Evening star., 1919-09-21
Supervised by Mrs. Littell.

To. Mrs. l. w. Littell, wife of Brig:
Gen. Littell, and acting chairman OF
the District chapter, fell the super'i-
sion of Red Cross activities on pa
rade day. At the Union station the
Red Cross canteen was probably the
busiest center during the day. From
morning until night it was thronSed
with men in uniform. More than
10000 men were served or their wants
attended to.
Equally hard at work were the
women of the Women'S Volunteer Aid
auxiliaries at the Baltimore and Ohio
and Pennsylvania railroad yards
where the men entrained. Thousands
OF cigarettes and cakes of chocolate
were given the weary paraders
Apparently the plans of the war
Department to feed all OF the men
miscarried with some units, because
an Army surgeon, wearing the bars OF
captain and attached to one of the
infantry regiments, said that the Sd
Battalion of his regiment had not had
anything to eat for nearly twenty
four hours. There were numerous
to march without breakfast or lunch
con.
Credit Due Motor Corps.
There was another group of Red
Cross women who deserve no little
performed in handling the wounded
boys at Walter Reed as well as the
lost company" of the 26th Infantry.
These were the members of the Dis
trict chapter of the Motor Corps, un-
der Mrs. c. .. Carter, wife of Repre-
sentative Carter of Oklahoma.
After spending the entire day in
transporting the patients of the 1st
Division at Walter Reed to and from
the hospital or acting as ambulance
drivers and litter carriers at the first
aid stations along the line of march,
they were again called upon, when
their task was supposedly finished, to
go out to 18th street and Pennsylva-
MIA avenue and pick up $50 officers
and men of Company NJ of the 26th
Infantry who had walked five miles
out of their way.
Relief Section Does Share.
The department of relief of the Po-
tomac division did it's share. Mrs.
Henry r. Rea. field director at Walter
Reed, personally took charge of
thirty-fiye wheel chair and three litter
cases, arranged for their transporta-
tion in Army automobiles and then
saw that they had a commanding view
OF the parade from the roped-in side
walk in front of Gist Blairs residence,
opposite the State, War and Navy
building, Mr.. Blair donating the space
TO her. She also accommodated seven
blind patients from the Evergreen In
stitute for the Blind at Baltimore,
This department also assisted in
looking after the seventy-five pa.
tients from the hospital at Fort Nc
Henry, Baltimore, all of whom were
1st Division men. Red Cross field
journey here and on their return. 1t
was also represented in the welfare
organization division of the parade
by the following field directors or as
sociate field directors: N. r. Bancroft
and J. c. Hancock, Norfolk: r. M
Snyder. General Hospital. No. 49,
Hampton. Va; G. J. Smith, Camp
Humphreys; F. w. Dougherty, Balti-
more; F. c. Moore. Fort McHenry, and
J. A.. Taylor, Washington. They car
rled huge Red Cross flag and were
repeatedly cheered along the route.
The value of the Red Cross first-aid
stations along the Avenue was dem
onstrated when the reports filed with
Miss Roberta Castleman, director OF
nursing for the chapter, showed that
twenty cases, some Of them serious
had been attended to and the victims
sent TO their homes, a hospital or dis
charged after first-aid treatment.
At the District Chapter House. iced
tea and buns were served the men on
duty in and around Lafayette Square.
March in the Parade.
Three members of the Red Cross
unit that served with the 1st Divi-
sion in its almost continuous action
In France marched in the parade and
We're app1auded. They were Mai. Clark
Williams. Capt. r. C. Meldrum and
Lieut.. W. G. Rattey. They had charge
of the Red Cross rolling kitchen, "a. ri.
9. Outpost Service, No. l." Mai. Gen.
E. f. McGlachIin, the present COM
mander of the division, invited Mai.
Williams and his Red Cross workers
TO march in the parade in a place of
honor.
Maj. Williams activity in the Sois-
sons drive is an illustration of the
problems met by the Red Cross work
ers. Learning that $50 wounded men
were in need of food and surgical
supplies, he drove to Paris by auto
mobile, stopping on the way at Red
Cross outposts so that materials
might be sent forward at once. Four
hundred pounds of cocoa, with enough
sugar and milk, went forward, and
the men lying wounded at the front
soon had cups of hot cocoa to nourish
and warm their bodies. Soon there
came from Paris two trucks of ether
and surgical dressings and enough
food. suitable for the wounded, to
supply the division.
Maj. Williams and his helpers also
were in the thick of the action around
Cantigny and Montdidier and in the
forced march to the line between