The Washington herald., 1918-12-08
With the District Red Cross.

Preparation for the Christmas roll
call. or annual membership campaign,
which is to begin one week from to-
torrow. has been the outstanding fea-
ture OF activity of the District Of
Columbia chapter of the American
Red Cross during the past week.
As a result of the roll call it is ex-
pected to increase the membership of
the chapter from its present strength
of 5000 to more than 10000. the
latter figure having cen set as the
minimum quota. Through tine iHten-
sive canvass, which will cover every
home and every business organiza-
ton in the city, every adult will be
personally solicited and given an OPP
portunity to become a member of the
organization by paying the modest fee
of 81. Canvass of the residential sec
tions of the city will be made by the
women of the organization, while the
business section will be tapped out
and canyassed by teams of men.
Every merchant in the city will be
asked to devote a portion of his
window display to a Red Cross ex-
hibit during the week of the drive,
attractive posters will adOrn the bill
boards, windows. and the inside OF
offices. and through the use of small
"stickers" every automobile in the
city is to be used as an advertising
medium.
Frank ]. Hogan is general chairman
of the roll call. Myer Cohen is vice
chairman. Thomas Bell Sweeney, ex-
eCutive secretary and Fleming New
bold is treasurer The executive COM
night, includes: H. B. F. MaCFarland,
John Poole. B. F. Saul, Josiah A.
VanOrsdel. Mrs. Montgomery Blair,
George o. Watson, Milton E. Allies,
Corcoran Thorn. John B. Larner,
Arthur D. Marks. Julius Garfinkle
Henry P. Blair. w. Gywnn Gardiner,
Fred A Walker l.. NJ. Bell, DR.. w.
A. Warfield
man of the district leaders. Com
mittee chairmen inclue the follow
ing: Mrs. Montgomery Blair. women's
committee; w. Curtis Nicholson
speakers; George GrisweIl Hill, news
paper publicity; William J. Eynon.
government departments; oliver D.
Grimes. window displays; Lester
Lansburgh, newspaper advertise
ments; Charles p Light, general ad-
vertising campaign: Orville B,
Drown, Boy Scout activities: Miss
Annie NJ Coding. Junior Red Cross
activities.
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, chairman OF
the women's committee, will open her
headquarters tomorrow morning at
l2o Connecticut avenue where she
will confer with the various members
Of her organization. The women's
committee will be made up of the
chairman Of each of the 1O4 auxiI-
iaries in Washington. Besides con.
Quoting the house to house canvass,
members of this committee will have
charge of booths to be stationed In
banks and hotels during the closing
three days OF the drive.
The comforts committee will be
Santa Claus to the wounded and SICK
soldiers in and around Washington.
Mrs. Danforth Geer has requested the
chairman of each of the 1O4 auxiliaries
in the District to assume responsible
ity for providing presents for the men
in one ward. The average number of
men to ward is about forty, so that
each auxiliary will be called upon to
gifts. Canes are particularly accent
able to the wounded soldiers, and the
suggestion has been made that wo-
men hunt UP all the old canes avail
able and give them to the soldiers.
The number of wounded at the hos
pital Is increasing daily and one of
the first things the soldier asks for Is
a canee Canes and other gifts should
be turned in to comforts committee
headquarters, 1901 Connecticut avenue.
The comforts committee still is in
need of volunteer workers to help
complete its quota of khaki bags and
soldiers bags The time for complet-
ing the bags expires December 30 and
there still are several thousand to be
made. Volunteers may do the work
at headquarters, or may take the
goods tostheir homes and do the sew
ing
Revival of the infiu<2Sa epidemic in
Washington during the past week re-