The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-27
NURSES and CORPS
PREPARING To Leave
1t Is Believed That the Situation ts
So Well in Hand That the Nurses
and Hospital Corps Can Leave for
Other Points.


Yesterday afternoon meeting Of
the organization was held in the Com
mercial Club rooms and 1t was well
attended and about fifteen new mem
bers were added to its membership
list.
The following officers were present:
F. F. Phillips, president
V. M. Seaman, vice president
Mrs. Longre, vice president.
r. L. Bennett, secretary and treas
urer.
1t is stated that all the property Of
the Red Cross that is now in this city,
nd amounting approximately to $4,000,
is to be turned over to the local Red
Cross which is the first to be organ
lied in Mississippi. This property con-
sists of tents, beds and other valuable
and useful things that are needed in
times of awful distress and calamity.
The work of the Red Cross people
who came to this distressed district
is rapidly drawingg to close and
probably by the first of June they will
all be gone. The same thing can be
said of the hospital corps. Some have
already left and the condition of things
has so much improved that there will
not be either a Red Cross or hospital
nurses left in the city in few days.
The patients left in the city have all
improved so rapidly that it is only a
question of very short time when
they will all be well, with possibly one
o. two exceptions, whose cases may
require more extended attention.
The relief fund that has been sent
to the city of Hattiesburg will be in
charge of Messrs. R. L. Bennett and
V. NJ. Seaman. Mr.. Scanlan ana N'.
H. c. Yawn, of Lumberton, win have
to perform the task of placing the re-
| lief funds wherever they may be mos.
needed, making their recommended
tions to the subcommittee at this
place and at Purvis and of course
their recommendations will receive the
approval of all having charge of the
funds as they are both gentlemen OF
good judgment and discretion.
With the leaving of the Red Cross
nurses and the hospital corps, If any
thing arises that requires attention
in the way of further nursing, the local
Red Cross will see that whatever is
needed is done.
The relief work that has been done
| by the Red Cross nurses and the hos
pital corps has been God-send to this
section and the splendid services rem
dered can never be forgotten.
Now, however, that the local Red
Cross Is to be so we'll equipped, 1t Is
hoped that the membership will rapid
| ly increase. 1t only costs 81 a year
to be a member and there is no telling
what good will be accomplished.
The members thus far enrolled are
as follows:
Mai. Wendell l.. Simpson, U. s.
army, F. F. Phillips, V. NJ Seaman.
Mrs. s. e. Longre, R. l.. Bennett, F. w.
Foote, M. ]. Epley, VIM. Griffin, T. s.
Jackson, John B. Burkett, T. o. Wat
kins, Mrs. T. o. Watkins. Mrs. A. U.
Montgomery. Mrs. s. G. Eaton. Mrs.
Chas. Rich, Mrs. ]. A, Bishop, Mrs. n.
B. Holmes, Mrs. ]. S. Albritton, G. p.
arson, j H. Mitchell, P. E. Phillips,
Mrs. w. ]. York, Mrs. w. H. Ramsey,
Mrs. L. H. billiard, Miss Louise Dill
lard. Mrs. Archie Farley. r. T. Staple
ton. c. p. Jones, ]. d. Sanford, Mrs
Hugh Graham. Miss Ida Cowart, Miss
: zella rhrockmorton. Herman Katx
, DR.. T. e. Ross.
The membership fee Of 81 per yea
is low enough to induce very larg'
A membership. Those interested in tn