Somewhat later in the day the following telegrams were sent to Judge Morrow, the Honorable Horace Davis, Treasurer of the California Red Cross, and to the Mayor of San Francisco:
Washington, April 18, 1906.
National Red Cross ready to aid San Francisco. Please confer with Mayor as to best means of assistance. Reply care of War Department.
CHAS. L. MAGEE, Secretary.
Washington, April 18, 1906.
To the Mayor of San Francisco:
National Red Cross ready to aid San Francisco. How can most effective service be rendered? Please confer with Judge Morrow and Hon. Horace Davis of California Red Cross. Reply care of War Department.
CHAS. L. MAGEE, Secretary.
As it was found impossible to obtain a prompt reply to these dispatches because of the condition of the telegraph service, it was decided at the Executive Committee meeting to send to the Secretaries of the Red Cross Branches the following telegram:
Washington, April 18, 1906.