The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-14
JUNEAU CHAPTER OF AMERICAN
 RED CROSS
Juneau Chapter meets every Tuesday and Saturday after noon, at the City Hall, from one until five o'clock.

About twenty-five women meet at the City Hall every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon to prepare sur gical supplies and hospital garments for Red Cross use. There should be more women who are willing to give a portion of their time to this work. If you cannot spend the whole afternoon, go and work as long as you can, if it is no longer than a half hour The work is in- teresting and eminently worth while. Go and see for yourself.
 "The Red Cross belongs to you. The President of the United States is at the head of it. It is vol untary organization of the people of the United States for your protec- tion. In times of disaster it sup plies food and houses and nurses and business and protection and money and trained men, and meat and drink It has these things ready and in order only because the peo- pie of America belong to it and will lingly pay their fees. If you belong, you help. If not, you are among those that bear the blame for the fact that the Japanese have seven members to our one, and ten mil lions in gold to our one. (The Red Cross HandboOk.)
 The Finance Committee of the Ex- ecutive Board of Juneau Chapter are inaugurating movement for more funds of constant nature for the support of local Red Cross work. It is their aim to lift the movement out of the ordinary, moneyraising campaign class, and to present the facts of the matter simply as a mob ilization of partners to maintain a national relief society equal to our national needs in the present war crisis The Committee are send ing out the following letter:
 "The Juneau Chapter of the Am erican Red Cross is now well organ ized, with a permanent office estab- lished at Juneau, and all branches of the work are progressing with a high degree of satisfaction to Red Cross supporters, but in order that the work may progress permanently, there must be a permanent income for it's maintenance. -- In other words, the people to whom the Red lolx n ct source of funds for carrying on the work, their work. The Finance Committee of the Executive Board has therefore been instructed to ad- dress to the good citizens of this vii cinity a communication designed to inspire voluntary monthly, or at least regular, subscriptions to local Red Cross effort.
 Already this Chapter has pro- duced a goodly sum for Red Cross purposes As you doubtless know, about ten thousand dollars were realized by our war fund contribu- tions and membership fees. Money has also been provided through these means for materials for local work, so that the Chairman of the Working and Supplies Committee is able to report ready for shipping a second consignment of pajamas, shoulder wraps, handkerchiefs, hos pital dust cloths, operating leggings, slings, abdominal bands, socks, and surgical supplies prepared by the women of Perseverance, Thane and Juneau.
 "If you have an opportunity to drop in at the City Hall to see this work, you will be surprised and de- lighted to note the workmanlike manner in which the supplies have been prepared and boxed. Every article is the finished product, and finished products in this hour of tremendous demand, and of under supply, are difficult to get by the channels through which they have previously been secured.
 "We face crisis in our national life. If there must be war, then there must be someone who will res cue and bandage and feed and doc tor and nurse the hundreds of thou sands of victims. RED CROSS WORK IS NOT DONE OF ITSELF! It must be planned and financed and provided with supplies.
 "The most efficient and patriotic method by which you may relieve human suffering is to work through | your Red Cross. the official reliei | organization of the United States AGAIN, THIS WORK IS NOT DONE OF ITSELF It must have funds It must have supplies. It is youl work. You cannot afford to let fl
 lapse. WHAT WILL YOU SUB | SCRIBE AS A REGULAR SUM?"
 The letter is signed by the Fi
 nance Committed, consisting of B M. Behrends, Chairman; Mrs. Rob ert J. Cragg. and H. H. Post. who together with the other members O the Executive Board. authorized tt receive subscriptions. If you car | give a regular sum to the Red Cross no matter how small, it is not ex