History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . ntities of standard and special dressings were were held for instructors, one by Miss MargaretDavis, a qualified Red Cross nurse, and three classes in-structed by Mrs. John R. Mather, Jr., supervisor of sur-gical dressings for the county, by Miss E. C. Reeve, Archer and Mrs. Amos qualified instructors. Bymeans of these classes all surgical work was done underthe supervision of those who had passed examinationsand had experience in the proper handling of this phaseof Red Cross work. Just as the Red Cross was settlinga
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . ntities of standard and special dressings were were held for instructors, one by Miss MargaretDavis, a qualified Red Cross nurse, and three classes in-structed by Mrs. John R. Mather, Jr., supervisor of sur-gical dressings for the county, by Miss E. C. Reeve, Archer and Mrs. Amos qualified instructors. Bymeans of these classes all surgical work was done underthe supervision of those who had passed examinationsand had experience in the proper handling of this phaseof Red Cross work. Just as the Red Cross was settlingand had great plans for utilizing Trinity Baptist Church,it was announced it had been sold and must moving this time was a matter of some moment, butafter days of hard work the packing and stock commit-tees had belongings in cases and bundles ready for re-moval to the new headquarters, the Stockton house at612 Cooper street, most generously loaned by the heirsto the organization for the duration of the war. CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. 139. RED CROSS. 141 In November, 1918, the Camden City Branch movedto commodious quarters in the old Cooper Library build-ing which was left standing by the city for their occu-pation until the war should cease. In December of 1917 it was found necessary to havea means of reaching the branches for the delivery andreturn of supplies and a Chapter Motor Corps was es-tablished under the direction of the director of WomenBureau, Mrs. John A. Mather, Jr. It rapidly grew tobe a wonderfully servicable force and its organizer, Mather, was made chairman by the executiveboard February 6, 1918. The corps did splendid work and used their cars free-ly. During the war, army and navy officers, secret servicemen, hospitals all received their services as well asthe officers of the chapter. In October, 1918, the executive board authorized thepurchase of an ambulance motor truck, and the deliveryof goods has been greatly facilitated. During the
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