New Britain herald., 1918-08-28

Women engaged in Red Cross work
 will find abundant work to do al the
 headquarters. Three cases of gar ments for refugees are on hand and there is abundant material for knit ting.
 Persons having knitted garments and hospital clothing, etc, completed are urgently requested to return them to the headquarters at once. Every one is expected to have the work in hand finished and delivered by Sep ten1ber 1.
 During the past week the following material was given out: Wool for IS helmets, 95 sweaters and 257 pairs of socks, making a total of 865 pieces.
 Returns of articles finished last week were as follows: 8 helmets, 80 sweaters, ITO pairs of socks, 1 huff Ter and pairs of wristlets, total 256.
 Other materials for articles given out were as follows: 292 comfort bags, 97 convalescent robes sets of underwear, total 335.
 Finished articles returned were as follows: pajamas, 3 dozen band ages 2GO comfort bags, 27 petticoats, . hospital shirts. convalescent suits, 3 convalescent robes, 73 underdraW- CTS, 76 undershVts, ' undershirts for boys and 5 underdrawers for boys. Total 2S3 pieces.
 The full story of the work of the American Red Cross in Italy during the Austrian defeat of June 14-24 will never be written. Some of it lies in the experience of young American VOL untCeTs in Canteens at advanced posts who cooked for every COmhatant who appeared until ordered to fall back out of fire More is in the memories of Red Cross ambulance men who for ten days and nights drove their freight through continuous shelltire and OcCa- siQnal maChinegun attack. The re- mainder is buried in columns of fig ures at headquarters in Rome, from which, within a few hours of the first Warning, supplies were poured along every road to the front.
 Before dawn on the night of June Ii. the first Austrian shock came Be- hind the waiting Italian army were four sections of American Red Cross am mbulanCes Many of the Americans on duty were new to Italy and to war. The others were veteran drivers from the French front. some of whom be- gan their service long before the Unit ed States declared war. The curious fact is that between the records of the veterans and the amateurs there stands today little difference. Cool headCdneSS under fire is soon learned if it can be learned at all; and to bal ance the veterans experience the new man is Frequently the moro eager, in a career in which the value of eager ness runs a close second to deXtcrity and common sense.
 A report made to the Italian su- prcmc command by the commander of American Rcd Cross Ambulance Sec ton Mo- ;, the largest of the four sec tons, takes special notice of the acts of a volunteer, CtoIdphWaite H. Dorr of NutlCN. x. J., on the night of June IT. He was on duty at an advanced post which was hit by an enemy shell, which demolished part of the house and completely covered the ambulance Returning to the headquarters of the section, he there took charge of an other ambulance and returned to tho field of battle in order that he might continue in his work of pity.
 The report of Section No. is full of similar instances of bravery. John Walter Miller, Jr. of NcnOra, Ontario, Canada. and Frederic J. Agate of %GarsdaIc, Now York were ordered to q front post. Arriving at a cross road they found it covered With barbed- wire obstacles and two machine guns in place. With the help of the ma chine gun operators they tore down and opened the barbed wire, and ad- Nunced 300 meters further and reached d house where the wounded were be- ing cared for while bullets of the two armies were raining all around them. Having loaded their automobile with they returned to the stations where the injured received tirst-aid treatment.
 At 3 o'clork on tho morning ot the 10th the commander Of the section judged by the intensity of tho hom parchment that certain advanced post required reinforcement of ambu- lanCe& Four volunteers were detailed for this duty. They were Clarence r. Roe of Chicago. ILL; Dudley r. Wolfe of Irvington- on Hudson N. Y; Lucius IT. Davidson of Great Village. Nova Scotia. and John A. Gordon of Barre Vt. They advanced to this post in spite Of violent enemy bOmhard- neut of shells and teargas bombs. One of these men is now in Milan,
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