Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-30
RED CROSS TO AWARD FAITHFUL WORKERS.

to reward the men and women who worke dfaithfully during the period of the war. Not only those who have gone overseas or worked in camp and eanteen at the army camps. but those who gauge dressings. fashioned gar ments for refugees or did any kind of real work in the service of the Red Cross are to be considered by the or sanization as candidate for the decor ation provided they can show that the yhave given the repaired number Of hours to the task.
 But the dignity of the service must be protected. There must be a appar- ent fairness in making the awards if the distinction sto have its full sig niticance. No mere perfunctory at tendance at meetings is to be counted as work and no recognition is granted for service prior to the cate of April C, 1917.
 The local chapter therefore is put ting the matter up to the individual Nsrker He I sto decide for himself Gccordi,e to the schedule issued by the organization if he is eligible to wea rthe service badge. The women workers must feel confident that they have spent the required number of hours in the gauge room or sewing be- fore they submit their names. If a person believes that he or she has given the full time of service to se- cure the badge, the name should be submitted to the committee in charge of the awards to members of the local chapter. The names will in turn be Tiesentel to the executive committee for action Mrs. C. H. Hunt and Mrs. Arthur Houle are the committee on awards appointed by the Bisbee chap ter Each applicant Tor the badge should be ahle to show his proof of service and give the name of the head of the department in which he worked as reference
 The badge i sattractive and should appeal because oi it's beauty as well as for what 1t represents. There are tTo sery ice badges for the workers al home. Ono denotes that the wearer has wClked 400 hours. the other shows that SOU hours have been given The war department has requested that the Fed Cross ribbon must not be worn without the badge. TOT a certain number of hours of work in excess of 500 hours a stripe is given through tae substitution of a striped ribbon instead of a plain color The addi- ticnal work must have been performed within a period of six months
 Credit will be given TOT hours spent in courses of instruction such as First Aid, Dietetics, Home Surgical Dressings and the Chapter Student course. The reason for this is because the Red Crcss recognizes that persons who have taken sucn courses have done SC in crder to fit themselves for ElUre efficient service in behalf of the organization and therefore such work should be recognized
 WOmer whO have rendered a mini num Of 400 hours service and have dons exceptional work in chapters wher, no opportunity was given for longer service may be granted a badge with Iibbo nof different color from that used on the regular badge. Here again. however. it must be real serv- ice. and great discretion will be used in the making of these awards This is designed for women living in rural communities where the opportunity of working in the Red Cross rooms was finite dtc a certain numbe rof hours. It is recommended that this be ex- tended to include business women who have given time afte rtheir working hours
 Men or women who have rendered exceptional service as executives in membership campaigns and drives may be awarded the badges if it is deemed advisable by the chapter chair man. Persons who have done great service in time of national disaster which will include those who have given their time in the recent cpl demic of influenza shall De considered worthy of such award
 For the knitters the following is the basis upon which the hours of work may be computed: One pair of socks. 20 hours; one sweater, 30 hours; one muffler, 90 hours; one hel- met, F hours; one pair of wristlets, 10 hours
 1here is no age limit recognized by the national committee on awards. Therefore the junior members who have given the required number Of hours Of service are entitled to badges.
 Each badge which is given will be accompanied by a certificate signed by President Wilson and Henry P. I5avison. Claitman or the war council ol inc American Red Cross. Permis- sion is granted to chapters to purchase these badges to be presented 10 their workers provided that the money for ide purpose is from chapter funds and is no part of the war fund