womensmotorcorps

A later Bain photo identifies her as Adelaide Brooks Baylis, a bacteriologist. See www.loc.gov/pictures/item/91732669/

swanq: Thanks for the related photo of Adelaide Baylis. Her obituary says that she was a bacteriologist who served as a captain in the New York State Home Defense as well and led the American Red Cross Ambulance Service and Motor Corps in New York: search.proquest.com/cv_667311/docview/116891765/1A1BE4B2C... We will add more details when we update.

LOC also has a more formal portrait of her by Arnold Genthe dated October, 1917: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/agc1996006636/PP/

Art Siegel: Thanks for finding the other portrait of Baylis by Genthe. Interesting to see how she is portrayed in different collections.

Another photo of the Women's Motor Corps, taken likely on the same occasion, was printed in The Sunday Oregonian, June 17, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 62 with the caption: "Members of the Women's Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service have been sworn into the National Guard service. They gathered at the Seventy-first Regiment Armory, in New York City, and were inoculated with the Army serum for typhoid. Then they were sworn in by Colonel Wells. This motor corps is made up of women who have had special training and have received chauffeurs licenses. It has been assisting with recruiting in New York and co-operating with the Red Cross and the police in emergencies. Every week some of the members are assigned to work at the riverfront in connection with the loading of boats with war relief for the women and children of France." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-06-17/ed-1/se...

Another article about the event is in The evening world., May 29, 1917, Final Edition, Page 3, with photo chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-05-29/ed-...

Thanks for your research B-59. We'll add some of this information to the record the next time we update.

On the USS Recruit, the training/recruiting ship in New York's Union Square.
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The male officer is Charles A. Adams. See
"Commander C. A. Adams is Charles Albert Adams (1846 ? - 1929). Retired in 1908, he re-entered active service in 1917 as Navy recruiting officer at New York."

The evening world., March 06, 1918, Final Edition, Image 14 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1918-03-06/ed-... has a piece on the Women's Motor Corps and a bunch of names. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-02-16/ed-... describes Major Helen Russell Bastedo as head of the corps. New-York tribune., February 16, 1919, Page 3, bottom right (with photo) I believe the women to the right of Commander Adams in the Bain photo may be Helen Bastedo. See also www.loc.gov/pictures/item/agc1996002223/PP/

More on the Women's Motor Corps, with pictures, in New-York tribune., October 21, 1917, Page 3
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-10-21/ed-...

a picture with names in The Evening World., May 29, 1917, Final Edition, Page 3
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-05-29/ed-...
and from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lloyd Sealy Library

some earlier Bain photos of the Women's Motor Corps:

The Marmon News
books.google.com/books?id=9FVJAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA35
indicates that Capt. Baylis is Adelaide B. Baylis, who headed the NLWS New York Motor Corps.
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Thanks swanq. We will update this image and the others of Adelaide Baylis.

The Milwaukee Journal - Apr 3, 1918 news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19180403&... reported that Col. Baylis said that Lieut. Mary Watkins would soon travel to France with Miss Ann Morgan. She was to drive trucks bringing supplies to "stricken villages."