San Francisco Relief Survey; the organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906

PART I

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ORGANIZING THE FORCE AND EMERGENCY METHODS

I. Organizing a Relief Force 3

(1) The Disaster, 3. (2) Tentative Organization, 8. (3) Uniting of Relief Forces, 11. (4) Beginnings of Rehabilitation Work, 13. (5) An Interlude, 19. (6) Incorporation of the Funds, 25.

II. Methods of Distribution 30

(1) Sources of Contributions, 30. (2) Distribution of Food, 36. (3) Distribution of Clothing, 55. (4) Furnishing Transportation, 58. (5) Providing Shelter, 69. (6) Safeguarding Health, 89. (7) Relieving the Japanese and Chinese, 94.

III. Questions of Finance 96

(1) Claims, 96. (2) System of Accounting--A Note, 98. (3) The Control of Donations, 99.