Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-05
American RED CROSS
BUREAU OF RELIEF
War Department Organizes Army
Into Is Divisions.
MARYLAND Has q cHAPLINS
Spirit OF Patriotism Animates AuxiIiar-
les And Branches OF The
Organization,

Pretty much everybody knows what
the objects of the American Red
Cross are. but many are still in
ignorance Of its organization and to
them a few words of explanation may
not be out Of place.
Briefly, then, very much as the War
Department has organized its army
OF war into various divisions, the Red
Gross has lately organized its army
OF mercy into thirteen divisions, re-
calling TO mind the original organi-
zation Of our country, with its thir-
teen States These divisions, inde-
pendent Of each other, are all the Gre
alton of and responsible TO the parent
body, the National Red Cross of
America Each one of these thirteen
divisions is sub-divided into Chapters.
Branches and Auxiliaries. The Poto-
mac Division covers the States of Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Maryland anC
the District of Columbia and within
its limits there are approximately five
million persons, each one of whom
without exception. can do something
to help the helpless. relieve suffering
on the field of battle, in the camp, and
in the homes of those who have given
their dear ones to the country. Our
of this great number, it is hoped that
there may be created one of the most
important divisions in the National
Red Cross Army.
The Honorable Henry White. former
Ambassador to France, the command
ing officer of this division, has estab-
lished headquarters at No. 932 14th
St, n w, Washington. D. c. He is
assisted in his work by eight lieuten-
ants, or to give them their real title
director of bureaus. while each chap
ter. branch and auxiliary has its own
immediate officers. The headquarters
aides are David II. Brown in charge
Of the Development Bureau; ]. H.
Purdy Bureau of Publicity; Mrs.
Frank NJ. Chapman, Bureau of Wom-
ans Work; Miss Georgia Nevins, Blu
re.u of Nursing: Dr. J. W Magruder,
Bureau of Civilian Relief; Admiral
Richard Wainwright, Bureau of Sup
plies, and Paul Quattlander, Bureau
of Accounting.
II believe" said Mr.. White, that
tho people of the Potomac Division
soon will make it known as one of the
greatest divisions of the National Or
ganization TO say that every man
and woman, boy and girl, can find
work that will be of great actual help,
sounds like an exaggeration, but it is
not; each individual in the division
can be Of tremendous help, and hope
and believe each one will
Already 70 chapters have been or
ganized in Virginia, as in West Vir-
ginia, q in Maryland and one in the
District of Columbia, with, in all, 1873
auxiliaries Of chapters, 262 branches
and IS organizations for civilian
relief.
More chapters and auxiliaries will
be formed as recruits enlist in the
work, and son no home in this divis-
ion will be too remotely situated to
be in close touch with some of its
branches. The first thought of our
people naturally will be of their own
men, of whom $4,000 already have
been drafted from the area of the Po-
tomac Division for service in the Ma
tional Army Besides this on the
shoulders Of the Potomac Division
fail largely the care and comfort of
100000 soldiers, sailors, marines, avi-
ators, engineers and other men in
their country's service who are now
in camps, environments or naval bases
in the small area of this division.
To provide for the actual needs OF
our own men and their families and
to ease the hardships of the men in
the divisions, camps and environments,
is now to be the responsibility of the
Potomac Division.
It is Mr.. Whites desire, desire
shared by all his assistants, that any
member of the Potomac Division of
the Red Cross coming to Washington
shall feel that at this headquarters he
or she will always be heartily well
come. shall know it as a place where
the officers will be glad to lake up
cases of relief when asked to do so,
to give information on any subject
pertaining TO its great work, to look
up addresses or conditions of friends,
to send documents or literaturein
short to make themselves generally
useful in connection with Red Cross
activities
That is the spirit at headquarters,
and they are confident that the same
spirit of patriotism and service ami