Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-16
OATH TO Be TAKEN
BY RED CROSS AIDS
Officers of Uniformed Corps to
Be Sworn In Tomorrow
by Mrs. Scott.
READY FOR MOBILIZATION

In preparation for the mobilization VI
District Red Cross workers under tne
woman's Volunteer Aid, of which MIS-
Woodrow Wilson is honorary chairman
and which is to be the feature oil the
dedication exercises at the American Heo
Cross building. May IL, the oath oil once
Ia to be administered to the oincers Oh
the various divisions OF this work tomor-
row morning at IL o'clock
Mrs Hugh L. Scott, wife of the chief
of staff of the army, who is commanding
officer, is to administer the OATH her
adiutants are Miss Mabel T. Boardman'
active chairman Of the Woman's Volun-
teer Aid; Mrs T. w. Richards and Mrs.
T. N. Mclaughlin.
Leaders of Corps.
The leaders are:
Mrs. F. F. Fletcher. chairman OF the
supply corps, whose captains are Mrs
n. E. Mason and Mrs. Seton Schroeder
Mrs George Barnett. chairman of the
marine barracks unit. with Mrs. DOZEN
as her captain.
Mrs W. C. Gorgas. in charge of the
Highlands group, with four captains.
Mrs. William Macarthur, Mrs. William
Cline Boyden, Mrs. Ramsey D. PottS ana
Mrs. Rush.
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, chairman OF
the woman's motor corps. and her cap
tains. Mrs. A P. Gardner. Mrs Cary
Langhorn, Miss Heloise Myer, Mrs.
Holcombe,< Mrs. Nash. Mrs. Wells, Mrs.
shepherd and Miss Margaret Fahnstock
Mrs. l. S. Liscum, chairman OF the
auxiliary, with Mrs. c. w. kennedy as
her captain.
Mrs. Albert Gleaves, chairman of the
surgical dressings, with two captains,
Misses Hemphill and Butler.
Mrs. Charles c. Glover. jr., chairman
of another surgical dressing corps, with
two captains. Miss Edith McCammon
and Mrs. Clarence Wilson.
Mrs. Carroll A Devol, chairman of the
Cairo auxiliary. with Mrs. Cranston as
captain.
public health unit, with Mrs. Cummings
AZ captain.
Miss Suzanne Chase, chairman of the
junior service.
Mrs. A. Garrison McClntock. chair
man of the Red Cross helpers.
Mrs. Randall Hagner. chairman of the
comforts committee.
Mrs Larz Anderson. chairman of the
refreshment division, which is the first
unit to report ready and fully equip
ped for service as needed.
There are about thirty other groups
of workers which are to be organized
into a corps with captains.
To Wear Distinctive Uniforms.
All of these units are to wear dis
tinctive uniforms. This will be the
first mobilization of uniformed woman
war workers ever held in the United
States.
The new $500. 900 American Red Cross
building in this city will be formally
dedicated and turned over to Presi-
dent Wilson. as the head of the organ
ization. on the afternoon of May II IT
was authoritatiyely announced today.
A notable feature will be the dedica-
sion of the three memorial windows
given to the Red Cross by the women
of the civil war organizations. One of
these windows is given by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, another
by the Women's Relief Corps of the
North. while the central window is pro-
vided by their joint gift. This is in the
spirit of the Red Cross building. which
civil war on both sides The three win
dows are the product of the Tiffany
workrooms in Now York.
Tentative Program.
The program thus far outlined has
been adopted only tentatively because
Of the inability Of the administration
heads to dispose of their time so far in
advance.
The plan, however. is for Secretary
of War Newton D. Baker. the ex-officio
chairman of the building commission,
to present the building to President
Wilson. who will thereafter review the
procession of Red Cross woman war
workers.
The war has put such a volume of
work on the Red Cross that it has been
found to be impossible to suspend work
even for the ceremonies. Consequently,
the dedication will take place in Me-
mortal Continental Hall, adjoining the
Red Cross building on the south. After
the services the public will be permit
ted to inspect the new Red Cross build
ing, as far as this can be done without
interfering with the work going on in
side.