. The Red Cross in peace and war. In charge of Red Cross nurses at Nautical Club Hospital, Santiago de RELIEF \V< IRK IX CUBA. 6u While we were waiting at Port Tampa we were joined by MissJanet Jennings, of Washington, and Mrs. Trumbull White, of Chicago,both of whom afterward did excellent work in the hospitals at Siboney, Miss Barton rejoined our party on June 16, being accompanied byMrs. J. Addison Porter, the wife of the secretary to President McKinley,who went with us on the State of Texas. Miss Barton had been the recipient of such assurances on herrecent trip to Washington fro
. The Red Cross in peace and war. In charge of Red Cross nurses at Nautical Club Hospital, Santiago de RELIEF \V< IRK IX CUBA. 6u While we were waiting at Port Tampa we were joined by MissJanet Jennings, of Washington, and Mrs. Trumbull White, of Chicago,both of whom afterward did excellent work in the hospitals at Siboney, Miss Barton rejoined our party on June 16, being accompanied byMrs. J. Addison Porter, the wife of the secretary to President McKinley,who went with us on the State of Texas. Miss Barton had been the recipient of such assurances on herrecent trip to Washington from the heads of the various governmentdepartments, that she believed that the Red Cross would receive themost cordial recognition from the army and navy as an auxiliary aid,and woidd be able to co-operate writh them in the utmost the mission of the steamer State of Texas was to renderrelief to the Cuban reconcentrados, it was tacitly understood andbelieved by all that every possible aid would be extended to the armyand navy forces whenever it was necessary or called for. All of the govern
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