AMERICAN RED CROSS RELIEF EXPENDITURES.
From January 5, 1905, to May 5, 1909, not including value of enormous amount of supplies or expenditures of State Branches for relief work.
| Philippine Typhoon | $ 1,150.00 |
| Japanese Famine | 245,865.67 |
| Vesuvian Eruption | 12,759.25 |
| California Earthquake and Fire | 2,856,289.54 |
| Valparaiso Earthquake | 12,353.38 |
| Gulf Storm | 667.87 |
| Chinese Famine | 327,725.43 |
| Kingston Earthquake | 5,699.23 |
| Russian Famine | 9,000.00 |
| Calabrian Earthquake, 1907 | 233.60 |
| Mississippi Cyclone | 2,767.38 |
| South Carolina and Georgia Floods | 942.05 |
| Michigan Forest Fires | 300.00 |
| Canadian Forest Fires | 1,000.00 |
| Monongah Mine Disaster | 3,782.11 |
| Italian Earthquake, 1908 | 986,283.11 |
| Armenian Outrages | 6,000.00 |
| Miscellaneous | 75.00 |
| Total | $4,472,893.62 |
| Net proceeds of sale of Red Cross Christmas Stamps, 1908, for local anti-tuberculosis work throughout the country (approximately) | $138,000.00 |
| The total expenditure for all administration and executive work during same period, including the cost of publishing 201,000 copies of the Red Cross Bulletin, was | $30,195.15 |
| Expenses of administration two-thirds of one per cent., more than half of which has been paid from membership dues and from the income of the Endowment Fund of $115,000. | |
A meeting of the Emergency Relief Board was held in New York City on Saturday, March 20th, at which nine members were present. There was a general discussion of emergency relief work after great disasters.
The Red Cross Stamp and tuberculosis work were discussed informally.
The War Relief Board held a meeting in Washington on May 7th, at which six members were present. The following resolution was passed, creating a sub-committee on the Red Cross Nursing Service:
Resolved, That the sub-committee on the Red Cross Nursing Service shall consist of a Chairman and fourteen other members, five to constitute a quorum. The Chairman and five members to be members of the War Relief Board, to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board: six members to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board from a list of trained nurses submitted by the Nurses’ Federation and three persons to be appointed by the Chairman on the recommendation of the Board.
The subject of First Aid and Relief Columns instruction was discussed.
Other subjects considered were the equipment of hospital ships and hospital trains and the use of automobiles for transportation of the sick and wounded in case of war. Medical Director Wise had prepared for the Board a very complete schedule for the full equipment in every particular of a hospital ship of 200 beds and the cost for this purpose of the reconstruction of a chartered ship and the necessary equipment. The Board is greatly indebted to Dr. Wise for this elaborate, complete and valuable report. The Board has already in its possession a list of vessels suitable for reconstruction into hospital ships.
On the 29th of April the Red Cross forwarded to the Treasurer of the Darr Mine Relief Committee of Pittsburg, Pa., a contribution of $402.32 for the relief of the families of the victims of the explosion which occurred last year.
This money was collected by the Pennsylvania Red Cross Branch. The relief committee, in a letter acknowledging receipt of the contribution, expressed its thanks to the Red Cross.
Because of his interest in the great work of the Red Cross His Majesty, the King of Sweden, has graciously conferred upon Miss Mabel T. Boardman, a member of the Executive Committee of the American National Red Cross, the decoration of the King’s Own Medal. The medal is of gold: on one side is the bas-relief portrait of the King, surrounded by his name, and on the reverse side is Miss Boardman’s name and the date. The decoration is worn suspended from a light blue ribbon. The light blue signifying a higher degree of the decoration than the dark blue ribbon upon which it is generally worn. The Dowager Queen of Sweden has always been deeply interested in hospitals and like institutions and her son, His Majesty, Gustavus V, by his sympathy in such work does much to encourage its success and development.
The report on National Vitality prepared for the Conservation Commission by Prof. Irving Fischer, President of the Committee of One Hundred on National Health, is now ready for distribution. Copies may be obtained by forwarding $1.00 to the Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Treasurer, 176 Broadway, New York City. All members of the Red Cross who order a copy of this report before August 1st become thereby members of the American Health League without additional expense, receiving regularly the American Health Magazine. Mention that you are a member of the Red Cross when you write.