Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-12
BIG JOBS ARE DONE
WELL BY RED CROSS
Manufacture of Surgical Dress,
ing and Other Hospital Sup
plies One Of First Tasks.

London (by inaii)-One of the earli-
est forms of war activity undertaken
10y the American Red Cross in Great
Britain was h manufacture of surgi-
cal dressings and other hospital re-
quirernents. from modest beginnings
this work has increased until it now
employs more than 1000 workers in
80 branches throughout Great Britain.
The monthly output of these work
snons averages $780, 900 separate articles
per month, and the output has recently
risen to nearly twice that total.
The center OF this activity is in a
large building at sc Grosvenor Gar
dens, adjoining the administration Of
flces of the American Rcd Cross. Fiji
teen rooms in the building are devoted
10 various branches of his work, which
is in charge of Mrs. III. S. Waite as
chairman. All the rooms occupied in
the manufacture of surgical dressings
are large, light and airy, and tho most
q appliances are at the disposal
OF the workers. Al this central station
$50 workers are employed, of whom
$50 are volunteers while 100 are paid a
moderate allowance. The paid workers
are an wolnen who have suffered fl
financially owing to the Var and to
whom the sinai payments given them
by the Red Cross are q great boon.
The out york branches IN various
parts of England are mostly under
British administration. but the Ameri-
a Red Cross furnishes all the ma
terials and patterns, which are sent
out in large hampers. Fifty hampers
are in constant circulation for this pur-
pose. The supplies. ghen gathered into
the central warehouse, axe sent out
through a regular system OF distribu-
ton, to six principal hospitals in Great
Britain, and to u great number OF hos
pitfalls on the british, French and
American fronts in France.
y few weeks ago the central work
ooms received an urgent appeal from
the American army Tor 200, 900 first all
packages to be supplied to American
soldiers. Each OF these packages was
to ccNltain 12 articles, the whole order
thus involving the manufacture OF
2,400, 900 separate dressings. together
with an enormous amount of labor in
connection with the careful packing
and shipment OF the packages. This
work, moreover. was to be carried on
without interfering with the regular
duties of the work rooms in supplying
their usual hospital supplies. 1t was q
big order; but the executive committee
teiegraphed its answer Immediately:
I'VE will deliver first aid packages as
requested at rate of $4,000 per week.
beginning Immediately From the
first week, this rate has been exceeded.
and the entire order has now been filled
and is in the hands of the American
army authorities.
Some time ago, the work rooms made
arrangements, with Nine. Carton de
Wharf of the Belgian relief committee
for Il large number of hospital gar
ments to be made by Belgian women
refugees in Great Britain. These gar
ments are made in their homes in va
rious parts of Great Britain, the cut
out garments being sent in hampers to
Madame de Wharf and returned fin
isled to the work rooms Payment for
the work is made TO Madame de Wharf
in bulk and distributed by her to the
individual workers..