Newark post., 1920-02-18
MOTOR SERVICE DOES
NOTABLE WORK
Peace Time Program Quite
AS Strenuous AS That of
War Period

American Red Cross has been
service of unselfshness and self
sacrifice made possible by the
spirit of generosity which the war
produced throughout the nation.
1t was a consignia of the Red
Cross and driven by Red Cross
women workers in uniform and
often, especially during the last
year, carrying wounded soldiers
in uniform, made it as picturesque
and striking a form of service as
was given by any corps of Red
Cross workers. On the other hand
it was as difficult and taxing and
strenuous a form of service as
was exacted of any branch of the
Red Cross workers on this side
of the ocean. The hours of SER
vice were long and irregular and
the women on duty were subject
to call both day and night. Dur
ing the influenza epidemic
throughout the country in Octo-
Der 1918, the work of the motor
corps of the Red Cross was in
valuable and notably efficient,
marked by a spirit of unselfish
and unfinching self sacrifice.
The Peace Program Of the Red
Cross calls for motor service on
a 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 to-
morrow 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 was
so abundant has abated, this ord
er from the National Red Cross
has not been carried out in many
instances as promptly as might
have been desired. Such, how
ever, is not the case with the Del
aware Chapter. The Motor Corps
of the Delaware Chapter of the
American Red Cross has been re-
organized under the direction of
the Executive Committee. Mrs
William Staniar is Captain. Mrs
Staniar consults with special
committee concerning the details
of the motor service, which com
mittee consists of Mrs. Henderson
Weir, Mrs. Joseph Bancroft anc
Miss Emily P. Bissell, and furthe,
makes a monthly report to th'
Executive Committee of the Della
ware Chapter.
The motor service is of specia
value in connection with th'
teaching center and the bureau O.
Home Service. Nurses employed
in Home Service and Child Wei
fare, who look after sick ant
needy adults and children and re
turned soldiers, could do thei
work only in a limited way with
out the use of the automobiles
many of the calls being in thu
country, miles away from rail
road station, which could not b.
reached except by automobile
The use Of the automobile make!
it possible for one nurse or one
teacher, both in the cities and il
the rural districts, to cover thu
ground much more rapidly ant
thus do the work that it woulC
otherwise take two or three per
sons to accomplish. 1t is vel
known that it is not an easy matter
to obtain women equipped to dt
this work as there is a grea-
scarcity of both teachers anc
nurses.
The Reconstruction Commission
has motor service from the Rec
Cross. Sunny Brook Farm, Hope
Farm and Edgewood all depend
upon the Red Cross motor service
for transportation.
The Delaware Hospital and tn,
Physicians & Surgeons Hospita
use the Red Cross motor servic,
for the transportation of children
who would otherwise have n,
means of reaching the clinics. Un
til this service was organized i
was a great problem how to brin,
children stricken with infantil
paralysis and other serious all
ments, to the hospital for thei
treatments. The results accom-
plshed by treatments for infantil
paralysis are remarkable an
more than justify the effort an
expense Of transporting thes
children. Service is given to tn
Homeopathic Hospital upon re
quest as, indeed, would be tn