The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-20
WHY THE RED CROSS NEEDS
MONEY AND MEMBERS.
How the Red Cross Will Look Ate.
American Troops at Home and
Abroad:

Pershing, will soon be on the hrlnt
line in France. They deserve Amer
ica's best.
The Government will see that moth
ing is lacking, in equipment and ma
terial, to make them efficient fightini
men.
The American Red Cross must SCI
that nothing is lacking to keep then
healthy, happy and efficient soldiers.
For this the Red Cross must have
/. Hospital and medical equipment
to supplement that of the Army Med
ical Department equal to any emer'
gency.
Equipment to care for 100000 men
ought to be provided at once.
2. Recreation and rest facilities be-
hind the firing line.
Americans on leave, unlike the Brit
ish and French, cannot return to thel1
homes. Club rooms, sports supplies
books and other means Of recreation
must be sent from America.
. 8. Personal comfort kits and small
articles not included in army regula.
tions.
Many thousands of articles, from
brushes to writing paper, pipes, etc.
are needed to take the place of things
that could not be brought along.
To safeguard the health, comfor'
and happiness alone, of American
troops abroad $1OO, 1000 900 is little
enough.
"All Can Aid Red Cross" Says Wilson
President Wilson says: but =
small proportion of our people can
have the opportunity to serve upon the
actual field of battle, but all men,
women and children alike may serve
and serve effectively by making it
possible to care properly for those
who do serve under arms at home and
abroad" Serve by giving to your Red
Cross.
The people all we the country are
responding, America is marching
shoulder to shoulder back of our splen-
did President, that each member of the
Army and Navy and MORE that our
enemy shall know, that the life of each
is precious to all of US, but that the
liberty of the peoples is more precious
still.
"Doing Their Bit For the Red Cross"
Not content with having given one
son to the cause of liberty and JUS
tice, and with having two other sons
waiting and eager to do their bit when
age permits, a southern mother and
father have offered a large share of
their earnings to the War Fund Of
the American Red Cross. In a letter
to the War Council of the Red Cross
the Southern parents stated:
81 was most deeply impressed and
touched by much that l learned at the
Red Cross Conference in Washington.
The country does not begin to under
stand conditions in Europe and what
we are facing. For myself and my
family we know something Of the cost
and sacrifice involved for we have
given our eldest son. Lieutenant in
the Queens Own Rifles, Toronto, Can.
ada, who was killed somewhere in
France" while leading his men in ar
attack on a German trench in June
1915. And we have two other sons
waiting and eager to "Do their bit
when age permits.
That this is no sensational thing
but a deadly serious need if we wist
. to win this war, some of the creates
fnanciers of the country make up tn
Red Cross Council, which appointed
the committee, raising this fund.
: Will LeAore County do her part fol
) the men who are offering life for lib
: erty and America, when she has neve,
yet failed to do her part toward 9th
er things? Unless the spirit Of self
) sacrifice takes hold Of America, of VI
:, as we'll as of the rest Of the country
l We will not win this great fight TO
: the liberty of the peoples of the worl'
3 and the preservation Of Jul w lib
: erty, transmitted to US by our parents
who fought gladly to obtain it for u
because they believed we would in tur1
see to it that it passed to their de
: cendents from generation to genera
} ton, undiminished.
Washington, Lee, and a host Of 9th
! ers watch US to see if the fire Of self
! sacrifice still burns upon the affairs o
< hearts sending out to the world tn
sweet incense Of liberty, not for tn
few, but for all.
The Lehore County Chapter has
Central Committee, composed Of tn
J following gentlemen, Mr. G. A. Wi
! son, Jr., Chairman, General s. I
Keesler, MI. W.. R. Humphrey, Pro.
! C. E. Saunders and Hon. e. L. Mour
! ger, to have charge Of raising Leflor
I County's part Of this fund.
Tuesday and Wednesday Of thi
= week a committee Of ladies canvasse
= the homes IF Greenwood for newJnenA