The San Francisco call., 1898-06-03
RED CROSS MEETING DAYS. The Young Ladies Give Their First :. U Aid to Soldiers Families.

: OAKLAND. June 2.-The Red Cross So- ciety will hold meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, beginning next week. Every effort is beng put forth this week to complete the work of making abdominal bandages, which are wanted in Camp Merritt Saturday. The record committee will meet tomorrow at the residence of Mrs. Emma Shafter Howard 1206 Alice street, to outline their plan of work.
 The application of Mrs. spofford of Berkeley for aid from the county gave the beVy of young ladies who style them selves the. Young Ladies Relief Society for Aid of the Wives and Children of Volunteers their first opportunity to show their. colors. The society was organized a week ago by Miss Irene Baker, Miss Grace Gorrill, Miss Bertha McElrath, Miss Florence Sharon, Miss Edith Selby, Miss Jean Howard, Miss Jennie Crellin, and yesterday they supplied the deserted wife with clothing, money and, some one to watch her until she was sufficiently re- covered to care for herself. The society is receiving. substantial recognition, and
 will work independently among the de- serving families who are dependent upon soldiers for their support, outside of the - Red Cross Jurisdiction as well as in 1t. They have an advisory board of older members, who are. members of the Red Cross. and. they themselves. are fully in accord with their work. But they feel that they can reach out more among fam
 flies by. being separate. .. -hOnn BrQInerS nave nOuUed BattallOn -Adjutant Waugh of the Fifth Infantry
 that they will present Companies A and
 F with 206 pillows whenever they are called upon to go to camp. This is one of $ the most generous and patriotic offers yet made In this city and the soldiers are eX- 'ceedingly grateful for the kindness be- slowed upon them
 The Ladies Loyal League will give
 patriotic. entertainment in Washington Hall, East Oakland, tomorrow night for
 the Red Cross Society. The programme
 rafr yAffa : the history of our country and will be
 avery pleasant affair.
 . The Oakland Theater will give the Red & Cross a benefit tomorrow evening when F.: Moths" will be presented by May Nan nery and MT. Lindan. The entire proceeds
 will be. given to the society.
 Flags for Nebraskans.
 .; OAKLAND. June 2.-Some of the young
 ladies of the Oakland Red Cross Society
 presented fourteen large Red Cross flags
 to-day to the Nebraska regiment in San
 Francisco. The young ladies heard that . the troops from Nebraska were without themselves into a society called the A B E, to make flags and bandages. When the flags were presented to-day before the
 soldiers Major F. A. Snyder. the chief
 surgeon of the regiment, accepted them + from the young ladies with appropriate ; remarks. He told them that the Ne :, braska people had failed to provide them
 With the hospital flags, and that 1t re- mained for. the young ladies of Oakland . to, do so: lie promised to carry the flags
 back. with the regiment to Nebraska and .. tell the Nebraska people that if 1t had not .> been for :the assistance of Oakland ladies . with medicines the hospital corps would
 them for the flags, which were at once
 hofsted over the tents. The young ladies
 of the A. B E include Miss Eva Knight
 Miss Mabel Gray, Miss Georgia Strong;
 Miss Ida. Germany, Miss Elizabeth Gray
 Miss Margaret Knight, Miss Emma * Knight, Mrs Dr. Charles Rodolph, Miss :. Lillian Strong Mrs Emery and Miss Cora Bailey. Those who accompanied the party included Mrs. H. K. -Belden Miss NJ. R.. Babson, Mrs. Knight, Mrs, r.a.rd. ..