Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-07
NEW WAR AUXILIARY
OBJECTS oFTHE woMEN,s NATIONAL
WAR RELIEF ASSOCIATION.

Such Articles as Do Not Come Within the
Line of Army Supplies will Be Fur
nished Our Disabled Fighters-Condi-
tions of the Pledge.
In these days of widespread feminine
| appropriations even the Father of His
Country must concede the monopoly of
designation if not measure of patri-
otism. Woman, always first in peace,
is content today to be second in war
and likely by her resolute efforts to
mitigate the sufferings that follow in
its wake to write herself large first in
the hearts of her countrymen.
The energy, zeal and executive abil-
ity being brought to bear upon the war
situation by the women Of the Women S
National War Relief association prom
Use to make of that organization an
auxiliary of no mean proportions
The government is not likely to over
look or to undervalue the solid aid and
comfort the association is preparing to
offer it, along lines which will tend to
soften the horrors of war the women
could not avert.
Already its managers have received
gratifying tokens Of appreciation and
acceptance from high civil and military
officials.
They are working with specific OBJ
jects in view, and their efforts to real
ize funds should be cordially recognized
and seconded.
The "specific object is to furnish
such supplies and comforts for the use
Of sick or wounded soldiers as do not
come legitimately within the line Of
army supplies. The hospital ship now
being fitted up will be vastly more COM
Portable through the efforts of the relief
association.
A carbonizing plant designed to rem
der palatable the insipid distilled water
used by the naval forces now engages
their immediate attention.
A special fund is to be forwarded to
Admiral Dewey for use as his Judgment
dictates among the men who have al
ready made a record.
| Delicacies to tempt the palates of sick
soldiers, appliances for the wounded and
innumerable mitigations of the suffer
ing that a probably prolonged war
threatens our brave boys with give a
well defined purpose to the enthusiastic
efforts of these patriotic women.
The registration papers which they
are sowing broadcast from headquarters
and through their numerous local COM
mittees are prefaced with pledge which
every man, woman and child should be
eager to sign:
II, the undersigned, hereby declare
my allegiance to the United States Of
America and my desire to contribute to
the general welfare, health and comfort
of the men engaged in the military and
naval service of the republic in the
present war. !"
These papers are designed to awaken
in the breas. Of every citizen, every wo-
man and every child, be they never SO
| poor or obscure, a patriotic sense of his
or her personal responsibility toward
the government and the men who have
given up their all to sustain the honor
of the nation at this critical juncture
By positively prohibiting larger con-
tribution than % cents for adults and 10
cents for children they put the pledge
within reach of the poorest, while obvi-
ating all humiliating contracts. The
hod carrier may sign his name immedi-
ately below the bank presidents, but
it must be for the same sum. The laun-
dress may contribute her rs cents to
the fund for sick soldiers with flush
OF proud consciousness that the rich la
dy whose name shall come next may do
no more.
In this way all are put in position to
give expres sion in practical way to
their patriotic sentiments by register
ing themselves members of an associ:
ton designed to supplement with mate
rial aid the sacrifices of time, strength
and life made by the men who have
gone to the front in the present crisis
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