DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES AND MONEY BY “BAYERN.”
The American Red Cross Relief Ship Bayern, leaving Civita Vecchia on January 7 and returning to that port on the 17th, distributed 115,500 lire in cash, and supplies to the value of 230,000 lire.
DISTRIBUTION OF CASH.
30,000 lire to the Prefect of Catania (5,000 to be distributed at the discretion of Madame Ferri), 30,000 to the hospitals of Catania, 1,000 to the Little Sisters of the Poor of Catania, 35,000 to Syracuse, 5,000 to Acireale, 4,000 to Taormina, 6,000 to Giardini, 10,000 for distribution among small villages outside of Taormina du Giardini, towards Messina, 1,000 to Archbishop of Messina, 20,500 to Palermo.
KIND AND QUANTITY OF SUPPLIES.
2,000 metres tent canvas, 4,500 woolen blankets, 250 sheets, 1,400 metres of sheeting, 1,230 woolen shawls, 2,130 overcoats, ulsters and capes, 1,570 pairs of shoes, 2,100 suits of clothes for men and boys, 3,500 pairs of stockings, 350 skirts, 5,200 metres of dress goods and other cloth, 5,000 pieces of underwear, 700 shirts and blouses, 300 pairs pantaloons, 1,400 hats and caps, 5,000 kilograms flour, 20,000 galletti (hard biscuit), 8,000 kilograms potatoes, 6,800 kilograms macaroni, 3,180 tins of preserved meat, 60 cases of sterilized milk (50 quarts per case), 1,200 litres olive oil, 530 litres marsala, 210 litres cognac, etc., 1,350 kilograms cheese, 1,000 kilograms dried fish, 351 kilograms tobacco, 530 kilograms sausage, 1,225 kilograms of sardines, etc., 550 kilograms lard, 4,000 kilograms beans, 700 shovels, 700 picks, 300 galvanized iron buckets, 1,700 kilograms of rope, assorted size, 100 saws, 10 petroleum stoves, 50 cases petroleum, 1 ton candles, 2,000 cakes soap, cooking utensils, tableware, miscellaneous tools, matches in large quantities, 27 cases of medical supplies, 1,200 mattresses stripped from the bunks of the Bayern, 350 sheets and pillow cases, 230 coverlets.
At Catania lumber sufficient for the construction of 25 houses (13 × 13 feet, including flooring) was purchased, loaded on board the Bayern, and delivered to the Italian authorities at Reggio.
Lieutenant-Commander Belknap commends in the highest terms the work done by all the members of this Red Cross Relief Expedition, including Drs. Bastinelli, Scelba, Egidi and Alessandrini, the nurses, Avvocato Girodana, Messrs. Hooper, Gay, Cutting, Flint, Captain Mitzlaff, the other officers and the crew of the Bayern and Mr. Anniser, the North German Lloyd agent at Rome, for his personal assistance. The Navigazione Generale Italiana also rendered much assistance at Civita Vecchia. To all of these the American Red Cross extends its hearty thanks and appreciation of their valuable aid in this relief expedition.—Editor.