The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-03-01

$4OO,OOO, for friends reconstruction
work and war victims relief, $215,97l,
and for emergency purposes, Red
Cross health center, foodstuffs, o
ton Harjes' ambulance unit, etc., the
appropriation amounted to $1,969,375
In addition to this, appropriations
OF $7,O6S, 649, have been made for the
purchase Of supplies in the United
States, for shipment to France. AS
soon as these supplies have been dis
trlbuted, the various appropriations
therefore. will be credited to the bud
gets Of the commission to France, to
which they respectively belong.
Home Service Work
Funds are Required
Budgets for other work may be
drawn from surplus general manager
points out.
The following letter has been re-
ceived by F. T. Heffelinger, division
manager, from H. D. Gibson, general
manager of the American Red Cross:
1T has come to my attention that
there is apparent reluctance on the
part Of some chapters, whose funds
are limited or have been very literally
used for various other purposes, to
make appropriations for home serv-
ice, even when the opportunity for
such expenditure, wisely and help
fully, is apparent.
whenever an individusl chapter
feels unable or unwilling financially
to undertake home service, you are
authorized to state to the chapter
concerned that it's funds should be
used, so far as needed, for the welfare
of the families Of soldiers and sailors
in that community, ever if the result
must be the curtailing of work along
other lines. The only Red Cross funds
available for home service are those
of the chapter itself, whereas the sur
plus funds Of all chapters can be used,
if necessary, for general relief sup
plies.
Don't Neglect Home Service.
1T should be made definitely GER
tain that a chapter with funds, no
matter how limited, should not neg
lect its home service obligations, be-
cause to do so will likely cause the
families of soldiers and sailors there
to suffer %privation or to oblige them
to sacrifice health by reason of over
work, or unsuitable work, or to apply
to public or private charities"
Red Cross Raffles are
Under Ban of Law
In a number of instances Red Cross
organizations, with no thought of vio-
lating the law, have authorized raf-
Hes as a means Of collecting Red
Cross funds.
The question of the legality of these
raffles has been raised and the divi-
sion office has been assured by COM
petent authority that raffles undoubt-
eddy are lotteries within the meaning
of the law as enacted in all the states
within the division.
Chapters and their branches are
cautioned therefore not to authorize
the raising of money by this means.
Stripes and Emblems to be
Given Workers in Token Of
The northern division, in an effort
to reward the services of those wo.
men who have given generously Of
their time for Red Cross purposes
has decided to adopt the following
rules regulating the use of the Rec
Cross emblem and the service stripe.
It has been decided that at the enc
of 80 hours spent in service in the Rec
Cross workroom a woman may veal
, upon her apron the Red Cross emb.
lem, and at the end of " hours she
!, may add a red cross to the front Of
her cap, and at the end of 1923 hour.
she may wear a service stripe abou'
two inches long and one-half incl
wide on the pocket of her apron, thi.
r stripe to be made of some red ma
. terial.
These regulations govern all hours
[ of service spent in surgical dress
? ings workrooms, in hospital carmen
workrooms and all other workroom'
5 under the supervision and govern
t ment of Red Cross organizations.
: Credit for Knitters.
Realizing also that knitters deserve
2 recognition of their services, the fol
, lowing schedule has been adopted tt
r govern their work: For each sweat
er that is turned in a woman shall
receive credit for Is hours of work
for each pair of socks, ID hours; TO
each pair of wristlets, z hours; TO,
= each helmet, IA hours; and for eacl
scarf, 8 hours. If the chapters il
the division, as a whole, will adop
; this schedule it will aid in maintain
ing uniformity throughout the entir
division and will eliminate to SOM
/, extent the friction caused when on
+ chapter gives the same reward TO
less work than another.
A R;l;oue Attack.