Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-07
Not Once is Name Of Daniels
Mentioned During Course
OF Business Session

NOI once vas Tue Ia lue VI bilS NON
orable secretary OF navy mentioned a.
the meeting Of the Woman Navy
League held yesterday afternoon il
the Library OF IIav ali, although the as
sembly hall was comfortably filled
with members Of the League, and
much business was handled.
It was the leagues last meeting, too
for hereafter. although more work
than ever will be done Ivy the mem
bers. it will be done under the name
OF the Allied War Relief Society, the
Womans Navy League having lost its
identity in Honolulu.
We decided upon this step at a
meeting Of the executive committees d
few days ago" said Mrs. William L.
Whitney, who presided at yesterday S
meeting. 1T seemed d divisOp OF Fl,
tort TO continue tie two organizations
here, when the same women were do,
ing the same work for both. so we
have amalgamated the two, and our
work henccforth VIII all be in the
name of the Allied War Relief Society
We had no funds to turn over.
There we're no dues for membership
in the league, and the S3o or so CON
tributed to us was spent for various
equipment for Red Cross classes. We
did a good work in the name of the
league, and now We shall all cOnCen-
trate our efforts in the same work in
the name Of the Allied, War Relief
Some of the work done by the Won.
ans Navy League since the Hawaii
branch was organized about two years
ago has passed into history, and very
few people in thinking Of it realize
that it was started by these women.
Summed up, all the Red Cross classes
that have been held all over the Terri
tory to prepare women for service at
home and at the battlefront had their
inception at a meeting Of the Won.
ans Navy League held in the old
opera house the tenth Of last FebTu-
airy. At that meeting cards were dis.
tributed outlining the work that could
be done by women, such as the max.
ing of surgical dressings, knitting,
house sewing of Red Cross garments,
first aid, elementary hygiene. soma
phore and signal corps study. tele-
graphy. clerical work, poultry raising
and intensive farming. Each recip"
lent of one of these cards was asked
to check off whatever subject mos:
appealed to her. Three hundred and
fifty cards were signed and returned.
Out of this $50 women. $50 Joined
the classes in first aid, Of which Mrs
Gerrit P. Wilder was chairman. Mrs.
Wilder's report yesterday showed that
l7S of the $50 had successfully pass
ed their examinations, and received
their first aid certificates from Wash
ington. One class in advanced first
aid contained II students, all of whom
passed, and received a bronze medal
from Washington.
Mrs. Wilder's report further showed
that four classes in elementary by.
giene had a combined membership of
So, 80 of whom have been certificated,
and 20 Of whom are still studying,
and will shortly be up for examina'
ton.
Summing up" said Mrs. Wilder,
1921 women have received instruction
in first aid and elementary hygiene
and home care of the sick under the
auspices of the Hawaii Chapter OF
the Navy League"
Miss Nellie L. Moore, chairman of
the wireless telegraphy classes, re.
ported that three classes in this
branch of woman's service had been
organized, and that the first, a class
Of II, had finished its course, and one
member had taken the final examina-
lions. 1.-TWO classes in wireless tele-
graphy are being held twice a week
in the library" said Miss Moore, land
one of them is going on just now.
All the pupils are doing we'll, many
of them having already reached the
stage where they can easily take II
words minute, the requirement for
certificate being 20 words a minute
All these students are also studying
the technical points of the work, learn
ing about the instruments, how to
manage them, ct cetera, and they are
all very much in earnest. Mr.. Basil
Fem, who has had charge of all the
classes, is most excellent instructor,
and holds the interest of all the mem
bers in the work"
The classes in intensive gardening
and in poultry raising, of which Mrs.
Richard Ivers was chairman. have
done most excellent work through the
College of Hawaii. About 50 women
took these two courses.
Two classes of 10 members each in
semaphore and signal corps work, one
in April and one in June under Cor.
poral Blackwood of Fort De Russy
who was selected by Major Carpenter
as instructor, did most excellent work
and turned out one expert-Miss LAM
The chairman of these
classes. Miss Mary K. Brown, said
that all the members could qualify as