Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-16

to the women of the Red Cross, at the
front and at home The 100000 of
the latter, he said, had made over
800 900, 900 articles, often working
with aching back and burning fingers,
and had done ii as a labor of love.
Has Peace Work Too
The work of the future was another
point to which the speakers remarks
we're addressed The war, in the
sense of Germany's organized effort,
is over, the speaker sal d, but there Is
no way of telling when all of our sol
diers will return, or what use there
may be for them. The Red Cross, he
said must minister to them as long
as they are away, and be ready with
welcome until the last soldier comes
back.
The organization has much to do in
times of peace, and has recently taken
over the work of the Anti-Tubercu-
losis Society, DIR. Green said, and was
fighting the plague which in year
killed ten times as many persons as
we lost in this war. AS long as there
is human misery, he said. the Red
Cross has its work, and its spirit is
the spirit of Christ, and its mission
the one He had.
Major King, typical English Off
hoo o,.txy fnfo
ing talk. He said that he was sent to
this country ON a military mission, but
a week or two after he had reached
here, the best little war in the world
came to an end and left him without
job
Major King said that he had taken
up the job of talking. which he found
more terrifying than his work as a
soldier, and had talked for the United
War Work and the Red Cross, and the
audiences had been very polite and
only few of his hearers had gone to
sleep.
Honor Red Cross Women
Speaking of the Red Cross, he said
that every soldier of the British army,
from the commanding general to the
humblest recruit, took pleasure in sa-
luting the Red Cross women with the
utmost punctiliousness of which he
was capable. He then told some of
his own experiences when the Somme
offensive was going on and he had
gotten in the way of a piece of iron
H.. oil Ia ok a
up in bed, he said, with Red Cross
angel ministering tenderly to his
wants.
Major King said that he would
"blubber'' If he kept on talking about
the Red Cross, but would follow the
advise of good American in New
York city, and talk something about
what Great Britain had done in the
war. The American had said that
there had been a persistent effort to
overlook this.
In the first place. Major King said,
the British fleet had kept the seas
open, and made it possible for help in
the form of soldiers and supplies, to
be sent to France. The fleets work,
he said, had eliminated when the Ger
man fleet came out and put itself at
its mercy.
Urges Standing Together
Major King traced the work of the
army from the beginning. when Great
Britain had but 250.000 regular troops
and $780, 900 more in reserve. and was
in a sense the contemplate little
army" that it had been called. How
ever, he added, the one who gave it
that name found it was a pretty fair
quality.
The speaker told of the feverish
days of preparation of Kitchener's
army of volunteers. and the splendid
though often misdirected spirit, and
traced the expansion and training of
that army until it was able to take its
great part in the work on the western
front and on the other battle fields of
the world
Major King closed with a glowing
expression of the feeling of English
men towards America and an appeal
for the great English speaking nations
to stand together for the prevalence
of their highest ideals throughout the
world
Mrs. Paul Winchester who has been
spending some time with her parents
in Dover, Del, has returned home