Evening journal., 1919-02-12

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Delaware men and women who have
given eight hundred hours OF work. In
any capacity, TO the Red Cross and
while doing SO. have served not less
than six months In the Red Cross. now
have the formal and definite oppor-
tunity 10 receive service certificates and
badges as rewards for such work and
also as valued souvenirs OF the greatest
war In the history OF the world and the
greatest humane service ever performed
by any organization In the history OF
the world.
National headquarters has announced
to all chapters a plan for reorgsnizins
the loyal service given by the men and
women workers OF the Red Cross. This
will be done through the issuance OF
certificates which carry with them the
right 10 purchase and wear the Red
Cross official general service insignia.
The insignia for women workers VIII
be badge with ribbon, bar and safety
catch. For men, a button 10 be worn
in the coal lapel.
Certificates In recognition OF loyal
service 10 the nation, through the Red
Cross, will be awarded 10 all persons
who have given regular service during
a period OF not less than six months,
in which period the actual work done
shall be equivalent 10 at least eight
hundred hours, OF for twelve months
Of service OF not less than eight hun
dred hours, or for eighteen months OF
service amounting 10 at least eight hun
dred hours. In no case shall the award
be made 70 a worker whose period OF
enrolment In service has been less than
six consecutive months, or 10 a worker
whose total number OF hours amounts
10 less than eight hundred hours. In
computing periods Of service only serv-
Ice subsequent TO April 6, 1917, should
be considered. Certificates viii be
awarded irrespective OF whether the
service rendered has been on a yolun-
ieer or a paid basis.
Men workers 10 whom certificates have
been issued will be entitled to purchase
the standard service button, the price
Of which Is rs cents. No modification
In these buttons Is 10 be made Tor the
varying periods OF service.
Women workers 10 whom certificates
have been issued Will be entitled 10
purchase the standard service badge for
the price Of one dollar. There are three
forms Of service badges for women, de-
pending upon the number Of months
enrolled and the number OF hours OF
work accomplished.
No worker shall be entitled to wear
a badge who has enrolled for a period
OF less than six months In the Red
Cross and who has worked less than
eight hundred hours. These eight hun
dred hours may have been accomplished
in six months or twelve months or
eishteen months and In any OF these In
stances the worker would receive a GER
tlncate which would entitle her TO a
Red Cross service badge with a plain
biue ribbon. In cases where women
have worked more than eight hundred
hours in six months time, these ad-
ditIonal hours cannot be counted to-
ward any additional award. as there Is
a minimum but no maximum number
of hours given. In order TO obtain an
additional award, that is. badSe with
one white stripe in the blue ribbon.
worker must have given two periods OF
six months each and not less than eight
hundred hours In each OF those periods.
That Is TO say, worker who had given
Twelve months time in sixteen hundred
hours. eight hundred hours In each OF
he six months, would receive a BADGE
with a blue ribbon with one white
stripe: whereas, a worker who had
given twelve months time. with sixteen
hundred hours, but figured that she
had been able 20 devote twelve hundred
hours in one period Of six months and
four hundred hours IN the other period
NJ six months, would receive a badge
with a plain blue ribbon, as no num-
her OF hours above eiGht hundred In
one period Of six months can count
toward an additional award. To obtain
q badge with a blue ribbon with two
white strlnes. worker must nave
worked eighteen months and twenty
four hundred hours In three periods OF
six months with eight hundred hours
work in each one OF these periods. This
Is the greatest number OF hours and
number Of months for which awards
are offered at the present time.
In committing the eight hundred hours
all branches OF Red Cross work snj
service may be counted. Work done
,t home. such as sewing and knitting.
IS well as work done In the work
rooms. work in all the Red Cross
classes OF hygiene, surgical dressings. /
arst-ald. nursing and also work done
md hours spent in Red Cross campaigns
FOR Red Cross funds and memberships
should be counted. Services given and
lime spept in connection with emerg-
,ncies. such as the influenza epidemic
and the Perth Amboy disaster. also
nav be Included IN the eight hundred
hours
The committee on awards appointed by
he delaware chapter is made up OF the
,hairmen OF the various buresux The
of this committee Will award
ne service certificates to the workers
N the CITY OF Wilmington and through-
mi the state OF Delaware who have
ione their work in their various de-
,artments. Mrs. Willard Hall Porter,
hartman Of the women's bureau, Is in |
,harce of the certificates to be awarded
'or work done in sureical dressings. |
hitting. sewing, supplies. inspecting. |
,ackinq and motor service. Mrs. Joseph !
bancroft, chairman OF the bureau OF
,vsiene, will award certificates to
workers whose WORK mas Detn done III
.lasses In nursing. frst-ald. surgical
etc. Miss Madeleine Draper.
hartman of the bureau OF home serv-
re and civilian relief. will award GER
iflcates for the workers who have rem
Tered services in that bureau. Mrs.
henderson Weir, chairman OF the can
cen. will have charge OF the certifl-
.ates for the canteen service. Miss
.mny p. Risseli, chairman OF the bu-
eau OF development. is secretary OF the |