Evening star., 1928-11-11
RED CROSS STARTS
ROLL CALL TODAY
Hundreds CT Volunteers
Seek to Enroll 35, 900 Men,
berS by Thanksgiving.

The twelfth annual roll call of the
American Red Cross will begin today
In Washington, hundreds of volunteers
win work to enroll citizens in the Dis
trict Of Columbia Chapter of the or
ganiZaticn, with the hope that by
Thanksgiving day the city's quota of
$4,000 members will be met.
In many Washington churches to-
day work of the Red Cross during the
World War and since that time will
be mentioned in Armistice day sermons.
Registration booths have been set up
IN banks, theaters, stores and other
places of public gathering and in Gov
ernment departments under the direc-
ton of Brig. Gen. John A. Johnston,
chairman of the District Chapter roll
call. Gen. Johnston stated yesterday
he was receiving encouraging reports
from organizations, promising to put
their personnel over 100 per cent for
the Red Cross this year.
Departments Holding Race.
The Police and Fire Departments and
other branches Of the District gov
ernment are running a race for 100
per cent Red Cross membership of their
personnel with the full cooperation of
municipal officials.
Mrs. Harry C. Barnes, secretary of
the District Chapter of the American
Red Cross, said last night that thou
sands of Red Cross posters authorized
for use during the roll call have been
distributed throughout the city Show
windows and walls of roll call head
quarters at 1912 G street are decorated
with these posters. Supplies for volun-
teer workers will be issued and men,
berShipS received there
1t was said that a preliminary regis
tration of several hundred early sign
erS for. the roll call has already been
made. Roll call officials stated that
persons who receive the membership
blanks through the cooperation of
public utilities agencies will assist the
roll call by mailing them in with their
membership checks as soon as possible
At the eleventh annual roll call last
year 28,830 memberships were received
for the District Chapter, or 1923 per
cent of the adult population of the
District of Columbia. Cash receipts
were $4S,28338. The goal is more than
$4,000 this year.
Volunteers Work 34,516 Hours.
Among the outstanding services given
by the District Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross last year was BASIS
uOUIS O1 volunteer WOTk Dy 6ZZ VOlun-
teers. In the home service department
of the District Chapter 2,032 veterans
and their families were given food.
clothing, fuel and were advanced rent
money. The production department of
the chapter made 6,102 hospital and
refugee garments and LOLA knitted arti-
cles. Fifty-six volumes were printed
In the Braille process, and 171,I38
surgical dressings were made for the
instructive visiting nurses and local
hospitals.
The motor corps have a service of
1920 hours, covering 14,400 miles OF
transportation, and meals we're served
to. sick and disabled veterans by the
canteen corps. Life-saving and first
aid classes were held under direction
of the District chapter for policewomen,
firemen, nurses, Boy and Girl Scouts,
Pullman porterS, members of the mo-
tor corps and for pupils Of private
schools and members of the Y. M. C. A.
and the Y. W. C. A.
= Through the Junior Red Cross, 35, ,I39
students were organized in 38 public
and private schools