The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-08
PLANS FOR THE REDCR0SS
THE NEED OF THE WORK AND
THE NEEDS OF THE WORK.
w. G. Irwin has Provided an Excel
lent Headquarters-Mo Members
and Supplies are Now Wanted.

The ladies who have organized a
Honolulu branch of the Red Cross
society are making their plans for
thorough practical work and useful
ness.
''Some people have thought" said
Mrs. +. Il. Day, the secretary of the
society, that there was no sickness
on board the transports except the
five or six cases of measles, which of
course could not be treated ashore.
But as a matter of fact there were
ten men otherwise i'll and needing at
tention for whom such accommoda-
tions and services as the Red Cross
proposes, would have been of inesti-
mable benefit. They were too i'll to
come ashore and take part in the fes-
tivities of the occasion, and they re-
ceived only such attention as indivd-
uals could give them.
IF we had had the accommoda-
tions we are now planning. tempo
rary hospital on shore, where they
could have been brought and cared
for under the direction of the fleet
surgeons, it would have been so much
better for them. 1t would have been
change to pleasanter surroundings
and to better care. Their quarters on
the ships could have been thoroughly
cleaned and aired, and in every way
they would be better prepared for
the remainder of the trip.
This shows that for an indefinite
period, at least, there will be Red
| Cross work to he done. To do it, we
want money and members.
eve shall write to Washington at
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ciety for authority to assume the
name and the work of the society.
"There are three classes of mem
bers in the society. and we want
them all. Honorary members pay
$50 and life members $40. Annual
members become such by payiN" 81
a year:
"Besides money and members we
want contributions of all such things
as are necessary in our work. w. G.
Irwin has rendered us for headquart-
ers and for our work. the Mauka fiat
upstairs of his building on Nuuanu
street, opposite Merchant street. We
will occupy it today. The necessary
furniture for headquarters has al
ready been given us. Now we want
Red Cross supplies. We want cots,
single wire cots if possible, bedding,
sheets, pillows, mattresses, towels,
napkins, bed room furniture, and ma
terials for making these. We want
dishes and appliances suitable for a
hospital and articles useful in the
sick room. We want small trays for
instance and fans and a chafing dish
to make special dishes. We want
pins, needles, thread; we want all
these things that can be used in min
istering to the sick.
"In the matter of food, jellies. deli
cacies and all the other things that
will tempt the appetites and restore
the strength of convalescents, we dc
not want present donations, but we
want pledges of them, so that when
ever they are needed we can know
right where we can get them without
delay.
"We want everybody to generously
remember the Red Cross boxes which
will be placed all over town, probab
" this afternoon.
"We want to do good, efficient, and
kindly work. We want nurses. We
want to be Red Cross society
The headquarters will be open dai
ly from about in the morning &c
$3.50 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Board of Managers, consisting
of the officers and the chairmen OF
the subcommittee will meet the ad
visory committee of the Committee
of One Hundred, at o'clock this af
ternoon, at the Y. M. c. A., and the
will be a general meeting of the so
ciety at the same place.