Evening star., 1941-12-14
Plans for Treatment
OF Wounded Rushed
By Medical Society
Arrangements Also Made
To Feed and House
Victims of Air Ruids

Of civilians in an emergency were
. Organized during the week and
others had reached the testing stage.
Area organizations were perfected at
scores of meeting during the week.
The medical service, through the
cooperation of the District Medical
Society and all the hospitals, the
Red Cross and nursing organizations,
had completed yesterday preliminary
plans for providing the city with
adequate care in case of an attack.
More than 200 physicians and
several hundred nurses and hospital
aides were signed up.
Divided Into 13 Zones.
DR.. John A. Reed, in charge Of
the medical program, has divided
the city into 13 first-aid and clearing
station zones, corresponding to the
police precincts. The organization
is centered around the hospitals,
and the work of caring for the in
jured in an air raid would be direct
ed from the hospital nearest each
police precinct.
Teams of doctors and nurses will
be available day and night at every
hospital. Each team will consist of
q doctor and two nurses, or doctor,
one nurse and one medical aide.
Casualty stations will be set up at
strategic points for first-aid and
preliminary examination of casual
ties. A study is being made Of school
buildings in each area with view
of designating certain ones as
casualty stations.
DR.. Reed explained that he was
encouraging the establishment Of
first aid courses on a voluntary
basis, so that volunteers could
augment the professional workers
In this field. The Red Cross has
agreed to give additional training
to teachers and other employees of
the schools who already have COM
pleted the standard, advanced and
instructors courses in flrSt-aid
These advanced students will be
given a brief, intensive course in
the latest developments in civilian
defense.
Plans for Feeding.
Organization was also going forward
for emergency feeding under Miss
Mary Mason, deputy air raid warden,
and for emergency housing under
Randolph Bishop.
Miss Mason has organized Is
units of 10 to 20 women each, she
said yesterday.
The feeding stations are, for the
most part, located in the base
ments of churches, where usually
are kitchens. Already canned cof-
fee and food is being stored in the
feeding stations In sufficient guam
tity to take care of any emergency.
Miss Mason said she was getting a
splendid response from her call for
volunteers and "a fine type OF vol
unteer" She praised especially the
colored women who have respond
ed in large numbers and are or
ganizing efficiently in colored dis
tricts.
Women of the feeding services 60
TO their stations clad in coverall
aprons and wearing their identif1ca-
ton bands. Those with small chill
dren at home to care for are not
wanted in this work.
"a Assistants Named.
Mr.. Bishop held his organization
meeting Tuesday, and so far has "a
assistant deputy air raid wardens
in charge of emergency housing in
their areas. Assistant deputy air
raid wardens for the remaining
areas are expected to be appointed
the first of this week.
Mr. Bishops Office has issued a
call for volunteers to serve as zone
and sector billeting officers. Start
ing later this week, sector billeting
officers will make a house-to-house
survey of the entire city to deter
mine which householders are willing
to give temporary shelter to the
homeless, how many they can take
in and of what age and sex.
In case of emergency, according
to present plans, the homeless will
be guided to zone control centers
for housing, located near emergency
feeding centers. After they are fed,
the homeless will be guided, not
merely sent, to temporary shelters
Mr.. Bishops Office estimated that
several thousand volunteers would
be needed Immediately to make the
survey as well as to carry on as
billeting officers.
Leaders Encouraged.
Col. Lemuel l.. Bellies, executive
of civilian defense for the District
and Commissioner John Russell
Young. defense co-ordinator, felt
yesterday that the whole civilian
defense program was being organ
lied at a gratifying rate.
"A prearranged air raid warming
was tried out at noon Friday with
some sirens, but the sounds they
produced were so feeble that COM
paratively few people heard them
A general air raid signal device at
fire alarm headquarters, the only
one in town, failed to penetrate be-
yond a few blocks. A make-shift
siren on the roof of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. Building was
pronounced inadequate.
AS soon as a congressional ap-
preparation for the District is ap-
proved, special air raid sirens will
be ordered at once and placed at 10
strategic locations. If, meanwhile. a
real alarm should become necessary
Col. Bolles said, the Pepco siren
would be supplemented by CONNER
cial and industrial plant whistles,
police and fire sirens.
The official air raid warning Is
five short blasts of one second dura-
ton at half second intervals, sound
ed three times for total OF Is
blasts. The all clear is three long
blasts of a second duration with a
second interval between each blast.
Latest Instructions.
The following instructions should
be obeyed when the warning sounds,
Commissioner Young and Col. Bolles
announced yesterday:
During daylight raids all per-
sons not charged with definitely
specified duties should take shelter
in the safest place Immediately at
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