Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-13
ACTIVE WORK IS
STARTED by RED
CROSS CHAPTER

Friday morning the following tele-
gram was received by Mrs. |. ]. Kali
mon, secretary of Americus and Sum
ter County Red Cross Chapter, from
Elliott Wadsworth, vice-chairman of
the executive committee of the Amer
lean Red Cross:
The President has today appointed
a Red Cross War Council consisting of
Henry P. Davidson (of j. P. Morgan &
Co chairman; Charles D. Morton, G.
NJ P. Murphy, Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr.,
N. Hurley; with William H.
Taft, chairman, and Eliot Wadsworth,
of the executive COM
mittee. ex-officio members.
Not moment must be lost in pre-
pairing ourselves to meet the pressing
calls from Europe and the emergency
which has arisen to confront us here.
Every chapter should at once mobolize
ard reinforce it's finance committee
for this work, which is of the utmost
and urgency. Call immed-
lately meeting of your executive
committee to make far-reaching plans
fo1 finance campaign, as we look to
you considerably for large results.
Please telegraph the names of members
of your finance committee to Seward
ProsseT, American Red Cross, Wash
ington. You will be promptly and fully
advised by Mr.. Prosser regarding his
plans and methods. The war council is
today. The increasing need
our allies for supplies that car
be furnished quickly only by purchase,
as reported by Herbert Hoover, ana
the inevitable development of home
needs, as we approach mobilization Of
vast numbers of American troops, make
it clear that to meet the unprecedented
situation the War Council must ask
that each chapter retain from the pro-
ceeds of the Red Cross war fund cam
paign an amount for local needs not in
excess of % per cent of the total rails
ed by it; many of our chapters, appres-
iating the situation will turn over the
total amount so raised to the Red
Cross war fund. The War Council,
whenever possible with advantage, will
expenditures for specified
by the Chapters in their COM
and particularly for the pur-
chase of material to be made by the
chapters into these needed articles.
Tie funds as received are to be de-
posted by each chapter in its local
bank in a special account to be known
as the Red Cross War Fund, to be re-
mitted to national headquarters as re-
luihed. Later the War Council will
.ake full account of the needs by chap
-ers for local civilian relief, which
will become greater as our own troops
are modified. Please at once call to-
yether your executive committee and
me assurance of their CO.
operation in President Wilson's far
sighted plans for our Red Cross"
Accordingly the executive committee
net Friday afternoon to comply with
he terms Of the message and consider
1ther details for the progress of the
ocal chapter of Red Cross.
Mrs. Parker's Report.
The first order of business was to
receive preliminary report from Mrs.
9. c. Parker, who has just returned
rom Macon, where she went to re-
,eive instructions in the course of the
of surgical dressings and
supplies. Mrs. Parker reported that
she had completed the entire course
md stood her examination; and that
she would begin ne first class Satur-
lay morning at ten o'clock. She fur
her stated that the women of Macon
seemed to begin to appreciate the
resent emergency and war, and that
hey have given up their clubs, card
games and social functions, and are
spending every minute that can be
spared from their household duties on
his work OF preparing surgical sup
plies for the army.
COMMITTEES Named.
The executive committee then took
lp the selection of members for active
iuty on the several necessary com.
which was originally composed
If Mrs. F. L. Cato, chairman; Mr.. and
Nrs. Frank Lanier and Dr. and Mrs
H. A Smith, by adding thereto Mrs.
Frank P Harold. Mrs. H. B. Allen.
Mrs. J. w. Harris. Jr., Mrs, Frank
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