New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Two Hundred Students
Enlist and Will Take
Lesson Tomorrow.
CHURCHILL APPROVES
OF THE SCHEME
Manager of Old Linen Corps OF
Salvation Arry and AS
sistants Will Instruct.

Two hundred students Of the Julia
Richman and Morris High Schools. as
well rs a number OF girls from the
grade schools in Manhattan. will spend
The holidays making bandages Tor
wounded soldiers. They will take their
first lesson as nurses tomorrow morn
ING nj Salvation Army Memorial Hall.
100 West l4th ST., from Colonel j. r..
Margetts, general manager OF tho old
linen campaign, and corps OF volun-
teer assistants. -
The school plan WAS that Of Mrs. +:
F. Frost. president Of the Mothers
Council for the Public Schools. A few
davs before Christmas she put the mat
ter before President Churchill OF the
Board of Education and then presented
il 20 the students. She now intends TO
extend the scheme 10 include girls IN
the high and higher grade schools
No matter how many enlist IN the
work, there will be material enough Tor
them, the Salvation Army promises. IL
has sent nearly 100000 completed band.
ages TO Europe, and still has on hand
enough linen to make 5OO,OOO 'rst ana
supplies for the soldiers. Volunteers
are all it needs to be in position 10
ship another lot.
another embarrassing situation
which confronts us is the unwilllngness
of some of our friends to be neutral
said Colonel Margetts. Last week
woman sent US a magnificent collectloh
of household linen with the stipulation
that no bandage made from II should
cover a wound inflicted on German,
Austrian or Turk.
From an excellent German woman
Ia
but she said that under no circum-
stances must any of II be used lot the
relief of any but the Germans and their
allies. OF course, we can't agree TO any
such terms. and If we can't make her
see our position we shall have TO re,
turn the linen. Thee are exceptional
cases, though, for we receive as much
linen from the Germans rs from any
other Europeans living in this country.
Only in rare cases do they attach any
conditions to their gifts.
Early next month the Salvation Army
will give $4,000 bandages, sponges,
congresses and other field supplies TO
the German authorizes.
The widow of a German citizen in
Newton, Ala, has offered for sale rare
portrait of Queen Victoria and the
DIll4SH IpRd4 AdiAAigf AAAN pAONNNN'
for relief. Copies have been made OF it
which may be had az 81 so each. The
woman is very poor, and has taken TINS
method to aid the cause. J. B. Albrit-
ton. Of Newton, is receiving remittances
for her.
The Committee Of Mercy has re-
ceived to date sol. $50 SO. The Bryn
Mawr girls have contributed 1855, made
up out of money they saved from their
Christmas funds. This will be turned
over to the aid Of suffering non-com.
batants. The Belgian Relief Fund total
is s7S7.s53, OF which s7,505 was re-
ceived yesterday.
The fund for the relief Of the women
and children Of France has reached
S49,s77 66, and the fuad for the Ameri-
can Ambulance Hospital in Paris is
now S257.73 81. Of this S2,376 came in
yesterday.
The American Red Cross SEM sixty
seven cases Of hospital supplies and
clothing to Europe yesterday on the
Chicago, of the French Line.