The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-09
MOTOR CORPS DESERVES |
 CREDIT FOR ITS SPLENDID WORK1I
osAJIE AuNIsTEAD HIGGINS

By ROSAIdE ARNISTEAD HIGGINS
 Montgomery. February S.-(Special.> An organization in Aiabaua's capital city which deserves statewide recognition, because Of the splendid work which the noble women composing it's membership have accomplished is tho Montgomery motor corps. It was organized some months ago under the auspices of the National League for Womens Service of which Mrs W. J. Hannah was the chair man for Montgomery county. Mrs. Fred Bail was elected captain and she has made a splendid executive.
 In order to distribute the burden ot the work and make the corps more eff cient, a downtown office has recently been opened. funds for this enterprise being contributed by the members O. the corps. as all preferred to be indepen- dent of outside help.
 The work each day. in the office and outside, is taken care of by lieutenant with her sergeants, corporals and active. reserve and auxiliary members. the en- tire corps being divided into six groups to serve on fixed days of the week. A seventh lieutenant has charge of the work done for the Red Cross and holds a dri- yer subject to call at all times.
 Camp Sheridan located on the out skirts of the city, offers a great field for motor corps activities, the most inn portant of which are herewith reported; 
 The first work of the motor corps. and the most appreciated. is the recreatonal rides for ccnyalescent soldiers at the base hospital on Tuesdays and Thurs days of each week. Twenty-three hun- dred boys have thus been helped on the road to recovery, during a period of six months. The epidemic of influenza and the cold weather later, have caused this work to be suspended temporarily. letter from Col. Leigh A. Fuller. in com rland of the hospital, has been addressed to the corps, expressing the appreciation of the entire hospital staff as well as that of the patients themselves for thls valuable service.
 In order that southern hospitality might find expression without any i'll effects for the sick boys, one of the members of the corps Mrs Fitzgerald Salter, of- fered her beautiful home for their enter tainment and the offer was accepted by the hospital management On each trip d stop was made at this home where the hoys enjoyed half hour or so of real home life with music and light refresh- ments and where a kindly interest in them was shown. The recipients of this hospitality carry away with them many happy memories of this bit of home life" and the delicious buttermilk served there. and more than one boy, after re- covering and leaving the hospital has returned to thank the hostess.
 Quantities of beautiful flowers. the gift of Ml. Haygood Patterson of Rose mont gardens, have been carried out and distributed by members of the motor corps During the, epidemic of influ- enza, when they were isolated from the outside world, special effort was made by members of the corps to show their kindly interest. Besides gathering up flowers in their various neighborhoods, they carried out thousands of roses do mated by MT. Patterson, who gave only the choicest. Tell 1t with flowers never meant so much as it did to these sick boys, and the members of the motor corps will ever have warm place in their hearts.
 With Christmas almost here, the dis covery was Suddenly made that the 800