Hon. LLOYD W. BOWERS, Solicitor-General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. President BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, University of California. Mr. JOHN M. GLENN, 105 East 22d street, New York, N. Y. Miss MABEL T. BOARDMAN, Washington, D. C. Hon. JAMES R. GARFIELD. Hon. A. C. KAUFMAN, Charleston, S. C. Hon. H. KIRKE PORTER, 1600 I street, Washington, D. C. General CHARLES BIRD, U. S. A., Wilmington, Del. Col. WILLIAM CARY SANGER, Sangerfield, N. Y. Judge LAMBERT TREE, 70 La Salle street, Chicago, Ill. Hon. JAMES TANNER, Washington, D. C. Mr. W. W. FARNAM, New Haven, Conn. One vacancy. [Illustration: CONTENTS] PAGE Table of Contents 1 Red Cross Officers 2 View of Armenian Quarter, Adana 3 Preface 4 Turko-Armenian Relief. _Illustrated._ 8 By G. Bie Ravndal. Italian Earthquake Relief. _Illustrated._ 45 Portuguese Earthquake Relief 61 Canal Zone Red Cross. _Illustrated._ 62 By Major C. A. Devol, U. S. A. Use and Abuse of the Red Cross Brassard 66 By G. H. Richardson, M. D. Repression of the Abuse of the Red Cross Insignia 67 The Story of the Red Cross 69 Tuberculosis Department. _Illustrated._ 71 1. Christmas Stamps. 2. District of Columbia. 3. Indiana. 4. New York. 5. New Hampshire. Red Cross Nurses’ Department 81 First Aid Department. _Illustrated._ 84 1. California. 2. Illinois. 3. New York. 4. Pennsylvania. 5. Germany. 6. Great Britain. Notes. _Illustrated._ 99 List of Red Cross Branches 3d page of cover Entered at the Post Office, Washington, D. C., as second-class matter. [Illustration: DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN QUARTER IN ADANA] [Illustration: WILLIAM H. TAFT.] PREFACE With the October number of 1909 the RED CROSS BULLETIN brings its fourth volume to a close. Those who recall the dry little report which constituted the first BULLETIN, issued in January, 1906, will find a strong proof of the growth of the American Red Cross by contrasting the former with the BULLETINS issued during the last year. The Red Cross is fast becoming a very vital force throughout the world, a force that is bringing the nations closer together in the bonds of human sympathy, brotherhood, and peace.