The Coconino sun., 1916-04-21
RELIEF FOR THE WOUNDED
 LADIES WANT YOUR HELP

Early in this great world war it was realized that the reserve stock of surgical dressings and supplies would soon be exhausted and that those countries whose factory forces were being depleted by constant enlist ment, would soon find it impossible to fill even small portion of the most imperative orders. America, known for her generosity to suffering humanity everywhere, was appealed to, and there was formed in New York the Surgical Dressings Commit tee, under a department of the Ma tional Civic Federation; its purpose being to supply small emergency hospitals in Europe with sterilized surgical dressings in convenient form for immediate use. During the first twelve months of its existence over 3,000,000 surgical dressings were shipped to various hospitals in the War Zone for free distribution. Eleven states were organized under efficient chairmen and over 800 com mittees were at work.
 All dressings made in this country are shipped to the headquarters in New York, there inspected, sterilized, packed and shipped to central points on the Continent, from which they are distributed in a few hours to the camps or hospitals needing relief, This method of distribution saves at least two months over the earlier plan of shipping direct to individual hospitals,
 The work of the Surgical Dressings Committee has been carried on by volunteers with the help of civic and church organizations and with the cooperation of the Sterilizing depart ment of the New York City Board of Health, without any expenditure for executive, official or clerical services.
 The committee has never appealed for money, but has begged for dona- tions of old linen and cotton, or new materials, gauge, absorbent cotton, muslin-for anything old and every thing new, with which to make sur gical dressings, and for the statione- ry, printing and office equipment necessary to carry on the work. Sc generous has been the response to these appeals that hundreds of dollars worth of materials have been contrib uted, and the equivalent of ten thou sand dollars has been donated in rent office and work-room supplies, in cart age and labor; this sum does not in clude some cash contributions, or the freight charges donated by several steamship lines.
 War stricken Europe is as much ir need of surgical dressings now as al any time during the past year, and as this Committee must continue in its efforts to relieve suffering humanity as long as the war lasts, it will need the same generous support in the future that it has received in the past The national chairman begs for more volunteers and for more material and urges public-spirited men and women to organize committees with out delay in every city and town in the Union for the purpose of making surgical dressings.
 Beginning in New York, this move ment for the relief of the men who have offered their lives for their country, has worked westward, Ari- zona having lately organized it's Sur gical Dressings Committee, with Mrs. Gordon Tweed, of Phoenix as Chair man.
 The Committee meets every We'd nesday from 10 until 12 and from 2 until 5 in the children's room of the Library and gladly welcome any who are willing to assist in this work. Come even if you can give only an hour or two.
 Materials are greatly needed, linen and cotton, no matter how old and worn, old bed spreads and Turkish towels, or new gauge, muslin, absorb ent cotton, etc.