New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-21
ITEMS OF ARMY NEWS.
TIE RED CROSS OF FRANCE is MAKING
INQUIRIES ABOUT ITS GIFT.
LARGE SUBSCRIPTION FOR STEAM La ONi'''
o11TFTT-woRK OF THE ICE PLANT
AUXILIARY

~. inquiry that has been going on concerning
~. ,o,ev which the Red Cross Of France claims
=, ,sv. sent TO the Red Cross Of THIS couiiUS
enough the French Embassy some TWO mn 80.
aso IL SIN going on. The contribution "ns -
,ra,os and the same sum sent 10 the spanish
soce;v Il Is thought that the money may s.-l.
=, IN the hands Of the bankers Angus he.liIo o
q Co are said 70 have Tecei'e99 =. az
IT,. laundry plant auxiliary 70 the Red cross mas
received q large subscription toward the purchase
q, a steam laundry outfit for Il RELIEF OF h"Sp'''
shit Mss Alice B. Babcock VINO mas 's'f i from
In charge has succeeded II col.scuNs go, sbo
the friends and from business hrns 20 ""0i" '"'
has applied.
Owing TO the enlarged scope Of the work under
taken bv the Ice Plant Auxiliary OF the heu O'o''
The AUXILIARY has added TO It's membership an IA
w r|..-,,+.A conprislng many well-known
- who will enter the work with enthusiasm
rhs auxiliary has received a reauisition tro" 'ne
Red Cross for two ice plants 10 De cen ~ =,
100, as possible The cost OF these VIII 10 80
the neighborhod Of 5000 Ihere wiz nv $3.50
x,snses 10 the way o. freight on these ice pans
=. +hA Government gives 20 the Red cross iree
transportation and the auxiliary has been inlorinsu
that eventually It will be necessary 10 nave a.. nc
uant sent TO each OF the following places '"Ns'
Island Key West Santiago and POI1o RICO =
generous subscription acGoh'P@"'7N '
letter yesterday:
Dear Miss De Peyster: nclese cnecK lg s cpe
two Ice machine for our so diers az we MA
N santiago GUANTANAMO and Other paits OF e Ia
Cmany years ago. and kno~ OF If hG'nI AZ lee DONE
let 1t delay. Every hqnr Is 50 PSTT1TKHWo0D
yours. HO'i4' -
Tho SOUTHAMPTON branch OF the New-York Auxi-
,s-v has been organized. and the sum Of s-'y was
raised a. the arst meeting. The oinceis g ''iS
branch are: President, Mrs. T. b Betts Vce-p'es'-
den,s Miss r Hadley and Miss p. Barnes treas
agt0
Barnes. secretary Miss \. Godfrey; junior no no
gIer snd segre,eTy' sis5 Miss HGnderson Miss
Howl. NJ 50 j. Barnes Miss z. Terry and MISS L.
Ketciam.
TIL. Ice Plant Auxiliary has received from an
unknown friend the sum Of $500 second Ice p'Ai'
Is 20 be Instituted. anG money toward mat mas al
ready been subscribed. At girls schooi IN 'A'S
1y nc nnresing Tax Of Are cents each stu
dent who spoke English during the freicH leS'o'''
One Of the most efficient aids that the women OF
the Red Cross can render Immediately Ai'et
hat,Is :, according TO Mrs Lesser In the caIacliy
Of housekeeper. While the surgeons ana nurses
are nln!stering 10 the suffering. some one inus.
see thai me uroper sort Of food has been boteI,
ana Is under PREPARATION, that fires are lignted
genera order Kept in the emergency household.
II 1. suthoritativey stated that small mosquito
nets are much needed at the various camps Inc
regulation kind made by the QuartermasteF Dc
partment are made on ring or elastic. tha' may
be htted around the Army hat. There must Dc
plenty Of fitness that the net can De Nu,Ncu -
around Tho Get bed. Mosquitoes nave an s,nu I' 4,
ing way Of securing an entrance rom my $3.50
II The netting Is allowed 10 hang IN iIee lOius.
soldiers seu IS So necessary him thbt guard
Ing against It's being disturbed by inc Pe9'S %
Southern climates Is important
Among the articles which enthusiastic ir!ehoS
would send 10 tho soldiers on duty, none, ac-
cordne TO a Red Cross nurse. Will be more CRATE
fully received than sunshades for the back OF the
neck They are so made that they may be fastened
around tie face 10 the crown OF the nat Inc ma
terra is a kind Of duck. and the shade Is mace
doJb.e white outside and green beneath. O'he'
contrlt utlCrs that VIII be appreciated are lo'lohs
for sunburns stings and bites Of Insects IN SPANS
called sguardientc which prevents rIltatoh aiu :,
almost preventive from the attacks o! tI'e ~.
bug which nfe5ts the grass ana attacks tht go eS
and legs OF the soldiers The Eucalyptus ~ sOisIu,
cred De The enemy Of ilies and mosquitoes, anu
Is said that those who sleep near or under ms
Tree VIII not be attacked by them
o. swollen feet nothing IS more soothins anu
cen aling than bath OF water, hot II possible
" which is a strong solution OF bcarhonate OF
coda. party who travelled NJ an exceedingly
rapid rate through Europe last summer tloH Z,
quantity Of soda with them. and every hiSh' wour
use II In bathing their tired feet. II hot water
could not be had cod was used and was nearly hs
eHcacious; the sOreness and weariness were quIchS
overcome by the help Of the strong alkaii