The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-25
RED CROSS HOSPITAL.

There are three patients OF the present
expedition at the Red Cross hospital
one of them, Private Isaac Strickland.
Company -. Third Artillery, is almost
AT deaths door OF typhoid fever The
collapse came before he left the trans
port, the Peru. and he has been in a
very bad way since. he is a strong, de-
termined fellow, however, and may pull
through.
Lieut. Hunt is The second sickest man
Il the Red Cross. He also has typhoid
fever. Lieut.. Hunt belongs to the Four
teenth Infantry. Like all the rest he
contracted fever in San Francisco. In
all probability ne VIII pull through. under
the exceptional care he is receiving,
though the critical period in his case has
not yet been reached.
Private Albert Hruby, of the Third Ar
tiIIery. also had typhoid fever, but in a
mild form. He was resting quite COM
fortabIy last night.
Last night two other men from the
Fourteenth Infantry were taken in at
the Red Cross hospital. They are in
need of change OF hunks and rest more
than ANYTHING else. which Will be given
them. one is suffering from indigestion
and the other has quite a severe cough
and cold. There We're two cases of
measles on the PUebla coming down, but
lulu was reached.
At the Red Cross hospital, besides the
five new patients noted above, are two
members of the third expedition who
have not Vet recovered sufficiently to re-
turn to the States. Private Boynton, of
the Minnesota regiment. is recovering
from "A severe attack of rheumatism.
Private James LAWN. Company d, Twen-
ty-third Infantry is convalescing from
an attack of pneumonia.
Lady members of the Red Cross So
| ciety are in constant attendance every
day at the hospital At night Mrs. L. J.
| Moses. the trained nurse from Massa-
| chusetts. with male assistance, is in
! charge. Hospital Steward c. Y. Harris
| of the Fourteenth Infantry has also beer
| detailed 10 assist at the hospital.
\ SUNDAY HAVEN.
| There are l79 soldiers on the Peru and
| Puebla who can not say enough in ap-
probation OF the kindness of party OF
| Honolulu ladies who received and enter
tanned them at the Red Cross headquart
ers on Nuuanu street Sunday. Mrs. A
| Fuller. Mrs. G 3. Cooper Mrs. +
! A. Jones. Mrs. z. W. Jordan and the
| Misses Jordan We're among the number
Austin. the young son of the late Il. a
Jones, was also present and made him
| self quite useful.
| An excellent lunch was served A
! first only a few soldiers came, but they
spoke to others and in the afternoon
! groups of ten TO twenty at time were
received. About o'clock the lunch
| feature was closed. It will be continue
! today. however, with renewed vigor an'
! on a larger scale. Tables and writin2
material in abundance We're provided an'
many of the boys wrote their letters u
! the hail.
The idea of throwing the rooms ope1
on sunday was the outgrowth of tn
| SIGHT of so many hundreds of soldiers OF
! the streets with nothing to do and no
where to go. Tt proved boon to them
All thanked the ladies heartily SOM
wrote. This is one of the notes receivec
| by Mrs. Fuller:
THANKS to the ladies of the Red Cros
! for, their kindness. I hope 7 can do then
a favor. as they are doing for the Boy
in Blue.
From a friend.
HARRY T. SWEITZER
18th Regiment Infantry. Co. l.