 for Santiago.

On July 17, the "State of Texas" while lying off Morro Castle, Santiago,
at the entrance to the harbor, was boarded by Admiral Sampson, Commodore
Schley and Captain Cook, who came to pay their compliments to _our
commander_. Never was there an action more gallant and graceful than the
voluntary offer of these commanders to allow Miss Barton and her staff,
with the "State of Texas" to enter the harbor of Santiago first, as the
Red Cross and the relief ship represented the principle for which the
war was waged--humanity.

Those on board will never forget the experience of that afternoon as the
good ship steamed in, past the "Merrimac," past the sunken ships of the
once proud navy of Spain, on to relieve the hungry and despairing people
who crowded to the wharves to look at the ship with the insignia of good
will flying from her masthead. As the vessel steamed slowly in, from her
forward deck floated the strains of the "Doxology" and "My Country 'Tis
of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty."

The cargo of the "State of Texas" was quickly unloaded and stored in
spacious warehouses, under the supervision of Mr. Warner, and the good
ship, under command of her captain, F.A. Young, who had grown to be a
Red Cross man at heart, accompanied by Mrs. J. Addison Porter and Sister
Blanche McCorristen, steamed away to New York. For the warehouses the
Red Cross is indebted to Dr. Douglass, who also placed at our
disposition his residence and corps of clerks to assist in the work.

A distributing committee was at once formed by Miss Barton and staff,
consisting of Mr. Mason, Mr. Michaelsen, Mr. Wm. Ramsden, Jr., who was
also on the committee at El Caney. Mr. Ramsden, as chairman of the
committee, gave his entire time to the work, and his courtesy and
executive ability did much to prevent confusion and misunderstandings,
and thus kept the way smooth for effective work. Through the
co-operation of this committee, nearly 40,000 people were fed and made
comfortable in four days.

The army were unable to get their provisions, o