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Show RED GROSS CALLS j FOR MQBEWORKERS Mountain Division Has Failed to Fill Oversea Service Quota. Y 3 NEED HELD URGENT i r Columbia Auxiliary Is to Have New Electric 0 Gauze Cutter. t r ' n a cubic from Paris to Washington, L j Henry P. Davison, chairman of the , American Red Cross war council, in em-fa em-fa ' phasizing tho need for more Red Cross i workers overseas, says: "Situation is ' now such that every qualified, intelli- gent American man or woman with the J right spirit and unquestioned loyalty, 3 can be utilized at this critical timo. You cannot send too many, and there j is work for all who come." This is the statement of existing con-i con-i ditions, as pictured by an executive of 11 j unquestioned ability, who makes the 3 I appeal after visiting the regions af-2 af-2 j fectod and making a personal inspec-(J inspec-(J tion of the situation. There is a par-n par-n j ticular call for individuals qualified v ' to take tho duties of Red Cross field f, ' representatives in baso hospitals, ac-H ac-H I cording to Meld Director George Ox-ley, Ox-ley, and likewise for executives in J" J charge of storos, for tho transportation department, civilian relief and for can- 0 : teen work. (Qualified volunteers aro t, preferred, but for skilled workers in tl these particular lines a small salary " : will bo paid. r Mountain Division Short. Officiiil information from Denver is jj to the effect that the Mountain di-s di-s vision has so far failed to supply the g quota of workers dosired for service overseas. Officials of the local chap-J chap-J ter are unable to state how many have been accepted from Salt Lake county, s as the applications hore are all sent to 1, division headquarters for filing, and v are from there sent diroct to Washington, Washing-ton, all details pertaining to this branch of the service being handled through the national organization of tho Red j. Gross. In the opinion, however, of some 1 of the local otficials, tho majority of !- those who made application were iin-' iin-' qualified to pass the tests required be-fl be-fl fore being commissioned for service, many failing to realize the import and gravity of the work to be undertaken. There are places open for which, it is believed, be-lieved, Salt Lake might furnish a number num-ber of qualified men those of ambulance ambu-lance drivers. To such as pass the required re-quired tests tho government will furnish fur-nish uniforms, their transportation from New York City to the war zone, return transportation and maintenance during their period of service and a salary of $38 per month from tho time of their sailing until their final discharge. dis-charge. Order Third Gauze Cutter. As tho most imperative call at the present time in national work of the Red Cross is for more surgical dressings, dress-ings, and as the Salt Lake county chapter chap-ter is now leading the Mountain division di-vision in this regard, when measured by competitive membership, a bit of cheering news bearing on this phase of the subject became public yesterday when it was announced that Mrs. W. D. Donoher and Mrs. Walter Lewis had ordered a new electric cutting machine for the Salt Lake county chapter, two now being used at headquarters, one for the central gauze room, the other for the branches and auxiliaries outside out-side the city. The Columbia auxiliary, probably the largest and most active in the city, uses the Newhouse hotel gauze room several nights each week, and the advantage of supplying the workers with machine-cut material will soon be apparent in the output from this auxiliary. It is announced that the Red Cross auxiliary of the Daughters of the Revolution Revo-lution will meet today at Whitney hall from 9:30 until 5 o'clock. Children Work Actively. More evidence of the activity of children chil-dren in the Red Cross work comes almost al-most daily to local headquarters. Yesterday Yes-terday Holen Heath, 523 West Third South street, turned in $1.53 and Nellie Tedosco, 314 South Fourth West street, contributed $1. Both are little school firls, who collected pennies, nickels and dimes in artistic little boxes made by themselves, and then turned the results of their labors over to the secretary of the local chapter. The Red Dozen club, composed of twelve little girls who reside in the western part of the city, yesterday contributed con-tributed eight pillows, four pairs of bed shoes, twelve handkerchiefs and six wash cloths. A partial list of the finished articles turned in yesterday follows: Mid vale branch, 3450 surgical dressings. Liberty Lib-erty Stake Relief society auxiliary, 45 pairs of socks. Granite Stivlve Belief society auxiliary, 27 suits of pajamas, 27 pairs of bed socks. Granite Stake Relief society, Millard ward, 20 bed shirts. Britannic auxiliary, 7 suits of pajamas. Ensign Stake Relief society auxiliary, 6 bed shirts, 8 bed jackets. Freedom auxiliary, 15 bed shirts. x Cottonwood Cot-tonwood Stake Relief society auxiliary, 20 pairs of socks. |