ity for the administration of relief everywhere,
including the vast correspondence and the myriad details that arise in
connection with the systematic management of a work so far-reaching and
varied as the auxiliary relief by the Red Cross in time of war.

Outside of the United States, the relief of the sick and wounded in war
was not confined to Cuba and the Philippines, but was extended to Porto
Rico. Horace F. Barnes, of Boston, Mass., was appointed by the committee
as the field agent of the Red Cross in Porto Rico, and taking with him a
large assortment of supplies, sailed on the transport "Concho" for Ponce
on the thirteenth of August. Later, General W. T. Bennett, of
Philadelphia, Pa., was appointed to assist Mr. Barnes. All requisitions
from Porto Rico were promptly filled by the committee and the relief
continued so long as any necessity for it remained. Of the field work in
Porto Rico the following report is made:


REPORT BY HORACE F. BARNES.

Red Cross relief work for Porto Rico began with the arrival of a
detachment of female nurses before the American and Spanish armies had
ceased hostilities. These nurses, however, were ordered back to the
States at once as attendants for returning sick and wounded soldiers. On
the tenth of August the Executive Committee commissioned me as the Red
Cross field agent for Porto Rico, and put me in charge of a cargo of
relief supplies then on the steamship "Concho," which sailed from New
York on August 13.

With the aid of a good military map of the island, and of information
obtained before sailing as to the location of the different divisions of
the army, during the voyage the line of Red Cross work was determined.
The army was in three divisions. The eastern, under General Brooke, was
above Guayama; the central, under General Wilson, was at Ponce and
vicinity; the western, under General Schwan, was in Mayaguez and the
neighboring region.

It seemed to be the natural course to visit these divisions as soon as
possible, ascertain their sanitary condition, give supplies