The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-06-26
CHAPTERS OF
RED CROSS TO
Be ORGANIZED

A number Of people in the county
have inquired as to Red Cross work
and the organizing Of auxiliaries.
Mr.. 8. Poulterer Morris. director Of
the mountain division. has sent the
following instructions to the Logan
chapter:
As patriotic duty. please appoint
an extension committee. This COM
mittee should be composed of few
Of your best citizens, both men and
women. who have influence through
out your county.
The extension committee should
proceed at oAce to organize every
community in the jurisdiction of
your county. into either branches or
auxiliaries, following as far as pos
sible the following policy of organ
ization:
Branches-A branch is a geograph-
ical sub-organization of chapter
and should be established wherever
you can let all elements of the COM
munity to become responsible for the
work. This should be done even IL
the community Is small.
The branch Is really a small chap
teri must be known by the name
Of the town. as for example-Smith-
vile branch of the Garfield county
chapter-and should carry on as far
as practicable all the Red Cross ac-
tivities suitable for chapter. They
have their own officers.
Finance-It is suggested that your
chapter permit the branch to retain
in its treasury the full per cent Of
membership dues that the chapter
is entitled to retain. The secretary
of the branch would each month sent
the secretary Of your chapter a re-
port on the regular report form. The
totals OF this your secretary would
record In the records Of your chap
ter and forward the branch's original
report, with the chapter report each
month. to Washington.
The same procedure would be fol-
lowed with the funds collected for
Red Cross purposes. The treasurer
of the branch would deposit this in a
bank and pay out on regular Red
Cross voucher forms. The treasurer
Of the branch would report each
month to the treasurer of the chap
ter the amount of money collected
and expended. and these sums would
be reported by the chapter treasurer
when called on by the national treas
urer.
Under the above arrangements
the branch would handle all of It's
own funds. purchase its own materi'
ais, and do its own work. But the
volume OF the work would be report
ed to the chapter. who in turn would
tabulate the work Of the county, and
SO be able to get credit for the coun'
ty for everything that was done.
The auxiliary to chapter should
be organized In those communities
when the whole community cannot bC
4 interested in undertaking Red Cross
work. but where one or more Of sew
eral groups. mentioned in pamphlet
No. lat, become interested and wan
to undertake some form of Red Cros:
activity.
The entire membership fee of m
auxiliary is sent to the chapter, who
retains the chapter portion Of the
fee unless by special arrangement
with the auxiliary they return to the
auxiliary all or part of the chapters
percentage. The arrangement abou,
funds, other than membership fees
and materials would be the same as
for branches. The general arrange
ment about funds raised, by Red
Cross chapters, branches and auxili'
aries is subject to special instruc-
lions from the central committee.