The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-12-26

one year the membership was thirty
million.
"'There are now 1854 chapters 10000
branches and auxiliaries. Since the be-
ginning of the war and up to July |,
1918, the American Red Cross had
made 49o,120 refugee garments; 1925
621 pieces of hospital supplies; 1885,
489 hospital garments; 10,134,501 knit
ted articles; 192,748,107 surgical dres-
sings, making total Of 221, 282, 1888
articles at an estimated cost of $44,-
The total amount contributed
in material and money is $325,000,000 =
We are here to express our appre-
citation of the Patriots Fund, the gen.
erous support which we have had from
this fine organization. If we had been
obliged to spend our efforts in raising
funds not one quarter of what has been
accomplished would have been possible.
In closing Mr.. Terrell introduced Mr..
Wrege, the comrade of Victor Baer,
who sang "The Americans Come For
an encore he sang "When the Boys
Come Home. Both the songs were
loudly applauded and the audience en-
deavored to get the singer to favor it
with another song but he would not.
Mr.. Wrege is another sweet singer who
is in the same class as his comrade
Victor Baer and his singing lent no lit
tie part towards the pleasure of the
evening. He has a sweet, melodious
voice, over which he has complete con-
troll.
Chester D. Barnes, vice president Of
the Kenosha County Chapter Of the Red
Cross then gave a review of the work
done by the Kenosha County chapter.
His message was delivered in an enter
tanning manner and when he had fin
ished every one present knew in the
briefest possible form just exactly what
the Red Cross Chapter of Kenosha
which is formed Of number Of self
sacrificing men and women, had been
doing for the soldier, the sailor, and
the destitute women and children of the
devastated countries Of France and Bel
GUM.
In tracing the history of the local
chapter, Mr.. Barnes said: The Keno
sha County Chapter Of the Red Cross
was organized in April, 1917. 1t was
first organized as a branch of the Mil
waukee chapter. The Kenosha Chapter
has numerous committees and auxiliar-
les to each Of which is assigned certain
duties and the manufacture of certain
kinds of articles.
Mrs. H. B. Robinson is chairman Of
the Hospital Supplies committee whose
business it is to make operating gowns,
pajamas, bath robes, bedding, and the
thousand and one things necessary for
the hospitals. This committee has
made $4,000 of these articles.
The Surgical Dressings committee,
said Mr.. Barnes, has made 1888 sur
gical dressings. This committee also
contributed 1853 pneumonia jackets and
thousands of articles to Camp Logan
while the epidemic Of influenza prevail.
ed there. There is a great deal of red
tape about the Red Cross, said Mr..
Barnes, but the Kenosha Chapter de-
cided to first save the patient and I'M
wind the red tape later. Mrs. Arthur
Fisher was the first chairman of this
committee. Aftermard Mrs. z. G. Sim
mons was chairman and at present Mrs.
A. H. Lance is the chairman.
Mrs. James Cavanagh is chairman Of
the knitting department of the COM
mittee of supplies for fighting men.
Under her charge were 900 knisters and
the Kenosha county chapter had knit
1868 socks and sweaters.
Mrs. Chester Barnes is chairman of
another branch of the committee on
supplies for fighting men. One branch
CT her committee s work is the furnish
ing of comfort kits to the boys when
they leave for training camp. There
has gone to the front from Kenosha
county somewhere in the neighborhood
of $500 men and every single one has
been given comfort kit. In addition
to this the committee has had call
for 1000 comfort kits as its quota Of
1000 needed for the boys at Great
Lakes, and Mrs. Barnes says the Great
Lakes boys will get the kit.
Mr.. Barnes then detailed the work
of organizing and managing the can
teen until it was turned over to the
War Camp Community Service. This
work was done under the supervision Of
Mrs. G. I'll. Matthews and how well it
his succeeded every one who visits Ke-
nosha can not fail to see.
The Motor Corps Committee Of which
Mrs j. R. Gottfredsen is chairman had
done wonderful amount Of work which
if the Red Cross chapter had had to pay
for at even very low rate by the hour
would have amounted to more than
81 800 in gasoline and automobile hire.
The Civilian Relief Committee, of
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