The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
 COMMITTEE SENDS CLOTHES ID FRANCE
Local Council Reports on Work Accomplished-Plans Under Way to Give Serv-
 ice Kits to Drafted Men

The officials of the telephone com
 pany have allowed space among thei
 offices to have sewing room fitted uI
 Tor the use of the young women em 1 ployed there, and the home and foreigl
 relief committee will organize a sewin,
 unit, in which work may be accom- plished by these employees, during thei
 off hours of the day.
 l This committee has had valuable as
 sistance from hundreds of patriotic Bir mingham women, who feel repaid fo, l their labors by the many letters of ap preciation received from officers ant
 many others in France, in the navy and
 in America
 Many changes have been made recent, i Tn the shipping regulations and onl ceftaln shipments are allowed to go over
 seas. Fof this reason, after the men ir the eantonments are equipped the re. naming wool garments will be put ir | cold storage and kept until fall, wher 1 they may be allowed to go to the mer 1 at the front
 I The report of the badge committee which was given at the regular meetins G the council last Tuesday, at the Tut
 Wller, was especially interesting Mrs | badges made and given to boys who left | for service April 16 and r. Three coun- Gil women addressed the men on their aeDarture
 Two soldiers without parents were adopted by women of Birmingham, who Will keep in touch with them and see that they are provided for through the duration of their service
 On May 25 between 700 and 800 lief 1erS0n county will ha fod i,,to service and the chairman is anxious that every one of these soldiers be provided with comfort kit before leaving. The council of defense committee or home and foreign relief, of which Mrs c. P. Orr and Mrs. D. A. Echols have charge, has accomplished splendid work during the past two months and reports that at this time Company D and Con- pany K, 167th United States infantry Rainbow division, with which number of Jefferson county boys are serving, are wearing the garments furnished by this committee.
 The report follows: Garments sent to soldiers and sailors, previous to March t. 1422; garments sent to Capt Lacy Ed mondson, of Company D, and to Capt. Mortimer Jordan, Company K 167th U. s. infantry, in France, for distribution, March 19, 110; garments sent to Captain
 ,nlonnson and Captain Jordan and J. w. McDaniels, March 20, 121; to Captains Edmondson and Jordan and Lieutenant Webb, March ?, 94; complete summer outfits to sailors, 46; to 106th supply train, socks. 20; to Camp Wheeler boys, garments, 500; sewing kits, 61; summer
 outfits to men in 123d infantry, s. Total humber articles, 24S2.
 In stock at present: Socks 126 pairs; wristlets, 115 pairs; trench caps, l06; sweaters, S1; helmets, Is; unfinished gar ments. 45; making total of 4S9 garments on hand.
 The committee on home and foreign re-
 4a IS making an effort to get the col ored women of Jefferson organized for tnls phase of war work and has met with much success so far.
 Realizing it's duty to the Red Cross and being a committee on emergencies, this committee stands ready to assist in |any Ped Cross emergency presented to it. Five hundred hospital garments have been made for the Red Cross by these workers, and it is felt that no oth- CT sewing is so important at this time.