The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-09-22
WORKING IN INTEREST OF THE
RED CROSS SOCIETY FOR ASHD0WN
Organization Has Just Been Formed in
Little River County: More Men,
bers are Being Solicited for
The Organization.


the Red Cross. There has just been
organized a chapter of the American
Red Cross in this county, to be known
as the Little River County Chapter of
the American Red Cross, with jurisdic
ton over the Red Cross work of the
county. The Red Cross has two small
er divisions than the chapter known
as branches and auxiliaries. Their
field of activity is smaller than that OF
the Chapter. 1t is desired that an
Auxiliary or Branch to the County
Chapter be organized in Every town
and community in the county. AS to
how to organize them l shall write in
the next issue of the Foreman and
Ashdcwn papers. What l desire to
write about now is the purpose of the
American Red Cross.
l find that a great many do not
know exactly what this organization
is and what its purpose is. This is
really why We have not at this time
5000 or more members of this organi-
zation in this county. The need is
pressing. The boys of this county
| will soon be wounded upon the firing
lines of France and the tender minis
trations of this order will be a great
solace to them in their hours of pain
sole means of saving the lives of many
OF them and bringing them back home
gain. 1t will be doubly sweet tilen
for US to know that we had soI1a>
thing to do in relieving their pain
ard saving their lives; it will be the
sweetest solace to them, as they pass
Into death or rally to life again. to
kro~ taat it is in reality the kindly
s"rvica CT some Little River cCunty
friend that is being administered to
':a2a on the far-off battlefield.
The American Red Cross is a Soc
iety created by acts of the American
Congress, and it's president is no less
parsonage than Woodrow Wilson. /
| am sure that no patriotic American
citizen could imagine or conceive of
that man being at the head of any
thing that is not worth while.
The purposes of the American Red
Cross, defined by Federal Statute and
embodied in the charter granted by
Congress, are:
ITO furnish volunteer aid to the sick
and wounded of armies in time of war
in accordance with the spirit and con-
ditions of the conference of Geneva of
October, 1863. and also of the Treaty
of Geneva of August %, 1864, to which
the United States of America gave its
adhesion March /, 1882.
ITO perform all the duties devolved
upon national society by each nation
! which has acceded to said Treaty.
ITO act in matters of voluntary re-
and naval authorities as medium of
communication between the people of
the United States of America and their
army and navy, and to act in such
matters between similar national soci-
cites of other governments through the
international Board of Policy, and the
government and the people and the
army and navy of the United States of
America"
In a proclamation of Ex-President
Taft August %, 1911, touching upon
the Red Cross, he said:
l. That the American National Red
Cross is the only volunteer society
now authorized by this government to
render aid to it's land and naval fore,
IS in time of war.
2. That any other society desiring
10 render similar assistance can do so
only through the American National
Red Cross
The Act ii Congress approE.l ,luly
a. LIZ, has among others, the fol
lowing provision:
That, whenever in time of war, OF
when war is imminent, the president
may deem the cooperation and use of
the sanitary services of the land and
| laval forces to be necessary, he is
authorized to accept the assistance ten
3ered by the said Red Cross and to
employ the same under the sanitary
] services of the army and navy in con-
formity with such rules and regulat-
ions as he may prescribe"
l have not the space to quote fur
Their from the Acts of Congress. These
sections are sufficient to show the pur
poses of the American Red Cross in
so far as it applies to our needs in
time of var. 1t has its place in time
of peace. But we are in war and it
is to the war side of the Red Cross
that we are concerned at this hour.
You will notice from the sections
quoted that it is voluntary organi-
cation, By joining it you do not have
to go to war, although you may do so