The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-29
MEXICAN CRISIS sTIRS ALL
A. F. F. E. w. Will Ship Nothing More
Until It Is Decided Whether
the United States Will
Need Supplies.

Inc WUIn6H VI A6uUolld dlo dlouoOu
to the crisis which exists in the affairs
of the United States and to the posi-
bility of war with Mexico.
Not only is their enthusiasm for their
government awakened, but band Of
trained women is ready to take up the
work of making hospital supplies IT.
GLIDING surgical dressings. Their train
ing enables them to go ahead and rem
der expert service where a year ago the
work would have been amateurish.
This trained group consists of those
devoted women who have been working
for the French Front Wounded Fund
for the past three months, under the
leadership of Mrs. E. al. Grant, presi-
dent, and Mrs Zalmon G.. Simmons, Jr.,
chairman Of the work committee.
eve shall continue our work of MAX
! ing supplies as in the past, said Mrs.
Simmons yesterday, " but we shall
make no more shipments Of supplies
abroad until we have found how this
crisis results. Should it result in war
all of our supplies will be used for our
own government and our own BOYS.
Gu: own, of course, must come first
Work for Our Soldiers
"Whatever we have learned of the
work of making dressings and supplies
will be utilized for our own government
and the work will proceed with increas-
ed rapidity in the event Of war.
Mrs. R. K. Dorr, regent of the Daugh-
t RS of the American Revolution, is in
perfect accord, personally, with the
spirit Of the national congress of
Daughters held last April, when an ap-
peal was made for all OF the chapters
of the country to give aid to Red Cross
work. No specific line of work was
given for the chapter to follow but all
were urged to do what could be done
in their own way.
D. A. R. Will Help.
In case war is declared, said Mrs.
Dorr, "a meeting of the executive
board of the D. A. R. will be irnmedi-
ately called and it will take action.
Probably it VIII decide to cal a general
meeting Of the chapter and organized
work will then be planned It is not
probable that our chapter which has
but small membership would attempt
to form Red Cross unit, but it is more
than probable that it would join with
some other small chapter to do So and
it is certaii that it would rive time and
money toward promoting the hospital
service work III every way possible. It
would doubtless try to organize or take
an active part in some other organiza-
ton such as the French Front Wounded
committee, for making and sewing
Damages, dressings and other hospital
necessities and would raise money in
some way.
1t is not possible to say just what
form the work would take until the
emergency crystalizes action, but the
loyalty Of our organization is beyond
question and immediate action of some
sort would be taken"
w. R. G. Calls Meeting.
"The subject Of what the Woman 8
Relief Corps will do Immediately to aid
in the preparations for war will be
taken up at special meeting of our
organization called for next Monday
night in the g. AR. Hail. said Mrs.
William Baird, commander of the w.
R. G. today.
The members are all loyal women,
the daughters and granddaughters of
veterans of the Civil War and as one
they will give their services to do
whatever they can for the aid of their
government, should it be plunged into
war.
g 1t may be that we shall attempt fine
organization of Red Cross unit. II is
more than probable that the w. R. C.
would offer its services as a whole 70
the American Fund for the French
Front Wounded as it has the appliances
and the knowledge for doing effective
work for supplying hospitals, and we
understand that its efforts will be di-
verified from its original plan to the
work of aiding our soldiers ii case war
is declared -
w. C. T. u. Will Act.
. II war is declared / shall, as presi-
dent, Immediately call meeting Of the
local Woman s Christian Temperance
Union, said Mrs. /. G. Barbour, presi-
dent of the Kenosha union. We have
a department of tho w. G. T. II. which
for years has had as its duty work
among sailors and soldiers and we have
sent out thousands of what we call
comfort bags. Each Of these bags con
tain bandages, testament and many
other articles which are of use to the
men.
eve would plan to do the work that