The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-17

call. r'o u tueir
No move will be made beyond the mos,
ample preparation until the call comes IT.
Will depend upon the course and dava,o, ~
ments OF hostilities. One thing sbou,d =.
remembered-namely, the Preparation cans
not De 700 great Tor possible requirements.
ana 1t should be ample to meet them
therefore, anything which the St paul
women can accomplish In the way of raisin1
iuhds VIII De most commendable work.
Stephen E. Barton
When war was eminent and the
stories OF the suffering reconcentrados
were rife, the idea was suggested that
the Willingness Of the st. Paul women
TO Lend helping hand might meet i'm
mediate and satisfactory expression
through existing organizations. If spsci-
nc Information as to the needs of the
hed cross work were secured. To So
cure the necessary data upon which 70
proceed, The G lobe Communicate
win MISS Barton on the subject, the
appearing in the il sue
VI April g. l might say here that il
was through The G o b that interest
was nrst aroused, as they took the
ilaelalVe steps in the matter The teIe-
cram contained three questions THE
first was a request for her advice a.
10 the combined club efforts. and tha
other two were:
What are the most urgent needs of
your work? VI
How could the fruits of their efforts
reacn you with the greatest rapidly
and security?'
In answer &c this a telegram WAC
received from Miss Barton. SAVING thai
she would leave for Cuba in an hour
but that the matter had been referred
to the Cuban relief committee. Thai
committee sent the following MESA se.
g.. New York. April 4, 1893
st. Paul Globe. st. Paul, Mimi:
Of Arr;I q
ton referred to us. Women's clubs should
be organized Immediately TO raise funds
food and medical supplies, which are need,
ca II peace or war. II latter. vast sum
may De necessary to equip and sustain Red
cross ambulance and hospital service Re-
concentrates must be relieved in any event
SEND remittances and consign supplies to
this committee. Miss Barton leaves Tamna
tonight as representative of this coumittsa
in Cuba. See letter.
Central Cuban Relief Committee.
The letter referred to in this dispatch is
aTDended: -
New York. April 4. 1898.
st, Paul Globe. st. Paul, MINI.
q Dear Sirs:
Nv, we are just in receipt of a letter from
Miss Clara Barton. dated Saturday night
on the eve of her departure for Havana
she enclosed your telegram asking In what
way the organized energies of the several
Womens clubs In st. Paul could IL so dis-
posed, be utilized to aid her work in Cuba
we enclose herewith copy of our telegram
IN reply. In sending your telegram 10 us
thought on your part"
Notwithstanding the fact that a break I'm
PeaceiuI conditions seems more imminent
than heretofore. this committee is not only
i ioe nesltatlng or halting, but is pursuing
us WORK with greater energy, and this Is
the result of several recent conferences
with the government departments in Wash
ington. "
The work of relieving the reconcentrado.
IN Cuba having been begun by the rresI-
GENT 1t will not be abandoned even though
hostillties might tend to interrupt tempor-
a iLtcy However the Red Cross will, by its
International rights, be permitted to enter
Ihe held. as both the United States and
Spain are treaty nations
81, 1elore her departure. Miss Barton made
Iull arrangements for the immediate or
Eanlzation Of military ambulance and hos
pltal work, in case of hostllities. and The
sum Of money which would be necessary
would be very large.
IL Is only necessary to reflect unon III
work performed by the Red Cross during
sne Franco-Prussian war, in which work
SIo'0oo,OuO were raised by contribution ami
USED IN their hospital service During 1914
1913, Russo-Turkish war the Pussia1 PA
cross societies accumulated over s17. 600 O00
about $l3,COO.000 Of which was used in their
n niII al service. the army having practic-
any turned the work over to them
Miss Barton returns to Cuba as the fu1Iv
authorlzed representative of this committees
app13m oe = by the president to pursue her
r0fn
statement of the reconcentrados in a cond.-
tlon OF self-sustenance
me work before her is very great one
sf Ho Sne neens al the support that can be
phes should be made to this committee as
we forward the proceeds direct to Miss Par
disired e"l Oe
If we can give you any further informa-
tion' kindly command US. Very truly yours
Stephen e. Barton, Chairman.
In answer to telegram sent bv Tho
u today, at its own expense ask
ing JUST what would be most acceptable
In prosecuting the relief work. the fol
lowing telegram was received:
New York, May 16. 1893
To The st. Paul Globe St. Paul. MINI
accept anything gratefully. Collect funds
VIII specify by letter articles desired
.,r,. Gardiner
This is, think, ladies, quite COM
plete history of the origin of the move
ment, and l trust that we NAV be abIa
TO carry on the work through the agen-
cles we have at hand with the same
spirit which has characterized its
BIRTH 10
DIR. BISSELL REPORTS.
DR.. Helen w. Bissell then made the
report OF the work looked after by the
Sulcai committee. They had dis
tributed to the troops just before leav-
ing for the front, the following: Six
hundred abdominal bandages. made ont
OF $50 yards of flannel; 10 yards of
gauZe, sterlized and prepared for medi-
cal use out of 200 yards of cheese cloth:
from twenty pounds of cotton batting.
III pnumonia jackets were made. In
addition to this over 500 looks of lftera-
ture of standard authors were dis
tributed to the boys in blue to keep
them company on their long journey
across the continent
DR.. Bissell further reported that the
Young Women's Friendly association
had made generous donations of choice
medical foods to the hospital corps. She
urged strongly the propriety Of send
ing sufficient pillow cases and sheets
for at least the st. Paul boys who were
in the hospital. A recent visit to the
camp revealed the fact that many of
the st. Paul men in the hospital did
rot have these requisites.
Matted milk, extract of beef. coca
unfermented wine sherry. tea and other
articles of like nature would be most
acceptable, and would be shipped along
with the clothing on Saturday. Par
terms for the abdominal bands could be
had at any time and could be taken
home.
A communication was received from
Mrs. f. b. Doran and Mrs. ]. c. BRYANT
dShlHS Ior the sanction OF the society
TO organize an auxiliary association in
West st. Paul. The matter was re-
ferred to the executive committee.
President Talmadge announced that
all contributions of money would be
received at the headquarters addressed
to Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim, treasurer.
Mrs. Oppenheim made report of the
contributions by her as follows:
Mrs I Dittenboffer e. M
Q. A. Berg ................ %
Mrs. ii. NJ Weideman ................. l 90
Cash -. :. .................... 2 90
Miss Genevieve Jefferson ............ 10 90
Mrs. e. II. Bailey -. ..................1 10 90
Mrs. b. L. Goodkind ................. 5 90