Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1918-02-14
WAR RELIEF WORK
DONE BY 27 WOMEN
Partial Report of Work Accom-
plished By Members of D. A, 4.
PEGGY STEWART CHAPTER
Every Line Of War Relief Work En-
gagged In BY Annapolis Women,
CredtabIe Report.

From time TO time the question has
arisen What are the Daughters of the
American Revolution doing in war Re
lief work.
The following is a partial report of
the work done by the members OF the
Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter, OF
Annapolis. There are As members in
this Chapter. and the following work
has been accomplished by 27 men,
bers:
Knitted gaTments-336.
Comfort kit bags III; money and
chocolate contributed and So given by
Chapter to drafted men of Annapolis,
Sewing kits-Money contributed.
Barrack bags-6.
Jelly for cantonments- One member
contributed to this
Mess fund Four members contrib
uted money and time TO Machine Gun
Company of Annapolis.
Belgian relief $S1.00 donated; I
barrel of food stuff and several dona-
tions of clothes.
Surgical dressings 2,170 dressings
made: l70 hours of work given, and
$25 donated
Red Cross work Sewing and cut
ting out of work; several auxiliaries
formed; knitting and social welfare
work done; $50 donated
French orphans-SiX orphans adopt
cd; SOS donated.
First Liberty S6.35000.
Second Liberty Loan S12,S50.00.
Under the caption of "Miscellane,
Gus Work" the members have accom-
plished a great deal; several members
have cheerfully given their time fer
work done at the Hostess House,
Camp Meade, and at the recreation
rooms for soldiers and sailors in An
napolis One member formed an
auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society
with a membership of 800, and collect
ed an emergency fund of $1.400.00
Another member organized the Girls
Patriotic League of Honor. Nine
members OF the Chapter are members
of the Maryland State Council of De
fense. One member has subscribed to
the National Red Cross Society 5000
annually for the duration Of the war,
and $40 annually to the Children of
Americas Army of Relief, and three
full pieces of muslin for bandages for
the Red Cross to the Star of the
East" Band.
One hundred trench candles have
been made; money has been contribut-
ed to the Navy League, Navy Relief
and National Defense; four soldiers
have been adopted; $105 has been
donated to the Y. w. c. A; $40 has
been donated to the War Library
Fund; So to the y NJ c. A.; $35 has
been sent to DR.. Finney for the
chocolate fund for .convalescing Amer
ican soldiers in hospital in France;
$4,000 has been subscribed to the
Thrift Stamp Club S33 has been do
mated towards the Third Liberty Loan
to be taken out by the National So
ciety, D.. A. r., and $50 has been do
mated towards the restoration of the
French village of Tilloloy.
Two members of the Chapter are
officers Of the Woman's Section of the
Anne Arundel County Branch, Coun-
ell of Defense, and four members serv-
ed as recruiting OllteES AOI iOOu NOhN
servation A member Of the Chapter
is chairman of the Comforts Commit
tee, Navy League, and another mem
ber is chairman of the Navy Relief
Committee The president and sec
retary-treasurer of the Girls Patri-
otic League of Honor, are both mem
bers Of the Chapter, as are both the
/ chairman and sub-chairman of the
| Committee on Patriotic Education.
Owing to the fact that the above re-
: port had to be submitted to the State
! Regent, d. A. r., by February /, to
! be included in her report of State
work done by the d. A. r. of Mary
/ land to the Council of Defense, it was
impossible TO hear fromsall of the As
members of the Peggy Stewart Tea
Party Chapter in time.
I If the above work has been accom-
| plished by q women one can readily
see what has already been done by the
/ 48 members of the Chapter