Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-09-15
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES PRICES STILL SOARING
Splendid Service Being Done by
Workers in the Good Cause.-The
Hearts OF the Soldiers Made Glad.

! Washington, Sept. l5.--Canteen ser
vice OF the Red Cross for members
of the National Army and National
Guard as they travel to the canton
mentS is being enthusiastically wei
coined by the troops assembling al
mobilization points and at functions
and wait overs. Reports received by
Foster Rockwell Director of Canteen
Service. from many chapters which
have been serving light refreshments
to the detachments passing through
their towns, show the appreciation
and enthusiasm of the troops.
At Washington, u. c., where the
local chapter has been serving as
high as 100000 cups of coffee in
day to the troops passing through
the soldiers leaned out of the car win
COWS when they saw the Red cross
uniforms and gave an eNtemporlzed
but spirited Red Cross cheer. From
all parts of the country comes the
same story-thc soldiers fully under
stand the meaning Of this patriotic
service of the women Of the Rel
Cross.
Only a small proportion of the Ma
tional Army has a yet gone into
the environments. ana the heavier
work Of the Red Cross cantcen service
is still ahead. But most of the chap
ters have the work fully organized
and feel themselves equipped to meet
whatever emergency may develop.
The Red Cross cantecn service
hopes to keep the Rel Cross uniform
conspicuous in railroad huffets and
restaurants all over the country while
the troops are moving. The cantcen
service uniform for women consists of
a white apron and bib, with a Red
Cross on the front of the bib. and =
Red Cross cap. The male workers
we're a lapel badge of white ribbon
with a Red Cros and the legend "Can
teen Service"
Railroad officials are authorized
through the war department to daily
inform Red Gross chapter heads q
The local movement of troops.
Besides supplying refreshments t
the soldiers going through. cantccr
service workers PERFORM man% othc
little services Cor their convenience
Srch as mailing letters on postcards
The interest which the women o. tn
country have thus been abl" to show
,i.rcctly through the cantccn service.
has made profoccd impression
and mas given the soldiers now
heart and fresh spirit. because they
realize that the women of the who'll
nation are personally sponsors for
their comfort and welfare.
Relatively simple as this activit,
Of the Red Cross canteen service ma
seem to be, it typ!fics at this momen
as no other thing does. the na;iona
spirit that is back of the Red Gross
The appointment of Henry Whit
diplomat, of Washington. d. e.. Il
MaM agcr of the Potomac Division
the American Red Cross. was an
nounccd yesterday. Manage crShir.
Of all the thirteen sections. into which
the country has been divided for the
of administrations
have now been filled.
Mr. White has been active in
diplomatic affairs abroad since 1883,
when he was made Secretary of the
American Legation at Vienna. Late
he was Secretar nf the Embassy ar
london.
The new Manager of the Potomac
Division is volunteering his scr"irc
to the Red Cross without pay for thr
duration of the war He will have
entire charge OF Red Cross chapter
activities in his territory. which in
cludes the District of Columbia
Maryland. Virginia and West Nir-
ginia. The Division has l3l Chapters
and Auxilarics at large, with >
membership Of more ttan 100000
Five hundred thousand manuals on
the making of surgical dressings have
been sent out from National Head
quarters to Red Cross Chapters
throughout the country. The manual
was prepared by DR. John A. Hart
we'll and commmittec IF surgeons.
nurses and layworkers cn the basis q
the most recent hospital experienced
both in this country and in the war
zone. Complete directions are given
for making the twenty three stan
darI and special dressing now an
thorizcd for shipment to base hog
sY,ita1s in France