Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-01
GREAT WORK FOR RED CROSS
Campaign Ends Saturday Night
Vermont to Have Red Cross
Ambulance Company.

A few days more and the great drive
for memberships in the Vermont Chapter
American Red Cross, which began on
Monday throughout the state will have
ended.
Indications strongly point to even a
greater increase in memberships than
10000, the goal for Vermont by Nationnl
headquarters atWashington at Since Mon
day morning the committees in the sever
al towns of the state have worked with
zeal to surpass the number of members
assigned to them and with great interest
await the returns Saturday evening, the
concluding day of the campaign.
Throughout the past two weeks public
meetings with speakers sent from head
quarters in Burlington have been held in
many of the cities and towns of the State.
Everywhere great interest has been
shown. Vermont as usual, is sure to live
up to eXpectations-to even surpass eX-
pectations- add greater glory to her
already glorious name.
Every dollar contributed for member
ships in this campaign will be used to add
to the necessities and comforts of the
Vermont soldier.
Throughout the state, while rivalry
among the solicitors has been up to the
boiling point the best feeling has pre-
vailed, and every worker may we'll say
when TIE campaign has ended, Il did my
best"
In the midst of the preparatory work
of the campaign came the announcement
from Chairman Redheld Broctor of the
Vermont branch that Vermont would or
ganize a Red Cross Ambulance Company
and that DR. William Stickney of Rutland
would serve as captain.
The personnel of this company will be
as follows:
One captain, pay $4,000; four first
lieutenants, pay each, $4,000; one hospi-
tai sergeant who will act as first sergeant
$4,000; seven sergeants of the first class
$4,000; four sergeants $36.00 two cooks
$1,000, two assistant cooks, privates OF
the first class $500; five mechanics $24 90
twenty chauffeurs, prlvates of the firs
class $500, five orderlies; privates of the
first class, $500; two bugers, $500, IS
privates who will be privates of the first
class SIS or SIS.
The headquarters of the organization
will be 25 ID Merchants Row, Rutland
Officers for enrolment and medical eX.
animation have also been opened in Cor
poration Building, Rockingham Street
Bellows Falls.
OF the many needed things in the or
ganization Of the armies of the UniteC
States ambulance companies are recog
nized as being the most important. These
companies are needed for immediate for
eign service.
National Red Cross headquarters a
Washington has notified Chairman Proc
tor that as soon as the Vermont Rec
Gross Ambulance Company is organized
it will be enrolled into the Federal service
and ordered abroad within a few weeks
Through this Ambulance Company TIN
quickest opportunity for foreign service il
offered and this will probably be the onl.
chance with the exception of the Vernon
Infantry Of serving with a strictly Ver
mont unit. Beginning with the enroll
: ment of the company into the Federa
service the men of all grades and rank
will receive the same pay as regularly Ell
listed men of the same rank. The recon
nnnSn iS oonSi1arably above the nav NOR