Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-03
4,5OO WOMEN TO
JOIN IN GREAT
RED CROSS DRIVE
District Must Supply 10000
Memberships TO Meet
Quota
HEADQUARTERS Is OPEN
Every Man. Woman and Child
Expected to Do His Share
For the Nation

When tho organization IS COM
pleted which is to canvass the city
OF Harrisburg for Red Cross MEM
berships It is very likely that over
$500 women will be in the lineup,
They will be divided as follows;
Lieutenants, 4.O3O. or ten for each
OF the 4oS city blocks.
Captains. SO. or one for each vot-
ing precinct in the city.
Majors, "A. or one for each ward.
Colonels. three.
The city is divided into three dis
tricts, over each of which as a colo
mel. one officer will have charge
of the whole Hill district: one will
look after the uptown district north
of State street; the thirds territory
will be all of the downtown district
south of state.
Quota Over 10000
The quota of memberships for the
Harrisburg chapter district is we'll
over 10000. There are, for ex-
ample, 74,119 people in Harrisburg
and the quota is the population.
Approximate totals for the bal
aLce of the county are as follows:
Berrysburg. $50; Conewago town
ship. 700: Dauphin, $50; Derry
township, 2,S00; East Hanover
township. 1900: Elizabethville, l.
coo: Gratz. $50; Halifax, 700; Hall
fax township. 1000: Highspire. l.
500: Humm elstown, 200; Jackson
township. 500; jefferson township,
200; Londonderry township. 1900;
Lower Paxton township. 400; Low
er Swatara township, coo: Lykens.
2.750; Lyllens township, 1000; Mid
die Paxton township. 100: Mifilin
township. 500; Millersburg. 1000;
Penbrook. 1900; Reed township,
200; Royalton. 900; Rush township,
700: South Hanover township. l.
GOO: Susquehanna township, $500;
Swatara township, $500; Union
town, 200: Upper Paxton township,
500; Washington township, 800;
Wayne township. 400: West Han
over township, goo; Wiconisco
township. 2,700; Williams township.
loo: Williamstwon. 1900.
Headquarters Now Open
Christmas rollcall headquarters
have now been opened in the old
post office building, Third and Lo-
Gust streets. Entrance is on the
Locust street side. This structure
was to have been taken over by
state draft headquarters. but the
sudden termination of the war and
the forthcoming dissolution of the
draft organization made it possible
for the local Red Cross to secure
a portion of the building for the
membership campaign workers.
Mercer b. Tate is in charge at
headquarters and is being assisted
by some of the draft board force
The telephone number at this head
quarters is Bell-4959.
Mr.. Tate to-day began sending out
the posters which are to be used in
the campaign.
Returned Men Enthusiastic
The really enthusiastic boosters"
for the Red Cross are the fighting
Pcnnsylvanians who are returning
daily from overseas.
How the Red Cross was to be
found right up behind the line of
battle. day and night, and how it's
workers braved death continually is
part of the story being told by the
overseas men.
The Red Cross is not only the
favorite organization so far as SOL
diers are concerned; it is also the
favorite war work campaign so far
as Dauphin and surrounding coun-
ties are concerned.
What the District Is
The quotas given above do not
include those for Perry county and
the river towns of Cumberland coun-
~. which are part of the Harrisburg
chapter district. In addition to the
two sections named the district in
cludes all of Dauphin county except
Middletown and Steelton and all of
Harrisburg.