New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-04
Will Establish and Sup
port Field Hospital in
Northern France.
READY TO GIVE HER
FORTUNE FOR WORK
University Graduates TO Serve
in Auto Ambulance Corps
Big Gifts for Relief.

MIs. marry fdyne Nhltney VIII sail
to-day on the Lusitania TO establish
"A field hospital in Northern France.
She will be accompanied by a staff Of
surgeons and trained nurses, all volun-
teers, to assist in the work of caring
Tor the wounded of Europe.
Mrs. Whitney is equippng and main
tanning the hospital at her own ex-
pense. 1t is said she is ready to de-
vote a large part of her fortune to this
charity. She will not only maintain
this first hospital as long as the need
exists, but will open others if neces-
sary. They will be conducted in CO.
operation with the American Ambu-
lance Hospital in Paris.
Yesterday Mrs. Whitney refused to
make any statement concerning her
plans, and the only information given
out came from Robert Bacon, former
Ambassador 10 France and one of the
directors of the American Hospital
Mrs. Whitney has purchased ten
motor ambulances, a large quantity OF
hospital supplies and quipment, and
enough clothing for 1900 men, women
and children. The poor of all nations
will be served alike at this hospital.
The field work will be under the
direction of DR.. Walton Martin, of %
West both St, who is an attending sur
geon at st. Luke's Hospital The other
surgeons are Dr. Karl Council, associ-
ate attending physician at Roosevelt
Hospital; DR.. Donald Gordon. formerly
OF the Roosevelt Hospital staff, and
DR.. W. +. brennan, of Birmingham.
Ala. They will be assisted by fifteen
nurses.
IL was announced yesterday that the
American Volunteer Motor Ambulance
Corps, which was established by Rich
ard Norton, Of Boston, has forwarded
$4,000 to the London headquarters for
the immediate equipment of ten am
balances. These ambulances will be
manned by volunteers, mostly men
graduated from Harvard, Yale and
Princeton universities.
Among those assigned TO the first
unit of ten ambulances are Arthur
Kemp, d. F. Starr, W. J. Oakman, W.
K. Berry, W. p. Clyde, ir., and Alan
Loney This ambulance corps is as
sociated with the b. fish Red Cross
ton. Contributions should be made
payable to the American Volunteer
Motor Ambulance Corps and sent .
Brown, Shipley & Co.. % Pail Mall,
London, or 10 Eliot Norton. 2 Rector st.
Four gifts of $1,000 each were re-
ceived by the Belgian Relief Commit
tee yesterday from J. p. Morgan, J. G..
White. W. G. Hegardt and Janney,
Semple, Hill & Co. The total of the
fund is now S2S5, 30l Sc. Among the
contributors were:
Nlrs. J. Il. Hlbart. $500. Mrs. Archer Hunting
',1. $3.50 Robert T.. Woodward. $50. Mrs. C. $.
Allan. $40: Heudon Chub1. 500. Lawrence NeH-
man. 500. J.. y. Richmond. Ssj Frederick
William William l. oamt5 500 Nr ''2 and "" Mrs 1'''i H. u VI
ugr. Sij William T. Wainwright. $50. Mrs. H.
$. Wilson. $50 Kate " Ferris. SO. Sic aud Ms.
H. Russell Regina. $50. Ms H. u. DYER 500.
ilr John lunis Kane 800. Nceiaui Tomphus
800. ole-hah proceeds Of a bridge tea. 500. j..
r. A. $50. monthly contribution of M and Mrs
William Emerson. $50. T. Auguste Glatiguy amt L.
Andre Glatigy. " Sleepy Eve. MINI. 800. Arthur
{. Round $50.
Washington, Nov. 3.-The American
Red Cross cabled Ambassador Herrick
at Paris to-day, asking If he would re
ceive $4,000 for use at his discretion
in furnishing surgeons. nurses and
supplies at Vierzon, Dinard, Dieppe and
Pau. Urgent appeals for aid have
reached the Red Cross from those
points.
There are l.20O wounded French and
Germans az Nierzon. according to a
cable message 10 the Red Cross from
Mrs. Cooper Hewitt. Four hundred Of
the wounded. she said were disposed
upon scattered straw, with only one
surgeon, an American, to attend them.
She said the wounded were arriving
starved and naked Mrs. Hewitt was
referred 20 Ambassador Herrick.
The Red Cross to-day arranged to
send 5000 heavy blankets TO non-com-
blatant refugees in Belgium.
TBy telegraph 90 The Tribune.
St Paul. Nov. 3. James j. Hin has
cabled $4,000 by way OF London to
King Albert of Belgium for relief of
the war-stricken country. 10 is not part
of the fund Miss Clara Hill is raising,
nor connected with the supplies gath
cred in ST. Paul last week by Mrs. l..
W. Hill and others for Belgian war
victims.
Mr.. Hill is personally acquainted
with King Albert. who was a guest at
the Hill home. or summit av.. several
wears ago. King Albert was not then
in direct line of succession TO the
throne. During part Of his stay in the
United States he was engaged in news
paper work.