Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-08-17

ASN NAOSo n&o ENt Nl,Sh NitshNAs
new basis known as the American
lied Cross War council. Mr. Wilson
asked Henry =. Davidson of the firm
of j. p. Morgan 4 Co. to assume The
, ,chairmanship. Associated with him
are some of the biggest brains of the
country and he has at his disposal
all the authority he needs to make
the work effective at home and abroad
Every State has its Special Chair
man, Mr.. Henry w. Anderson, of
Richmond, being the chairman for
Virginia. Then in, every town possible
chapters have been organized like the
Tazewell chapter, Mr.. j. w. Chapman
being chairplap, with as many aux
iliaries asc are necessary to make
the work easily within the reach of
every man, woman and child in ev-
cry community. There are more thnn
tion and people are joining SO fast
are adequate for tho next week. Base
hospitals are bing organized in ad-
dition to those we already had;
surgeons, physicians, nurses and the
nurses aids; pharmacists, ambulance
drivers and assistants in all depart
mcnts of Red Cross work are rapid
ly volunteering and getting ready for
duty assigned them; comfort bags
and all kinds of-hospital supplies are
being made by the good women; the
men are giving money and such SER
vice as they can render and all over
this country from ocean to ocean and
from the lakes to the gulf, the hum
of Red Cross activities is heard and
the nation is thrilled with the spirit
of Red Cross work. The Good Sa-
maritan of the Twentieth Century
is mt work! If there is any one who
has heard about it and understands
the meaning Of it and yet is opposed
to it and has feeling Of lcthargy
concerning it let him remember the
advice Mr.. Davidson gives. He said
to all who would jeer or oppose he
would say what he saw on II plac-
ard on the door of little church
out west. These were the words
"Do not shoot the organist. lie is
doing the best he can" Yes, the
Good Samaritan of the Twentieth
Century is doing the best he can to |
sing the music of hope in the ears of |
the living; to whisper sweet lula |
bys of Eternal Rest to the souls of |
liz byHiB. lDOI SuOOG IllIIl.
The active work of this Good Sa-
maritan of the Twentieth Century |
is similar to work of that man Of |
the First Century who went down
from Jerusalem to Jericho The in
siduous influences of evil are thieves |
to steal away the good character of |
our boys serving Uncle Sam OIL land
or sea; at home or abroad. From
such thieves this Good Samaritan
seeks to protect them by providing
home influences as much rs possible.
Rooms, good literature, recreation,
such as can be adapted to camp life
are things which would be lacking
in large measure but for the Red
Cross. Unnecessary disease because
of unsanitary surroundings or be-
cause medical attention is lacking is
thief that conspires to steal
away the health of the boys. But |
the Red Cross reduces all that to II
minimum for ther is always on hand
doctors and nurses and all the medi-
cine required to make the camp or
the ship as free from epidemic as
your home town. When battle is
fought and one or hundreds lie wound
ed, benumbed with pain or wild with
delerium, the first aid surgeons and
nurses are there with the balm and
the oil of relief. We read that the
Good Samaritan Of Christ's day af-
ter pouring in the healing remedies
put the wounded man on the beast
and took him to the Inn. And so
this good Samaritan provides the
Red Cross ambulance. At the risk
of his own life the driver takes the
wounded soldier and speeds with him
as fast as possible to the base hos
pital where there is regular staff
of surgeons and nurses two hundred
and seventy-fve strong, with good
beds, well equipped in every way to
nurse the wounded back to health.
The question has been asked: does
any part of the funds we contribute
or the service we render reach the
camps of the enemy? This question
can be easily answered by the short
No. They do not reach the
camps of the enemy. If any wounded
or sick Germans, Austrians, Bulga-
rians or Turks fall into our own
lines OF those of our allies, they are
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