The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-12

London, Aug. 1.-THE work of the
mreican Red Cross in Great Brit
In comprises more than twenty de-
artments. Virtually all Of the sew
|ral thousand American women who
5ere residents of Great Britain be-
|ore the war, many Of chem, Of course
wives of Englishmen, are engaged in
Red Cross work of some kind under
departments Of the American Red
Gross, and they have also the assis-
Ealce of many Englishwomen whose
American connections Of former res
ldence on the other side of the At
lantic give them peculiar interest
and affection for things American.
Il Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow OF a
Eformer distinguished American am
HbassadOr to Great Britain, was the
pioneer in the work of the American
&Red Cross in this country. AS soon
as the United States came into the
4 war, Mrs. Reid and Ambassador and
Mrs. Walter Hines Page organized
the London Chapter of the American
Red Cross. Mrs. Reid remains head
of the London Chapter and has also
been appointed by the central organ
ization in Washington to the post Of
Deputy Commissioner in Great Brit
ain.
Among the women attached to va
/ ried branches of the work are Mrs.
John Aston, Mrs. Curtis Brown, Mrs.
Henry Chaplin, Mrs. Spender Clay
the Countess of Granard, Mrs. Fred
erick Guest, Viscountess Harcourt
4 Lady Herbert, Mrs. Irwin Laughlin
the Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs.
Walter Hines Page, Mrs. Robert P.
Skinner, Mrs. Arthur Vincent, Mrs.
H. S. Waite and Lady Ward
The American Red Cross has pro
vided a number of hospitals in Great
Britain, some of them established be-
fore America entered the war, for the
use of British wounded, others es-
tablished since that time for the &C.
commodation of both British and
Americans.
One of the finest of these Ameri-
can hospitals is the Mossley Hill
Hospital at Liverpool, which is
stated by American army doctors
and nurses under Major Ude j. Vile,
formerly Professor of Surgery in the
University of Michigan Already
many American soldiers occupy its
cheerful wards.
The largest American hospital in
Great Britain will be that at Saris
bury Court, near Southampton con
structed on fine old estate of 1Sf
acres overlooking Southampton. This
will be used solely for American
wounded from the northern sectors
Of the Western front It will have
about 5000 beds.
An American hospital de luxe in
London is the new Naval hospital or
Park Lane, which occupies Aldford
House, the home of Mrs. Guest, wife
of Captain Frederick Guest, M. p.
who generously placed her home al
the disposal of the Red Cross.
At Lingfield, Surrey, the American
Red Cross has opened a Convalescent
Home for American officers, with 8
capacity of 100 beds, this being
housed in the home of Mrs. Spendel
Clay, daughter of Viscount Astor.
An important branch of the organ
ization's work is embraced under the
title Care Committee" which has
subcommittee of American women
In all important cities and towns In
Great Britain. They visit the hospi
tails in their vicinities, and are imme
diately notified of the arrival there
of any American soldiers, sick OF
wounded, whether they belong to the
American army or to the British OF
Canadian forces, Every such soldier
is visited at least once a week, and Is
supplied with comforts of various
kinds, including copies of the loca
newspapers of his home town, which
may be three to six thousand miles
away. More than 600 women are in
cluded in this Care Committee anC
its subcommittee. In every rest
camp, training camp, aviation cen
ter, or other point where American
troops have been stationed or ar,
about to be stationed, the American
Red Cross finds work to be done
For this purpose large organization
has been built up, covering the en-
tire country.
In every camp of American sol
diers, the Red Cross representative