Evening star., 1941-12-13
Test Air Raid Gives
Historic Annapolis
Taste Of Real War
Hundreds Assumed Hurt
To Provide Realistic
First-Aid Practice

BY a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 13.-First
aid maneuvers were carried out in
realistic detail yesterday by 135
women of this area after a theoreti-
cal attack by enemy planes.
Most of the hypothetical bombs
dropped were incendiary, and havoc
was considered to have spread
through this historic old city.
Refugees" were herded to the Com
munity House of the United States
Naval Academy, where, with Mrs.
Smith Hempstone directing opera
tions, emergency first aid was ad-
ministered until the evacuees could
be sent 2 miles on to rescue head
quarters in the safety" zone, across
the Severn River.
Participating in the experiment
were the volunteer services OF the
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
American Red Cross Chapter and
the Womens Defense Communica-
tions Committee. Mrs. Hempstone
is chairman of the volunteer serv-
ices
Hundreds Assumed Wounded.
The assumption was that hun
dreds of homeless and wounded
people represented in fact by 80
persons) were brought to the Com
munity House station, where wounds
were given preliminary treatment
and registration officials determined
whether homes of the victims had
been lost.
Radio communication was In
theory maintained with the central
portion of the wrecked city by a
group Of young women under direc-
ton of Mrs. Donald McClench. All
of the women were able to transmit
and receive 13 words per minute in
Morse code-an accomplishment
sufficient for an amateurs license.
Though the Communications Com
mittee went through the gestures OF
radio operation, they did not go on
the air-partly because of the pos
sibility that their signals might be
mistaken by listeners as word of a
genuine enemy attack on the East
Coast.
Motor Corps Participates.
A motor corps under Mrs. Donald
B. Creecy, corps captain, next trans
ported the victims to the rescue
station in the zone of safety, rep
resented by the Navy Skeet Club.
Mrs. Leon Kintberger was head of
the ambulance detail.
The Grey Ladies of the Red Cross.
under direction of Mrs. Valvin SIN
clair. distributed clothing and main
tanned morale Thirteen of the Grey
Ladies had graduated earlier yester-
day after training in the Naval Hos
pital.
Food was distributed to rescued
and rescuers by the canteen corps,
which prepared stew and coffee
under the leadership Of Mrs. r. E.
Rogers.
The maneuvers were directed by
the Staff Assistants Corps, led by
Mrs. H. Frederick Stephens.
A major job at the Skeet Club was
completion of first aid treatment.
In this, the Nurses Aid Corps, under
Mrs. Frederick Marggraff, jr., r. N,
played leading part.
Fire Builder Burned.
1t. Barbara Godfrey, first aid
instructor and motor corps lieuten-
ant, was in charge at the Skeet Club
first aid station.
One Immediately practical job was
presented to the group when burnt
thumb was suffered by Harry Jack
son. so, colored, who was building a
canteen fire. The wound was band
aged by Mrs. M. w. Hutchinson, wife
of Navy commander.
Mrs. Graham Dougherty OF the
national organization of the RED
Cross observed operations.
In case of real emergency, the
women taking part in yesterdays
demonstration are to operate under
the General Disaster Committee for
the area, headed by Richard H.
Elliott.