The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-05-16
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to get into this war, but under the Sc
lective cOnscription law the govern
ment has the right to select men for
the service. Under this plan the
slackers will be drawn in and we will
have fewer lOaferS around the pool
halla and street corners, and the gov
eminent will make men OF all Of them.
Those who are not married and are
not doing anything for themselves will
be the ones that will first be called
upon. No, better plan could have
been chosen. 1t is the duty of every
patriotic. citizen to support whatever
action is taken by our government"
In glowing terms Mr.. Wallace paid
respects to the civil war veterans. He
told of General Dodge, with whom he
was associated in business for five
years before his death, and how this
noble citizen. while in an interview
with Senators Cummins and Kenyon
only short time before his death,
urged them to keep the country out
of war. Veterans of the civil war,
said the speaker, realize the horrors
of war and are slow to want the gov
eminent to take action. Now that
we are at war we all should be in it
up to our arm pits and there should
be no half way business about it.
Don't criticize your government,
urged Mr.. Wallace. president Will
son, 1t seems to me, was man almost
sent by God to keep us out of this
war, who had honor for his people
and did everything to keep us out" r
"Some of the most prominent men
Of Council Bluffs, said the speaker,
have enlisted in the officers reserve
corps, and on last Saturday we bid
good bye to over thirty of them who
left for FIT. Smelling. Among these
men were some Of German descent.
They know it is not war against the
German people we are engaged in,
but against a government which plac-
es war ahead of everything else"
, He told of being in Chicago last
week with DR.. Donald Macrae, who
had charge of all of the hospitals on
the border. In Chicago they attended
a meeting where women were being
given lessons in first aid work. Chi
cago is alive to the situation and is
doing everything possible to assist the
Red Cross organization.
aEvery citizen should make sacri-
fees and not crowd into a shell and
say I'll help later on. Those of us
who get through this year and break
even will do well. This is no time for
patriotic citizens to hoard money and
If the people of Denison do their duty
they will not.
& "DenisOn has the reputation of be-
ing wealthy city and by whose fav-
or have you become that way? The
Lord-and by the use of your ingenu-
ity. and little elbow grease. America
has not awakened to the responsibility
thrust upon her. Although England
and France, now engaged in the great
est war the world has ever known.
haHo. given, to. the Ieiiei OF Belgium
and northern France two hundred and
thirty-six millions of dollars, we have
only given fifty.four millions for this
worthy cause. We all should give UNI
til it hurts and unless every one does
that they will not know that they are
doing anything. In Canada $14.O0 per
capita has been given for the Red
Cross work. Every man, woman and
child in Crawford county should ,be-
long to your organization and do their
hit"
In speaking of the Red Cross work,
Mr.. Wallace stated that there were
only two agencies the government
would recognize on the battle fronts
and they were the Red Cross and the
Y. M. C. A., In his apinion the Ameri-
can Red Cross society will be the
main sineW of this war. 1t will be the
duty of this society to furnish the doc
tors and nurses to care for the wound
ed and those at home must keep an
endless string Of supplies going to the
front. In Europe operations are be-
ing performed on the wounded SOL
diers without anaesthetics because
none were available and it is a fact
that bandages are taken from the
dead, cleaned and used for the wound
ed. We should be ashamed of this
condition of affairs. Something must
be done to awaken the people of the
United States so that when our boys
are sent they will have the best pos
sible care. q
'While the things l have told you
are not pleasant, want to bring this
thing right home to you" said Mr..
Wallace, "and impress upon every one
in this audience the need of co-opera-
ton for the Red Cross. Some people
are little backward about supsCrib-
ing, saying they don't know whether
the money will be received or not.
They don't understand that the Red
Cross society has for its head the
president OF the United States and the
books are all audited by the treasury
department at Washington"
Mr.. Wallace stated that he did not
come to Denison to beg for funds. but
that the people here should know that
funds were needed for this work He
expressed himself as pleased that a
woman here had awakened the people
OF the community to. action.
With chart he explained the two
branches of the Red Cross, military
relief and civilian relief. He told of
the supplies that must be made up at
home for use in the field, such as
sheets, pillow cases, bandages, medi-
cines, instruments etc. .'
The civilian relief branch is for the |
purpose of helping families Of those
whoi are in the service and also in
times of sickness. Most of the doctors |
and nurses will be called to the front |
n ~ fhot o,nooc caid Mr. Wallace |