The Red Cross : in peace and war . the idea of forming a relief committee for thecollection of money and supplies to be used in aiding the soldiers incamp and field. The committee was formed, with some of the richest andmost prominent people of the country on its list, and it became neces-sary for Miss Barton to go to New York to empower the committeewith authority to act in the name of the Red Cross. Accordingly thesteamer State of Texas left Key West and proceeded to PortTampa, where Miss Barton took train for the North, leaving theremainder of the party on the steamer. Emergency Relief at P
The Red Cross : in peace and war . the idea of forming a relief committee for thecollection of money and supplies to be used in aiding the soldiers incamp and field. The committee was formed, with some of the richest andmost prominent people of the country on its list, and it became neces-sary for Miss Barton to go to New York to empower the committeewith authority to act in the name of the Red Cross. Accordingly thesteamer State of Texas left Key West and proceeded to PortTampa, where Miss Barton took train for the North, leaving theremainder of the party on the steamer. Emergency Relief at Port Tampa. At this time there were several camps at Tampa and Port Tampa,and several thousand troops were preparing for the invasion of Cuba;transports were daily arriving at Port Tampa and were being placedin readiness to carr> this vast host to the Pearl of the were busy days for everybody, and the Red Cross doctors andnurses were called upon hourly to render service to many victims ofinjury and disease. \AAAAA. tnm y^ in charge of Red Cross nurses at rautical Club Hospital, Santiago de Cuba.
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