The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11

ctAeR poents. 10 wAscA Il was noeensA4y
to make direct sAipments. The seooo -
the eomOittee was then extended % -
direction 81 the distribution q supplies =.
CsinA. which brought II INTO direct retnr
ttonsAip Nth The Red crosA ana -
American National Hed crosa became to
Cuban representative a the committoA
Miss Barton vas already In Cnha do1ng
Red Cross work. The new aryange0eaf
was entered into on ApEsl "a. and wno
hardly under way when war eroke eae
And the Red croes. by advice at Conn1l-
General Lee. withdrew. The co0n1<<eA
steamshtp State az TEXAS. loaded her WITH
food cicshing. medicine. doctors Al
nurses. and sent her TO Key West. whsnco
she went with the ners to CahA and al
good service FOG our stck and wounded
Upon the outbreak OF hosssiities tho
collection of supplies and money wAs ten
pcrariiy discontinued. and ~ tons of -
snrtsd supplies accumulated in Hrooklyn
warehouses were sold and with the pro-
cessis ccrnmeai. bacon. hard bread. rtce,
lard. potatoes. prepared foods and me<ai.
einex were purchased Boston. Il 10 star
I'd. proved iss local patriotism by sending
10 drums Of dried Goldfish which wego
forwarded 20 the cuhAns. Meutton -
made at the seizure Of supplies sent On
to RAxAccA and GsnArA. for HotHutn An6
other intersor places. IA these words:
I'VE have already advised your depart.
m~Es that upon the arrival % United
Stases troops. under command % C0a.
Hood. some ten thousand doilars worth
Of our supplies were ferSsihly s<tsed from
the Red Cross agents. by order of that
xands Of suffering NJ Gibara, Hoigatn and
other places IN that locality was abruptly
brought to an eud. We have no kuOWb
edge Of what became OF thee supplies.
our agents having moved forward - Ma
tan1as and Havana after their supplies
were taken from them"
The int Of cash contributors printed -
the report shows about i.Hp names al per
sons. churches and local orGanisatsona
the total contributions up to February IL
lssQ. being Sz13.i<7.A The contributors e
suppiies form q list of about IN names,
with an estimated aggregate value u
ses.a1aH Il. Besides this thirty eight CAR
loads Of supplies. valued at eees1.T. were
cent from various ctties- u h stated
that the entire cost Of collecting. trAnss
porting and distributing the donattons,
AGxre2xtlnG more than &.Q.uoA. wao only
III Ger cent About 81 so win remain
after all outstanding bills are paid. a1d
this sum viii be turned over to Mtoo
Ciar BArton TO aid In the hospital work
tary Of war and Gen. Brooke have ASKED
her TO eetahlish.
OF outside charities which have aene
supplies 10 Cuba the report msutioAs tho
CftisenA' committee. AZ Philadelphia. the
Associated Society OF the Red croeo. e
Philadelphia. the Omaha worid-Herald
and the Kansas CITY star. O. the sopplieo
sent by the two latter ageneiss ths rspost
says:
these were Forwarded from New o.
leans about the middle % April 70 Consul
Brace ~ MatAnsAs, by the steamship
utstein. chartered by the department oe
state out Of funds donated directly e
the department, The supplies arrived
only few days prior to tho retirement
tons tas reportedD we're left undietrfhutsd
These were subsequently, seisrd end Cor
hscated by the epaniafds. ~ were also
some - tons left BY Consul 1eneeai La h
the Havana warehouses; Neither OF theaa
lots was received In the name az the Red
Cross, nor did they bear that sacred EN-.
biem. The committee 10 informed h witt.
ing by DFs. 0ollossa and Caxboneli, both
o. whom served with Miss barton and
Dr. Lesser IN Red Gross hospital work n
Havana and Natansaa provfnces. and
who came 70 New York from Cuba late
In May, that no article OF food. ciothfno
or medicine left NJ the hospitals o. In
the hands of committees. by the Amers.
can NAsionai Red Gross. had hesn dis-
trthuted by the epAniards: while I'll aurs
piles that entered through esA&r cAAnnelA
and had not been applied. were coIils-
Gated. These doctors estimate that somo
10 to 80 tons Of food must have beeA
thus seised''
Acknowledgment Of speciai ohligatioa
In made to United States Consul Hyatt -
Santiago de Cuba. and British Cousul
Rsnsden. Consul Hyatt afterwArd joined
the Red Cross stan. The commtttee'a ru-
port n signed by Stephan r.. barton.
chairman. and Charles n. SchtcFen. trnap
urer. The pamphlet 10 Handsomely print
ed With large red cross Oh the cover. &
portrait o. Clara Barton ~ fyontisp5ece.
and Illustrations cf the committee az work
and Of the vessels chartered b. it.--Nsw
York sun