The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1898, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 18'98. EAGER TO BEGIN. Is Anxious to Prove Her Patriotism. San Francisco sco is eager to begin. To judge from the letters she writes, s, the offer of her services she makes in writing and lothing she hopes for so ardently as an opportunity to individuals, from trained nurses, from those whose rt is only the old-fashioned kind, which woman's nd women and children come offers of help. * said a young fellow who has fallen In ss and would show his devotion to his new sweetheart. you want. I'll do anything in my power for the next to work again. It doesn't make any difference to me z as I can help.” d, too, for this first d t people call work da co has taken up this work is a beau- . all the pretense, all the ennui of the end of the cen- ppeared in the fierce glow th: leaped to life at the sound v of his vacation was n. It has hu- p after all, but it s rekindled the old acquired indiffere jency to lose the glamour o: rom ar: stll moved, and powerfully, have been, as we alwa epresented by a stereotyped form of ¢ ndifference; yrmed by the m >mmon ties, till it becomes gle causes men to die for their count which is dearer to them than the life grown power se these is She is thrilling with the reiful soul w response acknowledges Is a string tuned to - hundred thousand strings. MIRIAM MICHELSON. just now. ous, m RNRRNE gani- | Willlam G. Barnes, District Attorney; n for | P. Crowley, 1629 Sacramento street; 1l Red | Surgeon Geéneral 1 fact, and will be per- Budd to per- Hopkins of the Na- 624 Kearny street, N. G. C. sani- corps; Dr. Oscar J. M: r, French Hospital, N. G. C. sanitary corps; W. D. McCarthy, 111 Turk street, G. C. sanit corps; Dr. G. F. Hansen, Kearny street, G. C. sanitary corps; Rev. Dr. Horatio Stebbins, 1609 Larkin street; Charles L. Barrington, president School Board, Van N avenue and Market street; William Al vord, Hibernia Bank, Jones and Ma ket streets; R. J. Tobin, Hibernia Bank. i to the public and hearty e illustrious America, ered by the n to | g on battle- » army of vol- » Pacific Coast. the State will hon- s by the part they on and work of war. nlisted in | Society will in time become a part of the general national organization, of which the {llustrious Clara Barton is president. It was the same who devoted her time to caring for the wounded in the late war, and whose life has since been devoted to the cause of the suffering. nt. have already been heard urses to guar- y of expert 1 grow from cisco it has met with general apnr 3 Men and women in all ranks of society have commenacu its purpose fied a willingness to help in the work. 1an two hundred nurses have ingness to give their £ manity in The or- | It will only be - short time now until 11 be made permanent and | the organization is effected and the G , West will have a substan- | Work fully under way. Cr seiety for future emer- e , whether in peace or war. | THE WORK AFIELD s who have already volun- | = mostly gradu- of the city spital, the Waldeck nd the City and | Rabbi Voorsanger on the Necessity for the Red Cross. Rabbi Voorsanger lectured last night at Temple Emmanu-El on the “Doctrine of the Sanctity of Human Li In of the French Berry, Dr. John ther medical men Mayer w. willingne to de- | touching upon the war issues the Rabbi 1 to lectur- | spoke of the necessity of sanitary com- aid in training | missions in the following words: lunteer in the “Our women have already bestirred f on the battle- | themselves to noble action. They be- pitals. lieve in the sanctity of human life. I n citizens, | touched upon that phase of the ques- be appointed by the t on the committee of d to take steps to put Cross Sc in good tion last week and I did not realize that my words would be heeded so soon. Upon woman rests the duty of minimizing the consequences of war. Woman is man’s strongest support in all the exigencies of life. Her moral Louis Sl Mrs strength, her patriotism, and endurance I p e ¥ are greater than ours. If man's [e Mrs. Willard B. Har- strength, her patriotism and endurance rir Sacramento dtreet; Rabbi | rent, woman's represents the patience T r, southwest corner of of the dripping stream that in time Post Franklin streets; Rev. Dr. | cleaves the rock. Nowadays she goes P , rector of Grace Church, 1915 to the wars as much as the man. The G 1 street; Rev. Father Wyman, vivandiere has passed out of existence Paulist Fathers, 628 California stree to make room for the nurse. The bar- THE SILVER LINING ON THE SOMBER CLOUD OF WAR. * | tect itself against another attack from The local branch of the Red Cross | woman | | Wherever the subject of the local or- | der has been discussed in San Fran- | | rel of spirits has made room for medi- caments. The rough speech and ribald camp follower have passed stence and the gentle voice | of the nurse makes better harmony. The soft hand, the tender touch, the prompt assistance, the careful nursing of women, make even grim war less | grim, and though its terrors shall not | cease until the word shall be removed | from the vocabulary of human speech, we owe it to our women that its con- sequences are less fatal and dangerous. “The Red Cross service is one of the most magnificent evidences of the hu- manity of the nineteenth centur: That service will be supplemented her: | after by voluntary organizatiens, com- { posed of women, and all men who have hearts and hands. These organizations, established all over the country, will have a two-fold object. The frst na- turally will be the rendering of active assistance to the humane service in | the field “It is absolutely necessary to assist the Government by the private contri- bution of all articles that will help to improve the sanitary condition of camp life and to render,prompt service to the wounded or to prisoners. Such humane service, to be sure, has already an interesting tory. Its beginnings lie in the patriotism, the loyalty and humanity of women. The century has 3 its growth. Comparatively brief as is the time that separates us from Waterloo, yet we have learned differ- | ently than to go to balls and parties on | the eve of battle. Since 61 our women work. They qualify themselves for hos- | pital and field service, and those home are to provide comforts that fall not within the scope of a war depart- | ment. That comes first; and next the | absolute necessity of strengthening the | sanitary defenses at home. | “The brief struggle between Prussia | and Austria in 1866 cost more lives after peace was made than during the height | of battle. From the camp and the field of carnage came an enemy that rav- aged the cities of Europe and convert- ed entire communities into graveyards. That enemy was the cholera, twin sis- ter to that dreadful scourge of the South, yellow fever. During the four yvears that preceded the Franco-Ger- | man war Europe had_learned to pro- O00O0O0D000000000000000LIVOCO000Q000000000000 that insidious enemy. If we believe in the sanctity of human life let us benefit by the experience. At this time and for the next few months we will be re- quired to exercise the utmost caution lest our country be invaded by an ene- i . We need to build for- f health on the borders of our We need to put our sanitary i homes in order. I will be among those | | | who will issue a call in this direction. | We, who are not required to actively | engage in the coming campaign mus! nevertheless, be imbued with the <en of ou- responsibility toward our cou try. We must help it and stand by it We can do it most efficiently in the o ganization of these sanitary commis- sions. It would be an apt illustration | of cur own belief in the sanctity of | | hun.an lite.’ ORGANIZE AT ONCE. Dr. John Gailwey, an En-| thusiastic Champion | | of the Red Cross. | Dr. John Gallwey, brigade surgeon of the sanitary corps of the National Guard, is enthusiastic about the forma- ticn of the Sanitary Commission and a Red Cross Society. “It is a grand and | a most humane movement,” he said. “It on the field will relieve war of many of its horrors and give great relief to many an anxious heart at home. By | all means let it be organized, and the | stronger it is the better. Skilled nurses and many of them will n= wanted in the coming battles. I believe the war we | now have upon us will not b= « matter of a few weeks, but of months, and it is well to be prepared. Even if the war should be short and the services of the | proposed Sanitary Commission are not | | needed no harm will be done. But on | | Every city, town and village | a branch of the movement. | and for 000000000000000C0 Clara Barton defines the purposes of the great Red Cross Society as follows: «“It seeks to do away with all the barbarities of war in the treatment of the sick and wounded, whom it renders neutral, and not subject to imprisonment. “It renders neutral all per- sons on the field and in hos- pitals who attend upon the sick and wounded. They shall not be captured. “Soldiers so badly wound- ed as to be unable to fight again are returned to their own lines or to their friends, and all surgeonte and bearers of the red cross in attendance upon the wounded on a cap- tured field shall be safely con- ducted back to the lines and given up to their own army. «“The Red Cross requires that all inhabitants in the vi- cinity where a battle is about to take place shall be notified by the generails command- ing both armies, and full pro- tection offered to any house which will take in wounded men on either side to be cared for, thus converting every house near the scene into a furnished hospital.” 0000000000000 000000000D00000000000OCO00000 0000000000000 000 DR. JOHN GALLWEY. | the contrary great good will be accom- plished. If any great amount of money should be raised that will not be used in alleviating suffering on the field of battle there are many hospitals in this State where it can be used to a good advantage. By all means organize the | society and let it forever remain in ex- istence, to be ready to be called upon should there be future need for its strength.” A STATE SOCIETY. Every City and Town in California to Have a Red Cross League. A Red Cross society in California is | an assured fact. Governor Budd has | said so, and the surgeons of the Sani- | tary Corps of the National Guard have | given their assurances that it is ur- gently needed in view of the impend- ing call of the citizen soldiers to arms. in the State should now prepare to organize Scores of trained nurses have volunteered their services and should they go to the front they will have to be supported. Money and clothing will be needed for them supplies for the sick., and wounded. Of course, the army takes | care of its wounded and sick, but the | medical supplies only provide what is absolutely needed. It does not give the many delicacies that the sick and in- jured crave. It does not supply the many comforts that can only come from the loving ones they left at the homes they went to the front to fight for. The Red Cross Society is to sup- ply all that and the organization can- not be too great. As soon as the com- mittee that Governor Budd will call tosether agrees on a plan and what will be required those interested in the work will be notified through these col- umns. In the meantime let organiza- tions in every part of the State be formed and be ready to respond at the first call for assistance. Governor Budd will issue a call for the meeting of the committee to-day, and the ladies and gentlemen who have signified their intention to him to act will in all probability be called together on Monday to organize the commission and a Red Cross society. Surgeon Gen- eral Hopkins of the California Nation- al Guard will have a conference with the Governor to-day and draft an out- line of what will be urgently needed by the medical departments of the mi- litia organization in case it is called to the field, and it will be the first object of the proposed organization to supply it. The National Guard as it is now has the best equipped sanitary corps of any militla organization in the Uni- ted States; still, it is deficient in many respects. Colonel Hopkins says twelve ambulances are required. As many field surgical cases are needed and a like number of cases for hospital work are wanted and wanted badly if the call to the front comes. Then there will | be needed a quantity of bandages and surgical dressings, as well as a large supply of drugs. All that the citizen soldiers want the surgeon general es- timates will cost about $10,000 to put them in first-class condition for emer- gencies should they be sent into an ac- | tion. | Members of the National Guard and | volunteers to defend the flag will come | from ali parts of the State and it is the | intenticn of the organizing committee | to call for organizations in every city, | town and hamlet in the State for the common cause. Leaders are wanted to‘ start the organizations. It is to be a State affair and if possible a national | one, with the object of co-operating | with the medical department of the | United States army and of placing the | whole organization under the leader- ship of Miss Clara Barton, who is fore- most in the work of the Red Cross in | America. | The people of Benicia stand ready | to assist in the State organization. The | following letter gives a hint of what the people of that little city are willing | to do: 22, BENICIA, Cal., April 22, 1898 Editor San Francisco Call—Dear Sir: The earnest work of The Call toward the | establishment of sanitary commissions and Red Cross societies has inspired the women of Benicia until they, too, want to organize and contribute their help in alleviating the sufferings of our soldiers, Which will be so terrible if the war, which scems inevitable, comes upon us Will you kindly direct me to the proper person to give us instructions as to the. Taanner of organizing and something of an outline of the work necessary to be . Very respectfully done. ery V; M. BILLINGS. PRAISE THE WORK. Military Surgeons Busy Perfecting Plans for Work in the Field. Surgeon General W.'E. Hopkins of | the Natlonal Guard and Dr. P. J. H. | Farrell of the Sanitary Corps have been | very busy for several days arranging the details of the field work of the Na- tional Guard Sanitary Corps. They will have a consultation with the Gov- | ernor to-day relative to perfecting ar- | rangements. i Dr. Farrell, now is that of a captain in the Sanitary Corps, is an old army surgeon, having served with the British in the Soudan. He is familiar with the work of the | Red Cross and is enthusiastic in his| . whose official position | | commendation of the work being done | | in the matter by The Call. In reference | ‘lO the work of volunteers and the Red Cross the doctor said: | “It is impossible to overpraise this | faithful band of workers. They do a | service that is inestimable to surgeons in the field. The ereatest part of their labor is in the first dressings, which | save a great number of lives and en- | able a number of soldiers to go in the | | field who would otherwise be lost en- | | tirely or greatly disabled. “Trained nurses are very valuable, | for they can do as well in many cases | as the surgeons. Even the most ordi- | nary untrained volunteers can be in- structed in two or three days how to stop hemotrhages and bandage wounds | in such a way that a number of the| wounded are able to go ahead and fight without much delay or great incon- venience.” | Dr. Farrell says the sanitary and hospital corps is in pretty good shape now, and it will be placed on a much | better footing as soon as affairs are | shaped up with the Governor. | EEas e - A NOBLE FIELD. Ex-Collector John H. Wise is an en- | thusiastic friend of the red cross movement. Speaking of the subject vesterday he said: “I have always admired the work of those angels of mercy that appear in places where the aid of the strong and brave is needed. It is the province of this society, as I understand its noble work, to relieve the wounded on the battle-fields and in the hospitals. The Ed \_\\ %.-_nw\mf—dfiwfb A Gleam of | than to show what they will DR. OSCAR J. MAYER ON RED CROSS The French Hospital Surgeon Admires the Societn and Will Aid the Local Work, the German branch which prise yesterday, Dr. Mayer said: greatest success. are at hand. the army. Russian Government, deserving work of the Red Cross. the meaning of the badge. CCOCCOCOO0TCOOCO0000000000000C00 wounded and destitute.” © CQOQC00C00000000C00 treaty of Geneva generously a.Ilows[ them to be exempt from all liability to harm. It also provides that the houses and property used by them shall be | free from molestation. I think there is not anywhere a nobler field for the patriotic young women of our State do for their brothers in the hour of disaster. | The Call deserves the thanks of the community for what it is doing in this direction.” A CREDIT TO THE STATE Dr. W. L. Berry, formerly of the Re- | ceiving Hospital, is a great friend of the Red Cross Society, and heartily ap- | | proves of the work undertaken by The Call. He will do all in his power to aid | the work of the local society. In refer- | ence to the organization he said yester- | day: | 3 Jobody can better understand than | a doctor the value of traine” nurses in | the field. It is a fact that laymen can be taught enough in a few weeks to render them very Vallub.c on une This teaching render= them able to| carrr off the wounded and to minister | to vhem while they are on the way to the pase hospiia:s. There is something in learning how to treat the wounded at the very start. If the order gets a good start here it will be a credit to the State.” - WILL DO MUCH GOOD. Harry N. Morse, the veteran detec- tive, said: “It is a sign of a high civil- ization to minister to the dying and to help the wounded who fall fighting for | what they believe to be right. It can- not be that any one would object to the | purposes of the great organization | known as the Red Cross Society. You | may say that I am for it and that I| consider that the organization of a strong corps in this State would reflect glory on the name of the Golden West | all over the world. Let the good work | go on without interruption. There are | plenty of brave women who will join | the order when they know its benign | purposes and that they are sure to do a vast amount of good and reflect glory | on themselves and their posterity by the work.” | APPROVES OF A COM- MISSION. BERKELEY, April 22—Rev. John| Coyle, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church of Berkeley, is working to form in Berke- ley an organization similar to the Sani- tary Commission. Next Monday he will | address the students of the Berkeley High | School on the subject, and a meeting of | Berkeley citizens will be called to perfect such an organization. “There ought to be | such an organization in every prominent | town in the State,” he declared, “and | Berkeley ought to be the first to re- spond. DOCTORS’ DAUGHTERS | READY. SAN FRANCISCO, April 22, 1898. Editor The Call: The Doctors’ Humanity Amid the Battle’s Slaughter. One of the best informed physiclans in the city on the work of the Red Cross is Dr. Oscar J. Mayer of the French Hospital, who wears a badge of he joined at Munich in 1862. a keen interest in the work of the society and would gladly office here and devote his services to the volunteer work until the end of the war if he could make proper arrangements. “I have often been asked what my badge means, though it is known the world over that a red cross on a flag is the badge of mercy honored by the nations of the world ever since tne treaty of Geneva. The Call take up the work, and I hope its efforts will be crowned with the “I stand ready to dejiver lectures and do all in my p#wer to instruct vol- unteers in the emergency work, so they will know how to carry the wounded from the field and minister to their wants until complete hospital facilities “The beautiful feature of the work of the society Is that it treats friend and foe alike, being on the field for the purpose of aiding suffering humanity regardless of creed or race. In Germany, and some other Govérnments of Europe, the funds for this work are raised by lotteries, though lotteries are prohibited by law except for some such charitable purpose. here ought to be encouraged in every way possible, so that a well organ- ized band of trained laymen might be of great use to the hospital corps of The organization of the society Henri Dunant, who is in needy circumstances, was which gave him a prize of 5000 rubles. “You may put me down as willing to do all in my power to ald the I think the society oughly established here, as in Europe, so evervbody would at once know The society does not limit its work to war alone, but it aids people in floods and disasters that leave large bodies of people Dr. Mayer feels close up his Speaking of The Call's enter- I am delighted to see The movement remin me that its founder, cently rewarded by the hould become thor- COC00000000000000000C000N0000000 a 000000000000 0000C Daughters want a part in the :proe gramme about to be made for the alle. viation of the sufferings of the soldieras who have gone to the front. They place themselves at the dis- posal of the auxiliary to the Red Cross, trusting that what experience they have gained and what training they have had will make them helpful asso- ciates. The ambulance belonging to the so- ciety—which was bought by members of the Doctors’ Daughters, Mrs. Her- man Oeirichs and Miss Virginia Fair— is at present in use at the Receiving Hospital, otherwise we'd gladly turn it over to the Sanitary Commission. For anything that remains in our power to do we ask that you call upon us. SUSANNE McEWEN, President Doctors’ Daughters. RUSHING OUT GELA- TINE. Orders for High Explosives for Coast Mines and Torpedoes. There will be plenty of high explo- sives for the mines that will help pro- tect the harbors of the Pacific Coast and for the big dynamite guns out near the Golden Gate. Yesterday the Giant Powder Company began work at its plant acress the bay on a large rush order for ‘“gelatine” just received from the Government. The material is a preparation of nitro-glycerine of extremely high ex- plosive power, and when prepared for shipment is in cubes from two to sev- eral inches each way and is packed in pasteboard boxes. As the stuff is sup- posed to just go off all at once and rip everything in reach when a button is pressed for a submarine mine or a tor- pedo, or a dynamite shell strikes the enemy, it doesn’t have to be prepared with the extreme skill that is required for smokeless or brown powders for heavy guns. It is simply a raw high explosive prepared for heat tests, and as prepared it can be handled quite safely. One can safely drive nails in the tough gelatine chunks. The out- put will be rapidly distributed by the army officers about the various points along the coast where mines may be laid or torpedoes used, and will re- enforce the supply already in the mag- azines. Some of it will doubtless go into the underground magazines for the dynamite guns. Special Notice. To those troubled with itching scalp, dandruff and falling hair, cut this out and mail to Smith Bros., Fresno, Cal., who _will send free sample of Smith's Dandruff Pomade, which is for sale by all druggists. . Melba’s ‘“Lucia” To-night. The largest and most fashionable house of the season is expected at the Cali- fornia to-night to bid adieu to La Melba, who will sing the title role in ‘Lucia.”