The Red Cross in Peace and War

by Clara Barton

Total receipts		$305,229 66
Office supplies	$5,117 89
Food supplies, groceries, milk, fruit, etc.	46,067 95
Cots and equipments	24,946 09
Medical supplies, wines, liquors, etc.	11,357 33
Clothing and dry goods	1,413 61
Miscellaneous supplies	16,051 14
Account nurses	17,718 24
Ambulances and mules	7,782 56
Ice	27,666 14
Yacht “Red Cross” and maintenance	54,057 16
Cash to General Committee, account of camps	59,913 02
Laundry plant	1,230 10
Freight, express charges, towing, transportation, etc.	4,283 05	277,604 28
Balance on hand		$27,625 38

Woman’s Committee on Auxiliaries.—Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, chairman; Mrs. Paul Dana, secretary; Miss Martha L. Draper, treasurer; Mrs. Butler Duncan, Mrs. James W. Gerard, Mrs. Bettina Hofker Lesser, Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Dr. Lucy Hall Brown, Mrs. W.S. Cowles, Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin, Mrs. Levi P. Morton, Mrs. Henry C. Potter, Mrs. G.F. Shrady.

By a resolution of the Executive Committee the above ladies were appointed a Woman’s Committee on Auxiliaries, charged with the duty of organizing auxiliary committees throughout the United States, to assist in Red Cross work. This committee met for the first time on May 12, and it was decided to interest, by personal effort and correspondence, the people of the country in serving the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors during the war without regard to nationality, in accordance with the rules of the Conference of Geneva.

From its inaugural meeting on May 12 until the present date the Woman’s Committee has authorized the organization of ninety-two auxiliaries, many of these with numerous sub-auxiliaries, thus spreading the work throughout the country from Maine to the Rocky Mountains, the western limit of the work of the Relief Committee.

The Following Auxiliaries Were Organized:

No.	Name.	Place.	President.	No. of Sub-Aux.
1	First N.Y. Ambulance Equip. Society	New York	Mrs. W.S. Cowles	3
2	Women’s Confer. Soc. of Ethical Culture	” ”	Mrs. Henry Ollesheimer.
3	Maintenance of Trained Nurses	” ”	Mrs. James Speyer.	15
4		Yonkers, N.Y.	Mrs. William Sharman.
5	Metcalf-Bliss Hospital Cot Equipment	New York	Mrs. William Metcalf-Bliss.	16
6	Columbia University	” ”	Mrs. Seth Low.
7	N.Y. City Ch. D.A.R.	” ”	Mrs. Donald McLean.
8	Council of Jewish Women	” ”	Mrs. Cyrus L. Sulzberger.
9	Hartford Wom. Aux.	Hartford, Conn	Mrs. F.W. Cheney.	9
10	Ice Plant Auxiliary	New York	Miss Julia L. Delafield.
11		Norwalk, Conn.	Mrs. Jennings.
12	Soldiers’ Field Hosp.	New York	Miss E.C. Hebert.
13	Mohegan Ch. D.A.R.	Sing Sing, N.Y.	Mrs. Annie Van Rensselaer Wells.	8
14		Morristown, N.J.	Miss Louisa E. Keasby.	7
15	Green Twigs Aux.	Flushing, L.I.	Miss Helen A. Colgate.
16		Litchfield, Conn.	Mrs. George M. Woodruff.
17	First Penn. Red Cross Auxiliary	Pittsburg, Pa.	Mr. John B. Jackson.	74
18	Miscellaneous Aux.	New York	Miss Helen Dominick.
19	Laundry Plant Aux.	” ”	Miss Alice B. Babcock.
20	Westchester Co. Aux.	Mt. Kisco, N.Y.	Mrs. Henry Marquand.	14
21		Hazleton, Pa.	Mrs. W.C. Gailey.
22	Land and Sea Aux.	Pelham Manor	Mrs. Frank K. Hunter.	5
23	Staten Island Aux.	New Brighton	Mrs. George Beers.
24		Princeton, N.J.	Mrs. James P. Morgan.	3
25		Hackensack, N.J.	Mrs. James Romeyn.
26		Sewickley, Pa.	Rev. B.A. Benton.
27	The Farmers’ Aux.	Jennerstown, Pa.	Miss F.E. Coffin.
28	Fort Stanwix Aux.	Rome, N.Y.	Mrs. Louise M. Duffy.
29		Fairfield, Conn.	Mrs. Henry S. Glover.
30		Norwich, Kan.	Mrs. Sarah A. King.
31	Beaver County Aux.	New Brighton, Pa.	Mrs. Mary C. Kennedy.
32	Grace Par. Laun. Aux.	New York	Mrs. Butler Duncan.
33		Athens, Pa.	Mrs. L.M. Park.
34		Canandaigua	Mrs. C.C. Wilcox.
35		Eau Claire, Wis.	Mrs. Francis P. Ide.
36		Mount Vernon, N.Y.	Mrs. William Wilson.	1
37		Elmhurst, N.Y.	Mrs. A.C. Green.
38		Dublin, N.H.	Mrs. Lewis B. Monroe.
39		Larkinsville, Ala.	Miss Anna L. Morris.
40	Western Reserve Ch. D.A.R.	Cleveland, Ohio	Mrs. Andrew Squire.	163
41		New Canaan, Conn.	Mrs. Willard Parker.
42		Flatbush, Brooklyn	Mrs. Cornelius L. Wells.
43		Colorado Springs	Mrs. E.S. Cohen.
44	North Shore, L.I., Au.	Glen Cove, L.I.	Mrs. John E. Leech.
45		” ”	Mrs. W. Zabriskie.
46		Far Rockaway.	Mrs. Alexander Stevens.
47	First R.I. Auxiliary.	Providence	Mrs. Charles Mason.
48	Nassau Co., L.I., Aux.	Roslyn, L.I.	Mrs. Valentine Mott.
49		Kinderhook, N.Y.	Mrs. P.S.V. Pruyn.
50	Tobacco Auxiliary	Newport, R.I.	Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer.
51	Central Falls, R.I., Au.	” ”	Mrs. Arthur Rogers.
52	Rhode Island Aux.	Providence	Mrs. Mary Frost Evans.
53	Westmoreland Co., Pa., Auxiliary	Greensburg, Pa.	Miss Louise Brunot.	3
54		Pottstown, Pa.	Mrs. E.S. Cook.
55		Emporia, Kan.	Miss Sabia E. Whitley.
56	Scott Schley, of	Frederick, Md.	Mrs. Henry Williams.
57		Lenox, Mass.	Mrs. John E. Alexandre.
58		Caldwell, N.J.	Mrs. F.H. Wing.
59		Upper Red Hook	Mrs. Theodore Cookingham.
60		Saugerties-on-Hudson	Mrs. George F. Shrady.
61		Hokendauqua, Pa.	Miss Bessie Thomas.
62		Bridgeport, Conn.	Mrs. Charles B. Read.
63	Suffolk Co., N.Y., Aux.	Greenport L.I.	Miss Bessie Clark.
64		Staatsburgh, N.Y.	Miss Madeleine Dinsmore.
65	Otsego Co., N.Y., Aux.	Springfield Centre	Mrs. H.W. Wardwell.
66	Plymouth Church Au.	Worcester, Mass.	Mr. Arthur Reed Taft.	1
67		Oyster Bay, L.I.	Mrs. Thomas S. Young, Jr.
68		Cranford, N.J.	Mrs. F.R. Bourne.
69	Loyal Friends Aux.	New York	Mrs. F.P.P. Miller.
70		London, Ohio	Mrs. George Lincoln.
71		Shortsville, N.Y.	Mrs. O.S. Titus.
72		Richmond Hill	Mrs. Walter P. Long.
73		South Orange, N.J.	Mrs. F. Arnold.
74	Telegraph Signal Corps Auxiliary	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Miss Mary A. Tomlinson.
75		Platteville, Wis.	Mrs. E.G. Buck.
76		Walden, N.Y.	Mrs. Phoebe Saxe.
77	First West Va. Aux. Wheeling, W.Va.	Mrs. William F. Butler.
78		Toledo, Ohio	Mrs. S.S. Knabenshue.
79		Lovington, Ill.	Mr. S.S. Boggs.
80		New Brunswick, N.J.	Mrs. Nicholas G. Rutgers.
81	Colored Women’s Au.	Kansas City, Kan.	Mrs. Katie Minor.
82	Sons and Daughters Red Cross Aux.	North Berwick, Me.	Chester A. Hayes.
83		Orange, N.J.	Miss Rosamond Howard.
84		Hammond, Ind.	Dr. Mary E. Jackson.
85		Holdredge, Neb.	Mrs. Reeves.
86	Girls’ Towel Aux.	Glen Cove, L.I.	Miss Alice O. Draper.
87		Brattleboro, Vt.	Miss Mary E. Cabot.
88		Evanston, Ill.	Mrs. N. Gill Kirk.
89		Montclair, N.J.	Mrs. Benjamin Strong.
90		Lyons, N.Y.	Miss Eudora A. Lewis.
91		Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.	Mrs. Walston Hill Browne.
92		Marshall, Mich.	Mrs. W.H. Porter.

Supplies Contributed by Auxiliaries through Supply Committee.

Cots	3,601	Under drawers	6,937
Sheets	13,623	Comfort bags	1,188
Draw sheets	994	Palm-leaf fans	6	cs.
Rubber sheets	226	Cot pads	1,006	cs.
Pillowcases	13,858	Mosquito netting	32	pcs.
Blankets	586	Nurses’ caps	271
Towels	36,821	Nurses’ aprons	100
Wash cloths	10,473	Brassards	90
Nightshirts	12,388	Old linen	10 cs.
Pajamas	14,264	Napkins	466
Wrappers	53	Stationery	2 cs.
Handkerchiefs	40,268	Delicacies	900 cs.
Socks	8,484	Tobacco	20 cs.
Slippers	2,342	Pipes	5,000
Abdominal bands	18,557	Literature	120 cs.
Negligee shirts	5,097	Miscellaneous articles	3,394
Undershirts	6,937	Red Cross flags	70
Estimated value, $80,000.

Special Work Done by Auxiliaries.