Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-17
GREAT WORK DONE BY.
RED CROSS CHAPTER.
IS detailed IN REPORT.

What the central Arizona chapter of
the Red Cross has accomplished dur
ing the past year is set forth in the
annual report of the organization,
submitted at the annual meeting last
Friday night. The report shows that
the chapter has accomplished a ire
mendous amount of work in the past
year, and covers the period beginning
July LIST, 1918, and ending June 80, this
year. During the first part of the year,
from July / to the signing of the arm
istice, was the busiest period in the
chapters history. After the signing of
the armistice, surgical dressing work
was discontinued but knitting of
shawls and stockings for women and
children refugees continued until last
March. At the same time during the
influence epidemic, the chapter was
busy in supplying for relief work in
Phoenix and emergency hospitals
more than 5000 masks, 100 nurses
caps and So pneumonia jackets, while
a large number of articles used in
| hospital work were sent to northern
Arizona, when the epidemic there was
! at its height.
In response to a call for hospital
| linen to be used abroad five boxes of
bath towels, hand towels, handker-
chiefs, napkins and sheets, aggregating
5000 articles, were shipped by the
local chapter.
Notable among the achievements of
the year was the shipment Of Sc boxes
of used clothing a year ago last
month. This material was sent for
relief work abroad.
Owing to the large number Of dis
abled men coming to this part of the
country from other states, the service
section of the Red Cross has assisted
were hospital cases. There were three
funerals.
The foregoing figures do not in
clude several hundred applications
for bonus and additional travel pay
nor hundreds of inquiries of which no
record has been kept. Expenditures by
the service section for this purpose
amounts to s17,333. The Red Cross
was ably assisted in this work by Mr.
Rowland at that time secretary of the
American Legion, who was active in
placing men in positions.
The report also shows the shipment
of large amount of jam and jellies
to the government hospital at Fort
Whipple, distribution of baskets OF
fruit and other delicacies to dis
charged soldiers at Christmas time
and a splendid showing by the junior
division. This work, which was under
the direction of Mrs. Carrot Schuyler
chairman, included the construction By
the manual training classes at this
high school and Indian school Of al
the chapters shipping boxes needed
from time to time. These junior work
ers in addition, made some 200 bedside
l tables for use in Red Cross and gov
eminent hospitals. The juniors helpet
materially in salvage work through
their collection of the foil which
brought good price.
The report also covers operation o
the salvage shop which was one of tn
most active branches OF the work, an,
the tea room and gift shop which wa
conducted last winter, both of thes
activities proved very successful.
Establishment of free nursing class
work of the canteen committee an
other divisions of the chapter are re
viewed in the report. The report show
that there are 10 branches and min
auxiliaries in the chapter at this tim
and that the membership is approx
mately $4,000. Within its jurisdictio
| lies an area of approximately 5000
square miles-as large as that af man
states.
z One of the most notable achieve
2 ments of the chapter during the las
d year was scored during the second wa
fund last year when the chapter an
its branches raised S129,6S596.