The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-11
RED GROSS HEAD ASKS
FOR INCREASED FUNDS
Major Patterson. Who Accompanied
Hospital Ship to europe,
Calls for Supplies.
SPEAKS TO ST. PAUL's GUILD
Need for Cash Is Due to Fact That
Cost of Transporting Nurses and
Supplies Is Almost Prohibitive.
Gives Account of Work.

Know how much you like to sew
| and 'cut-out but If you want to
| render the best service to the Red
Cross work give money" In these
| words Major Robert Patterson. head
of the Medical Service Bureau of the
American Red Cross. yesterday adj
dressed an audience Of 400 women ut
meeting held under the auspices OF
the Women's Guild of St. paurs Epis-
copal Church
Major Patterson was in charge OF the
Red Cross ship that sailed from the
United States on September 10. carry
Ing, surgeons. nurses and supplies to
England. Franco. Germany. Russia.
Austria and Scrvia, and he gave in
side information as to the conduct OF
tho expedition.
There VIII be no more doctors or
nurses sent to Europe" said Major
Patterson. "IMey are really not need
ed, but there are needed hospital and
surgical supplies, and we can buy the
latter ut wholesale and send exactly
what is most required II we have the
money"
1t was in this connection that tho
major spoke of the natural feminine in
stinct TO sew and cut-out, which
seems more like doing something than
merely to send check BY surgical
supplies" 1T was pointed out that ban
dagcs. cotton, steril!zcd gauze. adhesive
plaster and standard makes of instru-
ments were meant. Hospital sup
plies" he said, by way OF distinction,
they wished The latter included
towels. paJamas. night gowns, dressing,
gowns ard slippers.
OFFERED ASSISTANCE
TO ALL nIcLI.HGERENTS
When the war broke out the Amcri-
can Red Cross offered it's assistance to
all the bclligerents, and one and all
accepted with the exception OF Bel
GUM, which accepted only supplies.
The immense cost Of supplying aid
to all made II Impossible to send rs
much as the organization would like
to have done. but with the chartering
of the Hamburg. of the Hamburg
showing. The boat locked ut Folke-
stone. England. and two units" of
m edical corps went to the America n
Hospital outside OF London, which was
equipped by American women who have
married titled Englishmen, among
Lady Pndget and Lady Randolp h
Churchill. BY The term unit" In the
language OF the Red Cross Is meant
! three surgeons and twelve nurses. so
two units are double that number.
| This gave enough assistants to enable
all English hospital corps to take up
duty elsewhere, and made this an all
American hospital. This hospital Is tho
country home of the founder of the
Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Two units went to Bordeaux. France;
two to Germany; two to Austria. and
two each to Russia and Scrvia. The
last named has asked for more help.
and on November 81. six doctors and
| twelve nurses, with $4,000 worth of
supplies, will sail on Red Star boat
| that has been taken over by the United
! States government for that purpose.
/ February ], another staff will go to
relieve those who went In September.
| Unless some power requests 1t, no
| others are going.
The transportation charges are SO
! great that the cost of sending the two
| Russian units from Glasgow, Scotland
to Stockholm, Sweden. alone was So
900. Supplies are giving out In Hol-
F., land. for more than 100000 per-
! sons have poured across her borders.
| England is taking care of more Bel
eians than any other country. Major
! Patterson said he stood I'm CharinE
| Cross Station and saw as many as o.
| 600 refugees come In on an afternoon.
MORE THAN 900 DOCTORS
APPLIED FOR FOREIGN DUTY
] There was no trouble In getting ap-
plicants to do the Red Cross work, ac-
cor'in~ IN Mr'"r Patterson 500 o. 9Oo