Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-06-15
100, 100000 DOLLARS-WHY

Oregon, outside Portland must
subscribe 100000 of the $780,
100000 emergency Red Cross
war service fund during the
week of June 1925 in order to
meet the expectations Of Presi-
dent Wilson who has appealed
to the nation for this fund.
Prompting the Presidents
appeal are the thousands of Red
Gross ambulances on the firing
line that must be maintained.
Other thousands of ambulances
must be built and sent to the
front. Forty-five base hospitals
}already have been established
and their work must be sup
plemented with that of many
more hospitals N order to treat
the wounds and save the lives
of thousands of soldiers, includ-
ing our own home boys.
The force of Red Cross ply
sicians and nurses must be
greatly increased and kept on
duty.
i British, French and Belgian
soldiers can be sent home when,
under hospital care; they have
commenced to recover from
wounds or sickness, but for I'm
Gle Sans soldier boys GONZALES
cent hospitals must be built by
the Red Cross.
Mothers and wives who have
given up sons and husbands and
who have no other support must
be cared for by the Red Cross
organization.
Vocational schools for soldiers
} incapaciated by wounds for Or
dinary work must be organized
and financed.
From the front line trenches
TO the mothers left at home the
. Universal Service of Mercy must
.maintaln a vast organization
and spend tremendous sums in
IOrder to meet an almost over
} whelming emergency growing
out of United States participa-
ton in the World War. Nor can
the work be delayed one day
Bullets will not wait on tardy
dollars. the man who offers
his life on the battlefield for the
defense of his country must no,
be left to bear the burden alone
Why does the government no,
/ finance this relief work? The
question is often asked. The
American Red Cross is ranked
as a neutral, as long as it Is
maintained by private subscrip.
tions. The administration OF
the Red Cross cannot be carried
gon as are the national naval and
military operations. Relief
work, also, must cut red tape
must be promptly ready foi
every emergency, must be gov.
erned by humanitarian princi.
! pies and quick decisions ant
must not be hampered by the
restrictions of governmental
machinery. At the same time
! the Red Cross Is the only reliet
agency formally authorized b,
the government. Its nead Is Tho
\ President of the United States
/ Its accounts are audited by tn,
I war department. II is chartered
by Congress. President Wilson
; declares:
"A large, well organized anf
. efficient Red Cross Is essential
/ 1t is both a patrleJi1and humane
/ service that is rendered by ever,
l citizen who becomes a member
! of the Red Cross"
1 Red Cross subscriptions nee;
l not be paid all at one time. One
I fourth will be due July /: one
I fourth, August 4; one-rourth
I September l, ard the balance
! October 1.
! A task as great as that O
I getting the subscriptions is I,
\ tliorm every man. woman an,
! child of the . lrposes anu emer
I g'ncy character of the campaig,
I ttfore Red CrJsS Week, as pro
I Gained by tn? President. which
begins June IS. CommmIit,
COMMITTEES ar. urged to have {
forceful speaker present al
nverY gatheTi w whether sninl