The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-27
THE RED CROSS IN INDIA.
FIRST Work Undertaken Since Reor-
| ganization Was Planned.

1
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-The first work
taken up by the American National Red
| Cross, under the power conferred upon it
| by the last Congress will be for the re-
| lief OF the famine sufferers in India Al
| though the work of reorganization of the
| Red Cross under its new incorporation by
| Congress is barely begun, yet Miss Clara
! Rarton feels that active work for the relief
| of suffering in India should be undertaken
| at once, not only because the need of re-
| lief grows more urgent as time passes, but
| also because this is the kind of work that
| Congress and the President have commit
ted TO the hands OF the Rel Cross.
To avoid delays and to prevent ecnapli-
| cations with the reorganization work,
! which viii row Ee carried on at national
headquarters in Washington. Miss Barton
! has placed the India famine work in the
! hands Of q committee with headquarters
! in this city.
This committee is now ready for active
! operations. 1t has selected for its head
! quarters rooms Nos. 500 ard 904 in the
| Presbyterian building, 156 Fifth Avenue.
| At o'clock this morning these rooms
| were opened for work-the first relief work
| Of the new Red Cross. The letters ac-
/ cOmpanying the first contributions received
| for this work viii be numbered and pre-
! served as objects OF interest in the history
/ Of the Red Cross
The committee has selected as its de-
! pository of funds the North Amer. can
! Trust Company, of 155 Broadway, to which
! all contributions should be sent direct
/ Checks should be drawn to the order of
/ the North American Trust Company, ard
marked for the Red Gross India Famine
| Fund"
By act of the last Congress the Ameri-
oar Mi \
! permanent agency for the relief of suf-
/ fering by war famine, pestilence food,
! fire, and all other calamities of sufficient
magnitude 10 be of national Importance.
The organization acts under the Geneva
| Treaty. the provisions for which were made
/ IN international convention at Geneva,
| Switzerland, on August %, 1864, and since
| signed by nearly all civilized nations The
United States gave its adhesion by act Of
Congress on March /. 1882. This was rati-
/ ned by the Congress Of Berne on June 9,
| 1852. 1t was proclaimed by President Ar
| thur on July &C. 1882.
Under its new powers conferred by Con-
gress the American National Red Cross
has full protection for it's insignia. Unau-
! thorized persons or societies using the
xu9me or the emblem OF the Red Cross for
the purpose OF procuring money are liable
! 10 punishment under the law
In its new form the Red Cross will es-
I tablish permanent auxiiiaries in all parts
! CT the United States, with branches in Gu
ba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. 1t will
be ready a a moments notice TO send
F trained and experienced relief agents TO
any part Of the world where the relief OF
/ suffering may be needed. 1t will be ready
also TO receive and forward money and
supplies IN cases where trustworthy
agents. such as missionaries and consuIs,
are on the ground in sufficient force to IN
/ dertake relief administration
1t is believed that with the Red Cross
always at hand as a permanent official
agency for emergency relief religious or
carnations ard voluntary committees of
citizens viii be spared much of the labor
that has fallen upon them in recent years
! That this Capitalization OF relief work will
be welcomed by the public a large there
Is abundant reason 20 believe
The committee having in charge the Red
cross India Famine Fund invites the CO.
operation Of all lovers of humanity in this
work special invitation is given 10 per-
sons who were members of the old Red
Cross auxiliaries during the Spanish
American war