The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-14
LAKE COUNTY PAPERS.
The American Red Cross

The mann of Clara Barton will go down in history honorod and
manity in its time OF agony.
The bitter needs of the Civil war drew her from her business
established relief work, and organized a bureau of records through
which h tat II owe 10000 missing men was made known.
Not America alone, but Europe knew her tender ministratione.
and she and her assistants nursed the sick and wounded in the
Franco prussfan war, distributed food and clothing to the hungry
s4nr+ad 49, od ~ ne me nay . IN commune IN Paris and in 1873 she
ed Red Cross society by our government.
The treaty of Geneva, sometimes called the Red Cross treaty,
was wa a "a result OIL, the International 1er4 H conference of Geneva. held in 1869.
r4 sa mission n, consists on in eooperating in times Of war with the hos
The American Red Cross has added to its duties the rendering
OF assistance aacaa in times inn sol Of great disasters and from The time that Clara
barton became the first president of the organization in 1882. suf-
this humanitarian arm of the government
The magnitude of the work Of the American Red Cross NAV he
suggested in the fact that it has assisted in over seventy-five dis
evils, in this country and abroad since 1905. and for the relief of
and expended. iNe'u
The Red Cross works through many departments. and of these
OF accident prevention and first aid to industrial workers chiefly.
b nj "a qe pa chano IS about six years old. and the United States army
mines. lumber camps, railroads, electric concerns and large indus
cities 1t has recently added water first aid to its scope.
During the last few years there has developed in America the
the Red Cross has brought about an affiiation of the American
nurses ssoclato with itself. Through this enrolment of over
900 graduate nurses the nursing service of the Red Cross has
undertaken to carry into the homes of the people a better knowledge
Of the underlying principles of health, the prevention and care Of
Red Cross Christmas seals. with which W e of Lake county have
a close personal touch, have become a stupendous lfesaving agent.
The funds derived from these seals are devoted exclusively to the
fight against the great white plague and not the least of the methods
OF thsI q is IN instruction in public health and prevention of i'll
ness, which has a greater place in overcoming this sad disease than
mere dealing with advanced cases in a n effort to cure.
Many OF IS wonder about the accomplishments of the Red Cross
INC OF many other organizations fathered by Uncle Sam, but we
seem OF TO D @ aware Of the ease with which we may obtain bulletins
or information from the Washington bureau. Since 1914 a division
OF information on the American Red Cross has been in existence in
Washington and it is ready at all times to supply information to in
quTies and to advise the public of the nature and progress of Rcd
Cross endeavors.
Anyone may join the National Red Cross by paving a n annual
fee OF 81, and with this membership comes the Red Cross Magazine.
a quarterly, devoted to the interests of the society. Scarcely can a
dollar be devoted to nobler use, for tragedy and suffering know N o
national boundaries and we are all brothers in grief. rs has been
many times exemplined by the prompt and generous gifts from
everywhere o a stricken community under the black shadow of
calamity.
THE COMMENTATORS.