The San Francisco call., 1898-05-12
Merchants Give Freely to the Growing
 Fund.
Mpsh Work in Prospect for the Society to
 Perform.

The fund collected by the Red Cross Society up to the time the headquarters of the organization closed for the day yes terday amounted to S5640. and promises had been received for double that amount. The officers of the society now are happy tn the thought that they are starting on their work with fairly good financial backing. Before the next forty-eight hours have passed they believe they will be able to send off the California troops fairly well equipped for immediate hos pital emergencies. The California boys are not all that the society will be called upon to provide for. Troops are coming from Oregon, Washington, Utah. Idaho. Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming and Mon tana, and their quota will amount to about 5000 men. Their comforts will be equally as much a care for the society as those of the boys from this State, ana they cannot be allowed to leave the land of their homes without being prepared for a long siege of sickness in a foreign clme, that is almost sure to meet them The coming troops will probably not be so well equipped as those from California anu there is yet much work for the Red Cross Society to do. Ten times the amount now in the hands of the treasurer will have to be raised, and the States contributing the troops will be asked to assist III the work of the organization Then the Worh will only be started. The men will go away we'll prepared for the needed com forts. but the supplies given them will last only a short time, ana pernaps, II there should be an epidemic among them, what they will hay have VIII only De s,1nnfes nreg the bare necessities, and the men or the troops look to the Red Cross Society to prepare the comforts they VIII crave should sickness oVertake them;
 Tn addition to funds, contributions or the needed hospital luxuries and necessl- ties will be asked for. Jelaes a ana SaaIs aId similar nourishing foods, mushes ana stimulants are needed, and to-day a com mittee will arrange for the estapllsnnen,t men, contributions Such goods should be packed for shipment on the transports that will carry the soldiers away one wine merchant promised to donate wines to the extent of $50 and give 9 cash con tribution besides. Toomey & Casey, gro cerS al 3029 Sacramento street, sent case containing an assortment Of Jellies and jams. canned soups and peer tonic, to the headquarters of the society yester- day. It was the first contrlDutlon or tHe kind received.
 The special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held yesterday afternoon 10 arrange to give aid to the society was well attended by the merchants or the city. and those present donated Sll5O 10 the fund and the officers or the Chamoer within forty-eight hours. Addresses were given by President Hugh Craig, Irving M. Scott. Rev. LIT. AQdIIlSs Rabbi Voorsanger and Rev. Horado Steb- bins Archbishop Riordan sent regrets at his inability to be present through illness
 Mayor Phelan, who a few days ago gave S2OO to the fund, doubled his subscription at the meeting yesterday and his name headed the roll that was circulated, and he added the name of his mother, Mrs. James Phelan, just under his own with subscription of S100. Irving M. Scott gave an individual subscription of Sl0O, and put down another S100 for Mrs. Sfott and $50 for his daughter, Mrs. A. W.. Brown. Then he added another s100 for the Union Iron Works. The Marble Cutters and PoIishers' Union added $10 to the fund, and numerous sums of s100 were received. Among the subscriptions received during the day were the following:
 Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, S250; Julian Sonntag. s10; C. R. Bishop s100; Bancroft, Whitney & Co.,, $25: Mrs. Henry Bingham, Bank, s1OO; Nevada Bank. slOO; San Francisco National Bank, s1O0; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, S100; Home Mutual Insurance Company, $100; Liver pool London and Globe Insurance Com pany. s1O0; Stock and Bond Exchange, Frank, $9o; P. A. Denicke, s1O; Sachs Bros &r CO, $100; Seven Pines Circle, G. A R. S10; Presidio Parlor, N. S. c. w., s11; Levi Strauss & CO, S250; Spring Valley Grammar School, $54 05; Hawthorn Prim- ary School $39 9; Everett Grammar School. $44; London, Paris and American Bank, S100.
 Miss Ellen Dean notified the society on Tuesday that she would raise $500 for the organization inside of twenty-four hours, and she sent in the amount yesterday. The White House contributed half of the amount at the solicitation of the young lady and her father increased it by $1OO.