The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02
Appeals for Aid and Points to
Duty Of Public Toward This
Great Organization
FIXES RED CROSS week

Washington, May 25.-In a proclama-
tion to the American people, President
Wilson today designated the week end
ing June 25 as Red Cross weer and
urged that during the period generous
gifts be made to assist the organize
ton in properly caring for the armed
forces of the nation and the admins
tration of relief.
The proclamation points out that ev
cry man, woman and child in the United
States may do their respective "bits'
by giving, in a spirit of patriotic sac
rifice, for the maintenance of Red
Cross work while small proportion of
the population is serving the nation on
the fields of battle. The text of the
proclamation follows:
PROCLAMATION"
"Inasmuch as our thoughts as ma.
ton are now turned in united purpose
towards the performance to the utmost
of the services and duties which we
have assumed in the cause Of justice
and liberty,
"Inasmuch as but small proportion
Of our people can have the opportunity
70 serve upon the sctuallfield of battle.
but all men,. women and children alike
may serve and serve effectively BY
making it possible to care properly for
thops who Do Serves under srms at bone,
and abroad, rg ~ T. . .FsAa
"And inssmuch as the American
Red Cross is the official recognizel
agency for volunteer effort in behalf of
the armed forces of the nation and for
the administration of relief,
"Now, therefore, by virtue of my
authority as president Of the United
States and president of the American
Red Cross, I, Woodrow Wilson, do here.
by proclaim the week ending June 25,
1917, as Red Cross week, during which
the people of the United States will be
called upon to give generously and in
the spirit of patriotic sacrifice for the
support and maintenance of this work
of national need.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON,
Plans for organizing committees N
every community in the United States
to solicit contributions for 100000,
900 Red Cross fund began to take shape
today at the second days session of
the conference of representatives Of
forty cities, called to discuss the cam
paign. The money is to be spent for
relief both on battlefields and among
civilian populations of devastated ter
ritory.
Introduced by former President Taft
as a man who would rather face bat
terry than an audience, General Perish
ing, who will lead the first American
troops into France, received an ovation
today at the second meeting of business
men from all parts of the country,
called to Washington to outline the big
Red Cross campaign. General Pershing
made the large audience sit up sharply
when he declared that the feeling
among the people regarding the war
was lax.
"They have not begun to realize that
we are in this great war;" he said. "I
have just come from Texas, where they
say, 'Oh, well, we haven't lost anybody
or any battleships and we dom really
feel that we are at war; I put the
question to all such men, do you real.
. ize that we must take the place Of
every man who is killed among the
allies. That we must support their
widows and orphansi If not, who is
going to do itl' M
$50 you men here can do no greater
work than to start this great Bed Cross
movement and bring to the people full
realization iof the seriousness Of this
war. You must make them feel that
we are in this'to stay and the, proba-
bilty is that our entering the war il
going to be the deciding factor, and
the burden Of the success, is. going to
rest ousthe United states.,'s
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