St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-15
YERMONT'S 100000
RED CROSS QUOTA
Is THOUGHT ASSURED
tspecia, to The onlcdonian.)

Burlington, Aug. 13.-The regular
monthly meeting of the state executive
committee of the Vermont Chapter of
the Red Cross was held Saturday after
noon at the state headquarters at the
Strong Building. Present were Red
field Proctor Of Proctor, chairman of
the Vermont Chapter, Harry S. How
ard of Burlington, secretary, Col. Cur
tbs S. Emery, of Newport, of the COM
mittee and finance, DR.. Twitchell,
of Burlington, Of the Medical Service
committee, Miss Bertha Carey, of Pro-
ctor, of the committee on hospital Dire
ssings and supplies, and Mrs. A. O..
Ferguson of Burlington Of the COM
mittee on nursing service and instruc-
ton
The total subscriptions to the Red
Cross War Fund in Vermont is $19S,
1864 according to the report of r. f..
Joyce, director of the War Fund COM
mittee. This amount will be materially
increased by subscriptions which are
not yet fully reported and by new sub
scriptions which are still coming in to
the office. Vermont's quota of $500.
600 thus will be exceeded before Oct
ober, l when final report is made to
shington This report exceeded exp
Citations for early indications were that
Vermont would fall considerably short
of it's allotment.
The report of the membership COM
mittee showed that the state now has
1900 members and more names are
being added daily. It is expected that
the number will exceed $4,000 before
the end of the year at the present rate
of increase. About 80, 444 members
were secured during the campaign
week and the total receipts of the cam
paign were $31,906.57 Disbursements
| included $19,479 sent to Washington
as the national headquarters share
of the membership fees, and IS, 865.79
which was sent back to the branches
as their share of the membership fees
The total expense was only $2,886.5 81
which is 81 per cent of the total rece-
ipts. This is very low as the campaign
expense usually exceeds ten per cent
of the total. Over $1,000 of this am
cunt represents circulars, posters but
tons, membership certificates, and
other advertising matter The accounts
are to be audited by Mr.. Emery OF
Newport and NJ c. Grandy of Burling-
! ton.
Mrs. H. r. Watkins, chairman OF
| the distributing committee, reported
that 1922 sets of pajamas had been
distributed among the men af the First
Vermont Regiment and that every
man in the organization had been sup
piled. 1900 comfort bags each con-
tanning a number of toilet articles and
other necessities of daily use have
already been distributed and enough
more will be secured from the
branches within the next few days tC
supply the entire regiment with these
as well.
Mrs. A. O. Ferguson reported thai
there were 80 Red Cross nurses en-
rolled in the state ready for service
Who had met the rigid Red Cross nurs
| ing requirements. DR.. E. G. Twitchel
announced that plans are progressing
for the Vermont Red Cross Hospita
Unit which is being organized fol
government service under the direct
ion of DR.. T. S. Brown Of Burlington
It seems probable that this unit will
be accepted for service as soon a!
fully organized and equipped.
It was voted to add the names o.
Adjutant General Lee S. Tillotson o.
st. Adams and G. o. Gridley o,
Windsor to the executive committee
These men will head respectively the
departments of Red Cross Militar,
Relief and Red Red Cross Civil Relief