Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-14
MAYOR STRANGF'S
PATRIOTIC OFFER
Gives Use Of City Assembly Rooms
To Woman's Work Committee
OF THE RED cross
Vote Of Thanks rendered Public
Spirited City Council For Its Pa
triOtic Action Kindness Of
Mosse Also Appyerisgea
Moase AIso ApprecIaEed

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/ The Red Cross Chapter OF Annapo-
lis and Anne Arundel County. grown
70 much larger proportions in mem
bership and responsibility, found re-
Gently that it was necessary TO change
its headquarters for the Woman's
Work Committee, Of which Mrs. F. a.
Munr0e Is ehe chairman Since the
very first days OF chapter organization.
th local Red Cross headquarters for
Woman's Work has been the Moose
Lodge, at s. Maryland avenue. A
vote OF sincere thanks and apprecia-
ton is in order from the Red Cross
to the Loyal Order of Moose i'm An
napoiis. for the unselfsh and patriotic
action taken many months ago, and
adhered to faithfully since then. by
which the Moose Lodge was turned
over TO the use of the Red Cross. de-
spite the considerable inconvenience
caused TO the members OF that Lodge
As the Red Cross work has constantly
been developed and increased. more
workers have volunteered, and no less
than thirty one auxiliaries formed
throughout the county, it became evil
dent that even the Moose Ledge was
not large enough to accommodate the
amount Of material in the way of hos
Dital garments and supplies, knitted
garments, etc, which had TO be han
died The large increase OF member
ship during the Christmas campaign
brought matters to crisis, and 1t
was found imperative to secure
much larger headquarters.
I Accordingly. the secretary of the
Red Cross Chapter investigated ali
possible opportunities to obtain the
desired new headquarters for Wo-
man's-Work He was greatly assist
ed by helpful interviews with Major
John dep Douw and with Postmas-
ter Linthicum, as well as with Mr..
Haslup, Superintendent Of Public
Buildings In the course OF these in
terviews it developed that no practi-
cable place could be found for the
headquarters of the Red Cross In any
OF the public buildings belonging Is
the State or the National Governments
in Annapolis, although the utmost
willingness was shown to cooperate
with the Red Cross in attempting to
find room in the state House, the
Armory or the Postofice building
There then. remained but one alterna-
tive, unless the Red Cross should
proceed to undergo the expense. OF
renting a large building. The last
hope was the Municipal Building
with its assembly hall and adjoining
rooms on the second floor, and per-
haps one or Two other rooms in the
building The Red Cross had no de
sire to interfere with entertainments
given in the assembly hall. and was
therefore ready TO assume responsi-
bility for carrying out any practical
arrangements hy which the Municipal
Building could be used for ali legiti-
mate purposes without inconvenience
to anyone.
This situation was placed before the
Mayor, and Mr.. Strange, after a brief
discussion Of the ways and means ne
cessary, at once gave his consent to
allow the Red Cross to use the Muni-
cinal Building He was more than
generous. Not only he said, could
the Woman'a Work Committee have
the use OF the large assembly room.
and the room which adjoins it, but
he offered the use OF another room on
! the same floor. and the occasional use
Of the supper room downstairs In
addition, he was kind enough to give
up his private Office for the keeping
/ Of records and accounts. The Red
Cross Chapter therefore owes a vote
OF thanks to Mayor Strange and the
City Council for their pnblic-spirited
and patriotic action ia turning over
every facility at the disposition Of the
City Of Annapolis for Red Cross work
Notice is now given that the new
/ headquarters in the Municipal Build
ing was taken over on Friday, as pre-
viously announced in the Evening
Capital. and all Red Cross workers
are requested to see that this infor-
/ mation reaches all whom it may con
I cern. As conditions under which the
1 Woman's Work Committee viii now
I carry or its patriotic tasks are much
/ better in the way Of space for tables,
storage, and the packing Of supplies.
and as the equipment viii soon be in
q creased. il is urged upon the women
Of Annapolis that they shall from
now on take increased interest in Red
Cross work. and devote their time as
much as they can to the efficient pro-
duction Of hospital garments, and
other necessities. for the soldiers and
sailors Of the United States who are
lighting lor the cause Of America in
/ the great war