The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-13
Will Swing Into Line and
City Expects to Make
Good Showing.
TEN MILLION
MEMBERS WANTED
Campaign Headquarters Be
Opened at National Bank
of Commences Stand.

With the opening Of the mas on-wih
| campaign for 10000, 900 christina
members for the Red Cross. which be.
gins next Sunday. Pensacola viii
swing into line, and expects To lead
the procession in the state and to
make another creditahle mark AZ
compared with other 6ties of thu
country.
t.. Organization for the work local.!
has been completed, and immediate
/ results are anticipated. Through the
courtesy of E. r. Malone, president
the American National Bank, that
part of the Thiesen building formerly
occupied by the National Bank OF
Commerce has been rendered the Red
Cross campaign headquarters, and
from there the vast work throughout
the entire county will be directed.
-. Sub stations, or registration booths
will he established elsewhere in the
busy centers down town. and arrange
ments have already been completed
for such a booth to be established in
the lobby Of the postoffice, and in
the San. Carlos hotel lobby.
The campaign will be waged through
all local organizations, whether religi-
Gus and fraternal. and the local cam
paign will be started Sunday night
with a great meeting which will be
addressed by Hon. Thomas E. Green,
vice-president of the American Asso-
cation of Chicago.
In the drive for Christmas members
Red Cross service flags similar to ths
military service flags are being fur
nished all new members. These flags
have the white background, and mars
row blue border but il stead of the
blue stars on the white field, a Red
Cross Is set. These flags I'd
hang in the windows of all homes
where a member lives. and smaller
Red Crosses are to be placed IN the
field for each member living there.
and Christmas eve night, through-
out the entire nation, candles wiK
flicker behind the Red Cross throwing
its shadow and influence over the
whole stricken world.
But while they arc asking for mor1
members, the Red Cross does not want
its friends. and they are numbered by
the census reports, to forget it- great
fight IN stamping out tuberculosis. y
great plague more dreadful N war
time, and more difficult 10 combat be-
cause of the concentration or enerSy
elsewhere. The need is greater now
than ever before, and the purchase OF
the Red Cross stamps for sealing
raising a fund for this work Ninety
per cent of all money raised through,
stamp sales in Flor da, is spent within,
the state.
The following explanation OF the
campaign is sent out from National
headquarters:
Tbs" War Council of the American
Red Cross has conceived that n great
National purpose will he served by
having membership in the Red Cross
almost as us.versal as citizenship.
Although pledged a a Nation to the
National purpose during this great
crisis, it will not be granted TO
large percentage of us to play part
in the fighting branches of our coun.
try's service.
All of us, however, can be identif ed
with the Red Cross which in these
times when whole Nations are orr
ganized for warfare is big enough and
strong enough to carry some of ths
burden for our soldiers, our sailors
and our Allies.
We want a Red Cross OF fifteen
million members. We want the
and support that will groU
from this army Of members.
We have set Christmas time to ata
tain this goal. because we believe thai
the Red Cross and Christmas sprina
from the same spirit, and we wish to
bring together these two great SYM
bols of mercy. sacrifice and cheer on
this, our first Christmas in the war.
we want the Red Cross symbol to add
not a spirit of detection but tho
thought Of serious purpose and sacri-
flee which through accomplishment II
represents.
We hope that from this Christmas
OF 1917 will grow a perman-
ent custom which will increase tht
significance Of both Christmas and thu
cd