The Washington herald., 1917-10-20
RED CROSS CHAPTER REPORTS
YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR in Aid
OF men CALLED TO NATIONS C0LORS
Twelve Ambulances For This Front and
583,442 Separate Articles For Hos
pitals Included in Service.

Henry B. F. Macfarland. chair
man of the finance committee, Co.
Iumbia Chapter. American Red
Cross. reported that the committee.
organized April 4. 1917. to raise the
war service fund, had secured sub
scriptions amounting to s375,000, Of
which, up to October 1, S309.555.0s
had been paid in. The disburse-
ments, including the money trans
ferred to national headquarters for
national and International purposes
and the amount expended locally
for the wartime activities of the
chapter. aggregated s263,2o3.42.
This report was made at the an
nual meeting held yesterday at
Rauscher's.
In view Of the great needs. and
Washington's obligation, there will
have to be another active campaign
for money before long, but mean
time additional gifts should be
given besides the payments Of
pledges. The report says:
AS to the success of that cam
paign there would be no doubt. as
Washington, like the rest OF the
country, realizes the opportunity
of the Red Cross for service to the
country and humanity, and appre-
ciates that its good work. locally
and nationally. must go right on.
The report H. part follows:
Since the last aIin Ial meelIn!: OF me
District of Columbia CHAPTER, AmeIi-
can Red Cross, the membership Of the
chapter has increased from 7,JH 10
! over 5000.
1t is needless to say that this has
been the mnst active year in the his
I tory of the chapter. and, tn ou2h the
kindness anG lrnernsity of Mr.. and
Mrs. HerbeYt Wadsworth, who have
! loaned their residence for the chapter
i headquarters, it las been maze pos
sible to carry on the various activities
of the chapter.
| The sale OF Christmas seals this year
J has been turned over to the Society
! for the Prevention of Tuberculosis.
q. they to assume cur yearly obligations.
| The report from the day camp show s
| that the work has been as actively
done as in years gone by and tho re-
| suits as favorable as heretofore.
| Refreshment Corps.
, The refreshment corps was or
ganized last March with the object
| of feeding troops in emergency,
either at camps or in transit.
Its first active work was serving
lunch to more than 1000 officers at
I the Fort Myer training camp in
May. On registration day. June s.
about 1900 people were served with
coffee, and for several days follow
! 49,
Grams were fed.
The Ambulance Corps was given
| coffee and sandwiches at the sta
tion the day they left for Allentown,
and when the troops arrived at st.
| Asaph the refreshment corps served
them their first meal.
Comfort bags. magazines, tobacco
and candy have been distributed to
the men at the various camps
about Washington. also band music,
books, postcards and Victrola rec
ords.
On August 20. the day Camp
Meade opened. the corps served
lunch to about 1900 officers.
On account of the confidential
nature of the information received
from the railroads in regard to the
/ movement of troops and the num-
bers of men. this report can only be
| given in a general way. Practically
every train that has passed through
Washington since the end of Au-
gust has been met and served.
Early in March a notable gather
ing of women met at the invitation
! of Miss Boardman, and the Woman's
Volunteer Aid was organized as a
| means by which patriotic women
| could give their services to help their
country. These women were divided
into four corps, the supply, clerical,
| refreshment and motor. These corps
all have companies of their most
skilled and efficient workers in attrac-
| tive uniforms which identifies the
women at glance. While It Is not
| generally known, these uniforms were
all originated by Miss Boardman.
The supply department starting In
the first few weeks of its existence
with four or five hundred workers,
now has nearly five thousand. Thirty
! examinations and fifty churches as
| well as small groups are all working