The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01

r.: Red Cross. societies are now in order. Nearly every city, town and village |. within a hundred miles of San Fran cisco will have a branch of the league
 within "a few days. Organizations are F now. being made as rapidly as they: can
 be. formed. and great enthusiasm is be- ing taken in the movement. A meet ing of those interested in the work of the Red Cross: will be held in Vallejo
 on Monday :afternoon and the ladies
 who are at. the; head of the movement there pronise:.a strong league will be E Eerganized." At Lonlpoc and Los. Gates
 assurances are given that the Sanitary .:ConlInission of*Cahfornia will be given much practical encoura cement. >. ';s; ss The ;eitizerS of: Oakland will hold a
 mass meeting to-day at the: First Con-
 gregational Church at i o'clock for the permanent organization of a Red Cross
 s@ciety.: Tine. churches of all denomi-
 nations will be represented and dele:
 gates from :rlI>' the fraternal societies
 will be in attendance. Mrs. Granville
 Abbott will preside and she will be- as- sisted by Rev: Charles R. Brown. There. will be d number of. speakers present and they will be limited to minute addresses. It is the plan of the Oak land society. to perfect an organization
 aIlt u st and ready to assist in the work of the Red Cross Society whenever their @serVices: may be called. Over hun- :dred names have been signed to the
 roll of the society, and to-day in all the. churches of the city at the morn ing services blanks will be distributed, giving all an opportunity to add their names to the rollbook of the organiza- 'tion.:
 :: On Monday night the Sanitary Com mission and Red Cross League of*Cah- foi.nia: will hold a general meeting at the: California Hotel me meeting. will be. called. to 9rder at 7:,0 and it will: be for the purpose. of forming a complete to. embrace all zhe socfe- ties of a. similar nature that are now being formed in many of the cities and
 tQWns of. the State. Cooperation of ,aTE the organizations must be had to do effective work and that is well un- derstood: by. the members of the diff ferent branches that have been formed. Delegates from all the Red Cross leagues that have been formed are. ex- pB&ted to be present and assist in: for initiating a general plan of work Com
 mfttees; will be appointed to look after the different branches ot the work the society will undertake, and most thorough organization will be per fected. One of the most important that will be named will: be
 
 public schools are bubbling over with i enthusiasm and it is all their teachers can do to hold them in check. The | teachers: agree that the pupils of the i schools should be allowed to take an ] active part in the work, but it is @tIle 1 plan of the: instructors to agree upon 1 some proper plan of action and then ge l ahead. A committee of teachers. will | be: named at the meeting on Monday nfoht and to them will be left to- plan the work for the schools to do. :<
 News came: from Key West yester- | day that Miss Clara Barton, the leader | of the. Red Cross Society in America, had gone to the front with corps of | trained nurses. Three physicians were with her and they took possession of | the Red Cross hospital ship State. of Texas, which arrived at the Florida pert from New York on Friday in charge of Dr. Hubbel1. The vessel has. on board 1400 tons of medicines and food and is now well equipped to care for the soldiers who fall by disease or by. bullets in the impending battles. RFD CROSS SpEAKERS.