The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-04-19
MOTOR CORPS OF
RED CROSS LADIES
TO Be INCREASED

| Announcement is made of the eS-
tablishment of a Bureau of Motor
Corps Service of the American Red
Cross to national and broaden the
scope of the woman's motor corps
which heretofore have been merely
adjuncts of local chapters in the
several cities where such work has
been organized. The uniform worn
by the Red Cross Motor Corps of
the District of Columbia chapter,
of which Mrs. J. Borden Hartman
| is colonel, will be adopted as the
national uniform with a few chang
es. The women of the District of
Columbia wear breeches. The ma
tional rules will require short skirts
over the breeches.
A. J. Pizzino, of the Department
of Military Relief of the Red Cross,
who has been appointed director of
the new bureau, says he hopes to
have motor corps in service in every
city in the country in short time.
Rules to be Standardized. 80.
Under the national CONTROL" says
an official statement, regarding the
work of the new bureau, "the rules
governing the service will be stand
ardized and strictly enforced. Wo-
men DESTROYS of entering the SER
vice will be required to take an
examination in such essentials as a
fair knowledge of mechanics, ac-
aid, etc. Moreover, the rules will
be rigidly enforced and particular
care will be taken in the estab-
lishment of safeguards to prevent
anything that would reflect on the
high character of the Red Cross and
tend to bring humiliation to the
body of the high-minded American
young women who are enlisted in
the work.
Corps Already Operating
Enquiry made Immediately fol-
lowing the creation of the Motor
Corps Service bureau brought re-
ports showing that there are be-
tween rs and 100 motor corps oper-
ating under the auspices of as
many Red Cross chapters in differ
ent parts of the country. Approx
mately 1900 women and girls are
volunteers in the service, and the
cars in use are, generally speaking,
owned as we'll as operated by uni
formed volunteers.
"If plans carry, the present num-
Der of motor corps soon will be eX-
banded to 700. The national bu-
reau is DESTROYS that every Red
Cross chapter that has not already
done so organize corps as quickly
as possible.
1.-THE department of military re-
lief of the Red Cross is making ella
borate arrangements to look after
the comfort of soldiers who are re-
turned wounded to their native
shores, and for those who have been
crippled and reconstructed who are
sent back to their own homes. No
matter how remote from the port of
arrival the home of the returning
soldier may be, whether in the
mountains or out on the plains, or
where not, the Red Cross plans to
go with him on the way, through
a systematic relay service, and see
to it that his journey is made pleas
ant and that he has attention after
he gets to his destination.
at is in carrying out this scheme
the magnitude as we'll as the benc-
fit of which will be appreciated a
little later. that the motor corps
will come strongly to the fore.
Work in Washington.
During the recent coal famine
in Washington and other cities, va
lent service was performed by the
members of the Red Cross Motor
corps, who carried bags of coal in
their automobiles to the homes OF
the suffering poor. The Washing
ton corns is the largest in the coun.