The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-23
RED GROSS MEETING.
HELD 4N HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 BUILDING.

The Interesting Report of Mrs. Sara T. | Kinney-spIendid Work Done in the
 Interest of Those Who Were On Store
 Need and Who Had Help at Just the
 Right Way and at the Right Time
 Election of Governing Board Who
 Will Name Officers for Year.
 The annual meeting of Connecticut
 Branch of the Natiosal Red Cross so-
 ciety was held :n the Historical society
 building yesterday afternoon with Will
 liam W. Farnam of New Haven presid-
 ing.
 The following delegates were in at-
 tendance Litchfleld division, Mrs. s. IA.
 Willis, Mrs John L. Buell.; Fairfield
 division, Mrs John H. Perry, Miss
 Mary B. Kippey; Norwich division, Mrs. B. P Learned, Mrs Frank A.
 Mitchell; New Haven division, Burton
 Mansfield, Mrs. J. Mason Hoppin, Sam
 uel Hemingway; Hartford division, Mrs
 Frank w. Cheney, Charles Hopkins
 Clark, Miss Mary H. Clark, Dr. P. H.
 1ngalls, pr. John B. McCook, John F.
 Gunshaman, Dr. E. K. Root; Danbury
 division, Mrs. Chester H. Brush, Mrs.
 Alfred M. Wildman. Mrs H. c. Me-
 serve,
 The years work was completely re-
 viewed in the report of the state sec
 retary, Mrs Sara T Kinney of this city,
 which follows:
 Annual report of the Connecticut
 branch of the American National Red
 Cross, November 2, 1906.
 At the annual meeting of this organ
 ization which was held in November,
 1905, 1t was generally conceded that
 out work for the coming year would
 probably be confined to the organiza- tion of divisions and the enrolment of
 doctors and nurses for Red Cross ser vice. Not cloud as large as ones
 thumb nail darkened the society's ho- rizon--not one of us dreamed of the ap- palling national calamties which were
 even then in process of naturalization. Blind to the fact that the forces of nature were making ready to play bat tledore and shuttlecock with human beings ard their splendid cities we went our respective ways feeling that a year of peaceful activities only was
 before us.
 But-our work had been cut out for us. and when 1t was ushered in by a tornado in the Philippine islands, which was quickly followed by the wall of starving thousands in Japan; the ghast- ly rain of lava and ashes at Vesuvus, the earthquake and fire in California, the disasters at Valparaiso and in our own gulf states--ilo greater surprise was anywhere felt than in the ranks of the Red Cross membership. And yet, 1t was for active service in just such emergencies that this society was organized Without organized cen- ters for relief work in this state, Con- necticut could scarcely have accom- pllshed what she did for the sufferers in the various localities to which ref erence has been made. With them we are able to achieve the most gratifying amount of relief work which was car ried on as long as needed in very systematic and thoroughly helpful manner.
 Toward the relief of the Philippine sufferers by tornado, the Connecticut | Red Cross-as an organization contrib uted nothing.
 | The society was scarcely on It's feet; es it was without funds. The National so-
 ciety of which Connecticut is a ii branch, was able to supply the small VI amount of desired help. The Philippine I t5ranch of the National Red Cross ask e ed for but $1,0OO and $1,150 was sent. | February 10, 1906, the call was issued R by the central committee in Washing 4 ton in behalf of the famine sufferers in Japan by the National society for this purpose was $65,85s.69, of which the & Connecticut branch contributed $3,- T $9.sO117.
 On April 12 the word flashed across ] the seas that Italy was in distress. The total amount forwarded by the national < society for the victims of the calamity on the slopes of Vesuvius was $12, ,25. 5 Connecticut's share was $126.50. Valpa-
 raiso received $42905 from Connecticut, the total amount sent by the National
 society being $6OoO. April brought the appalling calamity on the Pacific coast and at once the Connecticut Red Cross
 was on it's mettle. This was a home
 call and it was nobly responded to. The
 total amour forwarded by the National
 Red Gross was $9,0OO,O0O, Connecticut's share reaching the generous sum of $-2S54449.
 Thus we have cash total from the Connecticut Red Cross of $192, 701.21 for
 relief purposes during the year 1906.
 The amount of money contributed by the Connecticut Red Cross is by no
 means indicative of the full measure of its benefactions in behalf of suffer ing humanity. In addition to $56 70S.6S
 sent by the Hartford division it for
 warded thirty large packing cases and
 barrels filled to overfiowing with
 clothing. boots. shoes, towels, sheets,
 pillow cases, boxes of pins, needles, buttons, thread, etc, a total of 800
 articles South Manchester forwarded eight boxes of clothing, Litchtield divi-
 sion sent one barrel of flour and four
 boxes of clothing, shoes, blankets, etc.,
 valued at $50.
 New Haven's contribution, exclusive of it's $19,41S.30 in money, consisted of eleven large cases and four barrels of
 miscellaneous clothing for men, women and children, practically all of it new wall tfs1x