New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-29
Arthur c. James and 9th.
ers Contribute Fund
of S2l5,0O0.
100000 NEEDED
FOR BORDER USE
ORGANIZATION Has Canteen at
LackaWanna Station for
Departing Guardsmen.

Gifts OF four more base hospitals for
the Red Cross were announced yester-
day at the meeting at the Hotel Man
haitian. Arthur Curtiss James gave
$4,000 10 the Lincoln Hospital, and
additional gifts completed the total OF
s2l5,OOO. The four new hospitals are
the POSTGRADUATE, the German, the
Naval, of Brooklyn, and the Lincoln
Hospital. The Post-Graduate has =
fund of $4,000 for the work.
This brings the number of New York
hospitals which have established Red
Cross units up to eight, the others be-
ing Bellevue. Mount Sinai, New York
and Presb yterian.
G. Amsinck & Co. have given $4,000
to start fund for equipplng an am
buance corps Of twelve machines for
use in case of war with Mexico. The
total sum needed for this branch IS
5000, and the Red Cross made an ap-
peal last night for the necessary FUNDS
at once.
The meeting yesterday was in touch
with the Washington headquarters by
means of long distance telephones.
At the request of Major General
O'Ryan. canteen was established az
the Lackawanna station by the Red
Cross yesterday and the 1000 men OF
the 18th Regiment received sandwiches,
soup, coffee and ice cream. The hed
Cross chapters along the routes OF
mobilization will provide food when
ever the troops need II. Mrs. Bel
mont Tiffany, assisted by forty-hye
Red Cross members, was in charge.
An appeal for funds was issued last
night by the Red Cross Committee Tor
Civilian Relief. Of which John w.
Glenn is chairman. Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs
Cornelius Bliss Miss Maude Wetmore
and Frank W. Persons were appointed
members of this body, which will take
over the work Of caring for the destl-
tute families of guardsmen.
The Women's Supply Committee
named directors for each of the four
hos pitfalls already established. Ihey are
Miss Mary Parsons, Bellevue; Mrs.
Arthur Iselin. New York Hospital
Mrs. Jesse Isdor Straus. Mount sinai
and Mrs. Henry P. Davidson, Presoy'
terrain.
Henry +. Stimson has resigned as
chairman of military relief, and New
comb Carlton. president OF the West
ern Union. was appointed IN MS place
Among those who attended the meet
ing were Major General Leonard Wood,
Jacob II. Schiff, Mrs. William h. Draper,
Charles D. Norton, George Blagden,
Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Glenn, W. ".
Jefferies, William c. Potter, Otto /.
ID
ence NJ. Johnson, Mrs. William Is. Rice
and Cleveland II. Dodge.
Miss Elizabeth A. Greener. Miss
Clara A. Noyes, Miss NJ. II. Jordan
Miss Amy +. Patmore. Mrs. Christie,
Mrs. Tiffany. ". Frank Persons, Irving
L. Bush. Miss Mary +. Parsons, Leo
Arnstein, Mrs. Arthur lselin, Charles
l.. Morse, Alfred 7. White, Harold |.
Pratt Miss +. l.. Adee, Miss c. Lever
ich. DR.. W. B. Brinsmade, Darwin Il.
James. ir.; Dr.. Warfeld Longcope, Or.
BENJAMIN Tilton, Mrs. Richard Aid
rich. Miss Jessie Murdoch, Mrs. Char es
G. stevenson. Nathan Kingsbury, John
Rassett Moore. Henry Z. Dawson, Rob
ert Bacon. George Blumenthal, +. [.
Walcott. Henry Morgenthau, Mrs.
Leonard Wood. Newcomb Carlton, DR.:
George f. Brewer, DR.. George David
stewart. DR.. Charles l.. Gibson, Or.
Lewis A. Conner, Dr. Howard Llllen-
thai. DR.. Samuel Lloyd.
Seward Prosser, Otto Barnard, james
Barber, L. y. Bethel. Cornelius y.
Bliss, jr., c. c. Boldt, James +. Boyle
c. A. Coffin, W. A Day, William B'
Franklin, Daniel Gugeenheim, 1. r.
Nerseles. Charles F. Minor, Morgan j..
o,pricn the Rev. Dr. Leighton Parks,
Charles A. Peabody, Frederick A. Pratt
Eugene c. Rosenquest, j. d: Ryan
Sheriff Alfred T. smith, OIln D.
Stephens, Frank Trumbull, +. ID. IN
derwovd and Cornelius Vanderbilt.