Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-12-14

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~ Will take not fewer than 1900
900 members Of the American Red
Cross to take care Of the sick aud
bHSl wounded soldiers, look after their
w ~ U families. and relieve the sufferings
W. w IT the and children and old
- Va OF wnr-trodden lnnfs. Fifteen
MTEkT9 million members That l0,-
f<(St11 0O0OO0 new members and the Red
O. II Cross has set out 10 get them before
- the sun sets on Christmas day.
iiey are 20 he known Christmas members
These l0oo0OOO new ones. and Il Is ia the Christ
mas spirit That they 70 be rccruted-the spirit
81 unstliisiiness. Of caring for the afflicted, OF
atcsiaiine suffering.
While II Is getting these new members, the
100000 who now wear the Red Cross emblem
nrc giving on the Christmas cheer they can 10 the
boFs IN khaki They need H. Tens OF thousands
Of them. mud il may be hundreds Of thousands. are
now IA ffnnce with pefshing. facing the terrible
Germans across the desoate waste Of No Mans
Land Millions more are 20 80 after them and
other ana stiil other millions until the foe which
claims the world for Germany Is willing TO 30
home nnd behave aa a civilized nation.
they viii have eheery Christmas this year
every mun Ia frnncc VIII have little packet
from HOME" with The love and good wishes OF the
American pcople-nnd Tint means lot to the
SnnnE fellow who perhaps never before spent
christmas away from his home folks. X will put
snlr Into him Tor the task ahead.
The men on this side. waiting In the training
sNNtf7 TOT tnfN turn 10 20 across, VIII also have
- merry Christmas MS the Red Cross cnn pro-
slde Christmas trees. with gifts OF some kind,
'earing world Of cheer and hope from the great
lcart OF The American people. win greet every
nan ~ uniform. wherever he may be.
This Christmas viii be merry one for the
@hoie Of the army aud navy. The boys have
-ot been long away from home they have had
slmost none OF the hardships Of war; and they
rome 20 the feast with light hearts
War has taken almost toll from them thus
inr. Hciglum aad France Serbia and Roumana.
Great Britain ma her colonies, Russia aud Italy.
have borHe the bruut Of frightfuiness and our
boys have been spared. SO Il win be merry
Christmas Tor them.
Next year Il viii be different The pinch OF
prsation VIII be felt IN the iand-voluntary. TO "a
great extent. but Il viii be felt There win be less
% eat and less 20 wear, and millions 10 be fed
and clothed who no longer produce, ana all the
nniiou viii save all II can 20 give TO those who
are lighting and 20 those defenseless ones on the
other side who have nothing
And there viii be gaps In the ranks. and there
eih be full hospitals. There Il whore the Red
Cross comes iu--whcrcyer there Is disaster The
hospital buildings the equipment the surgical sup
plies. the surgeons and nurses aud orderlies, the
amhuiances and the drivers and the stretcher
shoulders q the Red Cross. II win carry H. be-
rnuse Il has the backing Of the American people;
and In tho meantime Il must carry the load OF
he nations which have already suffered more
Here are some Of the things the American Red
Cross Il hight now doing Ia France; where II has
pcnt Si0op0OoO. These extracts we're taken from
report BY the Paris headquarters 60 Henry p.
DAWSON Chairman ~ the Red Cross war council
vhlch raised a fund Of 500 100000 for It's work:
we have Just given si.0o0Ooo Tor needy sick
nd wounded French soldiers and their families.
"onr hospital distributing service sends supplies
. 3,f11 Preach military hospitals and Is laying
q large stock Tor future needs,
Our surgical dressings service supplies go
'rcneh hospitals. and Is preparing immense sup
lies Tor our armies.
we nro onerrhuc af the front line In eo-opora-
lon with the French Red Cross. ten canteens.
40 are preparing Tor 20 more; aud az six cnn-
'cns ~ French soldiers at railway stations we
r. serving about 5000 men day
eve have opened ehtldren's refuge aud hos
ltnl ~ point where several hundred children
afe leeH gatbertt D. keep them from danger Of
md siloi Are AZ another point we have
established medical center and q travelling dis
easnrs 70 accommodate i,2oQ children
we are mptiug arrangements en- a large scale
help refugee families through the winter with
elbins. bets. shelter and for this work the en-
81 deyasiafei portion ~ France has hcen divided
'a ~ districts with IS resident Rod Cross deo-
re IN each Warehouses have been established
four points TO which shipped food. clothing,
siding. beds household utensils and agricultural
splemeuts.
I'VE have a large central warehouse In Paris.
u distribution warehouses NJ important points
ON the Swiss border a. me sea. Two hundred
ns of supplies arriving ia Parts daily and
3 tons are shipped 20 branch warehouses;
From other authorities word has come that the
ernans are driving back into France through
sitxeriand the ragged. sick. hungry and home
s. women and children Of the conquered districts
France az the rate Of 10000 month. Held In
ptiniy for more than three years. they nre
~ driven forth even from the ruins In which