The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-10
ARMY sE1EsD RED GROSS sroRFs
A Conflict ut Gibara which Con. wood Says
Will Not Occur Again.


Stephen +. Barton Of the Cuban Relief Com
mittee received yesterday letters from W. s.
Warner. Red Cross agent at Gibara and Hol-
gum. which give the details OF the recent con
1lct between the army officials and the Red
Cross agents over the distribution OF supplies.
Mr.. Warner sent the following report from his
"arBAnA. Oct. %. 1898.
"op the evening OF Oct. 20. 'eS. / was intro
duced TO Capt. Il. 8. Woodson. Medical Inspec-
tor. u. 8. A.. The Captain wanted to know what
the Red Cross had In the way OF supplies. l
gave him the information. He then asked me
II ! would issue TO him the next morning 200
cots. sheets. pillowcases. for hospital use. /
informed him / would not until l had consulted
with Mr.. Warner. who had gone to Holguln.
which l did the next morning. Mr.. Warner
instructed me TO issue canvas cots. sheets. pill
iowcases. and quilts. On my arrival at the
warehouse I found DIR. woodson and carts
ready TO cart away the cots. &c, When all
doe doetS San Ssid 'G Ro w ws asf the here wire aslS cots a fes
Itold him 1 could not deliver any wire cots.
He then went away TO consult Col. Hood: came
name of the United states Army / take posses-
sion OF the warehouse Imade vigorous pro-
Sprisoner,. a guard placed over me- ,underthe
e oTes tS 81 t Wsn aSitG fn t his % Wsg 81 tse So tS9s T aSb.
Siwritinie Tie Doctor has failed 70 give S"p receipt
for the supplies TAKEN RssfRgeGStfqGl oSx,von
To. this Mr.. Warner adds; "Gol. Hood tells
the Tie e onls a m miIisa n ssSssis1sy l tSs s%al SeS act sp 4.
demic that prevails. our property being neces-
ssry for the establiShmsnt OF q smallpox hos.
local authorities for the same purpose seventy
cots. the necessity did not strike me rs being 30
much or what was taken from the warehouse;
iIttle Is left that further WORK with The h%s' re- 20
and / shall insist that the army recsipt to me-
for the entire contents. No. better example of
could be found than Is shown in this act OF
necessity for the conflscatlon Of the food In
tended for reconcentrados and given, by the
am Indignant, at the outrage to the Red Cross.
and have not hesitated at expressing my opin-
The Cubans stole from US from necessity, | be-
I mStn,d put uSo there : !, was no stand and deliver
Mr., Barton had received a brief notice OF this
conflict before and had cabled a protest to Gen.
Wood at Santiago. He received a. reply on
occur. Copies of.the letters received yesterday
were at once mailed to Gen; Wood.
large quantities. Of supplies in HoIsnin and
He saws that smallpox Is prevalent in Holguip.
oilers, and that the deaths have averaged thirty
a DAY for some time; Of the Guh9ns he says;
clusion The Cuban is not to be trusted to dis
pense charity to his fellow countrymen they
charity for the hungry will stop them. We dis
tributed about 1000 portions. altogether in
people, heads. OF families: in receipt OF good in
comes from houses and stores. who received
tickets and sent their servants to draw their
~rations. This list will be published in the next
issue Of the local papers as m excuse to some
OF the very poor people OF Gibara who got