Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-22

mas fofty-hve active members.
In the absence of the chairman,
during the summer months, Mrs.
Walter II. Gather has been acting
for her.
Mrs. ]. Miley Jones. vice-chair-
man has been in entire charge of
canteen work at the Civic Club
Hostess House and has been of great
service tkere.
THE total number of men met at
the railroad station is 55,7S7.
Troop trains ............ 1S1
Invalid trains ........ "a
Complete hospital train E.
LOldI . -
"The following letter was received
from Mrs. w. c. DreXel, director of
Canteen Service in this Division, in
acknowledging receipt of the an
nual Canteen Report of the Harris
burg Chapter:
my Dear Mrs. Hall:
Thank you very much for
your splendid report. We all
in this Division appreciate the
magnificent work you are do
ing in Harrisburg. l am assign
ing you n great many trains,
knowing that they will get
proper care in the proper way.
With my kind regards and
great appreciation of your work,
believe me-.
MARY DREXEL.
1.-The Motor Messenger Service, OF
which Mrs. S. F. Dunkle, is captain;
Miss Jane r. sMacDonald, is adju-
tant; Miss Mary Creighton, is quart
ermaster; Miss Almeda Herman, is
first lieutenant, and Miss Eleanor
Copelin. is second lieutenant, has
occupied many fields of useful ac-
tivity. In the spring of 1917, they
purchased and maintained at prac-
tically their own expense, motor
truck, and this was an important
and initial step. With this truck
all auxiliary supplies are delivered
and collected, and much useful and
highly appreciated service rendered
to the Harrisburg Chapter and the
Woman's Bureau.
"A total of 2,S76 packages were
delivered during the past seven
months; 235 registered messengers
were on duty during that period.
Valuable assistance has come to
the Harrisburg Chapter in the addi-
ton of two Executive Secretaries
Mrs. O. H. Orth and Mrs. II. e.
Lucas.
Nursing and Personnel - Mrs.
James l. Chamberlain, director, and
Mrs. Crane, assistant, report that the
Harrisburg Chapter has full author
ity in the organization, examination
and issuance of certificates for
classes of First Aid, Elementary Hy-
giene and Home DieteticS.
First Aid-Eight classes in First
Aid-two of men under instruction
of DR.. Franklin Roger, and six of
women under instruction of DR..
Louise H. Taylor, have been held,
and 129 pupils have received grad
uation certificates.
elementary Hygiene and Home
Dietetics-Seven classes, with an
enrolment of lao members have
been held under Miss Hattie Ems
minger in Elementary Hygiene, and
two classes in Home Dietetics under
Miss Leonard.
nurses in June, 1918, was vigorously
by Mrs. James 1. Cham
berlain with the result that fifty
graduate nurses signed application
blanks, a number far beyond our
quota. Following this campaign,
young women enrolled
their names for three years Hos
pital Training course.
There are thirty-three Red Cross
nurses in the Harrisburg territory,
twenty of whom are serving with
honor overseas and in home can
and thirteen enrolled for
local service.
Salvage Committee-A Salvage
of the Harrisburg Chap
ter of the American Red Cross has
been in operation, with Mrs. Mabel
Cronise Jones as chairman and Mrs.
Sharon Mcdonald as vice-chairman.
1T has collected rubber, paper,
result that $4,000 was turned into
the treasury, which amount was
practically saved from the pdblic
dump.
christmas Packages-Mrs. John
Fl. Weiss, as chairman, and Miss
Letitia Brady, as vice-chairman, as
sisted by an able committee, assem-
bled $500 Christmas boxes, which
were sent to the soldiers in train
ing camps In America last Christ
mas These boxes were tastefully
and wisdom used in the
selection of their contents.
Refugee Clothing and Linen
touching appeals were
sent to the Harrisburg Chapter this
autumn. One was for the collee-
ton of twenty tons OF used clothing
to go to French and Belgian refu-
gees. Mrs. w. G. Gipple and Mrs.
William Strouse, in charge of
faithful committee of National War
Aid members, conducted this cam
paign, and the response was so gen.
erous that the Harrisburg Chapter
thirty-one tons of clothing,
shoes, ETC., which is one and one
half times our quota. This collec-
tion was handled in we'll located
rooms donated for the occasion by
Samuel Friedman and the Strouse
Estate.
1.-The second appeal was for linens
for the hospitals in. France. This
was also very successful. The.
Branches and Auxiliaries came nobly
to the rescue, and Mrs. Herman p.
Miller. chairman of the committee
in charge of this collection, reports
that there has been packed and
shipped AZ boxes containing linen
and pillows; Sheets, $1,000 bath
towels, 5000; hand towels. 10000:
handkerchiefs, S,400; napkins, 600.
Influenza Epidemic--A most re-
cent and important service was rem
dered by the Red Cross to the COM
munity and entire district in the
influenza epidemic which has just
subsidized. Face masks, pneumonia
l.. et.rr,Itan r.rnra -. \