The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-28
What Ls Being Done With
 Your Red Cross Money

1 hospital supplies, and comfort bags. Full directions for making these articles are l included. Due attention Is given to the | working opportunities for older boys
 The manual is published as ARC 602. Ii l will be distributed to chapters through
 the division offices. School authorities
 may obtain copies from local Red Cross l Chapters.
 l The following cablegram has been received from Paris headquarters of 1 the American Red Cross:
 Send us pumps at once," Is an ap- peal coming from a Red Cross dele gate in the devastated area. The re-
 treating Germans left little untouched there last spring. Spokes were cut from wheels of farm carts, orchards were felled. farm houses wrecked. In many cases pumps destroyed, wells filled with rubbish and polluted.
 of the few men and women who have managed to filter back to live
 in the one good corner of their wrecked buildings. to clear the fields of barbed wire and try to till them. none dares drink from the old wells which they depended on all their lives unless they have a sign reading Good water to show that they have been purified"
 To these safe wells people come from far and near with jugs and pails. To make their already difficult life It, tie easier and to make it possible for more of them to come back to their devastated fieIds-all they have-as soon as pumps can be bought, 10 will be sent to fill the need for them in this district. It is real, though silent contribution to the giant task of reconstruction.
 The policy of the woman's bureau of | 4l DnI fv, ,a1a r- and sending women abroad for service is outlined In the following statement by Miss Florence Marshall, director of the bureau. The names of the canteen workers and the surgical dressings workers sent to France by the wom- ans bureau in November are also an- nounced
 The woman's bureau is not sending any workers into the foreign field un- less they are specifically asked for by the American Red Cross commissions Tn Europe. Any person who may Dc cabled for by the commission to France Is immediately sought out and asked if she will serve and every eff fort is made to expedite her departure. Otherwise no individual worker is sent by this bureau.
 When the commission to France ca bles for group of canteen work CTS or surgical dressings workers the cable always gives the number of workers required in either branch. It also gives a very definite list of qua1- ifications for workers abroad and the bureau makes every effort to follow these requirements and qualifications.
 4 knowledge of French is essential in all positions except office, clerical and surgical dressings workers. There are few positions where one can work effectively without 1t, and those who are going to serve aboard should have all possible French instruction under French instructors, particularly in con versation.
 Another essential Is a real concern to be of service and a willingness to concentrate on the work. Seriousness of purpose and department are re- quired of all workers in-the American Red Cross. Applicants should realize that the conditions in Europe make unjustifiable the presence of anyone unwilling or unable to do steady, se- rious work.