SS Red Cross Passenger List - 13 September 1914
Front Cover of a Special Passenger List of Doctors, Nurses and Officers for the SS Red Cross of the Hamburg America Line, Departing 13 September 1914 from New York to Falmouth, England, Commanded by Captain Armistead Rust, U.S.N. (Retired). The passengers consist solely of surgeons and nurses sent by the American National Red Cross for Service in Europe during the war. Ship carried 10,000 tons of Medical Supplies. GGA Image ID # 1784567e68
Included Dinner Menu for 23 September 1914.
SS Red Cross
Due to British Royal Navy control of the seas she was caught in New York at the outbreak of World War I.
Chartered by the American Red Cross to take medical personnel and supplies to Europe and renamed Red Cross, she left New York in mid-September, 1914 and called at Falmouth, England; Paulliac, France; and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, before re-crossing the Atlantic in October with American refugees on board. She remained at New York for the next two and a half years.
This passenger list is from that last voyage of the SS Red Cross.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain Armistead Rust, U.S.N. (Retired)
- Executive Officer: Cmdr. J. S. Doddridge U.S.N. (Ret.)
- Chief Engineer: Cmdr. E. H. Delaney, U.S.N. (Ret.)
- Navigator: Lt. G. Darst U.S.N. (Ret.)
- Paymaster: R. D. L. Mohun
Watch Officers
- Chief Boatswain: T. Sullivan U.S.N. (Ret.)
- Chief Boatswain: M. Wogan U.S.N. (Ret.)
- Boatswain P. H. Byrne U.S.N. (Ret.)
- Boatswain C. C. Beach U.S.N. (Ret.)
Other Officers, Staff and Crew
- Extra Master: P. Devantier
- Chief Officer: J. Paradise
- Chief Engineer: J. T. McClarity
- Extra Chief Engineer: G. Arlt
- Purser: M. Schryver
- Surgeon: E. C. Kuhr
- Chief Steward: T. J. Clarkin
- Red Cross Agent: L. Weickum
- Assistant Red Cross Agent: J. Roeder Jr.
LIST OF PASSENGFRS
- Major Robert J. Patterson, U. S. A. (United States Army)
Physicians
- Dr. Reynold M. Kirby-Smitli
- Dr. John C. Colsten
- Dr. M. H. Todd
- Dr. R. Fayerweather
- Dr. L. C. Spencer
- Dr. H. C. Slack
- Dr. Wm. S. Magill
- Dr. P. Newton
- Dr. P. H. Zinhan
- Dr. R. W. Hinds
- Dr. Fred W. Eastman
- Dr. Henry M. Shaw
- Dr. Charles McDonald
- Dr. Russell A. Jewitt
- Dr. John C. Miller
- Dr. Howard W. Beal
- Dr. V. N. Leonard
- Dr. Wm. T. Fitzimmons
- Dr. B. F. Bradbury
- Dr. R. H. Newmann
- Dr. John C. Lancer
- Dr. Edgar H. Egbert
- Dr. Brown S. McClintic
- Dr. Arthur M. Zinkhan
- Dr. Charles H. Sanders
- Dr. J. F. Spearman
- Dr. Grover A. C. Stem
- Dr. Cary A. Snoddy
- Dr. Fred G. Benton
- Dr. Walcott Denison
Nurses
Nurses Disembark from the SS Red Cross, 1914. Library of Congress LC # 2017673096. GGA Image ID # 17b8ba11fc
- H. Scott Hay in Charge
- M. McKenney
- M. Graham
- N. Eisenhard
- H. K. Koechlein
- F. H. Meyer
- K. J. Elmer
- A. B. W. Weston
- E. Rosenberg
- H. B. Moore
- L. K. Miers
- E. J. Thomas
- E. Dooley
- E. Weimann
- C. Richardson
- M. J. Leonard
- A. Domefshausen
- G. Dyer
- M. T. McCarthy
- M. Eagen
- A. S. Barclay
- F. B. Latimer
- Ch. Burgess
- F. L. Hartmann
- M. A. Moritz
- E. Klee
- M. F. Bowman
- M. W. McCary
- M. M. A. Weiss
- C. W. Bell
- M. Y. Borwnell
- C. M. O’Neill
- E. E. Rivers
- K. P. Hankins
- B. M. Butterfield
- K. Volk
- Margaret Lehmann (See Letter Regarding this Voyage at the bottom of this page, written by Margaret Lehmann)
- Agnes E. Jacobs
- M. B. Purvis
- Fay L. Fulton
- E. Niles
- A. C. Lewing
- L. Wentzel
- M. A. Mulcahy
- M. C. McNelis
- M. L. Henderson
- E. B. Loose
- M. M. Bowman
- L. Minnigerode
- S. V. Kiel
- R. U. Torrence
- M. F. Farley
- B. Horner
- H. Lindcrman
- H. G. Northwood
- M. M. H. Metcalf
- R. L. Cromwell
- M. Pepper
- F. E. W. Farmer
- F. E. Snyder
- A. Beatle
- K. Hertzer
- A. P. Mautner
- C. Schofield
- R. Volk
- M. McGuire
- C. P. Reynolds
- G. Bentley
- E. L. Stone
- L. K. Halliday
- S. A. McCarron
- L. E. Siegel
- G. Wilday
- A. E. Goertz
- A. Reutinger
- M. Minshall
- L. B. Martin
- A. Sutter
- E. K. Hoff
- M. Bodkin
- A. E. Henderson
- M. B. Boyle
- F. M. Waters
- C. D. Barclay
- R. Watson
- S. A. Lewis
- E. W. Riffel
- H. Covey
- S. W. Crosley
- V. Case
- M. Hartmann
- E. L. Dentist
- J. B. Bowman
- E. Weber
- R. Taylor
- E. Reese
- E. I. Welsh
- M. A. Strycker
- M. Hennessey
- A. Thomas
- E. M. Scott
- J. T. Parsons
- M. Mason
- C. Buhrman
- Ch. Eaton
- D. G. Burgar
- M. A. G. Hickey
- M. S. Welsh
- L. A. Bennett
- R. A. Carney
- E. T. Riley
- G. K. Perkins
- N. M. Strong
- A. Gilborne
- A. E. Foerster
- A. Hansen
- G. G. Hard
- M. E. Hill
- L. E. Bartram
- L. W. Anderson
- B. H. Becht
- D. Mann
- L. Me Eneny
- V. A. Rau
- H. A. Fritz
The passengers consist solely of surgeons and nurses sent by the American National Red Cross for service in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Russia and Austria during the war.
The only cargo in this ship of 10000 tons is medical supplies contributed by the American people to the different nations at war.
Autographs Included Within This Passenger List Dated 13 September 1914. GGA Image ID # 17849c858b
Miss Delano has just forwarded the following letter from Miss Margaret Lehmann, one of the nurses on the Red Cross ship.
Miss Lehmann was Superintendent of the Visiting Nurses' Association in Philadelphia and was granted a leave of absence for the Red Cross service. We are sure that her letter will be of great interest to all our readers. S. S. Red Cross, Sept. 23, 1914. The Public Health Journal: Greetings from the S. S. Red Cross and Unit A - the Philadelphia group.
Long before this, you have heard all about the preliminary preparation for this expedition, and I thought you might like to know just how the American Red Cross Nurses have spent their time during the sea voyage. The days have been truly busy, more like the training school, patients included, for seasickness was very much in evidence the first few days.
The daily schedule has been as follows: 8:00 A. M.- Breakfast. 9: 30-11: 30 — Lectures by doctors. 11:30 A. M.— Many nurses made use of the gymnasium. 1:00 P. M.- Luncheon. 2:00-3:00 P. M.- Quiz and practical nursing. 4:00 P. M.- French or German. 7:00 P. M.— Dinner. 8:30 P. M .-- Prayers conducted by Sister Helen (Scott Hay). 10:00 P. M.- Quiet.
The doctors have given lectures on such subjects as First Aid, Contagious and Infectious Diseases, Anatomy, Anesthesia, Surgical Work, Metric System, etc. The afternoon classes have been conducted by their assistants and consisted of the nursing care of the patients.
At odd times between lectures and classes could be seen groups of nurses practicing bandaging or holding general discussions on some nursing subject.
By the way, we are all known as sisters; Sister Helen has given splendid talks on our future work, our attitude towards those with whom we may come in contact, on discipline and has given the supervisors many valuable suggestions.
Besides the regular lectures and classes, Major Patterson gave two very instructive lectures, one on Military Hospital Camp and the other on some contagious diseases, viz: Dysentery, Cholera, Smallpox, Bubonic Plague.
Mr. Mohun, one of the officers on board, gave an intensely interesting and instructive lantern slide lecture on his expedition 16 years ago, through Africa, and another lecture was describing his expedition through the same country 20 years ago.
The entire time during the trip has been one of preparation for our future work, and it has been amazing how fast the time had passed when there was nothing to look at but sea and sky.
We all feel keenly the trust and confidence placed in us by the American Red Cross Society, representing the United States as a whole, the various cities, and training schools as individuals.
It is the earnest prayer of each and every one that in every way possible, in whatever country we go, that we may prove ourselves a credit to our country and our colors by rendering the valuable assistance expected of us to those in great need.
Very cordially yours,
(SISTER MARGARET) LEHMANN, Unit A.
