Evening star., 1923-12-23
RED CROSS PLANS
SECOND ROLL CALL
Effort to Be Made to Prevent
CurtaiIment of Serv-
ice Here.

Decision to hold a supplementary
roll call, beginning January Is, sc
that the District Chapter of the Red
Cross will not have to abandon much
"f its service for disabled men, was
reached at the annual meeting of the
chapter held Friday at 1901 p street
Col. Charles Lynch presiding. Re-
ports on the roll call few weeks
ago showed but 10,S77 members, as
against 26,545 last year.
The treasurer's report showed to-
tai receipts, together with balance
on hand from last year. amounting tc
$79,113. total expenditures of $751;
SS4, leaving q balance on hand OF
S21,249.
Mrs. Annie S. Humphrey. chairman
OF the nursing service committee, re-
ported 300 graduate nurses enrolled
for Red Cross service in the Dis
trict. Thirty-seven nurses volun-
teered for emergency work during
the Shrine convention. Twenty
seven bed patients were cared for in
the chapter first aid room, and a
large number of others given as
sistance
$50 Take Hygiene Course.
Mrs. Seaton Schroeder, chairman
of the committee on nursing activi-
ties. reported $50 women as having
taken the course in home hygiene
and care of the sick. Several classes
are being now carried on and others
will be formed after Christmas, in
Guiding one III the National Cathe-
dral School. AS the salary of the
nurse instructor is paid in part by
Mrs. W. j. Boardman, the chapter
is enabled to give these courses, to-
sether with the textbook, at cost
of $3.50 for fifteen lessons. The
board of education is considering
placing these valua bic courses in the
high schools.
The home service. of which Miss
Julia D. Smoot is director. handled
S,I1S cases of disabled ex-service
men during the year, helping them
solve their own and their families
problems.
Miss Anna c. koerper, head of the
clerical corps. reported 11,31S Braille
pages shellacked; 1882 pages, or Is
volumes. Transcribed. requiring over
b3O hours given at the forty-three
weekly meetings, but not including
home work. This corps is composed
of busy government employees who
give their service after their office
hours.
The motor corps. in charge of Mrs
Harold Parks, consists of fifteen reg
ular drivers. There is daily service
transportation every Monday from
ST. Elizabeth's to keith's Theater
and return: hostess and recreation
workers are taken to st. Elizabeth S
each Thursday; performers from
keith's Theater are taken to Walter
Reed Hospital Wednesday afternoons
and returned; disabled men from the
hospitals are taken for drives in the
MT fli
the government departments and Red
Cross headquarterS are taken to Wal
ter Reed Hospital and returned
Surgical dressings are delivered on
Thursdays to the Visiting Nurses
The women of the motor corps no,
only devote their time but in almost
all cases the use of their own cars
The hours given by these volunteers
for the month of November alone
tota1ed 1872.
6.SI3 Soldiers Fed.
The canteen service. of which Miss
Lydia Loring is in charge. served at
the chapter house suppers for 6.S13
disabled former service men from
Walter Reed and St. ElizabethS hos
pitfalls.
Mrs. Charles Lynch. chairman of
the hostess and recreation service, re-
ported 144,455 articles distributed
EIizabeth's hospitals. The members
of this corps made sixty-five visits
to ST. Elizabeth's and provided re-
freshments to ward patients eighty
six times. Over 1,500 hours were
given by the members of this corps.
The production department. report
ed by Mrs. Theodore Richards, made
in its garment section S,445 garments
for Greek refugees, Japanese earth
quake sufferers and the Santo Do
mingo nursing service. In addition
b1O Christmas boxes were filled for
soldiers and marines serving over
seas.
The surgical dressing section. OF
which Mrs. Albert Gleaves is chair
man. made from October 1. 1922. to
October 1, 1923, 91.064 dressings
Since october l the work has rapidly
increased-12.00 900 being produced dur
ing the month of November. These
surgical dressings are made for the
Visiting Nurses and several of the
city hospitals, saving the time of the