El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-11

chance of loss. What little loss
/ there might be is in the difference
of the rate of interest they receive
on their investment and what they
pay here
an the Red Cross work, there is
distinct valuable cause which FL Paso
must realize that she must make
donations TO-"
What the Work Means.
Dr. W L Brown said that he
realize what the campaign was for
and what the work of the Red Cross
is
"Out OF the $3.50. 100000 in Red
Cross relief work put into Belgium.
only 4 percent of the money was
forthcoming from the United States"
said DR.. Brown France and Great
Britain did the rest. The people must
realize what it is to put 100000 men
at the front 1t is impossible for
the army to care for these men as
they should be cared for. IF it was
left entirely to the army. it would
take away the fighting value of four
out of every five men at the front.
When a man is wounded it takes four
men to bear him away on a stretcher.
care for him in the hospital. etc. and
they viii have to throw down their
rifles to do so.
Japan Far Better Prepared.
NThe United States must do her
share in Red Cross work. Japan with
a population of 10000, 600 people has
S12,000.O00 in its Red Cross treasury
for any emergency Germany's Red
Cross is very adequately provided
for. We must profit by England's $.
Unpreparedness in its Red Cross work
and be ready to care for our men. It
is known fact that seriously
wounded men have been killed at the
front because they could not be
cared for.
within the next SIX months. IL is
going 10 be our own men who are
being killed and wounded on the
European battlefields and We must
begin to realize that il is our dirty
10 care for them. So far the Red
cross has equipped SO base hospitals,
each capable Of caring for 500 men.
In this hospital work IS percent of
the nursing must be done By the Red
Cross and 80 percent OF the medical
attention must be furnished by the
Red Cross In addition, we must
provide for these wounded with such
things as medicines and the ike. The
task is too big for the army alone.
Another Great Obligation.
The Red Cross also has the obli-
cation of keeping up the lists of the
dead and wounded and must report
TO the families of the men who are
left behind in the United States. II is
--~~SssANg ~ support L
Every man on the battlefields viii
cost $50 permonth additional to the
salary he receives for his services on
the battlefield and this money must
be forthcoming from the people
Expenses by Local Chapter.
In It's publicity campaign, arrange
ments were made for the running of
daily ads in the local papers. The
expense OF this will be paid by the
FL Paso chapter. DR.. W. I. Brown
said that the local chapter would
stand these expenses out of its pres
ent funds and wished 1t to be known
that 100 percent of the money OBJ
tanned in next weeks campaign will
be forwarded to the national head
quarters of the American National
Red Cross at Washington for the re-
lief work
The committees will meet at lunch
con at Hotel Sheldon Wednesday at
noon to discuss further plans for its
campaign.
The executive committee which will
have charge Of the campaign is COM
posed of W W. Turney. chairman;
Charles n. Bassett, James G McNary,
Winchester Cooley. ". L. Tooley. Max
Moye, Frank P. Jones. J. F. Primm,
E. c. Davis. G. A Martin, ". J. Mo-
ran. G. P. Putnam and r. NJ Dudley.
J. c. Wilmarth. of the FL Paso, chap
ter, is secretary Of the executive COM
mittee-