. The Red Cross in peace and war. curred before thenurses could reach the army hospitals; and as these hospitals wererapidly filling up with patients in consequence of the outbreak oftyphoid and malarial fevers in the different camps, the effects of suchdelay became daily more dangerous. The acting president went againto Washington, and after conference with Dr. McGee and othermembers of this hospital corps, placed a fund of five hundred dollarsin the hands of Mrs. Draper, as acting treasurer, to meet transporta-tion expenses originating at Washington. This fund was mostefficiently managed by
. The Red Cross in peace and war. curred before thenurses could reach the army hospitals; and as these hospitals wererapidly filling up with patients in consequence of the outbreak oftyphoid and malarial fevers in the different camps, the effects of suchdelay became daily more dangerous. The acting president went againto Washington, and after conference with Dr. McGee and othermembers of this hospital corps, placed a fund of five hundred dollarsin the hands of Mrs. Draper, as acting treasurer, to meet transporta-tion expenses originating at Washington. This fund was mostefficiently managed by Mrs. Draper, and was replenished from time totime until September 6, when $ had been so the government assumed the entire expense of transportation. This general subject of transportation was one regarding whichthe auxiliary was able to render substantial service, and merits a fewdescriptive words. The pressure upon the Quartermasters Depart-ment at Washington during the summer made it impossible to be.
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