. The Red Cross in peace and war. THE SEA ISLANDS HURRICANE. 201 must have perished; and so replied to all inquiries at first made as towhether this were not a disaster for the Red Cross to relieve, No,there was nothing left to relieve. Later and more reliable newsbrought the astonishing faet that it was estimated that fn m thirty toforty thousand had survived and were in the direst need. Was notthis a call for the Red Cross? Still more emphatically, No; if thatis the case, it is beyond the Red Cross. Only the State of South Caro-lina or the general government can cope with that; and again wec
. The Red Cross in peace and war. THE SEA ISLANDS HURRICANE. 201 must have perished; and so replied to all inquiries at first made as towhether this were not a disaster for the Red Cross to relieve, No,there was nothing left to relieve. Later and more reliable newsbrought the astonishing faet that it was estimated that fn m thirty toforty thousand had survived and were in the direst need. Was notthis a call for the Red Cross? Still more emphatically, No; if thatis the case, it is beyond the Red Cross. Only the State of South Caro-lina or the general government can cope with that; and again weclosed our ears and proceeded with our work. But the first week of September brought pitiful paragraphs fromvarious Southern sources—one I recall from the governor of the State,in which he proclaimed his perplexity and great distress at the condi-tion of these poor people, needing everything, and who, at that seasonof the year, with crops all destroyed, would continue to need; andclosed by wondering if the Red Cross could perhap
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