The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-16
RED CROSS NOTES


The American soldiers and sailors
! are to be cared for first. Then relief
viii be given to Americas Allies in
proportion to their needs. The spe-
-ficic purposes to which the Red Cross
expects to apply the 100 million dol
| lars it has asked the American peo-
pie to contribute are enumerated
published by Henry P. Dawson,
chairman of the war council of the
Red Cross. President Wilson has set
aside the week of June Is to % as
/ Red Cross Week to obtain the full
amount of the 100 million dollar
war service fund during that period.
! Hays will try to do its share. Watch
! for announcements.
"Our first obligation it to render
such service as comes within the
province of Red Cross to our soldiers
and sailors at home and abroad" the
statement says after making every
provision necessary for this purpose
| our endeavor will be to supplement
4 the efforts of our Allies in caring for
their sick and wounded.
And for Our Allies, Too.
eve shall help provide the bare
necessities of life to the homeless in
devasted France; to aid them to
rehabilitate themselves and thus
strengthen the man power of the
/ French army.
1--WE shall strive to help Russia by
providing additional ambulances and
other relief for the sick and wounded
along the battle front. We shall try
| to succor the homeless and wandering
peoples of Poland, Lithuania and
| Western Russia.
eve hope to extend aid TO those
who are fighting the battles of liberty
in Rumania, Serbia and Italy-in-
deed, to relieve human misery every
where among our allies
1--WE have set 100 million dollars
as the minimum of our needs. 1t is
evident that we could use many times
that amount. To administer these
funds economically and efficiently we
are developing an organization head
ed by some of the most competent
and experienced business men in the
country. They serve without pay
To Make Report to Congress
''In due course we shall make re-
port to Congress so that the public
may know the total amounts expend-
ed and how very small a percentage
was found necessary for expenses
''The American people can rely,
therefore, upon the fact that the Red
Cross war fund of 100 million dol
lars, or however much more than that
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able US to use will be administered
as efficiently, as economically and as
large heartedly as we know how to
do it,
of our Red Cross can be a vital and
possibly a decisive agency in helping
to win this war"
Are you not glad Hays has a chap
ter? And better still, are you not
glad to be link in this great chain
to relieve human misery all over the
world?
The work room at the Library is
ready and many are working.
The next business meetig will be
next Tuesday evening, June 10 at
z 80 o'clock at the Baptist church.
Everybody cordially invited.
Normal Auxiliary
There are los enrolled in the Fort
Hays Normal Auxiliary of the Red
Cross.
The text book in use now is
American Red Cross Text Book on
Elementary Hygiene and Home care
of the sick, by Delano and McIsaac-
Miss A. K Green a Red Cross
Nurse from Kansas City has arrived
to give the instruction both at the
Normal and for the Hays Chapter.
Tuesday p m. and Thursday a. m.
are the days for learning knitting
and competent instructors will be
present.
The sewing room is open for work
on garments every afternoon and
Saturday morning with instructors
IN charge.
Plans are being made for raising
funds for material during Red Cross
week June Is to 25.