Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-01-23

Wright, Of Newberry, and read the
following letter from her, which
appeared in the Sunday papers:
MAY MEAN LIFE TO SOME LAD.
Wade Hampton Bed for Hospital in
France Should be Promptly Es-
tablished, Say Division Lead
ers.
American Hospital No. IL.
Daughters of the South Carolina Di-
vision:
You will be interested to know
that the general U. D. C. coramittee
on war relief has formulated its
plans for work, and has outlined
three lines of work devolving upon
US, viz: Securing funds for endow-
ment of beds in American military
hospitals in France, encouraging and
advancing U. D. C. cooperation
with all branches of Red Gross work,
assisting in cantonment service.
As to cooperation with the Red
Cross, our chapters have done
splendidly and am sure they will
not only keep up this pace but will
do still more.
I 1As to cantonment service, your
iSs11S5ciCr is5 :fs1ieor rrasr:-dance&8itth
the proper officials at the South
Carolina cantonments and before
long will have definite plans for
this.
Especially now do we want to
contribute the $500 for a bed in the
American hospital in France. The
check for $500 from the general u.
D. C. and the brass name plate, jeff
erson Davis, went to France on
January 10. Daughters Of South
Carolina, why can not our 5000 ana
the name plate, Wade Hampton, be
the next to go? AS our State took
the lead in 1860 for what our faith
crs knew was right, so let their
daughters now take the lead among
divisions in this noble, humanitarian
effort. If we are to do this your
contribution must come in. at once.
A word of information about this
hospital: The American military
hospital No. II formerly the
American ambulance hospital) near
Paris, of which Mrs. Robert Bacon,
Of New York City, is chairman, has
been selected by the committee act
ing upon the recommendation of the
American Red Cross, indorsed by
our president general, Miss Mary
B. Poppenheim. This hospital has
been in operation ever since the
beginning of the war in 1914 and
therefore has the advantage and
benefit of expererience. 1t is now
Red Cross hospital under the super
vision of the United States army,
but is not base hospital and re-
ceives no government support. 1t
is dependent upon subscriptions
and is under the same board as be-
fore it became a Red Cross institu-
tion.
Now that our own boys are at the
front we must do everything posi-
BILE for their comfort at the time of
injury or sickness, and we must act
quickly. The work already done by
this hospital for three years demon
strates what it means to our soldier
boys to feel that some one back
home really cared and is going to
see that they are provided for in
close, personal way.
About half the chapters of our
division were represented at the
Florence convention when we pledg-
ed the division to this work and a
little more than half tire amount
was subscribed. Please do not feel
that you need pay only the amount
pledged by the chapter. Almost all
Of your members would like per-
sonal interest in this bed. In a
week or two we shall publish the
contributions when it is hoped that
the entire amount will be in hand.
The Stonewall Jackson chapter, of