Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-29

| from III the membership has
grown rapidly until now on the eve
OF the third annual rollcall there
are more than $4,000. The growth
! of the chapter can best be shown
by the development of the work of
the Woman's Bureau, with Miss
Anne Mccormick as director and
! Mrs. Mercer B. Tate in charge of
the work rooms.
This department had charge of
the purchase and distribution of
supplies, asserting and assembling
garments, making surgical dress
ings, hospital and refugee garments.
knitted articles and comfort kits,
reclamation of soldiers garments,
assembling of all supplies and in
structions for branches and auxil-
iaries.
The total production of this de-
partment to August l, 1919. follows:
Surgical dressings, 4S7,353; hospital
garments and supplies, 75,54O;
refugee garments, 1896; knitted
articles for soldiers, 46,94S; total,
62S,347. Attendance at the central
Workrooms averaged zoo for three
working days each week Shipment
OF boxes reached an average of nine
| a day during 1918 as compared with
nine a week in 1917.
The National War Aid Auxiliary
and Naval Auxiliary included moth
ers, wives and relatives of soldiers
and sailors, have done valuable
work for the chapter with Mrs. Will
Lam Jennings in charge of the for
mer and Miss Mary Cameron, the
! latter. The Pennsylvania Railroad
women with Mrs. Andrew Dillinrer
IN charge, co-operated wherever
possible with the chapter.
Early in 1918 the Presidents call
to organize schoolchildren under the
leadership of the Red Cross came
ana the Harrisburg Chapter organ
ized at once the junior auxiliary
winch had 1900 schoolchildren en-
rolled within the Jurisdiction OF fhe
Harrisburg Chapter.
The work of these junior auxil-
laries included useful knitting. con-
Valescent robes, layettes and refugee
garments.
| In the Home Service Department
the real heart of the Red Cross
mas gone out. 1t meant that no en-
ilsted mans family should suffer
LOT any essential thing that II was
Wlthln the power of the chapter to
give. The information service of
,nls' department. was used freely
MANY important problems troubling
families were settled through this
service. -'
With Mrs. Francis ]. Hall as
chairman. the canteen dena rtmant
with an active membership did sxN
cellent work and the report of the
committee up to September 1. 1919.
1olloWs: Total number of men met
at railroad station, 24S,932; number
OF trains met, 939; wounded men
zo'o49. Fruit, tobacco, masazines
ana Ice cream during hot weather
were given to. the soldiers: also
stamped postal cards showing
picture Of the Capitol. More than
=oO,ooo OF these were distributed.
Ihe motor messenger department
was organized on a military basis
Win Two active squads and one re-
serve squad. Early in the spring of
Ito the members purchased and
maintained at their own exnense
motor truck. A total of 2.876 nscL
ages were delivered during the lost
seven months and 235 Registered
messengers were on duty during that
period. 'iia'
The Nursing Bureau
MRS. James l. Chamberlain direct
ed the work of the nursing bureau
! Whlcn organized classes in first t-atd
elementary hygiene and home die
tetlcs. Eight first-aid classes have
been held, two of them men under
DR.. Franklin Boyer and six Of worn.
en- under DR.. Louise Taylor. all of
.hem under Miss Hattie Ensminger.
! TWO classes in home dietetics were
held under Miss Leonard.
early in 1919 a communication
from dlVision headquarters called at
/ re
health instruction. and authorized
the organization of classes in home
hygiene and care of the sick. Train
ed instructors went into each coun-
W and organized thirty-two classes
with memberships from fifteen to
forty. Extensive work of this kind
Is planned for this winter.
The campaign for Red Cross
Nurses in June, 1918, resulted in
hfty graduate nurses signing appli-
cation blanks, and twenty-four
young women enrolled for a three
year hospital training course. There
are thirty-three Red Cross nurses in
the Harrisburg territory and twenty
of these served overseas. t
| Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones was in
charge of the salvage committee,
which was organized in September,
| 1918. Old newspapers, tinfoil and
other articles were collected and in
about three months $2,S00 had been
turned into the treasury by the de-
partment.
During the influenza epidemic in
Harrisburg, the chapter proved it's
worth to the community at large
and the work done by its members
played a most important part In
checking the epidemic in the entire
DISTRICT. Workers were at head
quarters day and night; face masks,
pneumonia jackets and hospital sup
plies were made in the work rooms
and medicines were purchased and
sent wherever needed.
Broths, custards and other foods
for invalids were prepared by a
committee of women and sent to
private homes and hospitals. Miss
Margaret Ringland was in charge of
a group of visiting nurses, includ-
ing trained nurses, nurses aids, Sis
ters of Charity and Sisters of Mercy,
all of whom went from house-to-
house administering aid caring for
1000 families in this way.
In the city the chapter was rep
resented by Mrs. Charles w. Burt
nett at the city emergency hospital,
and Mrs. Frank Ziegler at the State
Hospital. The Motor Corps service
was in use day and night, and in
addition Charles W. Burtnett and
Frank w. Bass established head
quarters Il the Red Cross rooms and
planned and effected the 'transporta-
tion of nurses, patients and medical
supplies. The use of fifty automo-
Atfae utaa fraA1v OiUAn d,,rtno A.