The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-16
KllT N IIE FleHT..
WAm lEANs GRIM BUSINESS
oAHB WILSON. BUT PEOPLE
WILL NOT rALrER.


y upo>oasns usUst xhas An Phnanshropy
!. ~ Qunesn1za>ca So Far ~ Possi-
- 11seenA G1nsae Channel 20 Sc.
4 GQDv 1GAzAnaun of E9cctivcncss.
(, Wa6hineten. May ls.-Prssidsnt
nsea said IN public address here
o1<4 eAaf the struggle against Ger
no> ''means sr,m business or every
~ - lt" but that America had pu:
~ hoart iAto tho task and would re-
cn1 - united nation to the call to
+ 0DoG8lng at tho dedication OF
49, CRoss memorial for the women
~ War Of Secession. tho president
o>e>sd that the present struggle
~ Only would oblItsrate the last
l.1on hstwesn the Nerth and south
- would Wipe out "any lines either
~ 49, Or association cutting athwart
" Gpsas body OF tho nation"
" 4oe0sr Pvsaldent Taft introduced
"a WI1soN - ''ths nations leader In
~ oFsatege vAr In history. q war
~ ner30css We can not realise"
e6stary Baker formally presented
~ sksnsrial building to the Red
1oes see1e(y, and the presidents ad-
fon vas rAAds IN accepting II as
nsrasy head Of the society.
4ne boiIding. Sandstone $780,
c serpeturs built by the govern
>1onA was dedicated TO the women
y cf tAs North and South.
NJ ~ WIlsoh declared that although
~ Unissd staoos had gone into the
- WITH 70 special grievance Of our
>@0o." ths cost might be sufferines
20 netsaess OF such MAGNITUDE that
- u the War Of secsssion would
{ cps inAnitssimal. To the end that
- best me- - made OF aid to al
V)ote oouditjous he urged that all
fnnntAropao efforts bs directed
GteusA ersAnissd obannels suoh as
~ ~ csoea ~ ~s,,
1hey re6idsnt spoke A. follows:
~ o1vss me = very deep gratinca-
sicn the titular head of the Amsri-
80 Rsd css&s 10 aeespt in the name
- ths e.ssciatlon this .signincant and
ooaneAfra eift. the gift OF the govern
on1nt ard ,ef private individuals who
hove oentslvsd their duty in noble
c1t>( and upon . great scale. It In
16n1lcapt that Il had been dedicated
k - women who served to alleviate
o6)oring and comfort those who were
4.nesd during our Civil war. because
olF thopghtfui. disinterested. self
Z @ncing devotion In the spirit which
I q - always illustrate the services
GD 4hs Rsd Cross.
q The Red Cross needs NJ this time
~ than Il over needed before the
e1onprshsndins support OF the Amsri-
~ psopis. ret'f,
:'1 believe that the American people
ueAaps hardly yet realize the sacri-
7 ~. and suf1srinss that are before
49, We thought the lie of our
o)Sl wsr was unprscea ed. but In
couDpartsou with the strusgle into
UnSeh ws have now entered the Civil
90 sssms almost insignincant In its
(o1Dortions and In liz expenditure of
EEsasurs and OF blood. And there
fogo it y matter OF the greatest
it9partAnes that We should at the
t@peaet 80 TO II that the American
M cross h equipped and prepared
, ~ the things that lie before II. OF
tousss the scale upon which IL shall
2ot viii be greater than the scale of
| Any osher duty that II has ever at
/, tempted 90 perform.
re y ia recognition OF that fact
that the American Red Cross has just
addsd to its organization small body
of mon whom II has chosen to call It's
var council. Their first duty will be
ito raise great fund out OF which 20
draw the resources for the perform
ance OF their duty. and do rot he
Hove that Il will be necessary 20 ap-
pal 70 the American people TO re-
epend 10 their call for funds because
Ne heart OF this country ID In this
Var.
II say the heart Of the country
In this war because II would no.
have gone into II II its heart had not
hesn prcparted for II. 1t would not
Hsvs gone into II II II had not first
nf''evsd that there was an opportunity
q sxpress the character OF the United