Chapter IV: War Sacrifices

Feeling the need of getting away for a brief time from these harrowing scenes, at six o’clock in the evening of June 27th Monsieur Dunant left Castiglione for Cavriana, where the Emperor Napoleon had his headquarters. On his journey, which was made in a little carriage hired at Brescia, he had to pass over the scene of the recent carnage. He describes the view, “Here and there were still pools of blood, and numerous fresh mounds of earth marked the last resting places of the victims of the 24th.” Even in the cemetery of Solferino, not only were the monumental crosses and grave stones bespattered with blood, but the whole burying ground in dire confusion was strewn with sabres, muskets, havresacks, cartridge pouches, mess-tins, helmets and belts, most of which were twisted, bent and broken.

Arrived at Cavriana, Dunant at once inquired for Marshal MacMahon whom he knew personally. His inquiries surprised a group of generals sitting on common chairs before the humble cottage which their sovereign had made his temporary abode. They began to speculate as to his mission and as to who he was, for that a simple tourist would take such risks at such a time was altogether beyond their comprehension. The corporal who accompanied Monsieur Dunant in the capacity of servant, was impenetrable: he knew nothing, while replying respectfully to their questions. Their curiosity was still further augmented when they saw Dunant set out for Borghetto, the headquarters of the Marshal, where he arrived about midnight. He pictures the drive amidst the camp fires, where whole trees were burning, the lighted tents of the officers, the peaceful murmurs of the army seeking its repose, the starlit Italian sky and the solemn silence after the noise and the emotions of the previous days.

At six o’clock next morning he was cordially received by Marshal MacMahon, after which he returned to his wounded at Castiglione.

The 30th of June found Dunant at Brescia, where in the old cathedral were over a thousand wounded. Here the women of all classes vied with each other in supplying the needs of the unfortunate brethren in their midst. They brought oranges, jellies, biscuits and other dainties. Even the humblest widow contributed her sympathy and modest gift.

The population of Brescia, normally 40,000, was nearly doubled by the multitudes of sick and wounded brought there. The Italian doctors to the number of 140 were assisted by the students of the medical colleges. Committees were formed to receive gifts of bedclothes, linen and provisions of all kinds. In the vast halls of the various hospitals and in all the churches thousands of battered remnants of humanity were the subjects of amputation, to many of whom the word was as the sentence of death.

Monsieur Dunant depicts some of the terrible operations performed by the surgeons who were forced to work with untrained assistants. Scenes so full of pathos and the horrors of mental and physical anguish that could men be brought to even a partial realization of their meaning war would become impossible. Nothing in the world would be worth the aggregate of human suffering unless the cause was justified by a greater aggregate of human misery and torture.

“The feeling,” says Monsieur Dunant, “that one experiences of the great insufficiency under such serious conditions is one of indescribable suffering. It is extremely painful to realize that one is unable to aid all or to reply to the many supplications for relief because of the vast number needing assistance. Long hours must pass before even the most unfortunate can be reached; stopped here by one, called there by another, all equally worthy of pity, each step clogged by numbers clamoring for help. Why turn to the left when on the right so many are dying without a word of consolation, without even a glass of water to quench their burning thirst. The thought of the importance of a life one may save, the desire to assuage the tortures of the sufferers, and to revive their courage; the continued, enforced activity that such moments impose, give a supreme energy, a longing to carry succor to the greatest number possible. One becomes no longer affected by a thousand pictures of this formidable tragedy, the most hideously disfigured bodies are passed with indifference, scenes more horrible than any described, which the pen refuses to depict, are gazed at blankly. Sometimes the heart is suddenly brought near to breaking by some pathetic grief, by some simple incident, by some unexpected detail, which touches our deepest feelings, which tears the most sensitive fibres of our being and brings a realization of the horror of this tragedy.

“For a week after the battle such cases as drew from the doctor a shake of the head and the observation, ‘Nothing can be done!’ were simply abandoned to their fate—to die. Though hard, this was quite natural, considering the scarcity of doctors and nurses and the enormous number of patients. An inexorable and cruel logic ordained that precious time and care should not be wasted on hopeless cases when sorely needed by so many thousands who might recover.

“Search well the hospitals of Lombardy and where was there to be found that glory for which at the commencement of the sanguinary conflict these men rushed with light heart and fleet foot to shed the blood of their brethren?

“The Battle of Solferino is the only one of the nineteenth century at all comparable as regards the terrible slaughter on both sides, with the battles of Leipzig and Waterloo. It counted in killed and wounded: 3 field marshals, 9 generals, 1,566 other officers, 40,000 non-commissioned officers and men. Besides these, 19,665 cases of fever, dysentery, etc., in the Brescia Hospitals; 30,000 cases of typhus, etc., among the Austrians, making a total of 91,243 victims of the battle of Solferino.”

Monsieur Dunant asks the question: “Why have we thought good to recall these scenes of grief and desolation, to recount such lamentable and gruesome details, and to draw such vivid pictures of despair?”

His answer is another question: “Would it not be possible to found and organize, in all civilized countries, permanent Societies of Volunteers, which in time of war would render succour to the wounded, without distinction of nationality? Those good old women and those beautiful young girls of Castiglione could not by themselves save the lives of many of those to whom they ministered. It was necessary that their efforts should be supplemented by those of experienced men and women, capable, firm, accustomed to order and discipline. Had such assistance been forthcoming in adequate measure at Solferino, many of the horrors need not have been related, and the living would not, as in some cases, have been interred with the dead. For the accomplishment of such a noble duty there must be willing volunteers, well-trained and instructed—not lazy and ignorant mercenaries. The army medical corps is always insufficient and needs to be augmented by voluntary public assistance. Thus only can the horrors of war be minimized.”

FIRST AID AND RELIEF COLUMNS

CALIFORNIA.

FIRST AID COURSES FOR SAILORS.

BY DR. G. H. RICHARDSON.

In the January BULLETIN you have an idea of how the work was started and I gave weekly lectures to the “Sailors’ Union” and bi-weekly lectures to the “Harbor No. 15,” completing the course about a month ago.

I found that it was useless to endeavor to do much with the men of the Sailors’ Union, for they are here today and away tomorrow, and while apparently interested in the lectures there could be no permanent results obtained. With the “Masters and Mates” it was, however, different, for they are better educated and realize fully the importance of our efforts.

I found here also that the card system was not practicable, for many of the officers could not attend regularly and besides I thought we should try to develop some uniformity which could be utilized all over the country.

To this end I wrote and obtained from the Surgeon General of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, 100 copies of the “Handbook for the Ship’s Medicine Chest,” (Stoner) and am using this book now with excellent results.

I am giving each member of the Harbor a copy, obtaining a receipt for same, and in the lecture follow closely the instruction laid down in the book.

I have placed on the Bulletin Board of the Harbor the subject and date (with pages in book) of the lecture and give them in the afternoon of every other Thursday at 3.30 o’clock. This I find better than in the evenings for the officers and I have from 25 to 35 present each time. This book, as you will note, has an ideal medicine chest outfit and strange to say very few of the officers knew of the book until I gave them a copy.

I am going to give about eight lectures from the book and then have planned to write you for instructions. Dr. Blue has suggested that when candidates for license as masters, etc., be examined for their eye-sight and color blindness, that an examination in First Aid could be given them. This brings up the question as to how far the Red Cross and the various departments should work together and in my mind is the most important question before our organization today.

In talking with Captain Westcott of Harbor No. 15 here he seems to think that his association should make attendance of its members on the lectures obligatory, and at the same time by a change in the By-Laws make each member become a Red Cross member. I think from what I can learn here that it would be carried unanimously, for I have an excellent reception at every one of my lectures.

Therefore, to be concise, my plan is tentatively—

a. Make each member of the National Association of Masters,
Mates and Pilots a member of the Red Cross, arranging with the
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service for books, we to
collect receipts for same and keep the records.

b. Have “First Aid” Committees in each local Branch, who,
with a Secretary, should keep in touch with the work, assign
physicians to lecture and examine and arrange for examination
of candidates and keep record of same.

c. Endeavor to have laws passed which shall make it necessary
for each ship to have a properly equipped chest on board and a
copy of the authorized book.

d. Arrange with the Secretary of the National Association of
Masters, Mates and Pilots to have him publish in his journal
the dates and names of lectures, making them uniform in every
place, and where the lectures are to be held.

RELIEF COLUMNS

On Monday, February 5th, at Copper Hall, Lane College, Dr. Geo. F. Somers delivered a witty and entertaining lecture on “First Aid.” A trained litter-squad from the detachment of the First Unitarian Church composed of Messrs. Eastman, Addison, Meyerink and Mikkelsen appeared and gave a practical demonstration in illustration of the lecturer’s subject. The lecturer ingeniously introduced them, by saying, “There is a gentleman here who has met with an accident. Are there any Red Cross men present?” The squad seated individually in different parts of the auditorium assembled about their supposed “victim,” who was bandaged, and splinted, much to the amusement of the audience.

The first county of California to organize a detachment was Alameda. Under the auspices of the State Branch, a very active and ambitious Detachment and Woman’s Auxiliary of the Legion of the Red Cross was formed at the conclusion of a banquet given by the ladies of the congregation of St. John’s Presbyterian Church. The detachment and auxiliary meet together at monthly lectures upon sanitation, hygiene, and allied subjects given by specialists in these different fields.

The detachment under the assistant directorship of Dr. J. N. Force is being drilled by Senior Sub-director Paul Y. Yost, commander of the California Cadets of the University of California.

The detachment of the Columbia Park Boys’ Club have been training a squad of four young men, Messrs. Wing, Cliffs, Clover and Peterson, who will accompany the athletic team of this famous organization to Australia. Through the courtesy of Dr. McCoy, of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, they will be drilled by Mr. James Leek.

The young men will start prepared for First Aid in the field and will doubtless have something to do during the football contests. This is perhaps the first squad of the new Legion of the Red Cross to be in service beyond the border of the United States.

By the steamer “Mariposa” on Friday, April 21, bound for New South Wales, a sergeant and a squad from the Grand Legion of the Red Cross, California Branch, accompanied the Columbia Park Boys’ Club upon their six months’ tour of the Antipodes.

With their credentials went a recommendation to Major G. L. Mullins, M. D. Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 1909.

This is to certify that Leon Wing, sergeant of a squad from
the detachment known as the “Columbia Park Boy’s Detachment
of the Grand Legion of the Red Cross” is a duly accredited
representative of the California Branch of the American
National Red Cross, a branch of the International Red Cross
established under the Treaty of Geneva.

We extend the hand of fraternity to the St. John’s Ambulance
Association of Great Britain and recommend this squad and its
sergeant to the kind offices of those representatives of the
St. John’s Ambulance Association in Australia.

The Columbia Park Boy’s club has set a national standard
of efficiency in training boys in clean living, thinking
and athletes and it is both the pride and pleasure of the
California Branch of the American National Red Cross to wish
this, the first squad of a detachment of the Grand Legion of
the Red Cross to visit another nation, God speed and a hearty
welcome in the Antipodes.

(Signed) BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, President.
MRS. JOHN F. MERRILL, First Vice-President.
MRS. THURLOW McMULLIN, State Secretary.
DR. G. H. RICHARDSON, Field Agent.
WM. LATHROP MCCLURE, Sec. Legion (Asst. Dir.)

ILLINOIS.

The Illinois Relief Columns took a prominent part in the Memorial Day Parade, of which a report will be made for the October Bulletin by Dr. Blech. To Dr. Blech’s energy, interest and work much of the success of this Illinois Legion is due.

One hundred and sixty men in Khaki uniforms took part. The Legion was under the command of Director J. B. Weintraub and marched in the Fifth Division, of which Division Dr. Blech was Marshal, assisted by the regular staff officers of the Red Cross Corps. Captain J. Ralph Shook, U. S. A. Medical Service, acted as Division Adjutant. He has given the Legion much encouragement and says of it that it has done as well as any hospital corps, regular or volunteer, he has ever seen.

NEW JERSEY.

Mr. Chris. D. Fisher of the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, the Northern Central and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Companies writes of the work done at their car shops at Camden, N. J. Mr. Fishers says:

“I have been in communication with Mr. Speakman and think we will soon have the New Jersey Column in working order. We have another of our shops where 750 men are employed thoroughly organized and the men are doing excellent service. I enclose a copy of the notice which is posted around the shops.”

NOTICE.

The following men have taken a thorough course in “First Aid to the Injured” and have received certificates from the Red Cross Society qualifying them to render first aid to injured persons:

George Boenig, Erecting Shop.
Walter Davidson, Machine Shop.
Henry M. MacSweeny, Power House.
Edward Bright, Pipe Shop.
Fred. Dean, Tin and Copper Shop.
William Welch, Blacksmith Shop.
William Wink, Blacksmith Shop.
Thos. McCorkendale, Boiler Shop.

Mr. Boenig will act as head of the Relief Staff and take full charge of all cases of serious injury.

In case of serious injury to an employe Mr. Boenig should be notified at once, and until Mr. Boenig arrives the Red Cross man assigned to that department, or the one who happens to be nearest to the scene of the accident should give the injured person all the assistance possible and be prepared to assist Mr. Boenig, if necessary, when he assumes charge of the case. The patient should be taken to the Storeroom as quickly as possible where he can be kept quiet and better attention given him, and it will be the duty of the Chief Watchman and the Storeroom attendants to keep all unauthorized persons out of the Storeroom, except in the case of a relative of the patient, who will be admitted upon application to the Chief Watchman. The Chief Watchman will make all necessary arrangements for taking the patient to the Hospital, if necessary, either by wagon, shifting engine, or ambulance and in the latter case notify the Master Mechanic’s office, from which office the ambulance will be called.

In the absence of the Chief Watchman the Watchman on duty will attend to the above, and in the absence of Mr. Boenig, Mr. Bright will assume his duties.

No stimulants whatever must be given to the patient unless administered under the instructions of one of the Red Cross Staff, as such stimulants are very likely to interfere with the work of the hospital surgeons, or may cause injury in other ways.

In all cases of injury sufficiently serious to cause a man to go home, the Chief Watchman should be notified at once through this office, so that he can get the necessary information for making his report.

For the present all minor injuries, such as cuts and bruises, will be attended to in a small room which has been fitted up under the Machine Shop office, where necessary medical supplies and appliances are kept on hand.

All Foremen will please see that C. T. 75, Accident Report, is made up promptly in duplicate and sent to this office, for all cases of injury sufficiently serious for the man to quit work, or in all cases where the Foremen think the nature of the injury demands it.

H. H. MAXFIELD,
Master Mechanic.

NEW YORK.

The Relief Columns of the First Legion of Brooklyn held a public concert with an exhibition of the Drill and First Aid work of the Column. There were about two hundred persons present, who showed great interest in the illustrated lecture and exhibition drill. Special mention should be made of the energetic and successful work of Mr. Bosworth and also of Assistant Director Ferguson whose drilling and training was so well demonstrated in the exhibition drill. Dr. Hyatt, with the aid of the stereopticon, showed pictures of Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross; of the Swiss flag and how it was reversed, making the Red Cross flag; of the Red Cross work during the Japanese-Russian War; of the relief after the San Francisco disaster; of the relief columns in its different activities on duty Memorial Day, 1908; en route for the Inauguration in Washington, of its functions and litter duties. Captain Siler of the U. S. A. Medical Service was present at the entertainment.

Captain Siler writes of the value of organizing relief columns in mining districts. In some mines a number of the men have received excellent training in First Aid and could be easily organized into Relief Columns.

A number of the Mills Training School Male nurses are considering the formation of a Column which in case of necessity could be assigned as a body to certain hospitals as nurses. In case of war the services of such a relief column of trained nurses would be of great value as they could be sent much nearer the front than women nurses.

CASE REPORTS FROM MEMBERS OF FIRST LEGION.

Total number of cases reported from May 24, 1908, to May 31, 1909, inclusive—59.

SUMMARY.

Heat prostration 9
Sprained wrist 1
Fainting 2
Wounds of face 3
Sprained ankle 1
Crushed toes 1
Contused wounds of foot 1
Drowning accident 1
Collapse after rowing contest 1
Infected arm from scratch 1
Contused wounds of head 1
Dislocation of thumb 1
Lacerated wounds of hand 4
Alcoholism and unconsciousness 1
Burns 2
Lacerated fingers 10
Amputated fingers 1
Amputated hand and foot 1
Fractured nose 1
Fractured leg 3
Epilepsy 1
Fractured skull 2
Injuries to the eyes 1
Scalp wounds 5
Lacerations of leg 1
Dog bite 1
Boil on neck 1
Nausea 2
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59

Respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH FERGUSON,
Assistant Director Commanding.

TUBERCULOSIS DEPARTMENT

THE CHRISTMAS STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION.

Over twelve hundred designs for the Red Cross Christmas Stamp were received in response to the circulars sent out announcing a competition. The general average of these far exceeded the most sanguine anticipations. A large proportion of the drawings were excellent in execution and in ingenuity of arrangement and a fair number were of distinct artistic merit. Many, which were commendable in design and technique, could not be considered because they were too elaborate and too full of detail to stand reduction from three inches to seven-eighths of an inch square. This dimension required simple masses and distinctness of lettering and especial prominence of the Red Cross itself.

The exhibition was a remarkable object lesson proving a wide-spread interest in decorative design and a high average of taste and skill in this direction.

At the request of the Red Cross the Fine Arts Federation of New York named the following jury to pass upon the drawings: Mr. F. D. Millet, Mr. C. Y. Turner and Mr. Paul Bartlett. After a long and careful study of the exhibition, the following awards were made: Mr. Carl Wingate, New York City, First Prize; Mr. Augusto Bissiri, South Framingham, Massachusetts, Second Prize; Miss Grace D. Gerow, Jersey City, New Jersey, Third Prize.

The following persons were awarded Honorable Mention: Miss Sara B. Hill, of New York City; Mr. William F. Rauchsnabel, San Francisco, Cal.; Mr. R. A. Dunn, Providence, R. I.; Mr. W. P. McDonald, Cincinnati, Ohio; Miss Mary W. Bonsall, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. John H. Zeh, Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Maud H. Lanktree, Berkeley, Cal.; Mr. Joseph N. Pearce, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. Silvio Paini, Columbus, Ohio; Mr. William Von Zell, Indianapolis, Ind.

(Signed) F. D. MILLET,
For the Jury.

All the drawings were exhibited from May 19th to May 24th, inclusive, in the Hemicycle of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the use of which was kindly given by the Directors of that institution for the purpose, and a large number of people visited the exhibition. On the afternoon of the last day President Taft, who is also President of the Red Cross, examined the exhibition with great interest and attention and approved the choice made by the jury. A reproduction of the First Prize Design in the reduced size is given in the BULLETIN. The October BULLETIN will contain reproductions of all the designs selected by the jury for award and also a further account of the exhibitions in Wilmington and Philadelphia where the drawings were shown.

CLEVELAND, OHIO.

The Tent Colony for Tuberculous Children was opened in Cleveland during the fall of 1907 through the co-operative efforts of several organizations which had felt for some years the extreme need of removing temporarily from their homes children who were probably suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs.

The Camp accommodated eight children during two months that fall and twenty during five months in 1908. The tents used are similar to those at the Ottawa (Illinois) Sanatorium and were judged large enough for two children each. Beside a nurse and assistant the Camp employs a cook and a laundress with the occasional help of a cleaning woman.

In addition to the tents the equipment consists of three one-story summer buildings—one for laundry and store-room, one for kitchen and bathroom, and the third for children’s dining and wet-weather playroom, pantry and nurses’ dining room.

The children range in age from five to fourteen years, boys and girls, and are selected after examination by the Tuberculosis Dispensary physicians because they already show an envolvement or because their physical condition, home environment or history indicates it as imminent, but none are accepted unless the prognosis is at least fair.

The days are made as regular as possible in point of baths, meals, rest-hours, lessons and play. Temperatures and weight charts are made up daily and diet or rest regulated accordingly under the direction of the physician on his weekly or semi-weekly visit.

It is endeavored to observe a proper and effective technique. Kitchen and laundry are fenced off from the rest of the grounds. The attendants eat in separate rooms from the children and from dishes kept separate from theirs. All utensils used by the patients are washed and sterilized in a pantry which belongs to them and the children are seated at table in such a manner as not directly to face one another. Their clothing and bedding is put immediately after use into water and washed separate from the attendants’ clothing.

The children have gained surprisingly in appearance and weight and the medical examinations show in all cases, which prolong the treatment, similar results in the lungs.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

The New Hampshire Red Cross Branch is doing excellent work with the proceeds of the sale of the Christmas Stamps. In speaking of this work, an editorial in the Boston _Herald_ says:

“The proceeds of the sale of Red Cross Christmas Stamps are being used by the New Hampshire Branch of the Red Cross and by the Federation of Women’s Clubs in that State for addressing a pertinent health talk to the people. A placard has been prepared bearing three concise facts concerning tuberculosis—warning the public that the disease is contagious, and pointing out methods for its cure and prevention. The Boston & Maine Railroad has volunteered to place the placard in all its New Hampshire stations. And a further circulation in public places will be undertaken. The crusade against tuberculosis can be successful only by educating the public. Curative and preventive success depend on public co-operation. The simplest rules of living, cleanliness, exercise and temperance are the most effective combatants of the disease. Every means for keeping those rules before the public mind aids not only in checking the spread of tuberculosis, but in advancing the general health of the community.”

The Concord _Monitor_, in speaking of the distribution of posters, says:

“The posters, prepared by the New Hampshire Branch of the National Red Cross, are now being distributed throughout New Hampshire. Through the kindness of Mr. Frank Barr, Third Vice-President of the Boston & Maine Railroad, copies are being placed in all stations and the agents have been requested to see that they are displayed in a conspicuous place and not defaced. The New Hampshire Federation of Woman’s Clubs is making distribution in their several communities. The poster has attracted considerable attention outside of the state by people engaged in the same work elsewhere, as being most concise in every way.

Anyone desiring to receive copies of this poster can have them by addressing the New Hampshire Branch of the National Red Cross, Monadnock, New Hampshire, and enclosing two cents apiece for postage. It is hoped that the state will be fairly ablaze with these and that people interested in them will see that the posters are not injured or defaced.

It is the expectation to furnish a slide of this poster to all the moving picture shows in the state, hoping they will assist in calling the attention of the public to certain truths in regard to tuberculosis, by displaying this slide.

NOTES

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held May 5th, at which were present all the members save Surgeon General Torney, who was absent from the city, the Chairman submitted a statement of the remittances and expenditures on account of the Italian Relief Fund up to date.

A report on conditions in Eastern Turkey, received from the State Department, was presented by Miss Boardman. The action of the Chairman in transmitting a thousand dollars to the American Ambassador at Constantinople for relief purposes was ratified and it was voted to send a further remittance of $5,000 from the General Emergency Fund.

By action of the Executive Committee the Red Cross Nursing Service was placed under the management of the War Relief Board.

The President of the Red Cross has sent the following letter to the Governors of the States and Territories:

“June 4, 1909.

“Sir: The purpose of this letter is to bring to your knowledge
the facilities of the American Red Cross for conducting large
measures of emergency relief or assisting in their conduct, in
any part of the United States.

“Its National Director, Mr. Ernest P. Bicknell, who devotes
his entire time to the executive duties of the Red Cross, has
had an extended experience in the organization and direction
of work of this character. Mr. Bicknell is prepared to proceed
immediately to the scene of any great disaster and confer
with the state or local authorities, as well as the local
representative of the Red Cross, in regard to the efficient
organization of relief. This service is wholly free and is
quite apart from any question of the source of the relief funds.

“The Red Cross is a national organization, the only one
chartered by the United States and maintained for the sole
purpose of relieving the sufferings caused by war or by
calamities in time of peace. In the United States, fortunately,
the Red Cross has been almost entirely free from the demands
of war, but has found an important and growing field in the
relief and rehabilitation of communities devastated by fire,
flood, storm or other disaster of an extent or magnitude
exceeding local relief resources. It operates under a special
charter from Congress and is governed by a Central Committee
appointed in part by the President of the United States from
the Departments of State, War, Navy, Treasury and Justice,
and is required to submit an annual report to Congress. In
the event of war the Red Cross is the only organization whose
agents in the military encampments and upon battlefields will
be officially recognized and authorized to maintain hospitals,
hospital ships, etc.

“Should any calamity occur within the bounds of your state
which requires large and unusual relief measures, you are
invited to make the freest use of the services of the Red
Cross or of its National Director in either an executive or an
advisory capacity.

“Since the reorganization of the Red Cross in 1905 the amounts
enumerated on the attached sheet have been raised and expended
at the places or for the objects stated. Very respectfully,

“WM. H. TAFT, President.”

AMERICAN RED CROSS RELIEF EXPENDITURES.

From January 5, 1905, to May 5, 1909, not including value of enormous amount of supplies or expenditures of State Branches for relief work.

Philippine Typhoon $ 1,150.00
Japanese Famine 245,865.67
Vesuvian Eruption 12,759.25
California Earthquake and Fire 2,856,289.54
Valparaiso Earthquake 12,353.38
Gulf Storm 667.87
Chinese Famine 327,725.43
Kingston Earthquake 5,699.23
Russian Famine 9,000.00
Calabrian Earthquake, 1907 233.60
Mississippi Cyclone 2,767.38
South Carolina and Georgia Floods 942.05
Michigan Forest Fires 300.00
Canadian Forest Fires 1,000.00
Monongah Mine Disaster 3,782.11
Italian Earthquake, 1908 986,283.11
Armenian Outrages 6,000.00
Miscellaneous 75.00
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Total $4,472,893.62

Net proceeds of sale of Red Cross Christmas Stamps,
1908, for local anti-tuberculosis work throughout
the country (approximately) $138,000.00

The total expenditure for all administration and
executive work during same period, including the
cost of publishing 201,000 copies of the Red
Cross BULLETIN, was $30,195.15

Expenses of administration two-thirds of one per cent.,
more than half of which has been paid from membership
dues and from the income of the Endowment Fund of
$115,000.

A meeting of the Emergency Relief Board was held in New York City on Saturday, March 20th, at which nine members were present. There was a general discussion of emergency relief work after great disasters.

The Red Cross Stamp and tuberculosis work were discussed informally.

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The War Relief Board held a meeting in Washington on May 7th, at which six members were present. The following resolution was passed, creating a sub-committee on the Red Cross Nursing Service:

_Resolved_, That the sub-committee on the Red Cross Nursing Service shall consist of a Chairman and fourteen other members, five to constitute a quorum. The Chairman and five members to be members of the War Relief Board, to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board: six members to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board from a list of trained nurses submitted by the Nurses’ Federation and three persons to be appointed by the Chairman on the recommendation of the Board.

The subject of First Aid and Relief Columns instruction was discussed.

Other subjects considered were the equipment of hospital ships and hospital trains and the use of automobiles for transportation of the sick and wounded in case of war. Medical Director Wise had prepared for the Board a very complete schedule for the full equipment in every particular of a hospital ship of 200 beds and the cost for this purpose of the reconstruction of a chartered ship and the necessary equipment. The Board is greatly indebted to Dr. Wise for this elaborate, complete and valuable report. The Board has already in its possession a list of vessels suitable for reconstruction into hospital ships.

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On the 29th of April the Red Cross forwarded to the Treasurer of the Darr Mine Relief Committee of Pittsburg, Pa., a contribution of $402.32 for the relief of the families of the victims of the explosion which occurred last year.

This money was collected by the Pennsylvania Red Cross Branch. The relief committee, in a letter acknowledging receipt of the contribution, expressed its thanks to the Red Cross.

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Because of his interest in the great work of the Red Cross His Majesty, the King of Sweden, has graciously conferred upon Miss Mabel T. Boardman, a member of the Executive Committee of the American National Red Cross, the decoration of the King’s Own Medal. The medal is of gold: on one side is the bas-relief portrait of the King, surrounded by his name, and on the reverse side is Miss Boardman’s name and the date. The decoration is worn suspended from a light blue ribbon. The light blue signifying a higher degree of the decoration than the dark blue ribbon upon which it is generally worn. The Dowager Queen of Sweden has always been deeply interested in hospitals and like institutions and her son, His Majesty, Gustavus V, by his sympathy in such work does much to encourage its success and development.

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The report on National Vitality prepared for the Conservation Commission by Prof. Irving Fischer, President of the Committee of One Hundred on National Health, is now ready for distribution. Copies may be obtained by forwarding $1.00 to the Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Treasurer, 176 Broadway, New York City. All members of the Red Cross who order a copy of this report before August 1st become thereby members of the American Health League without additional expense, receiving regularly the American Health Magazine. Mention that you are a member of the Red Cross when you write.

CALIFORNIA.

The Nurses’ Auxiliary, a very valuable adjunct to the California Branch, has undertaken to start factory lectures and demonstrations at noon hour, beginning Friday, April 30. Miss Brown, Miss Rutley, Miss Killiam, Miss Smith, Miss Jorgensen, Miss Fisher and Miss McCarthy, well-known specialists in their different departments, are to talk upon hygiene, dietetics, bedmaking, contagious diseases, tuberculosis, medical and surgical emergencies and first aid. Several factories, laundries and department stores are interested in these methods and consider them of practical use to working women. The Y. W. C. A., through the co-operation of Miss Smith, will make arrangements for evening lectures for individual business women in offices and stores. About 150 young women can be reached immediately. Miss Smith also reported that many young married women employed in factories are much interested. There are many wide-awake women in department stores and factories who not only support themselves, but their sick relatives also. Very much good can be done through the settlements and mothers’ clubs.

The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Relief Column has inaugurated a series of talks on home nursing and prevention of disease under the direction of Dr. Clara Williams.

The work is capable of infinite expansion on almost any scale. It bids fair to reach sufficient magnitude to make the problems of organizations, permanence, finance, equipment and membership of importance to the future of Red Cross work. We cannot forget the essential functions of the Red Cross are gravest in time of war and calamity in relation to great masses of humanity, but there is as much patriotism expressed in teaching the individual in time of peace to attain maximum efficiency and resistance to disease.

CANAL ZONE.

Of the fourteen districts into which the Canal Zone Branch is divided, seven have perfected their local organizations.

Entertainments for the Red Cross Fund have been given at Ancon, Corozal, Paraiso, Culebra and Las Cascadas.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

This branch, which has about sixty trained nurses enrolled, has made an arrangement with the Nurses’ Central Registry to send to it every three months an accurate list of the nurses’ names and addresses. If a call is made for nurses the nurse in charge of the Registry will find out what nurses are immediately available for this active duty. The Registry will be compensated by the branch for any such service rendered.

The District Branch has provided a box of First Aid supplies for a mining camp in Edwardsburg, Idaho, a camp over one hundred miles from any physician. One of Major Lynch’s Red Cross First Aid Works was also sent. On May 14th Mrs. Edwards, whose husband is general manager of the Eagle Mining Company, to whom this box was sent, wrote that the snow was still deep and the mail was carried by dog trains. Her letter took twelve days to reach Washington.

The Branch is also planning to equip a First Aid Station in Rock Creek Park.

EDWARDSBURG, IDAHO, May 28, 1909.

My Dear Miss Boardman—I received today three boxes, and the men
who have called for their mail and been told of the Red Cross
help have been so gratified.

I really don’t know how to thank you, for I don’t believe you
could realize just how great the need is at times for just
those things you have sent.

Last Thursday Mr. Edwards was leading our cayuse loaded with
powder on a lonely rocky trail when the cayuse made a misstep
and went headlong to the bottom of the mountain. Mr. Edwards
was unhurt, but had he been injured or killed days might
have passed and I ignorant of his need of me. He came home
immediately and I think I shall never forget his white face
as he came up to the door of our cabin. He and I alone and
together have been so many times through the valley that I
sometimes start at the sound of my boy’s voice as he plays
outside with “Gingie,” his dog.

Will you please thank the District of Columbia Branch of the
Red Cross for the men of the wilderness and for me? Indeed I do
appreciate your thought of us. Faithfully,

(Signed) ANNIE NAPIER EDWARDS.

NEW YORK.

The New York County Sub-division plans to take charge of the First Aid Stations during the Robert Fulton celebration. Arrangements have been made to establish stations at the Union Station on Forty-second street, in tents at the ferries, etc.

The County Federation of Trained Nurses voted on June 1st to affiliate with the American Red Cross.

AUSTRIA.

On December 31st the Austrian Samaritan and Life Saving Society of Vienna offered to the Italian Government their kitchen wagons to use in the cooking of food for the thousands of hungry and homeless people. The offer was accepted with thanks. Large amounts of money and supplies were promptly contributed for this expedition, so that not a penny of the regular funds of the society were required. The railroads gave free transportation. There was much delay in reaching the scene of the disaster because of the interrupted railroad service, and because the lines were blocked with train loads of wounded and refugees who were being aided by members of the Italian Red Cross at relief stations situated in and about stations along the route. All along the journey officials of the Italian Red Cross received and assisted this Austrian Relief Expedition. The kitchen wagons were established at Catania, where about thirty or forty thousand refugees had congregated. The next day after their arrival some twelve thousand refugees who had not tasted warm food since they left Messina received good, hot meals, the kitchen wagons being in operation from six in the morning until eight at night.

CUBA.

Thanks to the kindness of the American Minister, Mr. Edwin Morgan, we have received notice of the establishment of a Red Cross Society in Cuba, together with copies of its statutes and regulations.

Mr. Morgan also forwarded a translation of the proceedings held at the institution of the society kindly provided by Captain B. F. Clark.

The President and Vice-President of the republic are honorary presidents and the active president is Dr. Diego Tamayo y Figueredo.

FRANCE.

The French Red Cross the day after the Italian disaster and as soon as the news reached Paris decided to send to Italy Red Cross nurses.

The French Red Cross report says: “The question arose whether the immensity of the disaster did not justify its intervention in the way of aid. The Italian Red Cross was mobilized. Was it not the occasion to give proof of the solidarity which exists outside of all boundaries uniting the members of the universal Red Cross?” As the syndicate of the French press agreed to take charge of the raising of a national fund for the expense of this relief work, the society proceeded with its preparations. On the 30th ten nurses with two Red Cross delegates. Viscount Harcourt and Viscount Nantos, left for Naples. The following day a second detachment of nurses from one of the Red Cross branches, the Union of the Women of France, was sent, and a few days later a third detachment from another branch, the Association of French Women, followed. Within a few hours after their arrival at Naples they began active work in the hospitals filled with injured refugees.

The Neapolitan Red Cross had erected a temporary hospital in a municipal school building—a large and airy situation. Doctors there were in plenty, but there was a great lack of nurses, so that those sent by the French Red Cross, three of whom spoke Italian, arrived at a most opportune time and their services won the confidence and gratitude of the physicians.

In the meantime the delegates of the French Red Cross were occupied in the distribution of money and supplies. Two special trainloads of clothing, hospital materials, etc., were sent from Paris, the first in charge of Count de Vogue, son of the president of the French Red Cross. Some of the supplies were given to the city government for distribution and some to the Italian Red Cross to be sent to Sicily and Calabria. The delegates wore a blue coat, with the Red Cross brassard on the arm.

At the termination of the active service of the French Red Cross the nurses were presented with the Italian Red Cross diploma of merit and with gold medals by the Duchess D’Aosta in the presence of many members of the Italian Red Cross.

The hospital school of the French Red Cross was opened in Paris on the 14th of November, 1908, with simple ceremonies. The president of the French Red Cross, the Marquis de Vogue, presided. Sixty-two of the nurses who were in active Red Cross service in Morocco were in attendance and added greatly to the interest of the occasion. One pavilion is devoted to men nurses and the other to women. This is the crowning result of the 44 dispensary schools of the society.

GERMANY.

The German Red Cross sent to Italy a complete hospital equipment, with five doctors, thirteen nurses and relief column men, which was established at Syracuse. Money, clothing and supplies of all kinds were forwarded from all over Germany to the main receiving station in Berlin. Large quantities of tents, a dozen wooden barracks from the Rhine Provinces and a hundred beds for orphans were among the gifts.

JAPAN.

The Japanese Red Cross has published its second English Bulletin. Its active personnel consists of 3,487 persons, of whom 237 are doctors. 2,328 women nurses, 572 men nurses and 131 litter bearers. It has a total membership of 1,397,344, with an annual income of $1,550,206. In 1907 it rendered assistance after fifteen disasters, aiding 3,810 injured persons. Its funds amount to $7,000,000.

PORTUGAL.

The Portuguese Red Cross has lately had the misfortune to lose by death its president, General da Cunha, a peer of the realm and one of the founders of the society in 1887. He was one of the most eminent men of his country and noted for the noble qualities of his mind and heart. His goodness and simplicity during all the years of the high offices he held under the government made him beloved of all classes. Just before his death he learned that the Red Cross had opened subscriptions for the earthquake sufferers of Italy. Only a few moments before the end came he directed his family to immediately send a subscription from him before his death prevented his doing so. These were his last words.

The society has elected as his successor Dr. M. A. Moreira, former Minister of the Navy and of the Colonies.

The Society has expended in relief work at different times $45,000 and contributed to the Red Cross Society of Spain, the United States, Great Britain, China, Japan, Russia and the Transvaal $16,000 more. It is about to establish a model infirmary for the instruction of trained nurses. The Municipal Council of Lisbon has given to the Society for this purpose land valued at $26,000.

RUSSIA.

The decease, in March, of Prince Michael Khikof, President of the Russian Red Cross, is announced in the April International Bulletin.

The Central Committee, at a later date, will call a conference of the active personnel during the Russo-Japanese War for the purpose of discussing the active work there accomplished, its mistakes and the improvements to be realized in future. Questions in regard to the convoys of the evacuation of the wounded, field treatment, etc., are among the most important subjects to be considered. The Society, which renders’ aid after calamities, pestilence, famine, floods, etc., has lately been asked to aid a leper colony at Yanburg. Its Central Committee decided that leprosy was too rare to be considered an epidemic and so declined to take charge of this institution, but to testify its interest in this humanitarian work it decided to appropriate for its support $5,000 annually.

SWITZERLAND.

Two delegates of the Swiss Red Cross, Dr. de Maval and Mr. Pluckiger, were sent promptly to Naples to take charge of the distribution of several carloads of supplies forwarded from Switzerland. They proceeded, under the suggestion of the Italian Red Cross, first to Melito, in Calabria, where they established headquarters. After the distribution in Calabria they continued this relief in Sicily, where, at Syracuse, they found the German and the American Red Cross at work. Besides the clothing and the supplies that were distributed, the material and erection of some forty houses at Reggio were provided. A total relief fund of $90,000 was raised in Switzerland.

THE NETHERLANDS.

The Red Cross of the Netherlands has suffered a serious loss in the death of the President of its Central Committee, Baron de Hardenbrock de Bergambacht. For forty-one years he had been a member of the committee, and during all that time he devoted himself with all his heart to the interests of the Society. In 1870 he went as chief to the First Dutch Red Cross Ambulance in the Franco-Prussian War. He represented his Society at the International Conference of 1887 at Carlsruhe, 1892 at Rome, 1897 at Berne, 1902 at St. Petersburg and 1907 at London. In 1899 and 1901 he was very active in the preparation and forwarding of six fully equipped Dutch Red Cross Ambulances for the war in the Transvaal. His delight was to work without ostentation for the Red Cross in its humanitarian mission. He merits well a place in the annals of the Red Cross of the Netherlands as one of its most worthy and noble supporters.

_The Red Cross Needs Members—Will You Not Be One?_

Annual Membership, $ 1.00
Life Membership, 25.00

For address of your State Branch, see Third Page of Cover

If there is no Branch in your State, send your application to the NATIONAL SECRETARY, Room 341, State, War and Navy Bldg., Washington, D. C.

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Instantaneous

is the relief from the acute stinging pain of inflammations and eczematous eruptions about the mucocutaneous margins when =Resinol Ointment= is applied. And a permanent cure is effected by this remedy with greater facility in all skin affections where a local application is indicated than by any other method. As a dressing for Burns, Carbuncles, etc., there is nothing approaches it.

=Resinol Soap= is the great adjunct to the Ointment, and renders the necessary bathing of the parts an aid to the cure, where the ordinary application of water and other soaps usually increases the trouble.

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GREAT BRITAIN BRANCH: 97 New Oxford Street, London, W. C.

CHAS. MARKELL & CO. Agents for Australasia, Sydney, N. S. W.

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A HEALTH RESORT

The first Sanitarium established by Seventh-Day Adventists was at Battle Creek, in 1866. Since then institutions have been started in many places. At present nearly sixty exist in various parts of the world.]

Washington is known as “The City Beautiful.” Much has been written of the many beautiful and historic spots around Washington, but one which is a revelation to all who visit it, is the new Washington Sanitarium, located at Takoma Park, on an elevation of 300 feet. The Washington Sanitarium has only been in operation a little over a year. It already has a splendid patronage; it is undoubtedly destined to become well known not only for its beauty and delightful surroundings, but as a health resort. During the fall and winter the climate is almost ideal; the summer climate is good—no mosquitoes or other pests are to be found.

A Branch Sanitarium is conducted at Nos. 1 and 2 Iowa Circle. The Branch Sanitarium has recently been overhauled, and extensive alterations have been made. The surroundings of this health-home are also attractive and restful. Both institutions are thoroughly scientific, and employ the most modern methods in the treatment of patients.

Massage, electricity in its various forms, baths of all descriptions, and special dieting are the agencies chiefly depended upon.

For further information, address

The Washington Sanitarium
TAKOMA PARK, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Phone, Takoma 127 and 128

Branch Sanitarium Phone, North 1325

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AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY

WASHINGTON, D. C.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FROM ORGANIZATION TO DATE

CAPITAL
DEPOSITS Surplus and Undivided Profits ASSETS
Dec. 31, 1891—$ 588,715 $1,320,238 $ 2,159,704
1893— 809,261 1,462,097 2,905,658
1895— 1,266,201 1,533,184 3,777,185
1897— 2,627,182 1,587,455 5,149,138
1899— 3,702,594 1,738,455 5,807,569
1901— 3,943,832 1,838,108 6,012,165
1903— 4,061,215 4,606,856 8,680,468
1905— 5,555,065 4,709,706 10,311,840
1907— 5,753,260 4,904,048 10,712,722

Nov. 30, 1908—$7,450,174 Assets $12,407,298

Amount Paid to Customers in Interest $1,285,735.18
Amount Added to Capital for Protection of Customers $1,750,000.00
Amount Added to Surplus for Protection of Customers $1,967,124.47

From the foregoing it will be seen that the business of the Company has steadily grown from year to year, and, while the shareholders have received a fair return on the capital invested, the directors have always borne in mind that their first duty was protection to the depositors, which they have accomplished by adding over =four million dollars=, making a guarantee fund to its clients, including shareholders’ liability, of =EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS=, a record shown by few banking corporations in the United States.

This statement does not include our =Trust Department=, the securities of which, under the law, are kept entirely separate and distinct from the assets of the Company, and our relations being of a confidential nature, no published statements are made. The growth has, however, been much greater then the above.

Accounts Solicited

Interest Paid on all Deposits, Large or Small

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NATIONAL ENGRAVING CO.

Designers, Halftone, Line and Color Engravers

Phone, Main 1679

Office, 506-508 Fourteenth Street, Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D. C., U. S. A.

QUALITY DISPATCH

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KNEESSI’S SONS

MANUFACTURERS OF TRUNKS, SUIT CASES TRAVELING BAGS LEATHER NOVELTIES

425 SEVENTH STREET N. W.

PHONE, M 2000

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Professional Nursing

A Powder

Very inexpensive, which, when dissolved in water, makes a pleasant, non-irritating, non-poisonous lotion, not staining the linen, and which has a Specific Action against those peculiar pathogenic germs which Infest the Genito-Urinary organs (Male as well as Female); hence is a

VALUABLE REMEDY FOR ALL CONDITIONS REQUIRING ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT

If intelligently used, according to directions, it will relieve all cases, including the acute cases and the stubborn chronic ones as well.

Also very effective in Pruritus of the genital regions.

Its use is most agreeable to the patient, affording quick relief and proceeding steadily to a cure.

The formula, together with bacteriological and clinical potency of the preparation, is furnished the medical profession.

A two-ounce box of TYREE’S ANTISEPTIC POWDER (enough to make two gallons of antiseptic lotion) will be sent Free. This would make almost seven dollars’ worth of the usual bottled antiseptic solutions. This is all pure capital—you pay for no water. You can take it with you—no liquids to carry.

J. S. TYREE, Chemist

Washington, D. C.

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Hotel Rudolph

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

_American and European_

JOEL HILLMAN, Proprietor

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PATENT SENSE and Patents that PROTECT

yield our clients enormous profits. Write us for PROOF. Inventors lose MILLIONS through WORTHLESS patents

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DEPT. 55 WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Telephone, Main 3405

ADOLF BODÉ, _Ladies’ Tailor_

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The “Storm” Binder and Abdominal Supporter

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Illustrated folder, giving styles, prices and diagram for measuring, and partial list of physicians using “Storm” Binder sent on request. A comfort to athletes, especially horseback riders. Of marked value in the prevention and relief of intestinal disorders.

Mail Orders Filled Within 24 Hours on Receipt of Price

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Among which we mention the Silver Services for the U. S. S. Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Iowa, Mobile and Mississippi

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Manufacturers of Quick Death

INSECTICIDE AND DISINFECTANT

312 N. Fifteenth St. Philadelphia, Pa.

Mail Orders Solicited

Phone, Spruce 3605

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_CUMBERLAND STEEL COMPANY_

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CUMBERLAND, MD. U.S.A.

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Pattee’s “Practical Dietetics”

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=46,712 Appointments= were made to Civil Service places during the past year. Excellent opportunities for young people. Each year we instruct by mail thousands of persons who pass these examinations and a large share of them receive appointments to life positions at $840 to $1,100 a year. If you desire a position of this kind, write for our Civil Service Announcement, containing full information about all government examinations and questions recently used by the Civil Service Commission.

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American Red Cross Membership

Any man, woman or child who desires to become a member of the American Red Cross may do so by filling in one of the application blanks at the bottom of this page, and forwarding it, with the dues, to THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, WASHINGTON, D. C. Checks or money orders should be made payable to THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

The membership fee of $1.00 includes subscription to the quarterly Red Cross BULLETIN.

Life membership fee is $25.00.

Application for Membership

_American Red Cross, Washington, D. C._ _Date_ ____

_I hereby signify my desire to become a member of the American
Red Cross. One dollar for membership dues and subscription to
the BULLETIN is enclosed herewith._

_Name_ _________________________________

_Address_ ______________________________

Application for Membership

_American Red Cross, Washington, D. C._ _Date_ ____

_I hereby signify my desire to become a member of the American
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“AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS TEXT-BOOK

ON

First-Aid and Relief Columns”

=By MAJOR CHARLES LYNCH=

_of the Medical Corps, United States Army_

Being a Manual of Instruction for the Prevention of Accidents and What to do for Injuries and Emergencies

PREPARED FOR AND INDORSED BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS

WITH A PREFACE BY

=BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. M. O’REILLY=

_Surgeon-General, United States Army_

ILLUSTRATED WITH 74 ENGRAVINGS

POCKET SIZE, viii+244 PAGES.

The Red Cross is in each country an organization recognized by the respective Governments for the purpose of rendering aid to the medical services or armies in time of war, and, furthermore, to mitigate the suffering caused by great calamities, and to devise and carry on means for preventing the same. It has, therefore, an important educational duty to perform.

For the purpose of further fulfilling this duty the American National Red Cross has issued the FIRST-AID AND RELIEF COLUMNS TEXT-BOOK for use in schools, colleges, Y. M. C. A’s., in the family, and for service in the training of nurses and Red Cross Relief Columns. Major Charles Lynch, of the Medical Corps of the United States Army, was especially requested by the Red Cross to prepare this text-book.

The author is a surgeon in the Army Medical Service, and has been especially detailed by the War Department to act as the medium between that Department and the National Red Cross. His duties are to study and suggest in what way the services of the Society can be made the most available. Major Lynch was the United States Medical Attachè to the Japanese Army during the Russian-Japanese War, and while there had special opportunities for observing the improvised materials used by them in case of need, and their manner of rendering first aid, which proved of such value in the preserving of life during that war. He has been engaged in organizing First-Aid and Relief Columns, lecturing before various branches of the Y. M. C. A., and otherwise devoting much time to this special subject. He has, therefore, a large experience of the necessities and practical value of such work and of the wants of those seeking instruction.

Beginning with the Anatomy and Physiology, the book succinctly deals with Germs or Micro-organisms, First-aid Materials, General Directions for Rendering First-aid, Shock, Common Accidents and Injuries, Common Emergencies, Occupation Accidents and Injuries, Injuries and Emergencies of Indoor and Outdoor Sports, Transportation of Wounded and Sick, Organizations for First-aid Instruction, First-aid Contests, closing with a list of References and a very complete Index.

The preface by Surgeon-General O’Reilly gives not only due recognition to the practical worth of the book, but points out the vast good which may be done by proper organizations and knowledge in times of great calamities. He emphasizes the fact that, so far as he knows, it is the first effort to teach the prevention of accidents.

=For sale by The American National Red Cross, Washington, D. C. Price, $1.00 per copy.=

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ADDRESS OF STATE BRANCHES.

CALIFORNIA: Mrs. Thurlow McMullin, Secretary, 2200 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.

CANAL ZONE: Miss J. Macklin Beattie, Secretary, Ancon, Canal Zone.

COLORADO: Mr. L. L. Aitken, Secretary, Colorado Springs, Colo.

CONNECTICUT: Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, Secretary, P. O. Box 68, Hartford, Conn.

DELAWARE: Miss Emily P. Bissell, Secretary, 1404 Franklin Street, Wilmington, Del.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Mr. W. A. Slater, Secretary, 1731 I Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

GEORGIA: Mr. Allan Sweat, Treasurer, Savannah, Ga.

HAWAII: Mrs. W. W. Hall, Secretary, Honolulu, Hawaii.

ILLINOIS: Mr. Chas. H. Ravell, Secretary, 135 Adams Street, Chicago, Ill.

INDIANA: Mr. Rowland Evans, Secretary, Indianapolis, Ind.

IOWA: Mr. Charles Hutchinson, Secretary, 916 Fleming Building, Des Moines, Iowa.

KANSAS: Mrs. B. B. Smyth, Secretary, Room 8, 4th floor, State House, Topeka, Kan.

MAINE: Mrs. Anne Morrill Hamlin, Secretary, P. O. Box 732, Portland, Me.

MARYLAND: Mr. George Norbury Mackenzie, Secretary, 1243 Calvert Building, Baltimore, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS: Miss Katharine P. Loring, Secretary, Prides Crossing, Mass.

MICHIGAN: Mr. Ralph M. Dyar, Secretary, 818 Penobscot Building, Detroit, Mich.

MINNESOTA: Mr. Edward C. Stringer, Secretary, St. Paul, Minn.

MISSOURI: Mr. Leighton Shields, Secretary, 1200 Third National Bank Building, St. Louis, Mo.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Address of Branch, Mr. Wm. F. Thayer, First National Bank, Concord, N. H.

NEW JERSEY: Mr. W. E. Speakman, Secretary, Woodbury, N. J.

NEW YORK: Mrs. William K. Draper, Secretary, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

NORTH CAROLINA: Mrs. Theodore F. Davidson, Secretary, Asheville, N. C.

OHIO: Mr. R. Grosvenor Hutchins, Secretary, Columbus, O.

OKLAHOMA: Dr. Fred. S. Clinton, Secretary, Tulsa, Okla.

PENNSYLVANIA: Mr. Joseph Allison Steinmetz, Secretary, Independence Hall Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: Mrs. Victorino Mapa, Secretary, Manila, P. I.

PORTO RICO: Miss Josefina Noble, Secretary, No. 9 Tetuan Street, San Juan, P. R.

RHODE ISLAND: Professor George Grafton Wilson, Secretary, care Brown University, Providence, R. I.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Mr. A. W. Litschgi, Secretary, 187 King Street, Charleston, S. C.

TEXAS: Mr. Raymond D. Allen, Secretary, 483 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas.

VERMONT: Mr. Chas. S. Forbes, Secretary, St. Albans, Vt.

WASHINGTON: Rev. M. A. Matthews, Seattle, Wash.

WEST VIRGINIA: Miss Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, Secretary, Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

WISCONSIN: (Madison Sub-Division) Prof. Eliot Blackwelder, Secretary, care University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

WYOMING: Mr. Chas. F. Mallin, Secretary, Cheyenne, Wyo.

CHINOSOL

(Pronounced Kinnosol)

THE ONLY NON-POISONOUS, NON-IRRITATING, NON-ALCOHOLIC ANTISEPTIC

WHICH IS “MUCH STRONGER THAN CARBOLIC ACID AND AT LEAST THE EQUAL OF BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY.”

(EXTRACT FROM BACTERIOLOGICAL REPORT FROM THE LEDERLE LABORATORIES.)

A THOROUGHLY RELIABLE DISINFECTANT SAFE EVEN IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN.

There is no longer any excuse for running the risk of poisoning by carbolic acid or corrosive sublimate.

PARTIAL LIST OF AUTHORITIES.

Imperial Board of Health of Germany.
Royal Scientific Commission for Therapeutics of Prussia.
Hygienic Institute of the University of Munich.
Royal University Clinics, Halle a. S.
Dr. Vogelius, Bacteriologist Laboratory University, Copenhagen.

In use in hospitals throughout all Europe.

CHINOSOL

DOES NOT INJURE MEMBRANES. FREE FROM DISAGREEABLE ODOR.

Every physician approves of the prompt application of a proper antiseptic to a bruise, cut, wound or burn, thus insuring surgical cleanliness until he can reach the patient.

CHINOSOL IS PRESENTED IN TABLET FORM. ONE TABLET TO ONE QUART OF WATER PRODUCES SOLUTION OF PROPER STRENGTH.

WE ARE INTRODUCING CHINOSOL THROUGH THE DRUG TRADE OF AMERICA.

IF YOU CANNOT OBTAIN IT, REMIT TO US, IN POSTAGE, AND WE WILL SEND YOU SUFFICIENT CHINOSOL TO MAKE

3 QUARTS FOR 10 CENTS.

Guaranteed by us to comply with National and State Pure Drug Laws—No. 2335. CHINOSOL CO.—PARMELE PHARMACAL CO., SELLING AGENT, 54 SOUTH ST., N. Y.