New Britain herald., 1915-11-15
STRICT NEUTRALITY
 BY RED GROSS HERE
No Favors Shown in Shipping Sup
 plies to Afflicted Soldiers
REVIEW OF FIRST YEAR
Reports of Officers Presented This
 Afternoon Show Wonderful Work By Small But Determined Organiza- tion in This City-Brooks President.

tion in This City-Brooks President
 Neutrality has been the watch word of the New Britain Chapter of the Red Cross society. This in shown by the report of the war relief committee presented at the annual meeting of the chapter this afternoon. The committee reported that it had distributed supplies and munitions of peace" without favor, listening only to the cry of the afflicted.
 w. F. Brooks President.
 w. F. Brooks of South High street was nominated for president by F. G. Platt, chairman of the nominating committee. He is we'll known architect, having an office in Hart ford.
 War Relief Report.
 The report of the Woman's Relief Auxiliary, of which Annie l.. Churchill is chairman and Mary G. Brown, sec retary, was submitted by Mrs. Churchill. It contains detailed list of the articles made in New Britain and forwarded to the Bush Terminal ir Brooklyn, N. Y., for foreign ship- ment and was as follows: --..
 "List of articles forwarded to Bush Terminal, Brooklyn. by New Britain Red Cross chapter. Twenty-seven boxes were sent between November 10, 1914, and April 3, 1915. The rooms were closed for the holidays from December IT to January 4. The rooms were given up on April 3. Some work, however, was done at homes in the late spring and two boxes were forward on June 9. Another, and the last box, the thirtieth, containing work done in the summer, was forwarded on November 6. These boxes were sent for the general use of the Red Cross. No restrictions as to the des- tination of the articles were made. It was deemed best in a town made up as New Britain is, to consider all Red Cross gifts as strictly neutral.
 The list of articles follows:
 513 white hospital shirts, 142 gray hospital shirts, 99 day shirts, A bed jackets, 50 nightingales, 67 convales- cent robes, 87 pajama suits. 1s9 knitted muffers, 84 woven muffers, 453 straight abdominal bands 233 shaped abdominal bands, Il knitted abdominal bands, 105 arm slings, lS4 triangular bandages, 149 pair hospital socks or mules, Al pair knitted socks. B pair hospital stockings, 5 knitted helmets, 50 cloth helmets, 70 pair knitted wristlets, 256 bath towels (small), 1eS hand towels, s4 sheets. 822 3-inch bandages (rolled), 556 finch bandages (rolled), 34 split bandages, 30 packages of gauge pads or sponges (25 pads in a package.) S1 utility bags Cor comfort bags), $ packages old linen, 200 paper nap- kins e pieces), l small piece red flannel, 24 old linen squares, A cheese cloth squares, 203 batiste handkerchiefs, l pair knitted knee pads, pair blankets.
 Gifts Total $246.75.
 Mrs. H. M. Bates, treasurer of the Women's War Relief committee, re- ported receipt of funds from mem berships and gifts totaling $246.75, The membership fees were turned over to Curtis Sheldon, assistant treasurer of the society. Money con- tributed as gifts was used by the re- lief committee to meet current ex- penses such as rent of rooms, sewing machines. etc.
 Secretary Reelxs' Report.
 MT. Chairman and Members of the New Britain Chapter of American Red Cross: 'E
 T hereby submit the first annual report of the New Britain chapter of the American Red Cross for the year ending October 31, 1915.
 "The chapter was organized Octo- Der 2S. 1914, following a Red Cross rally held in the Russwin Lyceum, October 25, 1914, at which Miss Boardman spoke of the need of Red Cross work
 ''The following officers were elect ed to serve for one year: Rev. H. w. Maier, chairman; M, D. Saxe, vice A. J. Sloper, treasurer; Curtiss L. Sheldon, assistant treasur- er;Dr. B. E. Reeks, Secretary, Dr. c. H. Travis, assistant secretary. To Mrs. c. E. Wetmore, Rev. Dr. S. G. Ohman, F. G. Platt; Mrs. A. G. Churchill, chairman ,Ioman's War Relief committee: W. c. Hungerford, chairman membership committee.
 'The policy established to be pur- sued by the chapter was to give aid to the sufferers abroad caused by the European war and to do it's part l in strengthening the work of the Red Cross society.
 The membership of the chapter l at the end of it's first year is 21S. The number is not as high as we had l hoped it would be, but owing to the lateness of the start of our work, and because it was recognized that the real work of the society rested prnclpally with the Woman's War Renet committee, no special cam- palgn Tor membership was made oth-
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