Evening star., 1917-05-04

painted white with a red stripe instead OF
the green stripe designating hospital ships
OF the navy and will bear the Red Cross
emblem.
Miss Anna J. Greenless has been ap-
pointed by Admiral n. F. Mason chair
man of the District Chapter of the Red
Cross. to be director of department for
nursing service. with headquarters in the
Wadsworth House, 1901 Massachusetts
avenue. Here will be centered all classes
in home care of the sick, surgical dress
ings and dietetics. Those desiring to reg
lister for these courses should Apply ar
once. Telephone North 1866.
Material sent out to members of the
Twentieth Century Club sufficient to
fill six boxes of clothee hospital sup
plies, etc, to be distributed by the Ted
Cross, has been turned back in nm
ished state this spring, according 10
Mrs. Ernest +. Bicknell. chairman OF
the war relief committee of that CLUB.
"Our club is going to keep right on with
this sort of work" said Mrs. Bickneil
at the regular club meeting this morn
ing. for If rot needed here 1t certainly
will be elsewhere" Mrs. Frederick v.
CoviIle. treasurer of the clubs Red
Cross committee. announced the receipt
from members of 1927. with $50 more
pledged.
Or. Ryan Devereux, chairman of the
first aid committee of the District
Chapter of the Red Cross and captain
of the Washington Ambulance Corps
which is being recruited here. is ex-
pected to return from New York today.
where he has been in conference with
officers of the Eastern Department. Dr.
Devereux has been given assurance
that Just as soon as he is able to report
this ambulance company enlisted up to
10 per cent of its authorized strength,
124 men. 1t will be sent into service as
a unit.
Miss Esther Murphy. daughter of E. ].
Murphy who is doing volunteer work
a: the headquarters of the District
Chapter. has been giving fine example
OF Eow young women can be of assist
aHce TO the Red Cross by Just doing
whatever they see TO be done. Miss
Murphy = a secretarial assistant to
Mrs T. n Mclaughlin. secretary of the
chapter. She also assists Mrs. I. w.
Richards. who has charge of distribu-
tion of all supplies. She assists Ad-
miral n. F. Mason, chairman of the
chapter. and Howard S. Reeside. the
treasurer. She answers all inquiries
over the telephone and is a bureau of
information on all the little details of
the office.
The next drill of the Washington Am
bulance Company is to be held in Con-
vention Hall Tuesday evening. All
who want to join this corps and get
INTO aCllon QUICKLY are lHNlteu 10 re-
port.
The employees of the Department of
Agriculture are doing themselves proud
in the matter of Red Cross membership.
Yesterday S65 in new membership fees
were received, bringing the total from
this source in the department to date
up to s1,153.
washingtonians will soon have an
opportunity to see what the Red Cross
'expeditionary wards are going to look
like. A contractor has been engaged
to set UP two structures of the unit
type in the rear of the National Red
Cross headquarters One of these is to
be of galvanized iron and the other Of
wood. They will be tested out by ex-
perts in field service to determine
which will be the best type for use
with the army in France.
Rev. II. d. Martin, pastor of Wesley
Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, at
F and 5th streets northwest announced
last night the organization of members
of his congregation as a Red. Gross
Martin. chairman; w. T. Galliher. presi-
dent of the American National Bank,
vice chairman, and Miss Zulema Fow-
Ter. secretary.
One thousand garments completed be-
fore the students separate for the sum-
mer is the aim of the Howard University
Red Cross unit, under the leadership
of Miss Halle +. Queen. This unit was
At first meetings were held weekly, but
since war was declared volunteers have
met every afternoon to make hospital