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buildings each day, helping mothers with their children and making
the evacuees feel at home. Later, for purposes of coordination,
larger quarters were provided for the Red Cross Office, în which
were accommodated the exchange man, the RCA representative, the
Post Exchange Branch, and the Hong Kong Government representatives.
Provisions for mail distribution were set up, and additional of-
fice equipment and typists contributed by British firms in Manila.
After the rush of housing the first contingent in civilian
quarters was over, it was possible to decide what improvements
in the way of service could be made for the second contingent.
Unquestionably the outstanding need was for diapers, Kotex and
Kleenex. There were no facilities on the ship for washing, and
because of the continuous rain it was almost impossible to dry
clothes at Ft. McKinley. Bolts of diaper material were purchased
and fifteen hundred diapers were cut and ready for use when the
second contingent arrived. As colds were prevalent, Kleenex was
used for handkerchiefs. Many donations of baby food, toys, fruit
juices, clothes and magazines were brought to Fort McKinley for
the comfort of the evacuees.
To relieve the Red Cross and Army evacuation staffs, the
Commanding General requested that a group of McKinley officers'
wives make the registration of the second group of arrivals.
They were furnished registration books by the Red Cross and a
group of seventy-five women made the registration as the evacuees
were assigned to their barracks buildings upon arrival.
To conform to Army regulations, it was necessary to issue
daily passes to evacuees wishing to leave the Post.
These passes,
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