The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-08
RED CROSS INSTRUCTIONS
As Sent Out from the Vermont Head
quarters to All Organizations.

1
The following instructions have beer
sent out to all Red Cross organizations IL
| Nermont:
1t is the duty of the person receiving
this circular to see that all other persons
Interested shall be promptly informed Of
| its contents. Complaint has been made
TO state headquarters that in some cases
those in charge Of special departments OF
the work have not received from branch
officers the instructions that have been
sent out.
Packing and Shipping of finished ar.
tices sent TO Boston should follow para
graph l3 of A-l02, except that it is not
considered absolutely necessary to use
the standard size box. Any container
that will stand transportation is salts
factory. II is not necessary to use code
numbers on boxes. Surgical dressings
should always ne shipped in separate
boxes on account of the necessity of their
inspection at the warehouse.
General Pershing has requested that
knitted articles for the men in his com
mand be furnished only through the
regular Red Cross channels; that is, from
the warehouses in Europe. If you re-
ceive request from a man overseas, re-
fer him TO his company commander. Any
other procedure is contrary to the wish
of the commander in-chief, and is likely
To subject not only the Red Cross, but
the soldier himself to criticism.
Cut gauze may be purchased by send
ing list of the sizes and number of
pieces required to Miss T. w. Daggett,
1000 Washington street, Boston; subject,
of course, to their being sufficient gauze
on hand The supply now is very limit
ed Do not order cut gauze of the supply
service There will be no charge for cut
ting but small charge will be made
for the extra packing necessary.
Salvage service that will enable the
Red Cross to reclaim and repair knitted
articles at army camps is now being
worked out with the war department.
No details of the arrangements are avail |
able at this time. Await further an
Quotas of surgical dressings and other |
finished materials will be assigned to all |
as soon as these can be |
worked out. When You receive quota, t
10 not exceed it. This is for the pllr-
pose of controlling production and thus
nsuring a supply of those articles most
needed
Booths that were shipped from Boston
or use in the Christmas membership
win be needed for the war
und campaign which is to come in the
pring. Ii any Of these are on hand, in
rood condition. in your town. please re
,ort the fact at once to the bureau of
development, 755 Boylston street, Bos
on.
Junior auxliaries should refer to Yer
mont chapter circular No l0-C, dated
an. 10. 1918, for method of organiza
ion only For work they should be gov
rned by the iul.owing; the instructions
or which are to be found in A. r. G.
o. On account of the fact that the
lumber of auxiliaries is constantly
hanging it is impossible to assign a
efinite quota to each place. 1t is there
ore suggested that. until further orders,
aeh auxiliary should make: not more
han FIVE pinafores, capes, chemises,
ouse gowns and skirts; not more than
0 shoulder shawls: and not more than
wo of the other articles.
Articles wanted: Children's black sateen
r galetea pinafores, children's cspes
18th hoods, boys corduroy trousers, boys
hirts. girls dresses, women's and girls
hemises. women's housegowns and
kris, shoulder shawls and bath and
and towels.
Sizes; All children's garments, major