The Washington times., 1921-10-30
RED CROSS WILL
SEEKS60,000I IN
|. F|FTHR0LL CALL
Campaign Headquarters to Be
Opened Wednesdays. A.
Mitchell In Charge.

Campaign headquarters for the Fifth
Red Cross roll call will be opened
Wednesday at the old Merchants
Bank Building. 1414 II street north
west. II was announced yesterday by
Edward A. Mitchell. chairman OF this
annual event. He said that the Dis.
trict quota. this year. would be $780,
000-Sl5.000 less than In 1920.
At meeting yesterday at the home
OF Miss Mabel I. Boardman. chair
man OF volunteer aids. plans for the
drive were discussed. The headquar-
ters office will be In charge OF MIR.
Mitchell. Mrs. Theodore Richards.
chairman of the women's COMMITTEES:
Mrs. Anne w. Brandon, assisted by.
MIA ]. w. Chamberlain. and Mrs. Al
len Lard. who will receive the funds.
and Miss Kathleen Kline and Mrs.
Glenn Leland. The latter two will
handle supplies. Reports will be
made each night of the days returns.
Plan Of Campaign.
With few exceptions. the Red
Cross auxiliaries throughout the city
will not confine their work to certain
precincts of the city. as has been done
in previous roll call campaigns, but
will work from the headquarters' Of.
flee. The exceptions to this are Mrs.
Mary Hanvey, chairman OF the Pincy
Branch auxiliary, who will canvass
that section Of the city entirely: Miss
Emily Mathews, chairman of the
Georgetown auxiliary, who will have
charge OF the membership solicitations
In that section, and Mrs. Lee d. Lati.
mer. chairman of the Chevy Chase
auxiliary. who will take charge of the
roll call In Chevy Chase.
Among those who have already
made application for Red Cross booths
and have organized their own units
to work at the special stations are:
Mrs. II. b. Dickson, wife OF one Of
the executive officers at National Red
Cross headquarters. whose unit Will
be composed Of the wives of Red Cross
officials and will conduct a booth in
one Of the largest hotels; Mrs. Charles
Lynch, chairman, and members Of the
comfort section; Mrs. j. A. Fishback,
chairman of the Kenesaw auxiliary;
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, chairman OF
the surgical dressings committees; Mrs
/. w. Littell. chairman OF the canteen
corps; Miss Anne C. Koerper. head of
the clerical corps: Mrs. c. D. Carter,
head of the motor corps; the Women,s 8
Alliance Of All Souls Church; Church
of the Covenant auxiliary. Cavalry
Baptist auxiliary, Mrs. John Hone
and Mrs. Virginia Woodward.
Applications for reservations OF
booths and locations should be made
to Mrs. Richards, at the chapter house,
l6 jackson place.
District Chapter Active.
The District chapter is one Of the
most active units of the American
Red Cross. All Of its groups are active
at the present tirne and have been
since the war. when they were organ.
lied. These groups consist Of the
home service section. nursing and
hospital ward workers. canteen corps,
motor corps, supply corps, comfort
section, conservation and thrift, home
hygiene, dietetics, nutrition center,
volunteer aids, clerical corps ano
Junior Red Cross.
The home service section has han.
died 7,494 cases for disabled men and
their families since April. 1920. The
teaching center issued 400 certificates
TO graduates In home hygiene, 275 in
first aid, seventy-five in life saving,
fifteen in food selection. The canteen
corps served in twelve months $4,000
men. The supply corps made S3,452
surgical dressings for local hospitals,
II ,O90 garments for Europe and local
relief. and 76,70s comforts to men I'm
military public health hospitals.