The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-08

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measured by time we are running
behind, yet l have no doubt that when
! this campaign ends on January l.,
next, our total allotment Will nave
been taken.
| Red Cross.
There have been two campaigns for
Red Cross war funds-one in lslf
and the other in this calendar year.
| These campaigns were conducted
along the same lines as the liberty
loan campaigns by carrying the mes
sage straight to the people wherever
they were to be found in groups. The
striking difference between the Two
cam paignS, of course, was that In the
| liberty loans the people were asked
| to invest their money, and in the Red
| Cross and other similar campaigns to
give it In the first campaign the sum
| of 100000 was raised, and IN the
second the sum Of $465.000. making
| total OF $4,000 that the people of
Richmond contributed In money to
! the Red Cross within twelvemonth.
/ When the United States entered the
/ war the membership OF the local
] chapter of the Red Cross was ga
/ It's membership list today carries over
! $4,000 names. The work of the Rich-
mond chapter is, of course, DIVIDED
/ amongst various committees. The
work of the home service com ulittee
embraces obtaining aliotments ana
allowances due the dependents OF alb
sent men: CD locating missing men;
! t3) untangling legal difficulties; t4l
/ maintaining families in normal health
/ by assisting them until money is re-
/ ceived: 50 investigating for the gov
/ eminent claims of dependency on
which men have based application for
discharge: t6) rehabilitation Of men
discharged from the service for physi-
cal disability. The work of this conf
mittee has proved OF inestinapie
value to the dependents OF sailors and
soldiers, and also 10 the men them
selves who have been obliged to leave
home by assuring them that their
! homes will be looked after during
4 their absence The military relief
com mtttee supplies men in the service
! within. the jurisdiction OF the Rich
/ mond chapter with necessary comforts
when Ill and renders needed assistance
in emergencies.
Committee on hospital supplies and
surgical dressings maintains per-
/ manent work rooms where they man
! ufacture hospital garments, fracture
= pillows bed linen, surgical dressings
! and refuge garments This committee
has manufactured 65. 600 hospital gar
ments, ESQ. COG surgical dressings
! 1900 refugee garments. such as
aprons. wrappers, shirts. pa1anas.
underwear. bed socks. children
dresses and $50 complete infants
Iayettes. In addition, the committee
has repaired 4s0o garments for sol
diers at Camp Lee.
The knitting committee has caused
! sSs, 600 worth Of wool TO De knitted
! into garments. An idea OF the value
Tr.f t,,a f44- I q
may he gotten from The fact that in
the past six months $4,000 knitted
articles have been turned in al head
quarters, The wool that went into
these articles cost the chapter 81 4.5oe.
II those@ finished garments had been
purchased in the stores they would
iIaer cost s34 fee.
The canteen committee is really ten
committees with a total mem bershl p
OF 30. one OF these committees meets
every troop train that stops il the
city that Is desired to be mat by the
government They have met total
of asa trains, carrying a2e,130 sol
d1ers and sailors 81 these .l4,s1a
were calored troops and ] .3-4 RETURN
4 ed Wounded men. over geo, 900 pieces
Of mail have been forwarded by these
committees after first being censored
the postcards and stamps being fur
DiSnPG Tree. Inc members bI TINS
com mittee give the troops cold drinks
in warm weather and hot drinks IN
cold weather. They give them cakes
candies, cigarettes. and what is prob
ably appreciated more than all, a kind
word 20 cheer them on their periioGs
way.
i This work is done with funds sup
piled solely by the Red Gross cha pter
and private contributions, there be-
ing no expense attached 10 the gov
eminent. state or city The Richmond
chapter furnished the complete
equipment for the United States base
hospital No. Al. known as the Mcclure
unit. The equipment was complete
in every particular for 500-bed base
hospital. the cost OF which was
si4s o00. This equipment was Sc
cured by an experienced pUrchasins
agent and was the best OF its KIND
that could be procured, having beer
favorably commented upon by the
surgeon generals office. The same Is
true of the equipment furnished Am
buianee company No. 3l9. which was
another organization recruited II
Richmond Both of these organixa,
tons are now in France helping K
relieve the sufferinEs OF our boys ovel
there,
War Relief Association OF Virginia.
The earliest of the purely war re
lief associations is the War Relief AS
soeiation of Virginia. which was or
Ganized in Richmond long before tht
United States entered the conflict, The
association Is very Systematically OF
) gained, and its aid has been giver
to all of the war-stricken nations II
! the fiscal year ending July |, last, Ill
expenditures amounted 10 nearly
! $4,000. all raised by voluntary con
J tributtons and entertainments. Ons
OF the gifts of this association during
the year was a sum in excess of 5000
given TO the British Red Cross, which
promptly spent the money for motor
for carrying hospital supplies, which
} has long been in operation in France
Large work has been done by mem
bers of the association in children
aid, more than $3.50 new garment
5 for children having been sent Il
France during the year A separate
section of the childrens aid commit
{ tee, "a committee on the fatherles
children of France, during the yea
brought about the adoption of Al
! French orphans by individuals an,
organizations in Virginia, West Nir
> gina, North and South Carolina, hav
| ing collected between eleven an,
. twelve thousand dollars for this pur
pose. Richmond committee of thi