Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-13
Employment of Golfers.

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those places made ready for immediate SER
vice.
Employment of Golfers.
The admiral has also rendered the use Of
his coal navy as food and passenger trans
ports. The equipment bureau, of which he
Is the head, has a small but excellent fleet
of large colliers, and the admiral has sug-
gested to Secretary Moody that these ships
are, by virtue of their great carrying ca
pacity, excellently adapted to relief work.
Besides the Sterling, which is already load
ing at San Juan, Porto Rico, with military
stores for Martinique, the admiral has the
Lebanon, now at Cienfuegos, Cuba, about
three days run from ST. Pierre. At Port
Royal he has the Leonidas now discharging
coal. The Hannibal has just finished load
ing coal at Lamberts Point, near Norfolk
and is ready for sea, and the Marcellus, at
Norfolk. IS in condition to be put in COM
mission Immediately. Each of these ships
can carry from two to three thousand tons
of supplies.
Many Spontaneous Offerings.
There is no lack of indications of sponta-
neOus offerings from all parts of the cOun-
try. This morning a telegram was received
from the Pittsburg chamber of commerce
asking the Department of State if private
contributions would be received and how
they should be addressed. The mayor Of
Detroit sent a similar message and like tel
partment has as yet made no response.
meeting of the executive committee Of
the Red Cross has been called at the State
Department this afternoon, and it is prob
able that the suggestion will be made that
private contributions be turned over to this
thoroughly equipped agency for relief An
original suggestion came from a New York
commission house in the shape of letter
proffering one million pounds Of rice at
cost price and duty free to the government.
Inc owners explained that they are able to
make this offer by reason of the fact that
the rice Is still In bond.
Over 100000 Already Spent.
1t appeared by noon that rapidly had
the governments agents worked that al
ready the War Department alone had spent
over 100000 of the relief appropriation and
1t was realized that considerable heavy
items of expenditure remained to be made.
In this view of the case it was the opinion
of the President and his cabinet that the
100000 appropriated yesterday would not
be sufficient to meet the needs IN the case
and 1t was decided that an effort should
be made to have Congress accept the es-
innate of 100000 submitted in the Presi-
dents message Of yesterday.
This decision was communicated to some
of the individual leaders in the Senate and
House and was the explanation of the pas
sage by the Senate so early in the day and
without debate of the item of appropriation
in accordance with the President s estimate.
luton adopted yesterday requesting the
President to ascertain whether the exten-
sion Of our aid would be acceptable to
France had been anticipated by the French
government
The Presidents statement that that gov
ernment had requested that ships might be
supplied to carry away the survivors Of the
catastrophe in Martinique was at first sup
posed to be based upon the statement of
the governor of Martinique to United States
Consul Ayme. 1t appears, however that
the request came directly from the French
government through Ambassador Cambon,
who personally presented the matter to the
President.
The Dixie's Cargo.
NEW YORK, May 13.-The United States
steamer Dixie will begin loading stores to-
day for the Martinique sufferers. The work
will be done as rapidly as possible. Most
of Ine $4,000 allotted to the quartermas-
ters department was spent for womens
and cbildren's clothing and for tents. Maj.
D. L. Brainard Of the subsistence depart
ment, has expended the $4,000 given to his
department for food supplies.
There will b. over 400 tons, consisting OF
tea rice. coffee. Goldfish, hard bread, chicken
soup, evaporated milk, bacon. salt sugar,
vinegar, ham and pepper. About 5000
worth of medicines from the medical de-
partment also will be taken.
The French chamber of commerce of this
city has raised So 900, which will be sent
direct to Martinique.