Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-12
RED CROSS WORK
AMONG REFUGEES

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
UNFoRTUNATEs IN ITALY
WELL CARED FOR.
SCENE IN BOLOGNA STATION
Alien Enemy Females Put Under the
Permit Ruies-Great Plans for the
Further Relief Of eelglans and
French.
(Fx6n Committee on Public Information }
kshington.-How the hundreds OF
thousands Of unfortunates driven from
their homes in the course Of the Aus
trian invasions Of Italy were safely
piloted to their destinations is related
IN q report received from an American
Red Cross worker who has been look
ing after refugees in Bologna.
IAN arrival Of emigrants from Eu-
rope would give but faint idea Of an
exodus of refugees" the report says.
MANY of them are taking their first
Journey on railway. In most cases
It Is impossible to make themselves I'M
aerstood. They pour into the Bologna
station, dragging behind them unwieldy
packages, TASKS, bottles, babies, sew
ing machines, hens refugees have
rats, dogs, canaries, bullfinches, pig
cons, turkeys-in fact, our rest home
has seen every variety Of winged and
tour-footed live stock). There they
stand, stupefled by the noise and con-
fusion Of the arrival, utterly unable to
move, while maybe their train Is about
to depart.
However, we are there, looking
for just such as they. The willing
soldiers who are assigned to help the
| Red Cross take their difficult bundles,
the huge sacks and a few Of the ba-
oies. We take the eldest child, leading
the way as sort Of decOy; and away
VIC go, in and out Of passenger trains,
troop trains (no bridges or subways
here), until we arrive at the train de-
sired, hidden away behind all these
obstacles. absolutely unattainable If
not for our Intervention.
1.-THE train is damned. They always
are. Everyone on board cries to us
there is not another inch of room. We
pay no attention to them. Our latest
soldier enters a car and opens pas
sage for the family. When all the men,
bers and their endless belongings are
squeezed in we 60 back and pick up
another family"
Seven thousand men at Kelly field,
division Of military aeronautics, last
month saved articles which in other
times would be regarded as junk, but
which brought the government $500.
Some Of this refuse was old paper. oil
barrels, straw, bags, garbage, tin cans
and metals.
In addition. great piles Of old cloth
ing, tents, motorcycle parts, airplane
fittings. engine parts, rubber tires and
the like were saved. Don't throw 1t
away" is the slogan which is prompt
Ing the accumulation and sale Of
masses Of materials at this and other
camps.
The fruit and milk cans that the
Kitchen police smash every day, for
example, bring considerable money to
the government. They sell at SIC q
ton. Kelly field ships them by the car
load to copper ref1neries, where they
are thrown into fumes and serve to
collect millions Of molecules Of copper
that would otherwise be washed away.
The cans are then heated, the copper
separated from the tin and marketed.
How to conserve clothing and shoes,
lumber and equipment Is taught the
soldier. who is not slow to see the ad-
vantage in dollars to himself as we'll
as to the government. It Is intended
soon to open shoe repair shops and
tailor shops at Kelly field to make the
work Of reclamation Of still greater
value to the government.
Midnight Of October 8, 1918. has been
fixed by the United States attorney
general as the time when regulations
establishing a one-mile prohibited area
around federal or state forts. camps,
arsenals, aircraft stations, government
or naval vessels. navy yards, factories
or workshops for the manufacture Of
munitions Of war, ETC., shall be effec-
tive as to German alien females. This
date is fixed by the attorney general
under authority granted to him in the
presidents proclamation Of April 10.
1918.
The effect of the attorney generals
act In fixing this date Is to make 1t
unlawful for any German alien female
Of fourteen years Of age and upwards
to be found within one-half mile Of
any of the places mentioned Except
on public carriers) without permit
from the United States marshal. Per
mits to reside in or to enter the pro-
hibited area must be obtained, and ap-
plicati0ns for these must be made in
the same manner as for similar per- |
mits in the case Of German alien en-
envy males.
Salt producers have agreed with the
United States food administration to |
pack their product In only few stand
ard sacks and when packed in wood |
the barrels where possible will be |
hoped with wood instead Of steel. |
When hacked in cOttOn salt will here