The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-07
WaRk Of RICHMOND
RED CROSS CHAPTER
y COLEMAN WORTHAN,
A,,f5.r In trrflnn

Ss acting chairman OF the Rich !
roaE cha pier in the absence Of Mr.
Henry " Anderson, ! am asked to
make a statement im reference to the
activities Of the Red Cross Richmond
chapter which ] will do as briefly as
] can
II il hardly necessary for me to
refer 10 the magnificent response OF
the Hichmond people to the appeal
made 10 them some tlrne since for
sssnds with which To carry on the
xerv iYnpo~tau1 work to be done, but
I dc wish In again attest the loyalty
and devotion Of the Richmond women
who are responding so cheerfully to
the call an Thorn for Individual work
~ present the BichiDbnd chapter
has ever . 600 members and a. large
number Of the lady members Of aame
are giving their time, either at the
lea ds,uarters at Fourth and Grace
streets. or at the various aQxiliaries
scattered over the city. II must be
remembered that the work Of the
Richmond chapter as well as the
work of the national organization, has
expanded so rapidly in the last few
m erfha that we, well as the ma
ffonsf organization, 7ud ourselves al
most overwhelmed by the demands on
us and therefore, II things do not run
ss smoothly as could be wished. We
trust YOU will bear with the officers
until the organization can be SO per
fected that all the machinery viii
run smoothly In reryecting the or
Ennization and carrying on the work
allotted to us we are governed by
rules and regulations which at times
wauld appear to he unnecessary. but
wi.er II In remembered that every sin
Vie article made and oil the work
done, has 10 he strictly in accordance
with specif cat'ons given out. one mus
realize that the ladies in charge OF
the various committees have no al
formative but TO accept the work only
that wti1 Re acceptable to the national
organization.
Little Things Important.
know that the width OF hem Of
. sheet appears TO be a trivial mat
Ger, bat when one remembers that the
Width OF the hem designates the sheet
for which the nurse is looking to use
on bed Of suffering, the necessity
for the proper width Of the hem be-
comes apparent The seam on a suit
Of r,a3amas is trivial matter, but IL
the seam ,s NOT right II Will cause
Irritation and suffering TO Eome poor
boy who has offered his life for us, I
mention these little things 20 show
how important II Is that everything
should be exactly right, When the
work is not up to regulations II is the
duty of the lady IN charge Of the In
spectiou to call attention TO the de-
feet and. while II is unpleasant for
her to point out mistakes II the ar
ticie 10 not exactly right II cannot be
accepted.
The hospital garment and surgical
dressings committee have made. and
have packed for shipment, all the sup
piles nece ssary for the Richmond base
hospital and their efforts are now d.
rected towards furnishing as many
supplies as possible for the general
organization, for Il IL realized that
those boys AT the front are fighting
our Battles for us, and for every one
OF them saved, one boy less ia required
OF Va
The Richmond base hospital. headed
by DR. Stuart Mcclure. and the Rich
rnond ambulance company, In charge
OF Or. c. Howard Lewis have both
been orvanized and mustered into SER
vscA. The equipment for these two
untts is being secured RAPIDLY. axsi in
4 short time. properly differed. prop
erix sanipped and with q tpli com p!a-
ment of men and nurses these two
units will take their places on the bat
Z Gle acids OF Europe
neunests For Knitted Garments.
Tbs national organization has made
3 can on the country for 800 00e
knitted sets fcom prlslne a sweater a
pair enf socks wristhand and scarf
15.Ann Of same to he furnished bv.
virkinia ard 5000 Of the 1s o00 10
I hs1s ksarp sshad hy Richmond Wa IN
deretsrd 4 is proposed 70 distribute
through the local chenter one-third
4 Of tasese sets. the other two-thirds be-
! 1ne d4ntribueed by the national or
& sanitation, and we viii see to it that