Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-15
EDCROSS
MENCLAND IS
GREAT SOCIETY
More Than Twenty Depart.
ments Comprise Work Of
Americans in Britain.

London, Aug. 16.-The work Of the
American Red Cross in Great Britain
comprises more than twenty depart
ments. Virtually all of the several
thousand American women who were
residents of Great Britain before the
war. many Of them, Of course. wives
of Englishmen, are engaged in Red
Cross work Of some kind under de-
partments Of the American Red Cross.
and they have also the assistance Of
many Englishwomen whose American
connection or former residence on the
other side of the Atlantic give them a
peculiar interest and affection for
things American.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow Of q
former distinguished American am
bassador to Great Britain, was h pio-
neer in the work of the American Red
Cross in this country. AS soon as the
United States came into the war, Mrs.
Reid and Ambassador and Mrs. Wal
ter Hines Page organized the London
Chapter Of the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Reid remains head Of the London
chapter and has also been appointed
by the central organization in Wash
ington to the post of Deputy Commits
sioner in Great Britain. =,
Among the women attached to
various branches Of the work are Mrs.
John Aston, Mrs. Curtis Brown, Mrs.
Henry Chaplin. Mrs. Spender Clay, the
Countess of Granard, Mrs. Frederick
Guest. Viscountess Harcourt, Lady
Herbert, Mrs. Irwin Laughlin, the
Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs. Walter
Hines Page, Mrs. Robert P. Skinner,
Mrs. Arthur Vincent: Mrs. H. S.
Waite and Lady Ward.
The American Red Cross has pro-
vided a number Of hospitals in Great
Britain Snrna NJ Thorn oSto h1fcho6 ho.
fore America entered the war, for the
use Of British wounded. others estab-
lished since that time for the accom-
mediation Of both British and Amer
leans.
One Of the, anest.of these American
hospitals is the M oaeley Hill Hospital
at Liverpool, which is stated by
American army doctors and nurses
under Major Ude j. Vile. formerly
Professor, Of Surgery in the Univers-
ity Of Michigan. Already many
American soldiers occupy its cheerful
wards.
The largest American hospital in
Great Britain will be that at Salisbury
Court, near Southampton, constructed
on a fine old estate Of 1856 acres over
looking Southampton. This will be
used solely for American wounded
from the northern sectors Of the West
ern front. 1t will have. about 5000
beds. &
An American hospital de luxe in
London is the new Naval hospital on
Park Lane. which occupies Aldford
House, the home Of Mrs. Guest, wife
Of Captain Frederick Guest, M. p.
who generously placed her home al
the disposal Of the Red Gross.
At Lingf1eld, Surrey, the American
Red Cross has opened a Convalescen,
Home for American officers, with q
capacity of 100 beds. this being housed
in the home of Mrs. Spender Clay
daughter of Viscount Astor.
An important branch of the organ
ization's work is embraced under the
title care Committee" which hal
subcommittee Of American womer
in all important cities and towns II
Great Britain. They visit the hos
pitfalls in their vicinities, and are i'm
mediately notified of the arrival there
Of any American soldiers. sick o,
wounded, whether they belong to tn.
American army or to the British d
Canadian forces. Every such soldier
is visited at least once a.week, and |,
supplied with comforts Of various
kinds including copies of the loca
newspapers Of his home town, which
may be three to six thousand mile,