The San Francisco call., 1898-05-14
SOLDIERS
 GREET THE
 RED CROSS The California Society Comforts Sick Ar tillerymen. Stoves Placed in the Cold. Barren Rooms of the
 Old Mill. School Children Send in Gen. erous Subscriptions to
 the Fund.
A TENT AT THE PREsIDIO
Major White Advises the Society to Go Slow in Expending It's
 Funds

Society ln the Claus Spreckels building are now scenes of much activity. There is 8 constant fitting about of the ladies who are in charge of the noble work and the number Of visitors looking for information are on the increase every day The interest in the great work of the society is gaining a stronger hold on the business men of this city and checks for large amounts are received every day. School children have pa triotically come forward with their small donations and the amount re- ceived from them aggregates in the thousands.
 When the finances were summed up last evening il was found that nearly ten thousand dollars had been donated. Besides receiving money, donations have been piling in at a rapid rate from all parts of the State. They came. in such large quantities that the society had to establish a Wareroom for their storage at Is Post street It is ex- pected that the large room that was once occupied '-- tLe Board of Trade will not be large enough to hold the donations, as at the rapid rate they are piling in one week will suffice to crowd it.
 The executive committee of the so- , a hour session behind closed doors. The only information given out to the press was that permission had been received from the chief surgeon to erect a large hospital tent at the Presidio. Members of the Red Cross Society will be in at tendance and every effort will be made to look out for the comfort of the brave boys who will shortly leave for the scene of hOstilities. Another reason for erecting the tent is to show the outside world that the society is one of action and not words. It was also decided to direct the purchasing committee to buy stoves and other comforts for the soldiers who are stationed in the old woOllen mills at the foot of Van Ness avenue. This was done yesterday.
 Among the schools to send in their contributions are the. following:
 $67 s6, lteaohers) $16 O5; Adams Gosmopol- itan SSa sa. tS; sG Agassiz s54 I FTanklin a Gram so o Marsba SE SIS o M Mssion T G1evsland ssa Haight, s48 2s; Hamilton, ss2 $; st starr STi King, S1s 20; Whittier, $3O 80; Lincoln, mai, Sli 25; Miss Boite's School s 50; Red ding, $28; Harrison Primary. sto 50; Hum Dudley stons, sS : 0g james a0oksl Iiol S s5S 5s BroadWay, S1OO; Le Conte. s1s 30; Irving, $| 9; Fremont, ST 40; Lowell High, $8S 40; Hd, HHeaFst, S2'' Eairmo1nt S38; Douglass, $7 25; Gate, S28 90; Washington Evening, $ i5; Washington R Grammar, mn ar $40; Sheridan, $21; Pacific Heights, $12O s; Grant, S5 10; Horace Mann and Mission High si34 SO: Miss Vests School, $l02 11, cooper, "A; Clement, $S8 50; Hancock Grammar S35; Emerson Primary, s34 30; Edison $SS:: Garfield, s16 50; Lafayette, s 70, and Sherman, SIS 65.
 w. D. Brown has notified the society that he will give $50 month to it as long as the war lasts. Among the larger donations made yesterday were the fol- lowing: c. R. Bish D, s1OO; Durham. Carrigan & Hayden. s100; F. A. Rob bins, $50; William Peck & Co, $50: A. B. Forbes, $50; Langley & MichaeIs, $1OO; Hibernia Savings and Loan So- ciety, $50.
 The Hicks-Judd Company will supply the league with stationery and printing free of charge ard offers of every de- scription are being received by the so- ciety.
 Major White, the regular army sur geon at the Presidio, who was ap- pointed surc-eC general of the expedi- tion that will soon start for Manila was busily engaged yesterday in ex- amining candidates for the hospital corps He found in the ranks men who had graduated from medical colleges or who had practical experience as druggists and also well drilled in sani- tary work as members of the National Guard organizations.
 The major said that he had just re- ceived his appointment from Washing ton and was unable to as yet say what he would do in accepting assistance from the Red Cross Society. He ad- vised that the Red Cross people do not expend any money until he could con- fer with them as there was a danger of duplicating things that the War De- partment had already ordered.