The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-20
NAVAL HOSPITAL AID.
New and Noble Auxiliary Society Organ
lied in nIorristown.

New and Noble Auxiliary Society Organ
lied in AIorristown.
A meeting was held last Wednesday
morning at the Y. M. G. A. rooms to
hear the plans of the ladies who have
formed in Morristown, the Naval Hos
pital Aid. About one hundred ladies
were present. Mrs. Erdman called the
meeting to order, and in short and
very graceful speech presented the cause
for which the meeting was called, add
ing that the names of those engaged
should secure the success Of the enter
prise. She had list of the officers as
follows : Chairman, Mrs. Julius Catlin;
treasurer, Mrs. William Roscoe Lyon;
secretary, Mrs. Gustave E. Kissel, Elk
ecutive Committee Mrs. R. A. McCur-
dy, Mrs. 81. Mex. Twombly, Mrs. Mar
maduke Tilden, Mrs. T. G. Bushnell.
Mrs. w. M. Hughes, Mrs. A. R. Whit
ney, Mrs. E. V. Thebaud.
Mrs. Catlin then took the chair and
told the reason for her thought of form
ing the organization. sMost of us, she
said, SHOULD feel the tingle Of the old
war day, when we worked hard. too
hard, in making knotty stockings, use
less havelocks, etc. To-day, with the
dreadful voice of the Maine in our ears,
we feel that we, the women, must take
up the work and help our boys.
ST have just returned from the South
not solid, but united, South now
united in love for country, with seces-
sion entirely forgotten. At Richmond
the cry was s'Our country, right or
wrongl'' In personal interview with
the Surgeon General of the Navy, DIR.
Van Ruypen, we were assured that
hospital clothing and delicacies were
needed at once and would be most CRATE
fully received. He put us in commune
cation with DR.. Delavan Bloodgood in
charge of the Naval Hospital, Brooklyn,
who gave us list of articles needed.
Mrs. Catlin read the list of articles
needed. They are: Night shirts, paja-
mas, socks, cheap slippers (6-10), flannel
jackets, pads, pencils, paper, envelops,
fruit fresh, preserved or jelly, meat ex-
tracts, small papers smoking tobacco.
To this the Surgeon General had added
games, pipes and cards. magazines and
novels.
Mrs. Catlin saw Vice President
Hobart. Congressman Pitney and Parker,
all of whom heartily endorsed her plans.
"While not at present affiliated with the
Red Cross, said Mrs. Catlin, sswe ex-
pect to work heartily together" Mrs.
Catlins remarks were listened to with
great interest. She was followed by
Mrs. A. R. Whitney, who spoke of the
fact that many women refused to attend
this meeting because they were not in
sympathy with the war. 81 voice the
feelings of the Executive Committee, .
she said, ''and say that we all regret
the necessity Of war; but now that it is
with us, we, as women, should show our
patriotism by doing all we can to help
the cause of our country" (Applause.)
A list of donations was read, as fol-
lows:
Twenty-four uniforms. thirty dozen
pairs of half hose and $500 yards white
muslin, Catlin & Co.; one package sta
tionery, two cases jeIlies, / 200 pads,
1000 pencils and 1900 envelopes, Mrs.
Richard A. McCurdy; 500 palm leaf
fans. Mrs. Robert II. McCurdy; 100 COM
fort bags, Mrs. Hoffman.
Mrs. Catlin gave an interesting de-
scription of that first ambulance ship,
the Solace, and among other things
related Surgeon General Van Ruypen's
desire that all articles coming from in
dividuals for 'spoor Jack" should be
carefully and plainly marked, that the
sailors would know the women at
home were thinking of them.
Mrs. Catlin explained that the uni
forms were the first things asked for.
In our navy lists we have no provision
for nurses, so the men on the Solace,
graduates Of Bellevue Hospital, had en-
listed in other positions, and each
needed extra uniforms. These were the
first articles sent out by the Naval Hes
pital Aid. All present were asked to
consider themselves members of the
organization, and after the meeting was
adjourned a great many offers were
made by workers, of delicacies, of books
and of money. AS ever, Morristown
women-God bless them-stand ready to
do their share of work for their soldiers
and sailors and they will meet with the
same success in this good work that has
attended the work in the old, old days.