The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-01
FOR B%ATTLEFTELD.
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TO F0LEOW.

IN anticipation or the I1GhftnR Bofaro
paptiaro-A site OGSrod for = mospital
In R~1erida-Verk or the AuHIliaries.
AZ the meeting Of the Executive COMMITTEES
OF the Red Cross Relief Committee yesterday,
upon motion of DR.. Shrady 1t was decided 70
send fifty nurses 10 Tampa at once. The
nurses, maintenance auxiliary assured the oom-
mittee some time ago of It's ability to maintain
100 nurses at q cost Of $4,000 q month. 1t was
announced at the time, no wover, that nurses
would DO sent out only upon requlsition by Miss
Barton. The necessities of the situation at
Santiago caused the committee yesterday to
take the matter into its own hands, and tho fifty
nurses will start south within two or three
days. 1t Is probable that 100 moro will follow
shortly. The nurses selected will be those who
have registered Attic Red Gross Hospital. pref
ersncc being shown probably to those who fret
enlisted.
According to vice-Presldsnt Barton an offer
Of q hospital site has been made to the Red Cross
and will be accepted. The place is on high
ground twenty miles north Of Lakeland, Fla,
and on it there is now = three story structure
capable Of accommodating fifty patients. The
offer. 1t 10 understood, comes from q Mr.. Alex
ander. Some OF the nurses will probably go
there. while others will be held in readiness to go
to Cuba. All expenses Of transportation and
maintenance viii be borne by Auxiliary No. 3.
The attention which the Red Cross work ia
attracting has led to some difficulty over the col
lection OF funds, a number of fraudulent ool-
lectors having made their appearance. In ref
erence to this matter the Executive
received the following letter yesterday from
Mrs. Paul Dana, Secretary Of the Women's
Committee on Auxiliaries:
MI WGrd.sell. Ghatrmqn Of Epecuttrs Committee.
DEAR SIR: The Women's Committee on Aux
iliafie has been informed by the Charity. Or
ganization that the latter knows Of funds hav-
nv nN1tnntnl trnnrnnnrlV N yVtthnnf an.
thority in V the name sp Of the Red Cross. We
deem 1t advisable to notify you also, to this
ceived authority in writing to collect funds for
the American National Red Cross Relief, signed
MARY d. BUTLER DANA, Secretary.
AS q result of this letter, 1t was announced
that hereafter there would be only four author
lied collectors for the Relief Committees fund.
each ono of whom will bear such authority
written on the letterhead Of the Gallatin Ma
tional Bank.
The yacht Red Cross sailed yesterday from
Tompkinsville for the South. With regard to
the report from Washington that Secretary
Long had refused tho boat a commission. both
Mr.. Barton AID Mr.. Wardwell said that there
had been a misunderstanding, Secretary Long
having understood that the boat wanted q
commission as q hospital ship, which was not
the case, tho intention being simply to use her
as a supply boat. This was communicated to
Washington yesterday, and Mr.. Barton said
last night that the matter was satisfactorily
adjusted before the boat sailed.
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Society for the Maintenance of Trained Nurses
was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. White
law Reid. 451 Madison avenue. Mrs. Edmund
L. Bayless reported that the donations received
now amounted to $19.3o2.9 5, and the total
monthly subscriptions TO 81. 09s. The follow
ing subscriptions we're received since the last
meeting:
Mrs. BrockhoIst Cutting. $500; Mrs. Oliver G.
&: F.. Hunt ting $500; Mrs s: hiEernon S. jar:
$5$e; NJ \! v H5s SssfI II Sio %9S MI sia SS;sT%s5 5S; 1857 IS;
Miss Edith Ncwbold; $25; Mrs. L, H; Hsrri-
man mann. sI = p,I Mrs.; j k,5 4 Van Anor Alen; $i sss. Mrs Mrs
Mrs. {. il: Baldwin, SO. Mrs; J. +: j. LsnSier,'
". Cheney, SO; Miss Louise Cheney, $lO;-M Mrs.
F. s, Witherbee, 500; Mrs. Hamilton Web
Scarborough Branch-Mrs. H. Walter Webb,
500; Mrs, William Kingsland, $50; Mrs. val
lMih rs. H 4; sshi g. Phelp So sl5 MF Mrs bG Msniere. $ $io;;
Miss Dennis, $40: Mrs: Robert Dinwidaie' 40;
Mis- MHr;d Dinw ys DIS. vi Mi, MF cr, M I sS.5 20; M MEs;
Louisa Gushing. $40; Miss Cornclia Prime. $50;
M Mrs.. z PieHFr f, Psnsj sSo ia MiS: me- GoF B. f. B Ms%iS Sae
800; Mrs. George G. Riggs, $40; Mrs. William
4. Dodge, 500; Mrs. Marcellus Hartley, $25;
hlSSeS a. huu ~ SlohCet ToV' III oSAh NShO
Ienox ~Branch-Through the Rev. ]. Fl. Muir.
ply, $40; Mrs. Warren Dennis, 500; Friends,
Foster, $25; Mrs, Kendall So; Mrs; William
d dihefs sIei phrou si9'M rtIS st anfis IS sl 81 through Stls
J. s. Morse, $40: George II. Morgan; $25;
/. Baroness nslkett: 70; N Ans9 On p; Stokes s. e Jr' s u
through Miss Mary Elias. .$15.55: Miss Kohl
faat, $IS; through Miss Clifford $I3; John MS s
Colby, $25; Miss Greenleaf, 50; through Mist
E. Kinsella, $16,3s.
|, D. B. Ogden. $50; Mrs. c. II. Davis, $50; Mrs
Merrill. $40; Mrs. Gillespie, $25; George Girls
Thomas, $265;: stanley G%rSSfton Mortimer. So
} Miss F. MORTIMER: 81; Miss n; Mortimer, S25
n. NE George Hsd r. 81 Gi .: mrs sI Z. aT Sis lFHInE cI sgk
t MIR. Juiiliard, $3.50; Mrs: Juillisrd, 500; Mrs
4. NJ. Jones, $40; Mrs; Waldo. sic; Anon $25
4 $40; Herbert G. Pell, $40; Mrs; James X ent, So
. Westmoroland Davis. $50; E. Yznaga, $40
III, sadditionai pledges for monthly subscrip
lions received durinG'the week are from the fol
Mrs, Edgar s. Auchlncloss, s1oj Mrs: Hebe
r r: Bishop; 1915; Miss Louisa Gushing. %; Mrs
C Giaien,a B 5Gai M Nj; c he $5 IN Mrs SET {. G. Mitchell he'll
81.
I The departure of many of the members of tn
society for thor country homes has resulted Il
. a number of suburban branches being formed
8 One at White Plains was formed on June % b.
. MIS-. REID Each cnurch d u III aim ha
t agreed to support one nurse. and the Episcopa
and Presbyterian churches there will probabl
9 send five each. A meeting to form a branch q
y Sea Bright was held on Wednesday at the HON
d of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander on Rumson Bluff
! Tho following officers were elected: President
y Mrs. Charles B.. Alexander; Vice-President
T. Mrs. William f. Strong and Mrs. ]. Frederic
Kernochan; Treasurer, Mrs. Malcolm Graham
Secretary, Mrs. John ]. McCook. Mrs. Gre
ham. the Treasurer. reported that during tn
i. two days preceding the meeting $76s had bee
y subscribed; $2,362 was raised at the close
8 tho meeting. A resolution was passed placin
- the work of raising funds in the hands Of di
trict representatives who will henceforth hav
charge Of all subscriptions.
% Additional subscriptions to tho Red Crol