Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-04

| lures OF the COIuIIllttcCS RAs1AAS -
ing publicity shall be submitted 1or
approval and execution to the COM
mittee on Publicity and Information
The duty Of the Membership Comm1t-
f: tee is continuous, except SO lar %
modified or interrupted oy the
Membership Campaigns conouc.eo
under the supervision and olrectioh
| Of National or Divisional neau
quarters, which begin and end at den-
mite dates. The Chairman OF the Com
mittee shall keep in touch with the
Northeastern Division of the American
Red Cross at Boston, and see that the
Committees plans do not CONNECT WIN
those of Headquarters. The Chairman
shall carefully preserve the lists OF
members which may be published from
time to time in the Kennebec Journal
and see that the work of personal So
licitation. which is in order at all times.
is properly distributed among the
members of the Committee and of the
community. The Secretary of the Com
mittee shall keep at Headquarters the
standardized system of membership
records originated by Mrs. c. c. Ely
and described in her pamphlet en-
titled Membership Campaign Records
and How 10 Keep IneW
A special memorandum Of audit OF
membership accounts shall be prepar-
ed each week by the auditing commit
tee, which shall be sufficient authority
for the treasurer's remittance to Wash
ington, without the approval Of the
chairman Of the finance committee.
MILITARY RELIEF DEPARTMENT
Sec. IT, The Military Relief Depart
ment is composed of a Chairman. Sec
rotary, and the chairmen of the De-
partment Committees on Supplies, Red
Cross Instruction for Women, Surgical
Dressings. Hospital Supplies, Packing
and Shipping, Local Red Cross Nurses,
and Red Cross instruction for Men, to-
gether with the Chairmen of any other
committees which may hereafter be
added to the Military Relief Depart
ment. The Department shall meet on
the first Monday of each month at
Headquarters, at such hour as the Sec
rotary shall name in the call, to listen
to reports from each of it's members,
and for mutual information and in
struction. The detail of the work of
the Departmental Committees shall be
carried on in close cooperation with
the Department, whose Secretary's
desk at Headquarters shall be the
clearing house for all Department ac-
tivities. To this end, all correspond
ence, moneys, and acquisitions of the
Department Committees shall pass
through the hands of the Department
Secretary and be o. KID by her before
being passed out The files, records
and accounts Of said committees, or
duplicates thereof, shall be kept by the
Department Secretary at Headquarters,
where Committee activities shall at all
times be centered. Said Secretary
shall attend to the making of all re-
ports of the Department or it's Com
mittees which may be required by Ma
tional or Divisional Headquarters, and
shall assemble for Chapter records the
bi-lnonthly reports of the Department
Committee Chairmen. She may. with
out the Intervention Of the Purchasing
Committee, purchase all textbooks
and supplies for the educational
courses Of the Department and make
sales of the same. All checks for
Departmental educational purposes
payable to Washington or to instruct
ors shall be procured by her from the
Treasurer and mailed from her desk.
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING
TO MILITARY RELIEF DEPART.
MENT COMMITTEES
Sec. IS. All committees under the
Military Relief Department shall care
fully comply with Section II of the
Bylaws, touching their relations with
the Department Headquarters. Their
duties with reference to the requisition
nf 0f rjo1 of n
in Section IS.
Committee on Supplies
Sec. 10. The function of the Com
mittee on Supplies is to keep in touch
with Company NJ, and with the troops
stationed at Augusta, find out their
needs, and fill them, making equitable
I arrangements with other CHAPTERS to
cooperate in this service when deemed
necessary or advisable. Before send
ing supplies to the troops, the Chair
man should consult with the COM
handing officer. and be guided by his
judgment and preferences. The Com
mittee is expected to invite contribu-
tons of supplies from the public, and
in the collection and distribution
thereof to cooperate with other Com
mittees of this Chapter, especially
those on Hospital Supplies and
Transportation.
Committee on Red Cross instruction
For Women
Sec. 20. The Committee on Red
Cross Instruction for Women shall
consist of not less than five nor more
than ten members, including a Chair
man and Secretary, both Of whom
shall be women. Its personnel shall
include either representative from
the Local Committee on Red Cross
| Nursing Service (whenever one shall
be established within the jurisdiction
of this Chapter) or an enrolled Red
Cross nurse whose name has been sub
mitted for approval to the Bureau of
| Nursing Service. 1t has supervision
over the educational courses in First
Aid, Elementary Hygiene and Home
Care of the Sick. Home Dietetics, Sur
gical Dressings, and such other
courses for women as may hereafter
be established, and shall encourage the
donation of equipment and quarters
for this purpose. The Secretary of the
Committee shall attend to the organic
alton of the classes, keep suitable rec
ords thereof, attend to the collection
of the fees from the pupils. and turn