The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-13
RED cross PARADES
N 1850 TOWNS
Five Million Men to Take
Part in Wonderful Dem.
stratiOn.

WASHINGTON. May 10. - Plans
have been made by the American Red
Cross tor the biggest nationwide SER
les Of parades ever held on one day.
Fifteen hundred cities and towns are
Included in the plans which contem.
plate the participation Of more than
live million men and women. These
Oarades will be held on Saturday, May
ls, two days preceding the second Red
Gross campaign to raise one hundred
million dollars for war relief.
Red Cross nurses will have the place
Of honor In the parades. This Is be.
sause Of the arduous and heroic labor
10 which the nurse is assigned, and
furthermore, since nursing was the
fundamental service on which the or
Plantation was founded, she symbol
ICES in the public mind the spirit OF
The Red Cross as nothing else can.
The nursing sectiop will be led by
members Of state and local committees
preceded by banners giving the tota!
humber Of Red Cross nurses from the
particular city CT calniy on actiya
duty with the army and navy, or d.
rectly under the Red Cross. A Red
Cross nurse bearing a Red Cross ser.
vice nag with blue stars representing
The number on active duty will also
precede the uniformed nurses.
A number of different uniforms,
Ehowlng the scope Of Red Cross nurs-
ing service, will be in line. The nuTs.
es in the military hospitals Of this
country will wear the regulation white
uniform with blue cape and Red Cross
cap. Those in European service will
wear their street uniform-blue serge
suit with ulster, dark blue hat, and
tan shoes. There will also be ser.
vice uniform Of grey crepe, white col.
lars and cuffs, and Red Cross cap; the
rainy day uniform Of long rubber coat
and hat; the tropical uniform Of pom.
see suits, panama hat, tan shoes, long
blue veil, and the dark blue uniform
Of the town and country nursing ser.
vice. After these will come the Pub.
lie Health nurses, who are on duty in
the zones surrounding the canton.
ment. Then there will be the nurses
on special service who will wear a
chevEon on their sleeves. They will
be followed by the Home Defense
Nurses. available for special duties IN
their home localities. They wear spe.
cial Red Cross badge and a white
hat, but not the regulation Red Cross
uniform. Closing up the nurses line
will be the dietitians in uniform, in.
Guiding the First Aid Students, and the
Department of Red Cross Instruction.
The second section Of the pageant
will be the Chapter members, with the
women leading. This section will
close with human Red Cross" in
marching line consisting Of women
forming the Red Cross flag. Those in
red! head-dress will form the cross with
Others in white Red Cross uniforms
making the field.
Mothers who have sons at the front
or In the army will make up the third
section. These women will carry the
service flags from the homes whence
the American army has been drawn.
The fourth will be the Military con-
ttngent, Including the regulars, men in
training, and the Home Defense bod
les. The fifth will be a group of sym.
pathetic and affiliated local bodies,
such as the junior organizations, in
Guiding the Boy and Girl Scouts, and
school children; and such civic bodies
as city officials, boards of trade and
commercial and industrial groups.
All the plans for the parade have
been completed and directions issued
to Red Cross chapters. Various units
will be drilled during May so as to give
the marchers a certain touch of mill.
tary precision. 1t is the intention of
the Red Cross to make it the biggest
project of the kind ever attempted,
mastering as many men, women and
children into line as possible in the
different cities.