The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-12-14
RED CROSS APPEAL


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The organization at work In this
meeting Is an auxllIary of regular
ly constituted Chapter of the Rcd
Cross in seurry County. We feel This
work to be of more Importance at.
the present time than any other no
which we could bs engaged
The Red Gross originated through
the fine sense of many years ago that.
The slck wounded and dying soldiers
ON ,hc battle field, as we'll as in the
camps were being unnecessarily sa-
crliiced by lack of attention. through
tho 'lnldeauacy Of competent
nurses, medical supplies proper hos
pltal facilities and nourlshment,
/ Tho nral organized work Of this
Kind was done by Florence Nightin-
gale in the Crlmean wars The next
great war W that between or own
states at which time, Clara Barton
and her helpers gave every comfort
within range and their ability To-
nurse the soldiers Of the North and
South alike After the war, by siren
uous effort she obtained official re-
cognltlon by the Congress Of United
states and from then on the Red
Cross work has spread as an organ
ICED institution over the entire world
In peace times the work OF the Red
Cross has been mainly devoted to the
alienation Of suffering attendant
upon great floods such as Galveston,
etc: fires In Chicago, San Francisco
earthquake; famine sufferers in In
dla; disease epidemics In Serbia, In
China. the relief OF the Armenians
in Turkey, etc.
Since the outbreak Of the Euro
pean war. Red Cross units from prac.
tlcally every civilized nation Of the
globe have saved the lives Of hun
dreds OF thousands America alone
has sent thousands of doctors and
nurses and millions In money TO the
battle front and to the sufferers In
Belgium. Poland. Serbia and other
countries
However. this work. has been I'm
anced and supported largely by a
few men Of wealth up tothe present.
but now that the boys OF America
from practically every community
and home in the country will soon
be on the firing line It is absolutely
demanded Of us all that we do even
more than our part that not a single
life should be unnecessarily sacriflc-
ed because we at home have failed
to do our utmost.
SO far the women OF the nation
have plunged into this work where
ever called upon without question,
and, in fact, up TO now, practically
all that has been done has been ac-
compllshed by the American women.
II ia sad to think that we men
over the draft age, because we, so far
have missed being called into the
service OF our country are sitting idly
by. while the good mothers and sia-
ters Of men are doing their utmost
for your soma. Men, wake up and
realize that the longer you stand
back In trying to do your utmost for
your country that tho longer the
war must last and greater the aacri-
Ace OF life. Use your sunday rellg'
ion and give Of your time and your
substance to this great work which
demands your assistance and Is now
practically the only thing In which
you can help our boys at the front.
Show them that you care and that
you are not forgetting that their
lives mean something to you.
II we fail. among those who shall
have suffered by our neglect will be
some OF our own loved ones. So far
only those who have volunteered or
came within the draft age are called
upon to sacrifice their lives on the
battle front. The work that we are
now engaged upon at home demands
nothing Of you but a part Of your
time and your resources and Il ia de-