The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-01-25
WEEKLY NEWSNOTES
Of BAY REDCROSS.
BY MRS. T. B. CLIFFORD.

/ By MRS. Il. b. CLIffORD.
Executive meeting of Bay Chapter
Red Cross changed from Tuesday
| night to Tuesday afternoon at four
o'clock. Let every member take due
notice and govern themselves accord
ingly.
The "Flu' Committee under the
Civilian Relief Department of the
Chapter, has found several cases who
needed assistance and they have been
quite busy trying to give them relief.
The Doctors are requested to report
any needy eases to Mr.. Hart or to
Mayor Webb.
The greatest work of the Red Cross
in the future will be the After Care
of the discharged Wounded Soldiers
o. disabled ones, and the training the
uniors along health lines and those
COR future citizenship.
The after Care" will be under the
Civilian Relief and Heme Service, 30
nany of us ought to avail ourselves
CT the opportunity offered for
soecial course in Home Service at the
LAY taught by an expert from Head
quarters. If you are willing to take
the course and serve humanity in
time of need, give your name to Mrs.
eager or any member of the Execu-
tive Committee, who viii report to
Hrs. eager. Washington will | ac-
cept no candidates for Home Service
Work, unless they are graduates Of
/. Home Service Institute or have had
d similar training.
The heart of America has been
inobolized in the Red Cross, whose
message is "Aid and cheer" and
spirit is Gary on"
Drop some things and Garry On
others. Another important thing is
Home Nursing, and the Class meets
every Monday and Wednesday after
moons. Practical demonstrations in
bandaging, ETC., will be given, and a
room has been fitted up for prac-
tical demonstrations.
Knitters, Attention. You are
honorably discharged from the Red
Cross army of workers, according to
a letter from G. E. Scott, general
manager, A. R. c., national head
quarters to all Division managers.
The letter in part reads as follows:
"The war came on suddenly and it
was difficult for the government in
the beginning to provide adequately
for the troops that were being mobo-
lized. The Red Cross, wieh its tre-
mendous production of knitted gar
ments has aided materially in pro-
viding for the soldiers and sailors adj
ditiCnal warm ghothsIig IN the form OF
socks, sweaters, helmets, etc, to sup
plement the equipment supplied by
the Quartermaster's Department.
From the appreciation expressed on
numberless occasions by the men
themselves, this has been one of our
considerable contributions in adding
to the comfort of the men.
"Ws have recently made a careful
inventory of the stocks Of knitted ar
ticles on hand in all division and
camp warehouses. From these
stocks a quantity, sufficient in the
judgement of the Department of
Military Relief to care for the needs
of all men now in camps and for those
returning from the other side, has
set aside for the use of that Depart
ment. The remaining stocks have
been turned over to our Department
of Foreign Relief, either for shipment
to France for use by our men there
or for delivery to our Foreign Com
missions for use in our division relief
work. All requirements of this De-
partment have been adequately met
it will not be practical to make fur
ther shipments Of such articles later
than the first part of January, as, due
to delays in transportation, goods
shipped after that date will hardly
arrive in time to be put in service
during the present winter.
"Our calculations as to require
ments of the troops now being de-
mobolized are, of course, based on es-
Inmates which could only be made
after the announcement of the plan
for demobolization by the General
Staff but We believe thet liberal al
lowance has been made to take care
OF all requirements. We have taken
into account in making this calcuIa-
tion the estimated receipts of socks
and sweaters that are now in process
in the various chapters.
"The Red Cross will, therefore,
suspend knitting as one Of the regular
production activities. Will you
please take the following action to
make this change Of policy effective
in your division:
Instruct chapters
a. To complete all knitted articles
now in process.
b. To give out no additional yarn
to the members.
c. To forward all completed ar
ticles as rapidly as possible
to division warehouse.
d. To report all stocks of yarn
still on hand, divided into
sweater and sock yarn, un-
less you already have this in
formation available.
"Give wide publicity through opt
your division to the reasons whv
knitting has been suspended as sst
forth in the first part of tits letts-
In sending out to yorr chantsrs
please emphasize especially the fact
that we would like to have all knitted
articles finished and sent to the
Division warehouse as promptly as
possible. so that they may be avail
able at an early date in order to nro-