Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
CASUALTY HOSPITAL
in NEED Of $75,ao
Drive for Funds, Institutions
First Appeal in Third
of Century.

Congress allows the Eastern Dis.
: pensary and Casualty Hospital Sl.2t
for each patient treated at the insti-
tuition. To feed that patient costs from
1920 to $40. The answer is that Cas-
ualty Hospital has for the past sew
eral years been going steadily deeper
md deeper into debt and now needs
5000 to pull it out of the hole.
-, he drive for the money to he
3hra, Sh June 10. is the first appeal
=, Ids TO be made by the hospital
for re. .ly 4 third of a century. II was
decided IN only after prolonged de-
1;haration by the board Of directors.
rhn ar.s ia ced with the alternative of
;,hor .stt, ag the money or closing
80 Doors of the institution. The last
rnnort showed the hospital $4,000 be-
hind This def, vi. it Is announced IS
attributable 10 e ,aas IN E"e the cost of
ffno,is and labor I'd the Jack of cor.
=. snondiry increase ~ Us, revenues =.
the hospital. which Sere iohs aso III
adequate.
Serve. vnss TIE VI tory.
: The Eastern 1hspen> ry and cas-
ualty Hospital occupt4 ,he n .
side of massachusetts, te"u rras
a vast territory. the bounk aries being
the District line on n" ! orth, east East
and south. and the east 4 lie OF TN
street on the west. Within ~
fines are located the principA ihu a;,-
trial plants. including the bA staal
road yards the navy yard. the ,s,
mills and similar enterprises enA w
ing thousands Of men and W0 " 'd
who. in the event of accident or 81 w
den illness. are almost invariah
rushed to the ever-open portals q
Casualty. 1t is apparent. therefore. \
that the institution is one of the
most valuable emergency centers In
the District.
on duty. Nor do these confine thein-
selves to the above boundaries. Time
and again they have gone into Mary
land to pick up automobile victims
and rush them to the operating table.
though no reimbursement is given
them by the Associated Charities.
which only pays so cents on every
cal the ambulance makes in the Dis
trict.
Statement by DR.. Beatty.
According to DR.. Louis K. Beatty.
identified with the medical staff since
the early SOS. of the $3.50 casualty
cases who during the past year re-
ceived medical or surgical treatment.
the vast majority either could not or,
at least. did not. pay for the service:
Every man. woman or child. Ire
states. who was brought to the hos
authorities $40 as minimum. Few
of those could afford to pay. One case
alone of this nature cost the institu-
: ton 5000. These facts were brought
leaders at Congress Hall Hotel last
Wednesday night, when the decision
to put on a drive was reached after
lengthy discussion.
The hospital has accommodation for
sixty patients. though it has had as
many as seventy-f1ve at one time. It's
crowded condition has made neces-
sary the immediate erection of an an
mex containing fifty additional beds.
1t has the stan and the equipment TO
, patients and plans for raising funds
Include the sum of $4,000 to be ap-
piled to the building fund. which al
ready contains $4,000 beaueathed to
ton that at least s30.6oOsis secured
additionally before it is turned over
to the board of directors for this
purpose. The committee having this
phase of the improvements in charge
has carefully estimated that with
$4,000 raised by the campaign they
can pay off the present Indebtedness.
and as their property is free from
mortgage can raise an amount
which. added to the $4,000 obtained
lar subscription. will enable them to
put up one story Of the new annex.
with walls strong enough to carry
two additional floors at some future
time.
Women as Team Captains.
In addition to the board Of direc-
tors the following woman residents
have consented to act as captains in
the drive: Mrs. NJ J. Vaughan. Mrs F..
Fl. Kettler. Mrs. NJ G. Copeland. Mrs.
Thomas Calvo, Mrs. J. c. Wineman,
Mrs William ]. Brewer. Mrs c. w.
Peed Mrs. Wil'iam Hattinger. Mrs.
f B. Shaver. Mrs. William Green
and Mrs. T. L. Jeffords.
1t is planned TO make the campaign
most economical Clarence F. Dono-
hoe has donated the use Of his Offices
at 314 Pennsylvania avenue south
east for preliminary meetings Of va
rious committees. Tomorrow night all
the team captains and all those who
wish to volunteer as workers. Will go
over a list Of 10000 names and se-
1ect from them a nucleus of prospec-
tive contributors.'
Through the courtesy of Mrs. George
r. Schutt, wife of the late proprietor.
the headquarters during the campaign
x,,;ll ha at the New Ebbitt Hotel