. Review of reviews and world's work. , whose purposes were practically thoseof our own Red Cross societies. In 1886, thegovernment having become a party to the GenevaConvention, the Extended Relief Association changed its name to the Red Cross Society ofJapan. and modified its regulations so as tomake them accord with those of the interna-tional organization. THE SOCIETY S STRENGTH AND EQUIPMENT. Mr. Kennan finds that the most remarkablefeature of the Japanese society is its extraor-dinary numerical strength. At the first of thepresent year, it had no less than 894,760 regularmembers, each of
. Review of reviews and world's work. , whose purposes were practically thoseof our own Red Cross societies. In 1886, thegovernment having become a party to the GenevaConvention, the Extended Relief Association changed its name to the Red Cross Society ofJapan. and modified its regulations so as tomake them accord with those of the interna-tional organization. THE SOCIETY S STRENGTH AND EQUIPMENT. Mr. Kennan finds that the most remarkablefeature of the Japanese society is its extraor-dinary numerical strength. At the first of thepresent year, it had no less than 894,760 regularmembers, each of whom was pledged to con-tribute not less than three yen ($) annuallyfor a period of ten years. Mr. Kennan estimatesthat the society has one member to every fifty-two inhabitants, or a member to every sevenand one-half families, and that it is in receipt ofan annual income of $1,342,000. If the RedCross of the United States were as strong asthis, in proportion to the population of thecountry, it would have a membership of 1,538,-. Stereograph, copyrighted, 1904, by Underwood & Underwood, N. CROSS MEN AT SHTNEGAWA. 000 and an annual income of $2,307,000. Inthe central organization of the American RedCross, at the present time, there are only a fewhundred members, and the society has no regularincome at all outside of the contributions madeby the public for specific purposes. Mr. Kennan, who is himself an ex-officer ofthe American organization, thinks that theAmerican society might do much worse thanstudy the methods and follow the example ofJapan. In December, 1902, when the Japanesesociety celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary,more than one hundred thousand members,from all parts of the empire, assembled in thecity of Tokio and took part in the proceedings. nr> THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. On January 1. 1904, the Japanese Red Cross had ready for immediate work 14 chief sur-geons, 2 77 ordinary surgeons, 4 5 pharmacists,1,920 trained nurses, 4>7 prob
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