New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-08
S. S. Red Cross, Parading
River, Receives a Vocif-
erous Harbor Greeting.
DEPARTS ON VOYAGE
OF SUCCOR AT NOON
FarewellS to Nurses Naive, but
Heartfelt-Artist Sings "Star
Spangied Banner.

I've seen q good many sighVS' sa'u
Captain Armisted Rust, U, S. ~, as the
steamship Red Cross. which he COM
,nands. weighed anchor in the Hudson
Pivar opposite the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Monument, yesterday afternoon
after her trip from the Hamburg
American pier. in Brooklyn. i've seen
GOOD many sights. but ! never saw
envtbing like the reception this snip
cot coming around the bay and up the
n was a reception that was not only
seen but heard. From the moment the
shin left the Brooklyn pier, at o3a ST.
Graf. of every kind and description
tugs. tramp steamers, crowded eNcuI-
sion boats, ferryboats-wer oooml"s
tho salute of three whistles at net as
she passed, and she answered them
every one. A..
lane A. Delsno, chairman Of the gen.
era, committee on nursing service oil
tbe Red Cross, remarked several umeS'
was that il was international. An Aus
TRAN shin and a British ship, ly'ag
side bv side in the bay, dipped their
colors simultaneously as the vesSel Oh
mercy passed. French craft saluteu
her. German vessels beloved a hoarSe
blast Of encouragement as she steamed
along. "a "ol-
most like a promise Of the universal
peace we hope may soon come
The Rcd Cross formerly the nam
burg was TO have sailed for Europe a.
4 p. m. yesterday. She Iett pIecl5Se ny
an anchorage opposite 9lst st. IN the
Hudson River, from which berth she
will sail for Falmouth, England, to-day
az noon.
All Aboard YESTERDAY.
She was ready 70 90 Yesterday.
Fverv one Of the 125 nurses ana inc
thirty surgeons was on board. ne
cargo. hundreds of pounds OF pan
dages. absorbent cotton and gauze' lhou-
sands of cases OF ether and chlorol or'u,
hundreds OF gallons Of iodine, Surglcai
equipments. hospital garments, every
thing to make the misery OF 'ne
wounded soldiers less was IN inc holu!s,
The officers and crew were in men men
nlaces and the neutrality papers, when
ar;ss Naba1 Boardman made a hasty
,,Sn 70 Washington Sunday TO OBTAIN
from the State Department, we're IN
Csptain Rust's hands. Blu, MISS
Roardnan and other officers o. the
American Red Cross thought that the
Americans. who are sending the SNIP
had right to see her, and so they
decided 10 delay the sailing that she
might lie for few hours on view IN
the North River
Yesterday, however. was the real
Devastating. Relatives and trlenQs OF
the nurses and surgeons came TO the
BROOKLYN pier in throngs, bearing now
ers fruit. candy and other offerings.
So MANY came that they couldn't an
ret on the boat, not even those VINO
had passes, and the Official who GUARDED
the gangplank was mauled ana pIou"eu
bv the disappointed ones IN ne must
have been quite black and olue' 3.
Cant let any more on, m am. Ian
lo+ anv more on, sir" he shouted over
and over; but the 1renHed ones
wouldn't heed him.
81 only want to say goodby to nv
cousin" gasped q perspiring young
man: while a breathless young woman
tried TO struggle under the oiilcla! S
arm, repeating: 49,
ooh please let me get these flowers
a that nurse up there-please let me-
The official relented sufficiently to
send ND all flowers and letters, but
after fifteen minutes TO four, no one
was allowed to pass up the gang-plank,
and the late ones could only wave IRON
the pier
The farewells on board were exceed
ingly calm. Here and there nurse
showed dim eyes as she SAID goodDy
TO a white-haired father, or sister or
mother: or a little niece or nephew;
INIT NOT one of them broke down and
cried. They all spoke confidently OF
Coming back. Some Of the farewell
remarks were whimsical, though they
we're not meant TO be so.
"Have a nice trip, dearie," said one
elderly woman, as she shook the hand
of a demure little nurse, "and don't
forget to send me a picture postcard
The "Star SpangIed Banner"
AS the boat cast off at 33d St, Miss
Blanche Dufield, a young woman who
has sung in Gilbert & Sullivan's op'
eras. stood on the upper deck and sang
"The Star Spangled Banner" The
nurses, in their gray uniforms, with
the cross Of Geneva on their caps and
one arm, crowded against the rail
nearly every one waving an American
fac; and Master Thomas Bulett Har-
rison, who came with his grandfather
Bernard NJ. Baker, and with Judge
Henry Stockbridge, Of the Maryland
Supreme bench, all the way from
Baltimore with an American flag and
a Red Cross flag, which that city has
presented TO the expedition, stood in
the stern and waved both banners with
all his might He will raise the flags
on the ship to-day Just before she sails
The trip around the Battery and up
the North River took just two hours
Every pier il passed was massed with
people, and every one had something
10 wave. Men took of their hats and
cheered. Women not provided with
flags waved handkerchiefs or parasols
Men working on the wharves waved
their brooms or shOvels. The relief shiT
was Just in time to meet some of the
night boats coming down the Hudson
and one excursion boat almost careened
in the water, so rapid was the rush OF
passengers to the side nearest the Red
Cross. The Washington Irving, loaded
with passengers, steamed so close that
one man, making a trumpet of his
hands, could be heard shouting: Goo
bless you, every one!"
At 9lst ST. tug took of the Red
Cross officials who had made the TRIP
with the nurses and surgeons. At
o'clock an electric light beacon, show
ing the Red Cross against a yellow
sauare-the device Of the Red Cross
pin-gleamed from the ships masthead
This will be lighted every night OF the
voyage, marking her as plainly a neu-
trial ship Of mercy as the cleaning
white band on her sides, the broad red
hand and the red crosses on her fun
nels do by day.
Belgium To BE Favored.
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