The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-20
A CLEAR REPORT
Brief Resume of Work of
Red Cross Society.
Generosity and Willingness Shown.
Expenditures Kept Down.
Thanks Returned.

When the Red Cross Society If Ho-
noIulu was organized it was with lit-
tie apprehension of the volume of work
there would be to do or the gravity
of some Of the cases it would be called
upon TO care for.
That generous hands were extended
on all sides; that help poured in from
already heavily taxed purses, from
commercial stores and private larders,
only testifies to the need of the organ
ization and to the quick sympathy OF
the community in its aim.
Since the doors of the little impro-
vised hospital at the Beretania Street
Child Garden were opened June "A TO
receive its first inmate, unconscious
and desperately sick, eleven pauents
have been cared for under It's roof.
Seven were sent to the Queens hos
pital and two, because of their maIady,
consumption, were placed IN DR.. Bur-
CESS care at his home.
When the S. S. City of Rio de Jane
irO left June 29th, six men from the ex-
petition had sufficiently recovered to
be returned to San Francisco. One, the
first patient, died without regaining
consciousness, and one seriously i'll
with measles remained, necessitating
placing the hospital in quarantine. IN
fortunately it was impossible to re-
move the embargo until after the third
expedition arrived, but those unfor-
| tunate enough to require a shelter on
shore were temporarily provided EOr
| by the hospital committee in an imprO-
vised ward at the Sailors Home, and
were removed to the Red Cross Hos
pital after its thorough distinction.
Six of the present inmates are sufti-
| GENTLY convalescent to return to San
Francisco on the S. S. MaripOsa, and
one hopes to be able to rejoin the
troops at Manila.
Two Of those sent to the Queens
Hospital are still very i'll, and one died
July II, of Uphold fever.
Most of the furniture and supplies
of the Red Cross Hospital and of the
headquarters on Nuuanu street, were
donated, so that only $314.05 have been
paid out, leaving to the credit Of the
Society at the bank the sum of
$1,718.15, out of the S2,O32. 20 received
into the treasury from benefit enter
tainments, donations, monthly pledges
and membership fees.
Besides the hospital work the So
c1eLy mas IurnlSQeu uann6l DdnudSeS
to the fleet surgeons who were not suf-
ficiently supplied, has sent stores to
tea, sugar, biscuit, jellies and other
delicacies to the ships for the comfort
of the sick.
A portion of the few hours General
Merritt spent on shore he devoted to
personally visiting the sick men of his
army. The result is the establishment
of an American hospital temporarily at
independence Park Pavilion. The great
hall will be divided into necessary
wards and rooms. A separate building
in the rear will accommodate any
measles patients and as the work is
being pushed it is hoped it VIII be
ready for occupancy in two weeks. A
hospital equipment of army surgeons
and nurses will arrive in time, but I'M
til they do the Red Cross Society will
be in charge, after which it will pre-
sent to the army authorities it's accum-
ulated property and devote its labor to
genuine Red Cross work.
The ladies of the Society wish to
take this opportunity to thank all those
who have so generously helped them,
either by personal services or dona-
tons.