The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

! ington Grammar School
 ou will find 1t the simplest the most natural thing in the world to in terest the children in this In fact. al our school, for a week before we sug- gested this plan, the children had beer coming to me to beg me to go to see the School Board and find out what they could do. This is not the time for entertainments and that sort of thing The need is immediate. Many teachers to whom I have spoken agree with me that the public school children could and would furnish all the first aid | packets required by our soldiers who will soon be on their way to the Philip pines"
 Miss Kervan's address was listened to with great interest and heartily ap- plauded. No doubt the pledge origin ated by the Washington Grammar boys II promise to give cents every month while the war lasts to the Red Cross york; will be adopted by every other school in the city.
 The Berkeley Society of the Red Cross Association. and all those in sym pathy with it, will meet at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley. corner of Dana street and Durant ave nue, on Sunday, May 8, at 4:30 D. m. Speeches and music will grace the gathering.
 The first practical work of the Red Cross Society was done last night at a meeting of the executive committee in the marble room of the Palace Hotel Surgeon General Hopkins of the Cali fornia volunteers sent word to the com mittee that the soldiers now in camp at the Presidio were in urgent need of three field operating cases nine field operating tables, nine emergency cases for hospital stewards and 2000 first aid packages. The cost of the supplies were estimated at about $500. The funds at the disposal of the society amounted to about $100 less than the estimate but 1t was thought that the committee could guarantee the difference and a resolution was unanimously adopted empowering the surgeon general to make the needed purchases and have the bills sent to the Red Cross Society The field operating cases contain com plete sets of surgical instruments and the two regiments as they are now in camp are almost totally unprovided to give aid to any of their members should an accident occur to any of them The purchaseS will be made at once and emergencies at present provided for.
 There was a good attendance at the meeting and every one present urged the necessity of immediate work. At tertion was called to the fact that there
 
 the Presidio who were in few days possibly within a week, to ba sent 10 Manila. They were totally unprovidel for emergencies in case of accident. It was shown that the Government would supply them with many of the needed instruments and other necessa ries, but they would be inadequate iii an ex- treme emergency. The Red Cross was rot to supplant the Government but to assist. The necessities for the extreme emergencies the Red Cros Society would have to supply or let the Cali fornia boys go to the front where they would probably endure much suffering which by little forethought might be avoided.
 oystematlc work would be required, and the work must be done olliclxIv Committees for soliciting subscriptions. securing aid from the schools and from the clubs and for other work necessary