The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-06-15
RED CROSS WAR RELIEF FUND.

has been set aside by President Wilson in forrnal proclamation as the period in which the nation will devote itself to raising 0O0000o0 for the comfort and relief of the country fighting men the sick and wounded as well as dependent families of enlisted men and destitute non-com- batants.
 Despite the many calls upon the patriotic tor financial assistance, this campaign for the Red Cross is already assured the magnificent support it will need to carry. Brisk preliminary work on the part of the Western campaign com. mittee has enlisted the most powerful and in huential men in all the large centers Secretary Joseph Humility, in behalf of President Wilson las wired to hundreds of prominent men throughout the west and has received from them enthusiastic assurances of support
 Following the successful conclusion of the big driveifor the sale of Liberty Bonds, the next patriotic duty of tEe American people Is the r.s- ing, by popular subscription, of the hun dred million Red Cross Fund. The local com-> mittee in Clifton for the purpose ot raising of E. 900, as Greenlee County's pro rata, con- sists of W. S Er;,ifield, Minor Simnns and F. M. Williams. Commencing Monday, J 18th this eorIlnitLee. assisted by volunteer soi- citors, will start thc Red Cross campai3a.
 There is place in the country today for the stacker" We all have our share of pa triotic duty to perform according to our ability and means. The Red Cross work must be t- nanced in liberal manner and we must all do cur bit
 John B. Miller, of Los Angeles gas corpora tion is chairman of the western committee and working with him are such representative men as William H. Crocker, of San Francisco; Law Sr of T., bett, of Portland; Charles E. Peabody, of Seat tie; George c. Taliaferro, of San Antonio, and Ford Harvey of Kansas City. The western headquarters are at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, with Lyman L. Pierce executive sec retary, and Richard R. Perkins, associate sec retary.
 Military and civilian relief at home and abroad'' is the slogan of the campaigners for this immense of money. It means that the appeal will be to all citizens because all citizens either directly or indirectly, will be vitally affected.
 ''The best way in which to impart the greatest efficiency and energy to the relief work, which this will entail,'' says Presi- dent Wilson, in discussing his creation of the Red Cross War Council, twill be to concentrate it in the hands of a single, experienced organi- HdJlOn Wnlcn Has Deen fecOSnlZeu Dy Jaw dHu by international convention the public in strumentality for such purposes Indeed such a concentration of administrative action in this matter seems to me absolutely necessary, and 1 hereby earnestly call upon all who tribute either great small to the ale viation of the suffering and distress which must inevitably arise out of this fight for humanity and democracy, to contribute to the Red Cross.
 '' It will be one of the first and most essary tasks of the council of the Red Cross to raise great sums of money for the sup port of the work to be done and done upon great scale. hope that the response to their efforts will be demonstration of the genero- sity of America and the power of genuine prac- tical sympathy among people that will com mand the admiration of the whole world.
 Inspired by the appeal of the nations chief executive and head of the national Red Cross, workers in every city in the union are being organized to make the campaign week an effective money y-raising event. Teams being trained to handle the details of this stu pendous canvass for the hundred million. West of the Mississippi, it is expected to raise at least fifteen million of dollars, and, already, signatures have been secured to substantial checks which will give the campaign a power ful stimulus when 1t opens on June 18th