The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-12-28

Millions Of dressings are still need
cd monthly by the American Red Cross
and more millions will be needed as
each month passes. More workers are
needed in Honolulu to help in making
larger proportion of those millions
Of surgical dressings, just as more work,
ers are being enrolled constantly on
the mainland. y.ng
Miss Castle, chairman of the Allied
War Relief, who returned Monday from
a lengthy Eastern trip, says that hun
dreds of thousands Of women are work
ing in the States, and yet the call for
more and more workers is being sent
out continually. On the Atlantic sea
board the work is going on at fever
heat. The people there are nearer to
the theater of war, and more alive to
its great necessities in the way Of Red
Cross materials and aid. @.a
People here must realize the grim
necessity of Red Cross work as we'll
as the fasteners, Miss Castle says,
and If il is hard for them to do so the
more credit win be theirs for giving
their time and labor TO the organiza.
ton which is caring for our soldiers on
the distant battlefields Of France.
Work Rooms At Capitol
The workrooms at the Capitol are
open every morning except Saturday
from nine to twelve, and Tuesday and
Friday afternoons from two to four.
All those who go for the first time are
registered and are given the game
headcoverings bearing. the small Red
Cross on the forehead, which all the
workers wear for sanitary and other
reasons Many of them also wear
white WORK. aprons with the Red Cross
on the front. 1t is hoped to enroll
many more workers when the holidays
are out Of the way. Mrs. William
Whitney is in charge of the Red Cross
rooms. o.. ...' ,..
A tremendous drive is now being
made in the. East for the trench dress
ings called for by General Pershing.
These are packets of dressings which
are distributed among the men at the
front, so that wounded men may have
dressings applied wherever they are,
instead of waiting, sometimes for hours
or DAYS, until they, can reach n first
dressing Station behind the lines.
The trench packets consist of drains,
congresses, a pad, tampons. applicators,
and rolled bandages. Each soldier is
instructed in their use and directed
to use his packet for himself or for any
eOmrade too badly wounded, to place
the dressings for himself. At times
when the firing is too heavy to permit
of the removal of the wounded to the
field hospitals, dressings can be applied
in the trenches, thereby saving many
lives a. '.'
Quick Work Saves Lives
The vital Importance of dressing
wounds quickly is emphasized in a
letter received by one of the local Red
Cross workers from an instructor in
Red Cross work in Boston, which says
in part; -, vi.
the New England division, gave us
these figures when we attended the
meeting In Boston last Tuesday:
when battle takes place in which
100000 men are engaged, there are
on an average $4,000 casualties. OF
these 10000 are so badly wounded that
they must be operated on under ether,
and of this number 5000 must be oper-
ated on within thirty-six hours or the
wounds will result fatally. r- -"
The large number of wounds fire.
quently received by the same soldier in
hand.to-hand engagements has been
pointed out by DR. Clark, who was on
VOLUNTEER service in DIR. Blake's hos
pital in Paris. He said: Three sol
diers were brought in with twenty -one
wounds among them. That is fair
average Of the number of injuries
each man receives during such an en-.
eo,,ntar 81, II .@. r'. -.
Work Of Hilo Unit ...., ....
One of the Hawaiian groups which
is doing excellent work and turning out
large number of dressings and hos.
pital garments is the Hilo unit, which
recently sent in four cases to the ship,
ping rooms in Honolulu. The valua-
ton placed on them by the shipping
Company was $6403s. They contained
$500 pieces, including small and large
congresses, abdominal bandages, tri-
angular and r bandages, gauze rolls,
operating leggings, pajamas, drawers,
bed shoes, wash cloths, sweaters, muff-
lers, socks, wristlets, abdominal bind
ers, and wash mitts
The members of this unit have been
faithful workers ever since their Or
gahization, and have sent regularly a
large shipment Of supplies 10 be added
10 those sent from Honolulu Their
work is always well done and shows
painstaking care and supervision. 49,.