Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-20

ueNOlNG lHe Ouly at ledSt Cl SlVluS tiiE people of the war swept countries of the allies a new start in life as fast as the territories are rtlinquished by the retreatinS German.;. This means seeds and tools, lumber, gass and thousands of cargoes of the material of rehabilitation.
 In stricken France along it is esti- mated that fully six hundred thou sand persons are suffering from tu berculosis as result of the trench warfare. Millions of men and women and children within tEe borders of Russia and Poland are homeless and comfortless. To bring relief to mis- cry, to restore communities, to take care of the wounded o. our own arm ies, soon to be somewhere in France, would require that the American Red Cross be carried to a degree of or ganization never before seen. For so gigantic a mission of mercy as here contemplated probably $500,000. .001 would not be too great sum.
 Story the. Cables Ire Telling.
 The general nature of the task be fore the Red Cross has been indicat- ed. But no absolute budget can be made for it.
 To give a concrete idea of these real and present needs:
 The American Red Cross has repre- sentatives in France acting in cC- operation with the French govern ment officials. A recent cable from them asked immediate shipment of fifty more ambulance transport sec tons (having a total of 1,250 cars), merely to replace those that have beel destroyed in France, But. we shall need to organize many new anlbu- lance sections, calling for thousands of automobiles and trucks.
 That was only one item. They ask ed for five sanitary trains, each with it's staff of doctors and nurses. A few more things wanted at once were:
 1000 stretcher bearers.
 5000 nurses.
 100000 pairs of woolcn socks.
 100000 blankets.
 10000 kilos of quinine.
 30,000 kilos of cod liver oil
 20,O00 meters of oil cloth, etc.
 These were only immediate urgent needs. They do not begin to meas:ira the total that will be needed as the war goes on. October cablegrams like that will keep coming righ. along.
 And this Red Cross work will not be pure charity. In the districts rav- aged by retreating Germans seeds, machinery, animals, buildings, etc, are needed merely to enable these people to begin again the processes Of self support. This will amount t. 1 adding just so much man power. ,o the French army itself, for whateve we can do toward succoring thei" stricken sections will have to be done l to the neglect of the army.
 Army Of Million to Care For.
 Within few months we shall havo 1 an army of a million and navy of !, one hundred and fifty thousand men. ! They must be cared for. We must l provide doctors, nurses. ambulances and supplies of every sort.
 The mana cement of such numbers of young soldiers. in a land where 1 they have no home-o ramusement, ex- cept such as we can provide. win 1 bring some extremely delicate but ex- | tremely important problems affect | ing not only their health and welfare l but the welfare of this country when 1 later they come back here. Whole | some recreation must be provided fo: | these hovs abroad. and it vii! cost 2 | great deal of money. Experience in [ this war with troops from over seas | has shown the enormous importanca l of this problem. and # must be fac l cd.
 The French and English Red Cross services have already given mora than 100,000.000 "hcsn'tal days" of | work. A Hospital dav" means ona 1 day for one patient. The call on thn American Red Cross will be fully as l great
 But the work in France is not all. There is much more to be done in ! Russia. Work must be done in Italy, or wherever, in fact. tie human being needs Red Cross aid.
 And all this great work is for ser. | vice-not dollar for profit. To keen this great machine in operation fo: the benefit of mankind America must 1 give and give as he rever gave be. l fore. It is the most glorious oppor- tunity ever known to man and. let us ; devoutly hope. greater than will evc.' be known again.
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