Chapter I: Front Matter

The American Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. IV, No. 2)

VOL. IV. APRIL, 1909. No. 2.

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THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

Officers

_President_,
HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT.

_Vice-President_,
ROBERT W. DE FOREST.

_Treasurer_,
HON. CHAS. D. NORTON.

_Counselor_,
HON. LLOYD W. BOWERS.

_Secretary_,
CHARLES L. MAGEE.

_Chairman of Central Committee_,
MAJOR-GENERAL GEO. W. DAVIS, U. S. A. (Ret.)

_National Director_,
ERNEST P. BICKNELL.

Board of Consultation

BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE H. TORNEY,
Surgeon-General, U. S. Army.

REAR ADMIRAL PRESLEY M. RIXEY,
Surgeon-General, U. S. Navy.

SURGEON-GENERAL WALTER WYMAN,
U. S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.

Central Committee 1908-1909

Major-General GEORGE W. DAVIS, U. S. A. (ret.), _Chairman_.

Brigadier-General GEORGE H. TORNEY, Surgeon-General, U. S.
Army, War Department, Washington, D. C.

Hon. HUNTINGTON WILSON, Assistant Secretary of State,
Department of State, Washington, D. C.

Hon. CHARLES D. NORTON, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, U.
S. Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C.

Medical Director JOHN C. WISE, U. S. N., Navy Department,
Washington, D. C.

Hon. LLOYD W. BOWERS, Solicitor-General, Department of Justice,
Washington, D. C.

President BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, University of California.

Mr. JOHN M. GLENN, 105 East 22d street, New York, N. Y.

Miss MABEL T. BOARDMAN, Washington, D. C.

Hon. JAMES R. GARFIELD, Secretary of the Interior, Washington,
D. C.

Hon. A. C. KAUFMAN, Charleston, S. C.

Hon. H. KIRKE PORTER, 1600 I street, Washington, D. C.

Mr. JOHN C. PEGRAM, Providence, R. I.

General CHARLES BIRD, U. S. A., Wilmington, Del.

Col. WILLIAM CARY SANGER, Sangerfield, N. Y.

Judge LAMBERT TREE, 70 La Salle street, Chicago, Ill.

Hon. JAMES TANNER, Washington, D. C.

Mr. W. W. FARNAM, New Haven, Conn.

NOTE—Attention is invited to the recent changes in the Officers and Central Committee members.

The President of the United States has appointed Hon. Huntington Wilson, Hon. Charles D. Norton, Brigadier General George H. Torney and Hon. Lloyd W. Bowers members of the Central Committee to represent the Departments of State, Treasury, War and Justice, respectively. The Executive Committee has elected Hon. Charles D. Norton Treasurer and Hon. Lloyd W. Bowers Counselor to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of the former Treasurer and Counselor.

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Preface 5

The Sicilian and Calabrian Earthquake 7

Contributions to the Italian Red Cross 9

The American Red Cross Orphanage 11

Houses for Italy 16

Early Days of Relief (illustrated) 19
By W. Bayard Cutting, Jr.

Red Cross Relief Ship _Bayern_ (illustrated) 43
By Lieut.-Commander Reginald R. Belknap, U. S. A.

Other Measures of American Red Cross Relief 58

Italian Relief Notes (illustrated) 59

American Red Cross Receipts by States 64

How New York Raised Funds for Italy 66

Origin of the Christmas Stamp (illustrated) 69

Funds Raised through Sale of Red Cross Christmas Stamps,
1908 (illustrated) 75

Competition for 1909 Christmas Stamp Design 82

South China Flood Relief (illustrated) 83

An Inspiration (illustrated) 89
By Nellie Olmsted Lincoln.

The Story of the Red Cross (with Portrait) 92

Rules for the Prevention of Railroad Accidents 95

Notes 96

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