Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-11-23
AN APPEAL.

10 eDaDlS tnCm TO commune the Work
of relieving and preventing suffering
caused by the war, desire to impress
upon all those whose gympathies are
touched and who wish to help the
good cause, that continued contribu-
tons are necessary to assure prompt
and efficient care and attention to all
who have felt the wars heavy hand.
German Red Cross activities arc
carried out with the close co-opera-
tion and under the supervision of the
highest military and civil authorities
in Germany and assurance is thereby
practically guaranteed that all con-
tIibutions and assistance rendered by
charitable supporters in this country
are applied in the most practical
manner
The German Red Cross is an old
established institution, which has
6iyen capable services in times of
peace whenever natural or industrial
calamities have compelled earnest
and systematic relief action Miss
Mabel #. Boardman, Chairman Ma
ti0nal Relief Board of the American
Red Cross, in her splendid book,
Under the Red Cross Flag at Home
and Abroad" recently issued, pays
glowing tribute to the German Red
Cross, where "the characteristic of
1eutonic thoroughness is exempli-
fed" AT the outbreak OF the war,
the German Red Cross, complete as it
already was for conditions then eX-
isting, was amplified and expanded
into tho magnificent organization Of
today. an organization to which all
classes Of social life in the German
Empire have been proud to contri-
butte. she advice and services Of
the greatest authorities in the
sciences Of medicine and surgery are
at it's command.
The responsibilities of the German
Red Crosa are stupendous and the
daily continuation of tho war in all
its varied phases and territories has
causes corresponding increase Of
suffering and of pitiful conditions,
for the relief Of which additional
funds are urgently required and
earnestly solicited.
Contrary to general belief, the
German Red Cross concerns itself
not only with the succor and care
OF the wounded and convalescent
soldiers, hut also with the relief of
innocent victims, reaching out help
ing hand to the uttermost limits to
those who have borne the brunt of
the war'g hardshiDs. This includes
not only the soldier who has been
disabled during outpost duty on the
farthest front, but also his dependent
wife and children at home, who must
be clothed, fed, educated and pro-
vided with medical attention.
Thousands Of volunteer workers,
who had received instruction in first
aid. together with legion Of highly
trained nurses have taken up the
work Of mercy in relieving the
wounded, whether friend or former
foe, and in many homes today fervent
gratitude is being voiced to the Ger
man Red Cross for its skilled assist
ancc in restoring loved ones to the
families bosoms; husbands and
fathers and brothers who might have
succumbed to their wounds on the
battlefield but for its timely aid.
The most advanced practices in
restoring to health the wounded and
conyalescent are employed. The
facilities Of sanitariums and institu-
tions for teaching the blind, the
crippled end partially helpless and
the hopelessly invalided, have be-
come available for these unfortun-
ates. Special training schools arc
maintained for those who have had
to use artificial limbs, so that they
may not become totally incapacitated,
thus giving them an opportunity of
again becoming useful and indepen-
dent members Of society.
Another branch of German Red
Gross work is the attention given to
families and dependents OF soldiers
in tho field. Infants homes and day
nurseries, childrens' hospitals, public
kitchens and food supply stations,
work rooms and Red Cross sewing
rooms have been established and
maintained special employment
bureaus have assisted women anxious
and capable of supporting them
selves.
Tho greatest care possible has been
given to these Educational homes
have been provided for orphans,
thus relieving the widows OF some OF
the burdens attendant upon their sad
condition. Recuperating resorts are
available and every material, mental
and moral support is accorded freely.
Nurses, racked by their arduous ex-
pericnces in the field, are also given
every facility to recuperatc in special
institutions founded for that very
purpose
A special branch of the Red Cross
ondeavors to ameliorate the con-
dition3 OF prisoners OF war of various
nationalites interncd in Germany as
well as of Germans held captive in
other countries all over the world.
Medical supplies, food ana clothing
and other necessities, also letters
and books, have been provided for
them through these efforts.
Tho assistance accorded in such
generous measure by unselfish char
table Americans, including those Of
| German descent. as well as those of
other extraction, contributed to q
largo oxtent in enabling tho relief
work to he kept at it's highest efhcien-
cy, producing the most gratifying
resrits The American Red Cross,
| in its fine spirit OF true neutrality
has extended its splendid humanitar-