Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-23
$t.lo7.404 2S IN RED CROSS
.nntlnned frnrn nagr l

Scott chairman of the campaign com
mittoc. dscusael with the workers moat
sertoualy the question which has been
rsiacd aa "a whether or not u ~ proper 10
rinse such vast a3IInR IN exceas oi tho quot a
gwen - tho state 81 Delaware Air
scott declared most positively that l' waa
impossible to raeo too much money lc
,ausc the more money raised at tho present
time the furthcs oit Will ha the neat cal
tor Red Crass funds
lie pointed oui ~ moat telling Ian
gllagc the tact that the ono hundred NIL
hon raised laat wear has becn spent IN
fed Of operations whore tl4e ! nitcd States
was not ~ firpt represented bv amy troops
~ All n the last few months our hovs
have gone over there IN ipcrcasinRlv
large numbers until now We have some
thing III cxccss of half a million with the
demand for Rcd ross funds really only
beginning
lie recitcd the we'll known fact that
every Ia, Scc~ moro Americans IN France
and the need uIl 10 greater as the number
of orr uicn grows INTO tho millions. reach
ms probably as high figure as 100000
before he vcar Is ont Hts announcement
Was greeted with loud applause
Oue cf the messages read by Mr.
Scott al to,lays luncheon was a com
munlcatlon from Mrs August Belmont.
who thrilled tho Rod ross workers Mt the
meeting IN The Playhouse on Monday
night and whose address brought from
rrrrc : du Pont the motion that Della
ware quota be increased by another
100000 In her letter she saws
Dear Mr. Scott Thank Won for all
tho kindness shown me by YOU and your
committee during my stay in Wilmington
cannot begin TO tell vou what an lnspira-
tion your meeting WAS to very tired Red
ross worker
Thank YOU also for the good news
contained n your telegram. that you have
ALREADY IN your first day. raised s7lS. $50
Nv hcartIeSt congratulations to YOU
Please let me know how my $500, 600 goes
over the top
With congratulations again and my
best wishes, believe me,
Sincerely
Mrs August Belmont
ACTIVE WORK ALL OVER STATE
The partlai report from rural New
Castle showing large number OF individ-
llaI subscriptions was received with great
enthusiasm.
There Is great interest IN what DIR
Gricrs 5 teams IN Kent and Sussex are
dong No figures are available from down
the State but DIR Grier reports by tele-
phone that his workers are very active
and are meeting with very great success
There is a suspicion that the rural workers
are withholding any definite reports with
the view To sprlngng pleasant surprise
at the end Of the campaign
The teams 10 which certain names we're
assigned must finish the individual can
yasS TODAY Tomorrow il Will be free
for-all and every worker VIII be at liberty
to seek contributions anywhere. The
public subscription work will begin to-
morrow when MIR du Bells teams. which
have districtcd the city will start out
The captain has been ably assisted by Mrs.
Richard Reese and Mrs ] Chester
Gibson-war workers who have been
gathered together and who are prepared
for an intensive campaign
The organization Of the shops. stores
and factories, is going on with remarkable
enthusiasm The officials of the Pennsyl-
wanna railroad in this section have given
formal approval to this plan and pledge
cards are being circulated all over the line
1t is predicted that $4,000 will come into
the Red Cross treasury from this one source
alone.
Tp to 90 clock this morning f62 indiyid
ual subscriptions had been made among
the employees of the Bond Manufact,ir-
ing Go. for total of 1868 Scventy-five
per cent Of these subscriptions were made
by the girls 1t is expected that the entire
working organization will join in this
movement before the week is out. This
company has agreed to duplicate whatever
sum is raised among its employees Or
ganizing work in the shipyards is being
undertaken by the employees themselves
and in many of the large manufacturing
establishments and stores these organiza-
tions are in process Of formation The
slogan for all Of them is to be "one-day S
pay-for-the- Redo ross
Announcement is again made that
contributions TO the Red Cross War Fund
do not carry membership in the local Red
Cross organization as they did last year