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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



ter. At least $5,000 will be required, and that 



sum must be raised. Subscriptions are urgently 

 invited; and checks may be sent to William I. 



Mitchell, Treasurer, Zoological Park. Thus far 

 the subscription list stands as follows : 



William Pierson Hamilton $250.00 



Five Friends of Mr. Hamilton 250.00 



William T. Hornaday 100.00 



Cleveland H. Dodge 100.00 



Lispenard Stewart 100.00 



Frank K. Sturgis 100.00 



Mortimer L. Schiff 100.00 



Frederick G. Bourne 50.00 



H. R. Mitchell 50.00 



Geo. N. Reinhardt 50.00 



A. P. Deinst 50.00 



Hermann W. Merkel -iO.OO 



Wm. Mitchell 25.00 



W. Reid Blair 25.00 



Elwin R. Sanborn 25.00 



Raymond L. Ditmars 25.00 



George ]\I. Beerbower 25.00 



W^illiam Beebe 25.00 



Bronx Borough Bank 25.00 



Clark & Fritts 25.00 



William Osgood Field 20.00 



Lee S. Crandall 20.00 



SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 



Baird Court throng thrilled with 



music of the old song. 



Solomon Lipman 20.00 



Gilbert B. Perkins 10.00 



Mrs. M. B. Johns 5.00 



While the carpenter work was proceeding in 

 the Lion House, the decorating committee had 

 been busy, and on the afternoon of the flag-rais- 

 ing event, the new Red Cross Working Base 

 also was inaugurated. The work is under the di- 

 rection of Mrs. J. B. Turk, who up to this date 

 has bestowed upon it her entire time, — greatly 

 to the benefit of the enterprise. All work is 

 voluntary, and the number of daily workers va- 

 ries between fifteen and thirty. 



The most urgent call is for light gray woolen 

 garments, particularly pajamas, jackets, bath 

 robes and slippers. All supplies are purchased 

 through the Bronx Red Cross Society, thus se- 

 curing all possible benefits from purchases in 

 large quantities. The Red Cross requires mil- 

 lions of dressings and bandages, and their pro- 

 duction will be taken up later on. In this work 

 the wives of the men of the Zoological Park 

 force have been very active and helpful. iNIrs. 

 H. R. Mitchell, Mrs. Beerbower, jNIrs. Merkel, 

 Mrs. Ditmars and Mrs. McEnroe are particu- 

 larly faithful to the working base. 



The latest development is the formation of 

 the Zoological Park Guards, Company A, which 

 consists of fortj'-five men, armed, uniformed and 

 equipi^ed at the expense of the Zoological So- 

 ciety, and now being drilled. The following of- 

 ficers have been chosen: Captain, R. L. Dit- 

 mars; 1st Lieut., Wm. I. Mitchell; 2nd Lieut., 

 Dr. W. Reid Blair. The Sers-eants are Chas. 



