Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-01
Do You Knop What the Red Cross is
Doing in This War?

front the Red Cross workers are but
little less In magnitude and import
ance than the battles and war strategy
themselves. We read much of the
Red Cross, and but few Of US COM
prehend the wonderful proportions OF
its service. Henry P. Davidson. presi-
dent of he Red Cross war council,
has made a statement that impels
thought. and while 1t gives pause
for a shudder and a creepy feeling
down the spine it is all the more
forceful for that very reason and IL
well worth reading.
1.-The most stupendous and appeal
ing call in the history of the world to
aid suffering humanity confronts our
Red Cross. Millions of men who have
been fighting for liberty lie dead or
wounded; millions of women and chill
dren are homeless and helpless; hun-
dreds Of towns and villages have been
destroyed; disease and distress are
rampant.
up to now, our own people have
not suffered. While Europe has been
pouring out her likelihood. America
has experienced a prosperity she had
never known before.
But now we ourselves are in this
gigantic war. We now see that the
struggle against autocracy and tyran-
Ay "AkASAA oAl I 1tdNS D0SII Id
ing is and has from the first been,
in reality, no less our struggle than
theirs. We ourselves must now share
the suffering which they have endur-
ed; we, too, must bear the burdens
and we must do our part in a very
real way.
A Vital Factor.
"Our Red Cross is a vital factor in
thA 0t1vp0o1o To ynH4~a@kn 4N9ntAN >, H.
administering it's great responsibilities.
the President Of the United States has
created q Red Cross War Council. We
OF the council know now only what
the minimum requirements are. But
we now already that the needs which
our Red Cross al alone supply are
at present beyond computation.
Something of what we must ex-
pect to do and something Of the sacri-
fees which we must expect to make
will be indicated by the following
ton:
Hundreds Of American doctors and
nurses are already at the front. A
force Of $4,000 American engineers
will soon be rebuilding the railroads
OF France. Upwards Of $4,000 Ameri-
can men are nov on the b~attlefields OF
Europe, fighting al volunteers in the
Allied armies; soon. $4,000 American
regulars will be added to their num-
Der; All our National Guard is to be
modified. u regular army is to be
recruited to full strength, and SOC, 0OO
other men are shortly to be called to
the colors. Within a few months we
should and will have in service al
army of 1000, 900 and a navy Of 150.-
900 men.
These men must have OF our best
To prepare against their needs in ad.
vance will be a stupendous task which
the Red Cross must undertake. Doc.
tors. nurses, ambulances. must be
tai stores, linen. bandages and sup
plies Of every kind must be prepared
and at once. II we wait. 1t may be
too late. When we ask u own sonl
and brothers to fight for our liberty
1000 miles from home in a country
already sore and afflicted. surely W.
cannot do less than prepare to take
care of them in their day OF suffer-
ing.
b. What Canada Has Done.
Gallant Canada from 100000
population raised an army Of 4B0, 600
men. Eighty thousand dead OF
injured. and, Canada has raised in
value $4,000. 900 for the Red Cross
to relieve her, sick and Hounded. Hel
Red Cross. thus vitalixed by the sacs
to save thousands from death or mis-.
cry:
camp. their dependent families will
becomes q problem. obviously, in q
country the size OF ~ own, the prop
or and practical way to distribute
both the burdens as1d.ths benefits fair