San Francisco Relief Survey; the organization and methods of relief used after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906 - Unknown

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Preface				[iii]
Introduction				[vii]
List of Illustrations				[xv]
List of Tables				[xvii]
Diagram of Organization				[xxv]
Map			[Opposite 3]
[Part I] ORGANIZINGTHE FORCE AND EMERGENCY METHODS
I.	Organizing a Relief Force			[3]
	(1) The Disaster, [3]. (2) Tentative Organization, [8].(3) Uniting of Relief Forces, [11]. (4) Beginnings of Rehabilitation Work, [13].(5) An Interlude, [19]. (6) Incorporation of the Funds, [25].
II.	Methods of Distribution			[30]
	(1) Sources of Contributions, [30]. (2) Distribution of Food,[36]. (3) Distribution of Clothing, [55]. (4) Furnishing Transportation,[58]. (5) Providing Shelter, [69]. (6) Safeguarding Health, [89].(7) Relieving the Japanese and Chinese, [94].
III.	Questions of Finance			[96]
	(1) Claims, [96]. (2) System of Accounting—A Note,[98]. (3) The Control of Donations, [99].
[Part II] REHABILITATION
I.	Beginnings of Rehabilitation			[107]
	(1) General Policy, [107]. (2) Periods of Rehabilitation Work,[111].
II.	Methods of Work			[113]
	(1) The District System, [113]. (2) The Centralized System,[124]. (3) Withdrawal, [133]. (4) Concluding Remarks, [135].
III.	Calls for Special Forms of Service			[137]
	(1) Relations with Auxiliary Societies, [137]. (2) Rehabilitation of Institutions,[141]. (3) Bureau of Special Relief, [145].
IV.	What the Rehabilitation Records Show			[151]
	(1) Introductory, [151]. (2) Social Data and Total Grants and Refusals,[152]. (3) Principal and Subsidiary Grants, [157]. (4) The Re-opening of Cases to makeFurther Grants, [160]. (5) Variations in Amounts of Grants, and Refusals, [165].
[Part III] BUSINESS REHABILITATION
I.	The People Aided and the Results Obtained			[171]
	(1) The Plan Itself, [171]. (2) The Study of Results, [173].(3) The Families and Individuals Aided, [174]. (4) Changes in Family and Business Life, [176].(5) Occupations, [183]. (6) Homogeneity of Grantees, [185]. (7) Results of BusinessRehabilitation, [186]. (8) Reasons for Success and Failure, [187].
II.	Analysis by Occupations, Study of Refusals, and Summary			[196]
	(1) Success or Failure in Relation to Occupations, [196]. (2) Study of Refusals,[208]. (3) Summary of the Results of Business Rehabilitation, [210].
[Part IV] HOUSING REHABILITATION
I.	General Plan of Housing Work			[215]
	(1) Introductory, [215]. (2) Retrospective, [216]. (3)The General Plan, [218].
II.	The Camp Cottages			[221]
	(1) General Cost, [221]. (2) Families Occupying the Cottages,[223]. (3) Wages and Occupations, [226]. (4) Housing Before and After the Fire,[229]. (5) Two Cottage Settlements, [234]. (6) Brief Comments,[237].
III.	The Bonus Plan			[239]
	(1) The Plan Itself, [239]. (2) Bonus Recipients, [240].(3) Occupations and Resources, [244]. (4) The Houses—Character and Cost, [248].(5) Brief Comments, [251].
IV.	The Grant and Loan Plan			[253]
	(1) The Plan Itself, [253]. (2) Relation Between the Department of Lands andBuildings and the Housing Committee, [256]. (3) The Number Aided and the Cost, [257].(4) Families Making Use of the Grants and Loans, [259]. (5) Occupations and Resources, [262].(6) Housing Before and After the Fire, [266]. (7) Status of Loans in 1909 and 1911 and Additional Aid,[271]. (8) Cases of Expensive Building, [273]. (9) Brief Comments,[276].
General Conclusions on Housing Plans				[277]
[Part V] RELIEFWORK OF THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES From June, 1907,to June, 1909
I.	The Nature of the Cases			[281]
	(1) Introductory, [281]. (2) Nature of the Dependency,[282]. (3) Social Character of the Cases, [286]. (4) Occupations of Applicants,[294].
II.	The Methods of Relief Employed			[298]
	(1) Reapplications, [298]. (2) Emergent Relief, [299].(3) Permanent Relief, [305]. (4) Relief Refused, [310]. (5) Conclusions,[314]. (6) The Associated Charities Since the Fire, [317].
[Part VI] THE RESIDUUMOF RELIEF The Aged, theInfirm, and the Handicapped
I.	Ingleside Model Camp			[321]
	(1) History of its Establishment, [321]. (2) Administration,[324]. (3) General Statistics, [327].
II.	Relief and Non-Relief Cases			[335]
	(1) General Analysis, [335]. (2) Applicants and Non-Applicants for Reliefand Rehabilitation, [336].
III.	Results			[356]
[SOME LESSONS OF THE RELIEF SURVEY]
Part		I.	Organization and the Emergency Period	[369]
Part		II.	Rehabilitation	[370]
Part		III.	Business Rehabilitation	[371]
Part		IV.	Housing Rehabilitation	[371]
Part		V.	After-Care	[372]
Part		VI.	The Aged and Infirm	[372]
[APPENDICES]
I.	DOCUMENTS AND ORDERS			[375]
	(1) List of Members Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds and its Permanent Committees,[377]. (2) General Orders No. 18, [379]. (3) Extracts from the Army in the San FranciscoDisaster, [383]. (4) Letter from General Greely to James D. Phelan, [387]. (5) Plan of theExecutive Commission, [391]. (6) Original Housing Plan, [394]. (7) The Incorporation of theFunds, [398]. (8) Appointment of Board of Trustees Relief and Red Cross Funds, February, 1909,[401]. (9) List of Official Camps, [404]. (10) Grants to Charitable Organizations: A.By Denominations and Nature of Work, B. By Denominations, [405]. (11) Rehabilitation Committee: Details ofAdministration, [406]. (12) General Plan of Housing Committee, [417]. (13) Statisticsfrom Associated Charities, [419].
II.	FORMS AND CIRCULARS			[423]
	First registration card (Face), [p. 425]. First registration card (Reverse),[p. 426]. Food card (Face and Reverse), [p. 427]. Second registration card (Face),[p. 428]. Second registration card (Reverse), [p. 429]. Tent record sheet,[p. 430]. Camp commander’s report sheet, [p. 431]. Rehabilitation Committee:Report form, [p. 432]; Paster, [p. 433]; Circular, [p. 434];Application blank, [p. 435]; Circular letter of inquiry, [p. 436]; Bureau of SpecialRelief: Recommendation form, [p. 437]; Report form, [p. 438]; Medical service form,[p. 439]; Order form A, [p. 440]; Order form B, [p. 441]; Bureau ofHospitals: Hospital report sheet, [p. 442]. Application forms for business rehabilitation, [p.443]. Application for bonus, [p. 447]. Land and Building Department, Notice, [448].Application for housing grant, [p. 449].

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
[The Ruins framed in Marble Frontispiece]
[The Morning of the Disaster]	4
Striving to reach the ferry
In Union Square, soon to be swept by flames
[The Hall of Justice]	9
[Refugees in Jefferson Square]	14
Watching the fire
The fire draws near
[Supplying Food under Difficulties]	20
The first bakery rebuilt
A cheerful kitchen
[Camp No. 10, Potrero District]	28
Tent camp, opened May 9, 1906
Cottages
[Relieving the Hungry]	36
All classes joined the bread line
Soldiers gave aid and protection
[Fires in Houses were Prohibited]	40
Preparing meals in the street
A row of street kitchens
[Distribution of Relief Supplies]	46
The bread line, Mission District
Relief station, Mission District
[Hot Meal Kitchens]	50
An open air dining room
In Golden Gate Park
[Warehouse for Second Hand Clothing]	57
[Camps in Golden Gate Park]	70
An administration headquarters
Camp No. 6, The Speedway, showing barracks
[Early Shelters in Jefferson Square]	74
Shelters of sheets and quilts
Tents and shacks
[Camp No. 9, Lobos Square]	78
Tent camp, opened May 9, 1906
Cottages
[Camp No. 20, Hamilton Square]	81
[Camp No. 28, South Park]	85
[Tanks for Sterilizing Water, Lobos Square Camp]	94
[Two Cottage Camps]	110
Camp No. 25, Richmond District, opened November 20, 1906
Camp No. 29, Mission Park, opened November 19, 1906
[Headquarters, Department of Relief and Rehabilitation]	119
[Early Business Ventures]	128
Barber shop, and shack constructed of boxes
A drinking place
[Camp Cottages used for Business]	178
A plumber’s new start
Laundry and residence
[Business Rehabilitation]	188
Cigar store of an Italian cripple
Store owned by a German-Swiss couple
[Business Rehabilitation]	198
Owner aided by a Rehabilitation Grant and money privately loaned
Hat maker aided by a Rehabilitation Grant
[View from Nob Hill looking toward Harbor and Ferry Building.]Taken one year after the fire, April 18, 1907	207
[Cottage Homes a year after removal]	215
In the land of flowers
A simple but cozy home
[Homes from Camp Cottages]	218
Substantial and weatherproof
Commodious and attractive
[Camp No. 13, Franklin Square]	221
[Camp Cottages after Removal]	226
A janitor’s comfortable home
Improved at small expense
[Camp Cottages at Hill Crest]	230
Where the trade winds blow
In full view of the Pacific
[Beginnings of a Cottage Settlement]	234
First cottages in Villa Maria
The proprietor and his family
[Camp Cottages on a Suburban Tract]	237
[Bonus Houses]	240
Home built by a letter carrier
Home of an elderly U. S. Government employe. Bonus, $250
[Bonus Houses]	245
Built by Italians. Bonuses $500 each
Home of two Italian families
A widow’s venture. Bonus $500
[Bonus Houses]	250
Two ambitious dwellings built with aid of bonuses
Built with bonus of $500 and money privately loaned
[Headquarters Department of Lands and Buildings]	257
[Grant and Loan Houses]	262
Built by the owner with insurance money and a grant of $250
Built by a teamster with grant of $250 and money privately loaned
[Grant and Loan Houses]	268
Built by the Housing Committee
Built by the owner, who had some resources
[Methods of Housing Rehabilitation]	275
[Telegraph Hill and Washington Square]	286
Completely devastated. First tents in Washington Square
Partly rebuilt. Cottages in Washington Square
[Telegraph Hill Largely Rebuilt]	291
[Washington Square Camp]	294
[Removal from the Camp]	300
1. The start
2. Well under way
3. Joining two cottages
4. The completed dwelling
[Home for the Aged and Infirm (The “Relief Home”)]	307
[Ingleside Model Camp]	323
[Ingleside Model Camp]	330
The reading room
The sewing room
[Ingleside Model Camp]	340
The kitchen
The dining room
[“Portals of the Past”]	361

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE		PAGE
PART I. EMERGENCY METHODS
[1].	Cash receipts of the Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, and its successor,The Corporation, to June 1, 1909		33
[2].	Cash contributions for the relief of San Francisco, to June 1, 1909, received by the FinanceCommittee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, and its successor, The Corporation, and by American National Red Cross, by country of origin		34
[3].	Disposition of cash contributed for the relief of San Francisco through the American NationalRed Cross, to June 1, 1909		35
[4].	Character of location, origin, and dates of opening and closing of relief stations of Civil Section VI		41
[5].	Relief stations in the seven civil sections on May 3 and on June 3, 1906		42
[6].	Daily issues of rations from April 19 to May 12, 1906		43
[7].	Families and individuals registered in the seven civil sections, May, 1906		45
[8].	Meals served by hot meal kitchens, from May to October, 1906, inclusive		51
[9].	Free and paid meals served by hot meal kitchens on specified dates in 1906		52
[10].	Expenditures of San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds for purchase and distribution of food,to May 29, 1909		53
[11].	Persons to whom rations were issued in May and June, 1906		53
[12].	Persons carried from San Francisco as free passengers by the Southern Pacific Railroad, from April18 to April 26, 1906		58
[13].	Destination of persons sent from San Francisco by the transportation committee, from April 26 to May10, 1906, inclusive		66
[14].	Persons sent from San Francisco, by period and by general destination, April 26, 1906, to June, 1908		67
[15].	Terms of transportation of persons sent from San Francisco in second and third periods		68
[16].	Destination of persons sent from San Francisco in second and third periods		68
[17].	Value at reduced rates of transportation furnished through the committee		69
[18].	Housing of registered families, by civil sections, May, 1906. Numbers		72
[19].	Housing of registered families, by civil sections. Percentages, based on the total number offamilies whose addresses in May, 1906, were given		72
[20].	Nationality of population of San Francisco in 1900, compared with nationality of heads of familiesamong refugees in 1906		75
[21].	Nationality of heads of families among refugees, by civil sections, May, 1906. Numbers		76
[22].	Nationality of heads of families among refugees, by civil sections, May, 1906. Percentages based onthe total number of cases in which information as to nativity was available		76
[23].	Ejectments from camps during the entire period of the relief work, by months		80
[24].	Reasons for ejectments from camps during the entire period of relief work		80
[25].	Population of official camps, exclusive of Ingleside Model Camp, from May, 1906, to June, 1908,inclusive		81
[26].	Cost of camps during the entire period of the relief work		87
[27].	Disposal of claims acted upon by the department of bills and demands, to March 16, 1907		97
[28].	Payments upon claims acted upon by the department of bills and demands, to March 16, 1907		98
PART II. REHABILITATION
[29].	Estimate of amount required for carrying on work of relief, presented August 16, 1906		121
[30].	Reasons for the refusal of grants to certain societies, to May 11, 1907		145
31.	[A.]	Amount expended monthly by Bureau of Special Relief for all purposes from August 15, 1906, to June 30, 1907	148
31.	[B.]	Amount expended by Bureau of Special Relief for administration and for supplies from August 15, 1906, to June 30,1907	148
[32].	Disposal of applications for rehabilitation following investigation		152
[33].	Disposal of applications for rehabilitation, by nature of application		153
[34].	Applicants for rehabilitation, by age, and by nature and disposal of application		153
[35].	Applicants for rehabilitation, by domestic status and by nature of application		154
[36].	Applicants handicapped by personal misfortunes or defects		155
[37].	Applicants affected by handicaps of each specified kind		155
[38].	Number of persons in families of applicants for rehabilitation		156
[39].	Families among the applicants for rehabilitation with children, by number of children under fourteenyears of age in each family		156
[40].	Number of principal and subsidiary grants, by nature of grants		157
[41].	Amount of principal and subsidiary grants, by nature of grants		158
[42].	Amounts given to applicants receiving $500 or more, by nature of principal grant		159
[43].	Applications for relief passed upon by sub-committees and by the Rehabilitation Committee, withoutaction by a sub-committee, in the period from November 1, 1906, to April 1, 1907, by nature of the application		160
[44].	Number of re-opened cases by nature of first grant		161
[45].	Grants for rehabilitation by amount and by nature of relief given		165
[46].	Grants and refusals to applicants who possessed resources, by amount of resources		167
[47].	Reasons for refusal of rehabilitation, by nature of application		168
PART III. BUSINESS REHABILITATION
[48].	Nativity of heads of families receiving business rehabilitation		175
[49].	Conjugal condition of family groups receiving business rehabilitation		175
[50].	Changes in family composition between period before fire and the re-visit in 120 families receivingbusiness rehabilitation		177
[51].	Nature of premises occupied and of rentals paid before and after the fire, by families receivingbusiness rehabilitation		178
[52].	Residence rentals paid, before and after the fire, by 94 families receiving business rehabilitation,who paid rentals for separate residential quarters in both periods		179
[53].	Number of rooms in residences occupied before and after the fire, by 94 families receiving businessrehabilitation, who paid rentals for separate residential quarters in both periods		180
[54].	Business rentals paid, before and after the fire, by 74 families receiving business rehabilitation,who paid rentals for separate business quarters in both periods		181
[55].	Combined business and residential rentals paid, before and after the fire, by 285 families receivingbusiness rehabilitation, who paid combined rentals in both periods		182
[56].	Proposed occupation of applicants receiving business rehabilitation		184
[57].	Business and employment status at the time of the re-visit, of applicants receiving businessrehabilitation		186
[58].	Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation, by healthof families		193
[59].	Amount of grants to and of capital available for applicants receiving business rehabilitation		194
[60].	Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation, byoccupations		196
[61].	Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation for personaland domestic service, by size of grants and amount of capital		201
[62].	Business status at the time of the re-visit of applicants receiving business rehabilitation for trade,by size of grants and amount of capital		207
PART IV. HOUSING REHABILITATION
[63].	Houses erected by or with the aid of the San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, by style of houses orplan under which relief was given		219
[64].	Expenditures for housing made by the Finance Committee of Relief and Red Cross Funds, by the SanFrancisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, a Corporation, and by the United States Army from congressional appropriation, from April, 1906,to June, 1909		220
[65].	Nationality of applicants receiving aid under the cottage plan		223
[66].	Conjugal condition of families receiving aid under the cottage plan		224
[67].	Ages of applicants receiving aid under the cottage plan		225
[68].	Occupation before the fire, of 415 of the men in families receiving aid under the cottage plan		226
[69].	Estimated monthly wages received before the fire by the 380 men who worked for wages, in the familiesreceiving aid under the cottage plan		227
[70].	Estimated yearly incomes before and after the fire of families receiving aid under the cottage plan		228
[71].	Types of houses occupied before the fire by families receiving aid under the cottage plan		230
[72].	Number of rooms per family occupied before the fire by families receiving aid under the cottage plan		230
[73].	Costs incurred, by or in behalf of applicants, for cottages occupied by families receiving aid underthe cottage plan		232
[74].	Nationality of applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan		241
[75].	Conjugal condition of families receiving aid under the bonus plan		242
[76].	Ages of applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan		243
[77].	Occupations before the fire of 433 men in families receiving aid under the bonus plan		244
[78].	Value of lots owned before the fire by applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan		246
[79].	Indebtedness carried before and after the fire by families receiving aid under the bonus plan		247
[80].	Cost of houses rebuilt after the fire by applicants receiving aid under the bonus plan		249
[81].	Number of rooms in houses owned before the fire and in houses rebuilt after the fire by applicantsreceiving aid under the bonus plan		249
[82].	Number of rooms per family occupied before and after the fire by families receiving aid under thebonus plan		250
[83].	Style of 543 houses built by the housing committee for applicants receiving aid under the grant andloan plan		258
[84].	Nationality of applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan		259
[85].	Conjugal condition of families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan		260
[86].	Ages of applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan		261
[87].	Monthly income before and after the fire of men receiving aid under the grant and loan plan who werein business before the fire		262
[88].	Monthly income before and after the fire of women in families receiving aid under the grant and loanplan		264
[89].	Value of lots purchased after the fire by 670 applicants receiving aid under the grant and loan plan		266
[90].	Number of rooms per family occupied before and after the fire by families receiving aid under thegrant and loan plan		267
[91].	Value of houses owned before and after the fire by applicants receiving aid under the grant and loanplan		269
[92].	Monthly rentals paid before the fire by families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan		270
[93].	Status on January 1, 1911, of loans to families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan		272
[94].	Additional aid from the relief funds given to families receiving aid under the grant and loan plan		273
[95].	Amount of additional grants from the Relief Funds made to families receiving aid under the grant andloan plan		273
PART V. RELIEF WORK OF THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
[96].	Number of applications to the Associated Charities for assistance, by months. 1908 and 1909		284
[97].	Associated Charities cases classified as having lived or not having lived in the burned area, andby number aided, and number refused aid. June 1, 1907, to June 1, 1909		285
[98].	Nativity of applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire		287
[99].	Family types among applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and after fire		288
[100].	Age of principal breadwinner in families applying for relief from Associated Charities. June 1, 1907,to June 1, 1909		290
[101].	Age of principal breadwinner in families applying for relief from Associated Charities, before fireand after fire, by family type		290
[102].	Age of principal breadwinner in families that had been burned out applying for relief from AssociatedCharities, by nativity and rehabilitation record. June 1, 1907-June 1, 1909		291
[103].	Number of children in families having children applying for relief from Associated Charities, beforefire and after fire		292
[104].	Causes of disability among applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and afterfire		293
[105].	Applicants for relief from Associated Charities classified by general occupations, as refugees withand without rehabilitation record, and as non-refugees, June 1, 1907, to June 1, 1909		294
[106].	General occupations of applicants for relief from Associated Charities, before fire and afterfire		295
[107].	Size of grants made by the Rehabilitation Committee, before June 1, 1907, to applicants for reliefwho afterwards applied for relief from the Associated Charities		299
[108].	Emergency and temporary relief given in money or in orders by Associated Charities June 1, 1907,to June 1, 1909		300
[109].	Expenditure by Associated Charities for care of sick, in addition to aid from Red Cross Funds. June1, 1907, to June 1, 1909		301
[110].	Grants and pensions of $50 and over given by the Associated Charities		306
[111].	Applicants for aid from the Associated Charities to whom aid was refused, classified as having livedor not having lived in the burned area. June 1, 1907-June 1, 1909		310
[112].	Reasons for not giving aid from Associated Charities to applicants		313
PART VI. THE RESIDUUM OF RELIEF (INGLESIDE MODEL CAMP)
[113].	Inmates of Ingleside Model Camp by conjugal condition and sex		328
[114].	Conjugal condition of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, compared with conjugal condition of inmates ofall almshouses of the United States in 1903-4 and of the general population of California 15 years of age and over, in 1900		329
[115].	Age distribution of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, compared with age distribution of inmates of SanFrancisco almshouse during a ten-year period, and of inmates of all almshouses of the United States, in 1903-4		330
[116].	Nativity of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, compared with nativity of inmates of San Franciscoalmshouse during a ten-year period, and of the general population of the city and county of San Francisco in 1900		331
[117].	Occupations of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp		332
[118].	Family relations of inmates of Ingleside Model Camp		335
[119].	Inmates of Ingleside Model Camp classified as families and single and widowed men and women and asapplicants to San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Funds, applicants to Associated Charities, and non-applicants		336
[120].	Single and widowed inmates of Ingleside Model Camp applying to the San Francisco Relief and Red CrossFunds for Rehabilitation, by nature of rehabilitation applied for		344
[121].	Disabled single and widowed inmates of Ingleside Model Camp who did not apply for rehabilitation, bysex and nature of disability		353
[122].	Subsequent history of single and widowed inmates of Ingleside Model Camp, who did not apply forrehabilitation, by sex		354
[123].	Proportion of almshouse inmates and of almshouse admissions to total population, San Francisco, 1890,1900, 1905, and 1909		356

ORGANIZATION OF THE RELIEF WORK
Showing committees, departments, and bureaus created from April 18, 1906, to February 4, 1909 [2]

THE ARMY,
April 18, 1906

CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE,
April 18, 1906

AMER. NAT. RED CROSS,
April 23, 1906

Under the Division Commander
Inspector General
Depot Quartermaster (transportation of supplies)
Depot Commissary (Issuance of food)
Subordinate Officers in Change of Warehouses
Chief Sanitary Officer
Military Chairmen of the Seven Civil Sections
Bureau of Consolidated Relief Stations
Hot Food Stations
Superintendents of Relief Stations (also called food stations)
Commander of Official Camps
Commanders of Several Camps

Special Representative
Seven Civil Chairmen of the Civil Sections
Staff at Headquarters
Registration Bureau
Employment Bureau
Special Relief and Rehabilitation Bureau
Transportation Bureau

Finance Committee,
April 18, 1906

Committee of Supervising
Purchasing Committee
Auditing Committee
Committee on Hospitals

FINANCE COMMITTEE OF RELIEF & RED CROSS FUNDS, April 24, 1906

Executive Commission, June 22, 1906
Seven Civil Chairmen
Committee on Relief Warehouses
Committee on Camps
Committee on Complaints
Committee on Municipal Departments
Committee on Sewing Circles
Rehabilitation Committee, June 29, 1906
Seven Civil Section Committees

SAN FRANCISCO RELIEF AND RED CROSS FUNDS, A CORPORATION, July 20, 1906

Emergency Committees Appointed bythe Citizens’ Committee, April 18, 1906

Executive Committee

Transportation of Refugees
Relief of Hungry
Housing the Homeless
Roofing the Homeless
Drugs and Medical Supplies
Relief of Sick and Wounded
Care in Hospitals
Relief of Chinese

Department A—Finance and Publicity
Auditing Department
Subscription Department
Ledger Department
Claim Voucher Department
Cashier’s Department
History Committee

Department B—Bills and Demands
Supervising Committee (superseded by the Judicial Committee, Sept. 9, 1906)

Department C—Camps and Warehouses (Aug. 1, 1906, Relieved Army of Camps)
Seven Civil Chairmen
Camps
Warehouses

Department D—Relief and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Committee
Seven Civil Section Committees, superseded October 26, 1906, by Sub-Committees:

I.	Temporary Aid and Transportation
II.	Aged and Infirm. Unsupported Children and Friendless Girls
III.	Unsupported or Partially Supported Families
IV.	Occupation for Women and Confidential Cases
V.	Housing and Shelter
VI.	Business Rehabilitation
VII.	Heads of Families Employed but Unable to Refurnish their Homes, Jan. 16, 1907
VIII.	Committee on Deferred and Neglected Applications, Nov. 17, 1907

Bureau of Hospitals
Industrial Bureau
Bureau of Special Relief

Department E—Lands and Buildings

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF RELIEF AND RED CROSS FUNDS, Feb. 4, 1909

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

ORGANIZATION OF THE RELIEF WORKShowing committees, departments, and bureaus created from April 18, 1906, to February 4, 1909[2]

ORGANIZATION OF THE RELIEF WORK
Showing committees, departments, and bureaus created from April 18, 1906, to February 4, 1909 [2]