Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
lRMAN SCOTT REPORTS
FLORIDA RED CROSS WORK
WARE Citizens Contributed
200 To Aid In Recent Disaster

ware Citizens Contributed
900 TO Aid In Recent Disaster
enry p Scott, chairman of the
Putive committee of Delaware
lpter of the American Red Cross
received from National Red
SIS Headquarters in Washington,
Exceptionally interesting account
what this worldwide charitable
aniZdtiOn did to relieve the suf-
of the Florida hurricane. Della
e men, women and children, eth
personally or through their
rch, lOddge or civic organization,
tributed almost $4,000 for the
eft of the sick and injured in
rida. AS a consequence thOus-
5 of Delawareans are interested
What was accomplished there and
anxious to know how their pen
s, nickels, dimes, quarters, and
lars were expended. The state
Mt coming to Mr.. Scott follows:
Immediately following report of
disaster in Florida, kilograms
IN Red Cross nurses from all
It's of the United States began to
lr into National Headquarters.
was an interesting coincidence
It carried to all the state and To-
committees on Red Cross nurS-
service the special instructions
assignment of nurses for disaster
ief Immediately before the tragedy
Florida. The committees that
IRE called upon to organize groups
nurses and send them into the dis
ter, field, found these instructions
great assistance. After all avail
lie nurses in Florida had been util-
ed, it became necessary to call
BON the committees in Charleston,
c., Atlanta, Savannah and Angus
Georgia, Nashville, Tenn, and
birmingham, Alabama. These COM
ittees responded promptly sending
roups of from ten to 80 nurses into
e field. To these committees great
'edit is due, for it is no easy task
detach Red Cross nurses from the
ork they may be doing. 1t means
zburs of telephoning, Oftentimes doc
brs and patients to conciliate. Be it
aid, however, to their credit, that
ley rarely demur, recognizing that
call from the Red Cross to one of
s nurses is a moral obligation, that
#he feels compelled to meet. No
urse, however, is required to leave
er work unless an adjustment salts
factory, to all, is made.
Immediately upon the receipt of
fews of the hurricane disaster, the
national director of nursing service
.Yired to all the committees in Flor
ida as well as those in the adjacent
states, telling them that nurses
hight be needed and to prepare to
furnish them upon request. They
were also asked to wire reply stat
ing results. These kilograms were
followed by later ones, advising the
when and where to send
the nurses.
Mrs. Charlotte NJ. Heilman, the
field representative was out
of the state at the time. She return
ed Immediately, being one of the
first from national headquarters to
reach the field. Miss Jane Van de
Vrede from Atlanta, followed her
very quickly, and Miss Olive Chap
man (nOw a veteran in this type of
service, directing the nursing during
the Tri-State Disaster in 1925
promptly offered her services, and as
quickly as possible was asked to re-
port for duty in Miami, since then
she has acted as the state director
of the Red Cross nursing activities
there.
Communicating promptly with the
state and local health departments
a plan was early developed for zon-
ing the state. and experienced public
health nurses were assigned to these
territories. Mrs. Laura Jean Reid,
director of nursing of the State De-
partment of Health and her staff
were early on the scene and were
most helpful to the Red Cross.
Among the nurses assigned to spe-
cial service were Miss Alice Duggar,
nursing field representative from
Virginia; Miss Rose Schaub from
Philadelphia; Miss Frances Mac
Quaide from Atlantic City; Miss
Ruth Adams, released by the Phila-
delphia Visiting Nurse Association;
Miss Maude Hall from the Washing
ton, D. c., Visiting Nurse Associa-
tiOn and Miss Marion Kirkcally from
Chicago.
Mrs. Brytene Anderson, assistant
director of nursing of the State OF
Florida State Board of Health, also
chairman of the Red Cross State
Committee on Red Cross Nursing
Service, was the first in the field
She happened to be in Jacksonville
and before leaving for the field wired
to all the local committees in the
state, telling them to get into con.
tact with the nurses enrolled in theil
territory and be prepared to answer
a call to duty.
The Examiner of Chicago
sent a trainload of volunteers, doc
tors and other workers, with abou
so nurses. They were directed b!
Miss Nellie Crissy. The group stayed
six days, living in the pullman car!
in which they travelled. They wer'
replaced upon their withdrawal b!
Red Cross, nurses from Georgia anC
Alabama.
The number of nurses is beini
gradually reduced. The care of th'
sick and wounded having been as
sumed by other authorities, the san
itary conditions improving, the var
iOus types of innoculations complet
ed, this decrease can, with safety, b.
accomplished.