Evening journal., 1920-02-04
RED RED CROSS MOTOR
SERVICE GOES ON
Continued from First Page.

ted Gross was invaluable and notably
efficient marked by spirit Of unselnsh
and unflinching self-saoriflce.
Now that the war is over and much
Of the enthusiasm which was so abun-
dant has abated, this order from the
National Red Cross for continuance Of
the motor service has not been carried
out in many instances as promptly as
might have been desired. Such, how
ever is not the case with the Delaware
, Chapter. The Motor Corps OF the Della
ware Chapter of the American Red
Cross has been reorganized under the
direction of the executive committee.
Mrs. William Stanar is captain. Mrs.
Staniar consults with a special commit
tee concerning the details Of the motor
service. which committee consists OF
Mrs. Henderson Weir, Mrs. Joseph Ban
croft and Miss Emily p. Bissell, and
further makes a monthly report TO the
executive committee Of the Delaware
Chapter.
The motor service is OF special value
In connection with the teaching center
and the bureau Of home service. Nurses
employed In home service and child
welfare, who look after sick and needy
adults and children and returned sol
diers. could do their work only in a
limited way without the use of the
automobiles, many of the calls being !
in the country, miles away from a rail- !
road station which could not be reached /
except by automobile. The use OF the !
makes It possible for ne ,
nurse or one teacher, both in the cities |
and in the rural districts, TO cover the
ground much more rapidly and thus do !
the work that ID would otherwise take
two or three persons to accomplish. It
Is well known that IL is not an easy
matter 10 obtain women equipped to
do this work, as there is a great
scarcity Of both teachers and nurses.
The Reconstruction Commission has
motor service from the Red Cross, Sun
ny Brook Farm, Hope Farm and Edge
wood all depend upon the Red Cross
motor service for transportation.
The Delaware Hospital and the Ply
Iicians and Surgeons Hospital use the
Red Cross motor service for the trans-
OF children who would other
wise have no means of reaching the
,linics. Until this service was organ
zed IL was a great problem how to
ring children stricken with infantile |
paralysis and other serious ailments, to
he hospitals for their treatments. The
esults accomplished by treatments for
nfantlle paralysis are remarkable and
more than justify the effort and ex-
,ense. Of transporting these children.
service is given TO the Homeopathic /
iopital upon request as, indeed, would /
,e the case with any established insti- ,
ution whose work came within the
cope Of the Peace Program Of the Red
ross.
SO much for the type OF work which :
5 being done by the motor corps.
To carry out this work Mrs Stanalr
las organized, up to the present time,
hree branches. One is in Wilmington,
of sixteen girls. Each girl
erves one full day each week. The |
Members are Miss Helen Thompson,
diutant: Mrs. Mary Adams. Miss Mar
on Belts. Mrs. Truman Campbell, Mrs.
'hllllp Carpenter. Miss Helen Harring-
on, Miss Juliet Mace. Miss Marjorie
yie. Miss Elizabeth Steward. Miss j
Isle Ssxton. Miss Susanne Speakman.
frs. Guy Stollenwerck, Miss Jeanette
homas. Miss Elizabeth Stlllwell and .
RS. Leonard Z. Wales.
GEORGETOWN has seven motor girls. :
ne members are Mrs. Andrew Marvel. "
lieutenant Miss Sallie Cooper Miss "
arguerlte Davis. Mrs HOyt Jones, Mrs. n
rthur Ruddell, Mrs Howard Stewart
nd Miss Matte Walls. The work done
Georgetown Is similar TO that in
Wilmington. in connection with the re-
commission and the visit
< nurses and the home service. All OF
lst Sussex Is covered in this way by
e Red Gross motor service.
Seaford has a motor corps OF ten
rls. West Sussex Is served by this
rps. The members are Miss Agnes
lstOn. Lieutenant; Mrs. John Esk-
ige Miss Helen Moore. Mrs. Howard
organ, Mrs. Charles Nicholson, Miss
,titia RoSs, Mrs. Calhoun, Ross. Mrs. q
larles Rodgers, Mrs. J, o. William and
ss Alice Morgan.
The motor service of the Red Cross
working also in connection with the
DtlUuANSiC gNllAAlAHnlNAA anu supply AllE
rvlce in the antl-tuberculosis crusade
a saving of $1,000 per annum of ex-
nse 10 that commission.
u IS the policy Of the National Red 4
oss and Of the chapters OF the Red 4
Oss, to avoid unnecessary expense to
3 community through the duplica-
n of social service organizations
lintaincd. Therefore, the Red Cross
IN its motor service as with its other
lnches and bureaus, cO-operates