After your talk last evening to the members of California Harbor, No. 15, it was decided to at once begin the course of lectures on First Aid as suggested by you. It seems a good idea that the National Red Cross should take up this matter for it will insure uniformity of instruction to those interested all over this country. The need of such a course of instruction has been apparent for some time, but no one seemed to be able to devise a plan which was practical. If convenient to you, would like to have the first lecture on Thursday evening, December 3rd, 1908, at 7:30 p. m., at our lodge rooms. I shall communicate with Golden Gate Harbor, No. 40, of this city, and invite them to be present. Thanking you for your kind interest in us and wishing you success in your work, I am. Respectfully, (Signed) J. WALTER JOHNSON, Secretary. Sailors Union of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 17th, 1908. Dr. G. H. Richardson, Lieutenant U. S. A., Presidio Hospital, City. Dear Sir: The kind offer of the California State Branch, of the American National Red Cross Society, made through you, to arrange for a course of lectures to members of this organization on First Aid to Injured, etc., has been submitted to the Union, which accepts same, with thanks; has placed its hall at your disposal any night of the week, excepting Mondays, and has pledged itself to co-operate with you in any way it can, particularly in the matter of securing large and regular attendance at the lectures. If knowledge on the subjects to be discussed is desirable in people on shore, I should say it is a necessity to the men who go to sea. Seamen have had to endure untold suffering, and many of them have lost their lives, or worse still, have become disabled for life, owing to ignorance of the very first principles of First Aid. By law the vessels are required to carry a medicine chest, but in the majority of cases not a single man in the ship’s company knows anything about the properties of the medicine. The proposed lectures will be a blessing to the sea-faring men. If you will kindly let me know in advance when you propose to open the course, I shall do what I can to advertise it. Respectfully, (Signed) E. ELLISON, Secretary. It seems to me that the national character of the American National Red Cross makes it pre-eminently the best organization for doing this work and to establish it in all cities where a Merchant Marine exists.