Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-07-20
NO DUPLICATION
Red CrOss-Y. M. C. A. War Work
Council and Government Loans Each
Cover Distinct Fields of Necessary
and Essential Service None of
Them Can Be Over Done

There are people who in the midst
of the many appeals and calls for mon
ey and time and energy come to the
conclusion that there must be un-
necessary duplication Of work some
where or that some lines of service
are being overdone. Such people are
undoubtedly quite honest in their
opinions, but they are mistaken; a
careful consideration of the actual
conditions that exist will convince
anyone that there is no duplication of
service and that none of the great
agencies that are appealing to the peo-
! pie are overriding the work of solicita-
tion indeed it will appear that none of
them are getting as much as they
really need and can use. The Federal
| Government must have money for men
armament, munitions and a thousand
and one things essential to the carry
ingon this mighty warfare to which as a
Nation we have put our hands and
from which we cannot withdraw until
the end. To meet this mighty drain up
on the national purse, which according
to recent report in the daily press is
now amounting to eighty million dol
lars day, the government appeals to
the people of the country for loans up
on which they pay interest. But COW
erlng field of service that the gov
ernment does not and cannot under ex-
lsting circumstances enter; a field that
is of highest Importance to the win
ming of this war for the rights and
freedom of all humanity, is the Ameri-
can Red Cross. The government can
only to a limited extent care for its
wounded and manned soldiers the Red
Cross must supplement even the work
of the army surgeons and doctors in
giving the first aid and back of the
lines they must work Independent of
| the government service to save if pos
| sible the lives of wounded men. We
have no lives to waste and one of the
| great departments of Red Cross ser
vice is to save from the human wreck
age of battlefield and disaster as many
lives as possible. Many a life that
might Otherwise be lost to home and
dear ones and country is saved by the
| work of Red Cross doctors and nurses
| The work that the Red Cross has to
do along this line surpasses the COM
| prehension of the average citizen. No1
! should it be forgotten that Army anC
I Navy doctors and surgeons are depen-
dent upon the Red Cross for supplies
and equipment absolutely indispen,
sable in their work. This work of the
Red Cross requires millions of dollars
and it is. impossible at this time fol
that organization to get more thar
they need of money and supplies.
Extensive and far reaching as il
the scope of service of the Red Cros.
there still remains an essential service
that it does not touch, and here tn,
American Young Mems Christian AS
sociation comes to fill the breach. II
save the young men in training ant
concentration and prison camps from
. the insidious temptations that yielde,
= = to ruins and blights their manhood. I'm
:, fit them for service and sends then
i back into society as burdens insteat
= of helps To save the minds of boy
. who are detained in the mind breakin'
: surroundings of the awful priso1
. camps of Europe where men forge
. their humanity and slip into the chao
of insanity or imbecility.
In this field of service again, ther
% are a thousand and one wavs in whic
c the bodies. minds and souls of the me
10 who are fighting our battles, defend
d ing or securing our rights and our l
s berties may be ministered to. This
"a the field of the War Work Council c
W the Y. NJ C. A and to do this wor
q this organization must have million
of money. They must get it. frol
those who will give. those who Eeali2
the need. the vital importanceEBf tt
* work and who are insnired hV DatriO
7. ism and love of humanity to sacrifit
ir something for it. The Y. M. c.
- needs money now. People of Fulto
ly county who have subscribed to tn
ne work should pay the county treasure
n Mr.. W. H. Eager as soon as possibl
ps if they have not already done so. Tho
- who can and will. who have not give
Ie to this cause should do so at their ear
Z. lest opportunity.