The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-12-15
ID CROSS DRIVE
'9R MEMBERSHIP
c0MMENCEDEC.1
OF f6,ooo,o 900 ~
CHRISTINA I'VE 10 THE
GOAL CIT.
ouTHwEs1 QUOTA 100000
very Person With Red Blood in His
Veins, Who 10 Not Already 4
Member, VIII Join
J. BY Dec. -.
Make it a Red Cross Christmas"

MAKE 1t a Red Cross Christmas"
This is the slogan Of the Southwest
! n division of the great American
ed Cross, which will begin a drive
[onday, Dec. II, to obtain 100000
ew members in the states Of Mis-
= ,uri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma
/ ad Texas.
\ A similar drive is to be made at the
! ame time In the other IL divisions OF
I lie Red Cross throughout the United
| tates. The Red Cross has 100000
TENDERS at the present time. Fiji
zen million members by Christmas
We is the goal Of this wonderful or
snizatior.
Outside of the army and the navy
ae Red Cross is the most important
y tfument for winning the war. Facts
nd figures dictate this statement and
ot sentiment
Much has been said and wri:ton re-
arding the sentimental side of the
ed Cross and too little has been said
nd written OF the actual work which
{ D Red Cross does. As q matter of
act, the Red Cross is nothing mora
han Gods own instrument for max
az the world safe for democracy. All
( the armies and all of the navies OF
al the allied countries would be I'M
sotent unless back of them there was
Big Something making for the
aoralc which Is the backbone Of every
lighting machine.
Morale Makes an Army.
Every soldier and every sailor must
l:ow that his country is backing him
Up with something more than NUM-
ions and uniform; he must know
hat the spirit of the country is be-
lind him. that It's humanity Is reach
Hg out to hiu and reaching out to his.
hat the All Seeing, All-Powerful One.
he BIG Director of Humanity. is 60
ng to take care of him and take care
II his family while he is fighting.
Morale and munitions win wars.
The Red Cross is morale with big
N. and without the Red Cross there
eould be no such thing as morale.
A few facts covering a few OF the
activities OF the Red Cross since the
United States went into the big war
A. sufficient proof Of all these state
Tnents. No man with red blood in his
veins can read these facts and then
refuse to become a member of the Red
Cross, unless he already is member.
Because of the enormity of the task
and because of the fact the United
States was unprepared for war. the
War Department has been slow In get
ting supplies to environments, and in
many instances soldiers would have
suffered had 1t not been for the quick
ness of the Red Cross in coming to
their relief Some red tape of course.
attaches to the Red Cross. At South
ern cantonment 1000 Of the men We're
without shirts; the War Department
was not able to furnish the mimmedi-
ately The Red Gross stepped in and
within q hours every man was prop
'erly ouffitted.
4 Blankets Are Supplied.
At another cantonment the men had
IN insufficient supply Of blankets and
the government could not put through
. requisition In time to alleviate the
Suffering which followed Again the
Red Cross went to the rescue of the
government, again it proved it was
the governments righ-hand ally.
ia At still another cantonment sweat
ers We're furnished for more than 1000
soldiers who We're without overcoats,
One of the biggest things the Red
Gross is doing in America and
throughout the countries of the Allies
is civilian relief Here are some cases
In point which alone are sufficient TO
make membership in the Red Cross
Synonymous with citizenship in the
United States:
A CASE ONE.-Mother with daughter
twenty-five. son twenty-five and daugh-
taken danserously iii, without hope Of
od esy asusheT per must ns ssgo
nurse mother. The soldiers allotment
Of SEQ only income.
Home Service Section investigated:
found an excellent family never in
want before, now in dire straits and
needing great assistance. Chapter
made a grant of $40 week to provide
finances for living expenses medi-
SiAoO, uOCloI UAilS, clC.s anu are HAN
Ing encouraging calls to the family
and assisting the daughter in nursing
her mother. Financial relief alone
would not have been enough in this
case.
Splendid Home Service.
CASE TWO-Man enlisted in army and
married in June. 1917, asked for discharge
IN October on the grounds Of depend
ont wife who WAS an expoctant mother.
Army officials refused discharge because
marriage took place after declaration OF
var. Woman has no relatives and SOL
dler's relatives, who live in another part
- the United States, are unable to assist
Home Service Section found facts
Is stated correct. made arfangements
for the wife's confinement, assigned q
hiy heartad moth Mama a. nklaaHkl