Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-28
Eight Million Women
in Red Gross Work;
Output $4,000, 900

The American Red Cross has issued
| its final report covering the activities
of the organization during the las:
! the report deals with the work of about
100000 patriotic American women
the volunteer industrial army of the
American Red Cross-who have ba@Hcd
the cause of justice and humanity
! The value OF the output Of hospital and
! other war supplies which these Wome.i
| produced in the last year is placed at
about $4,000, 900.
The report, which summarizes the
vast work accomplished By these NIL
lions of women. is as follows:
During the last seventeen months
the patriotic women of the American
Red Cross have produced n total OF
291 ,0O4, 900 necessary articles, as FOL-
lows: Surgical dressings, 253,le6.00Q;
knitted articles, 14.0s9.000 refugee
garments. 1,464.0G0: hospital garments
and supplies. 22,2I5 900.
Working with raw materials vaiucd
at $40 1000. 900, these women produced
finished articles valued at s59, coo, 500
during the last year alone.
The American Red Cross has be-
come one of the worlds greatest man
ufacturing concerns. having over S.
900, 900 active operatives. many Of
whom have now become skilled work
ers. after months of arduous. loving
labor. OF all the articles produced by
these patriotic women perhaps none
are moro welcome than those which
are knitted, as is attested by the
numerous letters Of appreciation from
the men in khaki and navy blue, both
here and overseas.
practically every one OF Americas
soldiers who haye crossed the Atlantic
in liberty's cause has carried with him
some of the knitted articles furnished
by the Red, Cross These consist OF
socks. mufflcrs, helmets and wristles.
All the men in the camps on this side
who are in need of knitted articles
will be similarly equipped this win,~.,
and many soldiers of our allied armies
and thousands of refugees in the war
stricken districts will also be so
equipped.
Vast Supplies to Allies.
THAT the American Red Cross has
not forgotten our brave and valiant
allies is shown by the following ship
ments. made during the last year:
France q total of 1S0,C64,733 surgical
dressings and refugee garments; Eng
land. 2,275,S95: Italy. 44,393,352: Ser
bia, 2O0,294; Russia, 262.23S; Palestine,
40,036; with a gross total to all of
these countries equaling 227, 1865
garments Of various sorts
with only a few hundred thousand
women actively engaged in chapter
production work prior to our entry into
the war, this number soon swellcd
until today we have over eight million
conscientious, hard working volunteers
in the Red Cross organizations Of
America.
Under an agreement entered into
with the medical department Of the
army last March, the Red Cross makes
a large quantity Of surgical dressings
for the army with materials which the
medical department. furnishes. No
similar arrangement has been made
with the navy, but the Red Cross has
furnished many ships and numerous
naval hospitals with chapter Hlpplles
by approval Of the surgeon general Of
the navy.
gauze, q hundred million yards of fab
rio and millions Of pounds of yarn
have been made up into dressings, gar
ments, and knitted articles by these
100000 workers since America entered
the war.
THE Red Cross department Of sup
plies recently placed orders for 10000
900 buttons and 250,O0O00o yards OF
thread. thus getting the very lowest
market prices.
Kept Uniforms Repaired.
I'm connection with their other
duties, many women of the chapters
have undertaken the repair OF soldier
uniforms and clothing for the reclama-
ton division Of the quartermaster's
department Of the army.
with view to increasing the num-
Der OF supplies available and as eco
nomically as possible, the bureau o.
chapter production is constantly ex-
periment!ng In the manufacture OF
substitute materials for those when