New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-14
Nd CROSS SIGHTSEEING
cuba Honors Miss Boardman and
' Empress of Japan.
eocJETY HAS 5000 NURSES
pr.sian representative Opposes
erorestion for Organization to
dive Aid to Revolutionaries.
from The Tribune Bureau

-..nrton. May lS.-The Red Cross del
cav Washington to-day. After the
esaI'' sess,on and a hasty luncheon half
slhs,s - nrivate automobiles. which Miss
h1N1, po,rduan had borrowed for the oc-
N' e. lined up in front of the Pan-Ameri-
pnudng and the delegates were taken
can tide. which included practically all
W so,nts Of interest in the city.
u. ,,s conclusion they were left at Mrs.
Lelters RESIDENCE ''S' - '''''0 " ''0'
eepton. -
80 ex-American Ambassador to France,
N-s over the mornings session. which
49, M with the comforting Of a Cuban
80 on two prominent Red Cross women
~. Dowaser Empress Of Japan and Miss
vabel Boardnan.
-. before adjournment Dr. De Fuentes.
...-s.s-v general Of the Cuban Red Cross,
80 recognized. and announced the be-
-..o,al of Cr!ha's highest honorary distinC-
.Tbe Gran Plaza de Honor Merito.'
-, these two representative women of
-. rast and West. on the one particularly
,aoo,se Of her generous gift announced az
--svio,ls session; on the other as the
--.si5irr genius Of the American Red
r-,ss 70 whose gracious hospitality the
.,Esnt conference is so greatly indebted.
~ greater part Of the morning was
s,..,, IN 70 reports Of the Red Cross nurs-
- orcan. zatons Of America, France and
co-rauv. Miss Jane Delano. head OF the
ps5 cross nursing CORPS I'm America. made
=, interesting report for her organization.
o,ba- REPORTS were presented by the French
central committee. the society for the help
=. wounded soldiers, the Association des
names Franchise and the Union des
PENNIES de- France. The report OF the
German Red Cross nurses was presented.
~. in the absence Of Surgeon General
Werner was not read.
EARLY Difficulty in Enrolling Nurses.
Mss .Delano's report told how IL had been
n-,vided nv the first treaty Of Geneva that
The Red cross should train and instruct
voIuntee- nurses. organize and place them
on an active footing and in time O. var
ss,4 them 70 the field Of battle" She said
that after the reorganization Of the Red
Cross In lao5 various local branches under
took the enrolment Of nurses, but at the
END OF i've years only a few hundred had
baen secured. and these chiefly in large
cities. L was evident that real progress
could only be when the interest and CO.
ouerat,on Of the nurses themselves hdd
been secured II was not necessary for the
Red Cross 70 esta blish schools, since there
v4re already in this country 1,o4S schools
sor nurses. with $500 pupils in training
7, seemed hest for the Red Cross 10 ally
Itself with the National Society OF Grad-
,ste Nurses. organized in 1891 with only
.ventv-two charter members. but having
~ the end II twelve years membership
4 twenty thousand nurses.
This aA1Uation was effected in 1909. Inc
bed Cross nursing service. as now organ
7e4 &c composed Of a national committee
,i--1,-ore state committees and eiEhty-one
-rs1 committees About six hundred
.,vsas are serving gratuitous'y. ana
L-ough their efforts more than three thoA-
srd nurses have been enrolled for service
~ proclamation Of the President the Red
mss nursing personnel has been made the
eserve for the army ard navy nurse cor"S
, time Of war ....
Quite recently a rural nursing service
RS established. which :s expected 70 prove
Fl. ,,Astirnable value 70 communities remote
rom large cities.
Conference Startled by Report.
The conference was startled by prop',
s.,o- bv Joshua r. Clark. ir.. solicitor OF
ne United states State Department sus-
resting that the Red Cross of foreign cou0-
-iss -7ient be OF assistance IN case Of civil
rs~ or revolution in some other country
The report has not yet come up for dis
MISSION on the floor q the conference, ti'
n International committee has oons.c-
.red IT,
T. TIE conroittee meeting vigorous oppo-
t,or was made nv Lieutenant General
Ye---o'ow. Pussia's representative. VINO
SD that his country never would be
,o-,~s--t7e PARTY 20. or even take part N,
tie discussion Of any agreement on tnr
ioalec-
And IN view Of is grave political nat
1re." he added. i % not think II oush'
10 ~ discussed a. a conference supposed
10 ~ dealing with Humanitarian ana pa
rio questions. I consider it out Of inc
sphere Of Red Cross activity 10 give "a
to Insurgents and revoluuonaries' VINO N
nv country are considered criminals.
To avoid discussion Of the delicate SUD
,ect 2 resolution probably will be presented
referring the whole matter to the interna-
tonal committee.
Ire American Red Cross to-day sent ny
ca bic $500 70 the Shanghai relief commit
tee, for use in relieving the famine aho
revolution sufferers in China This prlhSs
the total up 10 $4,000 since January L