The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
RED CROSS MEMBERS
NOW NUMBER 1890
Vermont Total Expected to Exceed
$4,000 by End of Year-War Fund
Will Exceed 100000.
Especial to The Reformer.)
PITPI Aro

(Specldl TO L he Re1Ormef.)
BURLINGTON, Aug. 49,
The regular monthly meeting of the
state executive committee of the Yer
mont chapter of the American Red Cross
was held Saturday afternoon at the
state headquarters in the Strong buit;-
ing. Present were Redfield Proctor of
Proctor, chairman of the Vermont chap
ter; Harry S. Howard of Burlington,
secretary; Col. Curtis S. Emory of New
port, of the committee on finance; DIR.
f. G. Twitchel of Burlington, of the
medical service committee; Miss Bertha
Cary of Proctor, of the committee on
hospital dressings and supplies, and
Mrs. A. o. Ferguson of Burlington, of
the committee on nursing service and
instruction
The total subscriptions to the Red
Cross war fund in Vermont is $685.
195 81 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. Nermonts quota of $780,
600 thus will be exceeded before Octo-
Der |. when final report is made to
Washington. This report exceeded ex-
pectations for early indications were that
Vermont would fall considerably short of
its allotment
The report of the membership commit
tee showed that the state now has
AZ 300 members and more names are
being added daily. 1t is expected that
the number will exceed $4,000 before
,E . ~,
| of increase About 80, 444 members were
secured during the campaign week and
the total receipts OF the campaign were
$3l ,9067l. Disbursements included SO,
! 40 sent to Washington as the natiOna
headquarters share of the membership
fees, and S5,S65.79 which was sent bach
to the branches as their share Of thu
| membership fees. The total expense wa,
only S2,sS6.57, which is 81 per cent 0
the total receipts This is very low a
the campaign expense usually exceeds l,
per cent of the total Over 1000 o
this amount represents circulars, posters
buttons, membership certificates, ant
other advertising matter The account
are to be audited by Mr. Emery o
Newport and 81 c. Grandy Of Burlin2
4 ton
! Mrs. II Il. Watkins, chairman Of til
distributing committee, reported tina
2,022 sets of pajamas had been distrt
uted among the men of the LIST Nel
mont regiment and that every man j
the organization had been supplied a
so that 1900 comfort bags each contain
ing number of toilet articles am
other necessities of daily use had alread
been distributed and enough more wi
be secured from the branches with
the next few days to supply the entir
regiment with these as we'll
J Mrs \. Q. Ferguson reported tina
there were 80 Red Cross nurses Ell
rolled in the state ready for servic,
who had met the rigid Red Cross nur
ing requirements: DR. f. G. Twitche
announced that plans were progrcssia
for the Vermont Red Cross hospit;
unit which IS being organized for govern
/. ment service under the direction Of ID
I. :. Brown Of Burlington 1t sem
probable that this unit will be accepte
for service as soon as fully organize
!, and equipped.
1t was voted TO add the names ,
2 Adiutant General Lee S Tillotson OF s
Z Adams and G. @. Gridley of Winds,
to the executive committee. Thes, me
0 will head respectively the department.
e Of Red Cross military relief and Red Gro
e civil relief