New-York tribune., 1905-02-17
FIRST AID TO INJURED.
CreditabLe amount of Work Accom-
pLiShed Last Year by Societu.

Letters from Commissioner AfcAdoo of the Police
Department; Edward 2. Croker. Chief Of the Fire
Department; DR. Leipziger. supervisor OF lectures
the public schools and from all sorts OF orsanf-
zztions from the Union Pacific Railroad to the Sal
vstton Army were read yesterday az the annual
meeting OF the Society for Instruction in First Aid
To- TIE Injured, tesufying TO the value Of the work
which this society Is performing
The annual report Of Charles II. Marshall the
president showed that vast amount Of good has
besn a,d Is being done although quiet and IN
ostentstious 10 attract little attention
from The public
II al. Ls7s persons received instruction from the
societys agents during the last year in rendering
d-Et aid 20 the injured. The total number Of such
since the organization Of the society is 1s,z35 OF
whom lz2al have passed examinations and received
diplomas. With the exception OF class OF
women with ten members, all the class work during
The year has been free. There have been thirteen
classes Of policemen, with membership Of SSs; ten
for fre-1enf with p members; four among the
members Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
rion. sizry-eight members; two for the railroad
branch CT the Young Mems Christian Association
thirty-ave MEMBERS Young Mems Hebrew Associ-
alton, TWO classes, with forty-two MEMBERS Young
Wornens Hebrew Association. three classes.
with forty members: Salvation Army, six classes
with membership Of hTty-eight men and sixty
three women At the emergency tent in Van Cort-
lsndt Park one class Of thirty-Ave men received
instruction
The public schools offered the best field.
nericaly. for the class instruction, with twenty
SIX classes and registration OF eS5 members Ok
these thirteen classes held IN public schools IN
Manhattan and The Bronx, the society lending the
skeleton charts. and other appliances and award
Ing 81 diplomas Under the auspices OF the Board OF
Education courses Of lectures have also been given
Il Rockaway Whitestone, Mariners Harbor and
Other outlying points
Al the present moment the society Is conducting
rTeLry-one classes Eleven are in the pubic
6Ternen, Al he West End Presbyterian Church St
Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brooklyn;
The Crion Branch Of the Young Mems Christian
Association. the Harlem branch OF the Young Men
Christian association and at the protestant Epls-
copzl Church Missionary Society for Searneh' re-
PerneDs' the most discoura ging fact connected
win the work Of the year has been tue apathy OF
druggists and railroad companies This was e1-
pls1ed on the score that the former dread an &C
cide1r ara don't want 70 have anything 70 DO with
one because il is sure 70 them anywhere from
q % 81 csrts for Rauze iodoform. etc. while the
latter their railroad surgeons ana 40 not
one tf0lga-d letters addressed 10 druggists in
cdent boxes sale elected only one nulorso Tf H.
plies F11ry-seven boxes were al tnat were nna!i!y
placed IN TIE above borOughs. The SocletyS cir
culsrE, hsudbooks and bandages nave peen sent
70 the Pennsylvania Long Island, NeW-4ork Cen
the emergency tent IN Van Cortlandt Park forty-
three cases were cared for last summer, ana the
was 5rove5 5v he fact that during the athletic
games At the opening Of Pelham Bay Park eight
OF nine cases were cared for. . =,
The income Of the society last year amounted
U &,7l7. and the disbursements 70 S5zD q,
eHs Charles a Marshall pTesl1eli IN, 5,o4tS TTes 8
EsrosE vice-presloent; Zeelah van Z LS'elt. ~ =
& Ele1ry r truman SecISldIys ~
Sartrlcge medical director George ". ,.Is ITsy
Mss Ruth Hoe. John Christensen CornellqS Ian zan7
oeroilt Mss Phoebe A TEorne and James q, fStu S&
were ADDED 10 The board OF managers sasyot "a
ean has been made an honorary ILtL4D ry,+t
4lss n W. Bruce. Mrs FREDERICK Deiano H1Ser, ers
George A Kessler and Roland 9. MitcheA "ei9
elected lie members.