committeeofmercy

On THEMISTOCLES, 6/26/15 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  At least two of the people in
  
  also sailed on the Themistocles in June 1915.

• Art Siegel said:

  "The Committee of Mercy was established in October, 1914, with the approval of President Wilson, to help the women and children and other noncombatants made destitute by the war. Associated in the Committees formation were Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Miss Katharine B. Davis, Norman Hapgood, John Moffat and T. C. Glen-Coats, Mr. Elihu Root,honorary president, and the vice presidents include Dr. Charles W. Eliot,Harvard University, John Purroy Mitchel, ex-Mayor of New York, Miss Katharine B. Davis, chairman, Parole Commission of New York, and Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Mr. August Belmont,treasurer. The Committee of Mercy, up to the summer of 1917, had collected more than $2,065,000. In addition to the relief administered through reliable agencies in France, Russia, Armenia, Serbia, Montenegro and Poland, considerable sums have been raised for other relief committees. Headquarters, 360 Madison Ave., New York City." net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/Clarke/Clarke30.htm This article in the Columbia Alumni News says that the expedition to Serbia was made up of Columbia college men, with an instructor. There is a list of names, which are likely the men pictured. books.google.com/books?id=iowhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA713&l...

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for your research artolog. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.