The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-15


CLUB rooms, sport supplies, books and
other means OF recreation must be
sent them from America.
90 Personal comfort kits and
small articles not included in army
regulations Many thousands of ar
tlcles, from tooth brushes to writing
paper, pipes, etc, are needed to take
the place of things that could not be
brought along.
The most stupendous and appeal
ing call in the history of the world
to aid suffering humanity confronts
our Red Cross. Millions of men who
have been fighting for liberty lie dead
or wounded; millions of women and
children are homeless and helpless;
hundreds Of towns and villages have
been destroyed; disease and distress
are rampant.
up to now, our own people have
not suffered. While Europe has
been pouring out her lifeblood, Am
erica has experienced a prosperity
she had never known before.
But now we ourselves are in this
gigantic war, We now see that the
struggle against autucracy and tyran-
ny which our Allies have been max
ing is and has from the first been, in
reality, no less our struggle than
theirs. We ourselves must now share
the suffering which they have endur-
ed; we, too, must bear the burdens
and we must do our part in a real
way.
President Wilson has appointed
Henry ?. Dawson chairman of the Red
Cross War Council. Associated with
Mr.. Dawson on the committee are
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr., William H.
Taft and other men eminent in the af
fairs of the nation. Mr.. Dawson.
in an appeal says:
Our Red Cross is a vital factor
in the struggle. To promote eff
cheney in administering it's great re-
sponslbllities, the President of the
United States has created a Red
Cross War Council. We of the Coun-
Gil know now only what the minimum
requirements are. But we know al
ready that the needs which our Red
Cross can alone supply are at pres
ent beyond computation.
We ask for $100,00O,OOO. 1t is a
large sum Of money, but, believe me,
the people of this country are not
only going to supply that one hun
dred million but a very great deal
more!
There has been some question about
the obligations of the Red Cross and
its particular field of work. If the
Red Cross is to be the recognized or
ganizatlon through which this work
must be carried on, it must work in
many new fields, in many new ways.
Our great trouble today is that our
people do not realize the situation
throughout the countries now at war.
they must be made to realize them,
md the obligation upon us is to see
hat it is done as soon as possible.
The Red Cross is doing a noble
work. And, ladies and gentlemen, it
S an obligation upon every man, wo-
nan and child in this country. l
lope that it will be sufficiently real =.
Zed that we shall not only enjoy the
abstraction of contributing our ener-
lies and our money, but we will also
ave thereby received a very great
eneft.
Certainly there is nothing that this
eOpIe need more than a sense of
acritice. This is no time to listen
o the man who says, 81 am contribu- :
ing so much here and SO much there, '
axes are very high, and the cost of :
wing IS growing" :,
The question of opportunity comes :
we shall do it at this >
me or another time. There is no :
aIendar on the battlefield. There is G
0 waiting for conditions there, and e
,e cannot wait for conditions here. !
Something of what we must expect =
} do and something Of the sacrifices a
'hich we must expect to make will Z
e Indicated by the following sum- =,
lary Of the very present situations: ',
Hundreds of American doctors and II
urSes are already at the front. A
)rce Of $4,000 American engineers
i'll soon be rebuilding the railroads q
France. Upwards of 25,000 Am +
'ican men are now on the battle /,
ads of Europe, fighting as volun- =
ers in the Allied armies; soon, 25,-
70 American regulars will be added
their number. All our National
uard is to be modified our regular
rmy is to be recruited to full
and 100000 other men
ortly to be called to the colors.
thin a few months we should and
III have in service an army of L.
0 600 and a navy of 100000 men.
These men must have of our best. !
prepare against their needs in adj
nee will be a stupendous task which
G Red Cross must undertake. Doc
rs. nurses, ambulances, must be
.de ready. Vast quantities of hos
saI stores, linen bandages and sup
es Of every kind must be prepared
d at once If we wait, it may be
, late. When we ask our own sons
d brothers to fight for our liberty
100 miles from home in a country
eady sore and afflicted; surely we
mot do less than prepare to take
re of them in their day of suffer-
The Red Cross Foster Parent. ii
When our men go to France, we
Ist not only prepare to take care |
them when sick and wounded; an |
Ter very serious problem will con- |
mt Us in our care and forethought |
their behalf. Englishmen and |
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