The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-20
Red Cross Work.

AS you pass along the streets,
or highways of the country, you
may notice one in a window of
very many homes. 1t may be
that you have not become inter-
ested-have not yet been made
to realize what the work of the
Red Cross means.
II you are a member of the
Red Cross, you are a unit in one
Of the greatest organizations in
the world for the relief of suffer-
ing.
Just in thirty seconds-a half
a nute-down in Halifax a
few days ago, the lives of four
thousand men WON en- and
children were snuffed out and
thousands of others were left
wounded and homeless when a
ship lying in the harbor laden
with powerful munitions for our
armies lover there" exploded.
To add to the horror and dread
ful suffering t h e catastrophe,
happened in the midst of a fierce
blizzard of piercing wind and
binding snow-a taste of which
we have had during the past ten
days.
The people Of the unfortunate
city were in no way responsible
for the dreadful calamity that
befel them, just as San Fran
cisco was not responsible for the
terrible earthquake that csme
upon it; Johnstown, for the
food, nor Chicago Boston, or
Baltimore for the fires-but the
intense suffering that came to
the tens of thousands of people
in almost the twinkling of an eye,
placed them beyond the pale of
local assistance.
1t is in just such cases that
the Red Cross is powerful enough
to handle the situation at once.
In an incredibly short time after
the news of the Halifax disaster
had been flashed over the wires,
Red Cross relief trains were
speeding toward tn e stricken
city.
The special train which left
New York at l o'clock on the
9TH, flying the Red Cross flag and
marked Relief for Halifax"
consisted of four baggage cars
and coach. There was one car
|oad of food, two and one half
carloads of clothing and one.half
carload of surgical supplies.
Among the specific relief sup
plies being rushed to the scene
Of the disaster are 10000 blan-
Aets, 500 cots, 100 cases of cloth
ng, 20 cases of bandages. 10000
5000 socks. warm
clothes for children, coffee, can
ned soup, condensed milk, flour,
80 cases of surgical supplies and
20 cases of disinfectant. Doctors
and nurses accompanied the train
from New York. The train was |
n charge OF Captain Boyd, U. S.
Army, specially detailed by or
Ter of Secretary of War Baker.
The train from Boston has on
board an entire base hospital
With nurses, doctors and full |
equipment. This base hospital
has 500 beds and was located in
Boston. where it was able to re-
'pond quickly to the order to
move to Halifax. The train on
which Mr.. Moors left last night
,arried part of a carload of medi-
,al supplies and the special train
eaving to-day was loaded most
y with equipment and supplies
o meet the needs of the sur
yeons and nurses.
Some people are thinking that
he Red Cross is a child of the
,reat war now pending. The
ruth is, that the work of the
Red Cross brought about by the
,reat war is only an incident in
he life of the organization-the
most stupendous that has ever
allen upon its shoulders.
1t is the only organization in
he world where the best in every
christian denomination and in
10 denomination Jews and Gen.
lies Democrats and Renuhlicape