The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-09
SALEM RED CROSS ROLL OF
HONOR.
HONOR.

A vertiable volley Of oratory from
rapid firing speakers made the Red
Gross drive at Salem on Tuesday even
ing one of the most successful move
ments of the present campaign. A
crowd of some two hundred people
gathered in the town hall for the patri-
otto service and before the meeting was
over large number of them had been
enrolled for Red Cross membership and
at least ten of them had been separ-
ated from ten dollar bills. But this
Roll of Honor so constituted represents
only d part of the Salem contribution.
Over and above the hundred dollars
thus received about forty dollars was
obtained in smaller amounts, making
the grand total near the one hundred
and fifty mark. AS these results would
indicate, the gathering was the most
successful financially of any of the
series recently held throughout the
county. The statistics are a tribute,
not only to the ability of the speakers
participating, but also to the patriotism
of the Salem people who responded so
readily with memberships and money.
The meeting opened with the sing
ing Of America" under the leader
ship Of r. L. Cundy. The music was
followed by brief speech by DR.. Will
liam Fletcher, of Salem, who acted as
chairman of the evenings service.
"'We are here to help some one who
needs some help said DIR. Fletcher,
and / am thinking that they will not
need it long if the people throughout
the United States organize to help
them as / expect the citizens of Salem
to do tonight Then stating more
directly the purpose of the meeting,
he introduced E. T. O'Brien of Keno
sha, who presided over the remaining
ceremonies of the celebration.
With only few preliminary state
ments, Mr.. O'Brien presented G. D..
Barnes of this city, the first principal
speaker on the program. With a broad
appreciation of international relation
ships Mr.. Barnes presented the general
aspects of the present war. Germany
is the most ruthless and relentless enc
my the world has ever seen," he de-
clared "and she has to be licked now
before she has extended her national
ideal of autocracy for the classes and
slavery for the masses over most of
EMope and parts of the western hemis-
phere. She aims at nothing less than
world domination and must be defeated
before she deprives America of her de-
mocraey. This is the task now con-
fronting the United States. Germany
has been preparing for forty years for
just this war, but if our country win
only attack her unitedly and in a
business-hke way her decades of
preparation will avail her nothing ex-
cept the loss of millions of men and
the overthrow of her imperialism. +"
Mr.. Barnes was followed by Captain
Dayton Of Company "M." Attired in
khaki, the officer made deep impress
sion on his audience. Speaking direct
" and without ssfrills" he made an
army man s plea for the soldiers in his
charge so soon to know the horrors of
modern warfare. 81 want to know
that my boys will be cared for in case
they are wounded he said, ssand I
know of no institution that could per
form the task more successfully than
the Kenosha County Red Cross. They
have shown efficiency along these lines
already. / could never have raised aud
maintained Company ON" as I have,
had it not been for the numerous kind
nesses Of the Red Cross chapter in
Kenosha. They have furnished us with
shoes, cots and blankets, and without
these we would have been in desperate
straits at our island quarters. If there
IS any one in Salem who does not APP
preciate the work of the Red Cross
Association to the extent of loosen
ing up with little or a great deal
Of 'kale I would advise that you tar
and feather him and drive him out