Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-04
GOOD WORK OF RED
CROSS MOTOR CORPS
Service Of Local Chapter Well Or
ganized for Unselfish and Self
Sacrificing Labors.

/ The Motor Corps service OF the Amer.
| lean Red Cross has been a service of un.
| sclfshncss and seli-sacrifice made possibl,
| by the spirit of generosity which the wal
| produced throughout the nation. IL was o
] conspicuous service on account of It's
| nature Rcd Cross motor cars, painted with
the insignia of the Red Cross and driven
by Red Cross women workers in uniform
and often. especially during tho last year
carrying wounded soldiers IN uniform
made it rs picturesque and striking a form
of service as was given by any corps OF
Rcd Cross workers.
On the other hand il WAS as difficult
and taxing and strenuous form of ser
vice as was enacted of any branch of tho
Red Cross workers en- this side of the
ocean. The hours Of service were long and
regular and tho women on duty were sub
iect TO call both day and night During the
influenza epidemic throughout the coun-
try in October, 1918. the work of the
motor corps of the Red Gross was in
a spirit Of unselfish and Yin. inching self
sacrifice.
The peace program Of the Red Cross
call for motor service on q very large
scale and national headquarters has
directed that the motor service OF the
various chapters be continued or revised
to meet the needs of today and tomorrow
with the same energy and devotion that
it met the demands of war.
Now that the war is over and much of
the enthusiasm which YVES so abundant
has abated. this order from the National
Red Cross has not been carried out In
many instances as promptly IS might have
been desired. Such, however, is not the
case with the Delaware Chapter. The
Motor Corps of the Delaware Chapter Of
the American Red Cross has been re-
organized under the direction of the exeeu-
tive committee. Mrs. William Staniar
is captain. Mrs. Staniar consults with
special committee concerning the details
of the motor service, which committee
consists of Mrs. Henderson Weir, Mrs.
Joseph Bancroft and Miss Emily p.
Bissell, and further makes q monthly
report TO the executive committee Of the
Delaware Chapter.
The motor service is of special value in
with the teaching center and
the bureau of home service. Nurses en-
ployed in home service and child welfare, |
who look after sick and needy adults and |
children and returned soldiers, could do |
heir work only in limited way without /
he use of the automobiles, many of the |
,alls being IN the country, miles away |
rom a railroad station, which could not /
'e reached except by automobile. The use
4 the automobile makes it possible for
me nurse or one teacher, both in the
titles and in the rural districts, to cover
he ground much more rapidly and this
% the work that it would otherwise take
wo or three persons to accomplish. 1t is
'eu known that II Is not an easy matter |
D obtain women equipped to do this work
s there is a great scarcity of both teachers
nd nurses.
The Reconstruction Commission has
rotor service from the Red Cross Sunny
rock Farm, Hope Farm and Edgewood
j depend upon the Red Cross motor
.rvice for transportation.
The Delaware Hospital and the Physi-
ans and Surgeons Hospital use the Red
ross motor service for the transporta-
on of children who would otherwise
I'VE no means Of reaching the clinics.
ntil this service was organized it was a
eat problem how to bring children
ricken with infantile paralysis, and
her serious ailments, to the hospitals
r their treatments. The results ac-
mplished by treatments for infantile
lralysis are remarkable and more than ,
stify the effort and expense of trans ,
,rting these children. Service is given to
e Homeopathic Hospital upon request ,
indeed, would be the case with any
tablished institution whose work came {