Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1918 — RED CROSS NOTES. [ARTICLE]

RED CROSS NOTES.

This.week’s shipment contains the following: Surgical dressings, two cotton pads Bxl2, twoo oakum pads 12x24, one paper backed pad 12*18, two splitbirrigation pads 21x26, three pneumonia jackets, twenty abdominal bandages, twenty many tailed bandages, fifteen four tailed bandages, fifteen triangle bandages, 125 gauze wipes, 160 gauze compresses 4x4, 75 gauze compresses 9x9, 2 five-yard rolls. Soldiers’ knitted articles. 68 pairs of socks. (12 knitted by DeMotte branch.) 2 pairs of wristlets. > Hospital supplies, 53 towels made and donated by the Grant school, Union township. 32 towels made by DeMotte branch.

29 towels made by James church Industrial society. 8 baby quilts made by Junior Auxiliary. 2 large comforters made and donated by Fair Oaks Auxiliary. Twelve large picking cases were shipped last week to the Belgian Relief. The expense of this shipment except for the cartage is borne by the Commission for the Belgian Relief and the Red Cross acted only as an agent for the collection of the garments, a# it is not customery for the Red Cross to send worn garments. Our chapter will not receive further donations until another order comes for them from headquarters. The Remington branch is planning to take up the work of making surgical dresings and the supervisor of dressing, Miss Helen Lamson and Mrs. Harvey Kannal went to Remington yesterday to meet , with the ladies there and make plans for the work. An instructor will be sent to give the lessons. » . -; r