New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28

seems 10 he no end to the demand. ono thlhe ~
certain money does not fail them. a hint IN
any quarter and funds flow in
LARGELY TIE WORK OF VOLUNTEERS
E,rIy and lat, the work never flags All in
Tins room with ihc exception OF - very '""' are
volunteers And the packing. the sorting. the
handling % II thousand and on" compl'cat'n "''-
tails go on with u vim that - wonderful
Nearly every day from fifteen t. twenty
women com. for hours t. unpark. sort ana re-
max th. goods the auxliari"s have sent III.
E,.rythinr is tiod W IN pa kac"s 90 dozen
pain,uas suits g.. und-roiothcs. manufacturers.
towels Everything is stamped with IN" hed
Cross marx and As the acquisitions arrive mug"
packing cases are hied up.
Not "A romantic sort ~ work. .ndTd TINS
bending over cas,s on "A hot day. trampng back
and forth handling numerous articles of cloth
my Not even the halo az sentiment Is there
that ,linrs to a hospital nurse. But 1t Is done
for tn. soldier BOYS" and that il sufficient Tor
these women. They feel repaid when they come
acfoss a not, Ike this. whirh "as actua'y
found ia, other day pinned to a washraR
Dear MIR Soldier am little girl nine
wears old and wanted to hem YOU washias.
hope you Viii rr' home without EetmnE hu''
Sincerely hfl-f-N ~ Ni''
IS. North-aVc, Allegheny, Penn
THE RED CROSS "EQrlPrED cor
| Close t. ia, entrance there are lying ready
for shipment added to 10y a trio Of port"rs who
! are constantly tying ne" ones up. great piles
! Of the Red Crosss camp speciality the
| equipped cot" Covered neatly. each with It's
rubber blanket. neither too large nor too heavy
! for "A man to carry over his shoulder, these
equipped cots' unique FOR Army use. and
decided boon for the soldiers Each bundle is
about six feet long. what they contain is won
dcrful The list follows:
one cot mosquito net and two rods, one pair
4 Army blankets for mattress one pair summer
/ blankets one rubber sheet Ito put over Army
blankets. or for protection from rain); three
sheets. three pillow eases. one pair pajamas
one pillow and one nightshirt.
SOME TYPICAL SHIPMENTS.
By way Of showing what is sent out from
this room ,and 1t must be-, remembered that. in
addition scores Of cases Of food dis
patched weekly directly from the stores where
they are bought few OF the recent shipments
may be mentioned To Montauk the other day
! In, committee sent three carloads. One OF these
/ cars contained three express wagons, six horses
and three drivers Another had aboard one
hundred equipped cots. large quantity OF apol-
| ljnars tents for twenty nurses and six cases
| Of drygoods
To the hospital ship Missouri the Red Cross
recently sent some eighteen cases. The con-
tents Of these included 800 cots. 500 pairs OF pa
jamas. 800 surgical nghtshrts, 300 bath towels,
1000 checsccloth handkcrchiefs, 400 pairs Of
slippers. 500 suits of Undertaking. 1000 pairs
OF SOCKS. 1000 abdominal bands. one case OF
fans pipes, tobacco. cigars and games
Another day these three shipments went out:
To Washington-200 suits OF underwear. 300
pair Of socks, 800 towels 400 handkerchiefs, 100
strong canes. To DISQUALIFICATION cases, con-
tanning 1000 sheets, 1000 pillows 1000 paja-
mas 1000 rubber sheets. To Montauk-Twenty
five large cases Of drygoods and LOO equipped