The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-06-22
RED CROSS NOTES..

NOWiHE 10 fack OF space, lne I0l
lowing Red Gross letter did no
appear in the last Issue of tn,
lberian:)
New Iberia, June nth, 1918.
We are in receipt Of the follow
ing letter from Mrs. Katherine
Mobley, Director of the Woman,
Bureau, Gulf Div. A. X. q I'll
came last week TOO late for publ
cation.)
Mrs. Z. w Cultivate Chairman
Iberia Chapter, A. X. @. New
IbeIls La.
My dear Mrs. Cultivate:
During the past three months,
the rate of production in the sur
glcal Dressing Department has
been 40 rapid that we are having
great difficulty IN securing sutiici.
ent quantity of gsule.
The result OF all this enthusi
astic work IL that we have finally
reached d point where, for the
time being, the rate of production
Is out,stripping our ability TO OBJ
tain needed material.
The factories who are TO make
the game are having difficulty in
securing from the mills needed
grey goods, that il the cotton
cloths from which ia made. In
the meantime, the chapters are
rapidly using mp the gauze which
they have on hand, and have al
ready exhausted the supply IN the
Division Warehouse, Chapters are
especially requested not to pur
chase gauze in the open market,
although some still may be obtain
ed locally, but usually at exoIbi
tant prices. As such purchases
only pro long the difficulty of es
tablishiDg regular supply through
the Country, this request has been
made OF us by National Headquar
ters, aud | sincerely hope chapters
will co operate by complying
After taking the above into con
slderation, | am closing the Teach
ing Oenters throughout the Gulf
Division, so ] will ask you to
please discontinue classes in your
Teaching Center. The Head In
structor il still to remain Head
Instructor for your Chapter, bur
not to hold any more classes
When your Chapter receives a
special call for any one type of
dresalng, will at once send you
lnstruciions TO be given to the
Head Instructor, aud she will call
the Captains of the Surgical
Dressings IN the work room. to
gether, and give the needed in.
uctions out, az the Head In
structIess ia the only one who has
authority to instruct.
In further connection with the
! closing of the Teaching Centers on
account Of shortage of gauze all
over the Country, do not think it
advisable to continue giving III.
ssruction out in the making of
thirty different types of dressings
when after July LIST, each chapter
is going TO be Surgical Dressing
Factory and produce just one type
of dressing As long as Washing.
ton IL asking us for only certain
types of dressings, there Ia no
need of giving ont instruct, IN in
all dressings, besides we are using
up gauze in the Teaching Centre
for dressings that National Head
quarters is not at present asking
for, aud taking away from the
work rooms, where from now on,
they will have to be to get out
these alloi ments for their chapter.
We will need all workers We can
get. Please give this publicity
and notify your Head Instructor
at once Of the decision reached
by me.
Yours truly,
MRS CATH ERNIE MOBLEY,
Director Woman's Bureau.
We have closed up the work
rooms of the chapter having fin
ished all material on hand There
Ia still much work to be done IN
the office but we hope TO finish
this by next Thursday, when we
would ask the memb ers to all take
a vacation, unless we are called
upon to take up some work that
We know nothing of at this writ.
ing, In case this occurs we feel the
women of Iberia chapter will
give their efforts as generous az
they have III the past fourteen
months. Z. b. y.
Naw Ihario 1uua II 1919