Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-10-04
REPORT OF MILITARY
RELIEF ORGANIZERS

The retiring chairman of the Au-
dubOn County Military Organization,
and the retiring chairman of the To-
cal city organization of Audubon
believing that their work overlaped
sufficiently to justify it. submit a
joint report covering the five weeks
of their connection with the organi-
zation-Aug. 9Th to Sept.Sth. The
report is as follows:
Military Relief Departments organ
lied, A. Audubon, Extra, Brayton,
and Gray.
Auxiliaries organized-1S- Shar-
on township. seven; Cameron town
ship, one; Melville township, one;
Viola township. two; Greeley town
ship, two: Hamlin township, two;
and the Young Ladies auxiliary of
Audubon.
Total number of working units
organized 20 Committee on
hospital supplies, report the cutting
Of 4e4 garments at Audubon head
quarters; of these 1873 have been
made. inspected and accepted at the
Chicago headquarters. Twelve were
in rural auxiliaries as samples. 14O
placed with various groups for max
lib, TIC WI IooDu
completed, and 80 unfinished in the
work room shelves.
The Comfort Bag Committee have
cut 1877 comfort bags and 81 house
wives. and acknowledge the donation
of 46 housewives. from Allison Re-
lief Corps. The Comfort Bags were
distributed among local women, and
auxiliaries to be made, and samples
made and sent to subchapters, and
number to assist the workers of
auxiliaries. SO of these comfort
bags have been made. filled and CIV
en- to departing soldiers, or sent to
those already at camp. Each COM
fort bag contained the following ar
ticles; four handkerchief. one towel,
one comb. one toothbrush, one tube
tooth paste, one lead pencil. one writ
ing tablet. one doz. envelopes, one
pocket-knife. one cake soap. one
drinking cup. six pairs of shoestrings
besides the housewife we'll filled with
safety-pins, buttons, needles and
thread.
The knitting department is only
reporting in this connection the al
lotment of knitted articles made by
this department for our own boys
and reported elsewhere because this
was the only knitting financed by
the Red Cross. This allotment con-
sisted of So each of the following
garments; sweaters, scarfs, wristlets,
and socks. The making of these
garments required 1854 skeins of
yarn at sixty-seven and half cents
per skein making a total of $213.47
used for yarn for this one allotment.
On September Sth, AZ yards of un-
cut muslin and two pairs of blankets
besides the 81 cut garments. and
the previously mentioned made ar
ticles were on the shelves of the sew
ing room. All comfort bags cut had
been placed with auxiliaries and To-
cal people for making and sufficient
numbers of the various articles for
QUILTING the remainder of the COM
fort bags remained in the supply
rooms of the committee besides a
partial supply for many more. Two
and one half bolts of uncut Kahki
was also turned over to the new Com
mittee.
The retiring chairman desires to
thank the captains Of departments,
the chairmen of auxiliaries and sub
chapters as we'll as the many local
workers for their willing co-opera-
tion in carrying on the work during
their short term of service. The
several department captains had hop
ed to be able to give more complete
report at this time. similar to that
handed in by the Knitting Depart
ment. but this was impossible owing
to the delay of the Red Cross execu-
tives in checking up with the Mill
tary Relief secretary, and 1t was
deemed unwise to further postpone,
giving to the public the report Of the
work done.
Respectfully Submitted.
Mrs, F, 8, Watts,