New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
REAL FIRST AID WORK
At RED CROSS CONTEST
Miss iye Meyer Dresses Boy
Scouts Hand, Which Was
Badly Cut.
MANY WITNESS EXHIBITION
Girls Well Known in Washington
Society Make Up Teams in
Competition at the
Capital.
IRON The Tribune Bureau

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. May 1.-THE feature Of the
pad Cross conference to-day was the first
s,d competition and exhibition, and the
c.ature of the exhibition was one not down
on the programme. Remy Abramson, one
- tho Hull House team of Boy Scouts from
chicago. in the course Of his contest duties
,rt his hand badly on a refractory tin can.
T. WAS not merely an annoying little
.cratch. that anybody would suck and wrap
his handkerchief around. The youngster $
hand was laid right open" II was a
chance for some real first aid work and
MSS Alys Meyer. daughter of the Secrc-
,arv Of the Navy, was the one TO see and
CRASH the opportunity. She had the wound
disinfcctcd and properly bandaged before
her rauents team mates knew what was
Nd and the surgeon judges said 1t could
not have been done better.
II was pretty sight-the blue sky. with
Great. white cotton clouds, the three stands
crowded with prominent persons. tho ring
,cn deem with ordinary mortals inclosinG
the great held and the teams. police on
one side. miners and trainmen on the othor.
Further back in the centre OF the picture
were the four teams of womens first aid.
IN blue gowns. with the red cross on their
hlouses. and 10 one side the Boy Scouts
and on the other the United states hospital
corps.
50 far IS the stands went. Interest IN
douhtedly centred on the sixteen girls
making the four FIRST aid teams ~ mere
force OF attractiveness they vOrld un-
doubtcdly have been the centre Of interest
even n each one Of them had rot been
personally well known 10 Washington So
ciety. No. I team. headed 10y Ms Marion
oliver. daughter Of the Assistant Secretary
Of War included Miss Porter. Ms G~ehle
and Miss Sargent.
No team. captained hr Nj cary
Langhorne who was Zside can. had
Mrs e 4 Harlove. Miss Marjorie Smith
and Miss Hunt. No. vas made NJ Of Miss
Never. Miss Merriam. Miss Vin;lov and
Miss Nagel, and No. of Miss Glove. Miss
Reyburn, Miss Heath and Miss Uniting
Each team had Boy Scout is ~uhject-
and incidentally each Of those Boy Scouts
* the possessor Of brand new shirt to-
night 70 replace the one which TIC girls
cut recklessly in order to get II the alleged
injury and bardsao il properly.
Miss divers team received first pldC. and
Miss Meyers second The police and fire
teams. chiefly from Washington, though
Philadelphia sent one or two entries, did
some spectacular work in lifting and car
wing supposedly helpless human beings
end pr rcviving those who had vster or
smoke nIled lungs. There was also an e>-
hllition Of dragging man of live wire
and relivinE him. ard 4 demonstration u
tho use Of the pulmometer.
Each OF the teams received Z slip telling
Exactly What had happened to its subject
End it was 10 give him the proper treat
merit for the injuries received. The miners
probably had the worst wrecks 10 deal with
and, lightning with head bauda-es FOR a
compound fracture OF tic jaw. tho treated
Il fractured cOllarbouc. crushed chest and
finally cases where subjects vcrc both
crushed and burned. In this competition
thc prize went 20 the u. q. Frick coke
Company Of UniOntown. P"u7.
There were half d dozen different sorts Of
teams and from three or four 10 dozen in
each clas. II Was impossible TO see them
all and the o.lookerS, who we're ctccrfully
swelte~iug ooul- the centre stand reserved
for delegates was 1T all sheltered from the
SUM- were continually worried Icy what
they were missing.
The drill By the United States Naval
Hospital Corps aroused considerable On
thusiasm. The stretcher evoutions were
performed with admirable precision, and
when q dozen or so blucjackcts came on the
field tumtled and rolled over = represent
the wounded the onlookers were delighted.
These men were lcarfully and wonderfully
bandaccd iu a few minutes. and demon
stratiou Of Surgeon General Stokes's In
ventiou fol transferring the wounded from
the battleships to the hospital ship fol-
lowed and was rouudly applauded.
Tho Hull House Chicago, Boy Scout team
Won the medal in their class. y handsome
sword vas presented to Major Charles
Lynch. i'm charge OF the American Red
Gross first aid department. by the Illinois
Division OF the Red Cross FIELD CORPS the
presentation being by Or. q. ". Hlech,
Chicago. director Of tho division.
Compared with the affairs of tho after
noon. the morning session was tame China
japan. Turkcy and Brazil presented repre-
scutativos Of the work 81 the association III
their respective country. Theodore Wong
director Of the Chinese education mission
10 the United States, spoke for China'
seconded briefly 10y Or. John e. Ferguson
Of the Chinese delegation. Dr. Masanosuke
Akimaya. Governor General Of Corea, ana
chief OF the law bureau Of the japanese
army. presented a summary Of Japans re-
pert which filled q neat little volume. Ut
Besslm Amer Bcy read the report OF the
Red Crescent Society. that being the name
and the emblem used In Turkey
Dr Bctelho. delegate from Brazil. praised
Miss Boardman rs the soul OF the Ueo
Cross in the United States The era
lillian Red Cross, he said, was favored
both 10y the government and the people.
\ musical and reception In honor OF inc
Red Cross delegates in the baIlfooin OF VI
New Willard were given Tonight, MT. ai'
Mrs Henry \ Strong being the hosts. o.
morrow there % no programme as u Is 70
be a day Of much needed rest.
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