The evening world., 1917-12-03
u, 900, 900 Arfich> Sent
To Europe by Red Cross
In the Last SeUen Months

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.n.. riss the ypmsn sofssfs in Nsv
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tI.m Fstt q 10 q, snd moulding
I.s 20. thsss yoH,ep vHi have pfo.
..Is and refugees In FfHnes. -
.safHt M6re thsn D JpO 80 yDfth -
,tfu 80 been p1fohassd ~ ordered
urtI me splendid total ~ %. .oDg
sfffst aftlries Thes~ garments
have I~~n ssn' g. camp Upton. lamp
o. imp Msffitt. Uovsfnors Island.
f'sf f..s Island abd every othsf mill.
.tf susampm"nt In the thrts states
f.rfas"n'~d IN this division From
fbsss camps there we're received iI
Ybs week requests FOR knitted ger.
rsnts totAiiina 800 no and all ~ b~
completed befor~ Christmas
Frpm oct rs ~ Nov. ~ The mill.
iafy relief department ~ this divis.
iur cent put to camps ana wnrsblps
81. ~ knitted sets, each containing n
sweater. muhler or helmet, wrlstlsts
and socks.
In a period Of sis weeks the Nomsn
- this division supplied 51.bi7 sweat &.
ors, iOssh helmets and mufflers
lO77i pairs ~ Wristleta and s2.a2i
pnIrs of socks.
During the month Of October an In d.
complete report 81 tho wOfkrooms Of
the Atlantic Division. outside New
York CITY. shows that the wosncn
completed iiO.30i knitted garments,
0 d. a.
hospital garments
TTIIE New York County Chspte-.
which has 10i auxiliaiics In
New York City and approximately
1000 active workers, prepared In the
month OF October more than 100000
surgical dressings and more than
$4,000 knitted garments. In a year
the women In this chapter have sem
cut 100000 articles, including sur
giCal dressings, knitted garments and
hospital garments. One workroom-
that at No. All Fifth Avenue--aver-
ages $4,000 surgical dressings week,
prepared by come 1900 regular work
ers. and between Aug. is and Dec.
has turned over 10 military relief
10000 knitted garments.
Another activity In which the
women Red Cross workers are inter-
csting themselves 10 the preparation
OF Christmas packets. Two hundred
tons. or II total OF 200, 900 separate
packets, have been sent abroad for
our men. and 100000 packets arc
being made ready for men in the
camps at home.
AXY/oMEN must knit faster than
w ever, nobody must stop, and
We must have many new workers IL
all our boys are TO be kept warm this
winter" Miss Ellen Louise Adee. di-
rector OF the Woman's Bureau OF the
Atlantic Division OF the Red Cross,
said to-day. Hand knit socks are
the biggest need. They must measure
IA Inches from the top to the hee,
and at least II inches from tho top
OF the heel 10 the tip OF the toe. Socks
made from shrunken wool are desir-
able, and knots and rough places are
to he avoided. But sweaters are in
great demand, and we have received
hundreds Of appreciative letters from
camps and battleships proving how
much the soldiers and sailors desire
and appreciate sweaters and other
knitted articles"
we cannot too strongly urge all
women who are now knitting to keep
on Uniting" says Harvey ID. Gibson,
General Manager OF the American
Red Cross In addition to the hun
dreds and thousands OF knitted ar
ticles produced by our Red Cros,
chapters In the last few months, we
have been compelled TO purchase 5bo,-
900 extra sweaters aIon6 20 meet the
insiite demand made upon us by
our men for them"
In Mr.. Davlson's report covering the
work done by the American Red
Cross during the last six months and
the expenditure Of not quite half of
the war FUND OF Sl00. 1000. 900, there IL
mentioned much other able war ser
vice performed by American women.
TTHE Nursing Service OF the Amer
/ lean Red Cross has enrolled for
various kinds Of duty more than
$4,000 trained nurses. More than
1000 Red Cross nurses are now en-
gagged In active nursing service, o.,
whom about 1000 are In foreign
countries. Another 1000 are doing
teaching and committee work. Four
thousand are enrolled with Special
units for immediate service.