
 to the call to assemble and organize 
 Red Cross Societies soon after the open 
 ing of the Spanish-American War is due 
 in great part to the good seed sown in 
 the minds of their citizens by the 
 founder of the great philanthropy in 
 America, Miss Clara Barton, who has 
 twice visited our coast, tirst in ]SS(i, and 
 ag-ain in 1891, both times addressing- 
 large audiences. 
 
 We who know her worth so well (Mrs. 
 Lemmon and I), love to speak of this 
 grand personage on all proper occasions, 
 for we early became acquainted with her, 
 and all along her eventful career have 
 been kept in touch by voluminous cor 
 respondence, supplemented recently by 
 personal companionship. 
 
 The incidents may be of interest. 
 Briefly: At the World s Fair in Xew 
 Orleans, 1884, Miss Barton and her field 
 
448 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 agent, Dr. J. B. Hubbell, who were mak 
 ing- an exhibit of Red Cross materials 
 and methods, came over almost daily to 
 our California section, where we were 
 preparing- the California exhibit. As 
 boxes of goods were being- opened and 
 installed day after day, she became 
 rapturous over the display of products, 
 and one day Miss Barton sigiied, "I 
 wonder if 1 shall ever see the real Cali 
 fornia." "Of course you will," was our 
 quick response. "Come over next year 
 with the National Grand Army encamp 
 ment and the Woman s Relief Corps, 
 and at the close of their proceeding s go 
 with us on a camping- trip into the for 
 ests, where most of these treasures are 
 found." 
 
 They came, primarily to rest and re 
 cuperate from the exhaustion of a late 
 relief expedition, but also to extend the 
 educational work of the Red Cross. Miss 
 Barton was given a reception by citizens 
 of San Francisco in the parlors of the 
 Occidental Hotel, and later in Oakland 
 by the founders of Snell Seminary. Fol 
 lowing- this reception, she gave an ex 
 tended address in the First Congrega 
 tional Church upon the Red Cross, its 
 history and work. 
 
 As a matter of Western pride, let it 
 be here recorded that Miss Barton, who 
 had refrained from joining the Woman s 
 Relief Corps in Washington, applied for 
 and was initiated here in San Francisco, 
 and elected to the exalted office of grand 
 chaplain, with the rank of past grand 
 matron, an honor which was empha 
 sized by the presentation of a jeweled 
 badge, which she proudly wears upon 
 occasion. 
 
 Camping Out. 
 
 These public affairs concluded, Miss 
 Barton and Dr. Hubbell joined us, as 
 arrang-ed, and we hurried off with our 
 camping outfit up into the high Sierras, 
 to roam at will through dense pine and 
 fir forests and around lofty peaks capped 
 with snow and bedecked with sparkling 
 glacier lakes. 
 
 We made permanent camp near the 
 shore of one of the most charming lakes 
 in California, Webber Lake, where the 
 elevated position, the coolness, the soli 
 tude and grandeur of the region con 
 
 spired to awaken profound reflection and 
 invite free utterance. 
 
 Miss Barton and the doctor proved to 
 be the most agreeable and companion 
 able campers w r e ever have known. They 
 insisted in sharing every kind of labor 
 connected with camping. They col 
 lected wood, brought water, helped build 
 the brush house, etc., but, most of all, 
 Miss Barton proved to be one of the 
 most engaging narrators we ever heard. 
 
 During our walks in the open ground 
 neath the tall pines, or while riding up 
 and around high peaks, or at night, 
 when gathered in a semicircle about 
 the high-leaping camp-fire, the entranc 
 ing tales continued. But our charming 
 visitors did not insist upon keeping the 
 center of the stage. Often we were 
 questioned concerning our botanical ex 
 plorations, the perils and adventures met 
 with Indians in Arizona, New Mexico, 
 or British Columbia, but we cut our 
 stories short, hungering ever for her 
 wonderful recitals relating to human 
 relief, to friendly assistance, recitals 
 often lasting for hours (for we had 
 plenty of time), with never a dull inci 
 dent, a careless repetition, or undue 
 detail. 
 
 Camp-fire Stories. 
 
 Lightly she tripped over the events of 
 her childhood, scarce even mentioning 
 the two years of her young life when, at 
 the age of eleven, she became the devoted 
 nurse of her loved elder brother, thus 
 early beginning the matchless career of 
 her life. In her teens she became a 
 teacher, taking part in establishing the 
 higher grade of common schools in New 
 Jersey, much against the prejudices of 
 the people, her reform work in the care 
 of convicts, especially among imprisoned 
 women and children. 
 
 The outbreak of our w r ar for the 
 Union, as before mentioned, found her 
 occupying a desk in one of the depart 
 ments at Washington, a lucrative posi 
 tion, which she promptly resigned to 
 hasten to the front and devote all her 
 time and energies to the care of the sick 
 and wounded. She related briefly inci 
 dents of the establishment of her cele 
 brated flying hospitals, comprising a 
 corps of surgeons and nurses, with train- 
 
Appendix. 
 
 449 
 
 loads of materials, that were hurried 
 from point to point, often encroaching- 
 upon the field of battle. She told a story 
 here and there of the varied events of 
 four long- years of relief work, flitting 
 back and forth, where most needed, 
 sometimes remaining 1 months upon one 
 battle-field. 
 
 Then, at the close of the war, there 
 came from thousands of homes the cry, 
 "Where is my boy?" Requested by 
 President Lincoln, Miss Barton com 
 menced the search of the records, first 
 with a corps of assistants examining- the 
 reg-isters at army headquarters in Wash 
 ing-ton, then journeying 1 down to the 
 charnel pens of Southern prisons, deter 
 mining- the identity of the victims lying- 
 there in their shallow graves, the plac 
 ing- of headstones for 13,000 in the 
 trenches at Andersonville alone, the 
 search of prison records of death, and 
 the rescue of the reputation of thou 
 sands who had been reported as desert 
 ers, when instead they had been cap 
 tured and starved. 
 
 She told of the illness which this long 
 search and onerous labor of three years 
 produced, of her being- ordered by her 
 surg-eon to Europe and the mountains 
 of Switzerland for rest and recuperation, 
 and how both were cut short by the 
 breaking- out of the Franco-Prussian 
 War, and the coming- to the door of her 
 chateau one morning- of Monsieur Apia 
 and other members of the Red Cross 
 committee, who had heard of her serv 
 ices in the American war, and had called 
 to invite her to accompany them to the 
 seat of war; of her consent to join them 
 later, and what that led to, the ac 
 quaintance and association with the 
 noble ladies of the German court in the 
 amelioration of suffering-. 
 
 She told of her surprise at the perfect 
 management of the funds and materials, 
 the prompt arrival of relief, its bounti 
 ful and efficient application, and the 
 speedy recovery of the sick and dis 
 abled.^ 
 
 It was in this field with the German 
 lied Cross that she learned in a practical 
 way of its international scope, apply 
 ing- to friend and foe alike; and, l>etter 
 than all else, she conceived the idea that 
 20 
 
 the Red Cross was dealing 1 death-blows 
 to war itself. 
 
 Story of Strasbourg. 
 
 She told of the relief of Strasbourg- 
 after the long- siegv by the (ierinan 
 army, a story that required three hours 
 in the telling-, but was intensely inter 
 esting- in every particular, because it 
 illustrates one of the finest principles 
 of the Red Cross, i. e., self-helpfulness. 
 The story detailed the squalid condition 
 of the peasantry, caused by their depri 
 vations and their crowded quarters; their 
 assembling- in public halls, at the request 
 of Miss Barton, to be registered and set 
 to work making- clothing-; the procure 
 ment of some six larg-e buildings to house 
 the workers, and thousands of bolts of 
 cloth from Berlin; the hiring- of profes 
 sional tailors to g-ive simple instruc 
 tions; the difficulty at first of using- un 
 skilled fing-ers, each squad of a hundred 
 workers g-iving- way to another after 
 five days of apprenticeship; the gar 
 ments, of six sizes, distributed only to 
 those who were willing- to work for 
 them: the efficiency and success of the 
 scheme: the manufacture of an overplus 
 of 40,000 sets of garments, that were 
 timely sent into Paris after its sieg-e 
 was raised, to be there issued only upon 
 evidence of honest work, thus preserv 
 ing- the self-respect of the citizens, etc., 
 etc. 
 
 With intense feeling- she told of her 
 resolve, upon returning- home, to pre 
 sent the salient features of this great 
 philanthropy to the officials of our gov 
 ernment and request them to g-ive it 
 serious consideration. She told of the 
 lack of knowledg-e. the apparent apathy 
 existing- at headquarters, of the efforts 
 repeated time after time for seven years 
 to g-et the United States to leave the 
 ranks of the barbarous nations and ac 
 cept the humane tenets of the Geneva 
 Treaty. With emotion of gratitude she 
 sjK)ke of the acceptance at last of the 
 propositions by President Garfield, pre 
 vented by his assassination from com 
 pleting- the measure, which was con 
 cluded by President Arthur. 
 
 With exultant tones she told of her 
 triumph at last, when, by the issuance 
 of certain documents and the signature 
 
450 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 of the President, the United States, on 
 March 1, 1882, became the thirty-second 
 nation to give adherence to the world- 
 embracing- Red Cross. 
 
 At odd times from day to day, most 
 frequently by the evening- camp-fire, we 
 listened to pathetic experiences in the 
 relief and of the do/en or more calami 
 ties that had afflicted this country up to 
 that date, and she had it arrang-ed with 
 the nearest telegraph station that word 
 should be sent to our camp at any hour 
 if a new disaster should occur. 
 
 .Luckily no calamity happened during 
 the few weeks rest of these overworked, 
 consecrated persons, and so, day after 
 day, and evening- after evening-, we could 
 hear more and more of their thrilling- 
 recitals. Seated on a rustic seat pre 
 pared for her ag-ainst a pine tree, with 
 the letters "C. 13." cut in the bark to 
 mark her place, the well-beloved Dr. 
 Mubbell seated near, well nig-h as inter 
 ested as ourselves, we g-azed upon the 
 soul-lit face of Clara Barton, in full 
 knowledge of her sunny-spirited, noble, 
 self-sacrificing- life, and we felt that it 
 \\;i^ indeed g-ood to be there, to bask in 
 the blessing- of her presence, to read in 
 her illumed face the record of her work, 
 and receive from her lips the plain, 
 earnest, inspiriting- reminiscences of a 
 mission in life as sanctifying- as it was 
 sweet, as sublime as it was g-entle, as 
 potent as it was unconscious, as all- 
 embracing- as it was local. 
 
 Trying- to comprehend all this in its 
 entirety, we deemed ourselves blest with 
 a privileg-e vouchsafed to but few and 
 excelled by none. 
 
 Miscellaneous Items. 
 
 The first president of the International 
 Committee, M. Gustav Moynier, has been 
 reelected annually, devoting- his wealth 
 and superior talents to this high and 
 faithful service. 
 
 M. Henri Dun ant, the author of the 
 famous "Souvenir of Solferino," which 
 led to the org-anization of the Red Cross, 
 is still a member o the committee, and 
 this past year (1901) was awarded the 
 Alfred Xobel prize of $20,000 for the best 
 work of the century in the interest of 
 peace. 
 
 The first Red Cross Society in Europe 
 
 was organized at Wurtemburg-, October, 
 18(53, by Dr. 11. Halm: the first society 
 in America, at Dansville, New York, 
 August 22, 1881, being- the seventeenth 
 anniversary of the Geneva Treaty, 
 August 22, 18(>4. 
 
 Miss Barton had been for some time 
 an inmate of a sanitarium in this town, 
 having- been prostrated by the mental 
 strain and overwork with the Red Cross 
 of Germany. The secretary writes: "Our 
 relief rooms were at once secured, and 
 our white banner, with its brig-ht scar 
 let cross, was raised over them, and it 
 has not been furled since that hour." 
 The society was almost immediately 
 called into action, for it happened that, 
 just at this juncture, the skies of West 
 ern New York became murky and the 
 atmosphere bitter with the drifting 
 smoke, that rolled over from the blazing- 
 forests of far-away Michigan, whose 
 thousands of citizens were fieeing- in ter 
 ror, whose dying- hundreds were writh 
 ing 1 in the embers, and whose dead were 
 being- incinerated in the ashes of their 
 hard-earned homes. 
 
 Although net fully empowered to do 
 relief work, the United States not having 
 completed the formalities of adhesion, 
 Miss Barton, with a staff of assistants, 
 hastened to the scene; and there beg-an 
 the long series of citizen relief meas 
 ures that have so nobly distinguished 
 1he Red Cross and blessed thousands of 
 citizens afflicted with dire disasters from 
 time to time during- the past twenty 
 years. (Reported on previous pag-es.) 
 
 Amenities of War. 
 
 Proofs that the Red Cross ideas of 
 precaution, forbearance, and humanity 
 are abundant of late, in the conduct of 
 commanders in time of war, are not 
 wanting-. 
 
 Admiral Dewey s first cablegram from 
 Manila, announcing- the destruction of 
 the Spanish fleet, was soon followed by 
 another (received by the Western world 
 the same day), stating-, "I have paroled 
 the prisoners, and am assisting- and pro 
 tecting the sick and wounded, 250, in 
 our hospital." 
 
 Note the scope of this assistance. It 
 included the prompt application of all 
 
Appendix. 
 
 451 
 
 the skill and comforts of our splendid 
 medical and surgical departments, de 
 voted to the care of the enemy. 
 
 In the sea fig-lit, July 3, 1898, before 
 the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, Captain 
 Evans, of the Iowa, writes, "So long as 
 the enemy showed his flag, my men 
 fought like American seamen, but, when 
 the flag came down, they became as gen 
 tle and tender as American women." 
 
 Lieutenant Real, of the Harvard, says: 
 "In five hours, six hundred and thirty- 
 seven officers and men, all of them worn 
 out, many of them seriously wounded, 
 were brought from the burning Oquendo 
 through the tossing surf to the Har 
 vard, without accident to man or boat, 
 though many of our men had been in 
 service only a month. I call particular 
 attention," he adds, "to the humane way 
 the men handled and helped the Span 
 iards, treating- them in all respects as 
 comrades in distress. The thoughtful 
 humanity displayed by our men was 
 fully equal to their sustained courage." 
 
 The removal of the Spanish from the 
 burning Viscaya, during over an hour, 
 by our surgeons and assistants, while 
 the ship was on fire fore and aft, with 
 frequent explosions, was exceedingly 
 hazardous work, but willingly performed 
 in the interest of humanity. 
 
 And the Spanish admiral. Cervera, 
 gives this testimony, "On board the 
 Gloucester the officers and about one 
 thousand men were the object of the 
 greatest solicitude, all being anxious to 
 minister to our needs, nearly all of us 
 being naked and worn out." The ad 
 miral lately devoted a long paragraph 
 in praise of the Americans, lauding their 
 chivalry and courtesy, closing with, 
 "They clothed us speedily; they sup 
 pressed all appearance of joy or exul 
 tation, in order not to increase the suf 
 fering of the defeated, and they vied 
 with each other in making our captivity 
 as pleasant as possible." 
 
 Surely the American arms and Amer 
 ican fame came out of the late conflict 
 unsullied, while the relief to both friend 
 and foe, extended throughout the war, 
 by the Keel Cross workers, adds a glori 
 ous chapter to the grand history of the 
 great republic. 
 
 ACT OF CONGRKSS REINCORPORATING THK 
 
 AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS, AP 
 PROVED JUNK 6, 1000. This Act of Con- 
 gross Becomes the Charter of the American 
 National Red Cross. 
 
 Charter. 
 
 Whereas, On the twenty-second of 
 August, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 four, at Geneva, Switzerland, plenipo 
 tentiaries, respectively representing Italy, 
 Baden, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Portu 
 gal, France, Prussia, Saxony, and Wur- 
 temburg, and the Federal Council of 
 Switzerland, agreed upon ten articles of 
 a treaty or convention for the purpose 
 of mitigating the evils inseparable from 
 war; of suppressing the needless severity 
 and ameliorating the condition of sol 
 diers wounded on the field of battle; 
 and particularly providing, among other 
 things, in effect, that persons employed 
 in hospitals and in affording relief to 
 the sick and wounded, and supplies for 
 this purpose, shall be deemed neutral 
 and entitled to protection; and that a 
 distinctive and uniform flag shall be 
 adopted for hospitals and ambulances 
 and convoys of sick and wounded, and 
 an arm badge for individuals neutralized; 
 and, 
 
 Whereas, Said treaty has been ratified 
 by all of said nations, and by others 
 subsequently, to the number of forty- 
 three or more, including the t nited 
 States of America; and, 
 
 Whereas, A permanent organization 
 is an agency needed in every nation to 
 carry cut the purposes of said treaty, 
 and especially to secure supplies and to 
 execute the humane objects contem 
 plated by said treaty, with the power to 
 adopt and use the distinctive flag and 
 arm badge specified by said treaty in 
 article seven, 011 which shall be the sign 
 of the Red Cross, for the purpose of co 
 operating with the "Comite International 
 cle Secours aux Militaires Blesses" (In 
 ternational Committee of Relief for the 
 Wounded in War); and, 
 
 Whereas, In accordance with the re 
 quirements and customs of said inter 
 national body, such an association, 
 adopting and using said insignia, was 
 
452 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 formed in the city of Washington. Dis 
 trict of Columbia, in .Inly, eighteen hun 
 dred and eighty-one, known as "The 
 American National Association of the 
 Ked Cross," and reincorporated April 
 seventeenth, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-three, under the laws of the Dis 
 trict of Columbia: and. 
 
 Whereas, It is believed that the im 
 portance of the work demands a rein- 
 corporation by the Congress of the 
 United States: now. 
 
 Therefore, Be if enacted by the Senate 
 <unl House of Representative* of the United 
 States of America In Congress assembled, That 
 Clara Barton, George Kennan, Julian B. 
 Hubbcll, of the District of Columbia; Stephen 
 E. Barton, of New York; William K. Day, of 
 Ohio; Brain arc! H. Warner, K.len Spencer 
 Mnssey, A hey A. Adce, of the District 
 of Columbia: Joseph Sheldon, of Con 
 necticut: Charles F. Fail-child. William 
 P. Letchworth, of New York City; 
 Hilary A. Herbert, of Alabama: Joseph 
 Gardner, Enola Lee Gardner, of Bed- 
 ford, Indiana: John W. Noble, of St. 
 Louis, Missouri: Richard Olney, of Bos 
 ton, Massachusetts: Alexander W. Ter- 
 rill, of Austin, Texas; Leslie M. Shaw, 
 Benjamin Tillinghast, of Iowa; Abraham 
 C. Kaufman, of Charleston, South Caro 
 lina: J. I?. \ inet. of New Orleans, 
 Louisiana; George Gray, of Delaware; 
 Red field Proctor, of Yermont; George F. 
 Hoar, of Massachusetts; Charles A. Rus 
 sell, of Connecticut; Robert W. Miers, 
 of Indiana; George C. Boldt, William T. 
 Wardwell, of New York: Daniel Hast 
 ings, J. Wilkes O Neill, of Pennsylvania; 
 Thomas F. Walsh, of Colorado; John G. 
 Leminon, of California: Charles C. 
 Glover, Walter S. Woodward, Elizabeth 
 Kibbey, Mabel T. Boardman, Walter 
 Wyman, Snmner 1. Kimball, of the Dis 
 trict of Columbia; Edward Lowe, of 
 Michigan; Harriette L. Keed, of Boston, 
 Massachusetts; William H. Sears, of 
 Lawrence, Kansas; John K. Elwell, of 
 Yinland, Kansas; K, 11. Kidgely, of 
 Pitlsburg, Kansas; James Tanner. John 
 Hitz, S. W. Briggs, Cora C. Curry. Lizzie 
 W r . Calver, Mary S. Logan, Mary L. 
 Barton. S. P>. liege, and Helena H. 
 Mitchell, of Washington, District of 
 
 Columbia; Emma L. Nichols, of Chilli- 
 cothe, Ohio; Lenora Halstead, of St. 
 Louis, Missouri: P. \ . DeGraw, of Phila 
 delphia. Pennsylvania; Walter P. Phil 
 lips, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and 
 their associates and successors, are 
 hereby created a body corporate and 
 politic in the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the name of this cor 
 poration shall be "The American Na 
 tional Red Cross." and by that name 
 shall have perpetual succession, with 
 the power to sue and be sued in courts 
 of law and equity within the jurisdic 
 tion of the United States; to have and 
 to hold such real and personal estate 
 as shall be convenient and necessary to 
 carry out the purposes of this corpora 
 tion hereinafter set forth, such real 
 estate to be limited to such quantity as 
 may be necessary for official use or of 
 fice buildings: TO adopt a seal, and the 
 same to alter and destroy at pleasure; 
 and to have the right to have and to use, 
 in carrying out its purposes hereinafter 
 designated, as an emblem and badge, a 
 Greek red cross on a white ground, as 
 the same has been described in the treaty 
 of Geneva, August twenty-second, eight 
 een hundred and sixty-four, and adopted 
 by the several nations acceding thereto; 
 to ordain and establish by-laws and 
 regulations not inconsistent with the 
 laws of the United States of America or 
 any state thereof, and generally to do 
 all such acts and things as may be nec 
 essary to carry into effect the provisions 
 of this act and promote the purposes 
 of said organization: and the corpora 
 tion hereby created is designated as the 
 organization which is authorized to act 
 in matters of relief under said treaty. 
 In accordance with article seven of the 
 treaty, the delivery of the brassard al 
 lowed for individuals neutralized in time 
 of war shall be left to military authority. 
 
 Sec. . *>. That the purposes of this cor 
 poration are and shall be: 
 
 First. To furnish volunteer aid to the 
 sick and wounded of armies in time of 
 war, in accordance with the spirit and 
 conditions of the conference of Geneva 
 of October, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 three, and also of the treaty of the Red 
 
Appendix. 
 
 453 
 
 Cross, or the treaty of (Jeneva, of August 
 twenty-second, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-four, to \vhieh the I nited States 
 of America gave its adhesion on March 
 first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. 
 
 Second. And for said purposes to per 
 form all the duties devolved upon a na 
 tional society by each nation which has 
 acceded to said treaty. 
 
 Third. To succeed to all the rights 
 and property which have been hitherto 
 held and to all the duties which have 
 heretofore been performed by the Amer 
 ican National Red Cross as a corporation 
 duly organized and existing under the 
 laws of the United States relating to 
 the District of Columbia, which organi 
 zation is hereby dissolved. 
 
 Fourth. To act in matters of volun 
 tary relief and in accordance with the 
 military and naval authorities as a me 
 dium of communication between the 
 people of the I nited States of America 
 and their armies, and to act in such mat 
 ters between similar national societies 
 of other governments, through the 
 "Comite International de Secours" and 
 the government and the people and the 
 armies of the United States of America. 
 
 r itth. And to commue and carry on 
 a system of national and international 
 relief in time of peace, and apply the 
 same in mitigating the sufferings caused 
 by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and 
 other great national calamities. 
 
 Fifth. And to continue and carry on 
 measures for preventing the same, and 
 generally to promote measures of hu 
 manity and the welfare of mankind. 
 
 Sec. 4. That from and after the pas 
 sage of this act it shall be unlawful for 
 any person within the jurisdiction of 
 the United States to falsely and fraudu 
 lently hold himself out as, or represent 
 or pretend himself to be, a member of 
 or an agent for the American National 
 Red Cross, for the purpose of soliciting, 
 collecting, or receiving money or ma 
 terial; or for any person to wear or 
 display the sign of the Red Cross, or any 
 insignia colored in imitation thereof, 
 for the fraudulent purpose of inducing 
 the belief that he is a member of or an 
 agent for the American National Red 
 
 Cross. It any person violates the pro 
 visions of this section, he shall be guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable 
 to a fine of not less than one nor more 
 than five hundred dollars, or imprison 
 ment for a term not exceeding one year, 
 or both, for each and every offense. The 
 fine so collected shall be paid to the 
 American National Red Cross. The ap 
 pointment of the chief medical officer 
 shall not be made without the approval 
 in writing of the Secretary of War. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said American Na 
 tional Red Cross shall, on the first day 
 of January of each year, make and trans 
 mit to Congress a full, complete, and 
 itemized report of all receipts and ex 
 penditures of whatever kind, and of its 
 proceedings during the preceding year, 
 and shall also give such information con 
 cerning its transactions and affairs as 
 the Secretary of State may from time to 
 time require, and, in respect of all busi 
 ness and proceedings in which it may 
 be concerned in connection with the 
 War and Navy Departments of the gov 
 ernment, shall make reports to the Sec 
 retary of War and to the Secretary of 
 the Na\y, respectively. 
 
 Sec. 0. That Congress shall have the 
 right to repeal, alter, or amend this act 
 at any time. 
 
 Approved June (i, 1900. 
 
 The membership was enlarged .July 
 10, 1900, at a regular meeting of the cor 
 poration, by the election of the follow 
 ing persons: Nelson A. Miles. Mrs. 
 Nelson A. Miles, James M. Moore. E. C. 
 Foster, .}. Ellen Foster, Mrs. H. V. Boyn- 
 ton, Mrs. James Tanner. William II. 
 Michael, John Tv\eedale, Henrietta N. 
 Rose. Fannie B. AVard, "Eld ridge J. 
 Smith, Sara A. Spencer, IT. 1?. F. Mac- 
 farland, William J. Flather, all of the 
 District of Columbia; Albert C . Phillips, 
 of Chicago, Illinois; Martin Kittinger, of 
 Lockport, New York; A. O. Bunnell, of 
 Dansville. New York: Alice French, of 
 Davenport, Iowa; Lucy Hall-Brown, 
 Richard J. Ilinton, of Brooklyn, New 
 York; 1 hebe A. Hearst, of California, 
 Samuel M. Jarvis, William Willard How 
 ard, of New York; Mrs. Claudia B. 
 Money, of Mississippi; Myrtis Barton 
 
454 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Butler, of Northampton, Mass.; Lucy M. 
 Graves, of Alexandria, Ya.; Emma D. 
 Dedraw and ICdwin 15. DeCraw, of Phila 
 delphia, Pa. 
 
 AMENDED BY-LAWS. 
 
 Adopted December 11, 1901. 
 Preamble. 
 
 Resolved, The members of the Amer 
 ican National Red Cross, incorporated by 
 Congress June (>, 1900, hereby adopt the 
 following by-laws to g-overn their pro 
 ceeding s and actions, in carrying- out 
 the purposes of the said Corporation, and 
 all other by-laws are hereby repealed and 
 superseded. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 Article I. Membership. 
 
 The in corporators, named in the Act 
 of C ongress creating- the American Na 
 tional Red Cross, and such associates as 
 may be elected, shall constitute the vot 
 ing- membership, which membership shall 
 be unlimited. 
 
 Article 11. Meetings. 
 
 Section 1. The annual meeting of the 
 American National Red Cross shall be 
 held in the District of Columbia, on the 
 second Tuesday of December of each 
 year. 
 
 Sec. 2. Special meetings of the Cor 
 poration may be called by the President 
 to meet at such place in the city of 
 Washington as may be designated in the 
 call. 
 
 Special meetings shall be called by the 
 President upon the written request of 
 one-tenth of the total membership, and 
 at such special meeting no other busi 
 ness shall be transacted than that named 
 in the call. 
 
 Sec. 3. Written or printed notices of 
 regular or special meetings of the Cor 
 poration shall be prepared and mailed 
 to the last known post-office address of 
 each member of the Corporation, or to 
 the secretaries of the respective auxil 
 iaries organized under Article VI of 
 these by-laws, not less than fifteen days 
 before each meeting, and if for the spe 
 cial meeting, such notice shall state the 
 object or objects thereof. 
 
 Sec. 4. Incorporators and their elected 
 associates of the American National Red 
 Cross Corporation are entitled to vote, 
 and may be represented at any regular 
 or called meeting of said Corporation by 
 a duly-executed proxy, which shall be 
 valid only at that meeting or any ad 
 journment thereof. Proxies shall be in 
 writing, and duly dated, signed, and wit 
 nessed. 
 
 When the notices of a meeting- of the 
 members are sent out. the Secretary 
 shall also send to each member a list 
 of the members and a form of proxy, 
 but the form shall not be binding. All 
 proxies must be filed with the Secretary 
 at least ten days before the meeting. 
 
 Fifteen members shall constitute a 
 quorum for the transaction of business 
 at any regularly called meeting of the 
 Corporation, and all acts shall be sup 
 ported by a majority vote, except as 
 hereinafter provided in Article IX. 
 
 Sec. 5. The order of business of the 
 annual meetings, aim, as far as possible, 
 all other meetings of the Corporation, 
 shall be as follows: 
 
 1. Calling of roll. 
 
 2. Proof of notice of meeting. 
 
 3. Reading and disposal of unapproved 
 minutes. 
 
 4. Annual reports of officers and com 
 mittees. 
 
 5. Miscellaneous business. 
 
 6. Election of officers. 
 
 7. Adjournment. 
 
 Article III. Officers. 
 
 Section 1. The officers of the Amer 
 ican National Red Cross shall be a 
 Board of Directors, consisting of thirty 
 members, and a President, two Vice- 
 Presidents, a Counselor, a Secretary, and 
 a Treasurer. The Directors and officers 
 shall be elected at the annual meeting 
 for one year, except as hereinafter pro 
 vided, and shall hold office until their 
 successors are elected and qualified. 
 The President may be elected for three 
 years. 
 
 All officers so elected shall signify 
 their acceptance in writing, of which a 
 record in the minutes shall be kept by 
 the Secretary. 
 
Appendix. 
 
 455 
 
 Sec. L . The Hoard of Directors shall 
 meet on the day of the annual meeting, 
 j)rior thereto, and also following- the 
 same, and thereafter on a call of the 
 President or a written call signed by a 
 majority of the Hoard. The Hoard may 
 deleg-nte to the Executive Committee its 
 power to conduct the affairs of the Cor 
 poration during- the time intervening- be 
 tween the reg-ular meetings. Nine mem 
 bers present shall constitute a quorum 
 of the Board. At the meeting- adopting 
 these by-laws ten Directors shall be 
 elected for one year, ten for two years, 
 and ten for three ;s ears. 
 
 Sec. 3. The President shall preside 
 over all meeting s of the Corporation, of 
 the Board of Directors, and of the Ex 
 ecutive Committee; shall be an ex officio 
 member of all committees except the 
 Auditing Committee, and shall be the 
 general executive manager of all busi 
 ness of this Corporation, under the ad 
 vice and direction of the Board of Direc 
 tors. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Vice-Presidents shall keep 
 themselves familiar with the affairs of 
 the Corporation, and, in the absence or 
 disability of the President, unless other 
 wise directed by the President, shall ex 
 ercise all of the functions of the Presi 
 dent, In case of the absence or disability 
 of the President to act, his duties shall 
 devolve upon the first and second Vice- 
 Presidents, in the order named. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Secretary shall issue no 
 tices of all meeting s, shall keep the 
 minutes of all meeting-s, including- the 
 meetings of the Directors and Executive 
 Committee, shall have charg-e of the seal 
 and Corporation books, shall sign with 
 the President such instruments as re 
 quire such sig-natures, and shall make 
 such reports and perform such other 
 duties as are incident to his office or may 
 be required of him by the President or 
 the Board of Directors. 
 
 Sec. (5. The Treasurer shall receive 
 and receipt for all moneys from what 
 ever source paid to the Corporation. He 
 shall keep a book of account open at all 
 reasonable times to inspection of mem 
 bers. He shall pay out said moneys on 
 the legitimate accounts of the Corpora 
 
 tion, and only on the order of the Presi 
 dent, countersigned by the Secretary. 
 He shall execute and deliver to the 
 American National Ked Cross a penal 
 bond, which shall be as may be deter 
 mined and accepted by the Hoard of Di 
 rectors in regular session, and said bond 
 shall be for such an amount as the 
 Board may, from time to time, deter 
 mine. The Treasurer s accounts shall be 
 audited once each quarter, or oftener, if 
 the Hoard of Directors shall so require. 
 
 Sec. 7. The Counselor of the Amer 
 ican National Ked Cross Corporation 
 shall prepare all such contracts and 
 agreements, required in the conducting 
 of the business of the Corporation, as 
 may be referred to him by its officers, 
 and shell pass upon all instruments that 
 might in any way bind the Corporation 
 to any financial obligation; also he shall 
 advise with the officers of the Corpora 
 tion in all legal matters pertaining to the 
 affairs that may require his considera 
 tion. 
 
 Sec. 8. The compensation of officers 
 and employees shall be fixed by the 
 lioard of Directors. 
 
 Sec. 9. The President shall have 
 power to solicit contributions of money 
 and property for the uses and purposes 
 01 this Corporation, and shall have 
 power to use and invest such contribu 
 tions in such way and on such securities 
 as the Board of Directors may, from 
 time to time, determine. 
 
 Sec. 10. The election of any person 
 to an office in this Association, and ac 
 ceptance thereof, shall constitute him 
 a member of the organization. 
 
 Sec. 11. All vacancies in any of the 
 offices shall be filled by the Board of 
 Directors until the annual meeting of 
 the Corporation. 
 
 Sec. 12. None of the officers herein 
 named shall be a member of the Audit 
 ing Committee. 
 
 Article IV. Committees. 
 
 Section 1. Executive Committee. 
 
 The Executive Committee shall con 
 sist of nine members, who shall be the 
 President, ex officio. and eight members 
 elected bv the Board of Directors from 
 
456 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 their own number. The President shall 
 be chairman of the Executive Commit 
 tee. Five members shall constitute a 
 quorum. All other officers shall be sub 
 ject to call of the President to attend 
 its sessions without vote. 
 
 Sec. 2. Standing- Committees. 
 
 The following- standing committees 
 shall be appointed DV the President: A 
 Committee on Membership of three 
 members, a Finance Committee of fifteen 
 members, an Auditing- Committee of 
 three members. 
 
 Sec. 3. A majority of the Board of 
 Directors shall have the right, for good 
 and sufficient cause, to suspend tempo 
 rarily or permanently from office any 
 officer or member of this Corporation: 
 but before such suspension shall be 
 made permanent, he shall have a reason 
 able opportunity to be heard before the 
 Board of Directors regarding- the cause 
 of suspension. 
 
 Article Y. Applications for Membership. 
 
 Applicants for membership in the 
 American National Red Cross shall be 
 proposed by two members in writing to 
 the Committee on Membership, which 
 shall report upon their names to the 
 next meeting- of the Board of Directors, 
 which shall have the power to elect. 
 
 Article VI". Auxiliaries. 
 
 The American National Red Cross may 
 create auxiliaries and affiliated bodies 
 upon such terms and under such con 
 ditions as the Board of Directors may 
 determine; but all powers not specific 
 ally given to said affiliated and auxiliary 
 bodies shall be held to be reserved to 
 the national body. 
 
 Article VII. Dues. 
 
 The annual dues of the members of the 
 Corporation of the American National 
 Red Cross shall be one dollar, payable 
 December 1 in each year, and the fail 
 ure to pay said dues on or before June 
 1 following shall be cause for dropping 
 the name from membership, if so ordered 
 by the Board of Dhectors. 
 
 Article Y II I. Seal. 
 
 The Seal of this Corporation shall be 
 as impressed on the margin of the By- 
 
 Laws hereof, and the same is hereby 
 adopted. 
 
 Article IX. Amendments. 
 These By-Laws may be amended, re 
 pealed, or altered, in whole or in part, 
 by two-thirds of the ineorporators and 
 their elected associates, at any regular 
 meeting- of the Corporation, or at any 
 special meeting where such action has 
 been announced in the call and notice 
 of such meeting. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE AHERICAN 
 NATIONAL RED CROSS. 
 
 Elected at Annual Meeting, December 11,1901. 
 
 President, Clara Barton. 
 
 First Yice-President, (Jeneral John M. 
 Wilson. 
 
 Second Vice-President, Mrs. General 
 John A. Logan. 
 
 Secretary, Samuel W. Briggs. 
 
 Treasurer, Win. ,1. Flather. 
 
 Counselor, lion. Richard Olney, Mass. 
 
 DIRECTORS. 
 
 FOK THREE YEARS. 
 
 1. Mrs. W. B. Harrington, Cal. 
 
 2. Hen. John W. Noble, Mo. 
 
 3. Dr. Julian B. Hubbell, D. C. 
 
 4. Mrs. Harriette L. Reed, Mass. 
 
 5. Hon. E. K. Ridgley, Kan. 
 (>. Dr. Jos. Gardner, Ind. 
 
 . Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, 1). C. 
 
 8. Miss Mabel Boardman, D. C. 
 
 9. Brainard H. Warner, D. C. 
 10. A. C. Kaufman, S. C. 
 
 FOR TWO YEARS. 
 
 General W. II. Sears, Kan. 
 
 Samuel M. Jarvis, New York. 
 
 Judge Wm. R. Day, Ohio. 
 
 Miss Bessie J. Kibbey, D. C. 
 
 W. P. Phillips, Conn. 
 
 P. V. DeGraw, D. C. 
 
 Mrs. Fannie B. Ward, D. C. 
 
 General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A. 
 
 Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, D. C. 
 
 Col. W. H. Michael, D. C. 
 
 Mrs. J. I<:ilen Foster, D. C. 
 
 FOR ONE YEAR. 
 
 1. Simon Wolf, D. C. 
 
 2. Mrs. Isabel T. Bagley, Ohio. 
 
 3. Mrs. Mero L. Tanner, D. C. 
 
Appendix. 
 
 457 
 
 4. Thos. F. Walsh, D. C. 
 
 5. Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, Alabama. 
 <i. Nicholas Senn, Illinois. 
 
 7. .). V. Yinet, Louisiana. 
 
 8. Alex. W. Terrell, Texas. 
 
 9. Aciniiral Geo. Dewey, T. S. X. 
 
 10. Francis Atwater, Conn. 
 
 11. Judge .las. Sheldon, Conn. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
 
 Clara Barton. 
 Mabel T. Boardman. 
 J. Ellen Foster. 
 Sara A. Spencer. 
 Col. W. II. Michael. 
 Hon. Simon Wolf. 
 Brainard H. Warner. 
 Bessie J. Kibbey. 
 A. C. Kaufman. 
 
 MEMBERS OF AMERICAN NA 
 TIONAL RED CROSS. 
 
 Adee, Hon. Alva A., State Department, 
 
 Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Atwater, Francis, Meriden, Connecticut. 
 Atwater, Mrs. Francis, Meriden, Conn. 
 Bag-ley, Mrs. Isabel T., Zanesville, Ohio. 
 Barton, Miss Clara, president, Glen Echo, 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 Barton, Miss Mary L.. Washing-ton, D. C. 
 Barton, Stephen E., New 1 ork, X. Y. 
 Barton, Mrs. Lizzie W., Boston, Mass. 
 Bell, Charles J., Washington, D. C. 
 Boardman. Miss Mabel T., Washington, 
 
 D. C. 
 Boldt, Geo. C., Waldorf-Astoria, Xew 
 
 York, X. Y. 
 
 Brig-g-s, Samuel W., Sun Building, Wash 
 ington, D. C. 
 Buller, Mrs. Mrytle Barton, Worcester, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Calver. Miss Lizzie W., Washington, D. C. 
 Capron, Mrs. Allyn R., Washington, D. C. 
 Carr, Mrs. Mary L., Long-mount, Colo. 
 Cochran, Gen. Richard E., New Y^ork, 
 
 X. Y . 
 
 Coggan, John, Galveston, Texas. 
 Coombes, Miss M. Agnes, Brooklyn, X. Y . 
 Cowles, Mrs. Wm. Sheffield, Washington. 
 
 D. C. 
 
 Curry, Miss Cora C., Washington, D. C. 
 Day. Hon. Wm. R., Canton, Ohio. 
 Deger, L. E., Yelasco, Texas. 
 DeGraw, Mr. E. B. 
 DeGraw, P. Y., Washington. D. C. 
 
 DeGraw, Mrs. P. V.. Washington, D. C. 
 Klliott, Henry !{., New York, X. Y. 
 Elwell, John K., 4 Christina Street, 
 
 Santiago, Cuba. 
 
 Flather, Win. J.. Washington, 1). C. 
 Foster, K. ( .. Washington. 1). C. 
 Foster, Mrs. ,1. Kllen. Washington, D. C. 
 Foster, Hon. John W., Washington, D. C. 
 French, Miss Alice, Davenport, Iowa. 
 Gardner, Mrs. Enola, Bedford, Indiana. 
 Gardner, Dr. Joseph, Hertford, Indiana. 
 Gibson, John E., Galveston, Texas. 
 Gillespie, Mrs., Washington, D. C. 
 Glover, Chas. C., Washington, D. C. 
 Gould, E. R. L., Nrw York, X. Y. 
 Gray, Hon. George, Wilmington, Del. 
 Gray, Mrs. George, Washington, D. C. 
 Graves, Miss Lucy M., Washington, D. C. 
 Halstead, Miss Lenora B., St. Louis, Mo. 
 Harlan, Mrs. J. M., Washington, D. C. 
 Harrington, Mrs. W. B., San Francisco, 
 
 California. 
 Hastings, Hon. Daniel H., Bellefonte, 
 
 Pen n. 
 Hearst, Mrs. Phebe A.. Washington, 
 
 D. C. 
 Hege, S. B., B. & O. R. R., Washington, 
 
 D. C. 
 Herbert, Hon. Hilary A., Washington, 
 
 D. C. 
 
 *Hinton, Col. R, J., Brooklyn, X. Y. 
 Hitz, Hon. John, Washington, D. C. 
 Hoar, Hon. Geo. F., Worcester, Mass. 
 Hoefle, E. P., Yelasco, Texas. 
 Howard. Wm. W.. Xew York, X. Y. 
 Howland, Wm. B., Xew Y ork, X. Y. 
 Hubbell, Dr. Julian B., Glen Echo, Md. 
 Hull, Mrs. J. A. T., of Iowa, Washington, 
 
 D. C. 
 
 Jarvis, Samuel M., Xew York, X . Y. 
 Jenks. Wm. J., Xew York, X. Y. 
 Jex, Mrs. Nellie Ward, Washington, D. C. 
 Jones, Mrs. Calista Robinson, Bradford, 
 
 Vermont. 
 Kaufman, Hon. Abraham C., Charleston, 
 
 South Carolina. 
 
 Kibbey, Miss Bessie J., Washington, D. C. 
 Kimball, Hon. Simmer I., Washington, 
 
 D. C. 
 
 Kittenger, Dr. Martin, Lockport, N. Y. 
 Lawton, Mrs. Henry \V., Louisville, Ky. 
 Lemmon, Prof. John G.. Oakland, Cal. 
 
 *Died in England since annual meeting. 
 
458 
 
 Pacific Coast Red Cross Society. 
 
 Lesser, Dr. J. Monae, Red Cross Hospital, 
 
 New York, X. Y. 
 
 Letehwcrth. Hon. Wm. P., Portage, N. V. 
 Lincoln, Mrs. Charles, Washington, D. C. 
 Logan, Mrs. (Jen. John A., Calumet 
 
 Place, Washing-ton, D. C. 
 Lowe, Edward, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 March, Hay B., Spencer, Massachusetts. 
 McDowell, J. A., Washing-ton, D. C. 
 Michael, Col. Wm. IT., Washington, D. C. 
 Miers. Hon. Robt. W.. Blooming-ton, Ind. 
 Miles, (Jen. Xelson A., War Department, 
 
 Washing-ton, D. C. 
 Miles, Mrs. (Jen. Xelson A., Washing-ton, 
 
 D. C. 
 Mitchell, Miss Helena H., Washing-ton, 
 
 D. C. 
 Morrison, Mrs. Abbie C., Washing-ton, 
 
 D. C. 
 
 Mussey, Mrs. Ellen Spencer, Washing 
 ton, D. C. 
 
 Nichols, Mrs. Emma S., Chilli cothe, Ohio. 
 Noble, Hon. John W., St. Louis, Mo. 
 North, Mrs. Mary M., Snow Hill, Md. 
 Olney, Hon. Richard, Boston, Mass. 
 O Neill, J. Wilkes, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Peck, Major Chas. B., Houston, Texas. 
 Philips, Albert C., Inter-Ocean, Chicag-o, 
 
 111. 
 
 Phillips, Walter P., Bridgeport, Conn. 
 Phillips, Mrs. Walter P., Bridgeport, 
 
 Co nil. 
 
 Proctor, Hon. Redfield, Washington, D. C. 
 Qualtroug-h, Mrs. R. C., Houston, Texas. 
 Reed, Mrs. Harriette L., Dorchester, 
 
 Mass. 
 Riccius, Mrs. Ida B., Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Ridg-ley, Hon. K. R. t Mulberry, Kansas. 
 
 Rose, Mrs. Henrietta X., Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Russell, Hon. Chas. A., Killing-ly, Conn. 
 
 Ryan, Mrs. Rosina, Houston, Texas. 
 
 Sears, Gen. W. H., Lawrence, Kan. 
 
 Sheldon, Hon. .Joseph. Xew Haven, Conn. 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Charles Emory, Philadel 
 phia, Pa. 
 
 Smith, Eldridg-e J., Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Electa, of Ohio, Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Spencer, Mrs. Sara A., Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Taliafero, Sinclair, Houston, Texas. 
 
 Tanner, Corporal James, Washing-ton, 
 D. C. 
 
 Tanner, Mrs. Mero L., Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Terrell, Hon. Alex. W., Austin, Texas. 
 
 Tillinghast, Hon. Benj. F., Davenport, la. 
 
 Tucker, Mrs. Mary Log-an, Washing-ton, 
 D. C. 
 
 Tweedale, John, Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Vinet, Gen. J. B., Red Cross Society, 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 Walsh, Hon. Thos. F., Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Ward, Mrs. Fannie B., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Ward, Fred L., Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Ward, Mrs. Fred L., Worcester, Mass. 
 
 Wardwell, Hon. Wm. T., New York, N. Y. 
 
 Warner, Brainard H., Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Wight, Hon. John B., Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
 Wilson, Gen. John M., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wolf, Mrs. Amy L., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wolf, Hon. Simon, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Woodward, S. W., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Work, Mrs. Ada C., Waco. Texas. 
 
 Wyman, (Jen. Walter, Washing-ton, D. C. 
 
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