Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1898 — Hawaiian Red Cross Society. [ARTICLE]

Hawaiian Red Cross Society.

Washington, July 12. —The secretary of State has advised the war department of the receipt of a dispatch from the United States minister at Hawaii, dated the 11th ult., stating that a Red Cross society has been formed there, having for its immediate purpose the caring for the sick American troops passing through Hawaii to Manila, or whom it may be necessary to land on their..return. The society is provided with funds, buildings and an efficient corps of nurses.