The American National Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. 1, No. 3) The American National Red Cross Chartered by Congress January 5, 1905 + Bulletin No. 3 Issued by the Central Committee, July, 1906 Office of the Corporation ROOM 431 WAR DEPARTMENT Washington, D. C. CONTENTS Preface 2 Japanese Famine Fund 3 Condition of Famine Districts, by Baron T. Ozawa, Vice-President of the Japanese Red Cross 7 Vesuvian Disaster Relief Fund 12 California Relief 14 Invitation to Red Cross Congress 26 Abuse of the Red Cross Insignia 29 Notes 31 Addresses of Branch Secretaries 40 Applications for Membership 41 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS =OFFICERS= _President_, HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT. _Treasurer_, HON. CHARLES HALLAM KEEP. _Counselor_, HON. JAMES C. McREYNOLDS. _Secretary_, CHARLES L. MAGEE. _Chairman of Central Committee_, BRIGADIER-GENERAL ROBERT M. O’REILLY, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. =BOARD OF CONSULTATION= BRIGADIER-GENERAL ROBERT M. O’REILLY, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. SURGEON-GENERAL PRESLEY M. RIXEY, U. S. Navy. SURGEON-GENERAL WALTER WYMAN, U. S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. =CENTRAL COMMITTEE, 1905-1906= Brigadier-General ROBERT M. O’REILLY, Surgeon-General U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. Hon. ROBERT BACON, Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Major JEFFERSON R. KEAN, Assistant Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. Medical Director JOHN C. BOYD, U. S. Navy, U. S. Naval Museum of Hygiene and Medical School, Washington, D. C. Hon. JAMES C. MCREYNOLDS, Assistant Attorney-General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. Hon. CHARLES HALLAM KEEP, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Judge W. W. MORROW, San Francisco, Cal.