Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-29
RED CROSS GIRLS ARE
ACTIVE IN PEACE WORK
Cars in Great Demand; Service
: in Homes Relieves Hospital
Congestion.

One OF the first war organizations to re-
organize on peace basis was the Delaware
Motor Service. which today has corps OF
16 Young women and one lieutenant IN
Wilmington, maintaining three cars and
six girls, one lieutenant and one car IN
Sussex county. While there was hospital
in Cape May for returned soldiers, the
service mnint aimed large motor bus
there. Two girls went down for two weeks
at a time to operate the car. When the
hospital was removed to Carlisle, Pa, the
Delaware bus was transferred TO that town
and rendered service as long AZ was needed.
The bus furnished many hours recreation
for convalcsccnt soldiers.
The schedule of days work OF the
motor corps in Wilmington will give q
better idea of what service rs beng gwen
than any other description:
Thirteen crippled children were taken
To the Delaware Hospital for massage
treatment, adjustment of braces, etc
Home service of the Red Cross, Visits TO
families of mon in the service.
Trip to Claymont Industrial School.
Taking Red Cross nurses and equipment
for classes in home hygiene and care OF the
sick
Very sick patient taken 10 Hope Farm.
In Kent county-Trip from Milford To
Delaware Hospital 20 call for feeble mind
cd child who had had an operation. Re
turned him to Milford to Sussex County
Welfare Board
In Sussex county School nurses for
home visits, 81 miles. These nurses could
not possibly have covered SO much ground
in any other way Every day has its full
schedule. Not an hour Is wasted.
The woman who was taken 10 Hope
Farm bv the Wilmington Motor Corps,
above mentioned, was IN the last stages OF
| tuberculosis. She was worried about her
! baby. whom she had been obliged 10 leave
| behind. was Polish and could hardly sl'~~ K
| English. She looked up NJ the Red g. oss
| on tho cap of the motor service gIrl and
| said "Nou arc Rcd Cross. | trust YOU.
/ You go and look after my baby and tell me
| how il is
| The motor service girl looked up the
| case and the next day when she drove out
| TO Hope Farm was able to report 20 the
mother that her baby was being taken
care of hy a nurse The mothers mind
now seems 90 bc at case and at rest, ior
she feels that the word the Red Cross
brought her is, rs she said, TO bc trusted
The first duty Of the motor corps - 70
| the Rcd Gross The assistance which tho
! CORDS gives 10 the ffnillt fNfNlss at'htao
! and the Bureau Of Homo Hygiene IS
enough TO justify the service. The motor
corps co-opcratcs also with the charities
and welfare organizations and tho hos
pitals of the community
The hospitals report that on account @
existing conditions, tho high cost Of main
tanning hospitals and the great shortage o
nurses, il would be impossible for them e
do their work in Delaware as they arr
doing it today without tho help and co
operation Of the motor corps.
Captain Stanlars reports to the oxecl
tive committee are always matter o
interest and surprise at the low cost pc
mile maintained by the motor corps, II
addition 20 the great and vaiuahle eervlc'
IL gives Captain Staniar has been con
graduated by her division chiefs who hav'
visited Delaware on inspection trips an'
have been favorably impressed with th
| work
The Delaware corps is being used as
model for corps in other sections rs !
seen by a reading of the current nurnbc
| Of Clippings, little magazine publish
cd once in two weeks by the Rcd Gross
| In the current issue the work Of the Della
ware corps is featured under this heading
See what ono chapter is doing throug
| its motor corps. Why can't other chap
ters follow tho lead of Delaware and organ
ize similar motor service