CONTENTSPAGEPreface3William Howard Taft (with Portrait)4Robert W. de Forest (with Portrait)6The Forest Fire Disasters (illustrated)7By Ernest P. Bicknell.Report of Michigan Branch15By Ralph M. Dyar.South Carolina Flood Relief (illustrated)15By A. C. Kaufman.Report of Investigation in the Flooded Districts of South Carolina (illustrated)20By Janet E. Kemp.A Short Sketch of the Russian Red Cross (illustrated)27By J. de Thal.The Christmas Stamp32The Story of the Red Cross (with Portrait)34Report of Chairman of the Central Committee36Major General George B. Davis, U. S. A.Report of the Treasurer40Beekman Winthrop.Fourth Annual Red Cross Meeting43Red Cross Endowment Fund44Red Cross First-Aid Text-Book45By William E. Curtis.First-Aid Instructions to Merchant Marine46By 1st Lieutenant G. H. Richardson, M. R. C., U. S. A.The Red Cross and Esperanto48By Major P.S. Straub, U.S.A., Medical Corps.Notes49