From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, December 25: One of the most important army and navy department auxiliaries is the Red Cross Motor Corps, and it’s one of the few organizations whose work has intensified since the Armistice. The influenza epidemic kept the women of the Indianapolis Red Cross Motor Corps busy night and day rapidly transferring the scarce supply of nurses from one case to another. Last month’s Public Health Nursing Association report showed the transportation corps supplied the equivalent of four additional nurses in the service. Recently the ambulance used by the Red Cross Motor Corps has been in great demand transporting soldiers to the Ft. Benjamin Harrison hospital. Another important duty performed by the motor corps is in the home service, taking Red Cross visitors to the homes of soldiers’ families, serving both military and civilian needs.
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 1: The 38th Division’s woman’s auxiliary, which was organized temporarily to welcome the returning soldiers, is planning to become a permanent organization to help with any demobilization problems according to a resolution adopted at a meeting of the auxiliary yesterday afternoon. Plans are being completed by the auxiliary for a two-day reception at the hostess house whenever the men of the 137th and 138th field artillery regiments arrive at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The woman’s auxiliary began a year ago as the S.O.S club to knit for men in the division who had no friends or relatives. Interest and membership in the auxiliary are growing, and women of the Rainbow Regiment Cheer Association have offered their assistance in entertaining the returning 38th Division soldiers. Mrs. Richard Lieber is chair of the committee on permanent organization.