Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07

unsurpassed ny any otner cnaptef
in the Potomac Division" is the phrase
used by Red Cross officials in COM
uenting on the work done by the
Red Cross women of Washington dur
ing the past year for returned SOL
diers. sailors and marines. for the
victims of the influenza epidemic,
and for the sufferers in Europe.
This devotion to the comfort of
Uncle Sans workers. men and women,
both in military and civil life. which
was entirely voluntary and without
remuneration other than the graft
tude of those who were served, may
be visualized. in part. from even a
brief summary of the facts and figures
contained in the annual reports of
committees submitted at the recent
annual meeting of the District of
Columbia Chapter held at st Johns
parish hall.
The report of Miss Mabel T Board
man. who also holds a high position
in the national organization. which
dealt largely with the influenza cpl
Complishments:
Under Miss Emma Jacobs, chair
man of the food arrangements COM
mittee, kitchen was established in
each city zone, from which broths.
milk, oranges and lemons were dis
tributed to the sick and luncheons
provided for the physicians and nurses
on duty. -.
Established Recruiting Station.
Miss Anna J.. Greenlees and Miss
Fannie Clement. with others, eStab-
ished recruiting station which en-
listed more than 1000 nurses. under
graduate nurses, practical nurses and
nurses aids, household helpers; Mrs.
David Fairchild, captain of the motor
corps and its twenty volunteer men,
bers, handled 1,042 victims of the
disease, working day and night, while
Nv 40 e
and 500 gowns. aprons and caps for
nurses and workers.
Mrs. Whitman Cross headed a SUBJ
committee which made a careful sur
yey of public health nursing in the
District. while Asst Surg Gen. A. J.
Mclaughlin headed and DR. W. C.
Fowler. District health officer, was a
member of board which drew up
plans to combat epidemics. Ernest L.
Thurston. superintendent of public
schools. was in charge of the commit
tee on instructions in home hygiene,
care of the sick and dietetics in edu-
cational institutions, churches, etc,
and Miss Roberta Castleman was field
secretary of a committee on the or
ganization of Red Cross nurses in the
District.
The sanitarium called Holiday
House" at Forest Glen, was rented
with the aid of national headQuar-
ters. and was administered by Miss
Ida Butler, organizer, an overseas
Red Cross nurse; Miss Mary GILBERT
son. hostess nurse. and Miss Nina v.
Short. general manager. More than
500 girls were received there.
Miss BOardman's ReDort.
Recommendations in Miss Board
mans report included these: That
the government departments raise
money to purchase a new GONZALES
cent house for their woman employees;
hot 6al rioI oho hnr CO
be built. and that this memorial be
utilized by the chapter to perpetuate
the services they have rendered.
The report of Mrs. Isaac w. Littell,
director of woman's work, announced
that women of the chapter made 49,
$50 hospital and refugee garments
and 1852 knitted articles: cut hun
dreds of garments under direction of
Mrs. Ida NJ. Galloway for Potomac
Division; completed 1,1ss, 041 surgical
Montgomery Blair: made and deliv-
cred 25S,2sS surgical dressings to
Walter Reed Hospital; sent scraps Of
cuttings to ST. Elizabeth's Hospital
to be used in reconstruction work;
gave relief to hundreds of women and
men through the comforts committee
under. Mrs. Jessie A Hover; aided in
welfare work. among patients at st.
Elizabeths through the Congress
Heights auxiliary: with the aid of
last year; sold S6.292 copies of the
Come Back and 6.36S list Division
parade programs; assisted in feedlng
1000 Czechoslovaks and 5000 marines,
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and cigar
cites to 10000 1St Division men. They
maintained the diet kitchen at VAL
ter Reed established by Mrs. Frank
lin X. Lane, and collected and sorted
S7132 garments in the old clothing
Campaign.
women's Work Department.
The, womens work department ex-
pended from October /, 1918. to Sep
TENDER 80 1919, S39,513.31 for canteen
corps. s7.i7s.3S for comforts commit
tee s320s2.66 for hospital and refugee
garments, s3,4e4.S0 for Walter Reed
Hospital total of sS5,1S2.33.
Mrs. Eldridge E. Jordan. vice chair
Union station, told in her report how
heriworkers served an average of
from, i 900 men in October, 1918, to
10000 in october, 1913; gave $50
troops Christmas dinner: fed 5000
marines in two hours, and fed the
military patrol during the race riots.
The canteen also furnished 5,7S1 box
lunches for Walter Reed patients or
travelling soldiers; served 475,2s7 men
with coffee and buns, 6,015 with hot
meals. 1858 on hospital trains with
Refreshments or hot meats, 20,479 on
troop trains with coffee and buns and
treated 3,169 cases in the hospital
room.
Mrs. C. D. Carter, in command of
the motor corps, told in her report
epidemic labors, during which it
maintained a twenty-four-hour serv-
ice. it took part in all liberty loan
and Red Cross campaigns; collected
stock for the Red Cross salvage sales
rooms. and in the clothing drive Wis
&C.
garment collection.
Provided Motor Service.
The corps also furnished motor
service for the nom mbulatory cases
in the marine and 1st Division pa
rades; supplied ambulances for the
Montgomery county fair; transported
stretcher patients on two occasions
from the hospital ship Solace, in the
navy yard. to the navy hospital; took
100 men weekly from the convalescent
house at Walter Reed Hospital on
pleasure rides and assigned a driver
to..the Washington Diet Kitchen for
three months.
Altogether it allotted 1000 hours to
home service. 1880 hours to ambu-
lance service and 5000 hours to va
rious other services. 1t handled more
than 1000 cases requiring ambulance
service incidentally it paid all the
! expenses of it's cars
Z The report of Miss Anna c. Koerper,
in command of the clerical corps. en-
phasiZed. among numerous other
items. its formation of classes for in
struction in revised "braille" work
under Miss Adelia MHoyt. herself blind
twenty-five have completed the
course and are at work transcribing
books. magazine articles and short
stories for the soldiers at the Red
Cross Blind Institute at Evergreen,
Md. 1t inaugurated the Washington