Category: History - Modern (1750+)

The American Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. IV, No. 4, October 1909)

With the October number of 1909 the RED CROSS BULLETIN brings its fourth volume to a close. Those who recall the dry little report which constituted the first BULLETIN, issued in January, 1906, will find a strong proof of the growth of the American Red Cross by contrasting the...

Chapters

1. Part 1

With the October number of 1909 the RED CROSS BULLETIN brings its fourth volume to a close. Those who recall the dry little report which constituted the first BULLETIN, issued i...

2. Part 2

Thursday afternoon it was reported at the Consulate that nine wounded women and children from the ruined houses of the adjoining suburb had been brought into the Turkish guard h...

3. Part 3

In the meantime the conditions of hospital work became greatly improved. On May 8, three days after our arrival, the surgical hospital of Mrs. Doughty-Wylie was moved from the l...

4. Part 4

On Saturday one of the Latin priests, Father Sabatine, made the journey to Latakia, at considerable risk, in order to appeal for help. Whether it was by the influence of his tel...

5. Part 5

_Piasters._ Adana 60,088.10 Kessab 76,960.10 Alexandretta 81,006.25 Latakia 7,000.00 Antioch 26,029.20 Tarsus 14,099.05 Aintab 12,462.20 Marash (Americans) 79,193.20 Marash (Ger...

6. Part 6

Your organization is no doubt aware that all civilized countries now acknowledge the right of the child to be educated in the religion of its parents, and though the Red Cross S...

7. Part 7

A citizen of France, living near Tabernilla, and not employed on the Canal work, was bitten by a mad dog a few weeks ago. He had no money to pay his way to a Pasteur Institute;...

8. Part 8

Societies which sold Red Cross Christmas stamps in 1908 will note that the plan of selling stamps and disposing of the proceeds described above marks a considerable departure fr...

9. Part 9

I was walking west on the north side of Market street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets, about 1 o’clock, with my mother, Mrs. D. S. Baxter, when I heard a terrific crash, fol...

10. Part 10

_Work Done._—Lectures delivered (bi-weekly) during January, February and March. Drills (weekly) during April and May. Sunday, May 23, the entire command assembled at the armory...

11. Part 11

John Combe Pegram, son of William B. and Charlotte Combe Pegram, was born August 26, 1842, at Owensborough, Ky. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, of Annapoli...

12. Part 12

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