The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1898, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898. GOVERNOR BUDD WILL LEAD THEM 0000000000000 0000000000000V0000DO00000000000D0O0O0OO000000O0O OVERNOR BUDD, commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the State, had quite a conference yesterday afternoon at National Guard headquar- ters, in the California Hotel, with Major-General Dickinson, Adjutant-General Barrett and Brigadier-General Warfield. The Governor was momentarily expecting to receive intelligence by wire that the President had issued a call for troops. There was a deal of conjecture among the staff officers assembled in a room adjoining the conference as to California’s quota under the call. After the conference the Governor was asked by a Call reporter if any plans had been adopted for calling out the National Guard. The Governor replied that he could not definitely state what the action would be until he knew the number of troops that the President would call for from this State. Whether volunteers would be enrolled or the existing organizations of the National Guard called out could not be determined until the provisions of the act of Congress were known. On this point the Governor remarked : “If California should be asked to send 1000 infantry soldiers I ‘should in- stantly reply that a regiment of that number, with such equipment as the troops now possess (designating the equipment), was at the disposal of the President. Should there be only one regiment called for, I might decide to order one company from each of the existing regiments of the National Guard to be sworn into the service of the United States, and thus form the regiment. This would give National Guards- men the preference, without giving special preference to any particular regimental organization. The vacancies in the existing regiments would be slight and easily filled, therefore the organization of the National Guard would be retained at its present strength. | should select to command the regiment for United States service the officer best fitted for that duty, regardless of his present rank. Company com- manders would be so selected. 0000000000000 O0O0O00000000000O00O0OOO0OOOOOOOOOO00O00D0O00OD0O0OOO 00 oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo 00 oo oo 00 00 0o 00 00 LX) oo (X) oo 0.0 oo oo oo “If the call of the President and the law for calling‘into service troops for the war shall permit I shall give the members of the National Guard the first opportunity to vol- unteer. If the Government desires, the State will equip the troops with clothing, blankets, tents, wagons and everything else required for an active campaign. The extent of equip- ment supplied by the State will depend entirely on the desires of the General Govern- ment. The State Board of Examiners can meet at once and authorize the creation of a deficiency for the maintenance of the National Guard. There will be no delay in provid- ing the necessary means. The Government reimburses a State for money advanced to place troops in readiness for service. If arms of a pattern better adapted to the service than the present rifles shall be needed, the Government may supply such arms. I[f the Government wants to take the troops and equip them, well and good. “If the National Guard of California, as a division, is called into active service | shall,” said the Governor, “as commander-in-chief, go with the troops. | understand Gen- eral Dickinson desires to go and may receive a commission from the President to com- mand volunteers. We are ready to respond with the National Guard as an organization or to furnish the President with one, two, three, four or more regiments of volunteers. We can furnish infantry to serve as artillery if such service is required. A more definite state- ment cannot be made now because we are not informed regarding the bill pending in Congress, and do not know how many troops the President may call for and what limita- tions he may prescribe. General Barrett has now established his headquarters in San Francisco. He has made all the necessary preparations for putting the troops in the field at the shortest notice.” Later in the day an informal meeting of the military authorities was held, at which Governor Budd, Adjutant-General Barrett and General Dickinson were present. The conference took place in the office of General Dickinson in the Mills building. General Dickinson on his own motion ordered sentries placed on the Marion at this port and also on the Pinta at San Diego. 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The w en who watched tearfully the sold of the First In- fantry march aw , who wore the na- tional colors, were not there from any 1dle impulse. There are practical features to be considered. irst of all is organiza- tion. Nothing can be done at random, and there is no time to lose. Until the commission can assume shape, until it can be shown what needs to be contrib- uted, what service available, to whom to offer it, there can be nothing accomplished beyond keeping alive the sympathy w the people. s will not be difficult, for every rumor of an engagement or of the prospect of one will fan Into keener flame the fire of ardor. It is probable that the National Guard of California will be called al- most in a body to follow the regulars to the peril of foreign war on a shore made more hostile by lurking malady. The guard needs much it has not. There is a demand for a dozen ambu- lances and for surgical appliances for both field and hospital. These things will cost considerable money. The problem of raising it will be one of the first the commission will have to meet. Ways in which funds can be secured are numerous. Some, blessed in basket and store, can give freely; others can give their mites, There must be cots 1d hedd There must be those who to the pick and the wounded, @ the mes- sage of the dying, with gentle hand place water to fevered lips. But to do this requires all the fortitude of the poldier, all the devotion of the patriot. Such fortitude and such devotion are attributes of womanhood. Naturally the women will have a prominent part to play In the preliminary steps and they are waiting now for direction. They attest their willingness unani- mously. They are eager to show how sincerely they love the honor of the country. Men who cannot go in the ranks, who have no sword to offer, may still have a | part to do. The commission will afford them the opportunity Nobodv who deserves the shelter of the flag will de- cline to assist in such humble part as may fali to him to sustain its honor. To help by word and deed and doll is a privilege denied to none. So gen- eral has been the indorsement of the plan that there promises at first to be almost an embarrassment of suggestion of proffers; but out of the confusion of abundance will spring a potent body to be an instrumentality for robbing war of a portfon of its horrors, inspired by unselfish affection, hoping for no re- ward save gratitude and the consclous- ness of duty well done. He who spoke from the Mount ser- ! v to go to | y danger. | ch has taken hold upon | | tences beauteous in phrase the essence | | of d@ivine benignity, the model for hu- man conduct, said: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” The fleeting centuries have proved it Eon e | THE RED CROSS. | | The Humane Society Had Its Inception in Switz- | erland. The honor of founding the Red Cross | Soclety belongs to Henri Dunant, a | Swiss gentleman, who witnessed the | horrors of the battle of Solferino in | 1859, and afterward Interested a promi- | nent humane society of Geneva in the | | work of ministering to wounded sol- | diers. Previous to this the chief efforts in| Editor of The Call: this line were those of the immortal | YOUT Proposition about forming a San- | © | Florence Nightingale, in the Crimea. | {tary Commission. We—all nine of us— O+ | Since the labors of Dunant the Red | { ciples of social science as well as the true philosophy of mercy. | The first international conference, called as a result of the observations of Dunant, convened at Geneva in 1863, its purpose being to induce modern na- tions to take measures to alleviate the horrors of war. Representatives of siy.- teen nations, of which this country was i not one, assembled and drafted the out- | line of the plans. | In 1864 the council at Geneva ratified | the treaty. This was signed by nearly | every civillzed nation except the Uni- | ted States, which was the thirty-second and last country to sign the convention. This was owing to the stupidity and inability of one man, a subordinate in the Department of State, | The work of the Red Cross Soclety has been marvelous from the day of its birth. The British branch rendered great aid to the Germans and French in the great war of 1870. The Societe de Secours aux Blesses, which is the French branch of the Red Cross, was effective In its work at the same time, seconded ably by the same orders from Vienna and Buda Pesth. In spite of the reverses and horrible suffering of this bloody war all these societies came out strengthened and encouraged by the work. The Red Cross Soclety of Russia ren- dered great aid in the Balkan provinces in 1876-78, where one branch of the or- der alone furnished 50,000 beds to the wounded. Like effective work has been | done by the socleties of Italy and Den- mark. In Turkey the same order is in existence under the name f the Red Crescent. It has done just as ef- fective work as the bearers of the cross, as all are actuated by the broad- est spirit of humanity, and all work under the terms of the same interna- | tional treaty. CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS. Yes, T was one of the vice presidents j of the original | during the Civil War. Mrs. Willlam | Alvord was president. We scraped lint | —of course that wouldn’t have to be | done now; we'd use absorbent cotton, | T suppose—we sent on nurses, we knit | stockings, we forwarded supplies. | Everything that we could do, every- | thing we knew how to do, we did. | But we know better now. This war | with Spain will be the thisd one of my | experience. And if one can be glad of such a thing, I'm pleased that what ex- WHY THE FLAG OF THE RED CROSS WAVES ing, Cedar Mountain and the second ed brofling in the J bered our prisons, wded with sta CLARA BARTON. TEITTIEELIEIIEISLS MRS RS et R R e RS R R R L Y I thought of the peninsula in McClellan's campaign, of PittsburgLand- fcksburg, with its acres of snow-covered and gun-covered glace, dead and starving wounded, frozen to the ground; of the Petersburg mine, with its four thousand dead and wounded, and no flag of truce—the wound- v sun, dying and rotting where they fell. I pities could not reach even with a crumb of bread; I thought of the shad- ows on the hearths and hearts all over my country—sore, broken hearts, ruined, desolate homes! And then the picture of the Red Cross in Europe came to me, the memory of its glorious work—no needless starving or lack of care wherever that little flag was unfurled; and I said if 1 lived I would bend all my energies to have my country, the freedom, the asylum for the oppressed, honor that flag of humanity.— Bull Run, Antietam and old Freder- of its remem- rving men, whom all the powers and suffering, no land of L2 S 2 2 PPN Sanitary Commission | perience T have had will make me bet- | ter fitted to help again. Help? Of course I will. Who will not? Every woman living who took part in that first meeting called In old Dr. Scott’s church will do what she can | —if she be strong enough. The same plan should be followed to- | day, I think, that was followed thirty- n'\e Yearsgago. Let a meeting be called. You'll see how the people will respond. There’s nothing closer to their hearts | than this. 1 know how it was in the | Mexican war. I remember well how it | was during the Civil War. It will be | the same now. It's the one thing that | ?o»sn’tflrh:mz&—flne's love for his coun- | Ty and one’s sympathy for the | that fight for her.p 7 the e tors MRS. JAMES G. CLARK, President King's Daughters. 1 e NURSES ARE READY., | San Franeisco, Cal., April 21, 1898. ‘ Cross has extended to nearly every civ- 00 000000000000000000+ ilized nation, embracing the best prin- O+ 4+ ++ 4+ 4444444 -4 4444+ o+ o lo+ ot + acts. + o+ ot o+ o+ o+ o+ o+ o+ o Oy ©4 of the Red CrossP Oy s Oy -2 104 selves at West PointP Maine, but hovering over our he: Q4444444444444 444+444 C0000200000000000000 | are regular graduates of the Children’s Hospitai. We've been speclally trained, and we hereby offerourservices through you to the commission. Each of us has | her diploma, which testifies that we're | competent to deal with the fever and | the wounds which will do more toward killing our soldiers than Spanish bul- | lets. Each of us has had years of ex perience since we left the hospital. are willing and anxlous to go on to Cuba. As soon as the commission is formed we will be readv. NINE TRAINED NURSES, | Graduates from the Children’s Hospi- tal. WOMAN’S CARE NEEDED. More men died of blood-potsoning in the Civil War than of gunshot wounds. . Out at the Woman's Hospital every | year we graduate fifteen nurses over | and above those we need for the hos- | pital work, trained most carefully in | antiseptic surgery. Their patriotism is ! unbounded, and they, fortunately, | have something to offer their country. | Here is the opportunity for a sanitary | commission now. Of course I am in | favor of its establishment. And why | should we wait. I didn’t believe that war was coming. It seemed impossible. But now there is no longer hope for | peace, and we women must face things | as they are. A sanitary commission should be formed immedijately. All the | people—men and women—in San Fran- cisco who are in favor of it, and willing to help, should issue a call for a meet- ing at which the commission will be named. We can't act too soon. We want to be ready the moment the first gun is fired. | MRS. WILLIAM REDDINGTON, California Hotel. QUICK WORK OR SUF- i FERING. I think, most assuredly, a sanl.ry commission should be formed. And un- less we get to work immediately there will be a terrible amount of suffering in Cuba this summer. You may count upon me. As a matter of course, this We have read © of untutored but patriotic women can answer. and there are still fewer qualified to fill a position like unto hers. ‘Why, then, not start & society for the education of the nurses under the direction of the League Why should they not be equipped thoroughly and well? less from those who are to nurse the soldiers back to life and vigor than from those educated them- We | Ocoo0 9399928990229090 o+ i o+ o+ o+ o+ “War”; on every side to we encounter enthusi- astic and loyal citizens eager and yearning to fol- low the brave “Boys in blue” who already are on their way to war and vic- tory, and who grasp this chance of showing their patriotism to Uncle Sam. But what of the women? :g; Anxious and fond mothers plead with their young and 4 @ | excited sons to be careful, +g| and as they take their last, +¢Q maybe eternal, farewell, +O | the mother gives her boy +@ her blessing and asks God to protect him as he will TH’E prevailing cry is +0 +0 +O +O +0 +O O+ O+ O+ O+ O+ o+ 4 DProtect his country; sisters see their noble brothers depart, and with choked voices beg them be brave and strong, and if they never return to remember that loving hearts will forever cherish their heroic But all the women are not of the same temperament, nor do all of them fear the war god in | @+ the same terrible way. Many there are among the gentler sex Whoge hearts throb and pulses beat with the march of the men and whose earnest desire is to do—to act—to help. wounded soldiers help themselvesP How can they feel the want to battle again, if gentle and lov- + ing hands do not quiet their pains and soothe their anguish? But what a stirring on to glory if the administrations of kind nurses count for aught. Still, when war is in progress, where are we to go for the nursesP In whom are we to depend, except on the few brave. yet perhaps untrained women whose love of country conquers their ignorance and leads them to the fleld of action? When the call for “arms” is issued thousands of trained men are ready to answer the summons, thoroughly equipped and prepared for duty; when the call for nurses is raised, only a limited number Unfortunately, there are but few Joan of Arcs to-day, Now, then, is the time to begin. The war, precipitated as it has been, by the destruction of the inevitable. ads for the past three years, is but many lives of our noble and our brave must be sacrificed, while others must suffer the tortures and torments of wounds and loss of limbs. Nurses we must have, and skilled ones we must insist upon, S0 now we appeal to those who will enlist under the direction of the League of the Red Cross—those who are willing to be educated in the service of alleviat- ing the pangs of the wounded soldiers — those who are willing to sacrifice pleasures and pastimes + for the glory of their coun- try, for the hope of the fu- ture, for America forever. M. S. LEVY, Rabbi. O444444444 444440 00066 06000000000000 is the answer you get from every wo- | man, {sn’'t {t?—to help with all my heart, to do everything in my power to ald those men of ours who marched away yesterday. Icame to San Francisco just after the war was over, but the Sanitary Com- mission was still going on with its | Bood work. We shall be able to do bet- ter, though, nowadays. We know | more, we can help more intelligently, and our efforts will be more success- ful, I trust. Anything T am called upon to do in this connection will be done freely, gladly. MRS. WILLARD B. HARRINGTON, 1118 Sacramento street. HUMANITY’S FLAG. The Red Cross a Welcome Symbol to Every Race. In every land that has been per- 3 444444444444 44444440 +00000000000000000060 | present, but I shall bring the matter meated by civilization the red cross or the red crescent is to-day the sign of mercy and humanity. Organized by the immortal Henri Dunant, an illustrious son of the Swiss republic, after he had witnessed the horrors of shot and shell at the battle of Solferino in 1859, the work of mercy was brought to this country by Miss Clara Barton, who is to-day presi- dent of the American branch of the in- ternational soclety. Wherever the red cross is emblazoned on a flag of white it is the sign of mer- cy and humanity, the badge of protec- tion and neutrality. It gives the sol- dier hope, alleviates the sufferings of the wounded and places water to the lips of the dying. James G. Blaine, astonished that this nation was so late insigning a treaty that granted Immunity to the angels of mercy that bore the flag of human- ity, listened to the eloquence of the {llustrious Clara Barton after her re- turn from Europe, where she had seen the glory of the red cross. Garfleld commended it and Arthur finally sign- ed the treaty that enrolled this nation E and decisive. believe the war with Spain will be a leng one. I hope that it will be short But we needed a sani- tary commission during the Civil War and I believe we should have one now. MRS. A. N. TOWNE, Corner California and Taylor streets. COL. GREENLEAF ENTHUSIASTIC. The New Assistant Sur- geon-General Strongly Favors the Move- ment. One of the most enthusiastic friends of The Call movement for the organiza- tion of a large Red Cross auxiliary on this coast is Colonel Charles R. Green- leaf, just appointed assistant surgeon general of the United States army by General Miles and assigned to duty as + 00000000000 000| 31993999%339%9%99%8%3% +o| +0 +0| +0 +o +0 +O +0| +9 +0 +0| +0 | How can the poor Why should we expect To victory we must g0, in the lists of those Who love their fel- low men. And wherever that fl of sno white, marked with a ac‘ross of r:dy waves over the horrible scenes of war it is a benison of peace, a sign of the love of man for man, a Fenediction and a promise to the wounded and dying, Whatever their color, race or creed. SOONER THE BETTER. In my opinion the sooner a Sanitary Commission is formed the better. Ican answer only for myself, personally, at before the Daughters of the Revolu- tion, and I am sure their feeling in the matter will be the same as mine—as all women's. Surely every woman in San Fran- cisco will willingly help. At such a time one can neglect every other duty, for this call to help the soidiers, to mit- igate their suffering, is the highest, the chief surgeon of armies in the field. In his new duties Colonel Greenleaf will have charge of all regular military hospital corps, as well as of all auxil- ifary aid which, under the laws of Con- gress, must be regulated by the sur- geon general and his staff in order to obtain all the advantages of the treaty as regards neutral rights. Speaking of purposes of the Red Cross society Col- onel Greenleaf said: “This is a magnificent undertaking, embracing the most humane ideas of modern civilization. I hope you will succeed to the fullest possible extent, for it is hard to tell how much service of this character will be needed. It is safe to say that no regular provisions for the wounded and sick will be able to afford the relief needed. In such emergencies the aid of those who vol- unteer under the beautiful society which Miss Clara Barton really found- ed in this country will be most valu- | able. “It is almost impossible to estimate the great number who are likely to be wounded under modern warfare. The Call's enterprise and the general | New | guns are so powerful that it is the gen- | seventh y eral opinion that there will be a larger percentage of wounded than in any previous battles of the world. If this prophecy turns out to be well founded it is easy to see that there will be great need for such work as that of the Red Cross Society, most of the field mer bers of which will be stationed at what we call base hospi rather than on the actual field of batt “Under the Gene ty the red cross is. the badge of ne ality, by which I mean that all persons con- nected with the medical departments of armies, as well as all materials used in ministering to the sick and wounded, are considered exempt. The diplomats who arranged the treaty felt that it would be wise to make the exemption include voluntary contributions from patriotic citizens interested in the hu- manities and authorized the Red Cross | Society to work on the battlefield under the general control of the hospital de- partment of the army. The movement in this country is due to the untiring energies of Miss Clara Barton, who in- duced Congress to adopt the plans by law and sanction the work of the so- clety. “The movement is one of the most humane possible, and it should be re- membered that all voluntary contri- butions in aid of the wounded and sick must come through the channel thus provided by law in order to be given all the benefits of neutrality—in other words, that they may reach those for whom intended. All these societies are subject to the call of the medical de- partment of the army. I cannot think of anything more patriotic and humane for any woman stirred by such im- pulses to do than join the Red Cross Society.” Colonel Greenleaf says that the Na- tional Guards of this State are ad- mirably organized under Surgeon-Gen- eral Hopkins of the National Guards. The organization of hospital corps in the regular army was effected by Colonel Greenleaf in 1887. He has been professor of military hygiene at the State University for several years and has been in San Francisco since 1893 in charge of the military supplies of the Pacific. Colonel Hopkins joined the army on the 19th of April, 1861, and his ap- pointment to the new ition came a day after the annivers v of his thirty- ar in the army. worthiest. MRS. A. S. HUBBARD, Regent Daughters of the American Revolution. IT IS A NECESSITY. I belfeve that the formation of a San- itary Commission is a necessity; and if such a commission be formed I shall gladly do everything in my power to assist. ALICE M. STINCEN, Principal Pacific Heights School. Sl og e HELP ASSURED. I approve of the plan of San Fran- cisco’s men and women forming a Sani- tary Commission, which will ameliorate the condition of our soldiers in the ap- proaching war with Spain. If the com- mission is formed I shall help. % MRS. LOUIS SLOSS, 1500 Van Ness avenue. SMOOTH THE SOLDIER’S LOT. 1 do approve, heartily, of a Sanitary Commission whose duty it shall be to smooth the soldier’s hard lot. Idon't COLONEL CHAS. R. GREENLEAF, The New Assistant-Surgeon General, Who Will Command the Medical Department in the Field. (From a photograph by Taber.)