Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-20
WORKERS TUNED FOR
START OF DRIVE

morrow, SO far as actual work Is
concerned, and ends Saturday noon.
Colonel Grow Here Tonight
Colonel Malcolm Growi American
attaehe to the Russian army, will be
one of the speakers at the opening
dinner In the Board of Trade amphi-
theater this evening, Colonel Grow
has an interesting story to tell of
Red Cross operations, and inasmuch
az he got his impressions at first
hand, on the battlefields of Europe,
his talk will be particularly timely,
Composition of Organization
The organization which has charge
OF Harrisburg's campaign Is COM
posed of five divisions, In each di-
vision there are four teams making
twenty in oil. Each team ID COM
posed of dozen workers, so that,
all told. countlaS tho executive COM
mittee, there arc alRont $50 men and
women of HarriBburg In tho lineup.
But this figure doeB not include
the entire organization In tho county.
Steelton has q small army at work.
The towns of upper Dauphin county
and along the West Shore have their
own organization.
The canvass the remainder of the
week will be d fino-toothed one.
Every section of tho county will be
visited. The campaign is offiee-to-
ofnce, house-to-hou5o, and, generally
speaking, catch-as-catcll can.
Longest Day In Year
The drive for money starts on the
longest day in the year; and, mas
much as the teams will all put in
the longest day they have put In for
months, the purse for the first day ID
expected to be an unusually big one.
NIarysville at Work
MarvaVilln a nrnmiaoa RrRnt things
for the Red Cross. The Rev. Messrs.
Furman, Bidlack and Virgins. with
the assistance Of e. b. Lobby, have
formed a committee which will d.
rect affairs. The remainder of the
week will see the members OF this
committee, with volunteer workers.
making a house-to-house canvass.
End Drive OH Sunday
The Enola drive, which is under
retary of the P. r. II. Y. M. c. A.,
will end Sunday, when the clergymen
of the town will conclude the COM
mittee's efforts with special Red
Cross sermons.
west Fairview Too
In West Fairview the committee
in charge of the campaign consists
of DR.. s. I. Cadwallader. s. H. Nei-
dig and J. L. Hawbecker; and here.
too, great things are expected.
New Bloomfield Busy
Former Judge James w. Shull is
greatly interested in Red Cross work
in New Bloomfield, and with him In
the campaign for funds are asso-
ciated James Alter, H. B. Shively
and G. E. Harris. New Bloomfield,
in its usual progressive manner, will
make a large appropriation.
No Sunday Collections in Newport
The plan to make Red Cross col
lections in Newport Sunday has been
abandoned. The original plan was
to take up these collections in the
churches. The Rev. William Dor
wart, F. P. Wilmer and c. w. Lehr.
executive committee, are forming
teams which will canvass Newport,
and as a result there will be no Sun
day collections in the churches.
In all of these towns enthusiasm
is high over the Red Cross drive.
William Jennings, member of the
local executive committee, said this
morning that during his visits to
each of them yesterday and to-day
he found the committees hard at
work.
Red Cross Unhampered
The Red Cross is unhampered by
Federal red tape, and that is one
reason why it is able to accomplish
so much more than a similar gov
ernment organization could accom-
plish.
The Wall Street Journal this
morning said:
ITO those numberless inquirers
who cannot understand why the Red
Cross work should not be supported
by Government funds, rather than by
public subscription, the best an
swer is the insignia of the Red Cross.
This is a cross of red tape. In
other words, it double crosses red
tape, and no one needs to be inform
ed on the matter of Government red
tape.
Under Government control the
same thing might happen to Red
Cross that has happened to other
preparations for war. If left to the
devious processes of red tape 1T is
obvious that our wounded might be
left exposed and uncared for long
| before Washington could untangle
the skein and get hospital units or
the ground. The starving might
starve and the unclothed might per-
ish before the necessary signatures
| could be secured on the necessary
| orders and the necessary facilities
sent to the necessary points.
There is no initiative in Govern
ment work. Every matter must take
normal course, go through the
usual channels, the usual official for
malities must not be ignored, an6
everything must be done according
to the official code of ethics, though
the dying die.
THE American Red Cross as ar
independent organization will have
to contend with none of this. Ini'
tiative and energy will mark the
work of the organization.
"If the public contributes the nee
essary money there will be no lacl
of facilities when needed. Delay:
will not be the order of the day wher
action is most necessary. Supple:
or funds can be sent promptly where
they are needed, and they will botf
be needed in shiploads.
"Is there an American who wishe!
to take the responsibility for a life
that is lost because there were NJ
| funds, no supplies or no equipmen
on hand to save it?"
Bell Company's Sign
The Bell Telephone Company las
evening displayed a large electric
sign on it's Market Square building
calling attention to the drive fol
! 100000.
The Bowman Company Tomorrow
will place a large sign on the mar
| quise of it's store, in Market street
and the Harrisburg Light and Power
Company is arranging to display G
large electric cross on the Common.
wealth Hotel corner, Market Square
Quakers Aid Red Cross
The Harrisburg group of the So.
ciety of Friends, or Quakers, are
doing their bit" for the Allies by
helping in the 500, 100000 REQ
Cross drive. DR.. ]. ]. Mullowney