The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
RICHMOND RID CROSS
NOW NUMBERS 4 1. 0
Christmas Campaign Fxnoc,is All Fx-
cc7atiDua--hHny " ori<ers WII 80
Needed tn Prepare Dressings

Eiohmond's Red Cross Christmas
membership campaign will continue
tnr only two more days Notwtth .
standing that the Saturday before
Christmas marked tho cessation Of as
fIvo solicitation ot new members. hum
drodH Of recruits have been added
every day since and an announcement
Was made yesterday rs Camps }gn Di-
rector EUyksu that 900 now neni-
bHrF already are enrolled
Twelve thousand add tional uamrs
gives the Richmond chapter total
membership Of 10000. said Mt Roy
Rim. and from reports which ! no~
have i1 hand we ara certain to ex-
coed the 1000 mark NV prediction
that we VIII finish the campaign with
more than 10000 members IL bas1d
on The TACT that many reports from
workers Tn the city are eth iucou.-
plete and tho reports from the cour o.
tics adjoining Richmond have NOT osen
received IN FUN. The Richmond chap
er receives credit FOR the nen mem
ties"
Considering the fact that those IN
charge Of the drive figured that / TO-
900 new names would be an excel
lent showing. tTTelr satisfaction II
gaining more than ? 600 In excess at
this number is naturally great The
campaign. which was originally sched-
uled 10 close Christmas Eve. was Ak
tended TO January 1 because weather
conditions had iuterfcred seriously
with tho work In number OF sectiona
Ever since inc closing Of the mem
hership booths new members have
been enrolling In large numbers al
Red Cross headquarters. Fourth and
ffTarr nfV~1tar tn
tic patss that tomorrow and Tuesday
will be"busy days at the mem ersh y
counter at headquarters No mem,
bersh tps issu I'D after Tuesday will
count in the Christmas drive. although
new members ere always welcome or
any day Of any year
II AT order for a large supply Of
dressing is to be fllsd a large nun beg
OF extra workers. will be needed dur.
lng the month OF January by the sur
gscai dressings committee Of the Rich d.
mond chapter The demand for thu
dressings is an urgent one and CANT
from the national headquarters. A
large order for dressings for Or. Nc
Cures base hospital unit also musl
he 8lled The chapter 10 seeking thu
earnest cooperation OF all volunteer
workers. both morning and afternoon
during January. II is expected the,
appeal viii be promptly met and tha.
the Red Cross work ROOMS viii be
filled with busy workers during tbs
next four weeks
q meeting of Red Cross units Of tbs
Catholic church will be held at :
O'Clock this afternoon In the Knights
OF Columbus hall Bishop O'Conneh
and DR.. Douglas Freeman VIII speak
on the Red Cross work and 8. l. keuy
viii preside as master Of ceremonies
The boys choir OF Sacred Heart ca
thedral will sing.
Besides expressing his pleasure over
the immense amount o. valuable work
performed during the campaign By
all OF the volunteer workers. Dire tor
Boykih spoke particularly 81 the ser
vice rendered by public school chill
dreu In obtaining new members He
said many of the children developed
a faculty Of presenting the Red Cross
story IN an attractive manner and
were entitled TO a large share OF tho
j. ~ s.,eN secs -. GE8as4t.aa oG
the work