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Show RED CROSS SHIP READY TO SAIL , New York. Sept. 9 With her fires banked, the steamship Red (. ross remained re-mained at her anchorage in the Hudson Hud-son river today awaiting orders to start on her oyage of mercy to the wounded on European battle fields. Her sailing wa delayed yesterday by the interference of the British and French governments, who objected to any man in the crew of 270 bein- oth-'X oth-'X than an American citizen Captain Armistead Rust, U. S N. retired, declared it was impossible lo get a full American crew without long delay and added that to do so would necessitate his sending to 'he Great Lakes. Boston and other seaport sea-port cities. |