Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
WAR RELIEF SOCIETY
HEARS H. S. HARRISON
Novelist Tells OF Experiences in War
Stricken Countries OF
Europe.
ORGANIZATION is FORMED
Will Forward Without Cost ANY
Contributions Of Money and Sup
plies for Those in Nced--Graphic
Story OF Suffering at Front.

Recital by Henry Sydnor Harrison,
lately an ambulance driver in the war
zone in Northern France. OF personally
observed illustrations of suffering and
need among the bclligercnts in Eastern
Europe. and letters read by Henry w
Anderson telling of the acute want
among Serbian women and children in
duced sympathy among GOO people in
the auditorium of the jefferson Hotel
last night for the organization of the
War Relief Association OF Virginia.
This association Will be allied with
like organizations in all other cities in
America. with headquarters in New
York. and all its efforts will be so CO.
ordinated and all it's contributions will
he so combined that every cent given
and every piece Of supply made for the
sufferers will reach them directly and
free OF all cost of transportation
IT was Mr.. Harrison, formerly an
editorial writer for The Times-Dis-
patch, who. in simple narrative STYLE,
toid OF what he had seen on the French
and Flemish fronts. and of the deter
mlhation OF the French people to
struggle against the invader until they
had achieved national liberty for them
selves and the Relgians
RftbS biGIIE:RS TELLING:
OF ACUTE SUFFERING
Mr.. Anderson, who presided at the
mass-nectinE. read from letters pitiful
stories OF the acute suffering among
the women and children i'm Serbia. Mr.
Harrison, in telling simple tales of the,
things he had seen in Ypres. Poperinehc
ana l:lNerdinchc. of the destruction or
those towns and the dcSClation among
their peoples. said that. III the war
We're To end tomorrow, history would
judge that against the background of
these tremendous events the United
states of America has cut Il ragged and
unimprcssivc figure
The meeting was presided over bv
MIR Anderson. and those on the rostrurn
included Colonel w. Gordon McCabc.
Or. Geort;c Ben Johnston. DR. stuart
Mcclure. Henry Il. Baskerville. Ivan
Maitby. Henry Lee Valentine. Colonel
w. w. King. NJ T. Marcusc. r. r
Willis. John Stewart BRYAN and De
soto Fitzgerald. Mr.. Anderson stated
that The meeting had been ORGANIZED
to get ready for further and greater
work among the European sufferers
Much. he said. has already been done
IN Richmond. but there is II manifest
need Tor co ordination OF the measures
being taken in this country for tho
relief Of the French. Belgian and Ser
bian peoples
CENTRAL. ORGANIZNTIoN
FOH ALI. WAR RELIEF
The time has come for central.aa-
ton OF our efforts" said Nlr. And.r-
son. and with Il central Office in New
York we Will know that The small
est thing we send will reach the man
In the trench or the wonrn in the
home for whom IL is Intended" A
nominating committee was appointed
by Mr.. Anderson. and. after tue address
OF Mr. Harrison, the following were
reported and were elected officers:
President Henry w. Anderson: vice
presidents. Mrs. j. Taylor E.lvson, Mrs.
Clemens Ap-CatesbY Jones, Mrs John
w. Harrison. Mrs. Samuel Cohen. Mrs
Henry Harwood. Mrs. Gordon smith.
Mrs. l.. Randolph Williams, Mrs. u. A.
kuyk. Mrs. Ramon Garrin. Mrs NAL
vern G. Patterson. Miss Annie C. Stew
art. Mrs. Fred w. Scott. Mrs Caskie
Cabcl, Mrs. Edward Mcclure, Mrs. f..
ID. Hoto' kiss. Colonel Archer Andcr-
son. join, Stewart Bryan. Ivan Maltby.
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