The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-20
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RED CROSS NEWS

Washington, D. c., May 12.--Ae ~
result of the war-fnspired patrfottnnn,ss
the number OF Red Cross chapters IN
the United States has more than
doubled in the past three mont61s%
The number Is now three times th2&$
of a year ago. More new chapters
were formed In April than existed ~
the whole country last July. Twenty-s
six new chapters were organized H.
the month of February; seventy-1oH&
in the month of March, while April
surpassed all records with 1870 new
chapters. a 81 per cent increa0Qvg
This brought the total number to ST.
chapters as against 272 at the hr1&
of the year.
Requests for chapters have come
from every quarter of the country
and from Alaska. Porto Rico, Cubs
and the Philippines.
How to organize a Red Cross chn,S~s
ter has been asked of national head-s
quarters thousands of times, 1t ~
said. The general plan for the or-s
ganization of a chapter is for a group
OF prominent men and women to se~9
cure official authorization from tho
director OF their division to organize
and elect officers. The name. which
must be geographical. and the definite
territory in which the chapter IL To-
nave JuFlSuittioI us tlle TcpFG>i
sentative OF the American Red Cross
are usually determined before authors
ity to organize Is granted. .s4ss
Another thing on which, Red
Cross officers say. the people are NOT
clear is what it costs to become q
member. The dues vary from ST. to
$40 year. A payment of sa5 at ono
time makes one a life member and
800 patron. The annual, sub
scribing. contributing and sustaining
mem bers pay 81, 50. S. and $40 q
year. respectively. those paying ~.
and up receiving the illustrated Red
Cross magazine, the monthly publi-
cation or the society.
Edgar II. Wells, director OF chap
ters for the whole United States.Tsis
stationed Mt national headquarters
| Washington, and is also acting as dis
rector of home division. which in.
cludes the District of Columbia,
Maryland. Virginia and West yir~=
einia-. The Northeastern division In.
cludes Maine. New Hampshire, Ver~
| mont. Massachusetts, and Rhode Is
land with John l.. Saltonstall, OF
Boston. director New York, New
Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware vARd
Connecticut comprise the Atlantic d.
vision, OF which Albert w. Staub, Of
New York, Is director.
John j. O'Connor. of Chicago. IL di-
rector of the central division. include
ing Michigan. Wisconsin. Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois. Indiana, Ohio. Ken
lucky and Missouri North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia. Florida and
[ Tennessee are in the Southern divi-
sion. with headquarters at Atlanta,
Ga. and with DR.. Guy Everett Snavely
as director. The gulf division Of
which w. J. Leppert, of New Orr
leans, Is director includes the re.
naming Southern states of Alabama.
Mississippi. Louisiana. Arkansas and
Eastern Texas The Western part 0f
/ Texas Is In the mountain division.
with Oklahoma, New Mexico. Kansas.
I Montana. Idaho. Utah, Wyoming, Cots
| orado, North and South Dakota and
| Nebraska. S. Poulterer Morris. o&
| Denver. IS director of the mountains
division. The pacific division includes
| Washington. Oregon, Nevada, Call
| fornta and Arizona and John l.. Cly~
mer. OF s. n Francisco. is directory