Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-11
CIVILIAN WAR WORKERS
TO FORM ORGANIZATION
Preliminary Steps Arc Taken at
Meeting in ONCE of Arthur
Kyle Davis.
WILL BE y NATIONAL BODY
Men and Women Arc To BE En-
hraccd in ship--''Scrvicc
Legion" l. Suggested ~ Name
for New Association.
WILL BE y NATIONAL BODY

preliminary steps toward the or
Eanizatiou oi mon and women who ala
CIVILIAN war work during the con-
hict with Germany into Il body to aid
III collecting data FOR Historical ref
"fehCt, as well rs peace work. hut
VINO are i9citLihlc TO belong to other
similar organizations where relation
ship Ia some one iu tho service is
required. MAS taken at a meeting OF
women yesterday afternoon with Ar
thur kyle DAVIS. secretary of tho War
History Comm SSion. AT his Office in
Tho Capitol Building.
rms orEaulzatiou. according to tn"
plans OF those who are behind IT, is
TO be national AFFAIR. embracing
all men and women WHO did war work
and desire To join, but. rs in the case
of the Womcus Auxiliary of the
American Legion Daughters Of the
Confederacy and others. cannot belong
To others because they had no huS-
band. son, father or other relative
In the actual ach,inE forces.
"SrrNicc Lection" May he Name.
The name Service Legion has boon
temporarily selected as the title. but
this may he changed when a meeting
of representations oc such organize
tionS meet on May II further to dis
cuss the plans. Governor Davis. who
is Interested In the matter. viii hn
asked TO call q big gathering OF wOm-
en- At Il later date. when the first
post Will be organizcd and plans MIL
be laid Tor going OH out into tn"
state and then into other States. final
~ becoming national.
Al = luncheon given at the West :
morcland Club last month u rcSolu-
ton was passed indorSinE a surgcs-
ton Dy Mr. Davis that such am or
Eanization D. started. the sooner the
better. as the idea might be started
somewhere else.
\ steering committee was appoint
cd Mrs. 6. W. Z. Kern being appoint
ed chairman, who have been outlin-
ing tho work for the last few weeks.
The plans which they had formulated
were outlined yesterday evening ana
will he elahora'cH upon later.
One of the main functions or the
organi2ation for I'M" rrcSer; time at
least, will be TO obtain from every
corner of the State data relating I"
the work OF wcmCn's organizations IN
the world war, and turn them int"
the office OF the War History Comnls-
sion as n permanent record for ia
turc use. as there IS at present no
means OF obtaining euch information
thousands in Civilian Service.
II is estimated that thcre are thou
sands of women in virginia, a. well
AS men. who contributed Loyalty 10
the prosecution OF the war against
GcrmanN though in civilian service.
and unlcss some organization of this
KIM is started. there will bc no rec
ord left OF their services To the state
Each local post will gather in n
cornpletc record OF the work done by
members ur each such civilian organ
izatIon. just As there ~ now o"!nH
brought together n record al tn"
work of the soldiers themselves, I
will include munitions WORKERS, ktd
Cross members and all the other
workers VINO affiliated themselves
with some sort OF work o! thus ma
turc. bu; who had no near relatives
in the lighting forces o: IA" country.
There were i.ity-twO such orEani%I
lions in Richmond, though the w ar
History Commission has received the
records Of but thirty al them. Rep
rcscntntiycs from each o! them viii
he requested to meet with the steer
ing committee when II holds Is next
meeting and discuss TIA" INA! plans
FOR the organization OF the first post
following which Governor Davis Vii!
bc asked to call meeting Of women
and the actual star; OF the orsani@a-
tiun viii Toe made
Besides Mrs Kern. members Of the
steering commilto" are. Mrs, West
morcland Davis. Mis Charles l.. Lee.
Mrs. W. L. Mathews, Mrs William
Runin Cox, Airs Robert DuShi,il. Mrs.
T. r.. Monctt. Mrs. J. * Bowman. Mrs.
II Julian Myers, Mrs G. G. fickncy.
Mrs. : Z Livingston, Mrs j. Allison
Hodges Mrs r. -. NotchkISs Mrs.
John Stewart Bryan, Mrs. stuart
Michaux. Miss Frances + Scott, Mrs.
George Ainslie a..l Mrs, William j.
luld ".