New Britain herald., 1918-05-13
HUMAN RED CROSS FEATURE OF PARADE
192 Women Wanted for Surgical
 Dressings Division

A human Red Cross. composed of
 192 women in the surgical dressings
 division, will be one of the attractive
 features of the big Red Cross pa rade in this city next Saturday. An appeal to women to help make this feature 8 success has been issued as follows:
 we need 192 women to march | with the surgical dressings division of 1
 the Red Cross parade on Saturday. X l ! human Red Cross is to be the fea- | l ture of this section and will be l l formed by women wearing red, 1 white and blue wells. All women 1 l willing to take part in this section are ] asked to send their names at once to 1 Mrs. l. D. Russell, Grove Hill, tele- l phone 299-3. This division will be 1 drilled Friday afternoon at o'clock l in Walnut Hill park, at the foot or l Lexington street by military man from Hartford. For the drill on Fri
 day, all participants are asked to l bring the white caps. Red and blue l veils will be supplied.
 1 watch the papers for any change
 of plans.
 "The members of the women's aux diaries in schools and churches Will | report Saturday afternoon at 7 O'CLOCK
 sharp on South Main street, peloW
 Wlliting.. dressed in white. With slm-
 ple white squares or triangles as head
 dresses. Large red crosses to De worn
 will be distributed either at the Red
 Cross rooms beforehand or upon Sat- urday at the assembling place. Ut is the patriotic privilege of every woman worker to march on
 Saturday.
 1 School Girls to March. , The general committee in charge
 1 of the parade has issued the follow
 ing instructions:
 7 | The representatives of the
 school auxiliaries are to be girls only.
 2. In counting the membership ot = the school however, both boys and girls are to be included. - 8. The girls are to be dressed Tn - white and wear the red cross in some . form. q ; 4. The parade will form at 7 :; o'clock in the afternoon. The dlVl- = sions will form at 1:3O o'clock. , The chapter school committee has
 1 formulated the following plans and
 information:
 % 1, Schools shall be represented by !, pupils above the third grade. '. ?. Each school with an enrolment e of 75 or less shall be represented by ], as large d deleSdIlol o'o iii"S S /, best to the principal.
 l, 8. Each school with an enrolment [. of over 75 shall be represented by a ,. delegation of from 10 per cent to 25 l, per cent of it's membership. ., f. Each school shall carry its Red :; Cross banner. Steps have been taken > to obtain permission for schools stl1' l. in the process of raising their funds \. to have their banners for use upon J. this occasion.
 [e 5. Schools that have not yet pro- Il, vided themselves with banners shoulc o1 get into communication with the sec A. retarv of the Committee, Miss Mary l. A Tormay principal of Smith school F. who will mako arrangements for tht e, placing of an order with some man
 ufacturer.
 6. The expense of making the ban a. ners will be met from the regula k: Red Cross school funds, except in tn Id cases of those schools which nav St. ot1,er funds which may be devoted t' FL this purpose ,s. T Each school shall determine tn n, nature of the Red Cross 1nslgnla to U d, used and make all arrangements TO ri- the organization of its delegatlon' ,rt &. Further suggestions Will its sent out among the schools as fast a s.; thev may be obtained from headquar ct, ters. Principals are hereby assure w. that Mrs Isaac D. Russell and MrS Lm A. c, McKinnie will be very glad h. talk over with them the arrange m ments for the parade. They may U as, found at the Red Cross rooms OH ai' ol- after Monday May l3. II, ,m 9. Definite lnformatloh s'o ~ ,: art formation of the parade anu 1 " ar- of march will be 1urTlSlleA ,il- 10 Tn the cases of the schools et, Rerlin. New1ngton and Ploinville, it ey, assumed that whatever IS oone WI
 be done with the consent Of u