Douglas Island news., 1918-10-25

 'gs and Trcadwcu thc Chapter was able Go go lover che top" n this al- um.ut as u all others
 New Allotment of Sweaters
 A new allotment for sweaters as been received a.zV pounds of
 u Go be mady into sweaters tutcrs can not lose many minutes.
 Annual Report
 Tho following summary of work
 s.u. ou, as Che annual message to .I.l ,ro.s chapters by Henry D. Do-
 u.ou. chairman ol Che War Com- . ol tho American Rcd Cross
 Some d,a of Che size Co which i 10. Rod Cross family has grown ar bc gathered from thc following ..Ia.
 up #p !. lgI just before Che lrommcnt of tac War Council. .Ic American Ecd Cross had lS6,- . .et members working through 5G2 l aaptcrs.
 uu July a1. lglS. thc organiza- .1r numbered 2O.GlslOa muua. . .uUcH. besides s.uOu,UUO members .. uc Junior EcI Croa a total lro'meut ol over ouc-iour,h Che .ruu.ou of Che United States.
 These members now carry on their .el Oro. work through a.s5} chap. .m. which again divide themselves uto some aU.o00 branches and mX.l-
 rIo.
 aa.c Che beginning Of Che war, . 1u ol ,hc chapters have co-opcrotca
 h ho War Council u conducting eo war fund drives and ouc mem. .amgp drive m addition Jo thc mra.u m behalf ot Che Junior ] .l grosr
 mho total actual collections Co lt. from che first war fund huyc amounted Co more than $l150oo- ! GOO The subscriptions Go thc acc- oad war fund amounted to upwards |nl sl5G.U0O.UOD.
 From membership dues thc cole Trcuona have amounted Go approN- |matcy s2L50o.O00.
 To thc foregoing must ho added |uat very large contribution of ma toriaIs and time given by Che mile .Uous of women throughout tbc com- 'ry i'm surgical dressings u knitted articles. m hospital and refugee gar muus. u cautaan work and thc 1thor activities thc chapters have |becu called upon Co perform
 Tt Is estimated chat approximately . 0O0. .oOO women are engaged in !. autcon work and Che production of relief supplies through che chapters
 For nc period up Go July !. 1918. ! hc American Rcd Croas chapters .hrourh their worErooms had proc luccd.
 4gUI2U refugee garments
 Il23.C2l hospital supplies
 I0.7SG4Sg hospital garments.
 I0Ia45Ul knitted articles
 lg2.71SIU7 surgical dressings. ! A total of 22i2sgS2a articles of .au estimated aggregate value of o' least siLOOo000
 These articles wore largely thg product of womcus hands and hy ]. hc same token. infinitely more l. precious than could have been Che output of factories or machines . These articles going Co Che operating rooms of Che hospitals Jo homeless OF needy refugees. and carrying com. . fort to our own boys iu ,hc tiold ! ouyey message of love from che women ol taIs country entirely dIs- ]. .mct from Che great money value at- ! ncbiur to their haudiwork
 By thr terms under which tho .0rst Rcd Cross war fund waa raised. |thc chapters worc entitled Co retain ! a5 per cent. of tae amount collected ] In order to detruy local expenses. to .elrry ou their home service work. to purchase materials to be utilized in chapter production and otherwise Co meet Che numerous calls made upon |tlcm The chapters were thus cn- |uued Co retain nearly S20,Ooo.oo0. ! ts a matter of fact. their retontions amounted Go only about S22.0o0.ooO.
 Out of collections from annual memberships. the chapters have re- Itamed about SlLOO0,O0O.
 From this total sum. therefore. of ] Is23.0oo.oOO retained by the chap- !. tors. they have met an the oftcu- times very heavy local demands upon ! them. and iu addition have provided tor use by National Headquarters