The age-herald., 1900-11-12
MISS BARTON WILL
 LEAVE GALVESTON
Desirous of Returning to Na-
 tionaI Headquarters
SHE MAKES A FINAL APPEAL
Leaves the Work So Nobly Begun in the Hands of the Local Red Cross Order and
 Committees

Galveston, Tex, November u.-After spending nearly two months in the relief work among the sufferers at Galveston and other places on the Texas coast Miss Clara Bartca feels that there is no more necessity for her remaining in the field. The work of relief will have to be con- tinued during the entire winter, but the local Red Cross order in Galveston, organ ized at Miss Bartons suggestion and the local committees at the various points on the mainland are in such thorough work ing order that they will be amply able to distribute those supplies now on hand and the large quantity that will contine to te sent without the aid of Miss Bartons staff; therefore it is her purpose to with draw from Texas within a few days.
 The following Is the substante of what Miss Barton had to say to the Associated Press representative in an interview that was had with her today:
 q am desirous of getting back to Wash ington and New York as soon as possible to aid in directing the work throughout the United States of the meetings that will be held under the auspices of the National Red Cross on the night of December 31.
 "rhe idea of holding these watch meet
 
 and it has up to the present time develop ed into a most magnificent movement. The people of the Unitde States will be given on that night an entertainment as was never attempted elsewhere before.
 "No more worthy service can be ren- dered in the name of humanity and all that is represented in the scope of the American Red Cross than for every church ia1 ,f1of of kind in the country to make preparations for and hold one of these watch meetings. Full particulars how to organize and man. age the meeting can be obtained by writ zig to the American National Red Cross Watch Meeting Bureau, St. James Build ing New York City.
 Greetings have or will be obtained by Red Cross representatives from every mon- arch and celebrity of Europe and from pri- vate persons throughout the United States.
 ''The event promises to be one of unpre- cedented interest and value."
 |, In addition to the above, Miss Barton gave out the following statement:
 "The change in temperature from the very warm weather which has prevailed almost constantly since the storm of the sth of September to very chilly weather, which began here two days ago, Is caus- ing great suffering with the thousands of homeless people who are living in tents upon the beach and in dilapidated storm damaged houses. It will be almost a mira cle if pneumonia and kindred diseases do not follow the cold spell if 1t continues, and further cold Is inevitable from this time on.
 "The appeals which were sent out for building material have not met with the generous responses that followed the appeal for food and clothing which went out lm- mediatey after the storm. The apparent apathy which the appeals for building ma terial have been met Is probably due to certain statements that were circulated to the effect that Galveston had been well supplied by the provisions and clothing that were sent forward in large quantities and also to feeling that seems to pre- vail generally throughout the country that 1t would be unwise to rebuild the city in the face of possibility of a recurrence of the storm. It seems to be entirely over looked that the business houses and about one-third of the dwelling houses are left standing, although generally badly dam aged. The city with its vast business and over 3O,00O inhabitants Is here and must remain, but the problem of providing shell ter or homes of the modern character for the thousands of homeless Is the most troublesome that confronts the relief com- mittee. The thousands of dollars that the committee has been able to set aside for repairing damaged buildings and construct ing others amounts to much less than per cent of the actual needs of the people in that direction. The coming winter can not fail to bring untold hardships and suf- fering."