The Red Cross : in peace and war . ess than a month occurred the fearful cyclone ofLouisiana and Mississippi, which cut a swath clearof all standing objects for thirty miles in width andseveral hundred miles in length, running southeastfrom the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Our special agent for the South, Colonel F. , took charge of the Red Cross relief in thisdisaster, and so efl&cient was his work that societiesstruggled for organization under him and the RedCross was hailed as a benediction wherever he passed. This was inMay, 1883. Our association now enjoyed for eigh
The Red Cross : in peace and war . ess than a month occurred the fearful cyclone ofLouisiana and Mississippi, which cut a swath clearof all standing objects for thirty miles in width andseveral hundred miles in length, running southeastfrom the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Our special agent for the South, Colonel F. , took charge of the Red Cross relief in thisdisaster, and so efl&cient was his work that societiesstruggled for organization under him and the RedCross was hailed as a benediction wherever he passed. This was inMay, 1883. Our association now enjoyed for eight months a respite from activework. It was surely needed. It was the longest rest we had yetknown, and afforded some small opportunity to gather up its recordsof past labors, organize some societies and compile a history of theRed Cross, so much needed for the information of our people and soearnestly asked for by them as well as by the United States this history the preceding pages of this book have
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