The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1918-10-26
Do You Want To
Go Overseas?

The American Red Cross wants
a great number of men for Mill
tary camps. Base Hospitals. Red
Cross depots. truck drivers, me-
chanics, field representatives and
skilled garage rtishaQers.
Louisiana. Mississippi and Ala
bama. composing the Gulf Divi.
sion of the Red Cross. must furn-
ish 81 men for these positions Inn
mediately.
Women are wanted clerical po-
sitions--stenographers. secretaries
-canteen and hopsital hut ser.
vice, motor drivers. asroplane hut
service, field secretaries in infant
welfare work and kindergarden
service fof refugee children. The
quota of women workers assigned
the Cult Division totals 124.
No influence is necessary In
making an application for any
duty connected with the Red Cross
workers are chosen on merit alone.
announces the Bureau of Person
mel. Gulf Division. 225 Postof6ce
Building. New Orleans, to whom
applications should be made. +"
Qualifications demand high grade
men, who know younger men and
how to deal with them m-men who
are we'll acquainted with business
procedure and who have the abb
lity to deal tactftl1y with other
men of affairs. Volunteers. OF
course, are preferred. Salaried
positions pay in accordance with
experience"
Transportation expenses and
Informs are borne by the Red
Cross.
All Red Ctoss Chapters here
after are TO discontinue distribu-
ting knitted articles to drafted men
when the articles have been made
from materials bought with Red
Cross finds. This Is ruling from
National headquarters Of the Red
Cross. and the explanation given
is because of the limitations In the
supply of yarn.
The drafted men, however. wifi
get his knitted articles through the
regular Military Relief depart
nient of the Red Cfoss.
Here is Washihxton's official
announcement on the subject:
The yarn We have on hand
| if properly conserved and made up
into the articles sent you in our
production orders. will take care
of the requirements Of our Depart.
ments Of Foreign Relief and Mill
tary Relief for the present season
/, The distribution Of Knitted Arti.
cles through these channels insutes
; the best possible Use of the gat'
mefits."
The thousands Of women in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alaba-
| ma, composing the Cuff Division,
needr't worry about wheather they
can knit because there'll be plenty
of work for them te do But,
they'll be asked to knit Only Ger.
ain needed articles.
The American Red Cross ha:
decided not to distribute eomfor'
Kits to t1eu for use in this country
but instead will distribute them
after the men get overseas. is the
announcement of Leigh Carroll
manager of the Gulf Division,
|Aherican Red Cross. to all chap.
tiers in Louisiana. Mississippi and
Alabama.
Mr.. Carroll's announcement was
made with this self.explanatory
statement from G. E. Scott. gen.
eraf manager of the Red Cross at
Washington:
''Becanse of the rapid move
meft OF troops overseas with
| limited amount of space for carry.
ing the necessary equipment which b
m tst 20 with them on the trans
ports. at the request Of General
refshihx the General Staff has Is
SIZED an order stating definitely
what articles may be taken by the
men as personal baggage and also
what articles will be shipped with
them as organization property.
IAN articles not absolutely es-
sential to the comfort and we'll
being of the men have been ex-
cluded from this list. The War
Department has ruled that men
will not be allowed to- take COM
fort kits with them.
LAS practically all articles con.
tanned in the Red Cross Comfort
Kits can be obtained by the mer
lin the camps and cantonments in
lin the United States, the Red
Cross has desided not to distri-