The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-09
Dressings Needed for French
Soldiers at Front, Miss
Moore Says.
ARE OUR MEN, NOW
Poilu Is Alien no Longer; BY
War Declaration He
Is Made Ally.

Bandages for those who are really in
need of them is the mission which yes
terday brought Miss Margaret Moore
of New York city to Missoula and
caused her to address a gathering of
representative Missoula men and wom-
en- at the home Of Mrs. r. A. Rodrick
on Daily avenue. Miss Moore is a.
young woman with a message. She
lives and breathes her work and when
she had finished her short talk before
the men and women assembled in the
Rodrick home, all We're enthusiastic
over her work, and steps We're taken
to form an organization in Missoula to
be an auxiliary to the American Fund
for the Relief of the Wounded in
France.
To Return Next Week.
Miss Moore is completing a cam
paign in Butte and will come back to
Missoula next week to instruct tho
women in the work. In the meantime
Mayor II. T. Wilkinson has agreed to
appoint a committee of two men from
the Missoula Chamber of Commerce,
two from the Missoula Rotary club.
two from the Missoula Young Mems
club. This will be an executive COM
mittec to the womcn's organization in
Missoula. The beginnings of this plan
were worked out yesterday and were
satisfactory to those at the meeting.
Bandages for French.
The whole idea Of the organizat ton
which Miss Moore represents is to fur
nish ban dages and dressings for the
soldiers wounded in France. The
French are In dire need of this kind of
relief work and the women of America
have been appealed to to give what aid
they can. The idea is to have a CEN
trail room in which bandagcs will be
made. Women in the city shopping,
If they have an hour or SO. may make
bandagcs. Much can be done if women
will only give 10 minutes a week to
the work.
Miss Moore was asked about giving
uSSlStdllce 10 me iNtu AIoSS.
Red Cross Approves.
THE Red Cross head Elliott Wads.
worth, has written a letter to our or
ganization commencing our work and
pointing out the necessity of continu
ing it. If we had a real war, if We
need bandages. we have the largest
a urra IA pt in q a nI
there could be made enough bandages
to last for the first year If we are or
ganized to do this work for the French.
how much easier it will be to enlarge
our organization. if necessary, to work
for our own men. We do not need
bandages yet; why pile mountains of
bandages in storerooms for a time when
we may need them, while at this very
minute, 80 per cent of the men in the
French trenches are dying because
they have not the proper materials or
a sufficient amount of them to care for
the wounded?
Our Soldiers Now.
Nov that we are in the war, the
men wounded in France are really our
men. They are our brothers. If they
do not win this struggle we must sac
rifice much to the cause Of humanity
to which we are committed. President
Wilson in his recent address to con
gresS, you remember, commended the
work that is now being done for the
wounded in France. Our organization
is aiding that work.
There We're many questions asked at
tic meeting. TO all of them Miss
Moore gave direct. clear answers and
before the meeting had adjoune ed
practically all present declared that
they were willing, even anxious to help
in this work. Miss Moore was called
TO Butte last night by an important
committee meeting to be held tomor- |
row morning. She will return Tues |
day or Wednesday to organize the |
MisSouia women further. In the mean
time the committees appointed yestcr-
day and to b" appointed by the OK
ecutivo committee will outline a band |
age campaign for Missoula.