The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-06-18
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49, 'At''ht V'H'h ActfttH ~
aside the period from June Is to 20
Tor the purpose Of making a nations
wid drive for Red Cross funds. All
over the United States and It's in
suiar possessions the people viii be
asked this week to contribute toward
this highly important werk-import-
AIT Ia tIste % peace bat doubly so
nov that va are al war,
John d Miller. appointed by Presi-
dcui Wilson to AXE charge OF the
American Red Cross war fund west OF
the Mississippi says:
DO o know what the Red
Cross does. some day. somewhere IN
France when our soldiers are in the
trenches. a line OF American boys will
leap owe the top OF their trenches.
slip through the barbed wire. and. In
face OF high explosive shells. gas,
liquid fire. shrapnei. grenades. ma
chine gun ard rifle fire. face the
barbed wire In front Of enemy trench
~ for the bare chance OF meeting
bayonet with bayonet. other boys no.
more 20 blame for this war h they
are.
You will know what the loss VIII.
be. You know that after Ypres the
Princess Pats had only i27 men alive
out OF he esq that saw the sun come
up that day.
What OF the faiion? II the Red
Cross Is ready. the ambulance corps
OF the fighting regiments will carry
the wounded back through the COM
m~unicntlng trenches to the dressing
station. Here Red Cross surgeons.
under the direct control OF the United
states medical department win give
first aid. The wounded will be
turned over 20 Red Cross ambuiances
and carried back TO the Red Cross
field hospital for Immediate attention.
From h Red Cross field hospital.
Red Cross ambulanccs. Red Cross
trains and in France. even Red Cross
canal boats will carry the men back
20 the Red Cross base hospitals. II
the wound Is not fatal a Red Cross
convalescing station will take care
Of the soldier till he is ready to &c
back TO the front. II the man is dis
abIed a Red Cross steamer viii bring
him back to America. and the Red
Cross receiving station here will care
for him. send him home IND on top OF
that look after his family after he
s. wounded Just as n will have looked
after his family all the time he has
been away.
DO you know what this means? In
the old days before the Red cross
same. coo soldiers died out OF every
1000 wounded. Today under proper
conditions the percentage is not over
; per cent.
II your boy was wounded every
dollar YOU have in the world would
go willingly to put him In Red Cross
hands. Sixty thousand Los Angeles
boys registered June 5th for the draft.
How many Of them will require Red
Cross aid within the next i've years?
The lied Cross is NOT a hit or miss
organization, grabbing a dollar here
and a doilar there and wasting the
money. II Is one OF the five offensive
md defensive arms Of every civilized
government On the face of the earth
Every dollar that comes IN II spent
by the best business men in America
for supplies and materials designated
By the medical department OF the.
United states army-the department
hat has stamped out yellow fever a.
well az oher great national scourges
Ex-President Taft Is the Chairman
OF the he Gross. a partner IN the
house OF Morgan is lis financial chief
us accounts are audited by the war
department. Its existence and oper-
a,lons are directed under special acts
Of congress. and President wilson
himself. by executive order, establish
ed the executive committee under
which the Red Cross Is now beinG
managed.
The Red Cross Is therefore a part
Of the fighting forces Of the govern
mentand must be supported as such
This support will be easy enough 60.
get-when that support IL too late
Let the toll Of one battle mOunt-as y
ofen does-io 25.Oo0 men or more
Win the hospitais overcrowded and
our own men dying for want 81 at
tentlon. The response 10 the Red Cross
cal will roll in fast enough-but then
IL wiz he TOO late.
Don't you be one ~ th'se ~ huid
back until that time. Don't he q slack
er. You inevita bly, viii contriba"
Nhy not ROW;