El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-15
FER 50Ql RED
CROSS MEMBERS
$50 FL Paso Women TO Make
Campaign for Members;
1000 Buttons Ordered.

Two hundred and fly FL Paso
women viii start on 81 weeks campaign
Monday. 10 secure 5000 members for the
FL Paso chapter of the American Ped
cross. Twenty-Five teams composed
Of Ten members each VIII visit every
FL PaSoan in an effort TO enlist them
for the Red Cross. The campaign VIII
be divided I'D so that different profess
sions Will he visited on certain days
and each profession viii Pc notified in
advance Of tie dav selected Tor the
Red Cross w orkcrs 10 call on them
Headquarters sf the Red cross cam
paien are To be opened at 10 san ran
cisco. Mrs II. T. stevenson cidli
mar Of lie membership campaign. and
Miss Grace Virginia Logan, secretary
Of The FL PaSa chapter OF the tied
Cross. VIII have their headquarters
there and the committees WniSh are a.
work VIII report al the HEADQUARTERS
daily The headquarters viii enlist
tho-.- persons who have not. oeen
visited by the membership committees
and who desire to become members o.
special Days For Doctors, Nurses.
Special days viii be set ASIDE during
the weeks campaign for the doctors
and nurses and for the clubs, IN add
zion To the other professions days a
comm tee Of nurses. with MISS cain
crime Kelly as chairman. and Miss
Angel DeCuir. as secretary, has al
reaoy been selected 10 call on the doc
tors and nurses. II IS expected that
every doctor and nurse in the city VIII
5,iu the chapter
IT j. -ht general Impression among
E rsls,-.us that becoming member
OF the Re- Cross society obligates you
* duty I'm case Of war and ! want 10
rectifN Ih5S impression. said llr- W l.
Brown. chairman OF the FL Paso
li.sarIou U-ha tsoeVer attached 10 join
ing The society. An persons Who be
come members Of the Red Cross So
cletr simply --ve the aSSoclaIIon tlildn-
ciaI aid for its work and all workers
il the socieJ are volunteers In case
of war. anE one may volunteer for Some
special service butrhecoming member
does not opli@ate YOU TO 40 50
Orders scaO Red Cross Buttons
In preparing Tor the campaign !
have ordered 5000 Red Cross buttons
Tro-l Washington. and I hope that
every ou- .f these VIII be distributed
10 new m5mIer OF the FL Paso chapter
ions ON hand which viii be used in the
aampalgn. The buttons viii be given
10 everyone who pays the annual suo-
criptiou OF 81 10 the society on JOIN .
1T is or intention TO start instruc- /
ton classes IN first aid work as soon 7.
IS t:t campaign closes Any person :
3 40 becomes a ineii1ner OF the cnapter :
sill be eligible 20 attend these classes /
lu fhe cofn-ieIlOn o. the course. certl-
icateS viii be issued TO the first aid 3
,tudents and these certificates viii be !
isned Lv the president OF the United /
states and tine surgeon general Of the /
sess Cross /
Names of Captains; More Expected. I
Following is an incomplete list OF ,
named for the campaign. fur
iished by Mrs stevenson: Mesdames
roTn Lea. 3. r jenkins. [. :. Stewart b
= A Auer. J. y Potter. Thos. Paxton J.
p r Wilks. Q E Kelly. Frank Turner
2. Bruce Smith. J. Donohue. :. !. Fen
lell. ". l. Brown. II. W. Broaddus. ".
= Roe. Z. J. Pike. Fit Bliss: J. n. Hurx-
hal VIM Elliott. James Allison. A W.
lceLan. b F. Widdas. Chas Race. A.
". DePeW. Misses A 3. Butterfield,
L Buckler and E. Stevens.