Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
Story d Creation
Of. Ambulance Corps
Must Await Peace
Correspondence Associated Presso

comprises more than twenty depart
ments. Virtually all Of the sever9l
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-
partmeAts Of the American Red Cross.
and they have also the assistance Of
many Englishwomen whose American
connections or former residence hcn the
other side Of the Atlanticagiye them
peculiar interest nd affection for
things American.
Mrs Whitelaw Reid, widow OF for
mer distinguished American ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, was the pioneer
In the work OF the American Red Cross
in this country. As soon 40 the United
States came into the war, Mrs.-Reid
and Ambassador and Mrs. Walter
Hines Page organized the London
chapter Of the American Red Cross.
Mrs.. Reid remains bead OF. the London
chapter and has Alsd been appointed by
the central organixafidA IN washington
to the post OF deputy Commissioner in
Great Britain.
Among the women attached to var
| ious branches Of the work are Mrs.
John Aston. Mrs. Curtis Brown. Mrs.
Henry !Chapan, MRS. Spender Clay. the
Countess. of Granard Mrs. frederick
Guest, viscounteA Harcourt. Lady
Herbert, Mrs. Irwin E.apghlin. The
Duchess OF Marlborough, Airs. Waiter
Hines Page, Mrs. Robert p. skinner.
Mrs. Arthur Vincent, Mrs. Fl. s. Waite
and Lady Ward.
The American Red Cross has pro-
vided a number OF hospitals in Great
Britain. some OF thr,a est .tlsh,d be-
fs,e America entsvel the war, for the
| use Of British wounded. others es,ab-
lished since that time for the accom-
odation Of both British and Americans.
One Of the finest Of these American
hospitals Is the Mossley Hill hospital
at Liverpool, which is stated by Amer
lean army doctors and nurses under
Maj. Ude J. Vile formerly professor Of
surgery in the University Of Miohigad.
Already many American soldiers oc-
cupy fts cheerful wards.
The largest American hospital in
Great Britain wiz be that at, Saris-
bury Court, near Southampton, con-
structer on q fine lsold estate OF 1856
acres overlooking Southampton. This
| will be used solely for American
wounded from the northern sectors of
the Western front. It 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. NJ. p, who
generously placed her home at the dis
posal OF the Red Cross.
There. are several other American
hospitals in London, notably the Gate
hospital for officers. st. Katherine's
Lodge Orthopaedic hospital in Regents
Park, and American Red GROSS hos
pital No. "a. in Kensington Palace
Gardens given by. Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Beatty. of New York.
At Lingfield, Surrey, the American
Red Cross has opened a conva1escent
home for American officers, with. a
capacity of 100 beds. this being housed
in the home of Mrs. Spender Clay,
daughter Of Viscount Aston.
An important branch of the organi-.
zation,,s work is embraced under the
title care committee" which has sub
| committees of American women in all
important cities and towns in Great
Britain. They visit the hospitals in
their vicinitiessAand are inp1ediately
notified of the arrival there Of any
American soldiers, sick or wounded,
whether they belong to the, American
army or to the British or Canadian
forces. Every such soldier is visited
at least once week, and is supplied
with comforts OF various kinds, ihclud-
ing copies Of the local newspapers Of
his home town, which may be three to
six thousand, miles away. More than
600 women are included in this care
committee and its subcommittee. In
every rest camps training camp, avia-
ton center, or other point where Amer
lean troops have been stationed or are
about to be stationed, the American
Red Cross fnds work to be done. Hor
this purpose large Organization has
been built up. covering the entire coun-
try.
In every camp Of American soldiers.
the Red Cross representatives are on
nand constantly to assist the army Of
f1cials in their. work, fla canteen is
needed, or a recreation teri, or hos
pital tent, the Red Cross is there to
supply it.