The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-06

hoped might DO made to work harmonl-
| Ously together side By side"
The conference had 20 adaot is work
| to many countries and governments ana
carefully 10 refrain from cXacting
anything Incompatible with the GUS
| toms and institutions of any civ.
! ilzed people. 10 confined Itself
mainly TO certain general guiding prin-
| ciples. leaving tho separate countries 10
settle details Resolutions were finally
adopted, which now form the c0nsltu-
| ton and charter OF Red Cross Societies
/ throughout the world. They provide Tor
! the organization en- every country OF
committees. who in time Of war shall
cooperate by an means in their power
! with the sanitary service OF the army
| for The preparation IN time OF peace Tor
making the society useful in war; Tor
! training volunteer nurses who shall wear
| I'm AN countries white band on the arm
with a red cross on IT, as a badge.
Every committee shall place itself In
communication with its own government,
| in order that its offers Of assistance may
| De accepted I'm case OF need. The COM
mittees shall furnish relief 10 their re-
spceuye armies i'm proportion 20 thcir
resources. They may also solicit tho as
sistanco OF the committees belonging ~
neutral nations.
on demand. or with the concurrence
Of. the military authority, the commit
toes shall send volunteer nurses 20 tho
field of battle, were they will be undep
the direction OF military chiefs.
The committees and sections Of Tho diff
ferout countries shall meet On Internal
ti0n1l Congresses 10 communicate the
results OF their experience and decide
upon plans for the advancement OF tho
work
The conference OF 1858 made the fol-
lowing suggestions. all OF which wera
adopted by the governments mat laier
united I'm the treaty, known as the Gene
va convention.
grant protection 20 the Relief Commit
tees and so far as possible, facilitate
their task
R) That IN time OF war. neutrality
should be proclaimed by the belhgerent
nations for field and stationery h.splia.i
and an workers therein.
a., That an identical. distinctive sign
shall De adopted for the medical corps OF
all armies. or nc least. for an persons
attached 10 this service IN the same
army That an Identical nag be also
adopted for field and stationary hospi'
tails of an armies.
ed bv the conference as the distinctive
insignia OF the aid societies, WITS merely
the Swiss flag with cOlOrs reversed, Sc
lected as q compliment 10 the country
where the first international Conference
assembled.
II is now used by the war and navy de-
pqrtments of all civilized countries 70
designate their hospital service. lt also
belongs 90 the Red cross Societies oy
authority of the International Confer
ence.
The first Red Cross Society IN Europe
was organized by Or. Holm In Wurten-
burg. December. 1868. few weeks aIler
the conference adjourned In 1901 tneie
were ten s0ci-lics in 1866 twenty. Inero
are now more than forty IN countries -
widely separate as Russia, spain Ameri-
ca Peru, Japan ana tho Congo FREQ
state.
Every war that has occurred since lN'5'
has given new impetus 20 the movement.
and has led the belligerents or their
neighbors 10 Join the Red Cross Socieues'
mus the SchIeswig- Holstein campaign
I'm 1864 led 10 the formation OF societies IN
Denmark and Austria; the war IN GER
many i'm 1866 gained Baden and SaNony'
the Franco-German war in 1870 Droush.
in Luxembourg; the Turk0-Seryian war o.
1876 added servi7. Roumania and Monte
negro: the war In the East IN 1877 oroushI
Greece. while the conflict In South Amer
lea in 1879 caused the accession OF PERU
Some OF the national societies nave TAR
reaching ramihcations; Russia Tor exam
pie. has an almost uninterrupted chall
Of sections from St Petersburg through
tho Caucasus. Turkestan. Siberia and
even 10 Kamschatka The Dutch Red
Cross has branches in Java, snmstra,
Celebes Borneo and the Moluccas.
The French Society has established IT.
self IN Algeria and In Tunis. and there
are societies IN Persia san salvador
cbfu Bolivia and the Argentine Repub-
Ito An OF these widely scattered, but
afiiated societies are controlled. so far
os. nhelr mutual relations are concerned
bv an international committee, which has
its headquarters In Berne, Switzerland.