The American National Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. 1, No. 3)

CONTENTS

Brigadier-General Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon-General U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C.

Hon. Robert Bacon, Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State, Washington, D. C.

Major Jefferson R. Kean, Assistant Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.

Medical Director John C. Boyd, U. S. Navy, U. S. Naval Museum of Hygiene and Medical School, Washington, D. C.

Hon. James C. McReynolds, Assistant Attorney-General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Hon. Charles Hallam Keep, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.

Judge W. W. Morrow, San Francisco, Cal.

Mr. Samuel Mather, Western Reserve Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Room 341 War Dept., Washington, D. C.

Hon. James R. Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations, Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C.

Hon. A. C. Kaufman, Charleston, S. C.

Mr. Charles G. Washburn, Worcester, Mass.

John C. Pegram, Providence, R. I.

General Charles Bird, Wilmington, Del.

Col. William Cary Sanger, Sangerfield, N. Y.

Judge Lambert Tree, 70 La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.

James Tanner, Commander-in-Chief, Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D. C.

Surgeon-General Walter Wyman, U. S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.

PREFACE

A little more than a year ago the American National Red Cross, just reorganized, consisted only of its sixty-five incorporators. Since then it has not only organized Branches in twenty-six States and Territories, but it has justified the claim that there is need for such an organization in times of peace as well as war “to continue 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,” as stated in its charter, by the assistance it has rendered after the typhoon of September 26, 1905, in the Philippines, in the relief of the famine sufferers in Japan, to a limited extent by the contributions sent for the victims of the Vesuvius eruption, and lastly by its relief work after the great calamity that has befallen San Francisco and its vicinity. Reports in regard to some of this relief work are contained in this third Bulletin.

The Central Committee proposes later to issue to the officers of Branches a circular letter recommending the appointment in all cities and towns of Emergency Relief Committees consisting of representative citizens, and of which the Mayor should be ex-officio chairman, which will be called into active service only at times of great national calamities.

A translation is given in this Bulletin of the invitation extended through the International Committee of Geneva by the British Red Cross to all other Red Cross Societies to attend a Red Cross Congress to be held in London, June, 1907.

The European Red Cross Societies have tens and hundreds of thousands of members, and the Japanese has a membership of 1,035,000. The United States, so long delayed in the creating of a great national Red Cross, must make up for lost time by its activity and energy. To increase the membership of the American Red Cross and thereby its efficiency and strength the individual personal efforts of its members must be depended upon. A national pride should be felt in the American Red Cross, and all Americans, men, women and even children, who are able to pay the dollar a year dues or twenty-five dollars for life-membership, should become members of our National Red Cross. Application blanks will be found in each Bulletin with the addresses of the Branch Secretaries to whom such applications can be sent.

JAPANESE FAMINE FUND

The American National Red Cross has forwarded to the Japanese Red Cross for the famine stricken provinces in northern Japan a total of $265,855.67, of which $200,000.00 was received from the Christian Herald; being contributions made to that paper. A list of the contributions received from the Christian Herald from the Red Cross Branch Treasurers and those made directly to the National Treasurer from the different States is contained in this Bulletin.

On March 31st when $100,000 had been received by the Japanese Red Cross the following letter was sent to the American National Red Cross:

Tokyo, March 31, 1906.

Miss Mabel T. Boardman, The American National Red Cross Society, Washington, D.C.