Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-30

Rod Cross Responds.
asters reached Atlanta Sunday night
the southern headquarters of the Red
Cross promptly started a party of
six physicians and four nurses, with
medical supplies for the stricken
towns, travelling by motor cars. Cap
tain Legare Davis and j. L. McMil-
lain, of the Red Cross, had charge
of that contingent, with DR.. Frank
K. Boland at the head of the squad
of physicians, all of whom with
DR.. Boland had seen overseas serV-
ice with the Emory unit.
This contingent reached LAGRANGE
several hours after daylight after a
fearful journey on muddy and some
times flooded roads. The first Red
Cross report was made by long dis
lance telephone by Mr.. Mcmillan to
Joe Logan at the Atlanta readquar-
ters. Mr.. McMillin confirmed the
reports of home destruction and,
when notified by Mr.. Logan that an
army relief train would leave At
1anta at noon, requested that 100 cots
be sent for the negro injured.
The army supplies came from
Camp Gordon. On the regular West
Point train, leaving Atlanta at
O'Clock Monday morning, two cars
of army tents from Camp Gordon
went forward with other supplies
and a party of twenty-one engineers
from Camp Gordon, who were to
join with engineers from Auburn,
Ala, in an effort to repair the pom
toon bridge at West Point which
was broken by the flood water at 3
o'clock Monday morning. This bridge
was put across the Chattahoochee
river after the regular bridge had,
been washed away in the flood some
months ago.
Army Supplies for Sufferers Ar
ranged For
Army supplies for the stricken
cities were arranged by Governor
Dorsey early Monday morning in con-
ference with Colonel Noyes, COM
mandant at Camp Gordon, and Colo
mel Zalinsl1i, zone supply officer.
Governor Dorsey asked for 500 tents,
which Colonel Noyes promptly fur
nished, at the same time offering
500 cots to go with them. These,
however, had been acquired from
Colonel Zalinski, the zone supply
officer, and the outfit went forward
at 1926 o'clock.
From the zone supply stores also
were procured six army cooking
ranges and six kitchen tents, with
complete equipment. Governor Dor
sey now is trying to get wood floors
for the tents and oil stoves to go
in them.
Mayor Dunson, of LAGRANGE, stat
ed in his message to Governor Dor
sey, that he considers these supplies
will be sufficient, both for his town
and, from all reports, for West
Point.
Governor Dorsey asked Colonel
Noyes for 100 soldiers to be added
to the engineering party already sent
to West Point, for police duty and
general utility at West Point and
LAGRANGE, and Colonel Noyes is
seeking authority from the south
eastern department to send the men.
The personnel of the Atlanta Red
Cross party included J. L. McMil-
lain and Legare Davis, of the Red
Cross; DR.. Frank K. Boland, DIR.
Fred Hodgson, DR.. F. NJ. Barfield,
DR.. Green, Or. Clifton and DIR. Nc
Alester, Miss Virginia Gibbes, Miss
Beatrice Daniel Miss Marie Brown
and Miss Theo Williams.
At noon Mayor Key, of Atlanta,
was trying to get in communication
by telephone with Mayor Mark Nc
Gul1ough, of West Point, and Mayor
S. H. Dunson, of LAGRANGE, to ascer-
tain what the needs of their cities