Evening star., 1923-02-01
RED CROSS PLANS
FORPREPAREDNESS
Miss Boardman Explains New
Arrangements for Mobiliz-
ing Volunteer Service.
WORK TO BE SPECIALIZED
Members Will Give Certain Period
to Training-Test Is
Proposed.
WORK TO BE SPECIALIZED

Preparedness of women for service
in peace or war under a new plan
directed by the American Red Cross
was explained by Miss Mabel r. Board
man yesterday afternoon at her home,
1901 = street northwest. to members
of the local chapter. Miss Boardman
Is chairman of the volunteer service
OF the District of Columbia Red Cross
Chapter.
Under the plan. as worked out by
Miss Boardman, women will give a
certain number of hours year In
learning to do efficiently some work
in a particular branch OF the Red
Cross activities, and when a call
comes for help in time of need the
organizations Will have at their fin
ger tips a muster roll for mobiiiza-
tion, so that the work of relief will
begin with as little delay as the mil
tia is called to the colors in time OF
war.
VIII Test Plan.
Miss Boardmau said that this plan
is to be tried out in the Red Cross
chapters OF ten cities of the Wash
lngton division, among which are
the District OF Columbia. New York,
mond and indianapolis chapters. De-
troit is also TO undertake the expert
;nent.
Women are to he enrolled FOR
short periods of service OF eighteen
hours in the year. or. if in regular
paid employment during the day,
twelve hours in the year for train
Ing In sope one OF the eight
branches Of Red Cross volunteer
service. These services are adminis-
tration, clerical. production Unclud-
ing the making of surgical dressings
and hospital and refugee garments).
canteen. motor. health aids. home
service and hostess and recreation"
she said.
Each woman who enrolls will be
registered in a card catalogue, so
that the chapter may know how
how many trained women il has in
each service. Those who enlist in
any one of the hrst six services will
be permitted to purchase and wear a
Red Cross pin having the red cross
in the center on white background.
The administration pin has a red
border, but no special insignia. Is 1t
is allied with all other services: the
clerical corps has yellow border,
with crossed quill pens as insignia:
the production pin has dark blue
border. with the sun as insignia: the
canteen pin has a light blue border.
with heads of wheat as insignia; the
motor corps pin has green border,
the rim of a wheel for its insignia.
the health aids. being under the COM
mittee on nursing activities. has It's
color In the insignia, a white NAL
tese cross an emblem Of the Old
knights Hospitalers.
When throughout the country
thousand women are ready TO en-
roll in the home service and a thou
sand in the hostess and recreation
Service, pins will be provided also
for these services, the color OF the
former to be purple and the latter
gray, taken from the gray ladies'
who have done such good work in
! the Red Cross Convalescent House.
"A record OF each member enrolled
with their address. telephone number
J and type of service, will he kept on
! cards with Colors corresponding to
! their service colors. On the back OF
! each card will be 4 calendar on which
! the hours Of service will be regis
| tered. If. within the year. the mem
! ber fails to give the required number
/ of hours to her service her enroll
/ ment is Cancelled and the pin re-
called In this training, II the Red
! Cross does not require the service
! for its own work it will provide
| such service for other local organi-
cations; for example. surgical dress
/ ings are made for local hospitals
| which provide the guaze, the Red
| Cross Production Corps making the
| dressings. Thereby the valuable time
| of the nurses is saved and a large
group of Red Cross woman volunteers