The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-23
Recruiting Progresses Rapidly
and WeII-KnoWn MatronS and
0ebutantes Volunteer.
CLASS FOR MECHANICIANS
Many Qualified in First Aid and
Some Speak French and
German FIuently.

washington's corps OF society wom-
en- ambulance and motor wagon train
drivers, being recruited to serve with
the armed forces OF the United States
in case of emergency, is near the hun
bred mark in enrollments.
Recruiting is progressing rapidly as
Q result of the efforts of Mrs. J. Bor-
den Hartman and other members Of
q special committee working for the
Washington chapter of the American
National Red Cross.
The list includes many OF the city's
most prominent and best known ma
irons and debutantes, social and civic
workers, and leaders in society who
are nationally known.
All of those enrolled are drivers and
many are owners of motor cars in
the District Most OF them will give
cars for the work. Several are able
20 make repairs. while still others are
prepared to enter a class to be organ
tied for mechanicians. Many have
= qualified in first aid and nursing and
several speak French and German
fuently, or have other special quail
hcations for ambulance or other work.
Among the Volunteers.
The list of those ready for service
includes:
Mrs. LarE Anderson. Mrs. George w.
Barnett, Mrs. W, F. Bevan, 1920
Eighteenth street northwest; Miss
Mary Brown, the Dresden; Mrs. S. c.
Briggs, Mrs. c. n. Boucher, Miss r.
Cary Blunt, 1921 Twenty-ninth street;
Miss Florence Clarke, the Cumber-
land; Miss Catherine Custis. s12 Fiji
teenth street northwest: Mrs. J. B.
Gregg Custis, 912 Fifteenth street
northwest: Mrs. F. A Connolly, 1924
Eighteenth street northwest: Louise
A. Davidson, Bethesda, Md: Mrs. T.
c. Dawson, 1916 Nineteenth street
northwest; Mrs. John w. Davis, 1909
Sixteenth street northwest; Miss Mar
garet Fahnestock. 23f1 Massachusetts,
avenue; Mrs. William Flather. jr.;
Mrs. George Flournoy. Arlington
apartment; Countess Gizycka, Miss
Leila Gordon, Marine Corps head
quarters; Mrs. Augustus A. Gardner,
1917 II street northwest: Mrs. ].
Borden Hartman, 1903 H street north
west; Miss Ethel Borden Hartman.
1909 H street northwest: Mrs. Thomas
Holcomb, 2109 o street northwest:
Mrs. F. S. Hight. New Willard; Mrs.
Mary L. Hartley. 2131 Florida avenue
northwest; Mrs. Carey Langhorne, Mrs.
Joseph Letter; Mrs. Bryan Lathrop,
20l9 r street northwest; Miss NJ. +. Lit
tell. 1904 Eighteenth street northwest;
Mrs. n. n. Macomb, LII New Hamp-
shire avenue northwest: Mrs Ellis b.
Miller. the Brighton; Miss Frances T.
Mix, 21ls p street northwest; Elizabeth
J.. Matheson, 1898 Woodley Lane; Mrs.
H. $. Middleton. 1924 K street; Miss II.
Meyer, 1907 II street northwest; Miss X.
G. NcClintock. LIT Nineteenth street
northwest; Miss Caroline r Nash. 1723
Q street northwest; Mrs. Charles J.
O'Connor, 3l0S Thirty-fourth place; Mrs.
J. c. OLoughlin, 1T5 Massachusetts
avenue northwest: Dorothea Owen.
1871 h street northwest: Miss Mar
Earet Perrin, Mrs. T. NJ. Pinck-
ney. 1874 X street northwest:
Mrs. Theodore Richards, 1907 Nine
tecnth street northwest; Miss Julia
d. Strong, 3 Dupont circle; Miss Isa-
bella Seawells. 1909 Connecticut ave
nue.: Mrs. Joseph w. Stoddard. 1912
II street northwest: Miss Erma Shaw,
2O29 Connecticut avenue; Miss Airline
Scully. $40 Piedmont avenue; Alice B.
Shepard. 1906 Eighteenth street
northwest; Mrs. NJ. F. Tighe, Gil
Nineteenth street northwest; Mrs.
Sidney Tremble. 1868 Columbia road:
Mrs. John Walsh, 1850 Euclid street
northwest; Miss l. c. Wells, 1909
Connecticut avenue; Mrs. L. s. Wolfe,
17G5 California street northwest; Mrs.
c. V Wheeler. 1909 Sixteenth street
northwest; Mrs. Warfield, Woodward
apartments: Mrs. Walter A. Watson,
the Brighton.
May Double Enrolment.
Mrs. Hartman and other commit
tee members expect that enrolment
in the ambulance and general driving
corps will be more than doubled in
the next week.
The mechanics class will be or
Eanized as soon as there are sur
flcient eIigibles.