The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-12-21
TEN MILLION MEMBERS ARE
WANTED FOR RED CROSS
President Wilson Urges Every Pa
triotic American To Become a
Member-1OOO Are Wanted
In This District

week.
That is the goal the American
Red Cross has set for itself in Its
Christmas membership campaign
that was launched December 16
Thruout the United States Rec
Cross Chapters are preparing fol
the enrolment of the new army
which is to stand as the organized
support of the boys in the trenches
No man is more deeply concerned
in the world war than President
Wilson-who is also president of the
Red Cross-and this is his proclama-
ton, to the people of the United
States.
Ten million Americans are invited
to Join the American Red Cross dur
ing the week ending with Christmas
eve. The times require that every
branch of our great national effort
shall be Loyalty upheld, and it is pc
culiarly fitting that at the Christ
mas season the Red Cross should be
the branch thru which your willing
ness to help is expressed.
You should join the American Red
Cross, because it alone can carry the
pledges of Christmas good will to
those who are bearing for us the
real burdens of the war, both in our
own army and navy and in the ma
tions upon whose territory the is
sues of the world-war are being
fought out. Your evidence of faith
in this work is necessary for their
heartening and cheer.
You should join the Red Cross
because this arm of the national
service is steadily and efficiently
maintaining its overseas relief IN
every suffering land, administering
our millions wisely and well and
awakening the gratitude of every
people.
Our consciences will not let us en-
ioy the Christmas season if this
pledge of support to our cause and
the worlds veal is left untitled.
Red Cross membership is the Christ
mas spirit in terms of action.
(Signed) Woodrow Wilson
President of the American Red
Cross.
Washington in order to remove
the stigma of I.W.W., Pro-German-
ism and othr apparent evidences OF
disloyalty, asks to show its colors
and raise a Christmas membership
of 30 per cent of its population.
Leavenworth and vicinity is eX-
pected to add 1000 new members.
If you are not a member, or II
there is a member of your family
who has not taken out a member
ship, make it your duty to see that
they are enrolled. What better
Christmas present can you give than
Red Cross membership.
If you are member, your mem
bership expires in one year from the
time you joined. Will you not aid
in ,,i.is se4 ,;,e - -cdatirg -""~
membership to begin Christmas
week and donating the unearned
time.
Can you afford to donate ten or
more memberships as a Christmas
present to the soldiers? 1t is de-
sired that every soldier in the SER
vice be member.
The local committee with L. o.
Taylor as manager, has an heroic
undertaking before it and it is ur-
ged that all people, including chill
dren, make it their duty to not only
take out memberships but to hunt
up the committee and hand in their
memberships. Everyone handed in
relieves the committee from that
much work. Any Red Cross worker
will take your subscription.
We cannot all stand in the trench
es of Europe Drawing shot and shell
and combating snow, rain, slush,
flood and hunger, but we can stand
behind him who is called for this
duty and no better way can be
found than to enlist in the Red
Cross army that attempts to allevi-
ate suffering and that today is the
ministering angel to those in
trouble, pain and need in every part
of the world.
1t is patriotic to join the Red
Cross. 1t is your duty to join
Your government asks that you en-
list in this work and thereby not
only do your bit but assist your
neighbor, friend and relative to do
his larger bit. Also to assist your
allies to do their work this winter
so the American soldier may have
little less dangerous and arduous
task in the spring
Take a membership, get a mem
bership for every person under youI