The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-07-26
Hawai- Red Cross
Establish First
Hospital In Siberia
Recommendation To That Effect
Made To War Department;
Message Semi Official Notice
That United States win Enter
the Country

\ The first direct semi official evidence
that the ADM nistration At Washington
Is seriously advancing plans for placing
an American army in Siberia became
known here yesterday when q cable
message was received by the Hawaiian
Chapter Of the American Red Cross
from the Washington Headquarters stat
|ing that a reeOmme ndation had been
made to Secretary Of War Baker that
Hawaii be given preference over the
mainland to establish the first Red Cross
base hospital in Siberia.
The message was received by Harry
MacfarlaDe, acting secretary Of the
Hawaiian Chapter, in the absence of
Secretary A. l.. Castle. who il now en-.
route to Washington. Mr.. Castle will
be communicated with from Honolulu
on this subject and he will undoubted
y be able to swing the war depart me nj
70 favor the recommendation. The lat,
ter was made by O. II. Cutler, manager
II the 18th Division Of the American
Red Cross Society, at Washington.
The message gave the first real in
timation that the plans Of the war de
partmont for sending an army to 81
IBERIA are being rapidly dcvelored. and
that in conjunction with such plans
preparations for hospital work have
been taken up by the war department
With the Red Cross Society.
Honor For Hawaii
That Hawaii should be selected for
the honor of manning the hospital is
considered an evidence Of the high rank
which the Hawaiian Chapter holds with
the national headquarters, due. il is
believed, to the splendid showing which
The Islands have made in connection
With the Liberty Bond purchases. its
Red Gross funds and supplies made bv
the women and children of the Terri,
Itory for use overseas, and the large
number of the inhabitants who are now
wearing the uniforms of the army and
navy, and of the Red Cross.
The establishment of a base hospital
Inder the auspices of the Hawaiian
Chapter will mean the selection Of sur
2eoRs and trained nurses from available
material here, and Of the detailing OF
men to aid in the many branches OF
hospital service. one of which will be
he handling at auto ambulances
While few details have been received
1T the local Red Cross headQuar ters
concerning what man and women power
Hawaii may be expected to supply for
his hospital. it is believed that. if the
recommendation of the Red Cross SOcH
'ty is approved by the secretary Of war
most Of the people required for such
= hospital will be drawn from the Ter.
ritoTy.
Ask For Nurses -"
/ 70H Sunday message was also re
'eived from the national Red Cross
headquarters asking Hawaii to SIMPLY
three trained nurses for oversee duty
Nearly dozen women immediately
urged that they be chosen. The ques
ion of selection then became a prob
EN-, and it was largely left TO the
Nurses Association, which met Monday
night TO select six women of their mum
Der, whose names are to be turned over
to the local chapter.
Again will come the problem of select
ing three of this number, which NAV he
determined by placing the six names in
I hat and drawing three name slips
Ten trained nurses in Honolulu have
had their names upon waiting list for
Ometime. but have been disappointed
| for months because no call came from
Washington for their services. All are
competent nurses. The lists inrlndrs
Kiss Agnes Crane. Miss Elizabeth vii
'iams, Miss Janet Dewar, Miss Eliza
beth McMenamin, Miss Tucker, Miss
Young, Miss Reba Dobson. Miss Grace
Ferguson, Miss Agnes Maynard, Miss
Daub.