The record-union., 1898-10-13
RED CROSS SOCIETY MEETS.
SECRETARY MAKES A COMPRE-
HENSIVE REPORT.
The Sacramento Society Numbers
Nearly Nineteen Hundred and
Did Good Work.

The Sacramento Red Cross Society
held a meeting at Foresters' Hall yes
terday, for the purpose of hearing re-
ports of officers and committees, and
for the transaction Of such other bust
ness as might come before it. While
the attendance was not large, those
present were workers in every sense
of the word.
1t was expected that Mrs. Carrie A.
Strong, now at LOOMS, Placer Coun-
ty. but who did active duty at Santi-
ago, would be present, but letter from
that lady, addressed to Frank Miller,
and read by the Secretary, Miss
Thompson, contained her regrets. The
letter follows:
MY Dear Sir: I beg the ladies of
the Red Cross force and yourself to
pardon any disappointment you may
feel in my being unable to comply with
your kind invitation, 1, in coming
overland. caught a severe cold which
has settled on my lungs, and / am
threatened with pneumonia, and think
1t best to remain at home.
1--WE expect Mr.. and Mrs. Cook on
the 18th, and as soon as they get rested
up I will leave for the East, where
nave 10 90. w III YOU h1l4OiS say
to the ladies how I regret the loss Of
this opportunity of meeting the Red
Cross workers Of Sacramento. I am
sure could show them how important
1t is for each and every one Of them
TO continue their good work, for with
all our help there is much, oh! so much
still needed.
II need not tell you I am no society
woman, but simple hard worker, do
ing my Masters work wherever I find
1t to do. Often discouraged, 1 some
times lose heart-there is so much to
do and SO few to do it. So many Of
our poor boys are returning home suf-
fering from hardships Of war, many
fnoculated with the deadly malaria,
some only a shadow Of their old selves.
A little help to them now means SO
much. Dear ladies, could you see and
hear how the boys in blue love and
bless the noble workers at home. I
have often seen big, strong men cry
like children in receiving some little
thing sent by your kind hearts. God
forever bless and keep you is the
prayer of a Red Cross worker.
CARRIE A. STRONG"
Miss E. Thompson, Secretary of the
society, presented a full and conpre-
hensdve report of the work of the So
ciety from its organization to the pres
ent time. The report in full follows:
ION May II, 1898, a large and en-
thusiastic crowd assembled at Pythian
Castle in response to a call to form a
Red Cross Society in Sacramento.
THE movement met with great sue
cess, and the Red Cross Society formed
that day now has an enrolment Of
1854 names.
Desiring to become auxiliary to the
American National Red Cross, a meet
ing was called for this purpose May
25th. At this meeting it was resolved
to affiliate with the State Red Cross
Association, which is auxiliary to the
National Red Cross.
Our work of reception and enter
tainment Of passing troops at the depot
began May 22d, and since that date
5,S21 lunches have been served to SOL
diers in transit.
THE expenses Of this work have been
materially lessened by very liberal do
nations.
''At the request Of the Hospital Com
mittee of the San Francisco Red Cross
Association a record Of all sick on in
coming trains was obtained and tele-
graphed to San Francisco, so that
needed preparations might be made for
the invalids. May Both saw the Red
Cross headquarters established at the
corner Of Fifth and ] streets. From
these rooms have been forwarded TO the
State society and Sacramento compa-
MES the following comforts, fashioned
by many willing hands: 1928 comfort
bags, $50 caps, 1852 pillow slips, SAG
bandages, sos towels, 81 emergency
bandages.
There has been sent to headquarters
for distribution a generous supply OF
reading matter sheets. handkerchiefs
soap, stationery and other comforts.
Our home companies, stationed at
Fort Candy and Santa Cruz, have
gratefully acknowledged the receipt of
many of the above articles.
The following letter, which we fee
viii be of interest to all, has come to
US from two Of our Sacramento boys
in Manila:
Manila, Aug. %, 1898.
ITO the President of the Red Gross
Society: We hereby acknowledge the
receipt Of S25 sent us by your society
1t could not have come at a more OPP
perfume time, as the boys have not