Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-04
Citizens Welfare Association
to Look After Needs of
Soldiers Families.
JOHN DOLPH is CHOSEN
TO HEAD ORGANIZATION
Temporary Headquarters Estab.
lished, With Thomas Grant
in Charge.

With only two changes, the recommen-
dations of the committee on organization
for the Citizens Welfare Association for
the National Guard and volunteers OF the
District of Columbia were approved by
the association at its second general
meeting yesterday afternoon at the Will
lard Hotel and John Dolph was unani-
mously elected president of the new or
ganization. The first change was that the
body should have two vice presidents in
stead of one, as was recommended, and
the second, at the suggestion Of Gen. H.
Oden Lake. broadened the scope of the
organization so that it VIII include the aid
of families of fighters in all branches of
the military service of the United States.
The other officers elected yesterday
were E c. Graham. first vice president;
Mrs. William E. Harvey, second vice
president and John Poole, treasurer.
Thomas Grant, secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce. was named temporary
executive secretary, and will be in charge
of the temporary headquarters of the
new organization in the Chamber of
Commerce rooms in the Brentano build
Ready to Receive Contributions.
All appeals for relief and all contribu-
tons may be either sent to Mr.. Grant at
headquarters or to Mr.. Dolph at his Of
fee. room SAL Munsey building, pending
the establishment of permanent headquar-
tiers and the selection of a permanent
secretary. Mr.. Dolph has been author
lied to select an office and secre-
tary. and it is probable that the as
ISOLATION, through him. will ask permits
sion to use a room in the new Munsey
building.
The executive committee, as provided
for by the committee on organization,
will consist of one member from every
organization represented in the asso-
citation. At the suggestion of John G.
Capers of the Chamber of Commerce,
who declared that should forty or fifty
organizations come into the new body
il would be hard to handle commit
tee of as many members. it was de-
cided that working committee be
selected from the executive committee,
to consist of ten members to do the
work laid out. The four officers elect
ed yesterday will be members of this
committee. The other members will
be named today or tomorrow.
This committee will go through over
1900 blanks received from the guards
men at Camp Ordway. and start work
on relief of the needy cases by as
signing work to various subcommit-
tees. A number of organizations,
through their representatives at the
meeting yesterday, signified their will
ingness to be assigned to such work,
and pending the result of the investi-
cation have been assigned to take care
Of a number of appeals that already
have come to Mr.. Dolph.
Warns Against Fake Cases.
Walter S. Ufford. who has been act
ing as secretary for the association,
warned the members yesterday to be-
ware of fake" cases. He urged that
mmedi1te temporary relief be given
,eedy cases, no matter what their
tatus. and that in the meantime all
UGH cases be investigated. He went
N to say that where a high patriotic
ote was struck in appeals there would
e very little room for doubt as to the
rorthiness of such cases.
A number of letters containing APP
,eals for relief were read and several
organizations assigned to attend to the
needs of the applicants. Among those
assigned TO the work were the Order
of the Eastern Star, the Needlework
Guild of America. the Woman's Relief
Corps of the LIST Separate Battalion,
D. C N c.; Woman's Relief Corps, G. A.
r.. and the District chapter of the
American Red Cross.
Discussion came up as to what action
the association should take in regard
to the guard relief bill recently passed
by the House and now before the Sem
ate. Seldom Ely, speaking for the Mon
day Evening Club, stated that the as
ISOLATION should endeavor to aid In
the passage of this bill. He was op-
posed by Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball. who
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G. A. R., and E. c. Graham of the
Board of Trade.
Mrs Ball declared that the women
should take Up their share of the bur-
den of war by helping those made
needy by it, and that it would be i'm
possible for the government to look
after those left at home. Mr.. Graham
commended that ii was without the scope
Of the association to take any part
in legislative matters, and that the
time and efforts of the association
could be far better spent in doing actu-
al relief work. Mr.. Capers' suggestion
that the association take no present
5 action along this line was accepted
The Star was commended for an ar
ticle which appeared last Sunday, stat
ing the need Of mosquito netting for
the men at Camp ordway. Mrs Allyn
K Capron of the National Lineal De-
scendants' Society, Spanish War Vet
Grams. said that yesterday morning
hundreds Of yards of netting was re-
ce3ved at the camp, being sent by mer-
chants Of the city.
Organizations Represented.
Organizations represented at the
, meeting yesterday were: Rotary Club,
Maj. Leroy Heron: Commercial Club,
Slr. Demonet; Woman's Department of
the National Civic Federation Mrs
Royal Meeker; Women's Relief Corps
/ OF the District National Guard, Mrs.
! William E. Harvey; Ladies of the G. A.
, r., Mrs. John NJ. Speel; Children of the
ID. A r.. Mrs. Mary S. Parker; Junior
League, Mrs. John W. Thompson: EN-
Yloyes Of the Capitol. W. H Deardon;
Red Cross. Mrs. John Mclaughlin: Dis
trict Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs.
Court F. Wood: Woman's Needlework
Guild. Mrs A. F. Hassan; United Con-
federate Veterans. DR.. r. E Lewis: Or
der OF Eastern Star. Mrs. Ida Fabert.
Mrs. Valerie Cook of the women's Re.
lief Corps. LIST Separate Battalion. d. g.
\. G.: Mrs. Belva Lockwood, una,tach-
ed. and Miss Valerie Padelford, unat
tached.
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