Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-09-24
RED CROSS STARTS
FALL CAMPAIGN
To Meet Need i'm Eastern Europe
and BALKANS
Refugee clsthlne Must be Made w
asd Shipped Before Cold Weather

To help meet the pressing need fcr
clothing among the war sunefere Oh
Europe next winter, especially In
Poland. Siberia and the Balkans. Nov
England Division Headquarters OF the
American Red Cross has announced
a Fall program of production Ine
program is to be wholly on volunteer
basis. 30 there will be no quota, Dut
Red Cross women who prefer sewing
to other forms Of volunteer work have
been assured that there will be plenty
for them to do.
American Red Cross commissions
abroad, in an effort to fight the spread
of disease, such as typhus. tuberculosis
and influenza, are concentrating on
medical relief, but to make the bene-
fits of the medical service permanent
warm clothing and nourishing food are
needed. The epidemics OF typhus
which swept over Eastern Europe last
winter. and are still raging in Poland
and Russia, took so large a toll or
lives because the populations OF these
countries were underfed and INSULT
GENTLY clothed.
In Serbia but 5000 children of the
$4,000 who followed the Serbian Army
in the retreat of 1915 are alive today,
according to figures verified by Red
Cross overseas workers. Statistics OF
human wastage in Poland and Siberia
are equally appalling.
In order that garments may reach
the people for whom they are intended
before cold weather sets in, chapters,
branches and auxiliaries in the New
England Division have been asked by
Division Manager James Jackson to
decide at once whether they wish to
take up production again. Material
will be furnished Chapters from Divi-
sion Headquarters, in Boston.
A substantial supply Of clothing and
petticeats, cut out ready to be made
mp, is now in the Division warehouse
and these viii be forwarded to Chap
tiers desiring immediate work
Accurate information On the need
fer elething overseas has been fur
nfshed Red Cross officers BY Miss La
yinia H Newell, Of Boston. Director
q Chapter Production for both the
National and New England Division
organisations. Miss Newell went to
Frz1es and from France into Serbia
during the summer. travelling 400
niles BY motor cannon from Belgrade
to Nish, to investigate the pyoductien
problem fer the Red Cross
The articles needed. Miss Newell re-
ported, are rs follows voMen's house
esvHs, night gowns, cAezaisess skirts.
sacks. aprons shawls and pettieoats:
meas and boys shirts, gtrls' sne-piecs
dresses. chemises and pettieoats,
chfldrel's stockings; and afghaas.
All materials for these garments,
according to instructions issaed by the
DivisieA Manager. must be ordered by
chapters frsm the Division efice, and
distributed by them to their branches
and auxiliaries which should return
the finished articles to the chapters.
Provided garments are carefully in
spected. chapters may ship them
straight to the American Red Cross
Clearing House, Pier 1, Hoboken, New
Jersey. Otherwise they should be
shipped to the New England Division
Headquarters, American Red Cross.
los Massachusetts avenue, Boston.
In her trip through Serbia and
Northern France Miss Newell visited
American Red Cross distributing sta
lions and said that all the garments
given out were absolutely satisfactory.
Nothing is wasted" she added. pa
jamas and hospital garments are be-
ing made over into children's suits and
in some parts of the Balkans surgical
dressings are being used for baby
Clothes"